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SECTION 105. The relation of the landlord and tenant, stated 

 in Section 104, shall have all the incidents attaching to that 

 relation as the same exists tinder the laws of Maryland, except- 

 ing only the following particulars : First, the only remedy of 

 the State for non-payment of the rent of oyster lands shall be 

 the strict enforcement of the provisions set forth in Section 98 

 of this Act. Upon the non-payment of any rent for the time 

 therein mentioned, it shall be the duty of the Board of Shell 

 Fish Commissioners, after a written notice of not less than ten 

 days to the lessee, to declare the lease vacated by stamping the 

 word "Void" in distinct letters across the description in the 

 register; second, land leased under this Act shall be used only- 

 for the purpose of planting and cultivating oysters; third, no 

 right shall exist to redeem or purchase any land of the State 

 so leased; fourth, any other modifications caused by the pro- 

 visions of this Act. 



SECTION 106. The Commissioners shall at once notify the 

 lessee of the record in the register required by Section 104, and 

 the lessee shall, as soon thereafter as practicable, not exceeding 

 thirty days from the receipt of said notice, cause the ground 

 designated as leased to him to be plainly marked out by stakes, 

 buoys or monuments, under the supervision of the Commis- 

 sioners. At least four of such stakes, buoys and monuments 

 shall have the initials of the lessee plainly marked upon them, 

 and such stakes, buoys or monuments shall be at all times dur- 

 ing the existence of said lease continued by the said lessee or 

 his legal representative. 



SECTION 107. This Act is not intended to apply to any lands 

 owned by private persons, the bounds of which extend below 

 low water into or beneath the waters of this State. This Act 

 shall not be so construed as to apply to any creek, cove or inlet, 

 less than one hundred yards in width at its mouth at low tide. 



SECTION 108. Any person who has, prior to the passage of 

 this Act, lawfully appropriated or taken up any land in this 

 State, for the purpose of planting, bedding or cultivating oys- 

 ters thereon, may become a lessee of said land for the term of 

 twenty years from the passage of this Act, with all the inci- 

 dents, including the payment of the rents of the leases contem- 

 plated by this Act, provided such person gives written notice to 



