146 Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commisstoners. 
RIGHT OF LOT HOLDERS TO TAKE UP 
PLANTED OYSTERS. 
The rights granted by Section 112 of the Acts of 1906 to 
lessees of ground for the purposes of oyster culture, is a sub- 
ject about which there is such wide differences of opinion and 
one of such vital importance to the success of the Law in de- 
veloping an industry in oyster culture on the barren bottoms 
of the State, that the Commission, through its counsel, 
Thomas H. Robinson, secured the opinion of the Attorney- 
General, Hon. Isaac Lobe Straus, with reference to 1b. oes 
it is the opinion of the Attorney-General that the law gives 
to lot holders the right to take planted oysters from the lots 
leased by them at any time and in any manner they may 
desire is seen by the extracts from the correspondence on the 
subject, printed herewith. 
OFFICES OF 
THe ATTORNEY-GENERAL 
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 
January 23, 1909. 
lfon. THoMAS LI. RoBINSON, 
Counselor at Law, 
Bel Air, 
Harford County, Md. 
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Under Section 112 of the Acts of 1906, I consider that the lessees of lots leased 
by the State under the provisions of the Act have the right to take up oysters at 
such times and in any manner they see fit. This would certainly inelude the 
means specified in your opinion, as stated in your letter to me. 
This Act for the cultivation of oysters, being designed both for the promotion 
of greater industry and for the increase of the revenues of the State ought to 
be liberally and constructively, and not technically and obstructively, interpreted 
and enforced, so as to effectuate as fully as possible the important ends it has 
in view. 
I announced this view and construction of the statute at the Cabinet Meeting 
on Wednesday last at the Governor’s office, to the State officials, including the 
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