Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners 19 



OFFICE OF THE SHELL FISH COMMISSION. 



ANNAPOLIS, MD., May 24th, 1906. 

 HON. EDWIN WARFIELD, 



Governor of Maryland, Annapolis, Md. 



MY DEAR SIR: The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners is unoffi- 

 cially advised that the Act of Congress authorizing the United States 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey to aid the State of Maryland in making the 

 Oyster Survey, will likely be signed by the President today. 



In accordance with Sec. 87 Chapter 711 of the Acts of 1906, therefore, 

 I respectfully request your Excellency to make formal request for said 

 aid, which seems to be contemplated by the Act, as speedily as may be 

 convenient to you. 



Very respectfully yours, 



WALTER J. MITCHELL, Chairman, 

 Board of She.ll Fish Commissioners of Maryland. 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 



ANNAPOLIS, MD., June- 1st, 1906. 

 WALTER J. MITCHELL, ESQ., Chairman, 



Shell Fish Commission, Annapolis, Md. 



MY DEAR SIR: In reply to your letter of the 24th instant, to the 

 Governor, I beg to enclose, herewith, a copy of his letter to the Sec- 

 rery of Commerce and Labor, from which you will see that he has 

 complied with the request contained in your letter. 

 Yours very truly, 



OSWALD TILGHMAN, 



Secretary of State. 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 



ANNAPOLIS, MD., May 28th, 1906. 

 HON. VICTOR HOWARD METCALF, 



Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C. 



SIR: Under the provisions of the Bill (H. R. 18435) recently passed 

 by the Senate and House of Representatives, you are authorized and 

 directed, upon the request of the Governor of- the State of Maryland, 

 to designate such officers, experts and employees of the Bureau of the 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries, as may be 

 necessary to co-operate with the Maryland State Board of Shell Fish 

 Commissioners in making a survey of and locating the natural oyster 

 beds, bars and rocks in the waters within the State of Maryland. 



I, therefore, respectfully request that this designation be made by 

 you, as provided above, and that I be advised of the names of the om- 



