1662 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 690

into the land, or if any creek, cove or inlet of greater width
than one hundred yards at low water mark make into the
land, the owner or other lawful occupant shall have the
exclusive right to use such creek, cove or inlet when the
mouth of said creek, cove or inlet is one hundred yards or
less in width; and when the said creek, cove or inlet is more
than one hundred yards in width at its mouth at low water,
the said owner or other lawful occupant shall have exclu-
sive right to use such creek, cove or inlet so soon as said
creek, cove or inlet in making into said land or lands shall
become one hundred yards in width at low water, for pre-
serving, depositing, bedding or sowing oysters or other
shell fish, although such cove, creek or inlet may not be in-
cluded in the lines of any patent; and in all such cases
such rights of the riparian proprietor shall extend to the
middle of such creek, cove or inlet. Nothing in this sub-
section shall apply to or be applicable within the limits of
Somerset County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 6, 1949.

CHAPTER 690

(Senate Bill 422)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
287 (a) and (b) of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Testamentary
Law", sub-title "Register of Wills", increasing the com-
pensation of the Register of Wills of Baltimore, Howard
and Montgomery Counties and eliminating unnecessary
provisions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 287 (a) and (b) of Article 93 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Testa-
mentary Law", sub-title "Register of Wills", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows: