INDEX

		Art.	Sec.
	Oysters — Cont'd :
	Oyster Culture — Cont'd:
	Clam Rocks — Cont'd:
	Report of such survey and
	charts ....................	72	150
	Rocks not to be leased but
	reserved for public for tak-
	ing of clams therefrom .....	72	151
	Treated in like manner as
	oyster beds ..............	72	151
	Convicted persons may not
	dredge, etc., for three years.	72	133
	County surveyor; board may em-
	ploy ; compensation .........	72	110
	Crabs; bottoms for culture of..	72	111
	Custody of maps, books, records,
	etc., land office..............	54	15
	Forms of conveyances, etc., of oys-
	ter lands ..................	72	97
	Indictment for offenses relating to
	leased beds, etc., requiring
	description of leased lot;
	formula to be used...........	72	143
	Certified copies of certain pro-
	ceedings of commissioners to
	be sufficient evidence at trial
	of .........................	72	144
	Infected oysters — Unlawful to
	plant ......................	72	95
	Invalid assignments or transfers;
	reverter to state .............	72	125
	Land owner and tenant, relation
	of, exists except in certain
	particulars .................	72	120
	' Leases; number of acres; dura-
	tion ; releasing, etc ..........	72	113
	Leases to other than riparian own-
	ers and boatmen ...........	72	117
	Leasing of oyster bottoms:
	Applicants for; fee; advertise-
	ment of application; pro-
	test ; suit at law to be dock-
	eted ; appeal ; proviso .....	72	116, 118
	Maximum number of acres;
	duration ; rent ; nonpay-
	ment of; cancellation of
	leases; assessment of rent-
	als ......................	72	113
	Notice to applicant that one
	will be issued; additional
	fee; registration of lease;
	failure to accept and pay
	fees; relation of landlord
	and tenant ...............	72	119
	In Worcester County..........	72	153
	Land already under cultivation
	to be leased to holder; no-
	tice to board by such holder.	72	123
	Lands and- waters exempted
	from operation of this article	72	122
	Lessee to mark leased ground;
	mode of marking ...........	72	121
	Lessee's title to oysters planted
	and cultivated .............	72	124
	To be effected as surveys are
	completed .................	72	114
	Unauthorized dredging or tong-
	ing on leased beds; penalty...	72	130
	Unlawfully removing oysters
	from, or tampering with
	leased beds ; penalty ........	72	129

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		Art.	Sec.
	Oysters — Cont'd :
	Oyster Culture— Cont'd:
	Licenses required for dredging on
	leased bottoms ............	72	127
	Natural beds or bars alleged to
	have been excluded from
	surveys or re-surveys ; docket-
	ing of suit; procedure ; jury
	trial; appeal; amended plats;
	costs ; bonds ...............	72	108
	Natural beds or bars excluded
	from oyster culture law ; "nat-
	ural beds or bars" defined ....	72	93
	Natural beds or bars, judgment
	of, to be exercised liberally
	in favor of; to be bounded
	by straight lines.............	72	102
	Natural oyster beds; measures to
	increase productivity of; pay-
	ment of cost ................	72	137-145
	Limit of expenditures for such
	purposes ...................	72	149
	Powers of state fishery force to
	carry out duties relating to ...	72	148
	Purchase of shells by contract
	for; powers of board therein.	72	147
	Superintendent of; salary; du-
	ties ........................	72	146
	Neutral zones ..................	72	102
	Organization of board; charts
	showing natural beds and
	bars ; publication thereof ;
	copies to be sent court clerks ;
	protest; resurvey, review and
	appeal; charts, etc., to be
	taken as conclusive evidence
	of boundaries of natural beds,
	etc.; barren bottoms; pro-
	visos .......................	72	101
	Penalty for appropriation by
	persons not lessees, and lessees
	in default, of barren bottoms ;
	duties of state's attorneys;
	distribution of fees; proviso...	72	132
	Penalty for taking oysters from
	natural beds or bars or neu-
	tral zones; boats to enforce
	provisions of section..........	72	128
	Petition alleging omission of nat-
	ural beds or inclusion of bar-
	ren beds in chart of natural
	beds .......................	72	103
	Finding of judge thereon final;
	recording of ...............	72	104
	Where such petition shall be
	heard; notice and hearing;
	proviso ....................	72	103
	Qualifications of ...............	72	96
	Quorum for business ...........	72	96
	Records of leases, assignments
	and conveyances of land for
	oyster culture .............	72	97
	Report of commissioners to gen-
	eral assembly .............	72	136
	Resurvey and correction of sur-
	vey; amended chart; leases
	in force at the time of resur-
	vey not affected unless sur-
	rendered, forfeited or con-
	demned. Surrender of lease
	and refund of rent ..........	72	107