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is to be paid to the Comptroller or his
Deputy Commander.

shall be given the captain of the vessel in
which oysters are to be transported from
such reserved areas, one of which shall be
retained and the other shall be delivered
to the ultimate buyer of said oysters as
hereinbefore stated. The third copy shall
be forwarded by the deputy commander
to the Office of the Commission.
CD Oysters caught upon reserved
areas shall not be removed therefrom un-
I'll the deputy commander in charge
thereof shall have issued said certifi-
Gates, as above provided.
90 Said oysters shall be inspected and
measured at the place of sale where the
oysters are to, be no further shipped in
bulk in vessels, and before unloading the
captain of each vessel shall exhibit and
deliver TO the buyer one of the certificates
furnished by the deputy commander,
showing that such cargo of oysters is sub
Ject to the special charge or tax. Such
oysters shall be unloaded only in the
presence of an inspector, whose duty it
shall be to inspect, measure and report
upon such oysters in the same manner as
upon other oysters caught and sold in this
State.
az Oysters caught upon reserved
areas shall not be shipped out of the State
of Maryland until the special charge or
tax shall have been paid.
60 Oysters caught upon reserved
areas shall be culled in accordance with
the existing law relating to culling, and
the understood oysters shall be returned
to the natural bars from which they were
taken.
i (6) Before any oysters are caught up
on such reserved areas, the captain of
each vessel shall take out a special L.
cense from the Commission, at a cost of
one dollar per vessel, such license to be is
sued only after the captain of such ves-
sci has taken an oath before a member of
said Commission, or their agent, that he
will not remove oysters caught upon such
reserved areas until the deputy command
er's certificate in the form above pro-
vided, has been issued to him, that he
viii faithfully comply with all provisions
of law regulating the catching of oysters
upon reserved areas, and that he will pay,
or cause to be paid, the special charge or
tax upon all such oysters so caught by
him.
Catching oysters upon such reserved
areas shall continue subject to the fore
going conditions and restrictions during
the remainder of the oyster season cur
rent at the time the Commission re-opens
same, as above provided. Thereafter the
said areas shall be thrown open to public
use in the same manner as other natural
beds and bars are now used, unless the
said areas are again set aside for re-
plenishing, in accordance with the pro-
visions of this subtitle. Any person who
shall catch oysters upon such reserved
areas contrary to the provisions, condi-
tons and restrictions of this Section,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be impris-
oned for not less than three months, nor
more than one year, in the discretion of
the Court
l35. The Comptroller of the State
Treasury shall pass the amount of the
special charge or tax, provided for by
this subtitle, to the credit of the "Con-
servation Fund - This fund shall be
drawn upon for reimbursing to persons
holding the deputy commanders certif-
Gates, the expense of catching, removing
and transplanting seed oysters, to be de-
termined by the Commission but not to
exceed ten cents per bushel; and any ex-
cess of said tax thereafter remaining
may be used for purchasing oyster shells
or other cultch or obtaining other seed
oysters, to be transplanted upon such
areas as may be hereafter set apart for
that purpose.
SEC. 2. Ind be it further enacted,
That three additional sections be and
they are hereby added to said Article 70,
to follow Section 1876 thereof, and to be
known as Sections 1854 and 1853, said
additional sections to be and read as fol
lows:
1854. The Conservation Commission
of Maryland is hereby authorized to se-
leet.and reserve for oyster cultivation as
provided in this subtitle any portion or
portions of the natural beds, bars and
rocks within the scraping areas of this
State, and to close the area so reserved
for such time as the Commission may fix,
to transplant seed oysters, shells, or other
cultch thereon, and reopen the same for
public use, subject to all the conditions
and restrictions set forth in Section 1874
of this subtitle, including the payment
of the charge or tax to be fixed by the
Commission as therein prescribed, and the
Commission is empowered to pay the cost
of transplantlng seed oysters not to ex-
coed ten cents per bushel, and shells not
to exceed FIVE cents per bushel, in the
manner stated in Section 1873 of this Arti-
Gle, provided that oysters planted upon
such reserved scraping areas shall be
caught only by scrappers of the county
in which said reserved area is located,
holding licenses for the current season,
who shall take out a special license from
the Commission or one of its inspectors
or deputy commanders at a cost of one