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68 CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. [ART. XIXA
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ARTICLE XIXA.
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.*
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1. Conservation commission.
2. Office; employees.
3. Powers and duties.
4. Engineer; commander of state
fishery force; state game war-
den.
5. Powers and duties; offices abol-
ished.
6. Barren oyster bottoms.
7. Reserved areas upon, depleted nat-
ural bars.
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8. Control over inspection of oysters,
fish and crabs; enforcement of
laws; measurers and inspectors.
9. Conservation fund; state game
protection fund.
10. Vessels of state fishery force; ex-
penditures.
11. Report to Governor.
12. Object of article; effect of uncon-
stitutional provision.
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1916, ch. 682.
1. The Conservation Commission of Maryland is hereby created
and established. The said Commission shall consist of three members,
citizens and residents of this State, all of whom shall be men specially
informed in one or more of the following subjects: oysters, clams, fish,
crabs, terrapin, wild fowl, birds, game and fur-bearing animals. The
members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor, and
he shall designate one of said members to act as Chairman of the
Commission. The term of the members of the Commission shall be
four years from the first Monday in June succeeding their appoint-
ment. The Governor shall have power of removal for cause and he
shall fill vacancies in the Commission however occurring. In all cases
the decision of a majority of the members of the Commission shall be
binding. The salary of each Commissioner shall be $3,000. a year,
and he shall be entitled to receive in addition thereto the necessary trav-
eling expenses and disbursements incurred by him in the discharge of
his official duties. The Commission shall at the time of its organization,
and from time to time thereafter, adopt such by-laws and rules of pro-
cedure for the conduct of its business as it may deem necessary.
1916, ch. 682.
2. The Commission shall establish and maintain an office where its
meetings may be held, and where all books, records, charts and other
*The act of 1917, chapter 2, authorizes the conservation commission to lease to
the United States all vessels belonging to the state fishery force.
The act of 1917, chapter 10, authorizes the conservation commission to con-
struct and maintain two modern fish hatcheries.
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