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  or 
  occupants, 
  sliall 
  have 
  the 
  exclusive 
  right 
  to 
  

   to 
  use 
  such 
  creek, 
  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 
  width 
  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 
  so(m 
  as 
  said 
  creek, 
  

   cove 
  or 
  inlet 
  in 
  making 
  into 
  said 
  hind 
  or 
  lands, 
  

   shall 
  become 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  in 
  width 
  at 
  

   low 
  water, 
  for 
  preserving, 
  depositing, 
  bedding 
  

   or 
  sowing 
  oysters 
  or 
  other 
  shell 
  tish, 
  although 
  

   such 
  cove, 
  creek 
  or 
  inlet 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  included 
  

   in 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  any 
  patent. 
  

  

  right. 
  

  

  Exclusive 
  

  

  Sec. 
  25. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Boai-d 
  

   of 
  Public 
  Works 
  is 
  empowered 
  and 
  directed, 
  

   to 
  purchase 
  for 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  guard 
  boats, 
  such 
  

   arms 
  and 
  a)n 
  munition 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   make 
  them 
  efficient. 
  

  

  Purchase 
  

  

  Sec. 
  26. 
  7?^ 
  // 
  6^7? 
  ac/^^r/. 
  That 
  for 
  the 
  more 
  effi- 
  

   cient 
  working 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Pisliery 
  Force, 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  seven 
  

   districts, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Kent 
  county 
  

   and 
  Queen 
  Anne's, 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  fii'st 
  ; 
  the 
  wa- 
  

   ters 
  of 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  and 
  Talbot, 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  

   second 
  ; 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Dorchester 
  and 
  Talbot, 
  

   the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  AVicomico, 
  the 
  fourth 
  ; 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  S(mierset 
  county, 
  the 
  Jifth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Anne 
  Arundel 
  countj^ 
  the 
  sixth 
  ; 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  St. 
  Mary's, 
  Charles 
  and 
  Calvert, 
  

   the 
  seventh 
  ; 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  districts 
  shall 
  be 
  

   guarded 
  by 
  one 
  sailing 
  vessel, 
  except 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  seventh, 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  guarded 
  by 
  two 
  ; 
  

   and 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  deputy 
  com- 
  

   mander 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  district, 
  to 
  guard 
  the 
  Avaters 
  

   of 
  Chester 
  river, 
  belongings 
  to 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  

   county 
  and 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Kent 
  county, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  Swan 
  Point 
  Bar 
  : 
  and 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mander 
  of 
  the 
  sec(md 
  district, 
  to 
  guai'd 
  the 
  wa- 
  

   trs 
  of 
  Eastern 
  J^ay 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  and 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Talbot 
  county, 
  as 
  far 
  down 
  as 
  Black 
  

  

  Divide 
  

   districts. 
  

  

  How 
  guarded. 
  

  

  