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ing said Board shall, immediately after their appointment, file 

 in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals separate bonds, 

 with a surety or sureties to be approved by the State Treasurer, 

 in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars conditioned for the faith- 

 ful performance of the duties imposed by this Act. The said 

 Commissioners shall take and subscribe before the Governor of 

 the State an official oath prescribed by the Constitution. The 

 said Commissioners shall have an office in the City of 

 Annapolis. 



SECTION 85. The Commissioners shall keep, at its office in 

 the City of Annapolis, books of record, in which shall be re- 

 corded all leases, assignments and other conveyances of land 

 to be used for the planting or cultivation of oysters in accord- 

 ance with this Act. A set of clear and simple forms, for all 

 subsequent conveyances of any kind, shall be prepared by the 

 Board, with the advice of the Attorney General, and no title 

 shall be vested in any lessee or transferee of any interest or 

 estate acquired under this Act until the conveyance or convey- 

 ances evidencing such leases or transfers will have been re- 

 corded in the office of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 



SECTION 86. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall, 

 as soon as practicable, after the passage of this Act, cause to be 

 made a true and accurate survey of the natural oyster beds, 

 bars and rocks- of this State, said survey to be made with refer- 

 ence to fixed and permanent objects on the shore, giving courses 

 and distances, to be fully described and set out in a written re- 

 port of said survey, as hereinafter required. A true and accu- 

 rate delineation of the same shall be made on copies of pub- 

 lished maps and charts of the United States Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey, which said copies shall be filed in the office of the said 

 Commissioners in the City of Annapolis ; and the said Commis- 

 sioners shall further cause to be delineated upon copies of the 

 published maps and charts of the United States Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey, of the largest scale one copy for each of .the 

 counties of this State in the waters of which there are natural 

 oyster beds, bars and rocks, all natural beds, bars and rocks 

 lying within the waters of such county, which maps shall be 

 filed in the office of the Clerks of the Circuit Court for the 

 respective counties, wherein the grounds so designated may lie. 



