The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-05-11
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS,


ed to be made to any corporation, or
Joint stock company, all the interest
of the grantor or assignor shan revert d
been made. If any assignment OF any
interest created by this Act is at
tempted to be made to any person IN n
such a way that the assignee shall
become. the holder of more than ten
acres, or one hundred acres, as the
case may be, according to the location
of land leased under this Act, all m
terest of the grantor. or asslgnor, IN
case of such an assignment, shall re-
vert to the State as if no lease had
been made.
Section III. 1t shall be, lawful foc
any longer between the 18th day Of
,, April and the 18th day of May in
any year to take oysters from such
natural beds or bars in the tonlng
districts of the Chesapeake Bay ana
it's tributaries, as the commission may
mark out for that purpose, and under
such regulations as said commission
| may from time to time prescribe; ana
provided however. that + salo , oyseeas
now permitted underline existing laws
| Of Maryland, during the season OF the
year above mentioned; and in add
! Industry of planting and cultivating
| oysters within the area designated by
| this Act, the same to be delivered only
upon lands which may have been
|
| for said purposes of planting or Gull
| tivation
Section 112 1t shall not be neces-
! sary for any holder of oyster land
under this Act to take out any license
| for dredging. scraping. or longing oys,
| tiers on any land 50 held by him, and
| oysters on such land may be taken
in any manner and at at s such t m se ah
| land as allowed by the existing laws
! of this State.
willfu.ly and without authority take
| or remove oysters from any land
| leased under the provisions of this
| Act. or shall willfully injure or inter
| fere with the oysters of such land In
any manner or injure the oysters there
| from situated; or remove, alter or in
terfere with the stakes, buoys. or
monuments marking the same snall.
upon conviction thereof. Tor the hrst
| offense be sentenced to Imprisonment
| in Jail or the penitentiary. in the dis
erection of the Court for not less than
three months and not more than two
years. and for the second. or any SUP
sequent offense. be sentenced to i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for not
| less than two years and not more
than five years. -
| worth dredge scrape, or pair of tongs:
| or any other implement for the taking OF
I oysters upon any land leased under the
provisions of this Act without the con-
shall while upon or sailing over any
such ground or bed. cast. haul. or have
overheard any, such dredge. scrape or
pair of tongS or other implement for the
taking of oysters under any pretenSe, or
for any purpose whatever. without the
consent of such lessee or owner, upon
conviction thereof. shall, for the first
offense. be fined not less than fifty dol
lars nor more than two hundred and
fifty dollars. or in the discretion of the
Court be imprisoned in Jail. or in the
penitentiary for not less than three
months. nor more than one year. or
shall be both SO fined and imprisoned.
and for the second. or any subsequent
offense, shall be sentenced to imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for not less
than two years nor more than five
years.
Section 115. Any person who shall
make his boat fast to State buoy,
or remove the same. or in any man
ner interfere Herewith the same, shall.
in the discretion of the Court upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to the
penitentiary for term of not less
than one year, or more than two years.
Section 116. In addition to other
convicted of violation of this Act
under either Of the three preceding
sections. shall be, and is hereby denied
the right to take out any license to
dredge, scrape or tong for oysters in
any of the waters of this State, for
the period of three years after said
conviction.
Section III It shall be the duty of
all officers and members of the State
Fishery Force to arrest persons violat-
ing this Act, and to patrol such waters
of the Chesapeake Bay and its tri-
butaries as they may be directed by
the Board of Public Works to patrol,
for the purpose of preventing viola
tions Of this Act.
Section 11S. The revenues arising
from the operation of this Act shall be
applied in the following manner:
First. TO the payment of all sal
aries expenses surveys OUTLAWS and
second. the balance. if any, to be paid
at the end of each year into the Trea-
sury of the State, leaving, however.
a balance at the end Of each year Of
Of Shell Fish Commissioners, to be
applied to the current expenses of it's
office for the ensuing year All moneys
SO paid as aforesaid into the treasury
credit of special fund, called the
Special Road Fund
Section 119. The Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners shall annually prepare
report of it's transactions during the
year prior thereto, as well as a state
ment of the operations Of this Act.
and an account of the receipts and dis
shall also contain detailed statement
of the lands leased under this Act
with the names of the lessees. The
said commissioners shall also in
| it's report make such recommends tions
as it may deem proper concerning fur
| Their legislation or changes in the pres
ent oyster law. and shall present the
said reports to the General Assembly
| Of Maryland.
| Section q And be it enacted. That
| this Act shall take effect from the date
| of it's passage. and all laws of Mary,
| land inconsistent with this Act shall
| be. and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved April 2. 1906.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH
President of Senate.
| CARVILLE D. BENSON,
| Snea Lar of House of Delegates