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oysters caught within the limits of the State of Maryland; on
oysters caught within the limits of the State of Maryland con-
tained in bags an inspection charge of six cents per bag con-
taining not more than two bushels; and all transportation
companies carrying oysters in the shell caught within the limits
of the State of Maryland, consigned to Baltimore, shall furnish
to the oyster inspector or collector of oyster tax, a copy of
their manifest 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 com-
mission merchant or retailer, and in performance of their duty
the said special inspectors are authorized and directed to visit
places where oysters caught within the limits of the State of
Maryland in less than cargo lots are sold, and get from such
sellers, 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 Comp-
troller as required in the case of certificates for cargoes, and
the payments of the amounts so found to be due shall be
similarly enforced. All oysters found within the State of Mary-
land shall be presumed to have been caught within the limits
of the State of Maryland and the burden of proof shall be upon
anyone claiming to the contrary to establish his said claim by
clear and satisfactory evidence. All such general measurers
and inspectors or special inspectors may be removed at any
time by the Conservation Commissioner for neglect or mal-
feasance in office. The said Commissioner shall furnish to
each of the said special inspectors certificates in book form,
supplied with carbon paper, so that each of the said triplicate
certificates shall be exactly the same; the form of the certificates
shall be as follows;

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I hereby certify that I have this day inspected for Captain
................... schooner................... a cargo

of oysters caught within the limits of the State of Maryland,
sold to................... and found the same to contain

....... bushels of merchantable oysters and...... bushels

of unmerchantable oysters.

(Signed)........................

SEC. 2. 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.