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Survey of Oyster Bars, Somerset County, Md. 



boundaries OF crab bottoms — continued. 



APES HOLE. 



{Northern Pocomoke Sound — Chart No. a.) 



BOUNDARIES OF CLAM BEDS. 

 EXPLANATION of descriptions of boundaries. 



The Maryland legislature of 1908 in an act™ passed to prescribe additional duties 

 to be performed by the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners provided for the establish- 

 ment of boundaries of certain clam beds in Pocomoke Sound, which were to be "sur- 

 veyed and designated on charts" and records prepared and filed in every particular as 

 provided for by the Maryland laws for the survey of natural oyster bars. 



The clam beds specified by the law are only 3 in number, with total acreage of 506 

 acres, the largest bed being 180 acres and the smallest 152 acres. 



The boundaries of these clam beds were surveyed and established by the Shell Fish 

 Commission and delineated on the "Charts of Oyster Bars" published by the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey in a manner identical with that used for the establishment of the oyster 

 bar boundaries. Therefore the "Explanation of descriptions of boundaries/' under the 

 heading of "Boundaries of oyster bars," to be found in another part of this publication, 

 will apply to the clam beds. 



For the text of this act see Appendix B of this publication. 



