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(3) Said oysters shall be inspected and measured at the
place of sale where the oysters are to to be no further shipped in
bulk in vessels, and before unloading the captain of each vessel
shall exhibit and deliver to the buyer one of the certificates
furnished by the Deputy Commander, showing that such cargo
of oysters is subject to the special charge or tax. Such oysters
shall be unloaded only in the presence of an inspector, whose
duty it shall be to inspect, measure and report upon such
oysters in the same manner as upon other oysters caught and
sold in this State.

(4) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be shipped
out of the State of Maryland until the special charge or tax
shall have been paid.

(5) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall be culled in
accordance with the existing law relating to culling, and the
under-sized oysters shall be returned to the natural bars from
which they were taken.

(6) Before any oysters are caught upon such reserved areas,
the captain of each vessel shall take out a special license from
the Commissioner at a cost of five dollars per vessel, such
license to be issued only after the captain of such vessel has
taken an oath before said Commissioner, or his agent, that he
will not remove oysters caught upon such reserved areas until
the Deputy Commander's certificates in the form above pro-
vided, has been issued to him, that he will faithfully comply
with all provisions of law regulating the catching of oysters
upon reserved areas, and that he will pay, or cause to be paid,
the special charge or tax upon all such oysters so caught by him.

Catching oysters upon such reserved areas shall continue sub-
ject to the foregoing conditions and restrictions during the
remainder of the oyster season current at the time the Commis-
sioner re-opens same, as above provided unless the Commis-
sioner shall have named a prior closing date, in which event
the area shall remain closed until it is opened to the public
in the same manner as hereinbefore provided. If, after the
close of the then current oyster season, the Commissioner does
not again set aside the said area for replenishing, it shall at
the beginning of the following season be thrown open to public
use in the same manner as other natural beds and bars are now
used. Any person who shall catch oysters upon such reserved
areas contrary to the provisions, conditions and restrictions of
this Section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be subject to the penalties provided for in
Section 156 of this Article.

161. The Conservation Commissioner of Maryland is author-
ized to select and reserve for a period not exceeding two