196 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 69

(7) A VESSEL EQUIPPED WITH PROPELLING MACHINERY
OF SEVEN AND ONE-HALF HORSEPOWER OR UNDER.

(b) No person shall operate or give permission for the operation
of any vessel on the waters of Maryland unless the vessel is numbered
in accordance with this Article.

6. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

(a) The owner of every vessel required to be numbered by this
Article shall file an application for a number with the Department
of Tidewater Fisheries. The application shall be on forms approved
by the Department. The application shall be accompanied by a
fee of six dollars ($6. 00) and shall be signed by the owner, or
owners, of the vessel. All boats used in governmental service shall be
exempted from payment of any fee.

(b) Upon receipt of the application in approved form the De-
partment shall issue to the applicant a certificate of number which
shall contain the identification number issued to the vessel and such
additional information as the Department may, by regulation, pre-
scribe. The certificate shall be pocket-size and shall be available for
inspection when the vessel is in operation. The owner shall paint
on or attach the identification number to each side of the bow of
the vessel for which issued, displaying it in the manner required by
the regulations of the Department and maintaining it in legible
condition.

(c) All certificates shall be valid for a period of three years and
shall expire on December 31 of each triennium, beginning in the
year 1962. The fee for renewal for each three-year period after
the initial licensing shall be six dollars ($6. 00). The fee for a
certificate to replace one lost or destroyed shall be one dollar
($1. 00). The Department of Tidewater Fisheries shall be the office
of record for all transactions and transfers of numbered boats.

7. DISPOSITION OF FEES AND OTHER REVENUES

(a) All fees and other revenues collected under the authority of
this Article, and any other available income, shall be deposited in
the State Treasury and be used exclusively for the administration,
functions, and objectives of this Article. These funds are to be
credited to the Department of Tidewater Fisheries but this De-
partment shall make available to the Department of Game and In-
land Fish an equitable share of such funds for the administration
of this Article in the non-tidal waters of Maryland, which are within
the jurisdiction of the Department of Game and Inland Fish.

(b) The Department of Tidewater Fisheries and the Depart-
ment of Game and Inland Fish shall each have the authority to use
the funds credited to their accounts to purchase, rent and operate
such equipment as each may need to accomplish the purposes of
this Article within their respective areas of jurisdiction, such ex-
penditures, however, to be in accordance with budgetary require-
ments.

(e) Subject to available income, each Department is authorized
to employ such personnel as it may need, such employment to be
under and subject to the State merit system.