1260 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 739

"Fish and Fisheries", sub-title "Sizes of Commercial Fish", said
new section to be known as Section 58A, to follow immediately
after Section 58 of said Article, and to read as follows:

58A. The Commission of Tidewater Fisheries is hereby
authorized to make rules and regulations governing the taking
of sturgeon from the waters of this State or the possession
and sale within the State, of sturgeon taken from the waters
of this State. The rules and regulations so promulgated shall
have the force of law and any person who shall violate any of
the said rules and regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, shall be fined for each violation the sum
of One Hundred Dollars ($100. ).

No such rules and regulations of the Commission shall be-
come effective until said Commission has held public hearings
on same, and such public hearings shall be advertised as to
time, place and purpose in one newspaper of general daily
circulation in the State, and at least in two newspapers cir-
culated in the tidewater counties for two successive weeks in
advance of said hearings. After such hearings and upon adop-
tion of such rules and regulations, a certified copy of same,
together with reasons for adopting same, shall be transmitted
to the Board of Natural Resources at its next regular meeting
or at a special meeting called for that purpose. The Board
of Natural Resources shall vote to approve or disapprove such
rules and regulations and if a majority of the members pres-
ent vote to disapprove such rules and regulations, the same
shall be null and void. But if a majority of the members
present at the meeting of the Board of Natural Resources ap-
prove such rules and regulations, the same shall be published
for one week in the newspapers bearing notice of the hearing
and shall thereafter have all the force and effect of law. No
rule or regulation shall be adopted, nor be effective, hereunder
unless. or until the State of Virginia has in effect, or simul-
taneously puts into effect, a rule, regulation, or law with
similar provisions as the rule or regulation made by the Com-
mission.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 6, 1943.

CHAPTER 739.

(Senate Bill 147)

AN ACT providing for the payment of 'compensation to
teachers and other persons employed in the public school