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ARTICLE 19A.

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

	1. Conservation Commission — appoint- ment and salaries. Rare Earths and Minerals. 13. Statement of amounts removed. 14. Examination by conservation com- missioner. 15. Revenues, disposition of 16. Application for permits; fee. 17. Survey,. cost of. 18. Applications; approval by commis- sioner and board of public works; preference; leases. 19. leases — term and rental.	20. Papers and documents. 21. Legislature may change royalty. Water Front Commission. 22-23. Appointment; terms. 24. Organization. 25. Duties. 26. Construction; does not affect exist- ing agencies. Lands Formed by Channel Excavation In Sinepuxent and Chinco- teague Bays. 27. Use of said lands.

An. Code, sec. 1. 1916. ch. GS'2. 1922, ch. 29 (p. G7). 193d, ch. 523.
1. The Conservation Department is hereby created and established.
The control and executive functions of this Department shall be vested in
a Commission to be known as the Conservation Commission, composed of
three members, citizens and residents of this State, all of whom shall be
men. specially informed, with practical experience and well qualified, 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, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate not more than two of whom shall be of the same
political party, and he shall designate one of said members to act as
Chairman of the Commission. The term of the members of the Com-
mission shall be four years from the first Monday in June succeeding their
appointment. 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 the Chairman of the Commission shall be Thirty-
Five Hundred ($3500. 00) Dollars a year, and the salary of each of the
other members shall be Three Thousand ($3000. 00) Dollars a year and
they shall each be entitled to receive in addition thereto the necessary
traveling expenses and disbursements incurred by them in the discharge
of their official duties. The Commission shall from time to time adopt
such by-laws and rules of procedure for the conduct of the Conservation
Department as they may deem necessary. On the taking effect of this
Act, all the rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions of the Con-