FRANK BROWN, ESQURE, GOVERNOR.

circular tub with straight sides and straight solid bottom, with
holes in bottom, if desired, for draining, such holes to be no
larger, however, than one inch in diameter; a half bushel tub
shall have the following dimensions, all measurements to be

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from inside to inside : fifteen inches across the top, thirteen
inches across the bottom and seventeen inches diagonally from
the inside chimb to the top; a bushel tub shall measure six-
teen and one half inches across at the bottom from inside to
inside, twenty-one inches diagonally from the inside chimb to
the top, eighteen inches across from inside to inside from the
top; a bushel and one-half tub shall measure nineteen inches-
across the top from inside to inside, eighteen inches across the
bottom from inside to inside and twenty-four inches diagonally
from the inside chimb to the top; a three-bushel tub shall
measure twenty-four inches across the top from inside to
inside at the top, twenty-two inches from inside to inside at
the bottom, and twenty-nine and twenty-six one hundredths
inches diagonally from the inside chimb to the top; and all

Dimensions.

oysters measured in the shell as required by law, shall be even
or struck measure; and any person or persons engaged in the
business of buying or selling oysters in this State, who shall
own or have in his possession any instrument or measurement
for oysters in the shell which differs in size or description from
the measure hereinbefore mentioned, with intent to uee the
same for measuring oysters, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction before a judge of the Circuit Court, or a

Incorrect
measures.

justice of the peace having jurisdiction, be fined a sum not
less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or
committed to the house of correction for a period of not less
than three nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion
of the judge or justice of the peace trying the same; and in
case a tine is imposed under the provisions of this section, said
fine to be paid over by the officer making the arrest to the
Comptroller of the State, to be credited to the oyster fund ;
one-half, however, to be paid to the informer.

Penalty.

64. In addition to the charges herein mentioned for com-
pensation to the genera] measurers and inspectors of oysters, it
shall be unlawful for the buyer of any cargo or part of a cargo
of oysters sold in the shell to exact of or retain from the proceeds
of said cargo or part of a cargo due the seller a larger or
greater sum or amount than one-half cent per bushel, in which
shall be included the amount now allowed by law to be paid

by the seller to the licensed measurer and inspector; and any

person or persons charging or exacting a larger sum shall be
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Over-
charging.