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is to be paid to the Comptroller or his
DeDuty Commander,


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.
(2) Oysters caught upon reserved |.
areas shall not be removed therefrom I'M
til the deputy commander in charge |
thereof shall have issued said certif
Gates, as above provided.
(3) 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.
90 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.
(6) Before any oysters are caught up
on such reserved areas, the captain of
each vessel shall take out a special Ii
cense from the Commission, at a cost of
one dollar per vessel, such license to be is
sued only after the captain of such yes
sci has taken an oath before 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
will 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
2 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 misdemeanor, anC
upon conviction thereof shall be impris
, Oned for not less than three months, MOI
/ more than one year, in the discretion OF
5 the Court.
!. 1876. The Comptroller of the Stat,
Treasury shall pass the amount of tn,
special charge or tax, provided for b,
/ this subtitle, to the credit of the econ
servation Fund This fund shall b.
q drawn upon for reimbursing to persons
holding the deputy commander s certifi
Gates, the expense of catching, removin!
o and transplanting seed oysters, to be de
! termined by the Commission but not t,
exceed ten cents per bushel; and any ex
cess of said tax thereafter remainin!
, may be used for purchasing oyster shell
or other cultch or obtaining other see,
q oysters, to be transplanted upon sucl
! areas as may be hereafter set apart 70
that purpose.
= SEC. 2. And be it further enacted
r That three additional sections be an,
= they are hereby added to said Article 70
to follow Section 1875 thereof, and to b.
: known as Sections 1854 and 1853, sal,
, additional sections to be and read as fol
, lows:
1854. The Conservation Commission
1 of Maryland is hereby authorized to Sc
: lect and reserve for oyster cultivation a
e provided in this subtitle any portion O
= portions of the natural beds. bars an,
e rocks within the scraping areas of thi
State, and to close the area so reserve,
for such time as the Commission may fix
to transplant seed oysters, shells, or othe
e cultch thereon, and reopen the same TO
/ public use, subject to all the conditions
T. and restrictions set forth in Section 10.
e of this subtitle, including the paymen
r of the charge or tax to be fixed by tn,
r Commission as therein prescribed, and tn,
= Commission is empowered to pay the cos
+ of transplanting seed oysters not to ex
< coed ten cents per bushel, and shells no
0 to exceed five cents per bushel, in tn,
e manner stated in Section 1873 of this Arti
o Gle, provided that oysters planted upol
r such reserved scraping areas shall b.
t caught only by scrappers of the county
= in which said reserved area is located
r holding licenses for the current season
e who shall take out a special license from
= the Commission or one of its inspector.
| or deputy commanders at a cost of one
dollar each, after taking the oath pre-
scribed in paragraph of Section 1874 OF