THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1541

"Oysters and Clams", providing that oysters containing
more than five per cent (5%) shells legally taken from
privately owned beds outside the State of Maryland must
be certified and inspected prior to their storage in Mary-
land shucking houses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 652 (c) of Article 66C of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Natural Re-
sources", sub-title "Oysters and Clams", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

652. (c) Extent of Cull Law. All the provisions of this
sub-title relating to the inspection and culling of oysters
and the imposition of penalties for the violation of the cull
law shall apply to oysters in the shell found anywhere
within the State, whether afloat or ashore, and whether
said oysters have been caught within the waters of this
State or shipped or brought into Maryland from other
states [. ]; provided that oysters containing more than five
per cent (5%) shells AND/OR SMALL OYSTERS legally
taken from privately owned beds without the State of
Maryland, in order to be admitted into the State of Mary-
land, must be inspected by an officer of the Department
of Tidewater Fisheries prior to their storage in the shuck-
ing house and said oysters must be accompanied by a bill
of sale or bill of lading issued by the private planters
setting the cargo or cargoes, or an appropriate certificate
from the proper authorities of the state of origin, certi-
fying that said cargo or cargoes were taken from privately
owned oyster beds in said foreign state and that said
oysters were legally taken and in full compliance with the
laws of the state of origin.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and neces-
sary 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 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 27, 1953.