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this State, shall constitute a good and sufficient title thereto, but should any one, within the six months hereinbefore provided, be charged with locating, or appropriating, any natural bed, or bar, as hereinbefore prohibited, the question may be at once submitted, by any person interested, to the Judge of the Circuit Court in the county where such question shall arise, who, after having given notice to the parties interested, shall pro- ceed to hear the testimony and decide the case,
and if said decision be in favor of the party loca- ting said five acres, said decision shall be record- ed, with the original record of said five acres, and shall in all cases be conclusive evidence of title thereto. Sec. 29. And be it enacted, That if any creek, cove or inlet, not exceeding one hundred yards in breadth at its mouth, make into the land or lands, or that if any creek, cove or inlet, of greater width than one hundred yards, make into the land or lands, the owner or owners, or other lawful oc- cupant or occupants, shall have the exclusive	Title.
right to use such creek, cove or inlet, when the mouth of said creek, cove or inlet is one hundred yards or less in width, and when the said creek, cove or inlet is more than one hundred yards in width at its mouth, the said owner or owners, or other lawful occupant or occupants, shall have exclusive right to use such creek, cove or inlet, so soon as said creek, cove or inlet, in making into said land or lands, shall become one hundred	Creek or Cove.
yards in width, for preserving, depositing, bed- ding, or sowing Oysters, or other shell fish, al- though such creek, cove or inlet may not be in- cluded in the lines of any patent. Sec. 30. And be it enacted, That if any person shall take with a drag, dredge, scoop, scrape, rakes or tongs, or any instrument whatever, any Oysters	Bedding.
or other shell fish imbedded, planted or sown, in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty- eight, and twenty-nine of this Article, or any Oysters growing on any grounds appropriated ac- cording to the provisions of said sections, or shall carry, or attempt to carry, the same away, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and be liable to in- dictment, and on conviction thereof in any Court in 42	Not to intrude,