eel pots and all such other devices as aforesaid within their power, as required by the preceding section.

1888, ch. 497, sec. 2.

84. It shall be the duty of the said fish commissioners, their said employees, and all persons who are required to carry out the provisions of sections 82 to 86, to keep a strict account of the number of eels caught under the provisions of said sections, and the manner by which they are so caught, a return of which number, manner of catching, and the most effective way to catch eels in the opinion of said fish commissioners, shall be made by them to the general assembly of 1890.

Ibid. sec. 4.

85. It shall be the duty of said fish commissioners, their employees, and all other persons engaged in enforcing the provisions of sections 82 to 86, to kill and destroy all eels which may be caught as aforesaid, and prepare for market, and cause to be sold at the greatest possible price, all such eels so as aforesaid caught; an account of which sales they shall keep accurately and fully, and apply the proceeds thereof in devising the most effective ways and means in their best judgment in catching, destroying and preparing for sale as aforesaid all eels which may be caught as herein before directed; and if there should be any surplus after said allowance and expenses, the same shall be retained and kept by the said fish commissioners in part payment of their respective salaries under the laws of this State; a full report of which said sales, allowances and expenses, and together with the amount so retained by them, they shall make to the general assembly of 1890.

Ibid. sec. 5.

86. If the said fish commissioners or their said employees should refuse to carry out and enforce the provisions of sections 82-86, then it shall be the duty of the governor of this State to investigate the cause of said refusal, and if, after said investigation, the said governor should find the said refusal to be intentional, unreasonable and without cause, then it shall be the duty of the said governor at once to remove said officer or employee so refusing and appoint another who will enforce the provisions of said sections.

1876, ch. 47.

87. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to make an annual report to the governor, of the work accomplished by the commission, and also embracing such suggestions for the protection and propagation of food fishes in the waters of this State as may be the result of their observation and experience; which report the governor shall cause to be printed, and transmit the same to the general assembly of the State.

1874, ch. 150.

88. The salaries of said commissioners shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum each; and the sum of three thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated to pay the said salaries.

1876, ch. 47.

89. The further sum of ten thousand dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may in the opinion of the governor be necessary, is appropriated for the purpose of enabling said commissioners to carry out the provisions of sections 80, 81 and 87; and the comptroller shall issue his warrant on the treasurer for the payment of the said sum, on requisition of the said commissioners, in such amounts as they may require, approved by the governor, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

1. Mileage of members and officers of. | 3. What officers of preceding assembly 2. Stationery to members and officers

of.

shall be present at meeting of; pay and mileage of.

1868, ch. 78. 1874, ch. 73

1. The mileage of members and officers of the house of delegates and senate of Maryland shall be fixed and established as follows, that is to say: The senators and delegates from Allegany county shall each receive the sum of eighty dollars; those from Anne Arundel county, except from Annapolis, the sum of fifteen dollars; those from Baltimore city the sum of fifteen dollars; those from Baltimore county, the sum of nineteen dollars; those from

Calvert county, the sum of fifty dollars; those from Caroline county, the sum of seventy-four dollars; those from Carroll county, the sum of thirty dollars; those from Cecil county, the sum of thirty-six dollars; those from Charles county, the sum of forty-eight dollars; those from Dorchester county, the sum of ninety dollars; those from Frederick county, the sum of thirty-three dollars; those from Garrett county, the sum of one hundred and ten dollars; those from Harford county, the sum of twenty-seven dollars; those from Howard county, the sum of eighteen dollars; those from Kent county, the sum of sixty-four dollars; those from Montgomery county, the sum of twenty-six dollars; those from Prince George's county, the sum of twenty-five dollars; those from Queen Anne's county, the sum of sixty-eight dollars; those from St. Mary's county, the sum of seventy-one dollars; those from Somerset county, the sum of ninety-two dollars; those from Talbot county, the sum of eighty-six dollars; those from Washington county, the sum of forty-nine dollars; those from Wicomico county, the sum of eighty-six dollars; and those from Worcester county, the sum of ninety-four dollars.

1868, ch. 70.

2. It shall not be lawful for the State librarian to furnish any member or officer of the general assembly an amount of stationery exceeding in value twenty-five dollars; and any member or officer may, at his election, take such amount either in stationery or money, or both, to said amount.

1868, ch. 61. 1884, ch. 400.

3. Whenever the general assembly shall meet, it shall not be necessary for any officer of the preceding general assembly to be present, except the chief clerk, reading clerk and door-keeper of the house of delegates and the secretary and door-keeper of the senate; and in case of the death or inability to attend of either the chief clerk of the house of delegates, or secretary of the senate, the journal clerk shall act in his place; and in the case of the death or absence of the door-keeper, his assistant shall act in his stead, and they shall be paid five days' per diem and mileage, at the rate of ten cents per mile, for such attendance; and the payment of any other officer of a preceding general assembly than those herein enumerated is hereby forbidden.

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ARTICLE XLI.

COVERNOR.

notice of hearing.

1. Custody of the great seal; when to | 13. Party complained against to have be used; bills to be sealed with; how bills to be approved.

14.

2. Signature to accompany sealing of 15. all public documents.

Costs of hearing; how to be paid. Returns of elections for presidential electors.

9. Not the part belonging to an in- 20. Superintendent to prepare a sys

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 42, sec. 1. 1853, ch. 131, sec. 1. 1884, ch. 78. 1. The great seal of the State of Maryland shall be in the custody of the secretary of the State, but the governor shall have the control and use thereof whenever necessary for any purpose provided for by the constitution and laws, or when needed to authenticate communications between this State and the United States, the States and territories thereof, and foreign States; in all which cases the great seal shall be used; and the secretary of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house of delegates, respectively, shall have unrestricted access to and use of the great seal, for the purpose of affixing the same to bills which shall have passed the general assembly, as required by the constitution, pre

paratory to presenting the same to the governor for his approval; every bill, when passed by the general assembly, shall be returned to the house in which the same originated, and shall, as soon thereafter as practicable, be sealed with the great seal, by the secretary of the senate or chief clerk of the house of delegates, as the case may be, and presented to the governor for his approval; and, in his presence, such clerical officer having custody of the same shall make on the back of every such bill, a memorandum in writing of the day and hour when the same was presented to the governor for his approval; and such officer so presenting the same shall sign his name to such memorandum, and shall make a corresponding entry upon the journal of the house in which the same originated; in case of the sickness or necessary absence of the governor from the seat of government of the State, during the session of the general assembly, it shall be lawful for the governor to designate some person or persons to act for him in receiving bills presented for his approval; which designation shall be in writing addressed to the presiding officers of the two houses of the general assembly, respectively, and the same, when so received, shall be entered at length upon the journal of each house; all bills passed by the general assembly, and sealed with the great sea, which shall be presented as aforesaid to the person or persons so designated by the governor, and during the period for which he or they were so designated, shall be held and considered as presented to the governor for his approval within the meaning of the constitution of the State.

Hamilton v. State, 61 Md. 14.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 42, sec. 2. 1853, ch. 131, sec. 2.

2. The governor shall not affix the great seal to any document without accompanying it with his signature; nor shall he permit any paper issuing from his department to be sealed therewith without affixing his signature thereto.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1853, ch. 21.

3. The governor, on the presentation to him of a patent by the commissioner of the land office, certified by said commissioner as proper to be issued, shall be authorized to sign such patent and cause the great seal to be affixed thereto.