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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 710

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the time for the removal by said Philadelphia,

Time
extended
two years.

Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, of the bridge,
in whose removal provision is made by the said 4th section,
Chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1904, be extended to two years from the day on
which the new railroad bridge now being constructed over
the Susquehanna river by said railroad company shall have
been put in operation.
Approved April 3, 1906.

CHAPTER 711.

AN ACT to establish and promote the industry of oyster
culture in Maryland, to define and mark natural oyster
beds, bars and rocks lying under the waters of this State,
to prescribe penalties for the infringement of the pro-
visions of this Act, and to add new sections to Article 72
of the Code of Public General Laws, to follow Section 82,
and to be designated respectively as Sections 83, 84, 85,
86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100,
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111,
112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 119.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections be and they are hereby

New sections
added.

added to Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws,
title ''Oysters," to follow Section 82, and to be designated
respectively as Sections 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88. 89, 90, 91,
92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105,
106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117,
118 and 119.
Section 83. Any resident of Maryland shall have the right

Right given to
plant and
cultivate
oysters.

to plant and cultivate oysters "in the waters of this State;
such right shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in
the following sections of this Act, and shall be subject to the
regulations, provisions and limitations hereinafter set forth;
but no corporation, or joint stock company shall be per-
mitted to lease or take up, or to acquire by assignment, or
otherwise, any lands of the State for oyster planting or cul-
tivation. All natural beds or bars shall be excluded from