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3. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 

 ness, and all questions shall be determined by a majority of those present, a quorum 

 voting. 



4. The presiding officer and all other members present shall vote upon all ques- 

 tions unless excused by the Board. 



5. The presiding officer shall determine all questions of order; and, incase of an 

 appeal, a majority present may overrule his decision. 



6. The president shall preside at all meetings when present. In the absence oi 

 the president, the Board shall elect one of their number to preside. 



7. The order of business of the Board shall be : 



(1) Roll-call. 



(2) Reading and correction of minutes of last meeting. 



(3) Report of Shellfish Commissioner. 



(4) Report of State Fish Culturist. 



(5) Report of Engineer (Superintendent of Forests). 



(6) Report of Chief Protector. 



(7) Secretary's report. 



(8) Report of Auditing and Pay Clerk. 



(9) Report of Standing Committees. 



(10) Reports of Special Committees. 



(11) Miscellaneous and unfinished business. 



8. The following standing committees of three each, of which the president shall 

 be one, shall be appointed by the president : 



Committee on Forest Preserve and State Lands. 

 Committee on Hatcheries, Fish Culture and Game. 

 Committee on Licenses and Permits and Shellfishery. 

 Executive Committee. 

 Committee on Legislation. 



9. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Forest Preservation and State Lands 

 to consider and report upon all matters of land purchase and business incidental 

 thereto, including the examination of offers which may be submitted, questions of 

 land value, the extent and nature of timber-thieving and measures which should be 

 adopted to suppress it ; also, to consider and suggest plans for the better organiza- 

 tion of the Firewarden system, and other matter arising out of the business con- 

 nected with the forest and State lands in the care and custody of the Commission. 



10. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Hatcheries, Fish Culture and Game 

 to have charge of all matters pertaining to the hatching, culture and distribution of 



