Duties of. 



XXil PIBLIO (xENERAL EAWs. 



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Sect. 1. JJt it enatied (/>/ (he (icncral An^^tinhhj of 

 MarylaniL Tliat tlie (loverno]-, by and with the 

 ;idvice and consent oi" the Senate, is herc.diy au- 

 thorized to appoini two competent persons^, wlio 

 shall coutinutf in olhcc for two years from the time 



Appointuicnt ^^^ ^i^^^j^. appointment, and until'their siieeessovs are 

 appointed, who shall he known as Commissiouer.s 



Commission- of Fisheries of Maryland, and that one of the Com- 

 ers of Fishfe- missioners shall come from the Eastern, :ind ©ne 

 from the Western Sliore of the State. 



Sect. 2. Be it enacted, That it shall be the duty 

 of said Commissioners to immediately proceed to 

 inspect all the waters of this State, with a view of 

 stocking the saine with such food lishes as in their 

 iudo-ment shall be most advautaj;eou!<, and Avith 

 such object shall communicate with the Commis- 

 sioner General of Fisheries of the I'nited States, 

 and with the Commissionons of Fisheries appointed 

 by tlie different States, and report the result of 

 their inspection to the (Tovernor of this State, as 

 Report. soon as practicable, and that tiiey examine into 



the feasibility of cutting a channel around the 

 Great Falls of the Potomac, to admit the passage 

 of lish from tide-water into the Upper Potomac, 

 and that they also inej^uire into the expediency of 

 constructing- iish-ways or lish-laddcrs to admit the 

 passage of fish over dams or other obstructions in 

 the Upper Potomac, or elsewhere in the State, and 

 that an estimate of cost be made, and a report 

 tliereof be made to the next General Assembly of 

 Marylaml. 



The appointuicnt of iico Coinmi-'^isioni'rs had been 

 2rreviouM)j authorized, Chapdcr 1:07, Laics 1870, 

 hut the Act had expired hy its own limitation. 

 Sec, 3. Be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of 

 Duty ot the said Commissioners of Fi.sheries, after making 



the inispectiou and obtaining the inforjnation requir- 

 ed in the preceding section, to 2>roceed to the selec- 

 tion ol proper locations for the propagation and cul- 

 ture of such food lishes as it shall be deemed desira- 

 ble to introduce into Wxii waters of this State, and 

 To obtain obtain th.e necessary ova, and construct and erect 

 ^micr hoBses '^^^^^'^'^^^ houses and devices for hatching tlio same, 

 lor hatching, and protecting the small fi*ih, until fit to be dis- 

 *'^- tributed, and then to ilistrilmte the same among 



