210 ARTICLE 19A.

Department to survey the land described. Said Engineer shall make an
actual survey of the land at the expense of the applicant, establishing the
location of the land by metes and bounds; and within thirty days there-
after filed with the Conservation Commission a copy, under oath, of his
field notes and plat. If the expense of said survey exceeds the amount of
deposit, the applicant shall pay the difference, but in case the deposit is
greater than the expense, then the Conservation Department shall refund
the applicant the difference between the cost of survey and the amount
deposited.

1929, ch. 574, sec. IS.

18. All applications made under this sub-title shall be approved or
rejected by the Conservation Commission, with the approval of the Board
of Public Works, within ninety days after the receipt thereof. No such
application made under this sub-title shall be approved by the Conservation
Commission unless and until the same has been approved by the Board
of Public Works of Maryland. And whenever the existence of any mineral
or rare earth deposit under the public navigable waters of the Chesapeake
Bay is brought to the attention of the Conservation Commission by an
applicant, preference is to be given to the discoverer of the deposit as
against any other applicant within the discretion of the Board of Public
Works. All such permits or leases shall contain such regulations, covering
operations thereunder for the purpose of extracting minerals or rare earths,
including the number of acres permissible under one permit, as well as the
number of permits to anyone person, firm, association or corporation, as
shall seem necessary to the Conservation Commission and the Board of
Public Works for the protection of navigation channels and all other inter-
ests of the State.

No permit or lease shall be granted under the provisions of this sub-title
for the removal or extracting of minerals or rare earths within 300 yards
of mean low water mark without the written permission of the riparian
owner or owners, nor within 300 yards of any charted natural oyster bar
or leased bottom. No one permit or lease shall be made for more than 500
acres and no leased area under the provisions of this sub-title shall be
within 600 yards of any other such leased area.

1920, ch. 574, sec. 19.

19. Immediately after the approval of the application by the Board
of Public Works of Maryland, the Conservation Commission shall exe-
cute and deliver to the applicant an exclusive permit or lease to dredge for
or otherwise recover rare earths and minerals from the lands approved in
the application. This permit or lease shall be exclusive in its nature and
while it remains in force no other permit or lease shall be granted covering
the same land. The permit or lease shall run for not more than five years
unless approved by the General Assembly of Maryland; provided, that,
upon the expiration of any permit or lease, such permit or lease may be
extended from time to time at the discretion of the Conservation Commis-