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fore any Justice Of the peace or court of
competent Jurisdiction shall be fined the
more than fifty dollars ($5O) and any per-
son, firm or corporation engaged In catch
ing oysters by means Of dredges, or sell
Ing oysters In violation o. Of any PROVISION Of
Sections 8 and Of this Article. shall be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor and, upon
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fined the sum Of not less than Fifty Dol:
lars (s50.O0) nor more than One Hundred
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or both, and In addition to such fine or
imprisOnment said cargo shall Be conas
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tor. or other officer making the arrest.
and at the expense OF the .violator,. which
imposed and collectible in the same man
ner, and the boat or vessel shall be held
az security for the payment Of said fine.
tones he shall be- ined n as above, and the
boat in which said oysters are found shall
be held as security for the payment Of said
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case where the violator has been previously
convicted Of violating the provisions Of this
under Which said vioIator en may be Operating
for the purpose Of catching, shucking,
packing or canning oysters In case there
Is an appeal or waiver of trial before jus
tice of the peace, in order to provide for
the disposition Of any oysters that have
been declared understandable, the cargo
Of oysters shall remain In the possession
or custody Of the Inspector or other OFF,
Ger making the arrest until the captain Of
the boat or vessel or the packer shall have
reculled the oysters in question; and the
culling Is done, after ascertaining the guam
tity Of understandable oysters and shells
SO culled out, shall give the captain or
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packing house, certificate showing the
number Of bushels of such understandable
oysters and the said captain or other per-
tiers so culled out of the natural beds or
bars under the supervision of the officer.
The cost Of reculling and expenses Incl
lator.
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That
a new section be =, and the same e is he rely
of Maryland I GSs5 s1ppiement9, title oys.
ters," subtitle General Measurers and
inspectors" said new section to be known
said subtitle and to read as follows:
81. Each county inspector or deputy
inspector shall inspect. all oysters in the
district to which he Is assigned by the
inspection Of any such oysters, he shall
make certificate Of the number OF bush
els in triplicate, one Of which shall be
and the other retained BY the Inspector.
An inspection charge Of &c per bushel is
hereby levied upon all oysters caught
unioaded from vessels at the place in Mary
ther shipped in bulk in vessels, to. be
S But 70 be- paid weekly to tie co%ptroiier
Of the state Treasury or his agent by the
buyers; the certificate retained by the in
spector shall be mailed by him weekly to
the amounts Of money shown to be due be
not paid in one week thereafter to the
Comptroller or his agent, which Is hereby
parties 80 indebted may be levied on and
sold BY the Comptroller or his agent as in
cases Of taxes IN defaglt, without without , otheT
IL also made Q charge on oysters caught
within the limits Of the State Of Maryland
and sold by commission merchants and
also s- an inspection charge of six cents per
barrel containing not more than three
bushels Of oysters caught within the linn
caught within the limits Of the. State of
Maryland contained in bags an inspection
charge Of four cents per bag CONTAINING
not more than two bushels and s all trans ;n
the shell caught within the limits OF the
State Of Maryland, consigned to Baltimore,
shall furnish to the inspector or GoieStoF
showing the number Of bushels on board
on arrival Of steamer and to whom con,
signed, and the inspectors RS. are cna argea
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 d.
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 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
tifcates for cargo, and the payments of the
amounts SO found to be due shall be SIM ii,,
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 certif-
a.