1.0 J\< i>ort of ilic Board of Shell Fish Commissioners 



1906, appointed H. Courtenay Jenifer, of Baltimore County, 

 Maryland, Assistant Clerk, deferring the appointment of a 

 Chief Clerk until, in its discretion, such an appointment 

 became necessary. 



Mr. Samuel A. Harper, of Talbot County, Maryland, was 

 appointed Assistant Clerk on the 24th day of May, 1906, the 

 appointment going into effect on June 1st, following; the salary 

 of these two Assistant Clerks being fixed at the sum of one 

 thousand dollars per annum, respectively. 



For the more effectual organization of the office force, 

 Assistant Clerk H. Courtenay Jenifer was appointed Chief 

 Clerk of the Commission on the 8th day of February, 1907, at a 

 salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. 



These two appointees, with the assistance of a stenographer 

 and typewriter, in the person of Miss Blanche Richardson, of 

 Anne Arundel County, Maryland, whose employment dates 

 from the 12th of April, 1907, and whose compensation is ten 

 dollars per week, form the office force of the Commission at this 

 time. 



APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL. 



Realizing that the construction, for the first time, of many 

 sections of the Haman Oyster Culture Law, involving as they- 

 do legal questions of both magnitude and importance, -would 

 establish precedents, under which future operations of the law 

 would be guided, the Commission on the 29th day of June, 1906, 

 appointed Thomas H. Robinson, Esq., of Bel Air, Maryland, as 

 its regular Counsel, the salary of Mr. Robinson being fixed at 

 fifteen hundred dollars per annum*. 



Since this appointment many legal questions growing out of 

 the operations of the law have been referred to him for con- 

 struction, and his opinions in all legal matters have been 

 strictly fo'lowed by the Commission. 



The Commission herewith takes the opportunity to extend to 

 its Counsel its appreciation of the uniform courtesy which has 

 been accorded it by him, as well as the interest he has mani- 

 fested, at all times, in every branch of the work of the Commis- 

 sion. 



