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(b) The Secretary of Natural Resources shall be responsible for
promulgating rules and regulations for his office [and shall review
and have revisory power over the rules and regulations of all of the
departments and other agencies within the Department of Natural
Resources, provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the
Secretary or by other departments or agencies within the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources shall be inconsistent with law.] and for
the Department. He shall review and shall have the power to ap-
prove, disapprove, issue, or revise the rules and regulations of all
of the administrations, boards, bureaus, commissions, committees,
departments, units and other agencies within the jurisdiction of the
Department of Natural Resources.

(d) The Secretary of Natural Resources may in his discretion
exercise or perform any power, duty, responsibility or function
which any of the following administrations, bureaus, commissions,
departments and other agencies are authorized to exercise or per-
form: the Bureau of Mines, the Department of Chesapeake Bay
Affairs, the Fish and Wildlife Administration, the Department of
Forests and Parks, the Maryland Geological Survey, and the Depart-
ment of Water Resources.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That new Section 112A and
Section 112B be and they are hereby added to Article 66C of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1967 Replacement
Volume and 1969 Supplement), title "Natural Resources," subtitle
"Birds, Game and Inland Water Fish," to follow immediately after
Section 112 thereof and to be under the new subheading "Fish and
Wildlife Administration," all to read as follows:

112 A.

The Fish and Wildlife Administration is established and con-
tinued as the same Department of Game and Inland Fish hitherto
existing. The Fish and Wildlife Administration shall be part of the
Department of Natural Resources. The Fish and Wildlife Admin-
istration shall have the powers, duties, responsibilities and functions
provided in the laws of this State for the Department of Game and
Inland Fish, and such additional powers, duties, responsibilities and
functions as may be conferred on it from time to time pursuant to
the laws of this State. All references in this Code, in any other
laws of this State, or in ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations,
legal actions, directives, or documents to the Department of Game
and Inland Fish shall be deemed to mean the Fish and Wildlife
Administration. From and after July 1, 1970, all rights, powers,
duties, obligations and functions heretofore conferred upon or ex-
ercised by the Department of Game and Inland Fish shall be trans-
ferred to and be exercised by the Fish and Wildlife Administration
subject to the authority of the Secretary of Natural Resources as
set forth in Sections 233, 234 and 235 of Article 41 or elsewhere
in this Code.

112B.

The Fish and Wildlife Commission is established and continued
as the same Game and Inland Fish Commission hitherto existing.