1602 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

between the State and the applicant the relation of landlord and tenant
for the term of twenty years, from the record of the lands so applied for
as aforesaid, at the annual rentals provided in section 100 of this article.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 105.

107. The relation of the landlord and tenant, stated in section 106,
shall have all the incidents attaching to that relation as the same exists
ander the laws of Maryland, excepting only the following particulars:
First, the only remedy of the State for non-payment of the rent of oyster
lands shall be the strict enforcement of the provisions set forth in section
100 of this article. Upon the non-payment of any rent for time therein
mentioned it shall be the duty of the board of shell fish commissioners,
after a written notice of not less than ten days to the lessee, to declare
the lease vacated by stamping the word "void" in distinct letters across
the description in the register; second, land leased under this sub-title
shall be used only for the purpose of planting and cultivating oysters;
third, no right shall exist to redeem or purchase any land of the State
so leased; fourth, any other modifications caused by the provisions of
this sub-title.

As to "landlord and tenant", see art. 53.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 106.

108. The commissioners shall at once notify the lessee of the record
in the register required by section 106, and the lessee shall as soon
thereafter as practicable, not exceeding thirty days from the receipt
of said notice, cause the ground designated as leased to him to be plainly
marked out by stakes, buoys or monuments, under the supervision of
the commissioners. At least four of such stakes, buoys and monuments
shall have the initials of the lessees plainly marked upon them, and
such stakes, buoys or monuments shall be at all times during the exist-
ence of said lease continued by said lessee or his legal representative.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 107.

109. This sub-title is not intended to apply to any lands owned by
private persons, the bounds of which extend below low water into or
beneath the waters of this State. This sub-title shall not be so construed
as to apply to any creek, cove or inlet, less than one hundred yards in
width at its mouth at low tide.

1900, ch. 711, sec. 108

110. Any person who has, prior to April 2, 1906, lawfully appropri-
ated or taken up any land in this State, for the purpose of planting,
bedding or cultivating oysters thereon, may become a lessee of said land
for the term of twenty years from said date, with all the incidents,
including the payment of the rents, of the leases contemplated by this
sub-title, provided such person gives written notice to the board of shell
fish commissioners of his intention to become such lessee within six