584                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

(E) THE STATE COMPTROLLER MAY EXAMINE THE
COMMISSION'S ACCOUNTS AND BOOKS, INCLUDING ITS
RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, AND ANY OTHER ITEMS
CONCERNING ITS FINANCIAL STANDING AS THE COMPTROLLER
DEEMS PROPER. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL REPORT THE
RESULTS OF HIS EXAMINATION TO THE GOVERNOR.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 260 of the Code. It
is divided into subsections for clarity.
The only other changes made are in style.

4-305. STATE COMMISSION APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES
OF ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION.

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XI OF THE ATLANTIC STATE
MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT, FUNDS SHALL BE APPROPRIATED
FROM THE STATE TREASURY FOR EXPENSES OF THE
COMMISSION. THE APPROPRIATION SHALL BE PAID OUT OF
THE STATE TREASURY ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE
COMPTROLLER UPON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMISSION IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY LAW.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 261 of the Code. The
first sentence is proposed for deletion as
obsolete. The only other changes made are
in style.

PART II. POTOMAC RIVER COMPACT OF 1958
4-306. TERMS OF POTOMAC RIVER COMPACT OF 1958.

PREAMBLE

WHEREAS, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA ARE BOTH VITALLY
INTERESTED IN CONSERVING AND IMPROVING THE VALUABLE
FISHERY RESOURCES OF THE TIDEWATER PORTION OF THE
POTOMAC RIVER, AND

WHEREAS, CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE COMPACT OF
1785 BETWEEN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA HAVING BECOME
OBSOLETE, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EACH RECOGNIZING THAT
MARYLAND IS THE OWNER OF THE POTOMAC RIVER BED AND
WATERS TO THE LOW WATERMARK OF THE SOUTHERN SHORE
THEREOF; AS LAID OUT ON THE MATTHEWS-NELSON SURVEY OF
1927, AND THAT VIRGINIA IS THE OWNER OF THE POTOMAC
RIVER BED AND WATERS SOUTHERLY FROM SAID LOW WATERMARK
AS LAID OUT, AND THAT THE CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA HAVE
CERTAIN RIPARIAN RIGHTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF
THE RIVER, AS SHOWN ON SAID MATTHEWS-NELSON SURVEY,