The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.
CHAPTER AS.

%, So, 40, As AND GO OF ARTICLE 70, OF
THE CODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL
LAWS, TITLE "OYSTERS," AS RE-
ENACTED BY CHAPTER $50 OF THE
ACTS OF 1894.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Sections q,
~, 36, 49, As and 63 of Article y of the Code
OF Public General Laws, title oysters.
as re-enacted by Chapter $50 of the Acts
of 1894, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments
SO as TO read as follows:
q. The owner of such boat shall maxi
oath before the Comptroller or his clerk,
-. if the owner be resident OF Balti-
more City, he may make oath before the
clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, or,
oath before the clerk of the circuit court
for said county, at the same time exhibit
ing his custom-house license to said offl-
Ger, before whom he makes the oath.
that he is the bona fide owner of such
boat, described in the license; that he has
been a resident of the state for the time
hereinbefore prescribed; that there Is no
lien on said boat. held by a non-resldent
directly or indirectly, and that the SAID
boat is not held, and shall not be know
lnSly used with an intention to violate or
such applicant shall produce before the
Comptroller, at the time of making such
application, the certificate of the taslns :
CT such OATH and the gross Gust om-house
tonnage, which gross tonnage the owner
shall swear to, and shall further MAKE
oath that before the measurement or sald
vessel by the custom-house officers the
said vessel was not dunnaGed SO as 10
evade the just and proper measurement,
of tonnage Of said vessel, with view OF
eevaoins a proper and just sum lor inc
such beat shall also make oath before
the Comptroller, or his clerk, or, II a
resident OF Baltimore City, before the
clerk of the Court OF Common Pleas, or
before the clerk of the circuit court OF inc
county wherein he may reside, that ne mas
been resident of the state for the tWelVe
such cath. Any one violating this section
shall be deemed guilty OF misdemeahor
and upon conviction before Judge OF
the Criminal Court Of baltimore CltN, or
judge of the circuit court of the county,
or n justice of the peace having Jurlsdic-
ton, as the case may be, shall be nned d
sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more
than three hundred dollars, or imprlsoEe51
In the House of Correction for perlou
of not less than three months or more
than six months, or both, al the olscre-
ton of the judge or Justice of the peace.
q. Before granting such license inc
Comptroller shall receive two dollars ana
= eighty-five cents for every gross ton inc
boat shall measure, and in case any license
Is issued by authority Of any county, the
clerk of the circuit court of the county
shall receive for such license from the
applicant one dollar and ninety cents pc.
gross ton for every gross tor the oonl
may measure, except that when the Il
cense is issued by authority of any
county, the license fee shall be eight doi-
urement and under, said. measurement
to be the gross tonnage of custom-noNse
measurement; but no allowance or deoucce
ton shall be made or allowed by reason OF
damaging, and it shall be the duty oil
the commander of the State Fishery Force
and any officer under his. command at
any time he or they SHAH deem 'a II prope ef
any boat, and their gross TONNAGE; ana
the measurement ascertained by sucn
officer shall be conclusive and final. and
any license granted shall be corrected or
ame nded in accordance with sucf ineas-
nrement, and the appropriate license Zee
hereinbefore named paid in accoraafHe
with such measurement. and the. right
granted by any license already issued
shall be suspended until the full payment
Of such license fee is completed provided,
for boats to dredse il the Chesapeake
Bay after the first day of January to the
fifteenth day of March shall be required
gross Say ton Sh to the a comptroler Of the
for such license, ard any law. general or
local. in conflict herewith shall be void
and of no effect.
Sc. The Board of Public Works shall
have power, and it shall be their duty, to
keep the steamers and sail vessels in good
order and repair; and for :he purpose of
cry Force the said board is authorized.
and hereby required, to lay up and put out
of commission one steamer and under no
circumstance shall the steamer be placed
in commission except during the dredging
season, and only then in suck emergency
as the Board of Public Works may judge
is necessary that both steamers are re-
quired to enforce the provisions of this
article; and in such cases the comman
der shall take command of said steamer
emersencv IS nassed I'M te s said soon
shall discharge said crew and place said
steamer out of commission again. retain
Ing only one man to act as watchman,
who shall receive not more than thirty
dollars per month while SO employed. And
for the purpose of still further reducing
expenses the, said Board Of Public Works
Is authorized, IN their discretion. to sell
one of the steamers and to turn the funds
arising from such sale over to the Comp
eroler to be P,acfd 70 O. the ersdt Of the
IS further authorized and required to re-
duce the number of employees on the sail
boats from the fifteenth day Of April until
year to three, viz: captain. mate and cook.
excepting the schooner Nelly Jackson"
Folly" and "Baughman." which shall
and seaman. making four men to each
of the above-named boats. and the Board
of Public Works is hereby authorized to
the line from the frs: of October to the
first Of April between the tongers and
dredgers from the long wharf at Cam
bridge to Bowdles House in Talbot county.
and to rent or hire suitable boats to guard
the waters of Herring Bay. Manokin
RRi nn1.r St; Ma. Marys River, Holland and
and Sound, the price to be paid forthe use
of such boats not to exceed thirty dollars
per month during the period of employ
nent, and the crews of the boats so en-
ployed, not exceeding three for each boat,
shall be paid for their services not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars per month for the
captain or master and thirty dollars each
per month for their several assistants.
40. The salary of the commander of the
State Fishery Force shall be fifteen hun
ored dollars per annum, and the deputy
a salary of ten hundred dollars per an
mum, and he shall have power to appoint
one officer at salary of six hundred dol
lars per annum. one engineer a salary
assistant engineer at a salary of
six hundred dollars per annum. one
pilot at a salary Of thirty dollars per
month, three seamen at salary of TWEEN
ty-five dollars per month each, and two
hremen at twenty-five dollars per month
each; and one cook and one steward at
each. And each deputy commander of
the sail vessels shall receive a salary of
seven hundred dollars per annum, and
each deputy commander of the said YES
sells shall have the power to appoint one
officer at a salary of five hundred dollars
per annum, and four seamen at salary
ing the oyster season. and thirty dollars
per month after the season, except the
deputy, commander of the second guard
boat Of the Second district. who shall re-
ceive fifty dollars per month for the year,
and he shall appoint a mate at salary
OF forty dollars per month and two sea-
month, each to be selected from the dis
trict in which they are respectively to
serve.
4s. That it shall be unlawful, without
authority from the owner, for any per-
son or persons to take or catch planted or
bedded oysters knowing them TO be so
planted or bedded. or to remove. break
any stakes, bounds. marks. buoys or
other designation of any of said beds.
Any person or persons violating the pro-
seven Of this article shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. and upon convict,or there
of before the circuit court or justice of
the peace for the county where the oys-
tiers were bedded. shall be liable to the
fines and penalties in section forty-six of
this article.
measured either in a one-half bushel tub,
a bushel tub. a bushel and one-half tub
or a three-bushel tub, and all instru-
ments of measuremant for measuring
oysters in the shell shall be an iron cir
cular tub with straight sides. and straight
solid bottom, with holes in bottom, if de-
sired. for draining. such holes to be no
larger. however, than one inch in diam
eter. A half-bushel tub shall have the
following Dimensions: All measurements
to be from inside 10 inside fifteen inches
across the top, thirteen inches across the
bottom. and seventeen inches diagonally
from the inside climb to the top A
bushel tub shall measure sixteen and one
half inches across at the bottom from in
side to inside, twenty-one inches diagon-
ally from the inside climb to the top,
eighteen inches across from inside to in
side from the top. A bushel and one-half
tub snail measure nineteen inches across
the top from inside to inside, eighteen
inches from inside to inside at the bot
tom, and tWenty.four inches diagonally
from the inside chimbto the top. A three
bushel tub shall measure twenty-four