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bay which mav be allotted for the purposes aforesaid, the decision of the said commissioners, or 

 a majority of them, shall be final and conclusive. On payment by any such applicant of the 

 expense of locating his lot, which shall be determined by the said commissioners, but shall in 

 no case exceed the sum of ten dollars, and the additional sum of one dollar per acre as yearly 

 rent, they or a majority of them, shall give to such applicant a certificate showing that he has 

 by their consent located a certain lot, and particularly describing said lot, and stating the amount 

 of charges and rental paid therefor, and that the taking of clams cannot be profitably followed 

 thereon as a business, and directing in what manner said lots shall be marked and defined, 

 which certificate shall entitle the person named therein to the possession of said lot for the pur- 

 poses of this act, so long as he shall keep the said lot clearly defined in the manner so directed 

 by said commissioners ; but if such person shall neglect to plant his lot with at least one hun- 

 dred bushels of oysters and shells during the period of one year from the date of his certificate, 

 or shall neglect to pay said yearly rent on or before the first day of April in each and every 

 year, his rights to the possession of the said lot may be terminated at the option of a majority 

 of said commissioners, and in case such right of any person shall be terminated by the decision 

 of said commissioners as aforesaid, a written certificate of such fact shall be made in duplicate, 

 and one of the said certificates shall be filed with each of the town clerks of said towns. A 

 duplicate of every certificate consenting to the location of any lot as aforesaid shall also be 

 filed by said commissioners with each of the said town clerks, who shall enter the name of the 

 person entitled thereto and the sum or sums specified therein in a book, to be procured and 

 kept by tbem respectively for that purpose. (Laws 1878, ch. 142.) 



§ 7. Each of said commissioners shall be allowed the sum of five dollars per day for his 

 semces actually rendered under this act, the same to be paid only out of the fund received for 

 locating lots pursuant to section six of this act, and shall not receive therefor any additional 

 fees or compensation from any person or persons whomsoever, and each of said commissioners 

 shall at the usual annual auditors' meeting of said towns account for and pay over all moneys 

 in his hands to the said board of auditors, to wit: The moneys paid in by inhabitants of 

 Babylon to the board of auditors of the town of Babylon, and all moneys paid in by the 

 inhabitants of the town of Islip to the board of auditors of the town of Islip, and the said 

 respective boards of auditors shall audit the accounts of the said commissioners or commissioner 

 appointed from their town at the same time and in the same manner as those of other town 

 officers, and shall pay all proper charges for services rendered under and by virtue of the pro r 

 visions of this act out of the moneys so received, and shall pay the balance, if any, to the 

 supervisor of said town, to be credited on its contingent fund. But no fees or salary allowed 

 any commissioner named under this act shall be a charge upon or be paid by either of said 

 towns of Islip or Babylon. (Laws 1878, ch. 142.) 



§ 8. It shall not be lawful for any person to retain possession of any such lot after he shall 



cease to be a resident of either of said towns of Islip or Babylon, but he may sell and assign 



his interest in any such lot to any inhabitant of either of said towns for one year; but no 



person shall acquire possession of more than one lot, by purchase or otherwise. (Laws 1878, 



ch. 142.) 



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