The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-08-15
CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDA

the Commissioner shall act under the control.
supervision and direction of the county in
spectors. Both the county inspectors and dep
uty inspectors shall have and exercise the
rights, powers and duties of the former deputy
commanders, general inspectors special in
spectors, inspectors, general measurers, meas
urers and members of the State Fishery Force
subject in all cases to the orders of the Com
missioner of Fisheries.
LIB. The Commissioner shall appoint as
county deputy inspectors such male persons
as can read and write. and are sufficiently in
telhgent to pass examination in the MAX
ing out of reports, and upon other phases of
their duties. determined by the Commits
sion. No person shall be appointed as a county
Inspector or deputy inspector until he shall
have passed physical examination to be
given by physician selected by the Com
mission.
nc. 1t shall be the duty of the Commits
sioner to promote the advertising of the sea-
food products, of this State and to prepare such
advertising or other matter as it may deem
advantageous to the welfare and improvement
of the seafood industry, and shall cooperate
with the seafood industry in any lawful man
ner 1t may deem proper for the benefit of the
fisheries
I'D. All sums of money provided to be
paid to the Conservation Department under the
provisions of Section Is of Article 80 of the
Annotated Code as enacted by Chapter AL of
the Acts of 1929. shall thereafter be paid over
to the Commission of Fisheries and be annu-
ally expended by it in the propagation of tide
water fish
Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That
Sections and II of Article 70 of the Ammo
tated Code of Maryland (l935 Supplement-
title oysters, subtitle "Culling," be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, to read as follows:
.. Any person who shall have oysters in
ms possession which contains more than eight
per cent. of shells. and oysters less than three
inches from hinge to mouth whether adher-
ing to marketable oysters or mott, which for the
purpose of this Article are declared to be un-
mefCnantaDle oysters shall he puiltN nf
demeanor, and in ascertaining such percent
age any county inspector and deputy inspector
is hereby authorized and directed to select such
amount of oysters from any pile hold bin
house or other place as he may think proper
and to require the same to be culed and dis
posed of, as provided in Section II of this Ar
tleie and any person violating any of the pro-
VISIONS OF tins Section shall be subject to the
penalties and fines provided in Section IL
OF this Article, in precisely the same manner
as II ne were captain of a boat.
H. ANY person. firm or corporation en-
gagged IN catching oysters with rakes or tongs
or selling oysters so caught in violation of any
provision of Sections and of this Arti-
Gle shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
ana upon conviction before any justice of the
peace or court of competent jurisdiction shall
be hned the sum of not less than ten dollars
tslO) nor more than fifty dollars $500 and
any person. firm, or corporation engaged in
catching oysters by means of dredges or SELL
ing oysters 50 caught, or buying or packing
oysters in violation of any provision of Sec
lions and of this Article shall be deemed
Eu fV OIL mlsdemeanor and, upon conviction
oenoIe any Justice OF the peace or court of
ec'hpetenI jurisdiction, snail be fined the sum
OF not less than Fifty Dollars (S50.0O) nor
mo: "!e thdh ohe hundred Dollars or confined
IN jan not less than 30 days more than six
e eltier OF poth' ana IN addition to such
me or Imprisonment said cargo shall be confis-
cateu ana returned to natural beds or bar under
ene SUPERVISION OF the oyster inspector or other
orter masking the arrest. and at the expense
q Nyh IRI hill L.
t .t,to tre me imposed and collectible in
L le dihe MANNER ana the boat or vessel shall
&c &c "e,G as security 1or the payment of said
III "itt - thg Nf2lator mas taken oysters only
Mitn longs ne snail be fined as above, and the
held as security for the navment If sad fl T
addition 10 the above nenoitias A. -: - :
the peace or iudpe NAV in ca ,s, 1Jst,oe o.
violate has been nreviousi,, .on,,i4l f eie
lating tbe nrovisiops of ny 20, Oh Vlo
or revoke the license under Which ~ ;i4
may be operating for The nurnosa Of .a+oh;nor
shuckinp nackino ar cannin.' " 'nte"iiis'
there is an appeal or waive, If tria II las fase
Justice of the ne.ca in or5a, 70 80 20 (
the disposition of anv ovsters +ba+ 49, b lol
declared unmerch.ntabla tbe car,o 20 -
shall remain in tba nossassi - W oy 9'ei .
the Inspector or other ottico, ,,oi;t. tl' u
rest until the ranta;n Of - I'D Nlits the ar
the packer shall have reculled The ovsto'.. IL IN
question and the oficar ,,oda,. ~ -. -
vision the recullinp is done f+a 'ro. i;
the quantity of unmerchantabia ovstars a;,5
shells s,1 culled out sbau 60 H. 49,
other person in charge of said vessel o., al y
ing house, a certificate showing Tho nnnab.
of bushels of such unmercbon+oIia a,,+ I !
the said captain or other nerson eban ra,,,nn
said understandable oysters co c,,IIad ,t e
the natural beds or bars under the sunervision
of the officer The cost of recuIlino and az
penses incident to same shall he borne INV r.
vioator ~ TIC
Sec c. And he II frtber en.o+aa rrh4 .
new section he and tba earoa !, bonh III III a
To Apft l. II
land 1935 Supplemantl fill .0,s+aU. ;, i i
title General Measurers and Insneotor. -
new section TO be known as Santipn 81 1 SuH
low immediately .fter sold enh ti+I - 70 ioi
read as follows. 'N anu "
@, III
snecto,. Ill f ;y Inspector or deputy M
80 npia s'', iSpect al oysters IN the district
70 w. 81" ne Is assigned by the commissioner
e,ot s,,etd'a s' anu upon the Inspection OF any
49, oy'leiS, ne Shaii make certhcate OF the
Ill VI ueAe's IN Ifiplcate one OF which
Ill, DT st tt 10 the purchaser one to the
'. nlu tiie other retained by the inspector.
az an Inspection charge OF &c per bushel is here
~ e upo on an oysters caught within the
,ansoI y. ~ 'Ne S'aIe Oh Maryland unloaded from
$3.50, ~ ''!e pace III maryland where SAID
-; e " De no lurthef Shpped IN bulk
III EesSelS' TO De charged equally to the buyer
tiI put 20 70 oe pald weekly TO the Comp
H. I'LL" 80 VI the otate treasury or his agent by
srot -, 'iie eItihGate retained by the IN
3I Siiah ne mailed by MN weekly to the
oo"iptroIer or MS agent and in the
at,ou i, oi money SHOWN to be due not paid in
one Week hereafter to the Comptroller or his
a AZ . wnicn Is hereby required to be done,
In , properIies 81 the paftleS so indebted may
i pe ievleu on ana sold by the Comptroller or
ms agtit as IN cases OF taxes in default with
oue otief process OF law the said inspection
enaIge Oh &c per bushel hereby levied is also
iip;t d cnarge on oysters caught within the
iiiilts vi the state OF Maryland and sold by
ioll'i.ilssioh merchants and Others selling by
itsS IMAM cargo and also an inspection charge
~ ~ SIN cents per barrel containing not more
INA ,an snree Dqshes OF oysters caught within
the limits of the State of Maryland; on oysters
Iihu contained in bags inspection