The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-10-03
CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDA


the powers and duties herein conferred upon
the county inspectors and when directed by
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 or deputy inspectors such male persons
as can read and write, and are sufficiently in
tellgent to pass an examination in the max
ing out of reports, and upon other phases of
their duties, as determined by the Commits
sion. No person shall be appointed a county
inspector deputy inspector until he shall
have passed a physical examination to be
given by a physician selected by the Com
mission.
12C 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 it 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 All 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 1885 SUPPLEMENT-
title Oysters subtitle ''Culling" be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted. with
amendments, to read as followss
g. Any person who shall have oysters in
his 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 I'M
| merchantable oysters, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and in ascertaning 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 culled and dis
posed Of provided in Section IL of this Ar
tlce and any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this Section shall be subject to the
penalties and fines as provided in Section IL
of this Article in precisely the same manner
as IL he We're a captain of boat. .
IL. Any person, firm corporation en-
gagged in catching oysters with rakes or tongs,
or selling oysters caught, in violation of any
provision of Sections 8 and of this Arti-
Gle shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean nor,
and upon conviction before any Justice of the
peace or court of competent jurisdiction shall
be fined the sum of not less than ten dollars
(SlO) nor more than fifty dollars $500 and
any person, firm, or corporation engaged in
catching oysters by means of dredges, or sell
ing oysters SO caught, or buying or packing
oysters in violation of any provision of Sec
lions and of this Article shall be deemed
guilty of 4 misdemeanor and, upon conviction
before any justice of the peace or court of
competent jurisdiction, shall be fined the sum
of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.0O) nor
more than One Hundred Dollars or confined
IN jan not less than 30 days nor more than six
months either or both, and in addition to such
| fne or Imprisonment said cargo shall be confis-
Gated and returned to natural beds or bar under
the supervision of the oyster inspector or other
officer making the arrest, and at the expense
OF the violator which expense shall be in ad-
ditlon to the fine imposed and coectibe in
the same manner, and the boat or vessel shall
be held as security for the payment of said
hne. If the vioator has taken oysters only
with tongs he shall be fined as above, and the
boat in which said oysters are found shall be
held as security for the payment of said fine. In
addition to the above penalties the Justice of
the peace or Judge may, in a case where the
violator has been previously convicted of vio-
lating the provisions of this subtitle, suspend
or revoke the license under which the violator
may be operating for the purpose of catching,
shucklng, packing or canning oysters In case
there is an appeal waiver of trial before
justice 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 officer making the ar.
rest until the captain of the boat or vessel or
the packer shall have reculled the oysters in
question and the officer under whose sinner.
vision the reculling is done, after aseertaining
the quantity of understandable oysters and
shells SO culled out shall give the captain or
other person in charge of said vessel or pack
ing house, a certificate showing the number
OF bushels OF such understandable oysters and
the said captain other person shall return
said understandable oysters so culled out of
the natural beds or bars under the supervision
of the officer. The cost of reculling and ex-
penSeS incident to shall he norma hxy
violator.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted. That n
new section be and the same is hereby added
to Article 70 of the Annotated Code of Marv-
land tl9S5 SUPPLEMENT- title Oysters" sub
title General Measures and Inspectors" said
new section to be known as Section 81 to fol-
low Immediately after said subtitle and to
read as follows:
81. Each county inspector or deputy in
spector shall inspect all oysters in the district
to which he is assigned by the Commissioner
of Fisheries. and upon the inspection of any
such oysters, he shall make certificate of the
number OF bushels in triplicate one of which
shall be given to the purchaser one TO the
seller and the other retained by the inspector.
An inspection charge of &c per bushel is here
/ ny levied upon all oysters caught within the
limits OF the State of Maryland, unloaded from
vessels at the place in Maryland where said
oysters are to be no further shipped in bulk
IN vessels, to be charged equally to the buyel
and seller, but to be paid weekly to the Comp
/
the buyers the certificate retained by the in
spector shall be mailed by him weekly to the
Comptroller or his agent and in case the
amounts OF money shown to be due not paid in
| one week thereafter to the Comptroller or his
agent, which is hereby required to be done
the properties of the parties so indebted may
pc levied on and sold by the Comptroller or
ms agent as IN cases of taxes in default, with
out other process of law; the said inspection
charge of &c per bushel hereby levied is also
maze n charge on oysters caught within the
limits of the State of Maryland and sold by
commission merchants and others selling nv
less than cargo and also inspection charge
| OF SIX cents per barrel containing not more
than three bushels of oysters caught within
the limits of the State of Maryland on oysters
caught within the limits of the State of Mary
land contained in bags an inspection
charge of four cents per bag containing not
more than two bushels and all Transportation
companies carrying oysters in the shell caught
within the limits of the State of MARYLAND
consigned to Baltimore shall furnish to the in
spector or collector of oyster tax a COPY of
their manifest showing the number of bushels
on board on arrival of steamer and to whom
consigned, and the inspectors are charged
with the duty of seeing that 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 inspec-
tors are authorized and directed 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 n statement
eHuer odth AS 10 Ine NUMBER OF bushels sold
from time to time and return to the inspec-
! tors certificate thereof to be forwarded Ia
| the Comptroller as required in the case of
certificates for cargo. and the payments OF
the amounts so found to be due shall be sim
larly 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 up.
on anyone claiming to the contrary TO estab.
lsh his said claim by clear and satisfactory
evidence The Commissioner of Fisheries shall
furnish to each of the county inspectors and
deputy inspectors certificates in book form
supplied with carbon paper. so that each OF
the said triplicate certificates shall be exactly