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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the former inspector, and Augustus Hall, the
present inspector of said warehouse, number
two.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1888.

Chapter 505.

AN ACT to repeal section forty-four of chapter
two hundred and ninety-six of the act passed
at the January session, eighteen hundred and
eighty-six, entitled "Oysters," and to re-en-
act the same with amendments as follows :

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That section forty-four of

Repealed and
re-enacted.

chapter two hundred and ninety-six or the acts
passed at the January session, eighteen hundred
and eighty-six entitled "Oysters," be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows :
SEC. 44. And be it enacted, That the owner or

Privilege of
using.

owners of any land bordering on any of the nav-
igable waters of this state, the lines of which
extend into and are covered by said waters,
shall have the exclusive privilege of using the
same for protecting, sowing, bedding or depos-
iting oysters or other shell-fish within the lines
of their own land ; and any owner or owners of
land lying and bordering, upon any of the waters
of this state shall have power to locate and ap-
propriate in any of the waters adjoining his or
her or their lands one lot of five acres for the
purpose of protecting, preserving, depositing,
bedding or sowing oysters or other shell-fish ;
and any other male citizen of full age of the
state, shall have power to locate and appropriate
and hold one lot of five acres, and no more, in

Proviso.

any waters in said state not located or appro-
priated, provided thirty days' notice, in writing,
shall be given the owner or owners, occupant or
occupants of land bordering on said waters pro-
posed to be located, that the owner or owners,