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The sum of five hundred dollars per annum shall be appro-
priated, 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 sala-
ries, outlays and disbursements authorized by this Act shall be
paid out of the general treasury of the State of Maryland upon
requisitions made by the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, en-
dorsed by the Comptroller 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 Act. The Commissioners
composing said Board shall, immediately after their appoint-
ment, file in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals sep-
arate 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 Act.
The said Commissioners shall take and subscribe before the
Governor of the State an official oath prescribed by the Consti-
tution. The said Commissioners shall have an office in the City
of Baltimore.

SEC. 89. As soon as practicable after the first day of April,
1906, the said Commissioners shall organize and shall at once
proceed, with the assistance of such person or persons as may
be detailed by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and
the United States Fish Commissioner, to aid them in their work,
and of such persons as may be appointed under the preceding
Section, to have laid out, surveyed and designated on the said
charts, the natural beds and bars, and shall cause to be marked
and defined as accurately as practicable, the limits and boun-
daries of the natural beds, bars and rocks, as established by said
survey, and they shall take true and accurate notes of said sur-
vey in writing, and make an accurate report of said survey, set-
ting forth such a description of landmarks as may be necessary
to enable the said Board, or their successors, to find and ascer-
tain the boundary lines of the said natural oyster beds, bars and
rocks, as shown by a delineation on the maps and charts pro-
vided in this Act; said report shall be completed and filed in
the office of the Board in the City of Baltimore, within ninety
days after the completion of the survey of any County. Said
Commissioners shall cause the same to be published in pamphlet
form, and transmit copies of the same to the Clerks of the Cir-
cuit Courts for their respective Counties, where the charts have
been filed or directed to be filed, as hereinafter provided: the
said report to be filed by the Clerks of the several Counties in