Saint Mary's beacon., 1890-05-29
oHAPTER Esd


AN ACT % repeal section MxfYihf ~
Article segenfytWo. uf ilie Nse f
Public General i.aNs If Aat51sHN Ills
a0yalefs.T sub .fsiis HGcnaiaf Naaus
ii OyKiafa. gDd % fa-rnaci tho ssfsse
with amendments
sgcTIog 8e Il okaclcd hy fbe Geaefsi
Assembly Of Maryland, That section sixty
three, of Article aevGnty-iwo, - tie fio.G
of Public General isawsd Maryiand. slgls
eDys,erE, subtitle General Mc2sHmf *
QYstefs,| be ard tbe same & heTrby
pcaled and ro cuaescd, so Aa " read aa
follows
SRc. g3 All oysters measured In ihls
State shall lle measured either in a oncshaif
bushcl tub, bushel tub d buahei and one.
half tub 0r three htshpl glih. and aii
instruments Of measurements fof measuring
oysters III tic shell shall be 80 iron circular
tub with straight sides and straight solid
b6ttflm with holes Ia bottom II desirws ise
draining, anclr holes 10 he 10 larger howe
ever ilap one inch ln diameter 9 haif
bOshcl tab shall have NE following d.mes
slOna, al measurements 10 be from inside %
inside: ifte0n inches across the ton, tbificen
inches across tic bottom, and seventeen
inches diagonal. from llic inaisic chimh "a
the top; bnahci tub shall measure aixteeh
and one.half inches aeFoss ai slie bustpm
from inside 10 inside, twealy one inches
diagonal from Tie inside chimb % Tic top.
and eighteen inches across fsom inside 81
inside a. the top bushel and one.haif tub
shall measure nineteen inches ncroas sl4N
top from inside 70 inside, eighteen inches
across the bottom from inside u inside. aud
twenty four inches diagonal irDm the inside
climb 70 the top: a three buahei tub eiiail
measure twenty four inchna acr0ss the i9p
from inside 70 inside, twenty two inches
from inside 70 inside AZ the bottom, ara
tWenty-nihe and twcnty,slX ehuHaMdthn
inches diagonal from the Inside chilnh lo
the top, and al oysters measured ia tho
ahell as required BIZ Law shall be eycDDf'
struck measures and any person of pcDans
engaged Ia the business of buying ~ selling
oysters IN this States who shall own "
have in bis possession any lneirumeni II
measurement for oystera ii the alsell which
differs in size o. description rom she
measures hereinbeioge menti0ncds with
intent p use the SANG for measuring ogalefs
shall be guilty 0f Tnisdenlesanpr and pun
ished accordingly by & court " tompsa At
Jurisdiction; all tabs q hc stamped hg thea
proper officer 81 the locality Nhefe sufh
tubs are uaeds provided, thsl cy8ty osleAAe
which has been OF shall have wholly of
partly committed against tic pr0vlslnn ~
the section herein repealed and 70 enacted
before this enactment goes into operation,
shall be dealt with inquired Into, trieds
determined and punished, and any penalty
III respect 10 any such Clfense shall be
imposed oF inflicted, and any hne shall ba
imposed, enforced OF recovered III The same
manner as II the said laws had not b0en
repealed and re.enacted.
SEC. 2. And be It enacted, Thet this ecs
shall take effect from the date OF rs pas
Aage.
Approved April 8, 1890
We hereby certify that the aiorcgoing u
correct copy Of an Act Of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed January
session, 1890.
CARLTON SEAFER,
ChiUf Clerk Of the Houseof Delegates.
w. q. PURNELI,
Secretary Of the Senate.