124 Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 



Section 116. In addition to other penalties herein provided, 

 any person convicted of a violation of this Act under either of the 

 three preceding sections, shall be, and is hereby, denied the right to 

 take out any license to dredge, scrape or tong for oysters in any 

 waters of this State, for the period of three years after said con- 

 viction. 



Section 117. It shall be the duty of all officers and members 

 of the State Fishery Force to arrest persons violating this Act, and 

 to patrol such waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as 

 they may be directed by the Board of Public Works to patrol, for 

 the purpose of preventing violations of this Act. 



Section 118. The revenues arising from the operation of this 

 Act shall be applied in the following manner: First, to the pay- 

 ment of all salaries, expenses, surveys, outlays and disbursements 

 authorized by this Act; second, the balance, if any, to be paid at 

 the end of each year into the Treasury of the State, leaving, 

 however, a balance of Ten Thousand Dollars with the Board of 

 Shell Fish Commissioners, to be applied to the current expenses of 

 its office for the ensuing year. All moneys so paid as aforesaid 

 into the Treasury of the State shall be placed to the credit of a 

 special fund, called the "Special Road Fund." 



Section 119. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall 

 annually prepare and publish in pamphlet form a full report of its 

 transactions during the year prior thereto, as well as a statement of 

 the operations of this Act, and an account of the receipts and dis- 

 bursements hereunder. The said report shall also contain a de- 

 tailed statement of the lands leased under this Act, with the names 

 of the lessees. The said Commissioners shall also in its report 

 make such recommendations as it may deem proper concerning fur- 

 ther legislation or changes in the present oyster laws, and shall 

 present the said report to the General Assembly of Maryland. 



Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from 

 the date of its passage, and all laws of Maryland inconsistent with 

 this Act shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. 



