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CHAP. 610.
Six months
possession
a good and
sufficient
title.
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said county, who, after having given notice to the parties
interested, shall proceed to hear the testimony and decide the
case, and if his decision be in favor of the party locating said
acres, said decision shall be recorded, and shall in all cases be
conclusive evidence of title thereto ; provided also, that if any
stakes, bushes or buoys used as bounds shall be removed by
accident or design it shall not excuse any person from wrong-
fully taking such oysters if he knew the grounds to have
been located and appropriated ; and any person wilfully or
maliciously removing such stakes, bushes or buoys shall be
liable to all the penalties of this Act, but any title or pretended
title to acres, or otherwise contrary to this section, held or
claimed by any person, is hereby declared to be fraudulent
and void ; provided, that no non-resident of this State shall be
entitled to avail himself of the provisions of this section,
whether he be sole or part owner of any land in St. Mary's
county ; and in case of the death of any citizen who may have
located and appropriated any lot under the provisions of this
section, his executors or administrators shall have the exclusive
use, possession and control of such lot as fully as the person so
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 appropri-
ating such lot; and any person or persons taking or attempting
to take oysters thus planted or bedded shall be deemed guilty
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Penalty
for violation,
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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 imprisoned 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.
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May increase
their
holdings.
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96 B. Any person who shall have located on lots of ground
within the waters of St. Mary's county not exceeding two
acres, as provided in chapter 480 of the Acts of nineteen hun-
dred, may increase his holdings to five acres, if he so desires,
either by adding on to the original lot so held, or taking up
separate lot ; provided, said lots shall not in all exceed five
acres, and that they shall be marked out and designed as here-
inbefore provided.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage, and that all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved April 11, 1902.
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