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to study the welfare or improvement of the

fish laws, and shall be In command of the
Commissions vessels, boats and venici .e,s
planting. and transplanting, OF shells anu
oysters In the area in which he Is resi-
dent In accordance with policies deter
mined by the Commission, and. shall per,
form such other duties as may be directed
by the Commission.
0. The Commissioner, with the approval
Of the Commission, shall appoint j., q IS seere RE-
to exceed $500 per annum as may pc nxeu
in the budget, surveyor, who shall pe
paid such salary not to exceed, $30O0 per
annum, as may be fixed In the budget.
a captain, who shall be paid such salary
not to exceed $4,000 per annum as may pc
fixed in the budget, and Director OF the
Marine Laboratory and Biological Research,
who shall receive such salary as may be
fixed in the budget. The Commissioner,
after consultation with the present direc-
mission mis- shall appoint or continue in EN-
ployment a biologist and such other en-
pl0yees of the Marine Laboratory as he
may deem necessary, and the salaries arna OF Of
the Commission. The Commissioner, with
the approval of the Commission, shall EN-,
ploy such clerks and stenographers ana
employees provided for In this Article
shall hold their respective positions under
the provisions of the Merit System, Article
The Commission shall have power to re-
uuire any employee Of the Commission who
handles funds, to furnish bond in such
amount as the Commission may determine
TO- The Secretary Of the Commission
shall have and exercise all the powers and
authority conferred by this Article upon
the county inspectors hereinafter provided
for. The secretary. acting under the CON
troll, supervision and direction Of the Com
missioner, shall have and exercise all the
powers and duties herein conferred upon
the Commission. It shall be the duty OF
rious oyster packers, crab and clam ship
pers and fish dealers, including any catches
of the above seafoods, who may snip direct,
for the purpose of ascertaining the total
number of bushels of oysters caught WITHIN
the waters of the State Of Maryland, the
number of gallons shucked and shipped,
the pounds of crabs and crab meat guam
Titles Of soft crabs and clans, quantities
of each kind Of fish, and also the quantity
in bushels or gallons of oysters that are
purchased from points out of the State,
and shall file with the Commission weekly
reports showing the result Of such audit.
In order to enable said secretary to Sc
cure the information required, all persons
engaged in the pursuits mentioned herein
shall keep books, statements and accounts,
and all such books, statements ana ac-
counts shall be open to inspection by the
secretary or his duly authorized agents
at all times.
Any person violating the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of misde..
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than 500, nor more than
$500, and shall be adjudged in contempt
of court until he complies Herewith. All
monies arising from fines collected under
this section shall be RENTED to the Comp
trOller for credit to the Conservation Fund.
II, (a) The surveyor shall have charge
of surveying and marking natural oyster
bars, reserved areas, leased bottoms, CRAB,
bling grounds, clam grounds and pound
nets, and shall perform such other sur
veying or engineering work as may be
required by the Commissioner.
tb) The captain shall be in command Of
by the Commission, and under the control
and direction of the Commissioner snail
supervise the maintenance and replacement
of the same and perform such other duties
as the Commissioner may direct. The cap
tain shall have and exercise all the powers
and authority conferred by this. Article
upon the county inspectors hereinafter pro-
lei The Director Of the Marine Labora-
tory and Biological Research under the
supervision and direction of the Commits
Laboratory Labor s and nd the biological Research
carried on In connection Herewith, and
shall perform such other duties as the
n Tbs Co may aioses with the ap
proval of the Commission, shall appoint
county inspector for each tidewater coun-
ty, each Of whom shall receive such Is, salary Ey
fixed in the budget, and each OF whom
shall give bond to the State Of Maryland,
In the penalty of $1,000, conditioned upon
posed upon them by this Article. Each
county inspector shall be responsible for
the enforcement Of all laws and regulations
pertaining to fisheries, and for the In
speetion Of all oysters, crabs and fish taken
within the county for which he Is appoint
ed and in such parts of the Atlantic ocean
and its tributaries and the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries as may be designated
by the Commissioner. Each county inspec-
tor shall have the right to. arrest, seize
and confiscate as provided by law, shall
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who may be placed under him and shall
be directly responsible to the Commissioner
of Fisheries and subject to his orders.
Each county inspector shall be charged
with the duty Of enforcing the laws re-
quiring longing, dredging, claiming, crab
bling, pound net seine and other licenses
in his assigned territory, and the laws re-
lating to the collection of the oyster tax,
and shall pay ON such other duties as may
be prescribed by the Commissioner OF
IA. The Commissioner, with the ap-
prevail Of the Commission, may appoint
not more than fifty deputy inspectors, each
of whom shall receive such salary not to
exceed per maS Ds sha
have the right to employ such deputy in
spectors by the month or by the year. The
deputy inspectors shall have and exercise
the powers and duties herein conferred
upon the county inspectors and when so
directed by the Commissioner shall act UNI
der the control, supervision and direction
OF the county inspectors. DUH Inc COubty
inspectors and deputy inspectors shall have
and exercise the rights, powers and du-
ties of the former deputy commanders, gen
eral inspectors, special inspectors, inspec.
tors, general measurers, measurers ana
members of the State Fishery Force, sub
Ject In all cases to the orders OF the Com
missioner of Fisheries.
12B. The Commissioner shall appoint as
county or deputy inspectors such male
persons as can read and write, and are
sufficiently intelligent to pass an exami.
nation In the making out of reports, and
upon other phases of their duties, as de-
termined by the Commission No person
shall be appointed as county inspector
or deputy Inspector until he shall have
passed physical examination to be given
BY a physician selected by the Commission.
lac. Il shall be the duty OF the Com.
missioner to promote the advertising or
the aeafood products OF this State and to
prepare such advertising or other matter
as II may deem advantageous to the well
fare and improvement Of the seafood indus
try, and shall cooperate with the seafood
industry in any lawful manner It may deem
proper for the benefit OF the fisheries.
I'D. All sums of money provided TO De
paid TO the Conservation Department under
the provisions OF Section - OF Article ~
az the Annotated Code, as enacted BY Chap
ter Ell % the Acts OF 1922. shall hereafter
be paid ever to the Commission or FISH
cries and be annually expended by IL In
the propagation Of tidewater fish.
Sec. 5. And be II further enacted. That
Sections and II Of Article y OF the An
aetnted Code OF Maryland ti9Ss supple.