1606 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

within the lines of the said oyster lot located and appropriated as afore-
said: That afterward, to wit, on the ———— day of ————, in the
year 19———, in the county and State aforesaid, a certain C. D. from
the said oyster lot, located, appropriated and leased as aforesaid by and
to the said A. B., then and there, wilfully and without authority from
the said A. B., owner and lessee as aforesaid, did take and remove
oysters from the oyster lot aforesaid (or did interfere with or injure
the oysters thereon, or interfere with the stakes, etc., marking the said
lot, or have overboard any dredge, scrape, pair of tongs or other imple-
ment for taking of oysters, as the case may be), knowing them to be
planted and bedded oysters.

1910, ch. 424, sec. 121 (p. 216).

123. At any trial on such an indictment, or for any offense under
or in violation of this sub-title, whereby it may become necessary to
prove the board of shell fish commissioners present with their records,
nor shall it be necessary to have the surveyor present, but the said loca-
tion may be proven either by the original or a certified copy of the lease
thereof, and any plat of the said location made or certified to by the
said board of shell fish commissioners shall also be evidence of the said
location of the said oyster lot.

1910, ch. 735, sec. 120 (p. 213).

124. It shall be the duty of the board of shell fish commissioners
to take such measures as in their judgment shall seem best calculated
to increase the productivity of the natural oyster beds or bars of the
State, and the expense of so doing shall be paid out of the natural
oyster bed re-shelling fund, upon requisition made by the board of shell
fish commissioners, endorsed by the comptroller of the State.*

1910. ch. 735. sec. 121 (p. 213).

125. For the purpose of performing the duties imposed upon the
board of shell fish commissioners, by section 124, they shall employ a
superintendent of natural oyster beds, at a salary of $100.00 per month,
beginning April 1st, and ending September 30th; payable monthly, and
it shall be the duty of such superintendent, under the direction of the
board of shell fish commissioners, to give personal supervision to the
work of re-shelling the natural oyster beds, done by the -order of the
board of shell fish commissioners.*

1910. ch. 735. sec. 122 (p. 213).

126. The board of shell fish commissioners shall purchase from the
lowest responsible bidder, shallf at such places and in such quantities as

*Sections 124 to 12S if not void under the decision of the Court of Appeals of
Maryland in Foote v. Clagett. filed June 23. 1911—see Daily Record, June 29,
1911—would seem to be rendered inoperative for all practical purposes by that
decision.

tEvidently this is a typographical error in the act, the word "shell" being
intended.