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  Describe 
  by 
  

   stakes. 
  

  

  Hear 
  

   mony. 
  

  

  testl- 
  

  

  maj 
  have 
  priority 
  of 
  claim, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  shall 
  

   fail 
  to 
  locate 
  or 
  appropriate 
  the 
  water 
  mention- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  said 
  notice 
  within 
  thirty 
  days 
  after 
  

   receiving 
  the 
  same, 
  then 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  open 
  and 
  

   free 
  to 
  anj^ 
  one 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  provided, 
  also, 
  that 
  the 
  said 
  location 
  or 
  

   appropriation 
  shall 
  he 
  described 
  l)y 
  stakes, 
  

   bushes 
  or 
  other 
  proper 
  and 
  visil^le 
  metes 
  and 
  

   bounds, 
  which 
  description 
  shall 
  be 
  reduced 
  to 
  

   writing 
  under 
  the 
  oath 
  of 
  some 
  competent 
  sur- 
  

   veyor, 
  and 
  recorded 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  

   party 
  locating 
  or 
  apjn-oj^iiating 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  

   office 
  of 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  in 
  the 
  

   county 
  wherein 
  such 
  land 
  may 
  be 
  located 
  ; 
  and 
  

   provided, 
  also, 
  that 
  such 
  locaticm 
  and 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  shall 
  not 
  injure, 
  obstruct 
  or 
  impede 
  

   the 
  free 
  navigation 
  of 
  said 
  waters 
  ; 
  and 
  provi- 
  

   ded, 
  that 
  no 
  natural 
  bar 
  or 
  bed 
  of 
  oysters 
  shall 
  

   be 
  so 
  located 
  or 
  appropriated, 
  and 
  that 
  six 
  

   months 
  peaceful 
  possession 
  of 
  all 
  locations 
  of 
  

   oyster 
  grounds 
  under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  

   shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  good 
  and 
  sufficient 
  title 
  

   thereto 
  ; 
  but 
  should 
  any 
  one, 
  within 
  the 
  six 
  

   months 
  herein 
  provided, 
  be 
  charged 
  with 
  loca- 
  

   ting 
  or 
  appiopriating 
  any 
  natuial 
  bed 
  or 
  bar 
  

   hereinbefore 
  prohilnted, 
  the 
  question 
  maybe 
  

   at 
  once 
  submitted 
  by 
  any 
  person 
  interested, 
  to 
  

   the 
  Judge 
  of 
  the 
  circuit 
  court 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  

   where 
  such 
  questions 
  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 
  i)arty 
  

   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 
  if 
  enacted, 
  'riuit 
  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 
  walei' 
  mark, 
  make 
  into 
  tlie 
  lands, 
  

   the 
  owner 
  or 
  owners, 
  or 
  other 
  lawful 
  occupant 
  

  

  