1596 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

dying had, for the purpose of protecting, cultivating and
removing the oysters planted on said lot for the period of
three years from the date of the death of the person appro-
priating such lot; and any person or persons taking or attempt-
ing to take oysters thus planted or bedded shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon -conviction before a justice
of the peace trying the case shall be fined a sum not less than
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and be impris-
oned in the house of correction for a period of three to six
months, one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer and the
other half to be paid to the county commissioners for the use
of the public schools. This section not to apply to Somerset,
St. Mary's and Calvert counties, for which special laws are
enacted.

Jackson v. Bennett, 80 Md. 77. Powell v. Wilson, 85 Md. 356. Handy v.
Maddox. 85 Md. 548.

1900, ch. 380, sec. 46 A.

47. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or cor-
poration to locate or appropriate any natural bar or bed of
oysters by certificate, as provided in section 46 of this article,
and such unlawful location is hereby declared a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction
or justice of the peace, there shall be a fine of not less than
fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than three months,
or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

1894, ch. 380, sec. 47.

48. If any creek, cove or inlet not exceeding one hundred
yards at low water in breadth at its mouth moke into the land,
or if any creek, cove or inlet of greater width than one hundred
yards at low water mark make into the land, the owner or
other lawful occupant shall have the exclusive right to use
such creek, cove or inlet when the mouth of said creek, cove
or inlet is one hundred yards or less in width; and when the
said creek, cove or inlet is more than one hundred yards in
width at its mouth at low water, the said owner or other lawful
occupant shall have exclusive right to use such creek, cove or
inlet so soon as said creek, cove or inlet in making into said
land or lands shall become one hundred yards in width at low
water, for preserving, depositing, bedding or sowing oysters or
other shell fish, although such cove, creek or inlet may not be
included in the lines of any patent; and in all such cases