578                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch.

THE CONTRACTING STATES SOLEMNLY AGREE:

ARTICLE I

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPACT IS TO PROMOTE THE
BETTER UTILIZATION OF THE FISHERIES, MARINE, SHELL AND
ANADROMOUS, OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD BY THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT PROGRAM FOR THE PROMOTION AND
PROTECTION OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY, AND BY THE
PREVENTION OF THE PHYSICAL WASTE OF THE FISHERIES FROM
ANY CAUSE-
ARTICLE II

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS TO THOSE
STATES RATIFYING IT WHENEVER ANY TWO OF THE STATES OF
MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND,
CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, MARYLAND,
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND
FLORIDA HAVE RATIFIED IT AND CONGRESS HAS GIVEN ITS
CONSENT. ANY STATE CONTIGUOUS WITH ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED STATES AND RIPARIAN UPON WATERS
FREQUENTED BY ANADROMOUS FISH, FLOWING INTO WATERS
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
STATES, MAY BECOME A PARTY HERETO AS HEREINAFTER
PROVIDED.

ARTICLE III

EACH STATE JOINING HEREIN SHALL APPOINT THREE
REPRESENTATIVES TO A COMMISSION HEREBY CONSTITUTED AND
DESIGNATED AS THE ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES
COMMISSION. ONE SHALL BE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY OF SUCH STATE CHARGED WITH
THE CONSERVATION OF THE FISHERIES RESOURCES TO WHICH
THIS COMPACT PERTAINS, OR, IF THERE BE MORE THAN ONE
OFFICER OR AGENCY, THE OFFICIAL OF THAT STATE NAMED BY
THE GOVERNOR THEREOF. THE SECOND SHALL BE A MEMBER
OF THE LEGISLATURE OF SUCH STATE DESIGNATED BY THE
COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COOPERATION OF
SUCH STATE, OR IF THERE BE NONE, BY THE GOVERNOR
THEREOF. THE THIRD SHALL BE A CITIZEN WHO SHALL HAVE
A KNOWLEDGE OF AND INTEREST IN THE MARINE FISHERIES
PROBLEM TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THIS
COMMISSION SHALL BE A BODY CORPORATE WITH THE POWERS
AND DUTIES SET FORTH HEREIN.

ARTICLE IV
THE DUTY OF THE SAID COMMISSION SHALL BE TO MAKE