Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

Commissions vessels, boats and vehicles.
Each associate member shall supervise the
oysters in the area in which he is a resi-
dent In accordance with policies deter
form such other duties as NAV he iireSet Ss6s
by the Commission.
o.. The Commissioner, with the approval
OF the Commission, shall appoint a secre.
to exceed $500 per annum as may be fixed
In the budget, surveyor, who shall bp
paid such salary not to exceed 5000 PEI
a captain, who shall be paid such salary
not to exceed $1,000 per annum, as may b
Marine anq sGfGE o. fse
who shall receive such salary as may b
fixed in the budget; The Commissioner,
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mission, shall appoint or continue in en-
ployment a biologist and such other en-
ployees of the Marine Laboratory as he
each of such employees shall be fixed by
the Commission. The Commissioner, with
ploy such clerks and stenOgraphers and
other employees as may be necessary. All
employees provided for in this Article
shall hold their respective esp positions under
GA of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
The Commission shall have power to re-
quire any. employee Of the Commission who
handles funds, to furnish bond in such
amount as the Commission may determine.
10. The Secretary Of the Commission
shall have and exercise all the powers and
the county inspectors hereinafter provided
for. The secretary, acting under the con-
troll, supervision and direction of the Com
powers and duties herein conferred upon
the Commission. It shall be the duty of
the secretary to audit the books Of the va
pers and fish dealers, including any catches
of the above seafoods, who may ship direct,
for the purpose of ascertaining the total
the waters of the State of Maryland, the
number of gallons shucked and shipped,
the pounds of crabs and crab meat, guam
Of each kind of fish, and also the quantity
in bushels Or gallons Of oysters that are
purchased from points out of the State,
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
and all such books, statements and ac-
counts shall be open to inspection by tho
secretary or his duly authorized agents
Any person violating the provisions Of
this section shall be guilty Of q misdS;
meanor and upon CONVICTION thereof sh h
% ans sad not ba aof In
Of court until he complies Herewith. All
monies arising from fines collected under
this section shall be remitted 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:
Defs and shal ei perform such other sur:
veying or engineering work az may b
required by the Commissioner.
(b) The captain shall be in command Of
by the Commission, and under the control
and direction of the Commissioners shall
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
sioner shall have charge Of the Marine
Laboratory and the Biological Research
carried on In connection Herewith. ana
Commissioner may direct.
IL. The Commissioner, with the, APP
prevail Of the Commission, shall appoint Q
ty, each Of whom shall receive such salary
not to exceed $500 per annum as may be
ed In the budget f and each 81 81
in the penalty Of $1,000, conditioned upon
the faithful performance OF the duties i'm
posed upon them by this Article: Each
the enforcement of all laws and regulations
pertaining to fisheries, and for the in
sReStio1 Of all oysters eFa5S and an nsn nI 5akSn
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 confscate as provided by law, snail
have authority over any deputy inspector
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-
curing longing, dredging, claiming, crab
bling, pound net seine and other licenses
in his assigned territory, and the laws re-
and shall pay on such other duties as may
be prescribed by the Commissioners OK
ia. The Commissioner, with the ap-
proyal of the Commission, may appoint
not more than fifty deputy inspectors, each
of whom shall receive such salary not to
in the budget. The Commissioner shall
have the right to employ such deputy in
speetors by the month or by tine year Her Iss
the powers and duties herein conferred
upon the county inspectors and when SO
directed by the Commissioner snail act un-
der the control, supervision and direction
of the county inspectors. Both the county
inspectors and deputy inspectors shall nave
and exercise the rights, powers sS and o dn-
eral inspectors, special inspectors, lnspec,
tors, general measurers, measurers and
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 exam1-
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 a physical examination to be given
by a physician selected by the Commission.
12C. 1t shall be the duty of the. Com
missioner to promote the advertising Of
the seafood products of this State and to
prepare such advertising or other matter
as it 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 1t may deem
proper for the benefit of the fisheries.
I'D. All sums Of money provided TO De
paid to the Conservation Department undeS
the provisions Of Section u OF Article ~
Of the Annotated Code, as enacted by CHAP
ter All Of the Acts Of 1929. shall hereafter
be paid over to the Commission Of Fish
cries and be annually expended by It In
the propagation Of tidewater fish,.
Sec. 8. And be It further enacted, Tnes
Sections and II Of Article q OF the An
notafad Code of MARYLAND (1035 supple.