The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

eral Assembly Of Maryland, That the
following sections be and they are
hereby ne y,; added to Article - OF the Code
to follow section 50, and to be desig-
mated respectively as sections So, 81,
50, Sc, 81, IS, So, 80. 81, 80. SO, "a, So
106, IO7. los. 100. 10, Ill, 112, 113, ia,
lis. 116, III, lis and 119.
Sec. SO. Any resident of Maryland
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
De subject to the regulations, provisions
ana limitations hereinafter set forth,
but 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
ural beds or bars shall be excluded
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 81. The Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners of Maryland is hereby
created. The said board shall consist
of three members. one of whom shall be
a resident of one of the tide water
counties of the Eastern Shore of Mary
land, another a resident of one of the
tide water counties of the Western
Shore, and a third Il resident of the city
of Baltimore. and one of whom shall be
member of the minrity party at the
time 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.
No member of said Board of Shell Fish
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 a 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
snail be eighteen hundred dollars a
year. The said commissioners shall be
| allowed to employ a chief clerk upon
salary of twelve hundred dollars
year. and such assistants. not exceed
ing three in number, and net more than
may be absolutely needed for the per-
| Torrance of the work of the board, at
graded salaries, TO be paid by the COM
missioners, 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 a hy-
geographic engineer, upon a salary tn
be named by said commissioners not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars
year. If the commissioners deem it
eXpedient to employ photographic en-
gineer who is also a biologist, capable
of investigating oyster propag cation, an
engineer of such qualification may, in
! their discretion be employed. The sum
of five hundred dollars per annum shall
be appropriated to be expended under
the direction of said engineer, if he be
biologist, who shall, in that event.
establish one or more stations for said
investigation of oyster propag cation. All
salaries OUTLAWS and disbursements 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.
first revenues arising from the leas-
ing of land for oyster culture con-
! templated by this Act. The com
Customers composing said board shall,
file in the office of the clerk
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
for the faithful performance of the du-
ties imposed by this Act. The said COM
fore the Governor of the State an Off
cial oath prescribed by the Constitu-
ton. The said commissioners shall
haye an Office in the city of Annapolis.
Section SIS. 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-
ters in accordance with this Act. A
set of clear and simple forms. for all
shall be prepared by the board.
with the advice of the Attorney Gener-
al. and no title shall be vested in any
lessee or transferee of any interest or
estate acquired under this Act until the
conveyance or conveyances evidencing
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
ticable, after passage of this Act, cause
to be made a true and accurate survey
of the natural oyster beds, bars and
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.
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 delineated
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
within the waters of such county, which
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 photographic
engineer employed by said board as
provided in section 81 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.
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 preceding section.
Section IS. 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, who is we'll ac-
quainted with the situation and loca-
ton of oyster beds, bars and rocks,
aid the Board by furnishing any infor-
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-
company the said commissioners and
the photographic engineer appointed
by said Board, but only within the
limits of his county, in the making of
the survey of the natural oyster beds.
bars and rocks, is provided by this
act. the said appointee to receive a
compensation of five dollars per day
when actually so engaged
Section SO. AS soon as practicable
after the first day of April, 1906, the