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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall choose others in their stead from the stockholders of

said company, who shall continue in office until the next

general election of directors.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said corporation is

Empow-

hereby authorized and empowered to cut, dig and make a

ered

canal or inlet, of any width or depth it may deem necessary

or proper, at some point on the eastern border of Worcester

County, either north or south of Ocean City, and not less than
two miles distant therefrom ; thereon to the Isle of Wight, or

Assawoman or Synepuxent Bay as the case may be. in order to

secure in the waters or bays an ebb and flow of salt water

for the breeding and cultivation of oysters in any manner

deemed proper and not conflicting with the laws of this

State ; and whereas the Isle of Wight, Assawoman and the

Synepuxent Bays aforesaid have from the closing of inlets

formerly existing, been for many years past unhealthy fresh

water and unfit for the natural growth and the cultivation

of oysters; and whereas, the lands bordering on said bays

and tributaries have greatly depreciated in value from that

cause ; therefore,

SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That in consideration of the cut-

ting and making of the inlet aforesaid and maintaining the

same, and the great advantages tendered to the adjacent

land thereby, and the increased value to the State of Mary-

land, and to Worcester County, and to citizens thereof, by

salting the Isle of Wight, Assawoman, and the Synepuxent

Grant

Bays by the regular ebb and flow of the tide through the

boundaries

inlet aforesaid the State oi Maryland does hereby graut and

thereof

convey unto the said Isle of Wight Inlet and Oyster Plant-

ing Company one-half of the beds of said Isle of Wight,

Assawoman, and Synepuxent Bays or by whatever other

name they may be known, bounded and described as follows,

to wit: For a center line commencing at a center point in a

line drawn from south point on Syuepuxent Bay running

east to the Eastern shore of said bay which line to the extent

that it adjoins the property hereby intended to be conveyed,

shall be its southern boundary, thence running northwardly

through the middle of the Synepuxent, Isle of Wight and

Assawoman Bay to its intersection with the boundary line

between the State of Maryland and the State of Delaware,

which said line shall be the northern boundary of.the property

hereby intended to be conveyed. For the eastern boundary

commencing ab a point on said southern line distant one-

fourth of the width of the bay from said center line, thence

northwardly following the general trend of the shore and at

every point distant from the aforesaid center line one-fourth

of the width of the water way until it intersects the said