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ing oyster beds; also, to repeal the Act of 1873, approved February 20th, 1S73, 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 

 said cities are located; and in lieu and place thereof, 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 and lease of public domain within the State of Georgia for oyster planting, propa- 

 gation, and cultivation, the revenue to be paid therefor, the penalties for violation of this act, 

 and for other purposes therein mentioned. 



Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted 

 by the authority of the same, That Section 1618 of the Code of 1882, providing in what 

 manner oysters may be taken, and providing forfeitures for the unlawful taking thereof; 

 Section 1619, providing proceedings for violations of said Section 1618 of the Code; Section 

 1 62 1 of said Code, giving exclusive rights to oyster privileges to certain land owners; Section 

 1623 of said Code, so far as it applies to penalties for violations' of said Section 1621 of the 

 Code; .Section 1621 (c) providing a penalty for disturbing oyster beds ; and 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 the people in 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 said cities are located, be, as to each of said sec- 

 tions of the Code, and as to the Act of 1873, in this section described, and the same are hereby 

 repealed. 



Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful to pick, 

 tong, dredge, or in any other manner take or catch oysters from any of the waters of this 

 State, except from private beds, from the first of May to the thirty-first of August, inclusive, 

 of each and every year, except for the purpose of replanting the same in the waters of this 

 State; nor shall it be lawful for oysters to be taken for any purpose during an}- season, from 

 one hour after sunset on Saturdays until one hour before sunrise on the succeeding Mondays. 



Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall not be lawful to 

 "rough" take or catch oysters from any of the public beds within the waters of this State, 

 unless the same shall be culled over the beds from which they may be taken, except when the 

 weather is such as to render it dangerous to remain at the beds; provided that the terms of 

 this section shall not apply to the taking of oysters for the purpose of replanting the same in 

 any of the waters of this State. 



Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That it shall not be lawful to 

 take or catch any oysters in any of the waters of this State with or by a scoop, rake, drag, or 

 dredge, or by the use of any other instrument than the oyster tongs heretofore in general use 

 for taking oysters, except within the waters more than 1,000 feet distant from the shore at 

 ordinary mean low tide, provided that oysters maybe taken by any means or device from any 

 private bed, by the owner or lessee thereof, and for the purpose of transplating to other beds 

 in this State, from territory unleased within said limits of 1,000 feet, but in the last case only 

 upon the consent and approval of the County Commissioners within which said territory may 

 be located, or upon the consent and approval of the Ordinary for those counties which have 

 no Board of County Commissioners, which consent shall be given in all cases in which appli- 

 cation is made for the purpose of transplanting oysters to other beds within the waters of 

 this State, from such beds as are not resorted to by the citizens of this State, for the purpose 

 of procuring oysters for consumption or for sale. 



Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person violating any or 

 either of the three foregoing sections of this Act, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished in accordance with Section 4310 of the Code of 1882. 



