EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1635

measurer and inspector of oysters for the City of Baltimore
shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the sum of three
thousand dollars, and all other general measurers and inspectors
and all the special inspectors shall give bond to said State in
the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance
of their duties; and the general measurers and inspectors shall
have the same power and authority over oysters sold in the
waters adjacent to the port to which they may be assigned as
hereinafter given to the general measurers and inspectors over
such city, town or port for which they shall be respectively
named.

70. The Conservation Commission, at the commencement of,
or during the oyster season in each year, as needed, shall ap-
point from the counties producing oysters for packing purposes
in the State, not exceeding twenty special inspectors, at a salary
of forty-five dollars per month, while -actually employed during
the oyster season, and they shall be stationed at such places as
in the judgment of said Commission their services may be
needed. Before assuming the duties of their offices the said
special inspectors shall take an oath, to be administered by one
of the members of the Commission, to diligently and faithfully
discharge the duties of their said offices; each said special in-
spector shall inspect all oysters in the district to which he is
assigned; upon the inspection of any such oysters, each special
inspector shall make a certificate of the number of bushels in
triplicate, one of which shall be given to the purchaser, one to
the seller, and the other daily to the general measurer and in-
spector of the district where such inspection occurred; in order
to help defray the expenses occasioned by the inspection of
oysters caught within the limits of the State of Maryland pro-
vided for by this section and by the other sections of this arti-
cle, including the expenses of the State Fishery Force growing
out of the inspection by it of oysters caught within the limits
of the State of Maryland as required by the various provisions
of this article, an inspection charge of one cent per bushel is
hereby levied upon all oysters caught within the limits of the
State of Maryland unloaded from vessels at the place in Mary-
land where said oysters are to be no further shipped in bulk in
vessels, to be charged equally to the buyer and seller, but to be
paid weekly to the comptroller of the state treasury, or by 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