264 STATE OF NEW YORK. 



ARTICLE I. 



Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission 



Section i. Short title of chapter. 



2. Fisheries, game and forest commissioners, how appointed. 



3. Terms of office of the commissioners. 



4. Commissioners, compensation and expenses. 



5. Fish culturist. 



6. Office and clerical force. 



7. Duties of commissioners. 



8. Board to report annually to the legislature. 



Short Title of Chapter. 



Section 1. This chapter shall be known as the fisheries, game and forest law. 



Fisheries, Game and Forest Commissioners, How Appointed. 



§ 2. The governor shall appoint, by and with advice and consent of the senate, five 

 commissioners who shall constitute the board of fisheries, game and forest. 



Terms of Office of Commissioners. 



§ 3. The terms of office shall be five years. The governor shall nominate and ap- 

 point, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, one of the commissioners, to be 

 president of the commission. The commissioners shall designate one of their number as 

 shellfish commissioner, who shall have entire charge of the shellfish work of the com- 

 mission and shall certify to the commission as to whether'the grounds applied for are beds 

 of oysters of natural growth. The commissioners shall also designate one of their number 

 to act as secretary of the board, and may remove him at their pleasure, who shall per- 

 form the duties of secretary without extra compensation, and who, while so assigned, 

 shall devote his entire time to the work of the commission. 

 (As amd. by chap. 169 of Laws of 1896.) 



Compensation and Expenses of Commissioners. 



§ 4. The president shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars. Each 

 of the remaining commissioners shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hun- 

 dred dollars, and each member of said board shall also receive, in addition thereto, the 

 sum of eight hundred dollars for traveling expenses, to be paid in monthly installments. 

 (As amd. by chap. 169 of Laws of 1896.) 



