1328 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

(4) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be shipped
out of the State of Maryland until the charge or tax of five
cents per bushel shall have been paid.

(5) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall be culled in
accordance with the existing law relating to culling, and the
undersized oysters shall be returned to the natural bars from
which the same were taken.

(6) Before any oysters are caught upon such reserved areas,
the Captain of each vessel shall take out a special license from
the Comptroller, at a cost of $1.00 per vessel, such license to
be issued only after the Captain of such vessel has taken an
oath before the Comptroller, or his agent, that he will not re-
move oysters caught upon such reserved areas until the Deputy
Commander's certificate in the form above provided, has been
issued to him, that he will faithfully comply with all provisions
of law regulating the catching of oysters upon reserved areas,
and that he will pay, or cause to be paid, the tax of five cents
per bushel upon all such oysters so caught by him.

Catching oysters upon such reserved areas shall continue
subject to the foregoing conditions and restrictions during the
remainder of the oyster season current at the time the Com-
mander reopens same, as above provided. Thereafter the said
areas shall be thrown open to public use in the same manner
as other natural beds and bars are now used, Unless the said
areas are again set aside for replenishing, in accordance with
the provisions of this Act. Any person who shall catch oysters
upon such reserved areas contrary to the provisions, conditions
and restrictions of this Section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in jail or in
the House of Correction, for not less than three months, nor
mere than one year, in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 135. The Comptroller of the State Treasury shall pass
the amount of the special charge or tax of five cents per bushel,
provided for by this Act, to the credit of a fund to be known
as the '' Oyster Conservation Fund.'' This fund shall be drawn
upon only for reimbursing to persons holding the Deputy Com-
mander's certificates, the expense of catching, removing and
transplanting seed oysters, not to exceed five cents per bushel,
and any excess thereafter remaining may be used by the Com-
mander for purchasing oyster shells or obtaining other seed
oysters, to be transplanted under the direction of the Com-
mander upon such areas within the location mentioned in Sec-
tion 133, as may be hereafter set apart by him for that purpose.