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or occupants, shall have the exclusive right to 

 to use such creek, cove or inlet vdien 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 OAvners, 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 tish, although 

 .such cove, creek or inlet may not be included 

 in the lines of any patent. 



Exclusive 

 right. 



Sec. 25. And he it enacted^ That the Board 

 of Public Works is empowered and directed, 

 to purchase for each of the guard boats, such 

 arms and ammunition as may be necessary to 

 make them efficient. 



Purchase 



Sec. 26. ^e /?^ e7^ac^e(^, That for the more effi- 

 cient working of the State Fishery 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 lirst ; the wa- 

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

 second ; the waters of Dorchester and Talbot, 

 the third ; the waters of Wicomico, the fourth ; 

 the waters of Somerset county, the fifth ; the 

 waters of Anne Arundel county, 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 waters 

 of Chester river, beloiiging to Queen Anne's 

 county and the waters of Kent county, includ- 

 ing Swan Point Ear ; and the duty of tlie com- 

 mander of the second district, to guai-d the wa- 

 trs of Eastern Bay and its tiibutaries, and the 

 waters of 1'albot county, as far down a.^ Black 



Divide 

 districts. 



into 



How guarded. 



