590                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch.

FOR BOATS, VESSELS AND EQUIPMENT USED FOR SUCH TAKING.
RECOGNIZING THAT THE RIGHT OF FISHING IN THE TERRITORY
OVER WHICH THE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION IS
AND SHALL BE COMMON TO AND EQUALLY ENJOYED BY THE
CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND, THE COMMISSION
SHALL MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CITIZENS OF
VIRGINIA OR MARYLAND IN ANY RULE, REGULATION OR THE
GRANTING OF ANY LICENSES, PRIVILEGES, OR BIGHTS UNDER
THIS COMPACT.

(E) LICENSES FOR THE TAKING OF OYSTERS AND CLAMS
AND THE COMMERCIAL TAKING OF FINFISH AND CRABS WITHIN
THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE GRANTED
ONLY TO CITIZENS OF MARYLAND OR VIRGINIA WHO HAVE
RESIDED IN EITHER OR BOTH STATES FOR AT LEAST TWELVE
MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE APPLICATION FOR THE
LICENSE. WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS COMPACT, THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT A SCHEDULE
OF LICENSES, THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED THEREBY, AND THE
FEES THEREFOR, WHICH MAY BE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME
IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION.

(C) THE LICENSES HEREBY AUTHORIZED MAY BE ISSUED
AT SUCH PLACES, BY SUCH PERSONS, AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUCH PROCEDURES AS THE COMMISSION MAY DETERMINE.

SECTION 5. EXPENDITURES. THE COMMISSION IS
AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND 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 AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT (OR TO
REFUSE) FROM ANY AND ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOURCES
SUCH GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, DONATIONS,
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