EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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delineated upon copies of the published maps and charts of
the United States coast and geodetic survey, of the largest
scale, cue copy for each of the counties of this State in the
waters of which there are natural oyster beds, bars and
rocks, all natural beds, bars and rocks lying within the
waters of such county, which maps shall be filed in the offices
of the clerks of the Circuit Court for the respective counties
wherein the grounds so designated may lie. The said survey

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shall be made by the hydrographic engineer employed by
said board, as provided in Section 84 of this Act, acting
under the direction and control of the said commissioners.
The said natural beds or bars shall be marked by buoys,
which shall be known as State buoys.
Section 87. The Governor of this State is hereby requested
to ask the assistance of the United States coast and geodetic

Survey made
by hydro-
graphic
engineer.

survey, and of the United States Fish Commissioner, to aid
in the carrying out of the provisions of the preceding section.
Section 88. The County Commissioners of each and every
county in this State, in which there are natural oyster beds,

Assistance
asked.

bars or rocks, shall be authorized to appoint some resident
of their said county, who is well acquainted with the situa-
tion and location of oyster beds, bars or rocks, in the waters
of such county, who shall aid the said board by furnishing
any information he may possess concerning the situation and
location of recognized oyster beds, bars and rocks in the
waters of such county, and who shall accompany the said
commissioners and the hydrographic engineer appointed by
said board, but only within the limits of his county, in the
making of the survey of the natural oyster beds, bars and
rocks, as provided by this Act; the said appointee to receive
a compensation of five dollars per day when actually so
engaged.
Section 89. As soon as practicable after the first day of
April, 1906, the said commissioners shall organize, and

Authority to
appoint
person to
aid said
board in
their duties.

shall at once proceed, with the assistance of such person or
persons as may be detailed by the United States coast and
geodetic survey, and the United States Fish Commissioner,
to aid them in their work, and of such persons as may be
appointed under the preceding section, to have laid out, sur-
veyed and designated on the said charts, the natural beds
and bars, and shall cause to be marked and defined as accu-
rately as practicable, the limits and boundaries of the natural

Shall proceed
to mark and
define the
limits and
boundaries
of the
natural
beds, etc.