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dencing such leases or transfers shall have been recorded in
the office of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners.

SEC. 86. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall, as
soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, cause to be
made a true and accurate survey of the natural oyster beds,
bars and rocks of this State, said survey to be made with refer-
ence to fixed and permanent objects on the shore, giving courses
and distances, to be fully described and set out in a written
report of said survey, as hereinafter required. A true and
accurate delineation of the same shall be made on copies of
published maps and charts of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, which said copies shall be filed in the office
of the said Commissioners in the city of Baltimore; and the
said Commissioners shall further cause to be delineated upon
the copies of the published maps and charts of the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, of the largest scale, one
copy for each of the counties in this State, in the waters of
which there are natural oyster beds, bars and rocks, all the
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 shall be made
by the Hydrographic Engineer employed by said board, as pro-
vided in Section 84 of this Act, acting under the direction and
control of said Commissioners. The said natural beds or bars
shall be marked by buoys, which shall be known as State buoys.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 13, 1910.

CHAPTER 424.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 711 of the Acts of 1906, known as
"The Oyster Culture Law," by adding two additional sec-
tions thereto, to follow immediately after Section 119, to be
known as Sections 120 and 121, providing a certain pro-
cedure and rule of evidence in the prosecution of violations
thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 711 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland for the year 1906, known as the "Oyster Culture
Law," be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto, to
follow immediately after Section 119, the following sections,
to be known as Section 120 and Section 121, providing for
a certain procedure and rule of evidence in the prosecution of
violations thereof.