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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  4. 
  In 
  case 
  the 
  applicant 
  fails 
  to 
  answer 
  upon 
  the 
  first 
  call, 
  his 
  

   application 
  will 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  calendar, 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  

   up 
  after 
  the 
  applications 
  which 
  are 
  marked 
  ready 
  are 
  disposed 
  of. 
  

  

  5. 
  Should 
  an 
  applicant 
  fail 
  to 
  respond 
  upon 
  the 
  final 
  call 
  (in 
  the 
  

   absence 
  of 
  a 
  proper 
  reason 
  for 
  adjournment), 
  the 
  lease 
  will 
  never- 
  

   theless 
  be 
  exposed 
  to 
  bids 
  at 
  public 
  auction, 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  there 
  are 
  

   no 
  bids, 
  the 
  application 
  will 
  be 
  deemed 
  to 
  be 
  abandoned 
  and 
  will 
  

   be 
  marked 
  off 
  the 
  calendar. 
  

  

  6. 
  No 
  bid 
  for 
  a 
  less 
  sum 
  than 
  two 
  dollars 
  per 
  annum 
  per 
  acre 
  will 
  

   be 
  received, 
  and 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  reject 
  any 
  or 
  all 
  bids 
  is 
  reserved. 
  

  

  7. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  filing 
  an 
  application 
  for 
  lands 
  under 
  water 
  for 
  

   shellfish 
  cultivation, 
  the 
  applicant 
  shall 
  deposit 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  money 
  

   equal 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  one 
  year's 
  rental 
  

   for 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  acres 
  for 
  which 
  application 
  is 
  made, 
  calculated 
  

   at 
  the 
  minimum 
  price 
  at 
  which 
  said 
  lands 
  are 
  authorized 
  to 
  be 
  

   leased; 
  such 
  deposit 
  to 
  be 
  credited 
  upon 
  the 
  rental. 
  Should 
  the 
  

   application 
  be 
  withdrawn 
  or 
  abandoned 
  by 
  the 
  applicant, 
  this 
  deposit 
  

   shall 
  be 
  forfeited 
  to 
  the 
  State. 
  In 
  case 
  the 
  lease 
  should 
  be 
  awarded 
  

   to 
  a 
  bidder 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  applicant, 
  the 
  deposit 
  will 
  be 
  returned 
  to 
  

   the 
  applicant 
  and 
  a 
  like 
  deposit 
  required 
  from 
  the 
  successful 
  bidder. 
  

  

  8. 
  Upon 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  following 
  an 
  award 
  of 
  land 
  at 
  

   public 
  auction, 
  one 
  year's 
  rent 
  in 
  advance 
  shall 
  become 
  due 
  and 
  

   payable, 
  to 
  which 
  amount 
  shall 
  be 
  added 
  the 
  pro 
  rata 
  amount 
  of 
  

   rent 
  due 
  from 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  award 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  October, 
  

   with 
  credit 
  for 
  the 
  advance 
  sum 
  deposited 
  under 
  Rule 
  7. 
  In 
  case 
  a 
  

   survey 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  shall 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  completed 
  upon 
  the 
  said 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  October, 
  then 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  acres 
  named 
  by 
  the 
  applicant 
  in 
  

   his 
  application 
  shall 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  acreage 
  of 
  the 
  tract, 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  the 
  bill, 
  subject 
  to 
  correction 
  and 
  adjustment 
  upon 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  the 
  survey. 
  

  

  9. 
  The 
  term 
  of 
  every 
  lease 
  of 
  lands 
  for 
  shellfish 
  cultivation 
  shall 
  

   begin 
  at 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  award 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  at 
  public 
  auction, 
  

   and 
  rent 
  is 
  payable 
  from 
  that 
  day 
  in 
  manner 
  as 
  provided 
  by 
  these 
  

   rules. 
  The 
  time 
  of 
  payment 
  of 
  such 
  rents 
  shall, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  

   be 
  adjusted 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  rental 
  year 
  coincide 
  with 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

  

  