ioo Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 



scrapes. For the protection of the natural oyster bars, however, 

 provision may be made that no bottoms situated within one-eighth 

 mile of any natural oyster bar may be leased for the purposes of 

 oyster culture. 



2. Providing for Privilege of Dredging on Leased Lots. 



Section 112 should be changed to read as follows: "It shall not 

 be necessary for any holder of oyster land under this Act to take 

 out any license for 'dredging, scraping or tonging oysters on any 

 land so held by him, and oysters on such land may be taken in any 

 manner and at such times between sunrise and sunset of any week 

 day between the fifteen day of September, in any year, and the 

 fifteenth day of June in the following year, as may be desired by the 

 holder of such land; provided, however, oysters on leased lands 

 can not be taken up with dredges or scrapes either in the tributaries 

 or bay when situated within tonging limits at a distance of less than 

 one-eighth of a mile from the legal boundary of any natural oyster 

 bar; and provided further, that oysters on the said leased lands 

 can not be taken up with dredges or scrapes during those seasons 

 in which tonging, scraping or dredging, as the case may be, are not 

 allowed on the legally established natural oyster bars within the 

 districts in which said lands are located, except on such days and at 

 such times as heretofore provided, after written notification from 

 one or more lessees, as may have been previously arranged by said 

 lessees, together with a total fee of four dollars per day for each 

 day covered by said notification, has been delivered forty-eight 

 hours in advance to the Commander or Deputy Commander of the 

 State Fishery Force of the oyster district in which said lands are 

 located; and still further provided, that the period of policing ser- 

 vice of said Commander or Deputy Commander of said oyster dis- 

 tricts, together with all the powers of arresting and prosecuting 

 violators of the law under the terms of this Act, shall be extended 

 so as to include the entire season within which lessees of oyster 

 lands are permitted to use scrapes and dredges, and that said fee of 

 four dollars per day shall be paid to said Commander or Deputy 

 Commander in lieu of all compensation and expenses of the extra 

 policing duty entailed by this Act which are not otherwise provided 

 bv law." 



