96                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [CH. 61

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 713 (1) (1) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1962 Supplement), title "Natural Resources", sub-title
"Oysters and Clams", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

(1) (1) An inspection tax of ten cents (10c) per bushel is hereby
levied upon all soft shell clams caught within the limits of this State,
unloaded from boats or rigs at the place in Maryland where said soft
shell clams are to be no further shipped in bulk in vessel, and said
inspection tax shall be paid weekly to the Comptroller of the treas-
ury, or his agent, by the buyer thereof. The Commission of Tide-
water Fisheries may require reports of clamming operation from all
licensees. Said reports shall be available to the Commission of Tide-
water Fisheries, and/or the Natural Resources Institute of the Uni-
versity of Maryland. All monies received by the Comptroller of the
treasury, under the provisions of this sub-section, shall be credited
to a fund to be known as the Clam Fund, the monies in which shall
be for the use of the said [National] Natural Resources Institute
for the study and research of clamming in the State of Maryland
and for the development of such promotional, advertising, marketing
and other programs as will most effectively, in the judgment of said
Institute, promote the marketing and sale and increase the con-
sumption of the Maryland soft shell clam throughout the United
States and elsewhere; and all other monies received by the Comp-
troller by the provisions of this section shall be credited to general
funds unless otherwise designated in this Article.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved March 14, 1963.

CHAPTER 61

(Senate Bill 92)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 34 of
Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Chancery", sub-title "Dower", providing that courts of equity
AS TO CERTAIN DOWER RIGHTS may confirm conveyances of
infant married males, as well as infant married females.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 34 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Chancery", sub-title "Dower", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

34.

Where any infant [feme covert] married person shall, in respect of
[her dower] his or her dower, unite with [her husband] his or her
spouse in any conveyance or lease executed and acknowledged in
form for passing [feme covert's] the infant married person's real
estate, [of] or any lands, tenements or hereditaments, and the courts
of equity of this State shall, as concerns such [feme covert's dower]
infant married person's dower, deem such conveyance or lease equit-