The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-05-11
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
90, SO, "a, e5, 90. 81, eS SO, 100, 1o1,
102, 1O3, 104, 105, 106, 107, los, 100,
10, III, 112, 113, ia, lis, 49, III,

1o2, los, 1o4, io5. los. 1o7, 1os. 1os,
10, Ill, 112, 113, la, lis, 49, III,
11S and 119.
Section l.. Be it enacted by the Gen
following. sections be and they are
hereby added to Article ~ of the Code
of Public General Laws, title oysters,
to follow section 50, and to be desig-
IS, Sc, 81, IS, 80, 80, 81, go, SO, "a, 50,
96, 81, SO, 80, 100, 1O1, 1O2, 1913, 1o4, 105,
JOG, 107, 10S, 100, 10, Ill, 112, 113, ia,
lis, 116, III, lis and 119.
! Sec SO. Any resident of Maryland
shall have the right to plant and cul-
| tiVate oysters in the waters of this
State; such right shall be exercised
in the manner prescribed in the fol-
| lowing sections of this Act, and shall
! be subject to the regulations, provisions
and limitations hereinafter set forth,
put no corporation, or joint stock com
| pany, shall be permitted to lease or
| take up, or to acquire by assignment,
or other wise, any lands of the State for
! oyster planting or cultivation. All nat
! from the operation of this Act, and no
| person shall be permitted to plant or
| cultivate oysters thereupon, or in any
| way appropriate the same to his own
| use.
Section "a. The Board of Shell Fish
| Commissioners of Maryland is hereby
created The said board shall consist
OF three members, one of whom shall be
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| counties of the Eastern Shore of Mary
J land, another a resident of one of the
Ice water counties of the Western
| Shore, and a third a resident of the city
OF Baltimore. and one of whom shall be
a member of the minrity party at the
tlme OF their appointment The term
| OF each OF the members of said board
shall be two years from the first Mon
day in May after his appointment. They
| shall be appointed by the Board of
public Works of the State OF Maryland.
I n mo how Nf i q
Fish Commissioners shall be in any
manner interested in any land leased or
taken up for bedding, planting, or Gull
| tivating oysters. The acts and duties
| to be done and performed by said board
under this Act may be done and per-
formed by two of said commissioners,
| and in all cases, the decision of ma
jority of the commissioners shall be
binding. One of said commissioners
shall be designated by the Board of
Public Works of the State of Maryland
as president. and his salary shall be
two thousand dollars year. The sal
airy Of each of the other commissioners
shall be eighteen hundred dollars a
year. Inc said commissioners shall be
a salary of twelve hundred dollars a
| year, and such assistants, not exceed
| ms three in number, and not more t.issl
may be absolutely needed for the per-
formance OF the work of the board, at
/ graded salaries, to be paid by, the com
\ mlSsloners, not to exceed one thousand
| dollars year for any such assistants,
| as 1t may deem necessary to aid it in
the proper performance of its duties.
| as prescribed in this Act. The said
| commissioners shall employ a compe-
tent surveyor, who shall also be hy-
/ geographic engineer, upon a salary to
| be named by said commissioners not
| exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars
| a year. If the commissioners deem it
| eXped1ent to employ a hydrograp hic en-
gineer who is also biologist capable
| OF investigating oyster propagation, an
| engineer of such qualification may in
their discretion be employed. The sum
OF tive hundred dollars per annum shall
| be appropriated, to be expended under
the direction of said engineer, if he be
a biologist, who shall. in that event.
| establish one or more stations for said
[ investigation of oyster propa cation. All
! salaries OUTLAWS and disbursem ents au-
thorized by this Act shall be paid out
Of the general treasury of the State of
| Maryland upon acquisitions made by the
| Board of Shell Fish Commissioners en-
! dorsed by the Comptroller of the State,
but the same shall be repaid out Of the
hrst revenues arising from the leas-
Customers composing said board shall,
Immediately after their. appointment.
of the Court of Appeals, separate
| bonds, with a surety or sureties to be
| approved by the State Treasurer. in the
sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned
ties imposed by this Act. The said COM
| missioners shall take and subcribe be-
! fore the Governor of the State an Off
| cial oath prescribed by the iConstitu-
| ton. The said commissioners shall
| have an Office in the city of Annapolis.
| Section S. The commissioners shall
keep, at its office in, the city of Anna.
polls, books of record, in which shall
be recorded all leases, assignments and
| other conveyances of land to be used
for the planting or cultivation of oys-
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set of clear and simple forms, for all
subsequent conveyances= of any kind.
shall be prepared by the board,
lessee or transferee of any interest or
estate acquired under this Act until the
conveyance or conveyances evideneing
/ such leases or transfers will have been
recorded in the Office of the Board of
/ Shell Fish Commissioners.
( Section Sc. The Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners shall, as soon as prac-
! tica BILE, after passage of this Act, cause
of the natural oyster beds, bars and
| rocks of this State, said survey to be
made with reference to fixed and per-
manent objects on the shore, giving
| courses and distances, to be fully de-
scribed and set out in written report
of said survey, as hereinafter required
A true and accurate delineation of the
| same shall be made on copies of pub
lished maps and charts of the United
| States Coast and Geodetic Survey, which
said copies shall be filed in the office of
the said commissioners in the city of
Annapolis: and the said commission
ers shall further cause to be dellneated
upon copies of the published maps and
charts of the United States Coast and
one copy for each of the counties Of
| this State in the waters of which there
are natural oyster beds, bars and rocks.
all natural beds, bars and rocks lying
!, -, !, tnr~s Of
maps shall be filed in the Offices of the
Clerks of the Circuit Court for the re-
spective counties. wherein the grounds
| so designated may lie. The said sur
vey shall be made by the hydrograp hic
engineer employed by said board, as
provided in section "a of this Act. act
/ ing under the direction and control Of
the said commissioners: The said nat
ural beds or bars shall be marked by
buoys, which shall be known as State
| bouys.
Section ST. The Governor of this
| State is hereby requested to ask the
assistance of the United States Coast
| and Geodetic Survey. and of the United
States. Fish Commissioner, to aid in
| the carrying out of the provisions of
| the proceeding section.
Section S. The County Commission
| ers of each and every county in this
State, in which there are natural oys-
ter beds, bars or rocks, shall be au-
| thorized to appoint some resident OF
their said county, VINO is Well ac-
quainted with the situation and loca-
! ton of oyster beds. bars and rocks.
in the waters of such county, who shall
aid the Board by furnishing any infor-
J nation he may possess concerning the
! situation and location or recognized
| oyster beds, bars and rocks in the wat
| ers of such county, and who shall ac-
| the photographic engineer appointed
oy said Board, but only within the
limits of his county, in the making of
the survey of the natural oyster beds.
| bars and rocks, as provided by this
| Act the said appointee to receive a