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may be necessary to carry out the special duties confided 

 to them by the provisions of this Act, and no longer, and 

 they shall employ such engineers and clerks as may be 

 necessary for the execution of the said duties, and fix their 

 compensation. 



Section 4. The Board of Shell-Fish Commissioners 

 shall make or cause to be made a survey and map of the 

 area hereinbefore described, whereon shall be shown the 

 location and area of all the natural beds, and of all the 

 grounds which may have been occupied under authority of 

 previous Acts for the growing, planting, or cultivation of 

 shell-fish, and, upon the completion of the said surveys in, 

 and maps of, each or any county, the Board of, Commis- 

 sioners of Shell-Fisheries shall determine the location, 

 area, limits, and designation of each and every public 

 ground in the county, and such public grounds are to 

 include the natural beds, together with such additional 

 areas adjacent thereto as may be deemed by the Board of 

 Commissioners of Shell-Fisheries as necessary to provide 

 for the natural expansion of the said natural beds ; and 

 having decided upon the location, area, limits, and desig- 

 nation of the said Public Grounds, the Board of Commis- 

 sioners of Shell-Fisheries shall publish the same for the 

 period of thirty days, at the court-house door, and in four 

 other public places in the county wherein the said Public 

 Grounds are located ; and any person or persons objecting 

 to the decision of the Board of Commissioners of Shell- 

 Fisheries, as published, may file a written protest, stating 

 the ground for his or their objection, within the said thirty 

 days, with the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county 

 wherein the said publication is made, upon payment to the 

 said clerk of the sum of 25 cents, and at the expiration of 

 the said thirty days the said Clerk of the Superior Court 



