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be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be subject
to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500. 00) or imprisonment for not less
than one year, or both.

It shall be the duty of the Conservation Commission to immediately
seize, confiscate and remove any oysters planted or introduced in violation

of this section.

1935, ch. 553.

98B. It shall be unlawful for any person to plant, import or transport
any seed or merchantable oysters in the State of Maryland from another
State, or from one locality to another in this State, or to introduce seed or
merchantable oysters into any of the waters of this State, when the same
are infected by (Urosalpinx cinerea Say), commonly known as the oyster
drill or screw borer. It shall be the duty of the Conservation Commission
to inspect all oysters imported into the State for the purpose of planting,
and it is authorized to seize, condemn and destroy any infected oysters so
found. The Conservation Commission is further authorized to seize, con-
demn and destroy any seed or merchantable oysters so infected wherever
the same may be found, and to close infected areas and prevent the taking
of oysters therefrom, so far as may be necessary to prevent the spread of
said oyster drill.

111.

This section referred to in discussing meaning of term "citizen"—see notes
to art. 25. sec. 143. Fitzwater v. Hydro-Elec. Corp., 149 Md. 466.

An. Code, 1924. sec 116. 1012, sec. 100. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 98. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 98.
1914, ch. 265. sec. 98. 1927, ch. 610.

116. After the survey or resurvey provided for herein shall have been

completed, it shall be the duty of the Conservation Department to lease,
in the name of the State of Maryland, tracts or parcels of land beneath the
waters of this State, whether within the limits of the Counties or else-
where, in the area to be opened for oyster culture, according to the provi-
sions of this sub-title; provided, that no tract so leased, if situated within
the territorial limits of any County in this State, shall contain less than one
acre of land, and if situated in any other place, no tract so leased shall con-
tain less than five acres. It shall be the duty of said Department to re-
quire that the tracts so leased shall be as nearly rectangular as is convenient.
It shall be the duty of the said Department to demand from each lessee pay-
ment of the rent each year in advance. No person shall be permitted, by
lease, assignment or in any other manner, to acquire a greater amount of
land than thirty acres situated within the territorial limits of any of the
Counties, or five hundred acres in any other place; provided, however, that
an individual may acquire a tract not exceeding one hundred acres of land
beneath the waters of Tangier Sound. Leases of such lauds shall be made
only to residents of Maryland. The term of such leases shall be twenty
years, and the annual rent therefor shall be such sum as in the judgment
of the Conservation Department is a proper one and commensurate with