ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
dollars for the faithful performance of his

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duties ; and the general measurer of oysters
shall have the same power and authority over
oysters sold in the adjacent waters to the port
for which he shall have been appointed as are
hereinafter given to said general measurers over
such city, town or port for which he is appointed.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That at the
beginning of each oyster season the five gene-

Power and au-
thority.

ral measurers of oysters for the city of Balti-
more shall meet in said city and divide it in
five oyster districts, to be known as the first,
second, third, fourth and fifth districts of the
city of Baltimore, so as to include all the terri-
tory where oysters are landed from boats or
vessels in said city ; and those general meas-
urers of oysters shall weekly change districts,
so that no general measurer of oysters shall
act the second time in any one district until he
has acted once in every other district.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

General meas-
urers to dis-
trict the city.

duty of said general measurers of oysters to see
that the measurers of oysters shall be licensed,
as required by law ; that they shall properly
measure the oysters, and that the law in refer-
ence to the measurement of oysters be strictly
complied with ; and the general measurers of
oysters shall have the authority at all times to
enter all places and all vessels where oysters are
being measured in the shell, and to inspect all
the measurements or instruments used in measur-
ing oysters ; and if these measures are incorrect,
the said general measurers of oysters shall take
possession of the incorrect measures and prose-
cute in the name of the state the party or parties
found using said incorrect measures ; and the

Duty and au-
thority of gen-
oral measur'rs.

said general measurers of oysters are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to arrest all party or
parties violating any of the provisions of the
law in reference to the measurement of oysters ;
and it shall be the duty of the judge of the court
of common pleas of the city of Baltimore, or the
judge of the circuit court of any of the counties
of this state, upon petition of any of the general
measurers of oysters alleging that any licensed
measurer of oysters has been convicted of vio-
lating any of the provisions of the law of this
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Authorized to
arrest.