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leasing with Somerset Count)', a boundary line between the waters contiguous to but 

 not within the territorial limits of Somerset County and the waters contiguous to but 

 not within the territorial limits of adjacent counties has been established by the Shell 

 Fish Commission. This boundary line" has been delineated on the "Charts of Natural 

 Oyster Bars," published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and is technically described 

 and defined as follows : 



Commencing at a point defined by latitude 38 04' 40". 8, and longitude 76 04' 14". 8, situated < >n line 

 of territorial limits of county at junction of Holland and Hedge straits; thence in a straight line across 

 waters of Chesapeake Bay to Holland Island liar Light, the location of which is defined by latitude 

 38°04'07".3, and longitude 76 05' 45".9; thence in a straight line across waters of Chesapeake Bay to a 

 point defined by latitude 38° 04' 34". 8, and longitude 76 1 j'oC'.o, situated near the middle of Chesapeake 

 Bay, on northwestern end of a shoal marked by a red buoy of the U. S. Light-House Establishment 

 situated about s's miles west by ninth of Holland Island Bar Light, 7 ' .< miles east by north of Point 

 Lookout Light, and 13 ' _> miles north of Smith Point Light; thence in a straight line with the waters of 

 Chesapeake Bay to a point on Smith Point defined by the corner of the Maryland-Virginia boundary 

 at the intersection of the straight line boundary across Chesapeake Hay and the low-water line of the 

 southern shore of Potomac River; thence with the Maryland-Virginia boundary in a straight line across 

 Chesapeake Ray to the point defined by the intersection of the boundary with the mean low-water 

 line of the Chesapeake Hay shore of Smith Island: thence with territorial limits of county along the 

 Chesapeake Bay shore of Smith Island and waters of entrance to Kedge Straits to point of beginning. 



LANDMARKS (U. S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY TRIANGULATION 



STATIONS). 



EXPLANATION OF DESCRIPTIONS OF LANDMARKS. 



The oyster laws of Maryland authorizing the surveys to be made by the Shell Fish 

 Commission provide for "an accurate report of said survey, setting forth such a descrip- 

 tion of landmarks as may be necessary to enable the said board, or their successors, to 

 find and ascertain the boundary lines of said natural oyster beds, bars, and rocks, as 

 shown by delineation on the maps and charts." The law of the United States author- 

 izing the cooperation of the Department of Commerce and Labor in the survey of 

 natural oyster bars of Maryland provides for the erection of "such structures as may be 

 necessary to mark the points of triangulation, so that the same may be used for such 

 future work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey as the said Bureau may be hereafter 

 required to perform in prosecuting the Government coast survey of the navigable waters 

 of the United States located within the State of Maryland." 



Under the provisions of the sections of the laws stated above, the markings and 

 descriptions of landmarks must be sufficient for the present and future needs of both 

 the Government and the State. With this end in view, considerable work has been 

 expended in erecting permanent monuments at the triangulation stations and in the 

 proper description of their location. 



An effort has been made to arrange the descriptions of locations of landmarks in a 

 uniform and logical manner. The descriptions start with the assumption that the 

 individual seeking to find a landmark has only an indefinite idea of its location. 



a See progress map at the end of this publication 

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