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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 57

of undersized hard-shell clams.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Natural Resources

Section 4-1031

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-1031 of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974
Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

4-1031.

[Every hard-shell clam dealer shall pay a special
tax of 5 cents for each bag, which shall contain no more
than 105 hard-shell clams, on all clams sold by him, and
shall remit the tax weekly to the Department.]

A PERSON MAY NOT POSSESS HARD-SHELL CLAMS HAVING A
TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF LESS THAN ONE INCH. A CLAM

DEALER MAY POSSESS HARD-SHELL CLAMS HAVING A TRANSVERSE
DIMENSION OF LESS THAN ONE INCH IF HE OFFERS A BILL OF
LADING APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS PROOF THAT ALL CLAMS
WERE CAUGHT IN WATERS OUTSIDE THE STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Chapter 864, Acts of 1974, was
intended, inter alia, to make a minor
stylistic change to NR §4-1028, relating
to clam taxes. However, the Act
inadvertently labelled the text of that
section as NR §4-1031, resulting in the
decodification of the latter and the
repetition of §4-1028 as §4-1031 as
well.

The language reinserted by this bill is
exactly that of §4—1031, as enacted by
Chapter 4, Acts of 1973, first special
session, and otherwise unamended since.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
Revisor's Note in this Act is not law and may not be
considered to have been enacted as a part of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 1, 1976.