The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-25

OF such ground, and upon the application of
au1 otner person for said territory the proper
ssuthority to execute said leases shall give ten
Jays notice OF such applications to the person
WHO mas planted oysters thereon.
~ .. Sald leases shall convey the exclusive
P pr OF bedding or planting oysters there
On, q the distance Of 100 feet below low water
marx Provided, all such territory is situated
in one creek or river, aud each applicant be en-
11led 10 only one such planting place which
s soeu NOT De contiguous, but must not exceed
=. " acIe5 II the aggregate: and provided fur
ther' that such lessee deposits al least 100 busb
eiS OF dead shells, or plants 100 bushels of
| oysters TO every hundred yards of planting
SIouIu' anu provided, also, tEat all the
expenses o. the lease be paid by the applicant
ahu ne cause 10 be placed at intervals Of 100
YARDS along the shore Of such planting ground a
kosl ana a board attached, the latter not less
IMAM one foot square upon which a black ter
O, not less than eight inches long. mas been
plainly painted, on a white ground The
authority executing said lease shall have power
10 anhJi the same upon the failure Of the lessee
10 pay the rental stipulated in said lease six
months after IL has become due, and said leases
shall be freely transferable
SEC. .. Upon the application of any person or
persons for territory within the navigable
waters of this state, for which no application has
already been duly made, and which Is located
more tnan 10 feet distant from any shore line
a1 10" water mark, upon which to cultivate
oysLeis' or propagate the same BY artificial
lnethods, made 70 the county commissioners in
the county opposite which the said territory
may be situated, Or where there are no county
commissioners, then to the ordinary for said
county, which said application shall partic-
ularly describe the territory desired Said
county comm sioners or said ordinary shall
De empowered, in the name and in behalf
OF Uhe state to grant to such person or persons.
by written instrument for such purpose, exclu-
sve perpetual right in such territory and there
upon the person or persons to whom the same
may be designated shall distinctly stake, buoy
or otherwise mark the same.
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SEC. II. a nonuser of said right to cultivate
oysters on said territory for a continuous period
OF ten years snail work forfeiture of the right
to occupy so much of said designated territory
as has not been so used.
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SEC. -. For all such grants or designations
the person or persons to whom such designa-
lions are made shall pay to the proper authority
making such grant or designation the sum OF
" for each and every acre so granted. and all
money 80 arising shall be Appropriated to the
school fund Of the county in which the same is
collected
SEC. IA. No person under the provisions of
TINS act snail own more than 500 acres of terri
tory within said waters
SEC. Is. 1t shall not be lawful without author
lty from the owner or owners, for any person to
take or catch any oysters from any private bed
nor to remove or deface any oyster marks, and
any person violating this section shall upon
conviction be deemed guilty of misdemeafor.
and be punished as prescribed in section 1910 of
the code,