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  OENEKAL 
  LAWt 
  

  

  231 
  

  

  Exclusive 
  

   privilege. 
  

  

  Bordering 
  

   on 
  waters. 
  

  

  tures 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  said 
  fund, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  stand- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  making 
  

   such 
  report. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  23. 
  Ajid 
  be 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  

   owners 
  of 
  any 
  land 
  bordering 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  navi- 
  

   gable 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  which 
  extend 
  

   into 
  and 
  are 
  covered 
  by 
  said 
  waters, 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  

   exclusive 
  privilege 
  of 
  using 
  the 
  same 
  for 
  protecting, 
  

   sowing, 
  bedding 
  or 
  depositing 
  oysters 
  or 
  other 
  shell- 
  

   fish 
  within 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  land 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  

   owner 
  or 
  owners 
  of 
  land 
  lying 
  and 
  bordering 
  upon 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  

   to 
  locate 
  and 
  appropriate 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  adjoin- 
  

   ing 
  his, 
  her 
  or 
  their 
  lands, 
  five 
  acres, 
  for 
  the 
  pnrpose 
  

   of 
  protecting, 
  preserving, 
  depositing, 
  bedding 
  or 
  sow- 
  

   ing 
  oysters 
  or 
  other 
  shell-fish 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  any 
  other 
  

   citizen 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  locate 
  and 
  

   appropriate 
  five 
  acres 
  in 
  any 
  waters 
  in 
  said 
  State 
  

   not 
  located 
  or 
  appropriated 
  ; 
  provided 
  thirty 
  days' 
  Proviso 
  

   notice 
  in 
  writing 
  shall 
  be 
  given 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  

   owners, 
  occupant 
  or 
  occupants 
  of 
  land 
  bordering 
  on 
  

   said 
  water 
  proposed 
  to 
  be 
  located, 
  that 
  the 
  owner 
  

   or 
  owner, 
  occupant 
  or 
  occupants 
  may 
  have 
  priority 
  

   of 
  claim 
  ; 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  shall 
  fail 
  to 
  locate 
  or 
  appro- 
  

   priate 
  the 
  water 
  mentioned 
  in 
  said 
  notice 
  within 
  

   thirty 
  days 
  after 
  receiving 
  the 
  same, 
  then 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   open 
  and 
  free 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  section 
  ; 
  provided, 
  also, 
  that 
  the 
  said 
  location 
  or 
  

   appropriation 
  shall 
  be 
  described 
  by 
  stakes, 
  bushes 
  

   or 
  other 
  proper 
  and 
  visible 
  marks, 
  metes 
  and 
  bounds, 
  

   which 
  description 
  shall 
  be 
  reduced 
  to 
  writing 
  nnder 
  

   the 
  oath 
  of 
  some 
  competent 
  surveyor 
  and 
  recorded 
  

   at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  locating 
  or 
  appropriat- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  same, 
  in 
  the 
  oftice 
  of 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Cir- 
  

   cuit 
  Court 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  such 
  lands 
  may 
  be 
  

   located 
  ; 
  and 
  provided, 
  also, 
  that 
  such 
  location 
  and 
  Proviso, 
  

   appropriation 
  shall 
  not 
  injure, 
  obstruct 
  or 
  impede 
  

   the 
  free 
  navigation 
  of 
  such 
  M^aters 
  ; 
  and 
  provided 
  

   that 
  no 
  natural 
  bar 
  or 
  bed 
  of 
  oysters 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  

   located 
  or 
  appropriated, 
  and 
  that 
  six 
  months' 
  peace- 
  

   able 
  possession 
  of 
  all 
  locations 
  of 
  oyster 
  grounds, 
  

   under 
  the 
  haws 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  good 
  

   and 
  sufticient 
  title 
  thereto; 
  but 
  should 
  any 
  one 
  with- 
  

   in 
  the 
  six 
  montlis 
  hereinl)efore 
  provided 
  be 
  charged 
  

   with 
  locating 
  or 
  ap])ropriating 
  any 
  natural 
  bed 
  or 
  

  

  Proviso. 
  

  

  