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and in case the amounts of money shown to be due be 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 inspection charge of one-third of a cent per bushel
hereby levied is also made a charge on oysters caught beyond
the limits of the State of Maryland and brought within said
State, and sold by commission merchants and others selling by
less than the cargo, and also an inspection charge of one cent
per barrel containing not more than three bushels of oysters
caught beyond the limits of the State of Maryland and brought
within said State; on oysters caught beyond the limits of the
State of Maryland, and brought within said State in bags, an
inspection charge of two-thirds of a cent per bag containing not
more than two bushels; and all transportation companies carry-
ing oysters in the shell caught beyond the limits of the State of
Maryland consigned to Baltimore, shall furnish to the oyster
inspector or collector of oyster tax a copy of their manifest
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 the proper returns are made for
the purpose of this Section by such commission merchant or re-
tailer, and in the performance of their duty said special in-
spectors are authorized and directed to visit the places where
oysters caught beyond the limits of the State of Maryland and
brought within said State in less than cargo lots are sold, and
get from such sellers a statement, under oath, as to the number
of bushels sold from time to time, and return to the general
measurers and inspectors a certificate thereof, to be forwarded
to the Comptroller, as required in the case of certificates for
cargoes, and payment of the amounts so found to be due shall be
similarly enforced. Wherever it is claimed that oysters found
within the State of Maryland were caught beyond the limits of
said State, the burden shall be upon the person making such
claim to establish the truth thereof by clear and satisfactory
evidence. 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 in-
spectors certificates in book form, supplied with carbon paper,
so that each, of said triplicate certificates shall be exactly the
same; the form of the certificates shall be as follows: