WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 6

4-1018.

(a) (1) Every oyster in the shell and every oyster shell
sold in the State shall be measured either in a half bushel tub,
a bushel tub, a bushel and A half tub, or a 3 bushel tub. A
person shall measure oysters in the shell or oyster shells only
with an iron circular tub having straight sides and a straight
solid bottom, with holes in the bottom for draining which are no
larger than 1 inch in diameter. The Department may set standards
and allow other bulk containers it deems proper. Every
measurement shall be taken from inside to inside. The dimensions
shall BE as follows:

[(1)] (I) Half bushel tub — 15 inches across the
top, 13 inches across the bottom, and 17 inches diagonally from
the inside chime to the top;

[(2)] (II) Bushel tub — sixteen and one-half inches
across the bottom, 18 inches across the top, and 21 inches
diagonally from the inside chime to the top;

[(3)] (III) Bushel and a half tub — 18 inches across
the bottom, 19 inches across the top, and 24 inches diagonally
from the inside chime to the top; and

[(4)] (IV) Three bushel tub — 22 inches across the
bottom, 24 inches across the top, and 29.26 inches diagonally
from the inside chime to the top.

(2) All oysters measured in the shell as required by
this section shall be even measure to the top of the tub only.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic errors and a word omitted in §
4-1018(a) of the Natural Resources Article.

Occurred: Ch. 4, Acts of the Special Session of 1973.
Ch. 864, Acts of 1974.

4-1103.

(a) The Department shall take measures which in its
judgment seem best calculated to increase the productivity or
utility of any part of the natural [oysters] OYSTER bars of the
State.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 4-1103(a) of the
Natural Resources Article.

Occurred: In the printing of the 1983 Replacement

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