Maryland Oyster Law Repeal and Amendments Act
Public General Laws propose repealing and re enacting sections of Article seventy two titled Oysters with amendments. It adds licensing by the comptroller for harbor oyster dredging, sets residency and season limits, transfers of licenses upon sale, forfeiture for non residents, and marking requirements. The act specifies penalties, proceeds, and oyster fund allocations.
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Code of Public Gener
General Assembly of
Maryland
Comptroller of the Treasury
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Easton Bay
Kent Point
Waite’s Point
Talley’s Point
Sandy Point
Stacketts Point
Thomas Point
Holland’s Island
Three Sisters
Holland’s Point
Swan’s Point
Poplar Island
Talbot County
Law’s Point
Assicnes
Sail Comptroller
Baltimore City
Cressel
Comptroller
Oyster Fund
Oyster policing laws and licenses for Maryland waters
The text outlines enforcement actions against oyster harvesters using scoops scrapes drags or dredges. It details arrest and seizure of vessels, licensing for oyster taking, fee structures, oath requirements, and division of license revenue to schools. It also covers culling of oysters, shell and size rules, audits by oyster measurers, and penalties for violations.
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Chesapeake Bay
Queen Anne’s
Kent
Chester River
Dorchester
Wicomico
Nanticoke River
Talbot
Wye River
Ccramon
Humber
Wich
Treasury
Hon
Oyster Fund
Feneth
Oyster Law Provisions Appoints Inspectors and Enforcers
The act empowers the Governor to appoint five oyster inspectors for Baltimore City Anne Arundel Crasfield St Michaels Wicomire and Somerset districts with salaries of six hundred dollars for the season September to May. They shall patrol districts, arrest violators, and be reimbursed for actual expenses on proper vouchers. Section 21 imposes a tax on oysters sold by packers shippers and dealers and requires monthly sworn statements. Violations carry misdemeanor penalties and perjury consequences.
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Senate
Balti Nore City
Anne Arundel County
Oxford
St. Michaels
Crisefield
Dunbridge
Wicomire County
Somerset County
Crisfield
Baltimore City
Iid
Maryland
House of Correction
Nessun
Board of Public Works
Sid
Force
Maryland Fishery Force Uniforms and Rations Act 1892
In Section 1 officers and crews receive one ration daily as for revenue marine. no rations for sailing vessel crews. The treasurer must issue a fifteen dollar annual uniform warrant per Fishery Force member, payable to the Commander. Section 2 repeals inconsistent acts except Worcester County. Section 3 preserves prosecutions for preexisting offences. Section 4 takes effect on passage. Certified copies dated January Session, 1892. Governor approved March 31, 1892.
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Revenue Marine
United States
General Assembly of Maryland
Maryland Yellows Destruction Act for Infected Fruit Trees
Maryland legislation proposes destruction of peach and other fruit trees infected with the Yellows disease. The act bans sale or shipment of diseased trees or fruit, imposes fines up to ten dollars and possible jail time, and mandates destruction by burning. It creates appointed Tree and Fruit Inspectors to identify infection, notify owners, and enforce removal within thirty days, with county enforcement and penalties for noncompliance.
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Maryland
General Assembly of
Washington County
Irtlit
Justices of the Peace
Sard
Maryland tobacco warehouse reorganization act 1892 text
The act repeals and reenacts section 12 of article 48 to consolidate warehouses and add section 12.4 creating general storage in unused tobacco warehouses. It sets governor appointed managers for warehouses and allows rental of surplus space, with salaries limited and bonds required. Sec. 3 states act takes effect on passage. Chief Clerk certifies copy, March 2, 1592.
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Public General
General Assembly of
Maryland
Code of Public General Lawa
Hike Innannuer
Pobacco
Srec
Treasury
Supreme Court of Baltimore
Assembly of Maryland
Tree and Fruit Inspectors Authorized by Maryland Act 1892
The act declares trees and fruit on lands within county premises a lawful charge recoverable by the County Commissioners via the Tax Collector for county purposes. Interfering with inspectors or their deputies is a misdemeanor punishable by fine up to 100 dollars, up to three months in jail, or both, effective from passage dated April 9, 1892.
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Countty
General Assembly of Maryland
Amendment to law on service of notice in condemnation cases
An act to amend Article twenty three of the Code of Public General Laws by adding section 157A after 167. It provides for the service of notice in condemnation proceedings and other practice therein. Sections outline enactment and authority for notice service procedures.
Maryland Assembly Amends Section on Jury Inquisition Notices
The Maryland General Assembly amends title Corporations to insert Section 167A. It outlines service of jury inquisition notices for condemned lands, requiring delivery to owners within the state, guardians for infants or non compos mentis owners, and publication if owners are not found. Provisions allow publication in newspapers and court power to appoint a guardian ad litem. The act takes effect upon passage.
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Baltimore
Sune
General Assembly of Maryland
Maryland Guardians and Ward Investment Act Repeal Reenactment
An old Maryland statute repeals and reenacts section 171 of Article ninety three, governing guardians handling a ward I s funds. Guardians must reinvest ward proceeds from real estate or leasehold sales into mortgages or unencumbered real estate at double the loan, or into public stocks or other safe securities. Investment choices require court approval and must benefit the ward, with income reinvested similarly. principal not to be used for maintenance without Orphans Court consent.
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General Assembly of Maryland
General Assembly of
Maryland
Court of Equity
Orphans’ Court
Morteazes
Maryland Insolvents Section 25 Repealed and Reenacted
Section 25 of Article 47 of the Maryland Code on Insolvents is repealed and reenacted to allow mortgagees and trustees under decrees to proceed with sale despite insolvency petitions. The trustee may sell the equity of redemption when no waiver of the mortgagee rights exists, preserving the mortgage or bill of sale power. April 7, 1692.
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Maryland
General Assembly of
Maryhand
Court of Equity
General Assesse
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House of Delegates
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