HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 767

Article 19A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935 Sup-
plement), title "Conservation of Natural Resources", be and
the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 36, 37, 38,
39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 of Article 72 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Oysters",
sub-title "State Fishery Force", Sections 80, 81, 84 and 87 of
said Article 72, title "Oysters", sub-title "General Measurers
and Inspectors", Sections 99, 115, 155 and 155A of said Article
72, title "Oysters", sub-title "Oyster Culture", and Section 46
of Article 19 of said Code, title "State Auditor", be and the
same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be It further enacted, That Chapter 165 of the
Acts of 1906 be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That a new sub-title and
sixteen new sections be and the same are hereby added to
Article 19A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935 Supple-
ment), title "Conservation of Natural Resources", said new
sub-title to be known as "Commission of Fisheries", and said
new sections to be known as Sections 1, 2, 3_? 4_? 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 12A, 12B, 12C and 12D, to follow immediately after
said sub-title and to read as follows:

"Commission of Fisheries"

1. The Commission of Fisheries of the State of Maryland
is hereby created and established. The said Commission shall
be composed of five members, citizens and residents of this
State, all of whom shall have practical knowledge of the tide-
water fisheries. One of the members of said Commission shall
be designated as the Chairman and shall be known as the
"Commissioner of Fisheries". The members of the Commis-
sion, including the Chairman thereof, shall be appointed by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, for terms of two years, beginning on the first day
of June succeeding their appointment, the terms of the first
members of said Commission to be appointed under this Act
to begin on June 1, 1939. One associate member shall be a
resident of that section of the Eastern Shore north of the
Choptank River, one associate member shall be a resident of
that section of the Eastern Shore south of the Choptank
River, one associate member shall be a resident of that sec-
tion of the Western Shore outside the counties of St. Mary's,
Calvert and Charles, one associate member shall be a resident
of that section of the Western Shore comprising the counties of