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Section 5. Expenditures. The Commission is authorized to ex-
pend funds for the purposes of general administration, repletion of
the fish and shellfish in the Potomac River, and the conservation and
research programs authorized under this Compact, subject to the
limitations provided in this Compact.

Section 6. Grants, Contributions, Etc. The Commission is au-
thorized to receive and accept (or to refuse) from any and all public
and private sources such grants, contributions, appropriations, dona-
tions, and gifts as may be given to it, which shall be paid into and
become part of the General Fund of the Commission, except where
the donor instructs that it shall be used for a specific project, study,
purpose, or program, in which event it shall be placed in a special
account, which shall be administered under the same procedure as
that prescribed for the General Fund.

Section 7. Cooperation of State Agencies. The Commission may
call upon the resources and assistance of the Virginia Fisheries
Laboratory, the Maryland Department of Research and Education,
and all other agencies, institutions, and departments of Maryland
and Virginia which shall cooperate fully with the Commission upon
such request.

Section 8. Regulations. The Commission shall have the power
to make, adopt and publish such rules and regulations as may be
necessary or desirable for the conduct of its meetings, such hearings
as it may from time to time hold, and for the administration of its
affairs.

Section 9. Inspection Tax. The Commission may impose an in-
spection tax, in an amount as fixed from time to time by the Com-
mission, not exceeding 25c per bushel, upon all oysters caught within
the limits of the Potomac River. The tax shall be paid by the buyer
at the place in Maryland or Virginia where the oysters are unloaded
from vessels and are to be shipped no further in bulk in vessel, to
an agent of the Commission, or to such officer or employee of the
Virginia Fisheries Commission or of the Maryland Department of
Tidewater Fisheries, as may be designated by the Commission, and
by him paid over to the Commission.

ARTICLE IV. COMMISSION REGULATIONS-
PROCEDURE AND REVIEW

Section 1. Notice, Hearing, Vote. No regulation shall be adopted
by the Commission unless: (a) a public hearing is held thereon, (b)
prior to the hearing the Commission has given notice of the proposed
regulation by publication thereof at least once a week for three suc-
cessive weeks in at least one newspaper published, or having a gen-
eral circulation in each county of Maryland and Virginia contiguous
to the waters within the Commission's jurisdiction. The first such
publication to be at least thirty days but not more than 45 days prior
to the date of the hearing; (c) a copy of the proposed regulation is
mailed at least 30 days but not more than 45 days prior to the hear-
ing, to the clerk of the court of each county of Maryland and Virginia
contiguous to the waters within the Commission's jurisdiction, who
shall post the same in a conspicuous place at or in the courthouse;
and (d) the regulation is approved by at least four members of the
Commission.