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missioners, shall proceed to hear testimony and decide the 
case, as provided in the succeeding section, but this section 
shall not apply where the ground claimed by the petitioners 
has been legally taken up prior to the approval of this Act. 
Section 92. Upon hearing a case presented by petition 
under the preceding section, the Judge shall determine the 
question whether the ground referred to in said petition is a 
natural bed or barren bottom, and his finding on said ques- 
tion shall be final, and shall be entered upon the records of 
the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners in their office in the 
City of Annapolis, and properly marked on the copies of the 
plat as hereinbefore required. 
Section 93. Such amended survey shall be filed in the 
offices of the Clerks of the Cireuit Court for the counties in 
which the original surveys hereinbefore provided are re- 
quired to be filed, and when so filed, shall be conclusive evi- 
dence in all the Courts of this State as to whether the area 
embraced therein is or is not a natural oyster bed, bar or 
rock, 
Secrion 94. Whenever a petition is filed in the Cirenit 
Court for any county, as authorized in Section 91 of this 
Act, the parties so petitioning shall deposit Twenty-five Dol- 
lars, to be returned to the petitioners if the Judge shall de- 
termine in favor of the petitioners, but if the Judge shall de- 
termine adversely to the petitioners, then said sum to be 
applied, so far as necessary, to the payment of costs incurred 
in the proceedings under said petition, and the balance to be 
returned to said petitioners. 
Section 95. The said Board shall be authorized to call to 
their assistance the County Surveyor of any county, when- 
ever in their judgment his assistance is necessary, and shall 
pay him for his services such compensation as is authorized 
by law for his services in other proceedings. 
Section 96. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall 
cause an accurate survey of and delineation upon the maps 
and charts aforesaid of all bottoms of the tributaries of the 
Chesapeake Bay where grass grows and it is profitable to 
scrape for soft shell or shedder crabs, and shall have such 
bottoms properly designated by permanent objects on the 
shore, as provided hereinbefore for natural oyster beds, bars 
and rocks, which said crabbing sections shall be exempt from 
leasing for oyster culture. 
