Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners 75 



form of application adopted by it, to amend an original notice 

 after the period of six months from the date of the passage of 

 the Haman Oyster Culture Act had elapsed, provided, of course, 

 informal written notice was filed with the Board within the 

 time prescribed. 



Checking the Survey of Lots Held Prior to the Passage of the 

 Haman Oyster Culture Law. 



Owing to the inaccuracy of descriptions used in surveys made 

 under the former law, as well as the fact that, in most cases, 

 starting points used in these descriptions were found impos- 

 sible to establish, the Commission has deemed it expedient to 

 readjust the surveys of all former lotholders, so as to accu- 

 rately locate them upon the leasing charts of the Commission, 

 in accordance with latitude and longitude, and with reference 

 to fixed triangulation stations and boundaries used as a basis 

 of survey work ; to the end that the descriptions and boundaries 

 of this class of lotholders may be homogeneous with the Sur- 

 vey of the Natural Oyster Bars, as well also in harmony with 

 the descriptions and boundaries which have, or may hereafter 

 be used, or established, in reference to lotholders under the 

 Haman 'Oyster Culture Law. 



This work has been in charge of one of the assistant engineers 

 of the Commission, in connection with the survey of oyster lots 

 applied for in Anne Arundel County under the Haman Oyster 

 Culture Law. 



In Somerset and Wicomico counties, upon the beginning of 

 the hydrographic work, special notice was sent to all lotholders 

 under former law whose application for the retention of their 

 lots were then on file in the office of the Commission, to supply 

 missing stakes at the unmarked corners of their lots ; and upon 

 temporary leasing charts, made from smooth projections, the 

 corners of these lotholders were plotted during the progress 

 of the survey. The work of readjusting the surveys of these 

 lots has been done in an accurate and painstaking manner, and 

 while it has entailed much additional labor and sometimes 

 incurred delay in the progress of the survey of natural oyster 



