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March 20, 1910, nor pending prosecution for past offenses.

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

Approved April 13, 1910.

CHAPTER 735.

AN ACT to increase the productivity of the natural oyster
beds or bars of this State, and for that purpose to repeal
Section 69 of Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws,
and to re-enact said section with amendments; and to add
to said Article a new section, to come in after Section 69,
and to be known as Section 69A, and to add five other new
sections to said Article, to come in after Section 119, and to
be known as Sections 120, 121, 122, 123 and 124, respectively.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, that Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Oysters," be and the same is hereby amended by repealing
Section 69 of said Article and re-enacted the same with amend-
ments by adding thereto a new section, to be known as Section
69A, to come in after said Section 69 as re-enacted, and by add-
ing thereto five other new sections, to come in after Section
119, and to be numbered Sections 120, 121, 122, 123 and 124,
respectively; and that said Section 69 as re-enacted and said
new Sections 69A, 120, 121, 122, 123 and 124 shall read as fol-
lows:

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 ad-
ministered by said Commander, to diligently and faithfully
discharge the duties of their said offices. The said special
inspectors shall inspect all oysters in the district to which he
is assigned; upon the inspection of any such oysters each spe-
cial inspector shall make a certificate of the number of bush-
els in triplicate, one of which shall be given to the purchaser;