﻿OYSTER 
  REGIONS 
  OF 
  APALACHICOLA 
  BAY, 
  ETC. 
  221 
  

  

  h.ive 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  phmt 
  oysters 
  in 
  thi- 
  bays 
  jiml 
  harbors 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  but 
  the 
  

   riparian 
  owner 
  sliall 
  not 
  be 
  disturbed 
  thereliy 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  ot" 
  thti 
  laud 
  a 
  reasonable 
  

   distance 
  out 
  from 
  medium 
  tide 
  for 
  tlie 
  purpose 
  of 
  erecting 
  wharves, 
  warehouses, 
  or 
  

   other 
  ])ernianent 
  irai)rovements 
  thereon 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  owner 
  or 
  lessee 
  of 
  any 
  artificial 
  

   oyster 
  bed 
  shall 
  liavc 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  sell, 
  lease, 
  dispose 
  of, 
  or 
  transfer 
  his 
  or 
  her 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  tliereiu, 
  which 
  sale, 
  lease, 
  or 
  transfer 
  nuij' 
  be 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  nuinuer 
  as 
  

   any 
  other 
  transfer 
  or 
  conveyance 
  of 
  i)roperty, 
  and 
  all 
  rights 
  and 
  interests 
  therein 
  

   shall 
  descend 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  rules 
  of 
  descent 
  as 
  prescribed 
  by 
  law. 
  

  

  Limit 
  ofbrd 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  pnhlir 
  Jandn. 
  — 
  No 
  oyster 
  bed 
  so 
  located 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  

   the 
  provision 
  of 
  this 
  chapter 
  shall 
  extend 
  more 
  than 
  one-eighfh 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  along 
  the 
  

   bank 
  or 
  shore 
  of 
  any 
  waters, 
  bayous, 
  rivers, 
  or 
  sounds 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  or 
  

   unoccupied 
  lands 
  of 
  this 
  State. 
  

  

  Not 
  to 
  include 
  natural 
  oyster 
  beds. 
  — 
  All 
  the 
  existing 
  natural 
  or 
  maternal 
  oyster 
  beds 
  

   in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  exempt 
  from 
  the 
  provision 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  aiul 
  they 
  remain 
  

   for 
  the 
  free 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  this 
  State. 
  

  

  Carrying 
  away 
  planted 
  oysters. 
  — 
  AVhoevor 
  unlawfully, 
  without 
  iiermission 
  of 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  takes 
  up 
  and 
  carries 
  away 
  by 
  any 
  means, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  manner 
  catches, 
  interferes 
  

   with, 
  or 
  disturbs 
  the 
  oysters 
  of 
  another, 
  lawfully 
  planted 
  upon 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  bay- 
  

   ous, 
  rivers, 
  bays, 
  soun<ls, 
  or 
  other 
  waters 
  within 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  tliis 
  State, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  larceny, 
  grand 
  or 
  petit 
  as 
  the 
  case 
  may 
  be, 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  jiunished 
  

   accordingly. 
  

  

  Usintj 
  dredge, 
  etc., 
  for 
  oysters. 
  — 
  Whoever 
  uses 
  a 
  dredge 
  or 
  drag 
  net 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  gathering 
  or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  from 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  oyster 
  bars 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   waters 
  within 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  punished 
  by 
  irai)ri8onnient 
  not 
  

   exceeding 
  sixty 
  days, 
  or 
  by 
  line 
  not 
  exceeding 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  That 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  

   any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  take 
  oysters 
  for 
  any 
  purpose 
  from 
  any 
  beds 
  or 
  reefs 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  excejit 
  for 
  home 
  consumption 
  from 
  May 
  1 
  to 
  October 
  1 
  in 
  any 
  year. 
  

  

  Sectiox 
  2. 
  That 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  lawful 
  to 
  take 
  oysters, 
  to 
  wit, 
  from 
  

   September 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  May 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  year, 
  the 
  oysters 
  that 
  are 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  beds 
  or 
  reefs 
  shall 
  l»e 
  culled 
  at 
  the 
  jilaces 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  taken, 
  and 
  

   the 
  culls 
  and 
  oysters 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  shall 
  be 
  returned 
  tp 
  

   the 
  beds 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  taken. 
  

  

  That 
  whoever 
  violates 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  sections 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  pun- 
  

   ished 
  by 
  fine 
  not 
  exceeding 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  ofiense, 
  or 
  by 
  imprisonment 
  in 
  the 
  

   county 
  jail 
  not 
  exceeding 
  thirty 
  days, 
  or 
  both 
  such 
  tine 
  and 
  imprisonment, 
  in 
  the 
  

   discretion 
  of 
  the 
  court. 
  

  

  Approved 
  May 
  30, 
  1893. 
  

  

  