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of the rents of the lease contemplated by this Act, provided such 

 person gives written notice to the Board of Shell Fish Commis- 

 sioners of his intention to become such lessee within six months 

 after the passage hereof. The holding of any person who may 

 have appropriated any such land shall become void and of no effect 

 in law, upon the expiration of the said period of six months from 

 the passage hereof, if no such notice of intention will have been 

 given within said period of six months. 



Section 109. The lessee of any land leased for the purpose of 

 planting and cultivating oysters shall have exclusive ownership of 

 and title to all oysters planted by him or existing on the land 

 leased. 



Section iio. No assignment or transfer of any interest ac- 

 quired by this Act shall be valid for any purpose if made to a non- 

 resident of this State. If any such assignment is attempted to be 

 made, all interest of the grantor, or assignor, shall revert to the 

 State as if no lease had ever been made. If any assignment of any 

 interest created by this Act is attempted to be made to any corpora- 

 tion or joint stock company, all the interest of the grantor or as- 

 signor shall revert to the State as if no lease had ever been made. 

 If any assignment of any interest created by this Act is attempted 

 to be made to any person in such a way that the assignee shall be- 

 come the holder of more than ten acres, or one hundred acres, as 

 the case may be, according to the location of land leased under this 

 Act, all interest of the grantor or assignor, in case of such an as- 

 signment, shall revert to the State as if no lease had been made. 



Section hi. It shall be lawful for any tonger, between the 

 15th day of April and the 15th day of May in any year to take 

 oysters from such natural beds or bars in the tonging districts of 

 the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, as the Commission may 

 mark out for that purpose, and under such regulations as said 

 Commission may from time to time prescribe; provided, however, 

 that said oysters may be sold only for the purpose now permitted 

 under existing laws of Maryland, during the season of the year 

 above mentioned ; and in addition thereto, to persons engaged in 

 the industry of planting and cultivating oysters within the area 

 designated by this Act, the same to be delivered only upon lands 

 which may have been leased under the provisions of this Act for 

 such purposes of planting or cultivating. 



