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CHAP. 711
May call for
assistance.
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Section 95. The said board shall be authorized to call to
their assistance the county surveyor of any county whenever
in their judgment his assistance is necessary, and shall pay
him for his services such compensation as is authorized by
law for his services in other proceedings.
Section 96. The Board of Shell Commissioners shall
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Survey taken
of ground for
soft shell or
shedder
crabs.
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cause an accurate survey of and delineation upon the maps
and charts aforesaid of all bottoms of the tributaries of the
Chesapeake bay where grass grows and it is profitable to
scrape for soft shell or shedder crabs, and shall have such
bottoms properly designated by permanent objects on the
shore, as provided hereinbefore for natural oyster beds, bars
and rocks, which said crabbing sections shall be exempt from
leasing for oyster culture.
Section 97. One of the steamers of the State fishery force
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Steamer of
State fishery
force to be
kept in
commission.
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shall be kept in commission under the command of the
deputy commander, and subject to the control and direction
of the commissioners from the first day of April in each
year until the first day of October following, to assist the
board in the performance of the duties imposed upon it by
this Act, and the deputy commander in each of the several
districts of this State shall also be subject to the control and
direction of the said commissioners during the closed season
for taking and catching oysters with rakes and tongs during
the time the said commissioners shall be engaged in the
respective districts in locating natural oyster beds, bars and
rocks, and shall give the said commissioners every assist-
ance in their power.
Section 98. After the survey provided for herein shall have
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Tracts of land
beneath the
waters of
this State to
be leased,
etc.
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been completed, it shall be the duty of the Board of Shell
Fish Commissioners to lease, in the name of the State of
Maryland, tracts or parcels of land beneath the waters of
this State, whether within the limits of the counties or else-
where, in the area to be opened for oyster culture, according
to the provisions of this Act; provided, that no tract so
leased, if situated within the territorial limits of any county
in this State, shall contain less than one acre of land, and if
situated in any other place, no tract so leased shall contain
less than five acres. It shall be the duty of said commis-
sioners to require that the tracts so leased shall be as nearly
rectangular as is convenient. It shall be the duty of the
said commissioners to demand from each lessee payment of
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