FISH AND FISHERIES. 



PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS. 



Chap'er 47 of Laws of 1876, repeals Sectioits 4 

 and 6 of Chap. 150 cf Law 3 of 1874, and re-etiads 

 the same with amendments. 



Sec. 1. Hi it enacted by the General Assembly of 

 Maryland, That the Governor, by and with the Appointment or 

 advice and consent of the Senate, is hereby autho- 

 rized to appoint two competent parsons, who shall 

 continue in offija for two years from the time of 

 their appointment:, and until their saccessor.-} are 

 appointed, who shall be known as Commissioners commiMioncr* 

 of Fisheries of Maryland, and that one of the oc imh<iri>^. 

 commissioners shall come from the Ei=jtera and 

 one from the Western S'.iore of the State. 



Sec. 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 01 

 stocking the same with suoh food fishes as in their 

 judgment shall be most advantageous, and with 

 such object shall comtnunicato with the Commis- 

 sioner General of Fisheries of the United States, 

 and with the Commissioners of Fisheries appointed 

 by the different States, and report the result of Kepon, 

 their inspection to the Governor of this State as 

 soon as practicable, and that they examine into 

 the feasibility of cutting a channel around the 

 Great Falls of the Potomac to admit the passage 

 of fish from tide water into the upper Potomac, 

 and that they also inquire into the expediency of 

 constructing fish-ways or fish-ladders 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 

 thereof be made to the next Gcjneral Assembly of 

 Maryland. 



