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SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That three additional
sections be and they are hereby added to said Article 72, to
follow Section 135 thereof, and to be known as Sections 135A
and 135B, said additional sections to be and read as follows:

135A. The Conservation Commission of Maryland is here-
by authorized to select and reserve for oyster cultivation as
provided in this sub-title any portion or portions of the natural
beds, bars and rocks within the scraping areas of this State,
and to close the area so reserved for such time as the Com-
mission may fix, to transplant seed oysters, shells, or other
cultch thereon, and re-open the same for public use, subject
to all the conditions and restrictions set forth in Section 134
of this sub-title, including the payment of the charge or tax
to be fixed by the Commission as therein prescribed, and the
Commission is empowered to pay the cost of transplanting seed
oysters not to exceed ten cents per bushel, and shells not to
exceed five cents per bushel, in the manner stated in Section
133 of this Article, provided that oysters planted upon such
reserved scraping areas shall be caught only by scrapers of the
County in which said reserved area is located, holding licenses
for the current season, who shall take out a special license
from the Commission or one of its inspectors or deputy com-
manders at a cost of one dollar each, after taking the oath
prescribed in paragraph 6 of Section 134 of this Article.

135B. The Conservation Commission is authorized to select
and reserve for experiments in oyster conservation and propa-
gation, any portion or portions of the natural beds, bars and
rocks of the Chesapeake Bay or tributaries in dredging area
not to exceed in the aggregate one thousand acres, and to give
notice thereof in the manner stated in Section 132, and to
transplant thereon seed oysters, shells, or other cultch, or to
propagate seed oysters, or in any other feasible manner to
develop methods of production of oysters, and said Commis-
sion shall be empowered to improve, replenish or cultivate said
experimental areas in such manner and for such length of
time as it may determine. The Commission shall have power
to dispose of the oysters at any time, and manner, and upon
any terms which it may fix, the proceeds thereof to be placed
to the credit of the "Conservation Fund, " and to be used for