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or its officers or agents to do any of the acts provided for
by the terms of this Act.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the
two houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1936.

CHAPTER 18.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
26 of Article 72 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1935 Supplement), title "Oysters, " sub-title "Dredg-
ing, " reducing the license fees for boats used in dredging
oysters.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 26 of Article 72 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, (1935 Supplement), title "Oysters, " sub-
title "Dredging, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

26. After granting such license, the Comptroller shall
receive two dollars for every gross ton the boat shall
measure, and where any license issued by authority of
any County, the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County
shall receive for such license from the applicant two
dollars per ton for every gross ton the boat may
measure, said measurement to be gross tonnage of
Custom House measurement; but no allowance or de-
duction shall be made or allowed by reason of dunnaging,
and the captain or master shall always have such license
on board of their boats, and shall exhibit the same wher-
ever it shall be demanded by any duly authorized officer.
It shall be the duty of the Commander of the State Fishery
Force, and any officer under his command, at any time he
or they shall deem it proper, to inspect and verify the meas-
urements of any boats and their gross tonnage and the
measurements ascertained by such officer shall be conclu-