The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-16

fined not less than 800 or imprisoned
1T the discretion OF the court.
The secretary of the board of com
missioners shall, not later than Deem
hcr ] of each year. report to the Coy
elnor all proceedings of the board. in
GLIDING an itemized statement of NIL
expenditures and of the amounts re-
ceived from the shell-fsh industry Of the
state. The board shall make bi-cn-
NAL report 10 the Legislature
The State Treasurer is authorized to
keep separate the funds derived from
the shell-fish industry and pay from
this fund all expenses arising from the
regulation of such industry: provided
the entire expenses Of this Act. SO To
be paid out, shall not exceed $4,000
during any one year.
The oyster law passed in 1897 tchapter
80 is changed and amended as follows:
TO require oystcrmen to take out
license in Dare. Hyde. Carteret. Craven.
Beaufort or Pamlico. The law Of 1897
had ''Onslow'' county in place Of Beau
fort =
All vessels without decks and under
custom house tonnage. using rakeS.
scoops or dredges shall pay license tax
Of $500 Formally this tax was 81.
All such Vessels with decks shall pay
license tax of 81 instead Of $40.
All vessels subject to custom house
tonnage shall pay a tax Of 81 tinstead
OF 81 per ton.
The provisos TO this section %. in re-
gard to what vessels may and may not
\ Il. .J.r1e,
are changed to read as follows:
provided. that no vessel over thirty
tons. or steam vessel or any vessel pro-
PEELED by gas or electricity of any kind
or tonnage. shall be allowed to use
scoops or drcdges in the waters of this
State: and Provided further that no
boat or vessel not the property of resi-
dents Of this State. shall receive license.
or be permitted in any manner to en-
gage in the catching of oysters any
where in the waters of this State. That
no boat. vessel or craft. with or without
decks. shall receive a license, or he per-
mitted in any manner to engage in the
catching of oysters anywhere in the
waters of this State. if the said boat
vessel or craft shall be under any
mortgage. lien or incumbrance to any
nonresident of this State at least
twelve months prior to the giving OF the
said mortgage lien or membranes. nor
unless the owner, master, mate and
manager shall have been bona fide resi-
dents of North Carolina at least one
year prior to the issuing of the said
license: Provided that no instrument
or implement other than ordinary hand
tongs shall be used for the purpose of
taking or catching oysters in the waters
OF lower Broad Creek and Jones Bay
in Pamlico county. and Rose Bay in
Hyde county,
All persons purchasing oysters for
packing, shocking, shipping or for sale
shall file with the clerk Of the Superior
court Of the county wherein the said
oysters are purchased (instead of with
the deputy inspector. as heretofore) Il
statement Of the number of bushels pnr-
chased. from whom, etc. and shall pay
TO the clerk two cents per bushel.
provided. that the provisions of this
act shall not apply TO persons who may
purchase or take oysters for their own
immediate consumption: Provided, fur
thcr. that all persons canning or shuck-
ing oysters in this State. after having
shall be entitled to a rebate of one cent
per bushel.
Section II, authorizing the Governor
10 suspend the use of dredges: section
II. providing for a Chief Shell-fish In
specior and deputy inspectors and pre-
scribing their duties: section Is. fixing
their pay. section u, prescribing bonds
and the payment of money to State
Treasurer: section IL. requiring inspec-
tors to report monthly; section Is. al
lowing inspectors to close down certain
bridges 10 prevent escape of vessels
violating the law, and fixing penalty
for such violation; and section ID. re-
curing the chief Inspector to make a
monthly report. are all repealed. new
sections being substituted for them in
the now law.