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An. Code, sec. 119. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 117.

137. It shall be the duty of all officers and members of the state fishery
force to arrest persons violating this sub-title, and to patrol such waters
of the Chesapeake bay and its tributaries as they may be directed by the
board of public works to patrol, for the purpose of preventing violations
of this sub-title.

An. Code, sec. 120. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 118. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 118.

138. The revenues arising from the operation of this sub-title shall
be applied in the following manner:

First: To the payment of all expenses and disbursements authorized
by this sub-title;

Second: The balance to be paid at the end of each year into the Treasury
of the State, to be placed to the credit of, and divided equally between, two
special funds, the first to be known as the " Special Road Fund," and the
second to be known as a " Fund for the Conservation of Natural Oyster
Bars."

An. Code, sec. 121. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 119.

139. The board of shell fish commissioners shall annually prepare and
publish in pamphlet form a full report of its transactions during the year
prior thereto, as well as a statement of the operations of this sub-title, and
an account of the receipts and disbursements hereunder. The said report
shall also contain a detailed statement of the lands leased under this sub-
title, with the names of the lessees. The said commissionersl shall also
in its reports make such recommendations as it may deem proper concern-
ing further legislation or changes in the present oyster laws, and shall
present the said reports to the general assembly of Maryland.

An. Code, sec. 121A. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 119A.

140. It shall be the duty of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners
to take such measures as in its judgment shall seem best calculated to
increase the productivity of any part of the natural oyster bars defined
as such by records and charts filed with the Courts of this State; and the
expense of so doing shall be paid out of the " Fund for the Conservation
of Natural Oyster Bars," upon requisition made by the Board of Shell
Fish Commissioners, endorsed by the Comptroller of the State.

An. Code, sec. 121B. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 119B.

141. Any natural oyster bar or bars, or parts of bar or bars, which
the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners may designate for the purpose of
being cultivated and restored may be exempted by the Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners from all rights of taking oysters in any manner by any per-
son whatsoever for a period to be specified in a notice of such intention,

1 Evidently a typographical error1 in the act.