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first Monday in May after his appointment. They shall be 
appointed by the Board of Public Works of the State of 
Maryland. No member of said Board of Shell Fish Commis- 
sioners shall be in any manner interested in any land leased 
or taken up for bedding, planting or cultivating oysters. The 
~ acts and duties to be done and performed by said Board under 
_ this Act may be done and performed by two of said Commis- 
- sioners, and in all cases,.the decision of a majority of the 
~ Commissioners shall be binding. One of said Commissioners 
shall be designated by the Board of Public Works of the 
State of Maryland as president, and his salary shall be Two 
Thousand Dollars a year. The salary of the other Commis- 
 sioners shall be Highteen Hundred Dollars a year. The said 
~ Commissioners shall be allowed to employ a chief clerk upon 
a salary of Twelve Hundred Dollars a year, and such assist- 
ants, not exceeding three in number, and not more than be 
absolutely needed for the performance of the work of the 
Board, at graded salaries, to be paid by the Commissioners, 
not to exceed One Thousand Dollars a year for any such 
assistants, as it may deem necessary to aid it in the proper 
~ performance of its duties, as prescribed in this Act. The said 
~ Commissioners shall employ a competent surveyor, who shall 
also bea hyrographic engineer, upon a salary to be named by 
_ said Commissioners not exceeding 'Twenty-five Hundred Dol- 
lars a year. If the Commissioners deem it expedient to em- 
ploy a hydrographic engineer, who is also a biologist, capable 
of investigating oyster propagation, an engineer of such quali- 
fication may, in their discretion, be employed. The sum of 
Five Hundred Dollars per annum shall be appropriated, to 
be expended under the direction of said engineer, if he be a 
biologist, who shall, in that event, establish one or more 
_ stations for said investigation of oyster propagation. All 
salaries, outlays and disbursements authorized by this Act 
shall be paid out of the general treasury of the State of 
— Maryland upon requisition made by the Board of Shell Fish 
Commissioners, endorsed by the Comptroller of the State, but 
_ the same shall be repaid out of the first revenues arising from 
the leasing of land for oyster culture contemplated by this 
Act. The Commissioners composing said Board shall, im- 
_ mediately after their appointment, file in the office of the 
Clerk of the Court of Appeals separate bonds, with a surety 
- or sureties to be approved by the State Treasurer, in the sum 
_ of Ten Thousand Dollars, conditioned for the faithful per- 
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