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PUBLIC GENEKAL LAWS. 



To obtain ova 

 and construct cf vnr>f 

 liousesforlicitch''''^'-'^^ 

 ing <S;c, 



Annual report. 



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

 Duty of. the said Commissioners of Fisheries, after making 



the inspection and obtaining the information 

 required in the preceding section, to proceed to the 

 selection of proper locations for the propagation 

 and culture of such food fishes as it shall be 

 deemed desirable to introduce into the waters of 

 this State, and obtain the necessary ova, and con- 

 and erect suitable houses and devices for 

 hatching the same, and protecting the small fish, 

 until fit to be distributed, and then to distribute 

 the same among such waters of this State as shall 

 be deemed proper. 



Laws of 1876, Chapter 47, Sect 'on 4. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said commis- 

 sioners to make an annual report to the Governor 

 of the work accomplished by the commission, and 

 also embracing such suggestions for the protection 

 and propagation of the food fishes in the waters 

 of this State, as may be the result of their obser- 

 vation and experience, which report the Governor 

 shall cause to be printed, and transmit the same 

 to the General Assembly of the State. 



Laws of 1874, Chapter ICO, Section 5. 



S^c. 5. Be it enacted, That the salaries of said 



Salaries of. Commissiouers shall be fifteen hundred dollars per 



annum each, and that the sum of three thousand 



dolhirs per annum, be and the same is hereby 



appropriated to pay the said salaries. 



Laius of 1876, Chapter 47, Section 6. 



Sec. 6. The further sum of ten thousand dollars 

 per annum, or so much thereof as in the opinion 

 of the Governor be necessary, be and the same 

 Appropriation, jg l^ercby appropriated for the purpose of carrying 

 out tlie provisions of this act, and the Comptroller 

 shall issue his warrant on the Treasurer for the 

 payment of the said sum on requisitions of the 

 said commissioners in such amounts as they may 

 require, approved by the Governor, out of any 

 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro- 

 priated. 



PATAPSCO EIVER. 



Section 1, Chapter 204 of the Laws of 1§76, 

 repeals Section 6 of Chapter 79 of Laws of 1874, 

 which limits the action of said Law to the 1st day of 

 April, 1876. This Section makes it perpetually in force 

 jroin the date of its p)assage. 



