2084 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 866

of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1943 Supplement), title
"Oysters and Clams", sub-title "Private Oyster Culture", as
said sub-sections were amended by Chapter 929 of the Acts
of 1945, requiring marking with a stake submerged lands
for which a lease is applied for and requiring the advertise-
ment in connection with such application to include the
location of such stake.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-sections 12(h) and 12(i) of Article 72 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1943 Supple-
ment), title "Oysters and Clams", sub-title "Private Oyster
Culture", as said sub-sections were amended by Chapter 929
of the Acts of 1945, be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

12(h). Application for Lease. Any person wishing to
lease submerged lands of this State, in accordance with the
provisions of this section, shall apply to the Department of
Tidewater Fisheries for a blank application form, and said
form shall be executed by the applicant to show his place of
residence, the estimated area of the submerged land for which
a lease is sought and a description in detail of the location
of said land. The applicant prior to filing the application
with the Department shall mark the area applied for with
at least one stake bearing the name of the applicant.

12(i) Application Fees and Advertisement. Upon receipt
of application and an application fee of Five Dollars ($5.00),
the Department of Tidewater Fisheries shall proceed to adver-
tise the application once a week for four successive weeks in
a newspaper published in the county in which or nearest to
which the area applied for is located; said advertisement to
describe the location of the area applied for, the location of
the stake marker and to give the name and resident of the
applicant; and said Department shall have no authority to
issue any lease without such advertisement. The application
fee shall remain with the Department until final disposition
of the application, and, whenever for any reason, an applicant
is not granted a lease said application fee shall be returned to
the applicant.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.