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132 Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 
formance of the duties imposed by this Act. The said Com- 
missioners shall take and subscribe before the Governor of 
the State an official oath prescribed by the Constitution. The 
said Commissioners shall have an office in the City of 
Annapolis. 
Section 85. The Commissioners shall keep, at its office in 
the City of Annapolis, books of record, in which shall be re- 
corded all leases, assignments and ‘other conveyances of land 
to be used for the planting or cultivation of oysters in accord- 
ance with this Act. A set of clear and simple forms, for all 
subsequent conveyances of any kind, shall be prepared by the 
Board, with the advice of the Attorney-General, and no title 
shall be vested in any lessee or transferee of any interest or 
estate acquired under this Act until the conveyance or con- 
veyances evidencing such leases or transfers will have been 
recorded in the office of the Board of Shell Fish Commis- 
sioners. 
Section 86. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall, 
as soon as practicable, after the passage of this Act, cause to 
be made a true and accurate survey of the natural oyster 
beds, bars and rocks of this State, said survey to be made 
with reference to fixed and permanent objects on the shore, 
giving courses and distances, to be fully described and set out 
in a written report of said survey, as hereinafter required. 
A true and accurate delineation of the same shall be made 
on copies of published maps and charts of the United States 
Coast and Geodetic Survey, which said copies shall be filed 
in the office of the said Commissioners in the City of An- 
napolis; and the said Commissioners shall further cause to 
be delineated upon copies of the published maps and charts 
of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, of the 
largest scale one copy for each of the counties of this State 
in the waters of which there are natural oyster beds, bars 
and rocks, all natural -beds, bars and rocks lying within the 
waters of such county, which maps shall be filed in the office 
of the Clerks of the Cireuit Court for the respective counties, 
wherein the grounds so designated may lie. The said survey 
shall be made by the hydrographic engineer employed by said 
Board, as provided in Section 84 of this Act, acting under the 
direction and control of the said Commissioners. The said 
natural beds, or bars, shall be marked by buoys, which shall 
be known as State buoys. 
