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tion to take the ten per centum of the shells from oysters
shucked as aforesaid, or its equivalent in money. Said license
shall have effect from the first day of September in the year in
which it may have been obtained until the twenty-fifth day of
April, inclusive, next succeeding.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section to
be known as 91-A be added to Article 72 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title "Oysters, " to follow" imme-
diately after Section 91 of said Article, be and is hereby added
to read as follows:
91-A. All moneys derived from said license fee of twenty-
five dollars shall be paid over to the Comptroller to be credited
to the Conservation Fund, and one-half of the shells received
by the Conservation Department shall be transplanted upon
such natural beds or bars as may be reserved by the Conserva-
tion Commissioner as provided for elsewhere in this Article,
and the other one-half of said shells shall be planted on such seed
areas as may be set aside by the Conservation Commissioner for
seed oysters. In case money is paid in lieu of the ten per cent
of shells, the Conservation Commissioner shall convert same
into shells or seed oysters to be transplanted in like manner.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws of the State of Maryland, general or local, inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed, to the extent of such inconsistency.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1st, 1927.
Approved March 25, 1927.
CHAPTER 120.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 205
of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Licenses, " sub-title
"Motor Vehicles, " designating one of the Justices of the
Peace of the Traffic Court to be Chief Justice of said Court,
and increasing the compensation of said Chief Justice, the
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