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years, from the record of the lands so applied for as aforesaid, at 

 the annual rentals provided in Section 98 of this Act. 



Section 105. The relation of the landlord and tenant, stated 

 in Section 104, shall have all the incidents attaching to that relation 

 as the same exists under the laws of Maryland, excepting only the 

 following particulars : First, the only remedy of the State for non- 

 payment of the rent of oyster lands shall be the strict enforcement 

 of the provisions set forth in Section 98 of this Act. Upon the 

 non-payment of any rent for the time therein mentioned, it shall 

 be the duty of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, after a 

 written notice of not less than ten days to the lessee, to declare the 

 lease vacated by stamping the word "Void" in distinct letters across 

 the description in the register; second, land leased under this Act 

 shall be used only for the purpose of planting and cultivating 

 oysters; third, no right shall exist to redeem or purchase any land 

 of the State so leased ; fourth, any other modifications caused by 

 the provisions of this Act. 



Section 106. The Commissioners shall at once notify the 

 lessee of the record in the register required by Section 104, and 

 the lessee shall, as soon theerafter as practicable, not exceeding thirty 

 days from the receipt of said notice, cause the ground designated 

 as leased to him to be plainly marked out by stakes, buoys or monu- 

 ments, under the supervision of the Commissioners. At least four 

 of such stakes, buoys and monuments shall have the initials of the 

 lessee plainly marked upon them, and such stakes, buoys or monu- 

 ments shall be at all times during the existence of said lease con- 

 tinued by the said lessee or his legal representative. 



Section 107. This Act is not intended to apply to any lands 

 owned by private persons, the bounds of which extend below low 

 water into or beneath the waters of this State. This Act shall not 

 be so construed as to apply to any creek, cove or inlet, less than one 

 hundred yards in width at its mouth at low tide. 



Section 108. Any person who has, prior to the passage of this 

 Act, lawfully appropriated or taken up any land in this State, for 

 the purpose of planting, bedding or cultivating oysters thereon, may 

 become a lessee of said land for the term of twenty years from the 

 passage of this Act, with all the incidents, including the payment 



