Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1896-05-15
Public General Lawa.



LAWS, TITLE "oYsrERs." AS RE
ENACTED BY CHAPTER $50 OF THE
ACTS OF 1884
Section J. BE IL enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. That Sections q
y, 81, ", IS and So Of Article l2 Of the Coae
OF Public General Lava, title oysters "
rs re-enacted BY Chapter $50 Of the Acts
OF 1894. be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re-enac;ed, with amendments
so as to read as follows.
q. Tho owner OF such boat shall make
oath before the Comptroller or his clerk,
or. II The owner be resident o. Bait
more city, he may make oath before the
clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas, or,
II a resident OF a county, he may make
oath before the clerk OF the circuit court
for said county. al the same time exhibit
ing his custom-house license to said oifl-
GER before whom he makes the oath,
that he Is the bona nde 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 nonresident,
directly or Indirectly, and that the said
boat Is not held, and shall not be know
ingly used with an intention to violate or
evade the provisions Of this article, and
such applicant shall produce before the
Comptroller, at the time Of making such
application, the certificate of the taking
Of such oath. and the gross Gust om-house
tonnage, which gross tonnage the owner
shall swear to. and shall further make
vessel by the custom-house officers the
said vessel was not damaged SO as to
evade the just and proper measurement
OF tonnage OF said vessel. with view Of
evading a proper and just sum for the
licensing OF said vessel. The master Of
such boat 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 he
county wherein he may reside, that he has
been a resident Of the state for the twelve
months next preceding the time OF taking
such oath Any one violating his section
shall be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor.
and upon conviction before a judge OF
the Criminal Court Of baltimore City or
judge OF the circuit court OF the county.
or a justice Of the peace having jurisdic-
tion. rs the case may be, shall be fined a
sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more
than three hundred dollars. or imprisoned
In the House OF Correction for a period
Of not less than three months or more
than six months, or both, at the discre
tion OF the Judge OF justice Of the peace.
o. Before granting such license the
Comptroller shall receive two dollars and
cighty-tive cents for every gross ton the
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 per
gross ton for every gross ton The boat
may measure. except that when the IL
county. the license Zee shall be eight dol
lars for all boats Of five gross tons meas
uremeflt and under, said measurement
to be the gross tonnage of custom house
measurement; but no allowance or deduc-
ton shall be made or allowed by reason Of
dunnaging. and, It shall be the duty Of
the commander ofthe state Fishery Force
and any officer under his command at
any time he or they shall deem it proper
TO Inspect and verify the measurement Of
any boat, and their gross tonnage; and
the measurement ascertained by such
officer shall be conclusive and final. and
any license granted shall be corrected or
amended in accordance with such mea
nrement. and the appropriate license fee
hereinbefore named paid In accordance
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
mat persons applying for scraping license
for boats to dredge in the Chesapeake
Bay after the first day of January to the
hfteenth day OF March shall be required
to pay only one dollar and fifty cents per
gross ton to the Comptroller of the state
for such license and any law, general or
local. in conflict herewith shall be void
and OF no effect.
49, 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 the purpose Of
reducing the expenses of the State Fish
cry Force the said board is authorized
and hereby required to lay up and put ont
of commission one steamer. and under no
circumstance shall the steamer be placed
in commission except during the dredging
season, and only then in such 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
and ship a crew and as soon as the
emergency is passed the said commander
shall discharge said crew and place said
steamer out Of commission again, retain
ing only one man to act as Waterman
VINO snail receive not more than thirty
dollars per month while 50 employed. And
1Gr 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 Surn the funds
arising from such sale over to the Comp
troller to be placed to the credit of the
oyster fund. The Board Of Public Works
Is further authorized and required 10 re
duce the number Of employees on the sail
boats from the fifteenth day Of April until
the fifteenth day Of September Of each
year to three, viz: captain, mate and cook
excepting the schooner Nelly Jackson
Folly" and "Baughman," which shall
consist of the three ahove-named crew
and a seaman, making four men to each
OF the aboye-named boats. and the Board
OF Public Works Is hereby authorized to
contract Tor sloops or vessels to guard
the line from the first of October to the
frst OF April between the tongers and
qredgers from the long wharf at Cam
bridge 10 Bowdles House in Talbot county
and to rent or hire suitable boats to guard
the waters Of Herring Bay. Marokln
River, St.. Marys River Holland and
Hoopers Straits, ard Pocomoke River
and Sound, the price to be paid for'the use
of such boats not to exceed thirty dollars
per month during the period of employ
ment, and the crews of the boats so EN-
pioyed, not exceeding three for each boat
snail 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
dred dollars per annum and the deputy
commander. Of the steamer shall receive
a salary or ten hundred dollars per an
mum, and he shall have power to appoint
one officer at a salary Of six hundred dol
lars per annum. one engineer at a salary
OF eight hundred dollars per annum, one
assistant engineer at a salary OF
six hundred dollars per annum. one
pilot at salary Of thirty dollars per
month, three seamen at a salary of TWEEN
ty-fiVe dollars per month each, and two
nremen at twenty-five dollars per month
each, and one cook and one steward at
salary OF twenty-five dollars per month
each. And each deputy commander of
the sail vessels shall receive a salary Of
seven hundred dollars per auuum, and
each deputy commander of the said YES
sells shall have the power to appoint one
ofieer at a salary Of five hundred dollars
per annum, and four seamen at a salary
OF thlrty-five dollars each per month dur
inR 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-
oeive fifty dollars per month for the year
and ne 81 VI appoint mate at a salary
OF forty ellars per month and two sea
men at a salary Of thirty dollars each per
month, each TO be selected from the dis
serve.
4s. That It shall be unlawful, without
authority from the owner for any nor
son or persons 10 take or catch planted or
bedded oysters knowing them to be so
planted sor bedded, or to remove, break
OF, destroy or otherwise injure or alter
any stakes. bounds. marks, buoys or
other designation OF any Of said beds
Any person or persons violating the pfo-
Visions OF this section or section forty
seven OF this article shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
Of before the circuit court or a justice of
the peace for the county where the oys-
ters were bedded. shall be liable to the
this article.
g. All oysters sold in this state shall be
measured either In a one-half bushe1 tub.
bushel tub, bushel and one-haH tub
or a three-bushel tub and all instru-
ments Of measurement for measuring
oysters in the sheil shall be an Iron cir
GUAR 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
10 be from inside to inside fifteen inches
across the top. thirteen inches across the
bottom, and seventeen inches diagonallv
from the inside climb to the ton A
pushel tub shall measure sixteen and one
mar Inches across at the bottom from in
SIDE TO inside, twenty-oue inches diagen-
ally from the Inside climb to the TOP.
eighteen inches across from inside to IN
size from the top. a bushei and one-half