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money or other goods FOR REMUNERATION, without first obtain-
ing a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a
fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprison-
ment for not more than three (3) years or both fine and impirson-
ment IMPRISONMENT.

289.

All charitable organizations complying with the provisions of Arti-
cle 41, Sections 103A through 103E (1971 Replacement Volume of the
Annotated Code of Maryland) are exempt from this subtitle.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 568
(House Bill 955)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 708(b) of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement
Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Oysters and Clams,"
to include natural clam bars in the list of those areas not leasable
by the State AND TO DEFINE THE TERM "NATURAL CLAM
BAR".

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 708 (b) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Natural Resources," sub-
title "Oysters and Clams," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

708.

(b) No lease shall be granted for any of the following submerged
areas of this State, nor shall any person acquire by lease, assign-
ment, appropriation, or otherwise any of those areas: Any area be-
neath any creek, cove, bay, or inlet less than one hundred yards wide
at its mouth at mean low water; any natural oyster bar or natural
clam bar as defined in this subtitle; any area within fifty yards of
any natural oyster bar or natural clam bar in any county; any
area within two hundred yards of any natural oyster bar or natural
clam bar in the Chesapeake Bay; any crab bed or clam bed as de-
fined by the charts or amended charts of the Oyster Survey of 1906
to 1912 on file in the offices of the Department of Tidewater Fisheries.
Any lease granted in violation of the provisions of this subsection
shall be null and void and the land described in such lease shall
revert to the State as though no lease had been made. FOR THE PUR-
POSES OF THIS SECTION, "NATURAL CLAM BAR" MEANS
ANY AREA OF SUBMERGED TIDAL BOTTOM NOT CLASSI-
FIED AS A NATURAL OYSTER BAR WHICH HAS A POPU-
LATION OF CLAMS OF ANY SPECIES JUDGED BY THE SEC-