ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That if any creek, cove

or inlet, not exceeding one hundred yards at low

water in breadth at its mouth, make into the lands,

or that if any creek, cove or inlet of greater width

than one hundred yards at low-water mark, make into

the lands, the owner or owners, or other lawful occu-

pant or occupants, 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

Right to use
creek, &c.

water, the said owner or owners, or other lawful occu-

pant or occupants, 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 preserv-

ing, 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 such right of the riparian proprietor shall

extend to the middle of such creek, cove or inlet.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That the board of

public works is empowered and directed to purchase

for each of the guard boats such arms and ammuni-

Directed to pur-

tion as may be necessary to make them efficient, and

chase boats.

the officers of such boats shall be authorized to use such

arms in their discretion for the enforcement of the

provisions of this act.

SEC. 27. Be it enacted, That for the more efficient

working of the state fishery force, the waters of this

state shall be divided into seven districts, of which the

waters of Kent county and Queen Anne's shall be the

first; the waters of Queen Anne's and Talbot shall be

Divided into

the second; the waters of Talbot the third; the waters

districts.

of Wicomico the fourth; the waters of Somerset

county the fifth; the waters of Anne Arundel county

the sixth; the waters of St. Mary's, Charles and Cal-

vert the seventh; each of the said districts shall be

guarded by one sailing vessel, except the third, which

shall be guarded by three, and the sixth and seventh,

which shall be guarded by two; and it shall be the

Duty or deputy

duty of the deputy commander of the first district to

commander.

guard the waters of Chester river, belonging to Queen

Anne's county and the waters of Kent county, includ-

ing Swan point bar; and the duty of the commander

of the second district to guard the waters of Eastern