MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 589

NORTHERLY TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE DISTRICT OF
COLOMBIA LINE AT FOX FERRY POINT, THENCE FOLLOWING THE
BOUNDARY LINE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SOUTHWESTERLY TO A POINT ON THE LOWER OR SOUTHERN
SHORE OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, SAID POINT BEING THE
INTERSECTION OF THE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA WITH THE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA; THENCE FOLLOWING THE MEAN LOW WATERLINE OF
THE POTOMAC RIVER ON THE SOUTHERN, OR VIRGINIA SHORE,
AS DEFINED IN THE BLACK-JENKINS AWARD OF 1877 AND AS
LAID OUT IN THE MATTHEWS-NELSON SURVEY OF 1927,
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE POTOMAC RIVER AND
THE DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA LINE AT JONES POINT AND
RUNNING TO SMITHS POINT; AND THENCE IN A STRAIGHT LINE
ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER ON THE
ESTABLISHED LINE FROM SMITHS POINT TO POINT LOOKOUT,
TO THE MEAN LOW WATERMARK AT POINT LOOKOUT, THE PLACE
OF BEGINNING.

ARTICLE III.
COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES

SECTION 1. OYSTER BARS. THE COMMISSION SHALL
MAKE A SURVEY OF THE OYSTER BARS WITHIN ITS
JURISDICTION AND MAY RESEED AND REPLANT SAID OYSTER
BARS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE NECESSARY.

SECTION 2. FISH AND SEA FOOD. THE COMMISSION
MAY BY REGULATION PRESCRIBE THE TYPE, SIZE AND
DESCRIPTION OF ALL SPECIES OF FINFISH, CRABS, OYSTERS,
CLAMS AND OTHER SHELLFISH WHICH MAY BE TAKEN OR CAUGHT
WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION, THE PLACES WHERE THEY MAY BE
TAKEN OR CAUGHT, AND THE MANNER OF TAKING OR CATCHING.

SECTION 3. RESEARCH. THE COMMISSION SHALL
MAINTAIN A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH RELATING TO THE
CONSERVATION AND REPLETION OF THE FISHERY RESOURCES
WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION, AND TO THAT END MAY COOPERATE
AND CONTRACT WITH SCIENTISTS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SCIENTIFIC AGENCIES ENGAGED IN SIMILAR WORK, AND MAY
PURCHASE, CONSTRUCT, LEASE, BORROW OR OTHERWISE
ACQUIRE BY ANY LAWFUL METHOD SUCH PROPERTY,
STRUCTURES, FACILITIES, OR EQUIPMENT AS IT DEEMS
NECESSARY.

SECTION 4. LICENSES. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL
ISSUE SUCH LICENSES AS IT MAY PRESCRIBE WHICH SHALL
THEREUPON BE REQUIRED FOR THE TAKING OF FINFISH,
CRABS, OYSTERS, CLAWS, OR OTHER SHELLFISH FROM THE
WATERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION, AND