salaried staff of law enforcement officers, consisting of a State Game
Warden, a Chief Deputy Game Warden, 2 Wildlife Technicians (Biolo-
gist-Technician), 6 Regional Deputy Game Wardens, 30 District
Deputy Game Wardens, and 4 Game Breeders.

The angler's license was created by Chapter 471, Acts of 1929.
As of June 30, 1944, the Department owned seventeen Game Farms
and Refuges totaling 10,676 1/2 acres. It had under lease 65 Game
Refuges aggregating 21,230 acres, and on property owned by the
State Forestry Department it had 6,093 acres used as game refuges.

The Department has in operation two State-owned game farms;
namely, the Gwynnbrook State Game Farm in Baltimore County,
and the Wicomico State Game Farm in Wicomico County. At these
plants large numbers of bob-whites, pheasants, chukar partridges,
wild ducks, wild geese, and Virginia white-tail deer are raised in
captivity and liberated annually in the covers of this state.

The Department also operates propagation plants at the Montgomery
County Game Refuge where bob-whites, pheasants, and wild ducks
are raised, and at the Washington County Game Refuge where wild
turkeys are raised.

During the fiscal year of 1940 the Department purchased the Indian
Spring Wildlife Demonstration Area located near Indian Spring,
Washington County, Maryland, comprising 1,265 acres and in co-
operation with the Soil Conservation Service is establishing on said
area a wildlife demonstration project. Two large signs have been
erected on Route 40 calling the public's attention to this area and
extending to them a welcome to visit same.

In addition to the Indian Spring Wildlife Demonstration Area,
the Department has five other properties on which wildlife dem-
onstration areas have been established; the Idylwild Wildlife Dem-
onstration Area, Federalsburg, Caroline County, containing 520 3/10
acres; the Millington Wildlife Demonstration Area, Millington, Kent
County, containing 561 1/2 acres; the Girdletree Wildlife Demonstration
area, near Girdletree, Worcester County, containing 550 acres; the
Wellington Wildlife Demonstration Area, Princess Anne, Somerset
County, containing 380 acres, and the LeCompte Bryant Fox Squirrel
Demonstration Area, near Vienna, Dorchester County, containing 479
acres.

The Commission, in January, 1940, appointed an Advisory Council
in each country of this State. These Councils are composed of twelve
members, not less than five of whom must be landowners, or tenants
on farms, five from outdoor groups such as Farm Bureau, Farm
Grange, etc., and two at large.

Chapter 354, Acts of 1939, provided that the Fresh Water Fisheries
should be transferred June 1, 1939, from the Conservation Commis-
sion of Maryland to the State Game and Inland Fish Commission for
supervision.

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 owns and operates
a trout nursery at Bear Creek in Garrett County, and in addition oper-
ates rearing stations at Cushwa in Washington County, and at the
Ritchie pools in Frederick County.

The wild waterfowl season is controlled entirely by Federal Regu-
lations.