Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-04-14

newspaper published in the city Of Bal
tmore. And the said stock holders shall
elect by ballot at such meeting or at an,
subsequent general meeting of sait
stockholders. five directors Of said cor
poration, all of whom shall be stock
holders in said corporation. who shall
hold office for one year from the day ot
their election. and until their successor
shall be elected and qualified, and I,
conduct and manage the affairs and bus
mess of said corporation; and the sale
| stockholders shall each bee entitled u
vote for each shares they shall have ana
hold at the time of said election, and
such election shall be made by such OF
the stockholders as shall attend said
general meeting either in person or by
proxy; and the directors Of said corpor-
alton shall be annually elected and at
such time and place as shall be directed
by bylaws of said corporation.
Section provides. That the directors
so elected, as soon after their election
as practicable, shall elect one Of their
number president of said corporation,
and all other officers, and the president
and directors, or thier successors in
office, or majority of them assembled,
shall have full power and authority to
appoint. and at their pleasure dismiss
snch clerk, treasurer. engineer and such
other employees and agents as they may
deem expedient, and fix their compen-
satiOn. and agree with any person or
persons on behalf of said company to
cut said inlet or canal: to breed, plant
and take up oysters and shell fish as
provided, and all such other work as
they may Judge necessary and expedient
The corporation is authorized and
empowered to cut, dig and make canal
or inlet, of any width or depth it may
deem necessary or proper, at some point
on the eastern border Of Worcester
county. either north or south of Ocean
City. or Assawoman or Sinepuxent Bay
as the case may be. in order to secure
in the waters or bays an ebb and flow
of the salt water for the breeding and
cultivation of oysters in any manner
deemed proper and not conflicting with
the laws of this State or of the United
States: and whereas the Isle of Wight.
Assawoman and SinepuXent bays afore-
said have from the closing of inlets for
merly existing, been for many years
past unhealthy fresh water and unfit
for the natural growth and cultivation
of oysters; and whereas. the land border
ing on said bays and tributaries have
greatly deprecated in value from that
cause; therefore.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That in
consideration of the cutting and max
ing of the inlet aforesaid, and for
maintaining the same, and the great
advantages rendered to the adjacent
land hereby and the Increased val
ne to the State of Maryland. and to
Worcester county, and to citizens there
Of. by sailing the Isle of Wight, ASA
woman and Sinepuxent bays by the re-
gular ebb and flnw of the tide through
the inlet aforesaid, the State of Mary
land grants and conveys unto the Sine
puxent Salt Water Inlet Company one
half of the beds of the said Isle of
Wight. AssawOman and SinepuXent
bays. or by whatever other name they
may be known, bounded and described
rs follows for center line commence
ing at certain point and a line drawn
from South Point on SinepuXent bay,
running east to the Eastern Shore of
said bay. which line To the extent that
il adioins the property hereby intended
to be conveyed shall be its southern
boundary: thence running northwardly
through the middle of the SynepuXent,
Isle of Wight and Assawoman bays to
its intersection with the boundary line
Of State of Maryland and the State of
Delaware. which said line shall be the
northern boundary of the property here
by intended to be conveyed. For the
eastern boundary. commencing at a
point on said southern line, distant one
fourth of the width Of the bay from
said center line; thence n0rthward. fo ?
lowing the general trend of the shore
and at every point distant from the
aforesaid center line one-fourth of the
width of the waterway until il intersects
the said northern boundary line at one
fourth the width of the waterway at
that point from the center line For
the western boundary. commencing at
point on said southern line distant
one fourth of the width of the bay from
the said center line; thence northwardly,
following the general trend of the
shore. and AT every point distant from
the aforesaid center line. the said north
ern boundary line at one-fourth width
of the waterway at that point from the
center line, and all of the aforesaid
boundaries shall Ice so located in accord
ance with the provisions Of this Act AZ
to grant and convey in fee under the
said Sinepuxent Salt Water Inlet Com
pany one-half of the beds Of the said
Isle of Wight Bay, the said Assawoman
Bay and the said SinepuXent Bay, eX-
cepting and reservlng To owners of land
bordering on said bay; as well as TO
owners within the limits of said tracts
il any there be. all rights acquired or
that may hereafter be acquired by the
laws of this State; and the county sur
veyor shall locate said tracks, with one
commissioner to be appointed by the
County Commissioners of Worcester
County.
Whenever it can or shall Ice shown to
the satisfaction of the Commissioners
of the Land Office that the Sinepuxent
Salt Water Inlet Company have con-
structed the inlet connecting the bays
aforesaid and the Atlantic Ocean, so as
to secure the ebb and flow of salt water
through the said inlet. in sufficient guam
titles TO salt the water Of said bays for
the planting. cultivation and growth of
oysters in said bays. rs provided 10y this
Act. il shall be his duty, and he is here
by directed to issue patent of said
company for one-half the bed of said