218 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Oysters, " as amended
by the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1904,
Chapter 598, so far as the same applies to the Patuxent river, be
and the same is hereby repealed.

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

Approved April 8, 1908.

CHAPTER 488.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 69 of
Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws of the State of
Maryland, title "Oysters, " as the same was repealed and re-
enacted by Chapter 188, Acts of 1906.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 69 of Article 72 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, title "Oysters, " as the same was re-
pealed and re-enacted by Chapter 188, Acts of 1906, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as
to read as follows:

SEC. 69. It shall be the duty of the Commander of the State
Fishery Force, at the commencement of, or during the oyster
season in each year, to appoint from the counties producing
oysters for packing purposes in the State, not exceeding twenty,
special inspectors, to be appointed as follows: Two each from
Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Talbot and Wicomico counties;
three each from Dorchester, Somerset and Queen Anne's coun-
ties, and one each from Kent, Calvert and Charles counties,
at a salary of forty-five dollars per month during the oyster
season, and they shall be stationed at such places as in the
judgment of the Commander of the State Fishery Force their
services may be needed. Before assuming the duties of their
offices, the said special inspectors shall take an oath, to be
administered by said Commander, to diligently and faithfully
discharge the duties of their said offices; the said special in-
spectors shall inspect all oysters in the district to which he is
assigned; upon the inspection of any such oysters, each special
inspector shall make a certificate of the number of bushels in
triplicate, one of which shall be given to the purchaser, one to
the seller and the other daily to the general measurer and in-
spector of the district where such inspection occurred; a charge
of one cent per bushel is hereby levied to help defray the ex-
pense of such inspection and other expenses of the State Fish-