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ACTS JANUARY SESSION, 1906 CHAPTER 711. 



AN ACT to establish and promote the industry of oyster cul- 

 ture in Maryland, to define and mark natural oyster beds, 

 bars and rocks lying under the waters of this State, to 

 prescribe penalties for the infringement of the provisions 

 of this Act, and to add new sections to Article 72 of the 

 Code of Public General Laws, to follow Section 82, and to 

 6e designated respectively as Sections 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 

 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 

 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 

 116, 117, 118, and 119. 



SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- 

 land, That the following sections be and they are hereby added 

 to Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Oys- 

 ters," to follow section 82, and to be designated respectively 

 as sections 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 

 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 

 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, and 119. 



SECTION 83. Any resident of Maryland shall have the right 

 to plant and cultivate oysters in the waters of this State ; such 

 right shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in the follow- 

 ing sections of this Act, and shall be subject to the regulations, 

 provisions and limitations hereinafter set forth, but no corpora- 

 tion, or joint stock company, shall be permitted to lease or take 

 up, or to acquire by assignment, or otherwise, any lands of the 

 State for oyster planting or cultivation. All natural beds or 

 bars shall be excluded from the operation of this Act, and no 

 person shall be permitted to plant or cultivate oysters there- 

 upon, or in any way appropriate the same to his own use. 



SECTION 84. The Board of the 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 

 tidewater counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, another 

 a resident of one of the tidewater counties of the Western 

 Shore, and the third a resident of the City of Baltimore, and 

 one of whom shall be a member of the minority party at the 



