DEPARTMENT OF TIDEWATER FISHERIES
Chapter 508..Acts of 1941.

Chairman

Edwin Warfield. ................ .1943. ............. .Woodbine, Md.
Robert Harrison................ .1943.............. Sherwood, Md.
Allan A. Sellers. ............... .1943. ............. Benedict, Md.

Clerks:

C. E. Ebberts, Chief Clerk...............................Arbutus
Evelyn M. Gardner, Secretary-Stenographer. ...... .Baltimore
Agnes M. Fitzpatrick, Senior Stenographer........ Baltimore

Engineer:

John C. Widener. ............................... .Baltimore
Seafood Auditor:
J. K. E. Turpin. .................................. ..Centerville

Commander of Patrol Fleet:
A. S. Creighton................................... Cambridge

There is hereby created a State Department to regulate and control
the tidewater fisheries to be known as the Commission of Tidewater
Fisheries. Said Commission shall be composed of three members,
citizens and residents of this State, to be appointed by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than two
of whom shall be of the same political party. The Governor shall
designate one member as Chairman, and the member thus designated
will retain such status during his term of office. The initial members
of said Commission shall be those persons constituting the Conserva-
tion Commission on the effective date of this Act. Upon the expira-
tion of the respective terms of such persons on June 1, 1943, one mem-
ber shall be appointed for a term of two years, one for a term of four
years and one for a term of six years, thereafter, the terms shall be
for a period of six years.

DEPUTY COMMANDERS AND INSPECTORS WITH BOATS

Dist. Name Address Vessel

1st..G. F. Akers. ........ .Rock Hall. .. . .Power Boat Murray and
Chester River

John Smith, Insp.. . . .Dundalk. ...... .Power Boat Pocomoke
Melvin L.Glenn, Insp.. Rock Hall.

2nd..James C. Jones. .... .Stevensville. .... .Power Boat Wicomico

T. C. Harrison, Insp.. St. Michaels...... Power Boat Patuxent
3rd..Geo. O. Haddaway. . . .Wittman. .... .Power Boat Eastern Bay
4th..John W. Harrison. . . .Neavitt. ...... .Power Boat Tred Avon

Luther Garvin, Insp.. Tilghman.

6th..D. C. Kinnamon..... Cambridge........ Power Boat Tangier
6th..Charles A. Bromwell. .Madison. Power Boat Tahoka and Tender
7th..A. Adams, Insp.. . . . ..Fishing Creek. .Power Boat Miles River
8th..Lannie F. Ruark. . . .Hoopersville. ..... -Power Boat Hoopers

Straits

9th..Arthur Jones........ Crocheron.......... Power Boat Mickey
Wm. McKinley Mills. .Wingate. . . .Power Boat Upper Fishing
Bay