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Section 15. Be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the lessees of all such leased 

 territory shall return the same for State and county taxation in the same manner as other 

 property is returned. 



Section 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no provision of this Act shall 

 be so construed as to in any manner, during the open season herein provided, abridge or interfere 

 with the rights of any citizen of this State, to enter upon and take from any public beds 

 oysters by the vise of such implements as may have been heretofore in general use in this 

 State; and provided further, that no provisions of this Act shall be so construed as to interfere 

 with or abridge the wharfing privileges of riparian owners; and provided further, that it shall 

 not be lawful for any applicant for territory upon which to replant oysters to receive a lease 

 for any of the beds or planting grounds of the natural oyster beds which are resorted to by 

 the public for the purpose of procuring oysters by the use of tongs for consumption or sale. 



Section 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall go into effect 

 on the first day of January, [890. 



Section 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in 

 conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 

 Approved September 19, 1889. 



J. B. GORDON, Governor. 



[FORM OF APPLICATION FOR OYSTER GROUND.] 



STATE OF GEORGIA, 



County of 



TO THE HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES 



For Said County. 



The application and petition of 



shows that desires to, and does apply for a lease of 



acres of Oyster Lands under the waters of the State of 



Georgia, in pursuance of An Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, entitled, 

 "An Act to repeal Section 1618 of the Code of 1882, providing in what manner oysters may be 

 taken, and providing forfeitures for unlawful taking thereof; also, to repeal Section 16 19 of 

 said Code, providing proceedings for violations of said Section i6i8of the Code; also to repeal 

 Section 1621 of the Code, giving exclusive rights to oyster privileges to certain land owners; 

 also to repeal Section 1623 of the Code, so far as it applies to penalties for violation of Section 

 162 1 of the Code; also to repeal Section 162 1 ("C") of said Code, providing a penalty for dis- 

 turbing oyster beds; also to repeal the Act of 1873, approved February 20th, 1873, entitled, "An 

 Act to encourage the oyster business in this State, and providing that the Mayor and City 

 Council of Savannah, Brunswick, St. Mary's and Darien may make rules and regulations to 

 encourage and protect the people of this State in making oyster beds and propagating oysters, 

 and giving said cities jurisdiction over the waters within their limits, and in the counties 

 within which the said cities are located, and in lieu and place thereof of substituting an Act 

 providing in what manner, at what seasons, and for what purposes oysters may be caught in 

 the State of Georgia; the method of lease of public domain within the State of Georgia for 

 oyster planting, propagation and cultivation; the revenue to be paid therefor; the penalties 

 for violation of this Act, and for other purposes therein mentioned, approved the 19th day of 

 September, 1889. Said land herein applied for located and described as follows, to wit: 



and being _. 1,000 feet from the shore at ordinary mean low tide, 



and petitioners will ever pray. 



This day of , 18 . 



