1738                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 849

158.

(A)       NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE, THE LICENSING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
APPLY TO THE WATERS OF TALBOT COUNTY.

(B)    ANY PERSON DESIRING TO ERECT A STATIONARY BLIND OR
BLIND SITE IN THE WATERS OF TALBOT COUNTY FIRST SHALL
OBTAIN A LICENSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING
SCHEDULE OF PRIORITIES:

(1)         ANY OWNER OF AT LEAST [[300]] 500 YARDS OF
CONTIGUOUS SHORELINE IN TALBOT COUNTY, HIS LESSEE,
LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE SHALL RECEIVE FIRST PRIORITY TO
LICENSE A STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE IN FRONT OF HIS
RIPARIAN PROPERTY IF AN APPLICATION IS MADE BETWEEN JULY
1 AND NOVEMBER 1, INCLUSIVE. AN OWNER SHALL CERTIFY BY
WRITTEN APPLICATION THAT HE OWNS THE REQUIRED AMOUNT
OF SHORELINE. A LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE OF AN OWNER
OF 300 YARDS OF CONTIGUOUS YARDS OF SHORELINE SHALL
CERTIFY BY WRITTEN APPLICATION THAT HE POSSESSES THE
REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SHORELINE.

(2)    A LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE OF [[300]] 500 YARDS OF
CONTIGUOUS SHORELINE OWNED BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON
MAY OBTAIN A STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE LICENSE IF AN
APPLICATION IS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1 AND NOVEMBER I,
INCLUSIVE. AN APPLICANT SHALL PRESENT THE WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE OWNERS OF THE SHORELINE.

(3) ALL OWNERS OF RIPARIAN RIGHTS, THEIR LESSEES,
LICENCEES OR ASSIGNEES, OWNING LESS THAN 500 CONTIGUOUS
YARDS OF SHORELINE SHALL HAVE PRIORITY TO OBTAIN A
LICENSE FOR BLIND SITE BETWEEN OCTOBER 11 AND 21 INCLUSIVE
OF EACH YEAR, PROVIDED HE COMPLIES WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF WRITTEN CONSENT.

[[(3)]] (4) AFTER NOVEMBER 1, ANY RESIDENT OF TALBOT
COUNTY MAY LICENSE A BLIND SITE NO CLOSER THAN [[300]] 500
YARDS OF THE NEAREST LICENSED STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND
SITE.

(C)     AFTER NOVEMBER 1, THE CLERK SHALL ISSUE BLIND SITE
LICENSES IN ROTATION AS APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL INSPECT ANY LICENSED BLIND SITE TO
DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF THE CERTIFICATIONS IN ANY
APPLICATION UPON REQUEST OF THE OWNER OF THE SHORELINE
PROPERTY. IF THE DEPARTMENT FINDS THAT THE
CERTIFICATIONS OF THE APPLICATION ARE ERRONEOUS, IT MAY
REVOKE THE LICENSE BY WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT.

(D)     ANY PERSON CHOOSING A LOCATION FOR A STATIONARY
BLIND OR BLIND SITE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL MARK THE POSITION BY ERECTING A STAKE
SHOWING THE LICENSEE'S NAME AND NUMBER.

(E)    IF ANY LICENSEE ERECTS A STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND
SITE OR SETS A STAKE AND IT IS LOST OR DESTROYED IN ANY
MANNER BEYOND HIS CONTROL, HE SHALL NOT LOSE HIS