EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1639

measurer and inspector or any special inspector from any house
or district whenever it may deem it best for the good of the
service to enforce the proper inspection, the cull law and the
collection of the tax for the oyster fund. In addition to the
certificates required by Sections 70 and 71 hereof, every packer
or commission merchant buying oysters in the State of Mary-
land shall furnish to the special inspector of his district a week-
ly report under oath showing the number of bushels, bags or
barrels of oysters purchased by him during the preceding week.
Every packer or canner of oysters, and every person selling
oysters on commission, when taking out a license at the begin-
ning of the oyster season as required by Sections 79 and 81 of
Article 72, shall make oath that he will furnish such weekly
reports showing correct number of oysters purchased by him
during the preceding week. The said oaths may be made before
any general measurer and inspector or special measurer, each
of whom is hereby authorized and directed to administer such
oaths without charge, or before any notary public or justice oi
the peace.

75. The general measurers and inspectors for Baltimore city
shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars per month each,
and all other general measurers and inspectors provided for by
Section 69 shall receive a salary of fifty dollars per month each,
the said salaries to be paid only during the oyster season and
for those months in which said general measurers and inspectors
are actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
respective offices. Any person who shall violate any of the pro-
visions of section 69, 70, 72 to 75, inclusive, of this Article, or
who shall interfere with the general measurers or inspectors of
oysters or the special inspectors in the discharge of their duties,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
before any justice of the peace or court of competent jurisdic-
tion, shall pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs, one-half of said
fine to the informer, unless he be an officer under this Article,
and the other half to the Comptroller, to the credit of the oyster
fund. In default of payment of fine and costs, the party con-
victed shall be confined in jail for not more than twenty days.
Each and every inspector shall report monthly to the Conserva-
tion Commission, or oftener, if required by them, concerning
all the oysters which may be disposed of within his inspection
district, and such reports shall be a full and complete account
of all sales of oysters that have been made within such districts.