Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-09-13
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8. The Commission shall exercise all the
powers herein conferred except that the
for tae sn Be Ess snS sSa
fish laws, and shall be In command Of the
Com Conn vessels. boats and vehicles.
planting and transplanting Of shells and
oysters in the area In which he 10 q resi-.
dent In accordance with policies deter
form such other duties 40 may be dirNcteA
by the Commission.
o.. The Commissioner. with the apr.eval
tary, who shall Be- paid such salary mot not
to exceed $500 per annum as may DO 1xeA
In the budget, q surveyor, who SHAH b
annum, az may be hxed in the budget,
a captain, who shall be paid such salary
not to exceed 5000 per annnm. 90 may %
Marine Laboratory and Biological Research,
Who shall th receive such salary as may b
tor. and with the approval q the Com
mission, shall appoint or continue in EN-.
ployees Of the Marine Laboratory as he
may deem necessary, and the salaries OF
each Of such employees shall be fixed By
the approval Of the Commission, shall en-
ploy such clerks and stenographers and
other employees as may be necessary. All
shall hold their respective positions under
the provisions Of the Merit System, Article
GA of the. Annotated Code of Maryland.
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
authority conferred by this Article upon
the county inspectors hereinafter provided
troll, supervision and direction OF the Com
missioner, shall have and exercise all the
powers and duties herein conferred upon
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the secretary to audit the books OF the va
rious oyster packers, crab and clam ship
pers and fish dealers, including any catches
of the above seafoods, who may ship 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
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
and all such books. statements and ae:
counts shall be open to inspection By the
secretary or his duly authorized agents
at all times.
Any person violating the provisions q
this section shall be guilty Of Q misd4:
meanor and upon conviction thereof shan
be fined not less than 500. nor more than
monies arising from fnss collected under
d i section sas erst Be- tie ss@S e e: SSS
II, (a) The surveyor shall have ehargN
Of surveying and marking natural oystef
bars, reserved areas. leased bottoms. crab:
nets, and shall perform such other suI.
veying or engineering work a. may b
required by the Commissioner.
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all vessels and boats owned or controlled
by the Commission, and under the control
and direction Of the Commissioner shall
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as the Commissioner may. direct. The cap.
tain shall have and exercise all the powers
ap0n the county Gereinatsf pro:
lei The Director Of the Marine Labora.
supervision and direction Of the Commits.
Laboratory and the Biological Research
shall perform such other duties a. thu
II. The Commissioner, with the. ap.
proval Of the Commission, shall appoint Q
county inspector for each tidewater coun-
ty, each Of whom shall receive such salary
not to exceed $500 per annum as may be
shall give bond to the State of Maryland,
In the penalty Of $1,000, conditioned upon
the faithful performance Of the duties i'm
county inspector shall be responsible for
the enforcement of all laws anu regulations
pertaining, to fisheries, and for the in
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 Commissioners. Each county inspec-
tor shall have the right to arrest, seize
and coniiscate as provided by law, shall
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who may be placed under him and shall
be directly responsible to the Commissioner
Each county inspector shall be charged
with the duty of enforcing the laws re-
curing longing, dredging, claiming, crab
bing, pound net seine and other licenses
in his assigned territory, and the laws re-
lating to the collection of the oyster tax,
f be Ray on y such The Of
ia. The Commissioner, with the ap-
not more than fifty deputy inspectors, each
Of whom shall receive such salary not to
exceed $1,000 per annum, as may be fixed
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 un-
der the control, supervision and direction
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 and
members Of the State Fishery Force, sub
ject in all cases to the orders Of the Com
missioner of Fisheries.
lob. 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
passed a physical examination to be given
by 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 1t may deem advantageous to the well
fare and Improvement Of the seafood indus.
try, and shall cooperate with the seafoodi
industry in any lawful manner 1t may deem
proper for the benefit Of the fisheries.
I'D. All sums Of money provided to be
paid to the Conservation Department under
the provisions Of Section u Of Article 30
Of the Annotated Code, as enacted by Chap
ter Al Of the Acts of 1929, shall hereafter
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