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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by the proper propagation and culture of fish, and

for that reason have appointed Commissions to take

charge of the propagation of food fishes, and —

WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States has

also appointed a Commissioner General of Fisheries,

who is ready and willing to co-operate with the Com-

Preamble.

missioners of Fisheries of the several States in furnish-

ing such aid and information as may assist in the

stocking of the waters of the said States with food

fishes; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Appointment of

Maryland, That the Governor, by and with the

advice and consent of the Senate, is hereby authorized

to appoint two competent persons, who shall continue

in office for two years from the time of their appoint-

Commission'rs

ment, and until their successors are appointed, who

of Fisheries.

shall be known as Commissioners of Fisheries of

Maryland, and that one of the commissioners shall

come from the Eastern and one from the Western:

Shore of the State.

SEC. 2. Se it enacted, That it shall be the duty of

Duties of

said Commissioners to immediately proceed to inspect

all the waters of this State, with a view of stocking

the same with such food fishes as in their judgment

shall be most advantageous, and with such object

shall communicate with the Commissioner General

of Fisheries of the United States, and with the Com-

missioners of Fisheries' appointed by the different

States, and report the result of their inspection to

Deport.

the Governor of this State as soon as practicable, and

that they examine into the feasibility of cutting a

channel around the Great Falls of the Potomac to

admit the passage offish from tide water into the upper

Potomac, and that they also inquire into the expe-

diency of constructing fish-ways or fish-ladders to

admit the passage of fish over dams or other obstruc-

tions in the upper Potomac, or elsewhere in the State,

and that an estimate of cost, be made, and a report

thereof be made to the next General Assembly of

Maryland.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That it shall.be the duty of

Duty of

the said Commissioners of Fisheries, after making

the inspection and obtaining the information required