384 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 72

NOTICE a list of the names and Social Security numbers of
the workers affected.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1,1950.

Approved March 28, 1950.

CHAPTER 72
(House Bill 14)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5
of Article 96B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Water Resources", relating to the con-
struction of farm ponds for agricultural and conservation
purposes and to the impounding of water for the propaga-
tion of muskrats.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 5 of Article 96B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Water Resources", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

5. (a) From and after January 1, 1934, it shall be unlaw-
ful for the State or any agency thereof, any person or persons,
partnership, association, private or public corporation,
county, municipality or other political sub-division of the
State, to construct, reconstruct or repair any reservoir, dam
or waterway obstruction; or to make or construct, or permit
to be made or constructed, any change therein or addition
thereto; or to make, or permit to be made, any change in,
addition to, or repair of, any existing waterway obstruction;
or in any manner to change or diminish the course, current,
or cross-section of any stream or body of water, wholly or
partly within, this State, except the tidal waters, without a
permit from the Water Resources Commission, in writing,
previously obtained, upon written application therefor to
said Commission. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to apply to any dam or obstruction which is ten feet or less
in height above the elevation of the stream bed or waterway,
nor shall it apply to any reservoir with a storage capacity
of less than one million gallons, nor shall it apply to any

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike-out indicates matter stricken out of bill.