896 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 467

above penalties the justice of the peace or judge may, in a case
where the violator has been previously convicted of violating
the provisions of this sub-title, suspend or revoke the license
under which said violator may. be operating for the purpose of
catching, shucking, packing or canning oysters. In case there is
an appeal or waiver of trial before Justice of the Peace, in or-
der to provide for the disposition of any oysters that have been
declared unmerchantable, the cargo of oysters shall remain in
the possession or custody of the Deputy Commander, Inspector
or other officer making the 'arrest until the captain of the boat
or vessel or the packer shall have reculled the oysters in ques-
tion; and the officer under whose supervision the re-culling is
done, after ascertaining the quantity of unmerchantable oysters
and shells so culled out, shall give the captain or other person
in charge of said vessel or packing house, a certificate showing
the number of bushels of such unmerchantable oysters and the
said captain or other person shall return said unmerchantable
oysters so culled out to the natural beds or bars under the su-
pervision of the officer. The cost of re-culling and expenses in-
cident to same shall be borne by the violator.

SEC. 15. Any packer, commission man, boatman or other per-
son who shall conspire or agree with any other person to evade any
of the provisions of this article, or who shall connive at or partic-
ipate in such violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall
be unlawful for any captain or other person in charge of a vessel
to discharge his oysters, or for any packing house or any other per-
son to receive oysters between the hours of one hour after sunset
and one hour before sunrise. Any violation of this section shall
be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one-
hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars for
each offense on conviction before a court of competent juris-
diction; one-half of said fine to go to the informer and the
other one-half to the comptroller to be placed to the credit of
the oyster fund, unless the informer be an officer of the state
fishery force. And the general inspectors and measurers or
special inspectors shall be on duty continuously during the
working or delivery hours, viz: from one hour before sunrise
to one hour after sunset.

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 re-
pealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

Approved April 5, 1927.