466 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 225

was enacted by Chapter 69 of the Acts of the Extraordi-
nary Session of 1938, authorizing hunting and fishing
under certain conditions on the lands formed by the chan-
nel excavations in Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight and Chinco-
teague Bays or by natural causes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 27 of Article 19A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1929 Supplement), title "Conservation
of Natural Resources, " sub-title "Lands Formed by Channel
Excavation in Sinepuxent and Chincoteague Bays, " as said
section was amended by Chapter 69 of the Acts of the Ex-
traordinary Session of 1933, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

27. All lands made or formed by the dumping or de-
positing of excavated material in the Sinepuxent, Isle of
Wight and Chincoteague Bays during the construction or
maintenance of the Ocean City Inlet and Channel in said
Bays, as well as all land now made or which may hereafter
be made or formed by natural causes since the opening of
the inlet in August, 1933, between the ocean and the bays,
are hereby declared to be natural resources of the State of
Maryland and title to the same shall be retained for the use
of the Conservation Department, and no patent therefor
shall hereafter be issued by the Land Commissioner of
Maryland. The Conservation Commissioner is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to use said lands for Conservation
purposes in such manner and under such regulations as in
his discretion he may deem for the best interest of the
State, subject, however, to the approval of the Board of
Public Works. Provided, however, that persons who have
licenses to hunt or fish in Worcester County shall have the
right to hunt or fish, as the case may be, on said lands
during the open season for such hunting or fishing.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1935.

Approved May 17, 1935.

CHAPTER 225.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Para-
graph (28) of Section 7 of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1929 Supplement), title "Revenue and