ART. 72] OYSTER CULTURE. 793

1912, ch. 539, sec. 119D.

121D. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, in addition to tak-
ing such measures of conservation of natural oyster bars as in its judg-
ment seems advisable, shall purchase from the lowest responsible bidder,
shell or oysters or other material at such places and in such quantities
as may be needed for the purpose of restoring the natural oyster bars,
and in inviting proposals for such shells or oysters they may prescribe
that the shells or oysters shall be delivered at a convenient place for
shipment, or they may require that the said shells or oysters be deliv-
ered and distributed by the sellers thereof on such particular natural
oyster bars, or parts of bars, as the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners
may be engaged in cultivating and restoring, and the Board of Shell
Fish Commissioners shall have the power to cause such shells or oysters
to be properly distributed on the designated natural oyster bars, or
parts of bars, under the direction of the superintendent of natural
oyster bars.

1912, ch. 539, sec. 119E.

121E. For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed upon it
by the four preceding sections, the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners
shall have the same control and direction and be to the same extent
over the State Fishery Force, as is given to said Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners by section 99 of this article.

1912, ch. 539, sec. 119F.

121F. The said Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall in no
case contract any obligation or incur any indebtedness for the restoring
and reshelling of natural oyster bars in excess of money at the time of
the incurring of said obligation or contracting of said debt in the State
Treasury to the credit of the "Fund for Conservation of Natural Oyster
Bars."

124.

This section if not void under the decision in Foote v. Claggett, 116 Md.
228, is rendered inoperative for all practical purposes by that decision.
And see Foote v. Stanley, 117 Md. 337 (reversed by the Supreme Court
of the United States—see Daily Record. March 7, 1914).

125.

This section if not void under the decision in Foote v. Claggett, 116 Md.
228, is rendered inoperative for all practical purposes by that decision.
And see Foote v. Stanley, 117 Md. 337 (reversed by the Supreme Court of
the United States—see Daily Record, March 7, 1914).

126.

This section if not void under the decision in Foote v. Claggett, 116 Md.
228, is rendered inoperative for all practical purposes by that decision.
And see Foote v. Stanley, 117 Md. 337 (reversed by the Supreme Court of
the United States—see Daily Record, March 7, 1914).