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Section 104. If such applicant be a resident of the State 
of Maryland, and if no objections to the issuing of the lease 
asked for in any such application be filed with the Commis- 
sioners within the period of thirty days after such applica- 
tion is made, or as soon as any objection that may have been 
filed to the granting of such lease will have been finally over- 
ruled by said Commissioners, the said Commissioners, upon 
payment by the applicant of a further fee of two dollars and 
a half, in addition to the fee of five dollars, which is to ac- 
company his application, shall cause to be entered in a book 
or books to be known as ‘‘The Register of Title to Oyster 
Lands,’’ the name of the applicant, with concise but clear de- 
scription of the land applied for. A survey of such land at 
the expense of the applicant shall be made by the Board be- 
fore the entry, if, in its opinion, said survey is necessary to 
an accurate description thereof. The payment of the proper 
fees due for the application and the record in the register 
required by this section to be kept, shall constitute between 
the State and the applicant the relation of landlord and 
tenant for the term of twenty years, from the record of the 
lands so applied for as aforesaid, at the annual rentals pro- 
vided in Section 98 of this Act. 
Section 105. The relation of the landlord and tenant, 
stated in Section 104, shall have all the incidents attaching 
to that relation as the same exists under the laws of ‘Mary- 
land, excepting only the following particulars: First, the only 
remedy of the State for non-payment of the rent of oyster 
lands shall be the strict enforcement of the provisions set 
forth in Section 98 of this Act. Upon the non-payment of 
any rent for the time therein mentioned, it shall be the duty 
of the Board. of Shell Fish Commissioners, after a written 
notice of not less than ten days to the lessee, to declare the 
lease vacated by stamping the word ‘‘Void’’ in distinct let- 
ters across the description in the register; second, land leased 
under this Act shall be used only for the purpose of plant- 
ing and cultivating oysters; third, no right shall exist to re- 
deem or purchase any land of the State so leased; fourth, 
any other modifications caused by the provisions of this Act. 
Section 106. The Commissioners shall at once notify the 
lessee of the record in the register required by Section 104, 
and the lessee shall, as soon thereafter as practicable, not ex- 
ceeding thirty days from the receipt of said notice, cause the 
ground designated as leased to him to be plainly marked out 
