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of the Commissioners shall be binding. One of said Commissioners shall
be designated by the Board of Public Works of the State of Maryland as
President, and his salary shall be two thousand dollars a year. The salary
of each of the other Commissioners shall be eighteen hundred dollars a
year. The said Commissioners shall be allowed to employ a Chief Clerk
upon a salary of twelve hundred dollars a year, and such assistants, not
exceeding three in number, and not more than may be absolutely needed
for the performance of the work of the Board, at graded salaries, to be
paid by the. Commissioners, not to exceed one thousand dollars a year for
any such assistants, as it may deem necessary to aid it in the proper per-
formance of its duties, as prescribed in this sub-title. The said Commis-
sioners shall employ a competent surveyor, who shall also be a hydro-
graphic engineer, upon a salary to be named by said Commissioners not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars a year. If the Commissioners deem
it expedient to employ a hydrographic engineer, who is also a biologist,
capable of investigating oyster propagation, an engineer of such qualifica-
tion may, in their discretion, be employed. The sum of five hundred.dol-
lars per annum shall be appropriated, to be expended under the direction
of said engineer, if he be a biologist, who shall, in that event, establish
one .or more,stations for said investigation.of oyster propagation. All sal-
aries, outlays and disbursements authorized by .this sub-title shall be paid
out of the general treasury of the State of Maryland upon requisitions
made by the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, endorsed by the Comp-
troller of the State, but the same shall be repaid out of the first revenues
arising from the leasing of land for oyster culture contemplated by this
sub-title. The Commissioners composing said Board shall, immediately
after their appointment, file in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Ap-
peals separate bonds, with a surety or sureties to be approved by the State
Treasurer, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties imposed by this sub-title. The said Commis-
sioners shall take and subscribe before the Governor of the State an official
oath prescribed by the Constitution. The said Commissioners shall have
an office in the City of Baltimore.¹

An. Code, 1924, sec. 100. 1912, sec. 87. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 85. 1910, ch. 401, sec. 85 (p. 214).

. 97. The commissioners shall keep at its office in the city of Balti-
more, books of record, in which shall be recorded all leases, assignments
and other conveyances of land to be used for the planting or cultivation
of oysters in accordance with this sub-title. A set of clear and simple
forms for all subsequent conveyances of any kind shall be prepared by
the board, with the advice of the attorney-general, and no title shall be
vested in any lessee or transferee of any interest or estate acquired under
this sub-title until the conveyance or conveyances evidencing such leases
or transfer shall have been recorded in the office of the board of shell fish
commissioners.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 101. 1912, sec. 88. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 86. 1910. ch. 401, sec. 86 (p. 215).

98. The board of shell fish commissioners shall, as soon as practicable
after April 2, 1906, cause to be made a true and accurate survey of the

¹ This section repealed by Ch. 353, 1939, but as Act is subject to referendum vote at
the November election, 1940, this section will not be repealed unless a majority of
the voters voting thereon are in favor of said Act. If said Act is approved, this section
will be repealed as of Dec. 5, 1940.