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same be manned by a captain, mate, engineer, assistant, and 

 two firemen, and furnished with coal and equipments at the 

 expense of the State, in pursuance of the provisions of Section 

 07 of Chapter 711 of the Acts of 1906." 



Under this order of the Board of Public Works, the Shell 

 Fish Commission has been relieved of the extraordinary 

 expense of maintaining the State steamer, further than the ex- 

 pense of furnishing subsistence for her crew, during the field 

 season of 1907. 



The Commission herewith extends its due appreciation of the 

 uniform courtesy accorded it by Deputy Commander James H. 

 Turner and the crews under his command during both seasons 

 of field work. 



LOCAL ASSISTANTS AND COMPENSATION OF SAME. 



Under the provisions of Section 88 of the Haman Oysfer 

 Culture Law, the Commission has so far come in contact with, 

 and had the co-operation of, the following local assistants, 

 appointed by the respective Boards of County Commissioners 

 of the counties opposite their respective names : . 



Anne Arundel County Joseph E. Smith. 



Somerset County Thomas Dougherty. 



The Commission has found both the gentlemen named to be 

 well equipped with knowledge of the general location, extent 

 and condition of natural oyster bars of their counties, 

 especially in the localities in which they respectively reside; 

 and the information which they have thus- brought to the work 

 of the survey has also been most advantageously supplemented 

 by the invaluable assistance, in reference to existing and con- 

 trolling social conditions in localities known to them, which 

 they have at all times graciously accorded the Commission. 



So far, the compensation to these local assistants of five dol- 

 lars per day for each day actually engaged in the service of the 

 Commission has been paid out of the general appropriation at 

 the command of the Commission. The Commission at the out- 

 set of the survey in Anne Arundel County made demand for 



