SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1153

(2)   The Commission DEPARTMENT of Chesapeake Bay Affairs
shall issue and provide forms to all licensed soft shell clam dredgers
which shall require the following information thereon; the date of
catch; dredgers license number, name and address; area or areas
where soft shell clams caught; name of licensed soft shell clam dealer
to whom clams were sold and the number of U. S. bushels, or parts
thereof, sold to said dealer and such other information as required
by Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs. Said forms shall be an
triplicate, and be signed by the licensed soft shell clam dredger. One
copy thereof is to be retained by the licensed soft shell clam dredger
for not less than eighteen (18) months; one copy thereof is to be
returned or delivered to the Commission DEPARTMENT of Chesa-
peake Bay Affairs weekly, and the remaining copy is to be given
the licensed soft shell clam dealer.

(3)   The Commission DEPARTMENT of Chesapeake Bay Affairs
shall also issue and provide to each licensed soft shell clam dealer
forms to be executed by the dealer, in the event of resale by him, in
Maryland, of clams for export, and delivered to each purchaser,
trucker, transporter or exporter thereof, showing the dealer's license
number, the date of sale, the name of the person, persons, partner-
ship or corporation to whom said unshucked soft shell clams were
sold, and the number of U. S. bushels, or parts thereof, sold thereto
and such other information as required by the Department of Chesa-
peake Bay Affairs.

(4) It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, partnership, or
corporation, whether or not a licensed soft shell clam dealer, to ship,
transport or export unshucked soft shell clams out of the State of
Maryland without having in possession executed copies of the above
mentioned dredger's or dealer's forms, proving the purchase and
quantity contained in each and every shipment.

(5)  Said forms shall be exhibited, upon demand, by any licensed
soft shell clam dredger or dealer, or by any person, persons, partner-
ship or corporation, shipping, transporting or exhibiting soft shell
clams, to any officer of the Commission of Chesapeake Bay Affairs.

(6)  A dealer's license shall not be required of any person or cor-
poration, resident or non-resident, if such person or corporation has
initially purchased such clams from a licensed soft shell clam dealer,
whether or not said clams are purchased for sale, retail or wholesale.

(n) Dealer to be licensed—Any person desiring to be a dealer in
the business of buying and selling, shipping or marketing soft shell
clams, in, to or from Dorchester County, shall first obtain a license
from the Department as set forth in Section 713 of the article.

(o) Confiscation of soft shell clams—It shall be the duty of the
Department to seize any and all soft shell clams that may be caught,
sold, offered for sale, or held in possession in violation of this section,
to be disposed of at the discretion of the Department. In Dorchester

County, the Department is expressly denied, and shall not have the

right and authority to confiscate any boat, floating rig, mechanical

or hydraulic dredge, truck or motor vehicle, or any part thereof, at

anytime or to hold or detain for any boat, floating rig, by-

draulic or mechanical dredge, truck or motor vehicle for any viola-

tion, or alleged violation of this section.

(p) Soft shell clam productivity—It shall be the duty of the De-
partment to take such measures as in its judgment shall seem best