ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 645

of the State of Maryland and brought within said State, and
an inspection charge of two-thirds of a cent per bushel is
hereby levied in order to help defray the expense of such in-
spection upon all oysters unloaded from vessels at the place
in Maryland 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 his agent by the buyers; the certificate given tbe 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 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 two-thirds 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 the State, and sold by commis-
sion merchants and others selling by less than the cargo, and
also an inspection charge of two cents per barrel con-
taining 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 inspec-
tion charge of one and one-half cents per bag containing not
more than two bushels; and all transportation companies car-
rying oysters in the shell caught beyond the limits of the State
of Maryland consigned to Baltimore, shall furnish to the oys-
ter inspector or collector of oyster tax a copy of their mani-
fest 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 retailer, and in the performance of their duty
said special inspectors 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 seller 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 tbe State of Maryland were caught