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PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS. 
Submit to 
court. 
Exclusive 
right to use 
Appropri- 
ation to 
build ves- 
sels. 
Arm and 
equip. 
bar hereinbefore prohibited, the. question may be at 
once submitted by any person interested to the Judge 
of the Circuit Court in the county where such ques- 
tion shall arise, who, after having given notice to 
the parties interested, proceed to hear the testimony 
and decide the case ; and if decision be in favor 
of the party locating said five acres, said decision 
shall be recorded with the original record of said 
five acres, and shall in all cases be conclusive evi- 
dence of title thereto. 
Sec. 24. And be it enacted , That if any creek,, 
cove or inlet, not exceeding one hundred yards at low 
water in breadth at its mouth make into the lands,, 
or that if any creek, cove or inlet of greater width 
than one hundred yards at low water mark make 
into the lands, the owner or owners, or other lawful 
occupant or occupants, shall have the exclusive right 
to use such creek, cove or inlet, when the mouth of 
said creek, cove or inlet is one hundred yards or less 
in width, and when the said creek, cove or inlet is 
more than one hundred yards in width at its mouth 
at low water, the said owner or owners, or other 
lawful occupant or occupants, shall have exclusive 
right to use such creek, cove or inlet, so soon as said 
creek, cove or inlet, in making into said land or 
lands, shall become one hundred yards in width at 
low water, for preserving, depositing, bedding or 
sowing oysters, or other shell-fish, although such 
cove, creek or inlet may not be included in the lines 
of any patent. 
Sec. 25. And be it enacted , That the sum of 
twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated from 
the oyster fund of this State to purchase or build six 
suitable sail vessels, and arm and equip the same for 
the service hereinafter specified, which, together with 
other vessels now in the service of the State, shall 
be styled “State Fishery Force,” and the Gov- 
ernor, Treasurer, Comptroller, Commissioner of the 
Land Office, and the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, 
shall constitute a Board, to be styled the Commis- 
sioners of the State Fishery Force; and they are 
directed to purchase, arm and equip said vessels; 
provided, that the Board aforesaid shall, under no 
circumstances, exceed the above appropriation; and 
the Treasurer of the State, upon the requisition of 
