Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 1 1 1 



APPENDIX. 



I. 



AN ACT ESTABLISHING OYSTER CULTURE IN MARY- 

 LAND AND PROVIDING FOR THE SURVEY OF 

 THE NATURAL OYSTER BARS AND THEIR 

 RESERVATION AS A PUBLIC OYSTER 

 FISHERY. 



(Aproved April 2nd, 1906). 



Chapter 711. 



AN ACT to establish and promote the industry of oyster culture 

 in Maryland, to define and mark natural oyster beds, bars and 

 rocks lying under the waters of this State, to prescribe pen- 

 alties for the infringement of the provisions of this Act, and 

 to add new sections to Article 72 of the Code of Public Gen- 

 eral Laws, to follozv Section 82, and to be designated re- 

 spectively as Sections 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 

 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101. 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 

 108, 109, no, in, 112, 113. 114, 115, 116, 117, 

 1 18, and 119. , 



Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- 

 land, That the following sections be and they are hereby added to 

 Article y2 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Oysters," to 

 follow section 82, and to be designated respectively as sections 

 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 

 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, no, in, 112, 

 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, and 119. 



Section 83. Any resident of Maryland shall have the right 

 to plant and cultivate oysters in the waters of this State; such right 

 shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in the following sections 

 of this Act, and shall be subject to the regulations, provisions and 

 limitations hereinafter set forth, but no corporation, or joint stock 

 company, shall be permitted to lease or take up, or to acquire by 

 assignment, or otherwise, any lands of the State for oyster planting 

 or cultivation. All natural beds or bars shall be excluded from the 



