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land [twenty percent (20%)] fifty percent (50%) of the
shells from the oysters shucked in his establishment for
the current season, said shells to be removed on or before
the twentieth day of August following. [In addition to
the said twenty percent (20%) of the shells to be turned
over to the State, every such licensee shall set aside an
additional quantity of thirty percent (30%) of the shells
from the oysters shucked in his establishment for the
current season, and on or before the twentieth day of
August following, the said licensee shall turn over such
shells to the State. The Department of Tidewater Fisheries
shall have the prior right to purchase any or all of said
thirty percent (30%) of the shells which are required to
be set aside for the State but shall, not later than January
1st of the year in which the shells are to be planted, notify
all owners of oyster shells in the State of its intention to
purchase such shells. The State shall reimburse the said
licensee for the costs of such thirty percent (30%) share
of the shells at the current market price therefor. Pro-
vided, however, that as to every such licensee in Baltimore
City, the Commission shall have the option of deciding
whether to take the shells or the equivalent value in money,
with respect to the twenty percent (20%) portion of the
shells referred to hereinabove; and with respect to the
said thirty percent (30%) portion of the shells, the Com-
mission shall have the option of deciding whether or not
to purchase such shells at the current market price there-
for. ] Said license shall have effect from the first day of
September in the year in which it may have been obtained
until the twenty-fifth day of April, inclusive, next suc-
ceeding.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved March 31, 1953.

CHAPTER 160
(Senate Bill 142)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
48 of Article 78 of the Annotated Code of Maryland

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