SURVEY OF OYSTER BARS, SOMERSET COUNTY, MD. 



INTRODUCTION. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The preparation of publications relating to the survey of the oyster bars, crab 

 bottoms, and clam beds of Maryland has been divided between the Government and the 

 State in accordance with the laws a authorizing the work and the natural division of 

 the surveying operations of the cooperating forces. 



The publications prepared and issued by the Government under the direction of 

 the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey consist of a series of charts and 

 a technical report for each county surveyed. 6 The charts show all legal boundaries of 

 oyster bars, crab bottoms, and clam beds within the adopted boundaries of the waters 

 opened up for leasing with each county, and the location of all landmarks (Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey triangulation stations) used as a foundation for the delineation of these 

 various boundaries. The technical report gives technical and legal descriptions of all 

 oyster bar and other boundaries, and descriptions of all landmarks shown on the charts, 

 and includes the report c of the representative of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 

 charge of the work of that Service in cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries and the 

 Maryland Shell Fish Commission. These charts and technical reports are prepared and 

 certified for file with the courts and the Commission, as required by the laws of the 

 State, and contain all information necessary to make a permanent record of the work 

 of the Commission and the Government for all future requirements of the courts, or for 

 any resurveys that may become necessary. 



The part prepared and issued by the State under the direction of the Shell Fish 

 Commission consists of an annual report d of all the operations of the Commission 

 performed under the provisions of the laws of Maryland, e including results of biological 

 and economic oyster investigations, methods and results of the hydrographic survey of 

 the boundaries of oyster bars and crab bottoms, the administrative report and financial 

 statement of the Commission, information relating to oyster culture, methods of sur- 



° See Appendix A for laws relating to the cooperation of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and Bureau 

 of Fisheries with the Maryland Shell Fish Commission. 



b These charts and technical reports can be obtained by application to the Superintendent of the 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, at Washington, D. C. The publications ready for issue are those of Anne 

 Arundel and Somerset counties. Those of Wicomico and Worcester counties are now being prepared. 



c See page 16 and the progress map attached to this publication. 



d These reports can be obtained by application to the Shell Fish Commission, Annapolis, Md. 

 They are issued annually in October, and the first report is now available for distribution. 



e See Appendix D for an extract from the "First Report of the Maryland Shell Fish Commission," 

 giving a concise summary of the "Haman Oyster Culture Law." 



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