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performance of the duties imposed by this sub-title. The said Commis-
sioners shall take and subscribe before the Governor of the State an official
oath prescribed by the Constitution. The said Commissioners shall have
an office in the City of Baltimore.

An. Code, sec. 87. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 85. 1910, ch. 401, sec. 85 (p. 214).

100. The commissioners shall keep at its office in the city of Balti-
more, books of record, in which shall be recorded all leases, assignments
and other conveyances of land to be used for the planting or cultivation
of oysters in accordance with this sub-title. A set of clear and simple
forms for all subsequent conveyances of any kind shall be prepared by
the board, with the advice of the attorney-general, and no title shall be
vested in any lessee or transferee of any interest or estate acquired under
this sub-title until the conveyance or conveyances evidencing such leases
or transfers shall have been recorded in the office of the board of shell fish
commissioners.

An. Code, sec. 88. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 86. 1910, ch 401, sec. 86 (p. 215).

101. The board of shell fish commissioners shall, as soon as practicable
after April 2, 1906, cause to be made a true and accurate survey of the
natural oyster beds, bars and rocks of this State, said survey to be made
with reference to fixed and permanent objects on the shore, giving courses
and distances, to be fully described and set out in a written report of
said survey, as hereinafter required. A true and accurate delineation of
the same shall be made on copies of published maps and charts of the
United States coast and geodetic survey, which said copies shall be filed
in the office of the said commissioners in the city of Baltimore; and the
said commissioners shall further cause to be delineated upon the. copies
of the published maps and charts of the United States coast and geodetic
survey, of the largest scale, one copy for each of the counties in this State,
in the waters of which there are natural oyster beds, bars and rocks, all
the natural beds, bars and rocks lying within the waters of such county,
which maps shall be filed in the offices of the clerks of the circuit court
for the respective counties wherein the grounds so designated may lie.
The said survey shall be made by the hydrographic engineer employed by
said board, as provided in section 99 of this article, acting, under the direc-
tion and control of said commissioners. The said natural beds or bars
shall be marked by buoys, which shall be known as State buoys.

An. Code, sec. 89. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 87.

102. The governor of this State is hereby requested to ask the assis-
tance of the United States coast and geodetic survey, and of the United
States fish commissioner, to aid in the carrying out of the provisions of
the preceding section.

An. Code, sec. 90. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 88.

103. The county commissioners of each and every county in this State,
in which there are natural oyster beds, bars or rocks, shall be authorized