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PROGRESS MAPS. 



The progress map to be found at the beginning of this publication is on a scale of 

 1 part in 100,000, and shows in outline the work accomplished by the U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey in Somerset County and contiguous waters. It gives the scheme of all 

 the charts and smooth projections constructed in connection with the survey, the 

 location and names of all triangulation stations used as a basis for the surveying work, 

 and the "boundaries of county waters" established by the Commission for the purpose 

 of carrying out the laws of Maryland relating to oyster culture. 



Besides indicating the amount of work done by the Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 in connection with the work of the Shell Fish Commission, this progress map will be of 

 special value for index purposes to engineers and others searching for the particular 

 chart or projection covering the locality of the oyster bars or landmarks that ma)' be 

 under consideration. 



The progress map" accompanying the "First Annual Report of the Maryland 

 Shell Fish Commission" was prepared under the direction of the hydrographic engineer 

 of the Commission. It is on the scale of 1 part in 400,000 and shows the outline of the 

 tide-water counties of Maryland, with shaded areas to indicate the waters already 

 covered by the operations of the oyster survey of Maryland. 



BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY WATERS. 6 



WATERS WITHIN TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF COUNTY. 



The laws of Maryland relating to oyster culture provide that "no person shall be 

 permitted, by lease, assignment, or in any other manner, to acquire a greater amount 

 of land than ten acres situated within the territorial limits of any of the counties, or 

 one hundred acres in any other place." 



The boundary line c between the waters "within the territorial limits" of Somerset 

 County and the waters in "any other place," as established by the Shell Fish Com- 

 mission for the purpose of carrying out the oyster laws, and delineate'd on the charts 

 and the smooth projections of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, is technically described 

 and defined as follows : 



Commencing at a point defined by the intersection of the channels of Wicomico Creek and Wicomico 

 River; thence with the channel of Wicomico River along the boundary line as laid down on Chart No. 5 

 of the "Natural Oyster Bars" of Maryland, published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, to a point 

 defined by the intersection of the channel of Nanticoke River with Wicomico River; thence in a straight 

 line to a point defined by<* latitude 38 11' 50. "3, and longitude 75 58' 20. "8, situated in upper end of 



a This map and report cati be obtained by application to Maryland Shell Fish Commission, at 

 Annapolis, Md. 



b For a complete historical and legal description of the boundaries of the counties of Maryland, 

 the valuable publication entitled "The Counties of Maryland — Their Origin, Boundaries, and Election 

 Districts," prepared by Dr. Edward B. Mathews and published by the Maryland Geological Survey 

 under the direction of Dr. William Bullock Clark, Superintendent, should be consulted, as the boundaries 

 described in this publication have been established and technically defined for the purpose of carrying 

 out the oyster laws of the State, and may or may not be correct for other purposes. 



« See "Charts of Natural Oyster Bars," published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the 

 progress map at the beginning of this publication. 



<* Latitudes and longitudes based on the United States standard datum of the U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey. 



