130 Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 
ACTS—JANUARY SESSION, 1906—CHAPTER 711. 
AN ACT to establish and promote the industry of oyster cul- 
ture in Maryland, to define and mark natural oyster beds, 
bars and rocks lying under the waters of this State, to 
prescribe penalties for the infringement of the provisions 
of this Act, and to add new sections to Article 72 of the 
Code of Public General Laws, to follow Section 82, and to 
be designated respectively as Sections 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 
88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 
103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 
115, 116, 117, 118, and 119. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of 
Maryland, That the following sections be and they are hereby 
added to Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws, title 
‘‘Oysters,’’ to follow section 82, and to be designated respect- 
ively as sections 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 
95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 1038, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 
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Section 83. Any resident of Maryland shall have the right 
to plant and cultivate oysters in the waters of this State; such 
right shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in the fol- 
lowing sections of this Act, and shall be subject to the regu- 
lations, provisions and limitations hereinafter set forth, but 
no corporation, or joint stock company, shall be permitted 
to lease or take up, or to acquire by assignment, or other- 
wise, any lands of the State for oyster planting or cultiva- 
tion. All natural beds or bars shall be excluded from the 
operation of this Act, and no person shall be permitted to 
plant or cultivate oysters thereupon, or in any way appro- 
priate the same to his own use. 
Section 84. The Board of the Shell Fish Commissioners 
of Maryland is hereby created. The said Board shall consist 
of three members, one of whom shall be a resident of one of 
the tidewater counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 
another a resident of one of the tidewater counties of the 
Western Shore, and the third a resident of the City of Balti- 
more, and one of whom shall be a member of the minority 
party at the time of their appointment. The term of each 
of the members of said. Board shall be two years from the 
