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Fish Culturist. 



* 5. The board of commissioners shall appoint a fish culturist, not one of their num- 

 ber, who shall be known as the state fish culturist, and who shall have charge under the 

 direction of the commission, of the culture of all fish in the state, and who shall re- 

 ceive an annual salary of three thousand dollars and necessary traveling expenses. 

 (As amd. by chap. 169 of Laws of 1S96.) 



Office and Clerical Force. 



5 6. The board shall have an office in the capitol at Albany, and shall hold meetings at 

 such office at least once each month upon such dates as they may determine, and at such 

 other times and places as the commissioners shall appoint for the transaction of business. 

 The commission is empowered to lease an office in the city of New York or Brooklyn for 

 the transaction of business connected with the sale or lease of lands under water as pro- 

 vided by law. It shall be allowed an assistant secretary at one thousand eight hundred 

 dollars per annum, and expenses not to exceed two hundred dollars payable monthly, and 

 such other clerical assistance as shall be actually needed, together with the necessary con- 

 tingent office expenses, and the commissioners may appoint an engineer and fix his com- 

 pensation. 



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



Duties of Board of Commissioners. 



§ 7. The duties of the board of commissioners shall be to propagate and distribute 

 food and game fishes, and shellfish, and to keep up the supply thereof in the various 

 waters of the state, and for this purpose it shall have the conduct and control of such 

 hatching stations as are now owned or operated by the state, and such as may be hereafter 

 established. The board of commissioners shall also be charged with the enforcement of 

 all laws passed for the protection of fish and game, and for the protection and preser- 

 vation of the forest preserve, and shall have the care, custody and control of the Adiron- 

 dack park and forest preserve, and shall have all the powers and duties imposed upon 

 them by articles twelve and thirteen of this chapter. The board of commissioners shall 

 also have the care of all lands under' water which have been designated, surveyed and 

 mapped out, pursuant to law, for oyster beds, and power to grant franchises of such lands 

 according to the provisions of law now enforced, or which may be hereafter enacted. It 

 shall also possess all the powers and perform all the duties given and imposed by this 

 chapter and by other provisions of law. 



Board to Report Annually to Legislature. 



j 8. Such board shall annually make a full report to the legislature of all their official 

 operations for the year ending on the thirtieth of September previous, with such suggestions 

 and recommendations as they shall deem useful. The present commissioners shall con- 

 tinue to hold their offices until new appointments are made under the provisions of this act. 



