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twenty-five licensed oystermen entitled to take oysters from
the bars or parts of bars designated by the said notice.

SEC. . 119c. For the purpose of performing the duties
imposed upon the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners by sec-
tions 119A and 119B, they may employ a superintendent of
natural oyster bars, or designate one of the employees of the
Board of Shell Fish Commissioners to act as such, and it
shall be the duty of such superintendent, under direction of the
Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, to give personal super-
vision to the work of cultivating and restoring the natural oyster
bars designated for that purpose by the order of the Board of
Shell Fish Commissioners.

SEC. 119D. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, in
addition to taking such measures of conservation of natural
oyster bars as in its judgment seems advisable, shall purchase
from the lowest responsible bidder, shell or oysters or other
material at such places and in such quantities as may be needed
for the purpose of restoring the natural oyster bars, and in
inviting proposals for such shells or oysters they may prescribe
that the shells or oysters shall be delivered at a convenient
place for shipment, or they may require that the said shells or
oysters be delivered and distributed by the sellers thereof on
such particular natural oyster bars, or parts of bars, as the
Board of Shell Fish Commissioners may be engaged in culti-
vating and restoring, and the Board of Shell Fish Commission-
ers shall have the power to cause such shells or oysters to
be properly distributed on the designated natural oyster bars,
or parts of bars, under the direction of the superintendent of
natural oyster bars.

SEC. 119E. For the purpose of discharging the duties
imposed upon it by the four preceding sections of this act, the
Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall have the same con-
trol and direction and be to the same extent over the State
Fishery Force, as is given, to said Board of Shell Fish Com-
missioners by section 97 of this article.

SEC. 119r. The said Board of Shell Fish Commissioners
shall in no case contract any obligation or incur any indebted-
ness for the restoring and reshelling of natural oyster bars in
excess of money at the time of the incurring of said obligation
or contracting of said debt in the State Treasury to the credit
of the "Fund for Conservation of Natural Oyster Bars."

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, This act shall take effect from
the date of its passage, and that all acts, or portions of acts,
inconsistent herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved April 11, 1912.