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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 711

Relatlon of
landlord and
tenant.

Section 105. The relation of the landlord and tenant,
stated in Section 104, shall have all the incidents attaching
to that relation as the same exists under the laws of Mary-
land, excepting only the following particulars: First, the
only remedy of the State for non-payment of the rent of
oyster lands shall be the strict enforcement of the provisions
set forth in Section 98 of this Act. Upon the non-payment
of any rent for the time therein mentioned it shall be the
duty of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, after a
written notice of not less than ten days to the lessee, to
declare the lease vacated by stamping the word " void " in
distinct letters across the description in the register; second,
land leased under this Act shall be used only for the pur-
pose of planting and cultivating oysters; third, no right
shall exist to redeem or purchase any land of the State so
leased; fourth, any other modifications caused by the pro-
visions of this Act.

Section 106. The commissioners shall at once notify the

Ground leased
to be plainly
marked.

lessee of the record in the register required by Section 104,
and the lessee shall as soon thereafter as practicable, not
exceeding thirty days from the receipt of said notice, cause
the ground designated as leased to him to be plainly marked
out by stakes, buoys or monuments, under the supervision
of the commissioners. At least four of such stakes, buoys
and monuments shall have the initials of the lessees plainly
marked upon them, and such stakes, buoys or monuments
shall be at all times during the existence of said lease con-
tinued by said lessee or his legal representative.

Section 107. This Act is not intended to apply to any

Not to apply to
land owned
by private
persons.

lands owned by private persons, the bounds of which extend
below low water into or beneath the waters of this State.
This Act shall not be so construed as to apply to any creek,
cove or inlet, less than one hundred yards in width at its
mouth at low tide.

Section 108. Any person who has, prior to the passage

Who may
become
lessee of said
land.

of this Act, lawfully appropriated or taken up any land in
this State, for the purpose of planting, bedding or cultivating
oysters thereon, may become a lessee of said land for the
term of twenty years from the passage of this Act, with all
the incidents, including the payment of the rents, of the
leases contemplated by this Act, provided such person gives