The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16


 Nothing herein contained shall prevent | his receiving his regular per diem also. If he should be . member of the Oyster Commission. The said Commits sion shall also elect Assistant Deputy Oyster Commissioners. not exceeding three in number. who shall have the same qualifications as the Chief Dep- uty Oyster Commissioner; and the Chief Deputy Oyster Commissioner and his assistants shall serve at the pleas ure of the Oyster Commission and may be removed or discharged by the Oys- ter Commission for such acts as shall seem proper to the Commission. The his assistants shall visit the different points where oysters are canned, 1 shipped. caught or grown. and shall enforce the provisions of this act. The Assistant Deputy Oyster Commis- sioners shall receive, during the time they are employed. compensation at | the rate of not exceeding Sixty Dol lars ($60.00) per month, together with their actual expenses of transporta- ton. If for any reason the Commis- sion shall not be able to hold its an- nual meeting on the first Monday in September, then the meeting shall be held and the foregoing officers elected at the first meeting held after the | first Monday in September.
 Sec. 1. Licenses for Catching oys- ters-That any owner of any vessel desiring to catch or take oysters from the public oyster reefs or private bed- ding grounds of this State for commer- cial purposes shall first obtain from the Secretary of the Board of Oyster Commissioners a license therefor, and said license shall have effect until re- voked by the Commission and no vessel shall be used in catching, planting or bedding oysters for commercial pur- poses on or from the public reefs and private grounds of the waters of this State unless so licensed. No license shall be issued to any person who Is not a bona fide resident of the State of Alabama and a naturalized citizen of the United States. but g. license may be issued to any natural person who Is a bona fide resident of the State of Alabama and a naturalized citizen of the United States. and to any corpora ton chartered under the laws of Ala bama and doing its business in Ala bama.
 Sec. s. The Secretary to Account Tor License Blanks.-That the State Audi tor shall furnish the said Secretary from time to time a sufficient number of license blanks of form adopted by the Oyster Commission. which shall be used blanks shall be accounted for annually by said Secretary, and all money collected therefor by said Sec- retary shall be paid Into the State Treasury monthly and placed to the credit of the Oyster Protection Fund.
 Sec. 6. Licenses-What to Show; Fees for Same.-That each license to take or catch oysters in the State shall state the name of the applicant and of the name of his or her vessel, and license under the provisions of this act shall not be used except on the vessel so mentioned in the said license. and the applicant therefor shall pay the Secretary of the Commission.
 Sec. 2. Boats to be Licensed.-That no person shall take or catch oysters for commercial purposes from the pub lic reefs or private bedding grounds Of this State In an unlicensed boat, and all persons shall exhibit their licenses for taking or catching oysters.
 Sec. Boats to Carry Signs-That the Board of oyster Commissioners shall have printed a sufficient number of signs in black figures on white can vas numbered from one to two hun dred, consecutively, and a greater num- ber If needed, and shall also have pre- pared a sufficient number of metallic signs in size six by eight inches. mum bered from one to five hundred. or greater If necessary. letters two by three inches: the said metallic signs shall be used on all boats of one ton burden and under; and the black fig. ures on white canvas shall be used on all boats over one ton burden. The black figures on white canvas, above provided for, shall be twenty-five inches in length and of proportionate width The black figures on white canvas shall be. when the vessel carry ing same is fishing or taking oysters, attached to one of the sails of the ves- sel In some conspicuous place. When vessels of one ton burden or under are fishing, catching or taking oysters they must have exposed the metallic number furnished, at the starboard side of the vessels in some conspicuous place. |.
 Factories and Shippers-That each canning factory shall pay privilege tax of One Hundred ($1oo.0o) Dollars per annum on each steam box, and each shipper of raw oysters, a privt- lege tax of one-sixteenth (1-16) of one cent per barrel on all oysters handled. Each canning factory and shipper Of raw oysters shall receive from the Secretary of the Board of oyster Com missioners a license therefor upon the payment of said sum to said Secretary, as we'll as a license fee of fifty cents for issuing the same, and 1t shall be unlawful for any person to can or ship
  said tax and received said license. Sec. TO- Tax Per Barrel-That In addition to the privilege license re- Quired by this act, a further tax and fee of Three Cents per barrel Is here- by laid upon all oysters canned and packed in, and on all oysters shipped raw in and from, this State, and on all oysters caught or taken from the public reefs or private bedding grounds for packing, canning and for shipment or sale raw. Nothing in this act con- tained shall be construed to impose this tax upon the taker or catcher of oys- ters from the lands under the waters of this State; provided that said taker or catcher of oysters is not engaged in the business of packing, shipping, can ming, buying oysters In the shell. or conducting the business of an oyster dealer If the person who takes or catches oysters should sell them in parcel lots of five barrels or less. then he shall be deemed a dealer in oys- ters as to such parcel lots of less than five barrels but if he disposes of his entire cargo or disposes of 1t In par eel lot, of more than five barrels. then he shall not be deemed an oyster dealer. This tax shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation. packing or canning said oysters. and In case of oysters sold or shipped raw by the per- son marketing or shipping same. that Is to say by the first dealer marke ting said oysters and any oysters sold by any person who has purchased same from a dealer who has paid the license thereon. shall not again be. taxed. It this Commission to collect from each rnmmiQginn-