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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 96 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.
See footnote to sec. 96.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 102. 1912, sec. 89. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 87.

99. 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, 1924, sec. 103. 1912, sec. 90. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 88.

100. The county commissioners of each and every county in this State,
in which there are natural oyster beds, bars or rocks, shall be authorized
to appoint some resident of their said county, who is well acquainted with
the situation and location of oyster beds, bars or rocks, in the waters of
such county, who shall aid the said board by furnishing any information
he may possess concerning the situation and location of recognized oyster
beds, bars and rocks in the waters of such county, and who shall accom-
pany the said commissioners and the hydrographic engineer appointed by
said board, but only within the limits of his county, in the making of the
survey of the natural oyster beds, bars and rocks, as provided by this sub-
title ; the said appointee to receive a compensation of five dollars per day
when actually so engaged.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 104. 1912, sec. 91. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 89. 1914, ch. 265, sec. 89.

101. As soon as practicable after the first day of April, 1906, the
said Commissioners shall organize and shall at once proceed, with the as-
sistance of such person or persons as may be detailed by the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the United States Fish Commissioner, to
aid them in their work, and of such persons as may be appointed under
the preceding Section, to have laid out, surveyed and designated on the
said charts, the natural beds and bars, and shall cause to be marked and
defined as accurately as practicable, the limits and boundaries of the
natural beds, bars and rocks, as established by said survey, and they shall
take true and accurate notes of said survey in writing, and make an ac-
curate report of said survey, setting forth such a description of landmarks