The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-05-14

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the Comptroller, which the said Comptroller
is hereby directed to issue, is hereby directed
to pay said inspectors the amount of their
monthly salaries on the first day of each
month succeeding the month in which the SER
vice shall have been performed, from the fund
hereinafter provided for. The said inspectors
shall take and subscribe an oath Tor aflirma-
tom such as is commonly required in posi-
tions of similar character, and in the event OF
failure to properly perform the duties herein
prescribed shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor
Sec. 20 II. For the purpose of raising the
revenue necessary to the requirements of this
act tax of ten cents per hundred of bushels
ofoysters purchased by each and every packer,
shipper and wholesale and retail dealer or
dealers of any kind in oysters is hereby levied
on all such packers, shippers and wholesale
and retail dealer and dealers of any kind in
oysters, who shall monthly make a sworn
statement of the quantity of oysters purchased
and forward said statements on the first day
of the month succeeding the month in which
such purchases shall have been made, with
the amount of money due on account of said
tax, to the Treasurer of the state; and in
default of said statement and payment as
herein provided, or in the event of anyone
making false oath for the default, the of.
meanor, and for making such false oath, in
addition to the penalties herein imposed,
shall be indictable and punishable as is now
provided for the crime of perjury.
Sec. 81. 1t shall be unlawful for any per
son or persons to take or catch oysters or to
have oysters in his or their possession between
the twentieth day of April and the first day
of September in each and every year; pro-
vided that oysters caught before the twentieth
day of April may be disposed of at any time
before the thirtieth day of April; provided
that this section shall not prevent transporta-
tion companies from carrying oysters brought
from other States nor hotel and restaurant
keepers or private persons from purchasing
oysters outside of the State of Maryland, nor
shall it be construed to prevent any person
from taking oysters for private use or trans
planting or cultivating, not for sale, at any
time from his private beds within the state.
Persons violating the provisions of this sec
ton shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor.
SEC. 81 A. Any person who shall violate
any provisions of Sections twenty and twenty
one A inclusive of the act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof before any tribunal of competent juris-
dction for such offenses in this state shall be
fined not less than $25. nor more than $500, in
the discretion ofthe judge ofthe court or tribu-
nal in which such person shall be tried, or
imprisoned in the county or city Jail, or in
the House of Correction, for not less than
one month nor more than twelve months, in
the discretion of the judge or justice trying
the same; provided, however, that any owner,
master or person in charge of canoe, boat
or vessel used in taking or catching oysters
with rakes or tongs, who shall be convicted
of having in possession on said canoe, boat
or vessel oysters containing more than five
per cent. OF shells and small oysters, as pro
vided in Section twenty A. shall be fined
sum not less than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars, in the discretion of the Judge of
the court or the justice of the peace before
whom such person shall be tried and one
half of every fine imposed for violation OF
this act shall be paid to the informer, and
such informer shall be entitled to receive the
same though he be an officer of the state or
any city or county therein.
Sec. %. The Board of Public Works shall
have power to remove any officer of said
force for neglect of duty or incompetency,
and the commander of the force shall have
power to suspend any officer of the force for
a period of not exceeding thirty days for any
neglect of duty with the consent of the said
Board of Public Works, and any officer com
manding in said force shall have power to re-
move any subordinate under his command
and appoint a person to gil the vacancy when
ever the interest of said service may in his
Judgment require him so to do.
SEC. SO. The salary of the Commander
of the State Fishery Force shall be fifteen
hundred dollars, and the salary of Deputy
Commander in charge of steamers shall be
one thousand dollars per amman; and they
shall have power to appoint one officer at n
salary of six hundred dollars per annum, one
engineer or machinist at n salary of eight
hundred dollars per annum, and one pilot at
a salary of thirty dollars per month, three
seamen at n salary of twenty-five dollars each
per month, two firemen at salary OF twenty
five dollars each per month, one steward and
one cook at a salary of twenty-five dollars
each per month, and each deputy commander
of sloops OF vessels shall receive salary of
eight hundred dollars per annum; he shall
have the power to appoint one officer at
salary of five hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, and four seamen at a salary of forty
dollars per month during the oyster season
and thirty dollars per month after the season,
each to be selected from the district in which
they are respectively to serve.
SEC. "a. The officers and crews of the
vessels aforesaid shall each receive one ration
per day of the quality and quantity such as is
allowed by law to the officers and crews of
the revenue marine of the United States, but
no rations shall be allowed to officers or crews
of sailing vessels; and in addition to the afore-
going the Comptroller is hereby directed to
issue annually his warrant on the Treasurer
in the sum of fifteen dollars for each member
of the Fishery Force in favor of the COM
mander, to be expended by him in the pur.
chase of uniforms for the members of said
force, and the members of said force shall at
all times keep themselves neatly clothed in
proper uniform when on duty, and the Treas
urer is hereby required to pay said warrant.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts
or parts of acts inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this act be and the same are hereby
repealed to the extent that they are so incon-
sistsnt, provided that nothing herein con-
tained shall apply to Worcester county.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to affect
any prosecution for violations of the existing
laws of this state or for oAenses against the
same committed before the passage Of this
act.
SEC. A. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January session, 1892
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
w. G. PURNELL,