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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sum of twenty-five dollars; and all said money received for
said license shall be paid over and accounted for by the said
several clerks of courts to the Comptroller of the State, to be
placed to the credit of the oyster fund, as provided by section

Penalty tor
neglect.

twenty-nine of this article; and if any person, member of a
firm, or member of a corporation, shall engage or attempt to
engage in the business of selling oysters on commission with-
out first obtaining a license, as provided in this section, 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 offence.

Duty of
Comptroller

68. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to furnish the
clerks of the several courts of the State with forms of appli-
cations, and license, and of the reports or returns required by
the preceding sections; and it shall be the further duty of the
Comptroller to furnish all other blanks required under this
article. Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to
Worcester county as to the taking or catching of oysters in the
waters of said county.

Repeal.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this article, general or local,
be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent that they
are so inconsistent.

Not to apply
to present
prosecu-
tions.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to affect any prosecution for violations of
the existing laws of this State, or for offences against the same
committed before the passage of this act.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6th, 1894.