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to be published in local papers thirty days prior to such action; provided,
that said published notice shall become void and of no effect at any time
during the period of thirty days after the publication of said notice by the
filing of a petition with the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners signed by
twenty-five licensed oystermen entitled to take oysters from the bars or
parts of bars designated by the said notice.

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

142. For the purpose of performing the duties imposed upon the Board
of Shell Fish Commissioners by sections 140 and 141, they may employ
a superintendent of natural oyster bars, or designate one of the employees
of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners to act as such, and it shall be
the duty of such superintendent, under direction of the Board of Shell
Fish Commissioners, to give personal supervision to the work of cultivating
and restoring the natural oyster bars designated for that purpose by the
order of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners.

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

143. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, in addition to taking
such measures of conservation of natural oyster bars as in its judgment
seems advisable, shall purchase from the lowest responsible bidder, shell
or oysters or other material at such places and in such quantities as may
be needed for the purpose of restoring the natural oyster bars, and in
inviting proposals for such shells or oysters they may prescribe that the
shells or oysters shall be delivered at a convenient place for shipment,
or they may require that the said shells or oysters be delivered and dis-
tributed by the sellers thereof on such particular natural oyster bars, or
parts of bars, as the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners may be engaged
in cultivating and restoring, and the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners
shall have the power to cause such shells or oysters to be properly distrib-
uted on the designated natural oyster bars, or parts of bars, under the
direction of the superintendent or natural oyster bars.

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

144. For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed upon it by the
four preceding sections, the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall have
the same control and direction and be to the same extent over the State
Fishery Force, as is given to said Board of Shell Fish Commissioners by
section 115 of this article.

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

145. The said Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall in no case
contract any obligation or incur any indebtedness for the restoring and
reshelling of natural oyster bars in excess of money at the time of the
incurring of said obligation or contracting of said debt in the State Trea-
sury to the credit of the " Fund for Conservation of Natural Oyster Bars."