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and the state land agent, shall constitute
storage Go % Of f. which ne asaae
governor shall be chairman. As menu
pers OF said commission. they shall re-
ceiVe no salaries but shall be paid their
actuai and necessary expenses incurred
IN the performance of their duties, and
may employ a competent engineer The
once OF the commission shall be at the
state house in the city of Augusta The
commission may appoint secretary who
snail De paid a salary not to exceed six
nunored dollars per annum, who shall
"0IK IN conjunction with the land agent.
section 2 The commission shall pro-
ceed at once to collect fnformatioR re-
iauns TO the water powers of the state,
Ine NOW OF rivers and their drainage area,
the. location, nature and size OF the lakes
ana ponds in the state and their respec-
tive value and capacity as storage reser-
VolrS and such other photographic data
as as tney may deem of value in devising
the best methods for the improvement Of
the natural storage basins of the state,
ana the creation of new storage reser-
volrs, with view to conserving and in
creasing the capacity Of the water powers
OF the state.
Section g. The commission shall, SO far
as possible, work in conjunction with the
state survey commission, and with such
state survey commission join with the
united States geological survey in MAX
ing a Typographical survey of the state
IN so far as it relates to the collection
OF DATA bearing on the water powers and
water storage reservoirs of the state
The state survey commission shall place
at the disposal of the state water storage
commission all information, and COPIES
Of reports, maps and plans collected by
the state.
Section 4. Every person. firm or cor
poration before commencing the erection
OF a dam for the purpose of developing
any water power in this state, or the
cfea!lon or improvement of a water stor-
age basin or reservoir for the purpose of
controlling the waters of any of the lakes
or rivers of the state, shall file with said
commission for its information and use
copies OF plans for the construction of
voir, and statement giving the location.
height and nature of the proposed dam
ana appurtenant structures and the esti-
mated MAJ, power to be developed thereby,
and IN case a dam is to be constructed
solely for the purpose Of water storage
ana not for the development of water
power at ITS site, plans and statements
ing the extent of the land to be flowed,
the estimated number Of cubic feet of
water that may be stored and the estj-
mated effect upon the flow of the stream
or streams to be affected thereby. Every
person, firm or corporation shall, as soon
as practical, after this act takes effect.
ME similar plans, reports and estimates
or reservoir then in process of CONSTRUCT
ton by them
Section 5. The commission shall present
TO the legislature on or before the fif-
Ieenth day of January in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and ELEVEN a re-
port showing the. progress made in its
Investigations. and, if practicable, shall
complete its investigations to such an
extent before January first, in the wear
or our Lord nineteen hundred and eleven,
as will enable it to present in its report a
comprehensive and practical plan for the
Improvement and creation of such water
storage basins and reservoirs as will tend
to develop and conserve the water powers
of the state. The commission shall also
report SO far as its investigation will per-
init on the present development of the
water powers in the state with reference
to the general plan proposed so that the
legislature may have before it compre-
henslve summary of the possibilities that
lie in the development of the water DOW
ers in the state, as natural resource
and the necessary. steps that should be
and conserve them
Section 6. So far as any proposed plan
devised by the commission for the inn
provement and increase of water storage
basins or reservoirs shall include the con-
struction of dam or dams upon or at
the head waters of any river or water
course, the commission shall ascertain
and report as nearly as may be the water
storage capacity in cubic feet of the
reservoir to be created, the recorded rain
fall on the water shed above such pro
posed dam, and the maximum, minimum
ana average flow of water per second in
cubic feet during each month in the year
in said river or water course They shall
as nearly as practicable estimate the in
creased, power that would be developed
by such proposed dam in the rivers or
streams to be affected thereby.
Section 5. The commission shall ascer-
tain what townships or parts of town
SHIPS OF land can be purchased by the
ncf an AZ
necessary data for a correct understand
ing of their value as a forest reserve or
for conserving the water powers of the
Their investigate the question of denuded,
burnt over or barren lands in the state
their extent and value with view to
their purchase by the state for refor-
eStation.
dollars for the year nineteen hundred and
nine and five thousand dollars for the
year nineteen hundred and ten, or so
much thereof as may be necessary. is
hereby appropriated out of any fund in
the treasury of the state. not otherwise
appropriated. to carry out the provisions
OF this act.-(Approved April %
Chapter 213.
An Act to amend Section two Of Chap
ter one hundred and fifty-nine of the
Public Laws of nineteen hundred and
certain State Offieers.
and ffty-nine of the public laws Of
nineteen hundred and five is hereby
amended by substituting for the word
twelve" in the sixth line of said sec
ton the word fifteen so that said sec
t1on as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section 2. The insurance commits
sioner shall receive an annual salary of
eighteen hundred dollars. The COVER
nor and council may allow such reason
able sum for postage, clerk hire and
actual expenses incurred in the proper
enforcement of the laws relating to in
surance,. as they deem proper. The
deputy insurance commissioner shall
receive an annual salary Of fifteen hun
dred dollars.'-(Approved April a.
Chapter 214.
An Act to amend Section seventeen of
Chapter thirty of the Revised Stat
utes relating to the Sale of Poisons.
Section seventeen of chapter thirty Of
the revised statutes is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "acid" in
the ninth line thereof the words Co
caine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, or
cannabis indica' also by inserting after
the word salts in the fifteenth line
thereof the words or any compound or
preparation containing the same SO,
that the first part of said section as
amended shall read as follows:
Section II. Whoever sells arsenic,
arsenions acid, atropia, or any of its