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They shall have such powers and responsibilities as may be designated by this 

 'Order. The Governor shall serve as Chairman of the Council ; the Vice Chairman 

 of the Council shall be appointed by the Governor; the follovsdng shall be 

 members of the Council : 



Governor John Bell Williams, chairman; James O. Cagle, Columbia, Pearl 

 River Electric Power Association ; A. F. Dantzler, Pasoagoula, Dantzler Boat & 

 Barge Company ; William Dorsett, Biioxi, Manager, Broadwater Beach Hotel ; 

 Brad Dye, Jr., Jackson, Executive Director, Mississippi A & I Board ; Robert B. 

 Everett, Jackson, Chairman of the Board, Fox-Everett Insurance Comapny; 

 F. M. Fortenberry, Jackson, Junior College Board; Porter Fortune, Oxford, 

 Chancellor, University of Mississippi ; Ellis B. Gardner, Pascagoula, President, 

 Ingalls Shipbuildings Company ; William Giles, iStarkville, President, Mississippi 

 State University; John K. Gresham, Greenville, Manager, WJPR; David Hal- 

 brook, Belzoni, Mississippi House of Representatives ; Martin R. McLendon, Jack- 

 son, Assistant Attorney General, State of Mississippi ; W. D. McCain, Hatties- 

 burg, President, University of Southern Mississippi ; John R. Picard, Pass Chris- 

 tian, General Manager, General Electric Support Department, Mississippi Test 

 Facility ; Ben Stone, Gulfport, Mississippi State Senate ; E. E. Thrash, Jackson, 

 Executive Secretary and Director, Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher 

 Learning ; W. €alvin Wells, Jackson, Attorney, Research & Development CouneU 

 Member. 



The Governor may appoint in such numbers as he deems advisable additional 

 members of the 'Council. Members of the Council other than State officials shall 

 'Serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for their reasonable and 

 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 



5. The Council shall have the following duties, powers and responsibilities and 

 ■others as deemed necessary by the Governor and the Mississippi Agricultural and 

 Industrial Board : 



a. To Coordinate the activities of all State boards, commissions, agencies, 

 institutions and oflBces. 



b. To advise departments, agencies, institutions, offices and subdivisions 

 of State government thereof as it deems advisable. 



c. To consolidate all efforts in the field of marine resources and the services 

 of State departments, agencies, offices, institutions and subdivisions of State 

 government so far as practical and (to provide for their joint efforts. 



d. To assume management of any available programs related to the Fed- 

 eral government in the field of marine resources. 



e. To apply for, receive, hold and allocate and, if appropriate, to assist 

 State departments, agencies, offices, institutions and political subdivisions of 

 State government in applying for, receiving or holding such authorizations, 

 licenses and grants as are necessary and proper to carry out the purposes 

 of this Order. 



f. To cooperate with the various agencies of the Federal government en- 

 gaged in the programs involving marine resources, especially with the re- 

 search facilities of the NASA-Mississippi Test Facility. 



g. To study in detail and in depth the subject of Oceanography as it relates 

 to the State of Mississippi and to report to the Governor the results and 

 recommendations developed through the study. 



6. It shall be the duty of every department, agency, office, institution and po- 

 litical subdivision of the State of Mississippi and the officers thereof to cooperate 

 with and assist the Council in every reasonable way. 



7. The Governor and the Council shall have general direction and control over 

 the activities of the Council and shall be responsible for carrying out the provi- 

 sions of this Order. 



8. The Council is hereby authorized to receive services, gifts, contributions, 

 property and equipment from public and private sources to be utilized in the 

 carrying out of its functions. 



9. The Governor, the Council and the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial 

 Board are authorized to enter into agreements with the Federal government for 

 the purpose of realizing Mississippi's full potential in the area of marine 

 resources. 



In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of 

 the State of Mississippi to be affixed. Done in the City of Jackson this 10th day 

 of April, 1969. 

 [SEAL] 



John Bell Williams, 



Oovemor. 



