FRANK BROWN, ESQURE, GOVERNOR.

such season, over and above the estimate given in his applica-
tion for a license, which report or return shall be forwarded to
the Comptroller, and if said report or return shall show to the
satisfaction of the Comptroller that the total number of bushels
of oysters packed during said season, was less than the number
given in the application for license of the person, firm or cor-
poration making such return or report, the Comptroller shall
draw his warrant in favor of such person, firm or corporation
for the amount overpaid by such license, calculated at the rate
named hereinbefore.

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67. If any person, firm or corporation shall engage or
attempt to engage in the business of packing or canning
oysters for sale or transportation without first obtaining a
license, as provided in the foregoing section, or who shall fail
to pay the tax of one dollar per thousand bushels for each
thousand bushels of oysters packed or canned by himself, his
firm or corporation, in excess of the amount named in the
license issued to him or his firm or the corporation which he

Doing busi-
ness without
license.

represents, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
one thousand dollars for each offense; and if any person shall
knowingly make any false statement in the application for
license, or in any report or return required to be made under
this article, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than tive hundred
dollars, or shall be imprisoned not less than one month nor
more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned, at the dis-
cretion of the court; provided, that if any person so apply-
ing for license shall prefer to do so, he may obtain the same
for himself, firm or body corporate, by paying therefor the
sum of three hundred dollars, and shall not be required to
report under oath the number of bushels handled by him, his
firm or corporation, or otherwise disclose the operations of his
business.

Penalty.

67 A. Every person, or member of a firm, or member of a
corporation engaged in the business of selling oysters on com-
mission, shall, on or before the first day of September, in each
year, take out a license to engage in such business, by applica-
tion to the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in which
the place of business of such applicant may be situated, or to
the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, if the place of busi-
ness of such applicant shall be in Baltimore city; and such
applicant, at the time of issuing such license, shall pay the

Commission
merchant
to obtain
license.