ART. 72] OYSTER CULTURE. 789

1006, ch. 711, sec. 104. 1914, ch. 265, sec. 104.

106. Immediately after the termination of the respective periods
prescribed for the filing of protests or appeals as above provided, or
immediately after final decision upon any protests or appeals that
the area in question may lawfully be leased, it shall be the duty of the
said Board to notify the applicant by letter mailed to his last known
postroffice address that said Board is ready to issue the lease applied
for, and upon the 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, and upon execution of the lease, said Board
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. If the applicant
fails to accept the lease and pay all fees herein provided within sixty
days after the mailing of the notice herein provided, the application in
question shall become null and void, and all payments theretofore made
to said Board by the applicant shall be forfeited; provided, however,
that the said Board may for good cause shown extend the time for
acceptance of leases for an additional period of sixty days. The pay-
ment of the proper fees due for the application and record in the reg-
ister required by this Section to be kept, shall constitute 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 afore-
said, at the annual rentals provided in Section 100 of this article.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 105. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 105. 1914, ch. 265, sec. 105.

107. The relation of landowner and tenant stated in Section 106
shall have all the incidents attaching to that relation as the same exists
under the laws of Maryland, excepting only the following particulars:

First: Land leased under this sub-title shall be used only for the
purpose of planting and cultivating oysters;

Second: Residents of this State shall have the right to crab or fish
upon all leased areas, provided they do not remove or destroy oysters
thereon;

Third: No right shall exist to redeem or purchase any land of the
State so leased;

Fourth: Any other modification caused by the provisions of this sub-
title.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 110. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 110.

112. No assignment or transfer of any interest acquired by this
sub-title shall be valid for any purpose if made to a non-resident of
this State. If any such assignment is attempted to be made, all interest
of the grantor, or assignor, shall revert to the State as if no lease had
ever been made. If any assignment of any interest created by this sub-
title is attempted to be made to any corporation, or joint stock com-
pany, all the interest of the grantor or assignor shall revert to the State