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and|prews aforesaid, shall be |)aid monthly by 

 the treasurer, upon warrant of the Coinx)troller 

 and the cerdficate of the commanding officers, 

 that their duties have been performed, as re- 

 quired by law. 



Monthly pay- 

 ments. 



Sec. 37. And he it enacted^ That all oysters 

 in the shell disjjosed of in the State of Maryland, 

 shall be measured in a sealed measure of any 

 capacity, from half a bushel to three bushels, 

 that may be agreed upon between the seller and 

 purchaser ; provided, that the said measure or 

 measures shall contain in quantity for each 

 bushel thereof, according to the folloAving di- 

 mensions : That is to say, sixteen and a half 

 inches across, from inside to inside at the bot- 

 tom, eighteen inches across from inside to inside 

 at the top, and twenty-one inches diagonal 

 from the inside chime to the top, and the same 

 shall be even or struck measure. 



How measured 



Dimensions 

 of measure. 



Sec. 38. And he it enacted^ That it shall be 

 the duty of tlie purchaser or seller to have and inspect and 

 use said measure or measures, duly inspected seai measure. 

 and sealed by the proper officers, and that no 

 other measure snail be used under a forfeit of 

 iifty dollars for each and every .oifence, to be 

 recovered before any Justice of the Peace, by 

 action of debt, in the name of the State of 

 Maryland, one-half to go to the informer, the 

 other half to be paid to the Comptroller, to be 

 placed to the credit of the oyster fund. 



Sec. 39. And he it enacted^ That if any boat 

 or vessel shall be seen sailing over any of the 

 waters of this State, which are exempted from 

 dredging by law, in the same manner in which 

 they sail to take or catch oysters with scoop, 

 scrape, drag, dredge or similar instrument, the 

 said boat or vessel shall })e pursued by any 

 officer or officers authorized by this act to make 

 arrests, and if said boat or vessel apprehended 

 by said officer, shall be found to have on board 

 any wet oysters on deck and pro])erly equip])ed 



Officers 

 pursue. 



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