1594 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

and the several deputy commanders of sloops and vessels shall
be required to visit the tributaries and streams of their respec-
tive districts at least once in two weeks between the first day
of May and the first day of October, and at any other time
when notified by citizens or others of violations, and they shall
arrest and bring to trial all persons found violating any section
of this article and cause them to be tried and punished as pro-
vided by law.

1894, ch. 380, sec 45. 1900, ch. 380. 1904, ch. 259.
45t The commander of said force shall have control and
direction of said force, under the supervision of the board of
public works, with power to direct its movements, and shall
have an office, to which place all complaints and applications
for assistance shall be addressed, and it shall be bis duty to
have kept an itemized account of all expenses and disburse-
ments of said force and same report monthly to the board of
public works, accompanied by proper receipts and vouchers.
The said commander shall be permitted to have a clerk at a
salary of one thousand dollars per annum; said clerk shall re-
main at the office in Annapolis and issue, by power, all orders
necessary for the proper maintenance and supply of said force ;
he shall, as often as practicable, hold consultation with said
commander and take orders from him for the duties which he
is to perform, and in the absence of said commander he shall,
as required by the said commander, report fully to the board
of public works.

Locating Oyster Lots.

Ibid. sec. 46. 1898, chs. 18 and 274. 1904, ch. 598.
46. The owner of any land bordering on any of the naviga-
ble waters of this State, the lines of which extend into and are
covered by said waters, shall have the exclusive privilege of
using the same for protecting, sowing, bedding or depositing
oysters or other shell fish within the lines of his own land;
and any owner of land lying and bordering upon any of the
waters of this State shall have power to locate and appropriate
in any of the waters adjoining his lands one lot of five acres
for the purpose of protecting, preserving, depositing, bedding
or sowing oysters or other shell fish; and any mole or female
citizen of full age, of the county wherein he or she resides,
shall have power to locate and appropriate and hold one lot of
five acres and no more, in any waters in this State not located
or appropriated; provided, thirty days' notice in writing shall