1732                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 470

Oysters and Clams — Submerged Lands Not Leaseable

FOR the purpose of clarifying what submerged lands are
not leaseable with regard to natural oyster or clam
bars.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article — Natural Resources
Section 4-1108(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1973 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-1108(c) of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1973
Volume) be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

4-1108.

(c) A lease may not be granted for any of the
following submerged areas of the State, and a person may
not acquire by lease, assignment, appropriation, or
otherwise any of the enumerated areas: any area beneath
any creek, cove, bay, or inlet less than 300 feet wide at
its mouth at mean low tide; any natural oyster or natural
clam bar as defined in this subtitle; any area within 150
feet of any natural oyster or natural clam bar IN ANY
COUNTY; any area within 600 feet of any natural oyster or
clam bar IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY; Any clam bed as defined
by the charts of the Oyster Survey of 1906 to 1912 and
its amendments. Any lease granted in violation of the
provisions of this subsection is null and void and the
land described in the lease shall revert to the State as
though a lease had not been made.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 471
(House Bill 842)