1326 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

napolis for a permit to catch and remove seed oysters, at any
time between March 15th and April 30th, or between October
1st and October 25th, in each year, from any bottoms (not
leased) of the Chesapeake Bay, north of a straight line drawn
from Bodkin Point, on the Western Shore, to the lower or south-
ernmost end of Hodges Bar Rock, not less than one mile and a
half above Swann Point, on the Eastern Shore. The Commander
may issue such permit, and shall describe therein the particular
portion of said bottoms from which seed oysters are to be taken,
and shall fix the manner and the time for catching same. The
person holding such permit shall transport all seed oysters
caught by him directly to such reserved areas within the limits
prescribed in Section 132, as may be designated by the Comman-
der, and there transplant same in the presence of a Deputy Com-
mander of the State Fishery Force, whose duty it shall be to
see that such seed oysters are transplanted in a proper manner
and upon the designated areas. The Deputy Commander shall
thereupon issue a certificate to the person so transplanting seed
oysters, which shall state as accurately as possible the number
of bushels transplanted, and shall be serially numbered and
substantially in the form following:

........................19....

I hereby certify that Captain ...................... of the

vessel .............. has this day transplanted upon reserved

area located at .................. a cargo of seed oysters esti-
mated to contain ................ bushels.

Deputy Commander.

A duplicate of each certificate so issued shall be forwarded by the
Deputy Commander to the Comptroller of the State Treasury. The
expense of catching, removing and transplanting such seed oysters
as herein authorized shall be borne by the person to whom such
permit and certificate shall have been issued; provided, however,
that such expense, not exceeding five cents per bushel shall be
reimbursed to him, or his assigns, by the Comptroller, upon
presentation and surrender of his certificate, out of the '' Oyster
Conservation Fund," provided for by Section 135. The Com-
mander may act for any Deputy Commander in the perform-
ance of the duties above mentioned.

SEC. 134. From and after the date designated by the Com-
mander for reopening of such reserved areas, until the closing
of the dredging season then current, oysters shall be caught