2734 ARTICLE 72

An. Code, 1924, sec. 124. 1912, sec. 108. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 106.

121. The Commission shall at once notify the lessee of the record
in the register required by section 119, and the lessee shall as soon there-
after as practicable, not exceeding thirty days from the receipt of said
notice, cause the ground designated as leased to him to be plainly marked
put by stakes, buoys or monuments, under the supervision of the commis-
sion. At least four of such stakes, buoys and monuments shall have
the initials of the lessees plainly marked upon them, and such stakes,
buoys or monuments shall be at all times during the existence of said lease
continued by said lessee or his legal representative.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 125. 1912, sec. 109. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 107.

122. This sub-title is not intended to apply to any lands owned by pri-
vate persons, the bounds of which extend below low water into or beneath
the waters of this State. This sub-title shall not be so construed as to
apply to any creek, cove or inlet, less than one hundred yards in width at
its mouth at low tide.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 126. 1912, sec. 110. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 108.

123. Any person who has, prior to April 2, 1906, lawfully appropri-
ated or taken up any land in this State, for the purpose of planting, bed-
ding or cultivating oysters thereon, may become a lessee of said land for
the term of twenty years from said date, with all the incidents, including
the payment of the rents, of the leases contemplated by this sub-title, pro-
vided such person gives written notice to the Conservation Commis-
sion of his intention to become such lessee within six months after the
passage hereof. The holding of any person who may have appropriated
any such land shall become void and of no effect in law upon the expira-
tion of the said period of six months from April 2, 1906, if no such notice
of intention will have been given within said period of six months.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 127. 1912, sec. 111. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 109.

124. The lessee of any land leased for the purpose of planting and
cultivating oysters shall have exclusive ownership of and title to all oysters
planted by him or existing on the land leased.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 128. 1912, sec. 112. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 110. 1912, ch. 539, sec. 110.

125. 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 company, all the interest of the
grantor or assignor shall revert to the State as if no lease had ever been
made. If any assignment or any interest created by this sub-title is at-
tempted to be made to any person in such a way that the assignee shall
become the holder of more than thirty acres, one hundred acres, or five
hundred acres, as the case may be, according to the location of land leased
under this sub-title, all interest of the grantor or assignor, in case of such
an assignment, shall revert to the State as if no lease had been made.