Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners 103 



The barren area of Anne Arundel County was opened for 

 leasing purposes on April 2d, 1907. 



Section 100, of Ch. ,711, provides in part that, for a period of 

 four months after the said survey shall have been completed, 

 or after any area shall have been opened for leasing, citizens of 

 Maryland, residing in any part of the State, who, at the time of 

 the completion of said survey, or at the respective times of 

 the opening for oyster culture of several areas, as the case 

 may be, may be owners of land having a water front upon any 

 part of the said areas so opened to oyster culture, shall have the 

 exclusive right to rent any land opened to oyster planting under 

 the provisions of this Act, adjacent to their lands. 



Under this- portion of Section 100, the following applications 

 were received : 



Applicant. 



Henry E. Waggaman. 

 George T. Melvin. . . . 



William Wilde 



Matilda C. Pitcher 



Oswald B. Hopkins. . . 



Lester L. Stevens 



Theodore W. Forbes. . 



Thomas Tydings 



William G. Nowell. . , 

 Benjamin Garner. 



John R. Sheckell 



Maggie A. Friemel . . . 

 Charles A. Friemel.., 



Alice A. Bates 



Elizabeth Giddings. .. 

 Henry M. Fitzhugh... 

 Mary A. Fitzhugh. . . , 



No. of Acres. Location of Oyster Lot. 



10 South River. 



10 Church Creek. 



3 West River. 

 10 South River. 

 10 Herring Bay. 

 10 Magothy River. 

 10 Herring Bay. 



10 Cherry Tree Neck. 



40 Chesapeake Bay. 



10 Aberdeen Crefik. 



5 South River. 



10 Severn River. 



4 Severn River. 



5 Sevesn River. 

 10 Severn River. 



10 Severn River. 







10 Severn River. 



