HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1009

in any charter heretofore granted to any corporation by any
special or general laws of this State, and in lieu of all and
singular the liability imposed thereby or consequent therefrom,
in or upon any dam where the same is not deemed by the Game
and Inland Fish Commission to be practical or advisable for
the ascending or descending of fish, or to permit the passage
of fish from the waters below to the waters above any such
dams, the said Game _and Inland Fish Commission is em-
powered to enter into an agreement with the owner, lessee, or
operator of such dam to pay to the said Commission annually,
or at other stated periods a sum of money which shall be not
less than four and one-half per centum (4%%) per annum
upon the estimated cost of the erection of such fish ladder or
ladders^ except in such cases where the amount so calculated
would be equal to or exceed the sum of four thousand dollars
($4000) per annum, then the annual payment shall in all such
cases be four thousand dollars ($4000) per annum to be ex-
pended by the said Commission for the purpose of stocking
with fish the waters of the pool above and of the stream below
said dam and the acquisition of the necessary facilities there-
for. Provided, however, nothing contained in this section or in
Section 13 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of the Public
Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition), shall apply to any
dam or dams constructed by Federal, State, or County funds
if said dam is not built for commercial purposes. On and after
the passage of this Act, nothing in this section shall repeal
Section 13 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of the Public
Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition), except where dam or dams
are built on non-tidal waters, and any fines for violation of
Section 13 of Article 39 imposed by any Court of Justice or
any settlement arrived at between the owner of said dam or
dams which are erected on non-tidal waters and the Game
and Inland Fish Commission, then said fines or amount as
agreed upon shall be paid to the Game and Inland Fish Com-
mission to be credited to the State Game Protection Fund
and the name Game and Inland Fish Commission shall be
intended as the beneficiary instead of the Conservation Com-
mission or Conservation Department. Any money received by
said Commission pursuant to such an agreement shall be paid
into the State Game Protection Fund and is hereby specifically
appropriated to be expended by said Commission for the pur-
poses above named.

POLLUTION PROHIBITED.

91. All penalties imposed by any Court of Justice for viola-
tion of any pollution laws in effect at present or which may be
enacted in the future where said pollution occurs in or on non-