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  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Exclusive 
  

   right 
  to 
  use 
  

  

  bar 
  hereinbefore 
  prohibited, 
  the 
  question 
  may 
  be 
  at 
  

   once 
  submitted 
  by 
  any 
  person 
  interested 
  to 
  the 
  Judge 
  

  

  Pnhmitt® 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  M'here 
  such 
  ques- 
  

   court. 
  ^Jqjj 
  shall 
  arise, 
  who, 
  after 
  having 
  given 
  notice 
  to 
  

  

  the 
  parties 
  interested, 
  proceed 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  testimony 
  

   and 
  decide 
  the 
  case 
  ; 
  and 
  if 
  decision 
  be 
  in 
  favor 
  

   of 
  the 
  party 
  locating 
  said 
  five 
  acres, 
  said 
  decision 
  

   shall 
  be 
  recorded 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  record 
  of 
  said 
  

   five 
  acres, 
  and 
  shall 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  be 
  conclusive 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  title 
  thereto. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  24. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  creek, 
  

   cove 
  or 
  inlet, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  at 
  low 
  

   water 
  in 
  breadth 
  at 
  its 
  mouth 
  make 
  into 
  the 
  lands, 
  

   or 
  that 
  if 
  any 
  creek, 
  cove 
  or 
  inlet 
  of 
  greater 
  width 
  

   than 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  mark 
  make 
  

   into 
  the 
  lands, 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  owners, 
  or 
  other 
  lawful 
  

   occupant 
  or 
  occupants, 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  exclusive 
  right 
  

   to 
  use 
  such 
  creelv, 
  cove 
  or 
  inlet, 
  when 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   said 
  creek, 
  cove 
  or 
  inlet 
  is 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  or 
  less 
  

   in 
  width, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  said 
  creek, 
  cove 
  or 
  inlet 
  is 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  in 
  widtli 
  at 
  its 
  mouth 
  

   at 
  low 
  water, 
  the 
  said 
  owner 
  or 
  owners, 
  or 
  other 
  

   lawful 
  occupant 
  or 
  occupants, 
  shall 
  have 
  exclusive 
  

   right 
  to 
  use 
  such 
  creek, 
  cove 
  or 
  inlet, 
  so 
  soon 
  as 
  said 
  

   creek, 
  cove 
  or 
  inlet, 
  in 
  making 
  into 
  said 
  land 
  or 
  

   lands, 
  shall 
  become 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  in 
  width 
  at 
  

   low 
  water, 
  for 
  preserving, 
  depositing, 
  bedding 
  or 
  

   sowing 
  oysters, 
  or 
  other 
  shell-fish, 
  although 
  such 
  

   cove, 
  creek 
  or 
  inlet 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  lines 
  

   of 
  any 
  patent. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  25. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  

   twenty 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  is 
  hereby 
  appropriated 
  from 
  

  

  t.^o" 
  "to 
  the 
  oyster 
  fund 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  to 
  purchase 
  or 
  build 
  six 
  

   suitable 
  sail 
  vessels, 
  and 
  arm 
  and 
  equip 
  the 
  same 
  for 
  

   the 
  service 
  hereinafter 
  specified, 
  which, 
  together 
  with 
  

   other 
  vessels 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  styled 
  "State 
  Fishery 
  Force," 
  and 
  the 
  Gov- 
  

   ernor, 
  Treasurer, 
  Comptroller, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  

   Land 
  Ofiice, 
  and 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Court 
  of 
  Apjjeals, 
  

   shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  Board, 
  to 
  be 
  styled 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sioners 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Fishery 
  Force; 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  

   directed 
  to 
  ])urchase, 
  arm 
  and 
  equip 
  said 
  vessels; 
  

   provided, 
  that 
  the 
  Board 
  aforesaid 
  shall, 
  under 
  no 
  

   circumstances, 
  exceed 
  the 
  above 
  appropriation; 
  and 
  

   the 
  Treasurer 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  upon 
  the 
  requisition 
  of 
  

  

  Appropri- 
  

  

  build 
  

   sels. 
  

  

  Arm 
  and 
  

   equip. 
  

  

  