Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-03-17

shall divide such area into districts
which shall be numbered ~ him
A map shall be prepared Or each
district. and as each map is compiled.
the district designated by saeh map
shall be declared b. said conmis-
sioner 10 be open for oysterculture
under the terms OF this Acs, and no
tices stating that such district or
districts are open for oyster ealture
shall be inserted by said Cetanis-
sioner in at least one daily newspa-
per published in the Citg of Basti-
more and in one newspape t,ssb' sli-
ed - :. oouasy ad;;SiEs.ssk said dis
trict. which shall be declared to be
open, for period Of three weeks.
with at least one notice inserted IN
each of said papers during each of
sad weeks. The position of all nat
ural beds or bars within said dis
tricts shall be located by actual sur-
vey and be indicated upon said maps;
said maps shall further indicate
what creeks, coves aud inlets are
less than one hundred yards wide
at the mouth at low water. The LAND
within the said districts which NAV
be available for planting and cult
vation of oysters shall be divided
into sections; each section situated
within the limits of any county cf
the State shall contain ten acres, and
each section situated beyond the linn
its OF any Of said counties and in the
open waters OF the Chesapeake Bay,
shall contain one hundred acres.
The said sections shall be as nearly
rectangular as possible. The loca-
tiou OF each of the sections shall be
shown on the map. The said maps
shall be filed in the Office of the said
Commissioner in the City of Balti-
more Immediately after the prepara-
tion OF the same The said sections
shall be numbered aud the rental
per acre for each section shall be
clearly stated in book kept for that
purpose by the Commissioner, and
reference shall De made to said
book in the advertisements herein.
before provided for.
Section T. And be itenacted. That
it shall be the duty of the Shell Fish
Commissioner TO lease, in the name
of the State of Maryland. tracts of
land in the area indicated in this
Act, provided that no tract so leased,
situated in the limits otsny eun-
ty ia the S'a,e, siall contain les
than one half oi one of the said sec
tions OF ten acres each, and il stu
ated beyond the limits of any of said
counties and within the open waters
of the Chesapeake Bay, no tract so
leased shall contain less than ten
acres or more than one hundred
acres. No one person shall be per-
mitted, by assignment, or in any
other manner, to acquire a greater
amount of land than thirty acres sit
uated within the limits of any of the
counties or in the open waters OF the
bay. No leases of oyster land lying
within the limits OF any county, ex-
cepting leases made to owners OF
laid lying within the county limits,
under Section s of this Act. NAV be
assigned 10 nonresident OF such
county. Such leases shall be made
only to bona fide and responsible
persons, after the said districts shall
be declared open for oyster culture,
and il shall be the duty of the Com
missioner TO demand from each pro-
posed lessee security for the first
three Years reUt, to be approved by
said Commissioner. The term o.
such leases shall be twenty years.
and the annual rent reserved TO the
State shall be q sum not less than
three nor more than FIVE dollars per
acre, to be decided within said lin
its by the Commissioner IN accord
ance within his judgment of the value
of the land leased. Said annual rent
shall be made payable at the end of
each year to the Shell Fish Commits
sioser. II any part of the rent re-
served under such leases shall re-
main unpaid for more than sixty days
after the same becomes due, such
lease or leases shall be declared void
and the land shall revert to the State.
and may be leased again in accord
ance with the provisions ofthis Act
1t shall then be theduty of the Shell
Fish Commissioner to proceed at once
against the surety or sureties Of said
lessee for any rent that may be in
arrears.
/ Section &. And be it enacted. That
for period of three months after
each of the maps hereinbefore pro.
vided for shall have been fled in
the Office of the Commissioners. cifi-
zens of Maryland residing in any
part of the State, who are owners oi
land having a wafer front upon
any mart of fhe area therein iudi.