212 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

one to the seller and the other daily to the general measurer
and inspector of the district where such inspection occurred.
A charge of two cents per bushel is hereby levied, one-half of
which is to help defray the expense of such inspection, and
the other expenses of the State Fishery Force, and the other
half of which is to be expended in re-shelling and otherwise
cultivating and improving the natural oyster beds and bars in
the waters of the State, to be charged equally to the buyer and
seller, but to be paid weekly to the Comptroller of the State
Treasury, or his agent, by the buyers; the certificate given
the General Measurer and Inspector shall be by him mailed
weekly to the Comptroller, or his agent, and in case the
amounts of money shown to be due, not paid in one week
thereafter to the Comptroller, or his agent, which is hereby
required to be done, the properties of the parties so indebted
may be levied on and sold by the said Comptroller, or his
agent, as in cases of taxes in default, without other process of
law. The tax of two cents per bushel hereby levied is also
made a charge on oysters sold by commission merchants and
others selling by less than the cargo, and also a tax of six
cents per barrel, containing not more than three bushels; on
oysters in bag, a tax of four cents per bag containing not more
than two bushels, and all transportation companies carrying
oysters in the shell consigned to Baltimore shall furnish to the
oyster inspector or collector of oyster tax a copy of his mani-
fest, showing the number of bushels on board on arrival of
steamer, and to whom consigned, and the special inspectors
are charged with the duty of seeing that proper returns are
made for the purpose of this Act, by such Commission Mer-
chants or retailers; and in the performance of the duty the
said special inspectors are authorized and directed to visit the
places where oysters less than cargoes are sold, and get from
such sellers a statement, under oath, as to the number of
bushels sold from time to time, and to return to the general
measurers and inspectors a certificate thereof, to be forwarded
to the Comptroller, as is required in the case of the certificates
for cargoes, and the payments of the amounts so found to be
due shall be similarly enforced. All such special inspectors
may be removed at any time by the Commander for neglect or
malfeasance in office, and said Commander shall report to the
Governor any neglect of a general measurer or inspector. The
Commander of the State Fishery Force shall furnish to each of
said special inspectors certificates in book form, supplied with
carbon paper, so that each of said triplicate certificates shall
be exactly the same. The form of the certificate shall be as
follows: