754 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 539}

self for any purpose any of the barren bottoms under the waters
of this State which are, by the provisions of this act, subject to
lease, or to use any such barren bottoms in any way for the pur-
pose of bedding, planting or cultivating oysters, and any person
violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction
in any Circuit Court for any county in this State, or in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City, before which such case is
tried, shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars for each violation
thereof. Each day during which or in which any of the acts
prohibited by this section may be performed shall constitute a
separate violation of its provisions. It shall be the duty of the
State's Attorney of the county having jurisdiction, or of Balti-
more City, at the request of the Board of Shell Fish Commis-
sioners, to prosecute anyone violating the provisions of this
section. The net proceeds of fines collected under this section
shall be applied as follows: One-half of the same shall be paid
to the informer, if any, and the remainder shall be applied
according to the provisions of section 118 of this article.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the following six sections
be and they are hereby added to Article 72 of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Oysters," to follow section 119,
and to be designated as sections 119A, 119B, 119C, 119D, 119E
and 119F.

SEC. 119A. It shall be the duty of the Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners to take such measures as in its judgment shall
seem best calculated to increase the productivity of any part
of the natural oyster bars defined as such by records and
charts filed with the Courts of this State; and the expense of
so doing shall be paid out of the "Fund for the Conservation
of Natural Oyster Bars," upon requisition made by the Board
of Shell Fish Commissioners, endorsed by the Comptroller of
the State.

SEC. 119B. Any natural oyster bar or bars, or parts of bar
or bars, which the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners may
designate for the purpose of being cultivated and restored
may be exempted by the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners,
from all rights of taking oysters in any manner by any person
whatsoever for a period to be specified in a notice of such
intention, to be published in local papers thirty days prior to
such action; provided, that said published notice shall become
void and of no effect at any time during the period of thirty
days after the publication of said notice by the filing of a peti-
tion with the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners signed by