Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-10-04
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fore any Justice Of the peace or court of
competent Jurisdiction shall be fined the
sum Of not less than ten dollars ($1O). nor
son, firm or corporation engaged in catch
ing oysters by means of dredges, or sell
ing oysters SO caught, or buying or pack
Sections 8 and 8 Of this Article, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and, upon
conviction before any Justice Of the peace
fined the sum Of not less than Fifty Dol
lars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred
Dollars or confined In jail not less than
or both, and in addition to such fine or
imprisonment said cargo. shall be cOnfis-
Gated and returned to natural beds or bar
tor or other officer making the arrest,
and at the expense Of the violator, which
expense shall be In addition to the fine
ner, and the. boat or vessel shall be held
az security for the payment Of said fine.
If the violator has taken oysters only with
boat in which said oysters are found shall
be held az security for the payment Of said
fine. In addition to the above penalties the
case where the vioiator has been previously
convicted Of violating the provisions Of this
subtitle, suspend or revoke the license
for the purpose Of catching, shucking,
packing or canning oysters. In case there
is an appeal or waiver Of trial before JUS
the s any SrGsT S ta
been declared Understandable, the cargo
Of oysters shall remain in the possession
Ger making the ar arrest until the captain Of
the boat or vessel or the packer shall have
reculled the oysters in question; and the
cuiiing Is done, after ascertaining the quan
tity Of understandable oysters and shells
so cul1ed out, shall give the captain or
IN ca sas tSe
number Of bushels of such understandable
oysters and the said captain or other per-
SON shall return said understandable oys-
bars under the supervision of the officer.
The cost Of reculling and expenses incl
lator.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
a new section be and the same is hereby
added to Article e Of the Annotated Code
ters," subtitle General Measurers and
Inspectors" said new section to be known
as Section 81, to follow Immediately after
said subtitle and to read as follows:
inspector shall inspect all oysters in the
district to which he is assigned by the
Commissioner Of Fisheries, and upon the
make a certificate Of the number Of bush
els in triplicate, one Of which shall be
given to the purchaser, one to the seller
Am cSarse Of e IS
hereby levied upon all oysters caught
within the limits Of the State Of Maryland.
lana %Sere said oysers are to Be
Their shipped in bulk in vessels, to be
charged equally to the buyer and seller,
but to be paid weekly to the Comptroller
buyers; the certificate retained by the in
spect0f shall be mailed by him weekly to
the Comptroller or his agent and in case
not paid in one week thereafter to the
Comptroller or his agent, which Is hereby
REQUIRED to be done, the properties OF the
sold by the Comptroller or his agent as in
cases Of taxes In default, without other
process Of law; the said inspection levied
within the limits Of the State Of Maryiand
others selling By less than the cargo; and
barrel Containing Containing not more than three
its Of the State Of Maryland; on oysters
Maryland contained in bags an inspection
charge of four cents per bag containing
not more than two bushels; and all trans
the she'll caught within the limits Of the
State of Maryland, consigned to Baltimore,
shall furnish to the inspector or collector
Of oyster tax, a copy OF their manifest
on arrival Of steamer and to whom con-
signed, and the inspectors are charged
with the duty or seeing LnaL the proper
returns are made for the purpose of this
section by such commission merchant or
retailer, and in performance Of their duty
the said inspectors are authorized and di-
rected to visit places where oysters caught
within the limits Of the State of Maryland
in less than cargo lots are sold, and get
from such sellers a statement under oath
as to the number of bushels sold from
time to time and return to the inspectors
a certificate thereof to be forwarded to the
Comptroller as required in the case of GER
tifcates for cargo, and the payments of the
amounts so found to be due shall be SINH
Iariy enforced. All oysters found within
the State. Of Maryland shall be presumed
to have been caught within the limits Of
the State of Maryland and the burden Of
proof shall be upon any. one claiming to
the contrary to establish his said claim
by clear and satisfactory evidence. The
Commissioner Of Fisheries shall furnish
to each of the county inspectors and dep
uty inspectors certificates in book form,
supplied with carbon paper, so that each
Of the said triplicate certificates shall be
exactly the same; the form Of the certii-
cate shall be as follows:
I hereby certify that have this date