PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 749

Code of Public General Laws (Edition 1904), as enacted
in Chapter 711 of the Acts of 1906, and by adding eight
new sections to said Article 72, one to follow section 112,
and to be designated as section 112A; one to follow section
115, and to be designated as section 115A, and six others to
follow section 119, and to be designated 119A, 119B, 119C.
119D, 119E and 119F.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 98, 100, 102, 105, 110, 112, 116 and 118
of Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws, as enacted
in Chapter 711 of the Acts of 1906, entitled "An Act to
establish and promote the industry of oyster culture in Mary-
land, to define and mark natural oyster beds, bars and rocks
lying under the waters of this State, to describe 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,
be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 98. After the survey provided for herein shall have
been completed, it shall be the duty of the Board of Shell
Fish Commissioners to lease in the name of the State of Mary-
land tracts or parcels of land beneath the waters of this State,
whether within the limits of the counties or elsewhere, in,
the area to be opened for oyster culture according to the
provisions of this act; provided that no tract so leased, if sit-
uated within the territorial limits of any county in this State,
shall contain less than one acre of land, and if situated in any
other place, no tract so leased shall contain less than five acres.
It shall be the duty of said board to require that the tracts so
leased shall be as nearly rectangular as is convenient. It shall
be the duty of the said board to demand from each lessee pay-
ment of the rent each year in advance. No person shall be per-
mitted by lease, assignment or in any other manner, to acquire
a greater amount of land than thirty acres situated within
the territorial limits of any of the counties, or five hundred
acres in any other place; provided, however, that an individual
may acquire a tract not exceeding one hundred acres of land
beneath the waters of Tangier Sound. Leases of such lands shall
be made only to residents of Maryland. The term of such
leases shall be twenty years, and the annual rent reserved to