EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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Section 116. In addition to other penalties herein pro-
vided, any person convicted of a violation of this Act under
either of the three preceding sections shall be and is hereby
denied the right to take out any license to dredge, scrape or
tong for oysters in any of the waters of this State for the
period of three years' after said conviction.

Section 117. It shall be the duty of all officers and mem-
bers of the State Fishery Force to arrest persons violating

CHAP. 711

Penalties
proscribed.

this Act, and to patrol such waters of the Chesapeake bay
and its tributaries as they may be directed by the Board oi
Public .Works to patrol, for the purpose of preventing viola-
tions of this Act.

Section 118. The revenues arising from the operation oi

Arrest persons
violating this
Act.

this Act shall be applied in the following manner: First, to
the payment of all salaries, expenses, surveys, outlays and
disbursements authorized by this Act; second, the balance,
if any, to be paid at the end of each year into the treasury
of the State, leaving, however, a balance at the end of each
year of ten thousand dollars with the Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners, to be applied to the current expenses of its
office for the ensuing year. All moneys so paid as aforesaid
into the treasury of the State shall be placed to the credit
of a special fund, called the "Special Road Fund."

Section 119. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners

How revenues
shall be
applied.

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 Act, and an
account of the receipts and disbursements hereunder. The
said report shall also contain a detailed statement of the
lands leased under this Act, with the names of the lessees.
The said commissioners shall also in its reports make such
recommendations as it may deem proper concerning further
legislation or changes in the present oyster laws, and shall
present the said reports to the General Assembly of Mary-
land.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

Annual report
to be
prepared.

from the date of its passage, and all laws of Maryland incon-
sistent with this Act shall be and the same are hereby
repealed.

Approved April 2, 1906.

Repeal.