APPENDIXES 



Appendix A.— LAWS RELATING TO THE COOPERATION OF THE COAST AND GEODETIC 

 SURVEY AND BUREAU OF FISHERIES WITH THE MARYLAND SHELL FISH COM- 

 MISSION. 



The work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and of the Bureau of Fisheries, in cooperation with 

 the Maryland Shell Fish Commission, in surveying the oyster bars, establishing permanent landmarks 

 at triangulation stations, and preparing for publication the necessary charts and technical and legal 

 descriptions of boundaries and landmarks shown on these charts, has been executed in compliance with 

 a request from the governor of the State of Maryland to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and by 

 the authority of the following laws of the United States and Maryland: 



[Act of Congress approved May 26, 1906.] 



AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to cooperate, through the Bureau of the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries, with the shellfish commissioners of the State of Maryland in making surveys 

 of the natural oyster beds, bars, and rocks in the waters within the State of Maryland. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oj the United States of America in Congress 

 assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, 

 upon the request of the governor of the State of Maryland, to designate such officers, experts, and 

 employees of the Bureau of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and of the Bureau of Fisheries as may be 

 necessary to cooperate with the Maryland State board of shellfish commissioners in making a survey 

 of and locating the natural oyster beds, bars, and rocks in the waters within the State of Maryland; 

 and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the officers, 

 experts, and employees of said Bureaus so detailed as aforesaid such instruments, appliances, and 

 steam launches as may be necessary to make the survey aforesaid; and the Secretary of Commerce 

 and Labor is hereby authorized to have made in the Bureau of the Coast and Geodetic Survey all the 

 plats necessary to show the results of the aforesaid survey and the locations of the said natural oyster 

 beds, bars, and rocks in the waters within the State of Maryland, and to furnish to the board of shell- 

 fish commissioners of the State of Maryland such copies as may be necessary, and for this purpose to 

 employ, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, such technically qualified persons as may be neces- 

 sary to carry out the purpose of this act. 



Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby further authorized to have erected 

 or constructed by the officers so detailed as aforesaid, while making such survey, such structures as 

 may be necessary to mark the points of triangulation, so that the same may be used for such future 

 work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey as the said Bureau may be hereafter required to perform in 

 prosecuting the Government coast survey of the navigable waters of the United States located within 

 the State of Maryland. 



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Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. 



(Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906.] 



AN ACT Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth 

 nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives of the United States of America in Congress 

 assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects herein- 

 after expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, namely: * * * 



50095—08 15 113 



