ART. 72] OYSTER CULTURE. 1601

respectfully shows that he is a resident of said State; that he wishes and
intends to use the ground hereinafter described for planting or cultivat-
ing oysters. He, therefore, requests that said board lease to him, in the
name and on behalf of the State of Maryland ———— acres of ground
located under the waters of the State of Maryland, which ground is
more particularly described as follows, to wit: (Describe here.) Dated
at ———— Maryland, this ———— day of ———— A. D.

Applicant.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 102.

104. When the period of ten months will have elapsed after said
survey shall have been completed, or after the lands beneath the waters
of any areas shall have been opened to leasing under section 101 of this
article, the board of shell fish commissioners shall endeavor to lease the
remaining portions of land so open to oyster culture under the provi-
sions of this sub-title to applicants who shall be residents of Maryland,
in order of their applications as received and opened by said commis-
sioners.

1900, ch. 711. sec. 103.

105. Any person who may desire to plant and cultivate oysters in
the area hereinbefore designated shall file with the board of shell fish
commissioners an application substantially in the form prescribed in
section 103 of this article. The applicant shall indicate plainly the loca-
tion of the land he desires to lease. The application, shall be sworn to
before a justice of the peace of this State. A fee of five dollars shall be
paid by the applicant to the board of shell fish commissioners at the time
of filing the application, which fee shall be returned to the applicant if
his application shall be for any reason declined.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 104.

106. If such applicant be a resident of the State of Maryland, and
if no objections to the issuing of the lease asked for in any such applica-
tion be filed with the commissioners within the period of thirty days-
after such application is made, or as soon as any objections that may
have been filed to the granting of such lease will have been finally over-
ruled by said commissioners, the said commissioners, upon payment by
the applicant of a further fee of two dollars and a half, in addition to
the fee of five dollars, which is to accompany his application, shall cause
to be entered in a book or books to be known as "The Register of Titles
to Oyster Lands," the name of the applicant, with a concise but clear
description of the land applied for. A survey of such land at the
expense of the applicant shall be made by the board before the entry, if,
in its opinion, said survey is necessary to an accurate description
thereof. The payment of the proper fees due for the application and
record in the register required by this section to be kept shall constitute