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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

drawn from Keysis point, running eastwardly and

one hundred yards northwardly from the Thorough-

fare island until it strikes the main beach separating

the said Isle of Wight bay from the Atlantic ocean,

which line, to the extent it adjoins the plat hereby in-

tended to be conveyed, shall be its southern boundary ;

Bounds of one-
half of beds of

thence running northwardly, as nearly as practical,

bay.

through the middle of Isle of Wight and Assowoman

bays to the dividing lines between the State of Mary-

land and the State of Delaware, and for the south-

eastern and southwestern corners of the plat hereby in-

tended to be conveyed, establish points respectively east

and west on said first described line, equidistant from

the intersection of the said centre line with it for the

northeast and northwest corner of said plat; establish

points equidistant east and west from the intersection

of said centre line with the dividing line between the

States of Maryland and Delaware, which shall be the

northern boundary of said plat, and the easterly lines of

the plat conveyed shall be a direct line from the south-

east to the northeast corner thereof according to the gen-

eral bend of the beach, and the westerly line shall be

a direct line from the southwest corner to the north-

west corner thereof; and the said boundaries shall be

so located in accordance with the provisions of this

act so as to convey in fee unto the said Isle of Wight

Inlet Oyster Planting Company one half of the beds

of the said Isle of Wight and Assawoman bays, ex-

cepting and reserving to owners of land bordering on

said bays, as well as to owners within the limits of

said plat, if any there be, all rights acquired or that

may hereafter be acquired by the laws of this State;

Surveyor shall

and the county surveyor of Worcester county shall

locate.

survey and locate said plat, with one commissioner to

be appointed by the county commissioners of Wor-

cester county.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That whenever it can

or shall be shown to the satisfaction of the commis-

sioner of the land office that the Isle of Wight Inlet

and Oyster Packing Company have constructed the

Commissioner
of Jand office to

inlet connecting the bays aforesaid and the Atlantic

issue patent.

ocean, so as to secure the ebb and flow of salt water

through the said inlet, as provided by the provisions

of this act, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby

directed, to issue a patent to the company for one-half

of the bed of said bay, as described in the previous