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ART. XIXA] CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. 71
payable into the State Treasury to the credit of any of said funds,
including all Revenue from oyster culture, shall be placed in the "Con-
servation Fund" and shall be under the exclusive control of the Com-
mission, and shall be drawn upon for the payment of office rent and
supplies, for salaries and expenses of members of the Commission, its
staff and employees, for equipment and maintenance of the State
Fishery Force, and for any other expenses incurred by the Commis-
sion in the propagation, cultivation and protection of the natural
resources of the State above enumerated, the surplus, if any, at the and
of the fiscal year fixed by the Commission, to become a part of the
general funds of the State Treasury, first reserving, howcver, a balance
of ten thousand dollars at the end of each year to bo applied by the
Commission to its current expenses for the ensuing year. The fund
now known as the "State Game Protection Fund," shall be placed under
the supervision and control of the Commission, but the moneys in said
fund shall be used solely for the salaries and expenses of the State
Game Warden and his subordinates, and for the protection and propa-
gation of birds and game of all kinds, the Commission to make an
equitable distribution of said fund among the counties of the State, in
proportion to the amounts contributed to said fund by the respective
counties.
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1916, ch. 682.
10. The Commission is empowered to provide for the vessels of the
State Fishery Force such arms, ammunition and equipment as may be
required, and the Commission may from time to time make such repairs
and additions to the vessels of the force as may in its discretion be
necessary for the efficiency of the force, provided that all moneys
expended by the Commission for such purposes shall be paid out of
the Conservation Fund under its control, unless other funds are specially
appropriated therefor by the General Assembly.
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1916, ch. 682.
11. It shall be the duty of the Commission, on or before the second
Monday in January in each year, to prepare and present to the Gov-
ernor of the State a printed report showing the operations of the Com-
mission during the preceding year, in which report shall be plainly set
forth the amounts of revenue derived from the several industries under
the supervision of the Commission, and also the amounts of money
expended by the Commission and for what purpose. It shall be the
duty of the Commission to recommend from time to time such further
legislation as it may deem advisable.
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