216 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

House measurement, but no allowance or deduction shall be
made or allowed by reason of dunnaging, and the captains or
masters shall always have such license on board of their boats,
and shall exhibit the same whenever it shall be demanded by
any duly authorized officers. It shall be the duty of the Com-
mander of the State Fishery Force and any officer under his
command, at any time that he or they shall deem it proper, to
inspect and verify the measurement of any boats, and their
gross tonnage and the measurement ascertained by such offi-
cers shall be conclusive and final, and any license granted shall
be corrected and amended in accordance with such measure-
ments and the appropriate license fee hereinbefore named paid
in accordance with such corrected measurement, and the right
granted by any license already issued shall be suspended until
the full payment of such license fee is made; provided, that per-
sons applying for scraping license for a boat to dredge in the
Chesapeake bay after the first day of January to the 15th day
of March shall be required to pay only one dollar and fifty
cents grossed ton for such license.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 19, 1908.

CHAPTER 609.

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 202 of the Public General Laws of
Maryland, enacted by the Act of 1904, entitled An Act to
provide rations for the officers and crews of the steamers of
the State Fishery Force, and re-enact with amendments as
follows:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 202 of the Public General Laws of the State
of Maryland, title An Act to provide rations for the officers
and crews of the steamers of the State Fishery Force, enacted
by the Act of 1904, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. That the officers and crews of the steamers and sail-
ing vessels of the State Fishery Force shall receive one ration
per day of the quality such as is allowed by law to the officers
and crews of the Revenue Marines of the United States, and the
sum of thirty cents per day for each man is hereby appropriated
to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, which sums are
payable out of the oyster funds of the State of Maryland to
and upon the approval of the Commander of the State Fishery