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owned by him, if fronting on water within the territorial 
limits of a county, be at least two hundred yards, or if front- 
ing on waters in any other place, be at least seven hundred 
yards. The owners of land having a less water front than is 
mentioned above shall be entitled to rent a proportionately 
less amount of land, dependent upon the length of the front 
upon water within county limits or elsewhere. 
Section 101. Blank forms of application shall be furnished 
upon reasonable charges, to be prescribed by the Board of 
Shell Fish Commissioners, to any person desiring the same. 
All such forms shall be printed and shall be substantially in 
the following languages: Application for a lease to the Board 
of Shell Fish Commissioners of Maryland. The Application 
ean a ren hc ~@ vesifent: ef) 755%04.285+ County, in the 
State of Maryland, respectfully shows that he is a resident 
of said State; that he wishes and intends to use the grounds 
hereinafter deseribed for planting or cultivating oysters. He 
therefore requests that said Board lease to him, in the name 
and on behalf of the State of Maryland...... acres of ground 
located under the waters of the State of Maryland, which 
ground is more particularly described as follows, to-wit: 
(Describe here). Dated at......... , Maryland, this... .day 
hatte ead Aa, 5 dit eet. , Applicant. 
Section 102. When the period of ten months will have 
elapsed after said survey shall have been completed, or after 
the lands beneath the waters of any area shall have been 
opened to leasing under Section 99 of this Act, the Board of 
Shell Fish Commissioners shall endeavor to lease the remain- 
ing portions of land so open to oyster culture under the pro- 
visions of this Act to applicants who shall be residents of 
Maryland, in the order of their applications as received and 
opened by said Commissioners. 
Section 103. Any person who may desire to plant and cul- 
tivate oysters in the area hereinbefore designated shall file 
with the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners an application 
substantially in the form prescribed in Section 101 of this 
Act. The applicant shall indicate plainly the location of the 
land he desires to lease. The application shall be sworn to 
before a Justice of the Peace of this State. A fee of five 
dollars shall be paid by the applicant to the Board of Shell 
Fish Commissioners at the time of filing the application, 
which fee shall be returned to the applicant if his application 
shall be for any reason declined. 
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