2738 ARTICLE 72

An. Code, 1924, sec. 138. 1912, sec. 120. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 118. 1912, ch. 539, sec...118.

135. 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, 1924, sec. 139. 1912, sec. 121. 1906, ch: 711, sec. 119.

136. The Conservation Commission shall annually prepare and pub-
lish 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 Commission 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, 1924, sec. 140. 1912, sec. 121A. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 119A.

137. It shall be the duty of the Conservation Commission 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 Conservation Com-
mission, endorsed by the Comptroller of the State.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 141. 1912, sec. 121B. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 119B.

138. Any natural oyster bar or bars, or parts of bar or bars, which
the Conservation Commission may designate for the purpose of being
cultivated and restored may be exempted by the Conservation Commis-
sion from all rights of taking oysters in any manner by any person what-
soever for a period to be specified in a notice of such intention, to be pub-
lished 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 Conservation Commission signed by twenty-five licensed
oystermen entitled to take oysters from the bars or parts of bars designated
by the said notice.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 142. 1912, sec. 121C. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 119C.

139. For the purpose of performing the duties imposed upon the Con-
servation Commission by sections 140 and 141, they may employ a super-
intendent, of natural oyster bars, or designate one of the employees of the
Conservation Commission to act as such, and it shall be the duty of such
superintendent, under direction of the Conservation Commission, to give
personal supervision to the work of cultivating and restoring the natural
oyster bars designated for that purpose by the order of the Conservation
Commission.