receipts and said areas are used as State Game Refuge and propaga-
tion plants; and in addition the Department has under lease 34,959
acres which are used as inviolate game sanctuaries..

Chapter 354, Acts of 1939, provided that the Fresh Water Fisheries
should be transferred June 1, 1939, from the Conservation Commission
of Maryland to the Maryland State Game and Inland Fish Commission
for supervision. This is the first time in the history of this State
that the game and fresh water fish have been under the supervision
of one administrator.

The Department now owns and operates an extensive fresh water fish
hatchery at Lewistown, Frederick County, Maryland, where trout and
black bass are propagated in captivity; also own and operate a trout
nursery at Bear Creek in Garrett County; and a black bass nursery at
Fairlee Station in Kent County; and in addition operate rearing
stations at Cushwah Station, in Washington County; and the Ritchie
pools in Frederick County.

The total assets, without liabilities, of the Game Division as of
June 1, 1939, was $144,571.09. These assets have been built up
through the hunters' license system, as on June 1, 1916, there was
to the credit of the Department $511.00.

The Fresh Water Fish Division has been practically built up since
the enactment of legislation in 1929 creating the Anglers' License
System, and on June 1, 1939, the total assets, without liabilities, was
$68,689.20.

New Legislation

During the session of the General Assembly of 1939, Chapter 354
was enacted providing that the Maryland State Game and Inland
Fish Commission be created authorizing the Governor of our State to
appoint five Commissioners on the first Monday in June, one for a
term of five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for
two years and one for one year, to serve without compensation. The
Governor appointed the following:

Term Expires.
The Honorable Garner W. Denmead. ...Baltimore, Md...... 1943
The Honorable A. Gordon Fleet. ....... .Edgewater, Md. .. .1942
The Honorable S. Scott Beck, Jr...... .Chestertown, Md. . . . .1942
The Honorable Fulcher P. Smith. .... .Cumberland, Md. . . . .1941
The Honorable James H. Gambrill, Jr. . ..Frederick, Md. ... .1940

At the meeting of the Maryland State Game and Inland Fish Com-
mission held on July 25, 1939, The Honorable Garner W. Denmead
was elected Chairman. Mr. Harold Smith Kolmer, who has been
Secretary of the State Game Department since February 1, 1919, was
elected Secretary.

Chapter 231, Acts of 1939, lengthened the squirrel season 15 days
by making the open dates September 15th to October 15th inclusive,
except in Allegany and Garrett Counties the open season for squirrels
is November 1st to November 30th; also changed the open season for
male deer with two or more points to one antler, providing a five-day
period beginning the 1st Monday in December (except on the Wood-
mont Rod & Gun Club property, privately owned and enclosed by a
9-foot fence, where the season is December 15th to December 24th
inclusive). Said Act further provides that it shall be unlawful to hunt
any deer at any time in Worcester County.