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520 OYSTERS. [ART. LXXII
1917, ch. 12, sec. 135A.
135A. The Conservation Commission of Maryland is hereby author-
ized to select and reserve for oyster cultivation as provided in this sub-
title any portion or portions of the natural beds, bars and rocks within
the scraping areas of this State, and to close the area so reserved for
such time as the Commission may fix, to transplant seed oysters, shells,
or other cultch thereon, and re-open the same for public use, subject to
all the conditions and restrictions set forth in Section 134 of this sub-
title, including the payment of the charge or tax to be fixed by the Com-
mission as therein prescribed, and the Commission is empowered to pay
the cost of transplanting seed oysters not to exceed ten cents per bushel,
and shells not to exceed five cents per bushel, in the manner stated in
Section 133 of this Article, provided that oysters planted upon such
reserved scraping areas shall be caught only by scrapers of the County
in which said reserved area is located, holding licenses for the current
season, who shall take out a special license from the Commission or
one of its inspectors or deputy commanders at a cost of one dollar each,
after taking the oath prescribed in paragraph 6 of Section 134 of this
Article.
1917, ch. 12, sec. 135B.
135B. The Conservation Commission is authorized to select and
reserve for experiments in oyster conservation and propagation, any
portion or portions of the natural beds, bars and rocks of the Chesa-
peake Bay or tributaries in dredging area not to exceed in the aggre-
gate one thousand acres, and to give notice thereof in the manner stated
in Section 132, and to transplant thereon seed oysters, shells, or other
cultch, or to propagate seed oysters, or in any other feasible manner to
develop methods of production of oysters, and said Commission shall
be empowered to improve, replenish or cultivate said experimental areas
in such manner and for such length of time as it may determine. The
Commission shall have power to dispose of the oysters at any time, and
manner, and upon any terms which it may fix, the proceeds thereof to
be placed to the credit of the "Conservation Fund," and to be used for
further experimental work upon said areas or some other purpose to be
determined by the Commission. Any person catching oysters upon such
experimental area without permission from the Commission shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties prescribed in Sec-
tion 132.
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