128 Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners 



ESTABLISHMENT. 



When the limits of the natural bars have been ascertained 

 and the corners have been established by the Commission and 

 plotted on the projections, buoys, adapted to the depth of water 

 at each corner, are selected, placed on the scow and taken, by 

 the launch "CANVASBACK" or the steamer "GOVERNOR 

 ROBERT M. McLANE," to the places for which they were de- 

 signed. The exact location of each corner is ascertained by the 

 chief engineer by the use of sextants, and the buoys are dropped 

 under his direction. 



The work of placing the buoys in Anne Arundel County was 

 begun in January, 1906, but ice and northerly gales so inter- 

 fered that it was not completed until May 17. 



The total number of buoys placed in Anne Arundel County 

 is 362, and the number required for marking the corners of the 

 natural bars in Somerset County is 154. 



Very few of the buoys which have been placed thus far have 

 been moved by ice or storms but, since the life of a buoy which 

 receives no attention after having been placed, is not longer 

 than 1-2 years, they will have to be replaced finally and the 

 services of additional engineers and equipment will be required, 

 provided this work is not to be allowed to interfere with the 

 progress of the survey. 42 



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