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in which the said area for which application is made is 

 situated, for a franchise for the purpose of raising or culti- 

 vating shell-fish in said grounds, and the said entry-taker, 

 having received said application, shall proceed, as with all 

 other entries, as provided in Section 2765 of the Code as 

 amended, except that the warrant to survey and locate the 

 ground or grounds shall be delivered to the Engineer 

 appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Shell- 

 Fisheries, and not to the County Surveyor, and the said 

 Engineer shall make such surveys in accordance with the 

 provisions of Section 2769 of the Code, except that it shall 

 not be necessary to employ chain-bearers, nor to administer 

 oaths to assistants, nor to make surveys according to the 

 priority of the application or warrant. 



Section 6. The Secretary of State, on receipt of the 

 Auditor's Certificate, as provided in section 2778 of the 

 Code, shall grant to the applicant a written instrument 

 conveying a perpetual franchise for the purpose of raising 

 and cultivating shell fish, in and to the grounds for which 

 application is made ; and the said written instrument of 

 conveyance shall be authenticated by the Governor, 

 countersigned by the Secretary and recorded in his office. 



The date of the application for the franchise and a 

 description of the ground for which such franchise was 

 granted shall be inserted in each instrument, and no grant 

 shall issue except in accordance with Certificate from the 

 Engineer of the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries, as to the 

 area, limits and locations of the grounds in which the said 

 franchise is to be granted ; and every person obtaining 

 such grant or franchise within three months from the 

 receipt of the same, shall record the said written instrument 

 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the county wherein 

 the said grounds mav lie, and shall define the boundaries 



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