26 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 12

purposes herein specified, to or upon the order of the person
or persons entitled to receive the same.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon
a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved June 27, 1917.

CHAPTER 12.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 132,
133, 134 and 135 of Article 72 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Oysters, " sub-title "Reserved Areas, " so
as to extend the operation of said sub-title to other localities
of the State, and to vest certain powers in the Conservation
Commission of Maryland with respect thereto; and to add
two new sections to said Article, the same to follow Section
135 thereof, and to be known as Sections 135A and 135B,
authorizing the Conservation Commission to reserve and re-
plenish scraping areas upon certain conditions and restric-
tions, and also to set aside dredging area not to exceed one
thousand acres for experimental work in propagation and
cultivation of oysters.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 132, 133, 134 and 135 of Article 72 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Oysters, " sub-title
"Reserved Areas, " be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

132. The Conservation Commission of Maryland is hereby
authorized to select and reserve for oyster conservation, as pro-
vided in this sub-title, any portion or portions of the natural