852 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE CULTIVATION OF SHELL-FISH 



IN THE STATE. 



The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : 



Section i. That the State shall exercise exclusive 

 jurisdiction and control over all shell-fisheries which are or 

 may be located in the boundaries of the State south of 

 Roanoke and Croatan Sounds, and north of Core Sound. 



Section 2. In order to carry out the purposes of this 

 Act, the southern boundary line of Hyde County shall 

 extend from the middle of Oracoke Inlet to the Royal 

 Shoal Light-house, thence across Pamplico Sound, and 

 with the middle line of the Pamplico and Pungo Rivers, to 

 the dividing line between the counties of Hyde and Beau- 

 fort, and the northern boundary line of Cartaret County 

 shall extend from the middle of Oracoke Inlet to the 

 Royal Shoal Light-house, thence to the Brant Island Shoal 

 Light-house, thence across Pamplico Sound to a point 

 midway between Maw Point and Point of Marsh, and 

 thence with the middle line of the Neuse River to the 

 dividing line between the counties of Cartaret, Craven, or 

 Pamplico ; and that portion of Pamplico Sound and the 

 Neuse and Pamplico Rivers not within the boundaries of 

 Dare, Hyde, or Cartaret counties, and not a part of any 

 other county, shall be in the county of Pamplico ; and for 

 the purposes of this Act and in the execution of the 

 requirements thereof, the shore line as now defined by the 

 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be accepted as 

 correct. 



Section 3. The State Board of Agriculture shall, at 

 the next regular meeting following the passage of this Act, 

 elect three commissioners of shell-fisheries, whose term of 

 office shall be one year, and the said Board of Commis- 

 sioners of Shell-Fisheries shall be maintained so long as 



