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J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR 275
7A. Additional Powers for Department of Tidewater Fisheries.
The Department of Tidewater Fisheries is authorized for a period
of one year to have the following powers:
1. To issue in each county a new license for commercial fishing
in place of each license that is forfeited by a resident of that county.
2. To authorize the Tidewater Fisheries Commission to issue
licenses and establish fees for all non-resident buyers of seafood,
seafood in wholesale or bulk quantities, when the purchase is from
a "buy boat" or from a truck or other vehicle. Any such fee shall
not exceed the sum of fifty dollars ($50. 00) annually.
S. To negotiate under existing law with other States for agree-
ments on the catching of crabs, the sizes of fish, and opening and
closing of seasons.
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4. To use any funds that may be available to the Department of
Tidewater Fisheries from the Federal Government, or from any gift
or donation or other sources, for such purposes as may, in the judg-
ment of the Commission of Tidewater Fisheries be necessary for the
rehabilitation of the seafood industry, subject to budgetary require-
ments.
8. 5. To cooperate with any county, or political subdivision of any
county, which may provide funds for the purchase of shells and
planting of same, the purchase and transplanting of seed oysters,
under such regulations as the Tidewater Fisheries Commission may
proscribe, except that the County Commissioners of such county, or
Mayor and Council of any city that may expend funds for this pur-
pose, or their appointed agents, shall have the right to designate
areas where the shells they purchase are to be planted.
9. 6. To provide a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25. 00)
nor more than one hundred dollars ($100. 00) plus confiscation of the
boat and any equipment, for any person or persons from another
State taking oysters, CLAMS OR CRABS in any waters of Mary-
land not covered by existing prohibitory laws.
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