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

PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
owners of land having a water front
upon any part of the said areas Sc
the exclusive right to rent any land
| open to oyster planting under the
Provisions PROV on of this Act adjacent ito to
perod on six montbs after AFT the
| piration of the said period of four
months all boatmen, residents of this
| State, who shall be engaged in the
| business of dredging, scraping or tong
| ing for oysters at the time of the
] completion of the said survey, or al
the respective times of the opening
for oyster culture of several areas
or if said survey shall be completed
! or the said areas shall be opened to
oyster culture during the closed sea
| son for dredging, scrapng. or tom
| ing. as the case may be. then the
| persons SO engaged at the end of
| the last dredging, scraping or tom
| ing season, shall have the like ex-
{, elusive right in the order or their
| may be received and opened by the
| commissioners to rent any adjacent
| lands. provided that in no event shall
! any Such land owner. boatman, or any
/ other person, be permitted to rent or
/ to acquire more than ten acres. or
| one hundred acres as the case may be,
! dependent upon the situation of the
| land which is leased or acquired; and
| provided further. that no such ripa-
! rian. as is mentioned in this section.
J shall be entitled to rent the amount
! of ten acres. or one hundred acres.
| as the case may be. unless the water
| front of the land so owned by him. If
| fronting on water within the terri
| torial limits of a county. be at least
| two hundred yards, or if fronting on
waters in any other place, be at least
! seven hundred yards. The owners OF
| land having less water front than
! is mentioned above. shall be entitled
tn n a tfnr ta1Nr NJ
| of land, dependent upon the length
| of the front upon water within county
| limits or elsewhere.
Section 101. Blank forms of APP
| plication shall be furnished upon rea-
| sonable charges, to be prescribed by
the Board of the Shell Fish Commits
| sioners, to any person desiring the
| same. All such forms shall be printed
and shall be substantially in the fol-
| lowing language: Application for 4
| lease to the Board of Shell Fish Com
missioners of Maryland. The applica-
tlon or .......-- ........ a resident
J Of county, in the State
! of Maryland. respectfully shows that
| he is a resident of said State; that he
wishes and intends to use the ground
hereinafter described for planting or
;ultivating oysters. He therefore. re-
| quests that said board lease to him.
in the name and on behalf of the State
ground located under the waters of
the State of Maryland. which ground is
more particularly described as follows,
to wit: Describe here) Dated at
| .... Maryland, this. day Of.
A. D,
Section 1922 When the period egotIc Of ten
months will have elapsed after said
survey shall have been completed, or
after the lands beneath the waters of
ed to leasing under Section 80 of this
Act the Board of Shell Fish Commits
sioners shall endeavor to lease the re-
naming portions of land SO open to
of this Act to applicants who shall
be residents of Maryland in the order
of their applications as received and
opened by said commissioners.
Section 103. Any person who may
in the area hereinbefore designated
shall file with the Board of Shell Fish
Commissioners an application substan-
ton 1O1 of this Act. The applicant
shall indicate plainly the location of
the land he desires to lease. The ap-
plication shall be sworn to before a
fee of five dollars shall be paid by the
| applicant to the Board of Shell Fish
commissioners at the time of filing
the application. which fee shall be
returned to the applicant if his APP
plication shall be for any reason de-
clined.
Section 104. If such applicant be a
resident of the State OF Maryland. and
lease asked for in any such applica-
ton be filed with the commissioners
within the period of thirty days af
ter such application is made or as
soon as any objections that may have
been filed to the granting of such
lease will have been finally overruled
by said commissioners. the said COM
missioners upon payment by the appli-
cant further dollars
md a half. in addition to the fee of
FIVE dollars, which is to accompany
his application. shall cause to be en-
tered in a book or books to be known
as 1.-THE Register of Titles to Oyster
Lands" the name of the applicant.
with concise but clear description
such land at the expense of the APP
plicant shall be made by the Board
before the entry. if, in IT'S opinion.
said survey is necessary to an ac-
curate description thereof. The pay
ment of the proper fees due for the
application and the record in the regis
ter required by this section to be kept.
shall constitute between the State and
| the applicant the relation of land
lord and tenant for the term of twenty
! years. from the record of the lands
| so applied for as aforesaid. at the
annual rentals provided in section IS
| of this Act.
| Section los. The relation of the
| landlord and tenant. stated in section
| 104, shall have all the incidents attach
! Ing to that relation as the same ex-
| lists under the laws of Maryland ex-
! cepting only the following particulars:
First The only remedy for the
State for non-payment Of the rent of
] forcement of the provisions set forth
in section 9S of this Act. Upon the
non-payment of any rent for the time
| of the Board of Shell Fish Commits
| sioners, after a written notice of not
| less than ten days to the lessee. to
declare the lease vacated by stamping
! across the description in the register;
| second land leased under this Act shall
be used only for the purpose of plant
| ing and cultivating oysters; third. no
| right shall exist to redeem or pur-
| chase any land of the State so leased;
| fourth, any other notifications caused
| by the provisions of this Act.
| Section 106. The Commissioners shall
| at once notify the lessee of the record
| In the register required by Section 104.
| and the lessee shall, as soon thereafter
| as practicable, not exceeding thirty
| days from the receipt of said notice
! cause the ground designated as leased
to him to be plainly marked out by
| stakes, buoys. or monuments, under
| the supervision of the commissioners.
At least four of such stakes. buoys and
| monuments shall have the initials of
the lessee plainly marked upon them,
| and such stakes. buoys Or monuments
|
istence of said lease continued by the
| said lessee or his legal representa-
| tives.
Section 10Y. This Act is not in
! tended to apply to any lands owned
by private persons, the bounds of
| which extend below low water into
| or beneath the waters of this State
This Act shall not be so construed as
to apply to any creek, cove or inlet
less than one hundred yards in width
at its mouth at low tide.
| Section los. Any person who has