The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-05-16
o,DIlo General Laws.
CHAPTER as.

prPEAL AND RE-ENACT
MT iUgrNDMENTS. SECTIONS p
wa n A 8 AND g OF ARTICLE a, OF
= y oonr OF PUBLIC GENERAL
ls GIT TyTLE OYSTERS" AS RE.
I'VE. BY CHAPTER $50 OF THE
rs OF 1894. ,..s hv the Genera
81 icth, = If Maryland, TnaI Seetioi T a
:rsss and s. Of Article .I, IL Q! o rvs s
}Prbhc Ge 5 Nv Chapter $50 of the Act:
relnacleSur d the same are hereby re-
ia % enacted, with amendments
ealt,,. rad as follows
sc .rnsr of such boat shall make
9 ne the Comptroller or his clerk,
Nd bsioreo ztner be a resident of Balti-
4, city he may make oatn p 45i tn s
n'e- :. ~ he Court Of common rieas' a u
rs o. Inf NJ a county, ne may MAKE
n reslatean me clerk of the circuit couri
~ bsioIs ~ al the same time exhibit
n ssia oy,am- house license to said Off
Chs sus whom he makes the oath,
MiY. +he bona fide owner OF such
ID q .-;bed in the license; that he has
VI e..ssident of the state Tor the TINS
<lisbsfore prescribed; that tnere is -. ~
filn ia boat. held by nonresident
on sai ,ndirectly, and that the said
tciF Q, baId and shall not be know
~ ~ With an intention to violate OF
~ - r-oyisions of this article, and
gsie Miami ~ shall produce before the
81 !ssgoffl i al the time of making such
ll,jnn the certificate OF the taxing
~ oath, and the Gross cus.on-nouse
ssel r,hich gross tonnage the owner
.rnAs1ssr to. and shall further make
ih1l ~ before the measurement of said
aln tn 10, The custom-house officers the
issse rsssel was not dunnaged so as TO
~ he lust and proper measurement
~. ..5nage Of said vessel, with view OF
9 80 nroper and just sum Tor the
Fa5ls said vessel. The master of
Eshsil5, shall also make oath before
ga ,OO..,ntrnller or his clerk, or, II a
sst,.ot Of Baltimore City, before the
fsnf -hs Court of Common Pleas, or
W The clerk of the circuit court of the
~ ~. therein he may reside, that he has
S.iss next preceding the time of taking
~ 9Th ANY one violating this section
XXI ~ deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
~ ,,non conviction before a judge OF
" r-3ninal Court of Baltimore City, or
1s,i,s nj the circuit court of the county.
y, Justice of the peace having Jurisdic-
y. &c the case may be, shall be lined a
~ m, less than fifty dollars, nor more
~. three hundred dollars. or imprisoned
Y ~ House of Correction for period
", less than three months or more
~, ~ si- months, or both, at the discre-
~ Of the Judge or Justice of the peace.
= Before granting such license the
es1ntroller shall receive two dollars and
.-hiv-fiye cents for every gross ton the
~, shall measure, and in case any license
i:s1ed BY authority of any county, the
- M the circuit court of the county
IN receive for such license from the
,.siicant one dollar and ninety cents per
<5ss ION fer every gross ton the boat
AN measure, except that when the Ii
rrse is issued by authority OF any
.,a-tv. the license fee shall be eight dol
En- for ali boats of five gross tons meas
ryrsnt and under, said measurement
= u The gross tonnage of custom-house
but no allowance or deduc-
m shall be made or allowed by reason OF
|igrnaging. and 1t shall be the duty of
n commander of the State Fishery Force
I'd any officer under his command az
IN time he or they shall deem 1t proper
r Inspect and verify the measurement of
IN boat. and their gross tonnage; and
n measurement ascertained by such
ser shall be conclusive and final, and
M license granted shall be corrected or
minded in accordance with such meas
rsnent, and the appropriate license fee
lzsinbefore named paid in accordance
Inn such measurement, and the right
rlHted by any license already issued
faI be suspended until the full payment
4 such license fee is completed; provided,
BAT persons applying for scraping license
q boats to dredge in the Chesapeake
hy after the first day Of January TO the
rienth day of March shall be required
pay only one dollar and fifty cents per
Esss ton to the Comptroller of the state
n such license, and any law, general or
bal In conflict herewith shall be void
ri Of no effect.
x The Board of Public Works shall
lave power, and it shall be their duty, to
isp the steamers and sail vessels in good
zi=T and repair; and for the purpose of
ri1clng the expenses OF the State Fish
y Force the said board is authorized,
81 hereby required. to lay up and put out
Il commission one steamer and under no
t,umstance shall the steamer be placed
,,om;Gission except during the dredging
sls0n and only then in such emergency
& the Board of Public Works may judge
Necessary that both steamers are re-
FIRED to enforce the provisions of this
fcle; and in such cases the comman
Z shall take command of said steamer
Il ship a crew, and as soon as the
lsrgency is passed the said commander
iall discharge said crew and place said
amer out OF commission again, retain
z only one man to act as watchman.
10 shall receive not more than thirty
Mars per month while so employed. And
Y the purpose of still further reducing
ipenses the said Board of Public Works
authorized. in their discretion. to sell
ie Of the steamers and to turn the funds
fslg from such sale over to the Comp
Oler TO be placed to the credit of the
Isier fund. The Board of Public Works
further authorized and required to re-
ice the number of employees on the sail
ats from the fifteenth day of April until
e fifteenth day of September of each
az to three, viz: captain. mate and cook,
INSIST of the three above named crew
ID a seaman. making four men to each
me above-named boats, and the Board
Public Works is hereby authorized to
hlraet for sloops or vessels to guard
e line from the first of October to the
s Of April between the tongers and
eagers from the long wharf at Cam
idge to Bowdles House in Talbot county,
q TO rent or hire suitable boats to guard
waters of Herring Bay. Manokin
yer. St, Marys River, Holland and
oOpers Straits, ard Pocomoke River
d Sound, the price to be paid for the use
such boats not to exceed thirty dollars
month during the period of employ
ny and the crews OF the boats so en-
oyed, not exceeding three for each boat,
a., be paid for their services not ex-
ealng fifty dollars per month for the
pam or master and thirty dollars each
month for their several assistants.
9 The salary of the commander of the
ate Fishery Force shall be fifteen hun
ca dollars per annum, and the deputy
nmander OF the steamer shall receive
salary OF ten hundred dollars per an
m and he shall have power to appoint
oIncer at a salary of six hundred dol
: per annum, one engineer at a salary
signt hundred dollars per annum, one
sistant engineer at salary of
OF at a salary Of thirty dollars per
MN, three seamen at salary of TWEEN
,hve dollars per month each. and two
emen at twenty-five dollars per month
%; and one cook and one steward at
salary OF twenty-five dollars per month
~. And each deputy commander of
,sn hundred dollars per annum. and
"a deputy commander of the said YES
y snail have the power to appoint one
Ger at salary of five hundred dollars
annum, and four seamen at a salary
tnirty-five dollars each per month dur
me oyster season, and thirty dollars
month after the season, except the
paty commander of the second guard
~ Of the Second district. who shall re-
ye hfty dollars per month for the year,
y ne shall appoint a mate at a salary
Iorty dollars per month and two sea-
y az salary of thirty dollars each per
min, each to be selected from the dis
we. "
\ That it shall be unlawful, without
hority from the owner, for any per-
or persons to take or catch planted or
sued oysters knowing them to be so
iAted or bedded, or to remove, break
, destroy or otherwise injure or alter
stakes. bounds, marks, buoys or
rsf resignation of any of said beds.
person or persons violating the pro-
IONS Of this section or section forty
" OF this article shall be guilty of a
stleineanor, and upon conviction there
oeIore the circuit court or Justice of
peace Tor the county where the oys-
; were bedded, shall be liable to the
: !. and penalties in section forty-six of
!. All oysters sold in this state shall be
asured either in a one-half busheI tub.
onshei tub, a bushel and one-half tub
three-buShel tub, and all instru-
MS OF measurement for measuring
si ars In the shell shall be an iron cir,
M k suo with straight sides. and straight
~ bottom, with holes in bottom. IL de-
81, FOR draining, such holes TO be no
ser, however, than one inch in diam
\, half-bushel tub shall have the
owing dimensions: All measurements
". " from inside to inside, fifteen inches
US the top, thirteen inches across the
ION, and seventeen inches tiiagonaliy
IN the inside climb to the ton 4
~ HIeI TUB shall measure sixteen and ONE
i u. .ncnes across at the bottom from in
y ~ INSIDE, twenty-one inches fiiagon-
q from the inside climb to the top,
p 1a.sen inches across from inside to in
Il IRON rom the top. A bushel and one-half
! taa measure nineteen inches across
~ wp from inside to inside, eighteen
--ieS from inside n fneida % fha hot