850 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



For each corner located, 25 cents. 

 Mileage at the rate of 5 cents per mile. 



(4.) The Engineer transmits to the applicant a certi- 

 ficate of survey, together with a plot of the ground. A 

 copy of the form of certificate adopted will be found at the 

 end of this chapter. 



(5.) The applicant transmits to the Secretary of State 

 the certificate and plot, together with the following sums 

 of money : 



For fees for application of the great seal, postage, 



&c., $2.05. 

 For purchase money for ground, 25 cents per acre. 



(6.) The Secretary of State issues a grant conveying a 

 perpetual franchise to the fishery of shell-fish on the 

 ground, and records the same in his office, and notifies the 

 Engineer of the issuance of the grant. 



(7.) The owner of the ground records the grant in the 

 office of the Register of Deeds of the county in which the 

 ground lies, and establishes his marks defining his boun- 

 daries. The grant must be recorded within three months 

 cf its issuance. 



The ground must be improved within five years. 



METHOD OF LOCATING LOTS. 



The corners of the lot are established by taking the 

 horizontal angles between three established objects, or, in 

 other words, the location is effected by the method gener- 

 ally in use in hydrographic surveying, and ordinarily 

 known as the " three point problem." The corners can 

 be established on the map, the angles subtended at each 

 corner by objects on shore, measured by the protractor, 

 and then by their use stakes or buoys placed in the proper 



