Chapter 175. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries, to make a survey of natural oyster beds, bars and rocks, and barren bottoms contiguous thereto in waters along the coast of and within the State of Texas
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CHAP. 175.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries, to make a survey of natural oyster beds, bars and rocks, and barren bottoms contiguous thereto in waters along the coast of and within the State of Texas. March 4, 1915.[[S. 3362](/us/bill/63/s/3362).][[Public, No. 324](/us/pl/63/324).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Texas.Natural oyster beds, etc., to be surveyed, etc.
That the Secretary of Commerce be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, upon the request of the governor of the State of Texas, to assign such officers, experts, and employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and of the Bureau of Fisheries as may be necessary to make a survey of natural oyster beds, bars and rocks, and barren bottoms contiguous thereto in waters along the coast of and within the State of Texas, including the compilation of the results of said survey for publication, at a total limit of cost of $10, 000, and for this purpose he is authorized to employ in the District of Columbia and elsewhere such technically qualified persons as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Approved, March 4, 1915.