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Section' 14. The Commissioners of Shell-Fisheries 

 shall keep books of record, in which, shall be recorded a 

 full description of all grounds granted under the provisions 

 of this Act, and shall keep a map or maps upon which shall 

 be shown the positions and limits of all public and private 

 grounds. 



Section 15. Any persons who shall steal or feloniously 

 take, catch, or capture, or carry away any shell-fish from 

 the bed or ground of another, shall be guilty of larceny, 

 and punished accordingly. 



Section 1 6. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with 

 the preceding sections are hereby repealed. 



Section 17. This Act shall take effect on and after 

 the day of its ratification. 



Ratified February the 28th, 1887. 



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



FORM OF APPLICATION FOR PRIVATE OYSTER GROUND. 



WARRANT. , COUNTY ENTRY No 



Application of of the County of 



State of 



DESCRIPTION BY SURVEY. 

 (Courses, true ; distances, statute.) 



Begins at a point situated yards from 



at which point the following angles are subtended 



Thence yards to a point where the 



following angles are subtended 



Thence yards to a point where the 



following angles are subtended 



