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DELAWARE OYSTER SURVEY
COMMISSION

1909-1912

REPORT OF COMMISSION
BY

Members of Commission

Governor SIMEON S. PENNEWILL
Senator ALVIN B. CONNER
Senator JOHN W. SHELDRAKE
Representative WALLER DONOHO
Representative ALFRED L. AINSCOW

REPORT OF SURVEY

By CHARLES YATES
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Consulting Engineer of Commission

KING BROTHERS, BALTIMORE, MD.

DELAWARE OYSTER SURVEY
COMMISSION

1909-1912

REPORT OF COMMISSION
BY

Members of Commission

Governor SIMEON S. PENNEWILL
Senator ALVIN B. CONNER
Senator JOHN W. SHELDRAKE
Representative WALLER DONOHO
Representative ALFRED L. AINSCOW

REPORT OF SURVEY

By CHARLES YATES

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Consulting Engineer of Commission

KING BROTHERS, BALTIMORE, MD.

0D. OF .
APR 5 1918

CONTENTS.

PAGE
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EVEPORTAORY, COMMUSSION: scuaccenetel mtvat cle sionsia det unperemmoteliencts et aie fetenenerelenecs aliens Wea <kaleeetisual 5
Text of Act Creating Commission and Providing for Survey........... p
Amendments Providing for Codification of Oyster Laws.............. 6
Organization ot Commissiony se. eeee PS ORT CERC IGE IST TO CINCO eee 6
Co-operation of U. S> ‘Coast and Geodetic Survey.----..-----...--.---« 6
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Amendments to the Oyster Laws of the State Recommended by the Coim-
mission and Adopted by the General Assembly of 1911............. s
Increase in State Revenues Due to Survey of Leased Oyster Bottoms.. 10
Recommendations. .... Oe os oO ETS oR ariereasl ans 10
LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE RELATING TO OYSTERS.............-.+... AZ
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Description of Location of Triangulation Stations................. 60
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REPORT OF COMMISSION.

T'o the Governor and General Assembly of the State of Delaware :—

By an Act of the General Assembly, approved April 5, 1909, being
Chapter 131, Vol. 25, Laws of Delaware, this Commission was created
for the purpose of resurveying and plotting the oyster grounds of Dela-
ware Bay, the language of the Statute being as follows:

TEXT OF ACT CREATING COMMISSION AND PROVIDING FOR SURVEY.

Section 1. That a Commission is hereby created and established consisting of
Governor Simeon S. Pennewill, Senator Alvin B. Conner, Senator John W. Shel-
drake, Representative Waller Donoho and Representative Alfred L. Ainscow, for
the purpose of caring for the oyster interests in this State as hereinafter pro-
vided. Said Commission shall organize by the election of a President and
Secretary, and the acts of a majority shall be valid and binding as the acts of
said Commission.

Section 2. It shall be the duty of said Commission and it is hereby authorized
and directed to arrange for and superintend a survey of the oyster grounds of
the Delaware Bay and the marking of the boundaries thereof, and to cause
sub-division of said grounds to be made into tracts or plots suitable for
leasing purposes. The said Commission may employ a surveyor or suryeyors
and such assistants as may be necessary for the purposes of making and com-
pleting said survey and plot.

Section 3. The sum of Five Thousand Dollars or so much thereof as may be
necessary is hereby appropriated for the purposes provided in this Act, and
the State Treasurer is directed to pay all bills incurred by said Commission in
carrying out the provisions of this Act upon orders drawh upon him signed
by the President and Secretary of said Comunission.

Section 4. The members of said Commission shall each be allowed the sum
of Four Dollars per day for the actual time in which they shall be engaged
in the duties imposed by this Act, together with necessary expenses.

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AMENDMENTS PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION OF OYSTER LAWS.

By an Act of the General Assembly, approved March 29, 1911, being
Chapter 153, Volume 26, Laws of Delaware, the following additional
sections were added to the original Act, to wit:

Section 5. Ut shall be the duty of the said Commission to publish with its
report a copy of the Chart of the Survey and a carefully prepared codification
of the oyster laws of the State.

Section 6. The sum of Five Hundred Dollars or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of enabling the Commission
to carry out the provisions of the preceding Section.

ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION.

In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Commission at its
first meeting held in the spring of 1909, was organized by electing
Governor Simeon S. Pennewill as President and Senator Alvin B.
Conner as Secretary.

The Commission was authorized by Section 2 of the said Act to

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employ a “surveyor or surveyors and such assistants as might be neces-
sary for the purpose of making and completing said survey and plot,”
and after investigating this subject, it was decided that it would be
desirable to have the engineering work done under the supervision of
some government officer familiar with the surveying of oyster bottoms,

if it were possible to make such an arrangement.

CO-OPERATION OF U. S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.

Through the efforts of Congressman Heald, and the courtesy of Hon.
Charles Nagel, Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor,
and Superintendent O. H. Tittmann of the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
we were able to secure the services of Captain Charles C. Yates as
Consulting Engineer for this work. The Government, at such times as
was necessary, granted to Captain Yates a leave of absence without pay,
in order that he might do this work, and the Commission only paid for
his services such a sum per diem as he would have received from the
Government if he had not been granted such a leave. In this way the
best service was secured at the least possible expense. Indeed, without
the assistance thus received, the work could not have been done within
the appropriation made.

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Before the work of surveying was begun the lessees of the oyster beds
were notified by the Consulting Engineer that such a survey was about
to be made and that they should fix stakes showing exactly the bottoms
covered by their respective oyster plantations. This gave them an
opportunity to protect all the oyster bottoms claimed by them, and at
the same time compelled them to pay for all the area they occupied.
The lease-holders were permitted to do this regardless of the shape and
size of the particular tract occupied.

Captain Yates* has made a separate and very interesting report
which together with the ‘Chart of the Leased Oyster Bottoms,” pre-
pared under his discretion, form a part of this document.

CO-OPERATION OF U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES.

By a fortunate combination of circumstances the Commission was
able to secure the co-operation of Dr. H. F. Moore* of the Bureau of
Fisheries in making a complete survey of the natural beds of the State,
although this was not a part of the duties imposed by the Act creating
the Commission.

This work of Dr. Moore’s is a very valuable contribution to the oyster
industry of Delaware, and is greatly appreciated by the Commission.
Dr. Moore’s report together with a map of the natural oyster beds has
been published by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, and can be obtained
from that branch of the government service.

*Moncurrent Resolution Thanking Captain Yates and Dr. Moore for Their
Services to the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission.

Whercas, Captain C. C. Yates, of the U. S. Coast and Goedetic Survey, and
Dr. Moore, of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, have rendered very valuable service
to the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission, now therefore :

Be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of Delaware, the House of Repre-
sentatives concurring therein:

That a note of thanks be given to Captain Yates and Dr, Moore for the
services they have performed to the State of Delaware, in successfully carrying
out the work of the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission.

And be it further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to Captain
Yates and Dr. Moore,

+This publication is entitled “Condition and Extent of the Natural Oyster
Beds of Delaware by H. F. Moore, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries”.

§ REPORT OF COMMISSION.

AMENDMENTS TO THE OYSTER LAWS OF THE STATE RECOMMENDED BY
THE COMMISSION AND ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF 1911.

The Commission, in order that its work might be made effective,
recommended to the last General Assembly certain legislation which
was enacted. That law, approved April 18, 1911, is Chapter 154,
Volume 26, Laws of Delaware, and reads as follows:

Whereas, by an Act of the General Assembly, approved April fifth, 1909, a
Commission was created for the purpose of having a survey made of the Oyster
Grounds of the Delaware Bay.

And Whereas the said survey was completed on the first day of July, 1910,
and a chart made of the bottom covered by the existing leases.

And Whereas, in order that the said survey and chart may be made effective
and of value to the Oyster Industry, therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of

Delaiware in General Assembly met:

Scelion 1. That the survey and chart made under the direction of the Commis-
sion created by Act of the General Assembly, approved April fifth, 1909, which
chart bears date of the first day of July, 1910, be, and the same is hereby made
the official chart of the survey of the Oyster Grounds of the Delaware Bay,
including bottoms occupied on the date aforesaid; and all new licenses issued
by the Oyster Revenue Collector shall be issued and prepared in accordance
with said official chart.

Section 2. That hereafter no permanent lease for bottom within the boundaries
described in Section 12, Chapter 658, Volume 19, Laws of Delaware, as the
same has been or may hereafter be amended, shall be granted, nor shali a
license be isued, unless the boundaries of the same are laid out and established
and clearly marked on the official chart. When application is made for a license,
however, the Oyster Revenue Collector shall issue a temporary license which
shall give the licensee the same rights as a permanent license, but said temporary
license shall be good only until a survey of said leased bottom can be made as
hereinafter provided. Such temporary license shall be based upon approximate
location of new bottom as marked out on the official chart.

Section 3. For the purpose of keeping the official chart up to date, the
Oyster Kevenue Collector shall in the month of June, July or August, of the
year 111, cause a survey to be made of all portions of the bottom leased since
July the first, 1910, and shall cause the location of the same to be marked on
the official chart, together with the date of such revision of the official chart:
and a like survey of all new portions of the bottom leased since the day of
the revision of the official chart shall he made in the month of June, July or
August of each and every year, and a like revision shall be made in the official
ehart.

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Section 4. The Oyster Revenue Collector shall charge in addition to the fees
now provided by law, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents for each corner
necessarily made in marking out the plot of new portions of the bottom desired
to be lensed, and the sum so charged by him shall be used in paying the expenses
of the surveys provided for in the preceding section.

Section 5. The Oyster Revenue Collector, for the purpose of assisting the
making of any additional surveys, shall keep and maintain the survey monu-
ments, signal towers, etc., established in the survey of 1910, above referred to,
and any person who shall wilfully injure or destroy any of such monuments
or towers or other property used for the purpose aforesaid shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment within the dis-
cretion of the Court.

Section 6. That no future iease, or modification of any existing lease result-
ing fron the survey of 1910, shail be granted for oyster bottoms the boundaries
of which are so placed that the adjacent “turn rows” will be greater than
twenty yards, if the adjacent vacant space remaining for licensing be less than
two hundred and fifty yards.

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Section 7. The Oyster Revenue Collector shall keep and maintain the official
chart and shall permit the same to be examined and copied by any person upon
request. He shall also keep a book in which shall be recorded the leases made
by him.

Section & If a person holding a license which is about to expire. desires the
bottom occupied by him, licensed to another person, the Oyster Revenue Collector
may compel that the shape and location of such bottom be changed, so far as
may be practicable, to comply with Section Six of this Act. Any license granted
may be transferred by the licensee to any other person, provided the same shall
not become effective until approved by the Oyster Revenue Collector; and pro-
vided further that the said Oyster Revenue Collector shall have the same
authority to compel a change in the shape and location of the bottom as in
this section hereinbefore provided.

Section 9. That in addition to the rental for Oyster Bottoms and for tonnage
the tax now provided for under existing law, on and after the first day of
April next there shall be an additional annual tax of one dollar for each and
eyery corner more than four in number of plots of bottom licensed as afore-
said for any one oyster plantation held by one lessee, which said sum shall be
paid to the Oyster Revenue Collector, provided that two or more plantations
held by one lessee, which are not separated at their nearest point by a distance
of two hundred and fifty yards shall be considered as one lot in fixing the tax

on corners.

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INCREASE IN STATE REVENUES DUE TO SURVEY OF LEASED
OYSTER BOTTOMS.

The survey of the leased oyster bottoms showed a great number of
acres occupied by oyster planters upon which no license or other rental
had been paid. After a complete survey was made and the amendments
above quoted were passed the status of every lessee became fixed and
thereby much improved. The published “Chart of Leased Oyster
Bottoms” which was distributed by the Commission, free of charge, to
all interested in oyster culture showed much valuable ground that was
not leased, and this led to a considerable increase in the area and
number of oyster plantations. Al] these circumstances combined caused
a decided increase in State oyster revenues which is clearly brought out
by the interesting figures furnished by the State Auditor who states
that the “collections, expense and net amounts paid into State Treasury
for the past six years” were as follows:

Year. Collected. Harpense. Paid State Treasurer.
TOOT Asis «. sraoncno (SUSE Megacoabodc VSS eas o chee 5,819.53
N9OSe eee wee (HE NOVS Slo. qoouccs LOCA Sarr. ieeret 5,694.57
MOD 5 sss. dle G:G3200F eras ses ABO eto eis tere 5,196.48
MOMS Ste teas GHORSO nS. cee SORMG awk 5,237.34
AOU Meee vy eveyenerese te DCOGISO Ree steer ME OMOMedincs a wle etter 1,937.07
MOU ISS aeras es IBS SYMONS so ededooc aleetsiow4{NG goodaaous 9,570.60

This shows a comparatively large increase in the year 1912 over any
year previous to the completion of the survey in 1910. As Captain
Yates said at the last meeting of the Commission, ‘figuring on a five
per cent. basis, the State of Delaware by means of the ‘oyster survey’
has increased the ‘going valuation’ of her oyster properties about $80,000
which is a very good return for the less than $5,000 invested in the
work.”

RECOMMENDATIONS.

The work of this Commission is finished, but we believe that there
are yet great opportunities of further improving the oyster industry of
Delaware, and at the same time increasing the revenue to the State; and
we think the General Assembly would be justified in providing for a
permanent, non-partisan Commission, to be appointed by the Governor,
at a nominal salary, to carry out the work which has been started by

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our Commission, and to make the most of the opportunity furnished by
the oyster resources of our State.

And if such Commission should be provided for, it might be well to
consider whether the Oyster Revenue Collector should not be appointed
by such Commission, and be under its supervision so that its plans could
be more effectively carried out.

Simeon S, PENNEWILL,
President,

Atvin B. Conner,
Secretary,

Joun W. SHELDRAKE,

Waiter Donono,

Atrrep L. Arnscow.

LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
RELATING TO OYSTERS.

ComPILED BY Danret O, Hastinas,

Attorney at Law,
Wilmington, Delaware.

INDEX.
(Note: See pages 17 to 50 for text of laws.)
Section 7. Unlawful to take oysters in Delaware Bay or River without
license. Penalty. Oyster Revenue Collector. Bailee of oysters on certain bay
and river bottom.

Section 2. Unlawful to plant oysters within certain limits except as provided.

Section 3. Citizens may appropriate portions of bottom of Bay described in
Section 2 for oyster planting. Grounds how marked. Property in oysters.
Licenses. Tees.

Section 4. Taking oysters from plantation of anotber, larceny. Penalty.
Fines, how applied.

Seclion 5, Violation of Section 2 a misdemeanor. VPenalty.

Section 6. Complaint charging violation, Duty of Justice of the Peace.
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Section 7. Offenders committed. Seizure of boat.

Section 8. Proceeds of sale of boat how applied. Appeal. Duty of Attorney
General.

Section 9. Plantation owners and deputies may arrest.

Section 10. Certain oyster plantations and oysters thereon property of plant-
ers. Rental. Tonnage fees. Forfeiture of rights by non-payment of tax.
Plantations and boats numbered. Vessels dredging on natural beds, how
designated.

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Section 1/1. Other plantations. Within what limits. How Marked. Oyster
property. Planter licenses. Fees. Privileges of Sections 10 and 11 do not
extend to natural oyster beds.

Section 12. Natural oyster beds to be dredged only by citizens. Right how
obtained. Collector to issue certificate. License how obtained, how forfeited,
fees for. Licensed planters not required to take out license to dredge on
natural beds. Certificate necessary. Crew of dredge boat. Dredge bags regu-
lated.

Section 13. Owner's consent necessary to take oysters from plantation.

Section 14. Dredging on natural oyster beds, license necessary. In what
months, not after sunset, before sunrise, or on Sunday. Planter may not dredge
from piantation in July or August. Oyster boats may not remain on beds after
sunset.

Section 15. Signal for beginning or retiring from work. Signal flag. Fail-
ure to get signal no excuse for remaining on beds. Duty of watch boat.

Section 16. Violations of Sections 12, 18 and 14 how punished. Jurisdiction
of Justice of the Peace.

Section 17. Certain maneuvers of vessel and crew conclusive evidence of
dredging. Working boat with dredges overboard on plantation of another,
evidence of dredging without owner's consent.

Section 18. Watch boat, bow maintained. manned and employed. Log book.
Crew of oyster boats shall aid watch boat to enforce law. Duty of watch boat
captain. May seize boat violating law. Hearing, time of, postponement. Bail.
Penalties. Fine. Seizure of boat. Sale. Application of proceeds. Persons
discharged. Appeal, security, how tried, limitation.

Section 19. Duty of Justice upon complaint. Warrant to Captain of Watch
Boat. Procedure. Duty of Collector upon information of violation. Seizure

of boat. In absence of Watch Boat Captain, person in charge to act.

Section 20. Names of persons charged, duty of Justice. Form of proceedings
for seizure and sale.

Section 21. Force used by watch boat crew and persons in enforcement of
law. Right to plead statute.

Section 22. Resistance to crew of Watch Boat. Nature of offense. Penalties.

Section 23. Non-residents. License to plant under Section 11. Fees. Appli-
cation.

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Section 24. License to plant and dredge allows use of one boat only. Name
of boat in license. No right except after license issued and paid for.

Section 25. Plantation to be restaked before May 1st. On failure, plantation
to revert to State.

Section 26. New ground, notice for. Notice to other adjacent owners. Objec-
tions. Hearing and decision by Collector.

Section 27. No boat allowed to work except on compliance with law as to
letter and number. Penalty for violation,

Section 28. Dredge regulation. Penalties for violation.
Section 29. Name of boat on stern, in what way. Penalties for violation.

Section 30. Penalty if Captain of Watch Boat or Collector refuse or neglect
to perform their duties.

Section 31. Captain and crew of Watch Boat paid only for time employed.

Section 32. Appropriation for certain roads, Road overseer to be appointed.

Section 33. Watch Boat furnished with coal, wood and flag.

Section 34. Justice of the Peace to have jurisdiction of violation of Sections
13, 14 and 15. Proceedings in name of State. Fees. Fines paid to Collector.

Procedure on Constable’s bond. May employ attorney.

Section 35. Collector of Oyster Revenue. Appointment. Residence. Term.
Salary. Vacancy. Bond. Liability.

Section 36. Licenses, preparation, form.
Section 37. License fees to be paid before issuance. Penalties.
Section 38. Collector’s account, Deposits. Cheques.

Section 39. Monies paid to State Treasurer. When. Accompanying accounts
sworn to. Penalties for fraudulent statement of account.

Section 40. Annual publication of Collector’s account.

Section 41. Monies paid to State Treasurer, how applied.

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Section 42. Portion of Delaware Bay reserved for fishing and domestic oyster
purposes.

Section 43. Taking oyster for planting purposes in certain rivers, etc., unlaw-
ful. Penalties.

Section 44. Taking oysters from natural oyster beds, license for, violation,
peualty. Taking oysters from Bronadkiln River, etc., regulated, license, violation,
penalty. Catching oysters for market in Broadkiln River or Sound or Mispillion
River. License. Violation penalties.

Section 45. Unlawful to take more than twelve bushels of oysters in one
day, and not to be sold to be transported through the mouths of Broadkiln
River or Sound in Delaware Bay.

Seciion 46. Unlawful to take oysters from Creeks or Rivers after sunset and
before sunrise. Penalty.

Section 47. Dredging for oysters in Creeks and Rivers, etc., and use of one
bandled rakes unlawful. Penalties. Use of certain dredges and tongs in
tributaries of Delaware Bay unlawful. Penalty. Use of power boats unlawful
on natural beds. Penalty.

Section 48. Taking oysters in certain Rivers and Creeks unlawful, Excep-
tion for home consumption. Transportation from certain Rivers for planting
or consumption, unlawful. Penalty.

Section 49. License number. Boat number. License for one boat, to one
person, for one year.

Section 50. Sale of oysters from certain places to be planted in Bay, unlaw-
ful. Penalty.

Section 51. Rough culling in tributaries of Delaware Bay, Size of oysters
taken. Penalties. Rough culling on natural beds in Delaware Bay. Penalty.
Boats shall submit to inspection of guard boat. Oyster Revenue Collector to
enforce provisions of Section.

Section 52. Catching or selling certain oysters less than two and one-half
inches in length, except for planting, unlawful. Penalty.

Section 53. Citizens may appropriate one acre for planting oysters, to be
staked. Penalty for other person to take oysters therefrom, Limitations as to
place.

Section 54. Violation of oyster laws a misdemeanor Penalty. Jurisdiction.
Procedure. Appeal. Attorney General to appear for State.

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Section 55. Planting oysters in Indian River or Rehoboth Bay by non-citizens,
unlawful. Penalties,

Section 56. Complaint, warrant, arvest and seizure for violations of Section 55.

Section 57. Offenders against Section 55 committed te jail. Order for seizure
of boat. Notice, sale, title.

Section 58. Proceeds of sale how applied. Appeal. Bond. Attorney General
to prosecute appeal.

Section 59. Citizens may plant twenty acres in Indian River or Rehoboth
Bay. Fees. Plantations how marked. Oysters property of planter.

Section 60. Citizens may appropriate twenty acres in Indian River or Reho-
both Bay for cyster planting. Oyster property. Staking, plot to be filed. Fifty
bushels to be planted on each acre within six months. Forfeiture.

Section 61. Nature of privilege granted, Liability for debts. Levy. Sale.
Title.

Section 62. Carrying away oysters of another from area so appropriated,

larceny.

Section 63. Territory, charters and rights of certain oyster planting com-

panies exempt from general law.

Section 64. Commissioner of oyster planting in Indian River and Rehoboth
Bay to be appointed. Duties. Term. Fees. Compensation, Payments tc

State Treasurer.
Section 65. Oysters on certain flats of Delaware Bay protected. Penalty.
Section 66. Measure for oysters sold in shell. Penalty.

Section 664A. Official chart of oyster grounds. Requirements for permanent
leases. Temporary license. Annual survey. Marking fees. Preservation of
monuments. Penalty for destroying. Future leasing regulations. Maintenance
of chart. Record of leases. Power to change shape and locations of bottom,

when. Additional taxes.

Section 67. Terrapin eggs protected. Penalty.
Section 68. Terrapin in Indian River and Rehoboth Bay. Size lawful to be
taken, bought, sold, etc. Penalty. Unlawful to use dredges. Penalty.

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Section 69. Undersized Diamond Back Terrapin unlawful to catch or have
in possession between March 1 and August 1 in Sussex County.

Section 70. Snappers, unlawful to catch or have in possession between March
1 and July 1 in Sussex County.

Seclion 71. Diamond Terrapin, taking between October 1 and July 1, pro-
hibited. Heifer, unlawful to catch or keep under 4% inches long. Penalty.
Private ponds exempt.

TEXT OF LAWS.

Section 1. Unlawful to Take Oysters in Delaware Bay or River Without
License—Penalty—Oyster Revenue Collector—Bailee of Oysters on Certain
Bay and River Bottom. No person, be he resident or non-resident of this
State, shall dredge for or take and carry away any oysters growing in the
Delaware Bay or River unless he shall have first taken out one or the other of
the licenses provided for in Sections 3, 10, 11, 12, 238, 44, 59, €0 and 64 of
this Chapter, and in case of the violation of this Section the offender shall be
deemed guilty of larceny and punished accordingly. And in order to promote
the execution of this Section, and for that purpose only, the oysters growing
or being at any time in the said Bay or River, on bottom over three feet
deep, at ordinary low water, and not within any plantation, shall be held and
taken to be in the custody and may be described in any proceedings for viola-
tion of this Section as the property of the person who at the time of prosecu-
tion may be the Collector under Section 385 of this Chapter; which said person
by reason of his said office of Collector shall be the Bailee of said oysters, and
have the same kind of special property therein as Bailees have by law of prop-
erty in their possession by bailment under contract.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 2.

Section 2. Unlawful to Plant Oysters Within Certain Limits Except as
Provided. It shall be unlawful for any person to lay out or plant oysters
within the following limits in Delaware Bay: Beginning at the mouth of Mis-
pillion River and running in an easterly course to West Flats, thence South to
Cape Henlopen, thence a Westerly course to the beach, except as in this Chapter
provided.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 3.

Section 3. Citizens May Appropriate Portion of Bettom of Bay Described
in Section 2 for Oyster Planting—Grounds how Marked—Property in
Oysters—Licenses—Fees. Any person or presons who are bona fide citizens of
the State of Delaware may, for the purpose of planting oysters and catching
the same by means of dredges, tongs or rakes, appropriate to his or their own
use a part of the bottom of the bay within the limits defined in Section 2 of
this Chapter, which shall not exceed in area more than fifty acres, nor less

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than twenty-five acres, which part shall be designated by him or them by
stakes to show at least two feet above high-water mark and not to be obstructive
io navigation or interfere with the rights of fishermen. It shall be the posses-
sion of the planter or planters and the oysters to be deposited therein and
their increase shall be his or their private property; but before any person
shall avail himself of this privilege, he shall apply in writing to the Collector
of the Oyster Revenue for a license for that purpose, and shall pay to the said
Collector the sum of fifty cents per acre for each and every acre to be by him
or them staked off for the purpose aforesaid, and also the sum of one dollar
per ton (custom-house measurement) for the vessel employed in the business
of dredging or planting, and shall also pay to the said Collector, as the fee
or price therefor, for the privilege of dredging or tonging said oysters, five
dollars for each and every boat and pair of tongs: used in said boat, and the
said tongs shall have painted on them a number (corresponding with said boat's
number), and no more shall be demanded for the use of said tongs by whom-
soever used.

The said license shail last only one year and must be renewed by the first
day of April of each year and the like sum be paid at the time of each renewal.
19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 4.

Section 4. Taking Oysters from Plantation of Another, Larceny—Penalty—
Fines How Applied. If any person or persons shall take or carry away from
the plantation of another, so as aforesaid appropriated to his use, any oysters
being within the limits thereof, without the consent of the owners thereof,
he shall be deemed guilty of larceny and upon conviction thereof be punished
accordingly, and it shall be no objection to a prosecution for larceny in such
a case that the act was done openly.

In addition to the said punishment there shall be imposed a fine of one
hundred dollars, one-half to be given to the informer, and the other half to
the owner or owners aforesaid.

19 Del, Laws, Ch. 653, §

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Section 5. Violation of Section 2 a Misdemeanor, Penalty. Any person
violating the provisions of Section Two of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace of
Sussex County, shall be fined for each offense the sum of one hundred dollars
and shall forfeit all oysters planted by him or them, the vessel used by him
or them in the planting of said oysters, and all and everything in and belonging
to her; the one-half of said fine shall be paid to the informer and the other
half to the Collector of Oyster Revenue.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 6.

Section 6. Complaint Charging Violation—Duty of Justice of the Peace.
When an affidavit is filed before said justice, charging that a violation of
Section 2 of this Chapter has been committed by any one, and setting forth a
description of the boat or vessel used by him or them so charged, the said

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justice shall issue a warrant directed to any constable of said county, authoriz-
ing him to arrest the person or persous therein charged and also to seize and
hold said boat or vessel and all and everything in and belonging to her until the
final order of the justice of the peace in the premises.

19) Del. Laws; Ch. 653, § 7.

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Section 7. Offenders Committed—Seizure of Boat. Upon such conviction
the said justice of the peace shall have the power and authority to commit
any one so offending to the jail of Sussex County until said fine and costs are
paid, and also to issue an order to any constable of said county empowering and
directing him to seize and sell said boat or vessel used by such offender in the
planting of oysters in the waters aforesaid, or catching or carrying away the
same without the consent of the owner thereof, and all and everything in
and belonging to her, on ten days’ notice, posted in two of the most public
places in each of the hundreds of Cedar Creek, Broadkiln, Lewes and Rehoboth,
and that such sale shall convey to the purchaser or purchasers of said boat or
vessel and all and everything belonging to her a good and valid title thereto.

19 Del, Laws, Ch. 653, § 8.

Section 8. Proceeds of Sale of Boat How Applied—Appeal—Duty of
Attorney General. The proceeds of said sale so as aforesaid made by the
constable, after deducting costs which shall be retained by the said officer and
paid to the parties entitled, shall be paid over to the county treasurer of
Sussex County; provided that the parties defendant may appeal to the Court of
General Sessions within ten days from the time when the judgment was
rendered, upon giving bond to the State, with security to be approved by the
justice of the peace, in a sum double the amount of the fine imposed and the
value of the property seized by the constable, conditioned that if the said appeal
shall be prosecuted with effect then the same shall be void, otherwise to be in
full foree and effect. The proceedings shall be in the name of the State of
Delaware, and upon the docketing of the appeal in the Court of General Sessions
the Attorney General shall answer the appeal and conduct the case for the
State.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 9.

Section 9. Plantation Owners and Deputies may Arrest. The owner or
owners of the plantations prescribed and authorized within the limits set forth
in Section 2 of this Chapter, and all persons deputized by him or them as his
or their agents, shall have the right and are hereby clothed with full power
and authority to make arrests for any violation of any of the provisions of
Sections 1 to 79, inclusive, of this Chapter, as duly constituted officers of the
laws of Delaware, and their acts and doings as such shall be respected as legal
and valid.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 10,

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Seclion 10. Certain Oyster Plantations and Oysters Thereon Property of
Planters—Rental—Tonnage Fees—Forfeiture of Rights by Non=Payment of
Tax—Plantations and Boats Numbered—Vessels Dredging on Natural Beds,
How Designated. All oyster plantations not exceeding fifty acres occupied and
used by boats or vessels of over nine tons (custom-house measurement), and all
plantations not exceeding thirty acres occupied and used by boats of the tonnage
of nine tons (custom-house measurement) and under, prior to the ninth day
of April, A. D. 1898, made in the Delaware Bay, shall be deemed and taken to
be the possession of the respective planters, and oysters deposited or to be
deposited in such plantations and their increase shall be the private property
of the said planters; provided and upon the condition that the said planters
shall pay annually, by the first day of April, to the Collector of Oyster Revenue,
to be appointed as in Section 35 of this Chapter, the sum of twenty-five dollars
as rent for the ground so held by him or them and used by boats or vessels
over nine tons (custom-house measurement), and the sum of fifteen dollars as
rent for ground so held by him or them and used by boats or vessels of nine
tons or under (custom-house measurement), and the further sum of three
dollars and fifty cents per ton (custom-house measurement), for the boat or
vessel to be used in the business of working the said plantations. Failure to
pay such rent and license fee by the time above mentioned shall be a forfeiture
of all the rights hereby secured. The said plantation shall be designated by
stakes, as provided in the next section for new plantations, and the oysters
within them shall be protected as hereinafter provided. The different planta-
tions shall be treated as numbered in the order which said licenses to plant are
issued, and the boat or vessel used in the business of planting shall wear that
number, painted in black, at least eighteen inches long, in the middle of her
mainsail, one-third of the distance below the head thereof. Provided, however,
that where more parts than one, but not exceeding in the whole fifty acres
or thirty acres, as the case may be, are appropriated by one person, they shall
bear the same number, and that number only shall be necessary for designation
of the boat or vessel; and every plantation shall be designated as soon as
appropriated by the number of the license under which it is occupied, attached
in some proper form to each corner of the plantation, the figures to be not less
than ten inches in length, the expenses of which shall be borne by the planters;
and the boat or vessel used in the business for dredging for oysters only on
the natural beds of this State, under license authorized by this Chapter, shall
wear in the middle of her mainsail, one-third of the way from the head thereof,
a Roman letter, painted in black, eighteen inches long, to be designated in the
license and to be in orderly succession from the beginning of the alphabet.

An east line drawn from the end of the old Mahon’s Road running a due
east course to Blake’s Channel shall be an established line between the part
of the bottom which is set apart for planting purposes and the natural beds
in the Bay.

The captain of the watch boat, assisted by his crew, shall mark by stakes or
buoys, or both, the line by law prescribed as the northern limit of the plantation
ground in the Delaware Bay and which is drawn due East from Mahon River
Light House to Blake’s Channel, and replace the said stakes or buoys from

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time to time as the same may become destroyed. The cost of the necessary

stakes or buoys used for the marking of said line shall be paid by the Oyster
Revenue Collector as other expenses of the said watch-boat are paid.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, $11; 20 Del. Laws, Ch. 465, §4; 20 Del. Laws,

Ch. 466, §1; 22 Del. Laws, Ch. 149, §1; 23 Del. Laws, Ch. 130, § 2.

Section 11. Other Plantations—Within What Limits—How Marked—Oys-
ter Property—Planter Licenses—Fees—Privileges of Sections ro and 11 do
not Extend to Natural Oyster Beds. Any person or persons may appropriate
to his or their own use a part not exceeding fifty acres for boats or vessels to be
used by him or them of a larger tonnage than nine tons (custom-house meas-
urement), and a part not exceeding thirty acres for boats or vessels to be used
by him or them of nine tons and under (custom-house measurement) of the
bottom of Delaware Bay, south of Mahon River and west of Blake’s Channel,
embraced and lying between the two following parallel lines, to wit: one drawn
due east from Mahon River Light House and the other due east from a point
on the shore at ordinary high-water mark, three miles south of the middle of
the mouth of Murderkill Creek, saving and excepting, however, that part on
the bottom of the Delaware Bay lying between the two aforesaid parallel lines

and extending three hundred yards into the Bay from the ordinary low-water

mark, unless the same be then appropriated according to law, which part
shall be designated by him or them by stakes not more than fifty yards apart
to show at least two feet above the ordinary high water and not be obstructive of
navigation; it shall be the possession of the planter or planters, and the oysters
to be deposited therein and their increase shall be their private property. But
before any one shall avail himself of this privilege, he shall apply in writing
to the said Collector for a license for that purpose and pay to the said
Collector the sum of twenty-five dollars as the fee or price thereof for boats or
vessels to be used by him or them of a larger tonnage than nine tons (custom-
house measurement) and the sum of fifteen dollars as the fee or price thereof
for boats or vessels used by hin? or them of nine tons and under (custom-house
measurement) and also the sum of three dollars and fifty cents per ton (custom-
house measurement) for the boat or vessel to be employed in the business of
planting, if he be a resident of this State, and two dollars and fifty cents
per ton (custom-house measurement) if he be a non-resident of this State.
The said license shall last only to the first day of April following the date
thereof, and must be renewed by the first day of April of each year, and the
like suin be paid at the time of each renewal; provided that nothing in this
Chapter contained shall be construed to authorize the appropriation by any one
person of so many parts as shall exceed in the aggregate fifty acres for boats
or vessels over nine tons (custom-house measurement), and thirty acres for
boats or vessels of nine tons (custom-house measurement) or under. The priv-
ileges granted by this and the preceding section shall not embrace any portion of
the bottom of the bay which is a natural oyster bed and has been hitherto used
and worked as such, nor shall be extended beyond the mere right to plant
oysters and hold them as property.
19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, §12; 20 Del. Laws, Ch. 466, § 1.

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Section 12. Natural Oyster Beds to Be Dredged Only by Citizens—Right
How Obtained—Collector to Issue Certificate—License How Obtained, How
Forfeited, Fees For—Licensed Planters Not Required to Take Out License
to Dredge on Natural Beds—Certificate Necessary—Crew of Dredge Boat—
Dredge Bags Regulated. No person who is not at the time a bona fide resident
of this State, and shall have been such bona fide resident continuously for at
least six months, and the vessel used by him at least one-half part thereof be
bona fide owned by bona fide residents of this State and wholly manned by
bona fidc residents (all of which said bona fide residents shall have lived and
resided in this State as such bona fide residents continuously for at least six
months prior to the time of making application for the certificate hereinafter
mentioned) shall dredge for oysters, or otherwise take the same up from any
natural oyster beds of this State. But any bona fide resident of this State as
aforesaid, and using a boat or vessel, one-half of which at least is owned by
bona fide residents of this State as aforesaid, and wholly manned by bona fide
residents of this State as aforesaid, desiring to avail himself of the privilege
of dredging for oysters, or otherwise taking them up from any of the natural
oyster beds of this State, for planting or other purposes, shall first procure
from the collector as aforesaid a certificate under his hand, stating that he has
complied with the provisions of the law in that behalf; and in order to obtain
such certificate the owner, or one of the owners (if more than one) of any such
boat or vessel, shall file with the collector a written application, stating the
name of the boat or vessel, the hame of the owner or owners (if more than one),
and the place or places of residence (if living in a city the street and number
must be given) of such owner or owners, and the shares in which such owners
own the same, and the duration of residence in this State of the resident owners
of at least one-half of said boat or vessel, and shall verify such statement by
his oath or affirmation, which the said collector is hereby authorized to admin-
ister. The owner so applying shall file at the same time a written statement
of the crew and master of such boat or vessel, showing the names and places
of residence of each of the said crew and master of such boat or vessel, and
the duration of residence in this State of the captain or master of said boat or
vessel and of each of said crew (and the street and number of their residence
if in a city), which shall also be verified by the oath or affirmation of the
captain or master and each of the said crew respectively ; which the said collector
is also hereby authorized to administer. If it appears by such application or
statement that at least one-half part of the said boat or vessel is bona fide
owned by a bona fide resident or residents of this State as aforesaid, and is
wholly manned by a crew all of whom are bona fide residents of this State as
aforesaid, and have been such bona fide residents continuously for at least six
months prior to the time of making such statement, the said collector shall issue
and deliver to the master of such boat or vessel a certificate, unless the said
collector shall have good grounds to believe that the statements made by any
such owner or owners or any of the crew are untrue; and in such case the
said collector may refuse to issue such certificate until he shall have had a
reasonable time to inquire into the truth or falsity of said statement, and if
upon such inquiry the said collector shall be satisfied of the truth of such state-

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ment, he shall thereupon issue such certificate; but if he shall be satisfied, upon
due inquiry, that any of said statement is false, he may refuse to issue such
certificate.

The certificate may be according to the following form:

“This is to certify that the owner of the vessel called ..... ate
having fully complied with the provisions of law in that behalf, the said vessel
is allowed and permitted to be used and employed in dredging on any of the
naiural oyster beds within the waters of this State (excepting the portions
reserved by law for tonging purposes) during the period by law prescribed for
dredging; but the permission hereby conferred shall instantly cease and_ ter-
minate whenever less than one-half part of said vessel shall be bona fide
owned by bona fide residents of this State, or whenever said vessel shall not be
manned by a crew wholly composed of bona fide residents of this State.

Given under my hand, at......... mth S erences orere ere LAY) Ole: sec areas
AVEO EO ko.

Collector of Oyster Revenue.

Whenever such boat or vessel shall not be wholly manned by bona _ fide
residents of this State as aforesaid for at least six months, or at any time
less than one-half part thereof shall be bona fide owned by bona fide residents
of this State, as aforesaid, thereupon all privileges conferred by said certificate
shall immediately cease and terminate and the license hereinafter provided for
shall be forfeited and become null and void.

When such certificate shall be issued as aforesaid the captain or master of the
boat or vessel to be employed in the business of dredging upon any of the
natural oyster beds of this State, before exercising the privilege of dredging as
aforesaid, shall obtain from said collector a license. The fee for license to
dredge on natural beds shall be three dollars and fifty cents per ton (custom-
house measurement), for the boat or vessel to be employed in the business, to
be demanded by and paid to the aforesaid collector before the said license is
delivered, but such license shall not be taken to authorize the planting of
oysters nor of dredging for oysters on any of the natural oyster beds only from
the fifteenth day of April until the thirtieth day of June, inclusive, of the year
in which said certificate and license were issued. The said license and any
oyster license under this Chapter may be demanded at any time for inspection
by the Collector aforesaid or the person then in command of the watch boat,
and failure to produce it shall be evidence that it does not exist. Provided that
nothing contained in this section shall be so deemed or construed as to require
a regular licensed planter, who is a resident of this State as aforesaid, and
using a boat or vessel one-half of which is bona fide owned by bona fide
residents of this State as aforesaid and manned by a crew who are-all bona fide
residents of this State as aforesaid, to take out a license to dredge on the
natural oyster beds of this State, but such regular licensed resident planters
as aforesaid shall be required to obtain the certificate mentioned in this section,
and such certificate alone obtained shall confer upon such regular licensed
resident planter of this State the right to dredge upon the natural oyster beds

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of this State from the fifteenth day of April until the thirtieth day of June,
inclusive, only in the year in which said certificate is issued. Any person who
shall swear falsely in making any of the oaths or affirmations required by this
section shall be guilty of wilful perjury and shall be prosecuted and punished
accordingly.

Provided, however, that the provisions of this Section, with reference to
the manning of any boat or with reference to the residence of the crew thereof,
shall not apply to cooks or deck-hands on board any dredge boat.

No person or persons licensed or authorized, as aforesaid, shall dredge for
oysters on any of the natural oyster beds of the Delaware Bay with dredge
bags made of rings of a smaller size than one and one-half inches inside measure-
ment, nor with dredge bags that have been lined with screening, roping or any
other material that will reduce the size of the openings in the rings of said
dredge bags.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 138; 20 Del. Laws, Ch. 466, §1; 25 Del. Laws,
(lng WGPS Sally Py Bus Ze

Section 13. Owner’s Consent Necessary to Take Oysters from Plantation.
That no person or persons shall dredge for or otherwise take any oysters from
the plantation of another without the consent of the person or persons owning
said piantation.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 14.

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Section 14. Dredging on Natural Beds, License Necessary—in what Months,
not after Sunset, before Sunrise, or on Sunday—Planter may not Dredge
from Plantation in July or August—Oyster Boats may not Remain on Beds
After Sunset. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons whomsoever,
having no license to dredge for oysters on any of the natural oyster beds of
this State, or having no license to plant oysters, to dredge for any oysters from
any of the natural oyster beds of this State. And it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons having a license to dredge for oysters on any of the natural
beds of this State, or being a resident planter and having a license to plant
oysters and having the proper certificate as hereinbefore required, to dredge for
oysters from any of the natural oyster beds of this State at any time excepting
from the fifteenth day of April until the thirtieth day of June, inclusive, of
the year in which such certificate and license were issued; and it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person or persons whomsoever to dredge for or otherwise catch or
take up oysters either on their own plantations or on the natural oyster beds
of this State at any time after sunset and before sunrise, or on the Lord’s
Day, commonly called Sunday, and it shall be unlawful for any licensed planter
of oysters to dredge for or otherwise catch or take any oysters from his own
plantation during the months of July and August of any year.

It shall be unlawful for any boat or vessel used in virtue of any oyster
license to plant or dredge, to remain on or near the plantation or natural oyster
beds in the bay after sunset, and all oyster boats or vessels used in planting and
dredging for oysters under this Chapter shall not only be retired from their

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occupation or business at or before sunset, but shail be taken within the land
by that time if the wind and tide will allow, and no accident prevent.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 15: 25 Del. Laws, Ch. 182; § 5.

Section 15. Signal for Beginning or Retiring from Work—Signal Flag—
Failure to get Signal no Excuse for Remaining on Beds—Duty of Watch Boat.
A signal for commencing work by the boats or vessels licensed under this
Chapter, in the morning, and for retiring from work in the evening shall be
given from the watch boat; such signal for commencing work shall be the
hoisting of the flag of the watch boat in the morning at sunrise and keeping
the same displayed for one hour at least thereafter, and the signal for retiring
in the evening shall be the lowering of the said flag at sunset, which previously
to the lowering thereof at sunset, shall be displayed at least one hour. This
flag shall be of drilling of navy blue color, six feet by four in length, with a
diamond of white in the centre, having a diameter of two feet between the
points furtherest apart; it shall be displayed, as aforesaid, at least one hour at
her main topmast head in the morning during the working days, commencing
at sunrise, and shall also be displayed one hour as aforesaid before sunset,

The failure or neglect of the giving of the signals from the watch boat for
retiring shall be no excuse for any boat or vessel to remain on or near the
plantations or natural beds in the bay after sunset. The watch boat shall not
leave the planting grounds and natural oyster beds, but shall cruise up and
down the same if the wind will allow except when she is compelled by floating
ice, severe stress of weather, accident or want of repairs or supplies from
remaining in the bay.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 16.

Seclion 16. Viclations of Sections 12, 13 and 14 How Punished-—Jurisdic-
tion of Justice of the Peace. Any person or persons who shall violate any
of the provisions of Sections Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen of this Chapter
shall be fined the sum of one hundred dollars, and if more than one, each of
the said persons shall be fined one hundred dollars, which said fines, with the
costs of prosecution, shall be a lien upon the boat or vessel used by such
offenders from the time of the seizure thereof as hereafter in this Chapter
provided; and the proceedings for such violation shall be before any justice of
the peace of Kent County as provided in Section Highteen of this Chapter, and
the offender or offenders shall be imprisoned until said fines and costs are paid,
or until such boat or yessel shall be sold as hereafter in this Chapter provided.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 17.

Section 17. Certain Maneuvers of Vessel and Crew Conclusive Evidence
of Dredging—Working Boat with Dredges Overboard on Plantation of An-
other, Evidence of Dredging Without Owner’s Consent. When an oyster boat
or vessel is sailing over a plantation or oyster grounds with dredges overboard
and the men or crew, or part of them, at the winders on board of such boat or
vessel handling or working the dredges, it shall be conclusive evidence that the

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parties on board of such boat or vessel are dredging for oysters; and when a
boat or vessel is discovered on the plantation or ground of another, so working
his boat or vessel with dredges overboard, without the owner’s permission, it shall
be conclusive evidence that such person or persons are violating the provisions
of Section Thirteen of this Chapter,

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 18.

Section 18. Watch Boat, How Maintained, Manned and Employed—Log
Book—Crew of Oyster Boats shall Aid Watch Boat to Enforce Law—Duty of
Watch Boat Captain—May Seize Boat Violating Law—Hearing, Time of,
Postponement—Baii—Penalties—Fine—Seizure of Boat—Sale—Application of
Proceeds—Persons Discharged—Appeal, Security, How Tried, Limitation.
or the purposes of protecting the oyster beds in the Delaware Bay, and those
who plant oysters under this Chapter in the enjoyment of the privileges thereby
secured to them, the aforesaid Collector shall, with the monies paid under
the provisions of this Chapter, keep and maintain a suitable vessel as a watch
boat, not less than twenty-five tons (custom-house measurement) which shall be
of the best quality, well found in all respects, and able to keep watch in all
weathers. There shall be a crew of said boat consisting of four men, one of
whom shall be captain, one of whom shall be mate, and the other two of whom
shall be sailors. The captain shall have charge of said boat and the other
members of the crew shall be subject to his orders. In the absence for any
cause of said captain the mate shall have charge and the others shall be subject
to his orders. The Collector of the Oyster Revenue shall appoint the captain of
the watch boat and may for cause remove him from office, and the said captain
shall name and appoint the other members of the crew. The said captain shall
receive a salary of sixty-five dollars per month, the mate fifty dollars per month,
and the other two members of the crew forty dollars per month, they finding
their own board. The said salaries shall be paid by the State Treasurer at the
end of every month. The watch boat shall be employed at all times in the
protection of the natural oyster beds of this State and the plantations of the
several planters from depredation by trespassers, and shall cruise at all times,
when the weather will allow, over the oyster plantations and natural beds
from one end of them to the other, that no depredation upon any of them
may be unseen, and shall not go to harbor except when stress of weather or
when accident or some urgent necessity requires it. On board of this boat shall
be kept a log book, in which shall be entered the names of every person licensed
to plant or dredge for oysters, with the number of his license and the time
when the same was taken out, and also the name of each person constituting
the crew of the different boats or vessels used in dredging for oysters on the
natural beds; and upon the command of her captain or (if he be sick or absent),
upon the command of the person at the time in charge of her, any other boat or
boats, vessel or vessels, together with their crew, shall aid and assist the watch
boat and her crew as a posse comitatus in the enforcement of the several pro-
visions of this act, Such enforcement shall be the seizure of the boat or vessel
used in the violations of the provisions of this Chapter, and everything in and
belonging to her, including the master or captain as hereinbefore provided.

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And it shall be the duty of the captain of the said watch boat to keep a strict
and vigilant watch and to see that no violations are made of any of the pro-
visions of this act, and whenever, upon his own view, or upon reliable informa-
tion, he has good grounds to believe that any boat or vessel is being used in
violation of any of the provisions of this act, he shall forthwith seize such
boat or vessel and take her to Little Creek Landing and safely keep the same
until sold or discharged by due course of law, and to arrest all the crew,
including the captain or master, and take them before a justice of the peace
of Kent County, who shall have full jurisdiction over every violation of Sections
12, 15 and 14 of this Chapter.

In order to give the defendants an opportunity for a fair trial, it shall be the
duty of the said justice to fix a day for the hearing, which shall not be more
than five days from the time of the arrest, and may be earlier if the defendants
so desire.

If from any cause the justice shall be satisfied that the defendants cannot
be prepared for trial by the day fixed by him, he may postpone the hearing
to a day not exceeding five days from the day first fixed; the person or persons
so arrested shall be required to give bail for their appearance on the day fixed
for trial, in a sum to be fixed by the said justice, and in default thereof shall
be committed to hte jail of Kent County; upon proof to the satisfaction of the
justice that the defendants or any of them are guilty, the said justice shall im-
pose upon the defendant or defendants, severally so found guilty, a fine of one
hundred dollars for such violations, together with the costs of proceedings,
including costs of seizure and detaining the said boat or vessel, and the said
defendants so found guilty shall be imprisoned until said fines and costs be
paid, or until such boat or vessel shall be sold as hereinafter provided; said
fine and costs shall also be a lien upon said boat or vesel from the time of
her seizure, and the said boat or vessel, and everything in or belonging to her,
shall be detained until said fines and costs be paid; and in case said fines and
costs be not paid within fifteen days from the time the same were adjudged by
the said justice, then the said justice, or any other justice of the peace of
Kent County, shall issue an order to any constable of Kent County, commanding
the said constable to sell the said boat or vessel, and all and everything in
and belonging to her, to the highest bidder, at public sale, on ten days’ notice,
by advertisements posted in six of the most public places in Hast Dover and
Little Creek hundreds, and the proceeds, after deducting the fines and costs,
shall be paid to the owner or owners of such boat or vessel; but if said proceeds
shall not be sufficient to pay the whole of said fines and costs, the proceeds shall
be first applied to the costs, and the balance thereof to the fines, and thereupon
any persons who may have been imprisoned by reason of non-payment of said
fines and costs shall thereupon be discharged from imprisonment.

The parties defendant in the proceedings may appeal to the Court of General
Sessions, upon giving security by bond with surety before the justice of the
peace, to the State of Delaware, in a sum double the amount of the fine imposed,
to prosecute the said appeal with effect at the next term of the said Court.
The appeal shall be tried at said term by jury, unless the Court continue it,
and, upon certificate by the clerk that the appeal was not prosecuted in due

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time, or was decided against the appellant, the bond shall be forfeited and be
at once proceeded upon at the instance of the collector. The appeal shall be a
supersedeas ; but it shall not be granted after an expiration of fifteen days from
the time of the imposition of the fine.
19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 19, 39; 22 Del. Laws, Ch. 147, § 1; 25 Del. Laws,
Ch. 184, § 1.

Section 19. Duty of Justice Upon Complaint—Warrant to Captain of Watch
Boat—Procedure—Duty of Collector Upon Information of Violation—Seizure
of Boat—In Absence of Watch Boat Captain, Person in Charge to Act.
Upon complaint made by any person before any justice of the peace of Kent
County, supported by oath or affirmation, that any boat or vessel has been
used or is being used in violation of any of the provisions of Sections 12, 138
and 14 of this Chapter, it Shall be the duty of the said justice to issue a warrant
under his hand and seal, directed to the captain of the watch boat, commanding
him to seize such boat or vessel and to arrest all her crew, including the captain
or master, and the said captain of the watch boat shall forthwith proceed as
provided in Section 18 of this Chapter, and the proceeding before the justice of
the peace shall be the same as therein provided, with the right to appeal as
aforesaid. When the collector shall have knowledge or reliable information
that any boat or vessel has been used or is being used in violation of the pro-
visions of Sections 12, 18 and 14 of this Chapter, it shall be his duty forthwith
to order the captain of the said watch boat to seize such boat or vessel and
arrest all her crew, including her captain or master, and thereupon the said
captain of the watch boat shall proceed in the same way as is provided in the
aforesaid Section 1S of this Chapter, and the proceedings before the justice shall
be the same as therein provided, with a right of appeal as aforesaid. If the
captain of the watch boat shall be absent or incapable of acting in the premises,
the person at the time in charge of the said watch boat shall do and perform all
matters and things herein required of the captain of the watch boat.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 20.

Section 20. Names of Persons Charged, Duty of Justice—Form of Proceed=
ings for Seizure and Sale. Upon parties charged with violations of any of the
provisions of Sections 12, 18 and 14 of this Chapter being brought before the
justice, he shall inquire their names, and upon refusal to give them, he may
assign to them in his own proceedings any hames he may choose, which shall be
taken to be their true names, and they shall be further described as belonging
to the boat or vessel seized, which shall be named also.

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The proceedings may be according to the following form:

Proceedings for violation of Section......

THE STATE OF DELAWARE, of the Act entitled “An Act to repeal all
, statutes relating to planting, propagat-
VS, ing, dredging, tonging, or taking oysters

f from the natural beds or plantations in
A, B, C, D, E, F, belonging to the | the Delaware Bay and its tributaries,
NO aiGOTHIVESSElis ccs. cutiereers . and to re-enact the same or parts there-

of with amendments.

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defendant being brought forward and the said boat or vessel being in custody,
and the parties being ready for trial, and the testimony having been heard
and considered, it is hereby adjudged that the said A, B, C, D, E, F (or such of
them as were guilty), are guilty of violating, on the...
JASt me SeCHODn econ O0 Chapter... cures of the Revised Code aforesnid. '
the use of the said boat or vessel and the implements on her for that purpose,
and they are hereby ordered to pay each severally a fine of one hundred dollars,
and jointly to pay the costs of prosecution and the costs of seizing and detaining
said vessel, and are committed to the custody of the Sheriff of Kent County
until the said fines and costs be paid, or until the said boat or vessel be sold.
It is further ordered that if the said costs and fines be not paid in fifteen days
that the said boat or vessel and her implements as aforesaid and all her appur-
tenunces be sold by M. W., Constable, to the highest bidder, on ten days’ notice
by advertisements in six of the most public places in Hast Dover and Little
Creek hundreds.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 21.

Section 21. Force Used By Watch Boat Crew and Persons in Enforcement
of Law—Right to Plead Statute. In the performance of the duties enjoined by
this Chapter the crew of the watch boat and those aiding them voluntarily, or
upon requisition as aforesaid, may use any force necessary for that purpose, and
in any proceedings against them, either criminal or civil, they may plead this
Chapter in justification or give it in evidence under the general issue.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 22:

Section 22. Resistance to Crew of Watch Boat—Nature of Offense—Penal-
ties. If any person shall resist the crew of the watch boat and those who may
be acting in aid of them, or any of such persons in the enforcement of this
Chapter, he shall, if such resistance do not endanger life, be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction, by indictment, shall be fined one hundred dollars ;
if life be endangered, but not taken, he shall be deemed guilty of felony, and
upon conviction by indictment shall be fined five hundred dollars and imprisoned
one year; if life be taken by the resisting party he shall be guilty of murder
in the first degree.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 28; 28 Del. Laws, Ch. 218, §1.

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Section 23. Non=Residents— License to Plant Under Section 11—Fees—
Application. Any non-resident desiring to plant or continue to plant oysters
in the Delaware Bay, and prohibited under this act from dredging for oysters
on the natural oyster beds of this State, may obtain a license under Section 11
of this Chapter for planting oysters and taking up the same by paying the
usual fee for ground rent, as prescribed in this Chapter, and the further sum
of two dollars and fifty cents per ton (custom-house measurement), for the boat
or vessel to be used in the business of working the plantation, as is also pre-
scribed in said Section 11 of this Chapter; and the person taking a license
for himself under the provisions of this section shall take an oath, to be
administered by the collector, hereinafter provided for, before the license is
delivered, that he will not violate, or consent to the violation, or allow the boat
or vessel used by him in the prosecution of the business for which said license
is granted to be employed in the violation of this’ Chapter.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 24; 20 Del. Laws, Ch. 466, § 1.

Section 24. License to Plant and Dredge Allows Use of One Boat Only—
Name of Boat in License—No Right Except After License Issued and Paid
For. A license to plant under this Chapter and to dredge merely, shall be
taken to allow the use of one boat or vessel only in the business, and, in every
case of license granted, the applicant shall state the name of such vessel, and
the license shall have her name inserted therein. No right to plant or dredge
for oysters under any circumstances shall exist or be exercised until a license
in due form is issued and paid for,

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 25.

Seclion 25. Plantation to Be Restaked Before May 1st—On Failure, Plan=
tation to Revert to State. All persons having plantations, the stakes having
been carried off by ice or otherwise, shall be required to re-stake them in the
same manner as required by Section 11 of this Chapter, by the first day of
May in each and every year. <A failure to comply with this section within
three months after the first day of May shall forfeit all right or claim to such
plantation and it shall revert to the State, and it may be at any time there-
after stuked off as new ground in accordance with the provisions of this
Chapter.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 26.

Section 26: New Ground, Notice For—Notice to Other Adjacent Owners—
Objections—Hearing and Decision By Collector. Any person desiring to take
up new ground, shall notify the collector of the location that he has chosen,
and if it be within three hundred yards of the plantation of another or the
plantations of others, it shall be the duty of the collector to notify the owner
or owners of said plantations; and if such owner or owners or any of them
object, he or they must make their objections in writing to the said collector,
and it shall be the duty of the said collector to hear the objections, and if it
should appear that the persons so objecting had good reasonable grounds for

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such objections, and that their property would be thereby endangered, then
he shall refuse to allow the person so desiring to take up new ground to stake
up the ground so selected by him.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 27.

Section 27. No Boat Allowed to Work Except on Compliance With Law as
to Letter and Number—Penalty for Violation. No boat or vessel whatsoever
shall be allowed to work until her owner has complied with the law in regard
to wearing her number, of legal dimensions, upon her mainsail; and no boat or
vessel having a license to dredge for oysters on the natural oyster beds of this
State shall be allowed to do so until her owner or owners have complied with
the law in regard to wearing the letter in or on her mainsail as provided by
this Chapter; if any boat or vessel shall be used without having such number or
letter, as the case may be, she shall be seized by the captain of the watch boat
and detained by him until her owner or owners shall have complied with the
law in regard to such number or letter, as the case may be, and before she
shall be allowed again to work or dredge for oysters her owner or owners
shall pay the collector the costs and expenses of her seizure and detention.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 28.

Section 28. Dredge Regulation—Penalties for Violation. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any boat or vessel licensed to dredge on the natural oyster beds of this
State to use a dredge that has a tooth bar over forty inches in length between
the shoulders; any violation of the provisions of this section shall ipso facto
work a forfeiture of the license issued for the use of such boat or vessel, and
all right to work such boat or vessel under such license shall immediately cease ;
and another license shall not be granted for the said boat or vessel until the
expiration of the year for which the license so forfeited was issued.

19 Del. Waws, Ch. G53. §729:

Section 29. Name of Boat on Stern, in What Way—Penalities for Violation.
Every boat or vessel used or employed in planting or dredging for oysters under
the provisions of this Chapter shall have her name plainly painted on her
stern at the usual place, in white letters upon a black ground, or black letters
upon a white ground, so that the same may at all times be visible; any boat
or vessel used for planting or dredging for oysters under the provisions of this
Chapter, and not having her name plainly painted upon her stern as aforesaid,
shall be seized by the captain of the watch boat and detained by him until
her owner or owners shall have complied with the law in regard to her name
being plainly painted on her stern as aforesaid, and before she shall be allowed
again to work or dredge for oysters her owner or owners shall pay to the
collector the costs and expenses of her seizure and detention.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 50.

Section 30. Penalty if Captain of Watch Boat or Collector Refuse or Neg-
lect to Perform Their Duties. If the said captain of the watch boat, or the
collector provided for by this Chapter. shall refuSe or neglect to perform

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any of the duties required of them, respectively, under this Chapter, he shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by indictment
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars,
together with the costs of prosecution.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, $ 31.

Seclion 31. Captain and Crew of Watch Boat Paid Only for Time Em-=
ployed. Neither the captain of the watch boat nor any of her crew shall
receive any pay for the time not actually and actively spent in the discharge
of the duties required by this Chapter; but such time shall be deducted in the
computation of their wages.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 32.

Section 32. Appropriation for Certain Roads—Road Overseer to Be Ap=
pointed. The sum of four hundred dollars annually is hereby set apart and
appropriated out of the oyster fund to the Levy Court of Kent County; and the
said Levy Court is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate the whole of
said sum in improving that part of the road from Little Creek, Landing to
Mahon’s River which lies between the run and fast land, and also the road
leading from what is known as “The Smith Shop” in Mahon’s River to the
said road at a point near Indian Gut, and for that purpose shall appoint
annually, in the month of March, some skillful and judicious road overseer to
superintend and make such repairs, and said overseer shall be subject in all
respects to the general laws governing said road overseers.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 33.

Section 33. Watch Boat Furnished With Coal, Wood and Flag. The col-
lector is hereby authorized and required to furnish the watch boat with six
tons of coal and one cord of wood in each and every year; he shall also keep
the watch boat supplied with a proper flag as hereinbefore mentioned, and when
the said flag shall be lost or destroyed, or worn out, he shall supply the said
watch boat with a new flag in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
and the expense of such flag, wood and coal shall be paid out of any funds
he, the said collector, may have in hand belonging to the State.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 34.

Section 34. Justice of the Peace to Have Jurisdiction of Violatlons of Sec-
tions 13, 14 and 15—Proceedings in Name of State—Fees—Fines Paid to
Collector—Precedure on Constable’s Bond—May Employ Attorney. Any jus-
tice of the peace of this State, resident in Kent County, shall have jurisdiction
over every violation of the provisions of Sections 13, 14 and 15 of this act, and
the proceedings for every violation of the provisions of Sections 13, 14 and 15
of this act shall be before a justice of the peace resident of Kent County, with
right of appeal as aforesaid; and all proceedings against any offender or offen-
ders under this act shall be in the name of the State of Delaware.

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The fees to the justice, any officer rendering service under this act for
violations thereof, shall be the same as now provided by law for like or similar
cases; and any or all fines which may be imposed under the provisions of this
act and which may be collected and received by any constable of Kent County,
shall be forthwith paid by said constable to the collector, and the failure to
pay over such fine or fines to the collector within ten days after the same may
be received or collected by any constable shall be a’ breach of his official
obligation, and it shall be the duty of the collector forthwith to bring suit
on such official obligation of such constable so failing to pay such fine within
the time aforesaid; and for this purpose the said collector may employ any
attorney at law to prosecute such suit, and the expenses of such employment
shall be paid out of any funds he may have in hand belonging to the State.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 35.

Section 35. Collector of Oyster Revenue—Appointment—Residence—Term—
Salary—Removal—Vacancy—Bond—Liability. In order to carry into effect the
provisions of this act, there shall be an officer Known as Collector of the Oyster
Revenue, who sball be appointed by the Governor, shall hold said office for the
term of two years from the third Tuesday in February next following such
appointment, or until the successor in office is duly appointed and qualified.
and shall reside in Kent County; in case of a vacancy happening in said
office a person shall be appointed to fill said vacancy for the unexpired term;
the Governor may at any time within that term remove the Collector and
appoint another in his stead upon sufficient cause shown him therefor; before
the Collector shall enter upon the duties of his office he shall give bond with
surety to be approved by the Governor, in the penal sum of ten thousand
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
and he shall also be sworn cr affirmed that he will faithfully and impartially
perform the duties of his oflice. The official bond of the Collector shall be
recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Kent County, and the original (which shall
be filed in the office of the Secretary of State), or a copy thereof from the
Record, duly certified, shall be evidence. The official bond of every Collector
of the Oyster Revenue shall continue in force after the end of his term of
office, his removal therefrom, or after the occurring of any vacancy in said
office. And be and his sureties therein shall be liable thereon for any
breach by him of the duties of his said office. The said Collector of the
Oyster Revenue shall receive a salary of seven hundred dollars per annum, to
be paid by the State Treasurer as other salaries of State officers are now paid.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 36; 22 Del. Laws, Ch. 106, §1 & 2; 25 Del.
Laws, Ch. 1338, $1. For certain duties of the Collector of Oyster
Revenue and provision for appointment of policemen to enforce the
oyster laws, see Section 114 of this Chapter.

Section 36. Licenses, Preparation, Form. The Governor shall cause the
the necessary licenses under this Chapter to be prepared and supplied to the
Collector aforesaid, to be dispensed by him when called for under this Chapter ;

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they shail be in the usual form, except they shall be adapted to the nature of
the privilege granted.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 37.

Section 37. License Fees to be Paid Before Issuance—Penalties. The Col-
tector Shall issue no license nor permit any boat or vessel to dredge until the
price or fee for said licenses has been actually paid, and the collector violating
this provision shall not only be responsible for said license fee, but in addition
thereto forfeit a like sum to the State, which shall be sued for and collected
by action on his official bond as in other cases of a breach of a condition
thereof.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 38.

Section 38. Collector’s Accounts—Deposits—Cheques. The collector shall
keep a separate account in the Farmers’ Bank, at Dover, of all monies received
by him for licenses issued and fines imposed under this Chapter, and shall
deposit weekly all monies received therefor, and all disbursements which he is
or may be authorized by law to make shall be by cheques drawn on said
funds in his official capacity, which shall be indicated by the written or
printed word “Collector” immediately after his name. The cheques shall be
numbered consecutively from first to last during his continuance in office, shall
state briefly what they are for, and the bills for which they are given shall
have a corresponding number, and shall be filed in order in the office of the
cotlector, and shall be subject to the inspection of any citizen and taxpayer
who way wish to examine the same, and no disbursement shall be made in any
other way.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 40.

Section 39. Monies Paid to State Treasurer—When—Accompanying Ac-
counts Sworn To—Penalties for Fraudulent Statement of Account. That
the said Collector shall, in the month of June and the month of December
in each and every year, pay over to the State Treasurer all monies by him
collected after deducting the amount set apart and appropriated out of the
oyster funds to the Levy Court of Kent County and the expenditures provided
for by this Chapter. He shall at the same time make and deliver to said
State Treasurer an itemized account or statement of all monies received by
him from all sources under this Chapter, and the name of the person or
persons, and of the boat or vessel used by him or them, from whom he
received said money, and also paid out under this Chapter, and to whom, with
the proper vouchers for the same, under his oath thereo attached to the
said account or statement, in the following words, to wit:

STATE OF DELAWARE,
KENT COUNTY, Ss:
3e it remembered that on this........-: day of
personally came before me A. B., a notary public for the State of Delaware,
C. D., Collector of the Oyster Revenue, and being by me duly sworn (or

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aflirmed) upon the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, deposes and says that
the aforegoing is a just and true account of all the monies received and paid
over to him under and by virtue of the Laws of the State of Delaware in
relation to oysters, and the disbursements of the same, from the.......... day
Oi oa nic Dn or ocees el 0 Serene te SOC Cha «szeusieior CEI POlils sees emo oe Ace) yates acres: ;
and he further deposes and says that there is no item or matter charged in
said account and paid for by him except what is authorized by law.

C. D., Collector.
Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year aforesaid,

(Seal) A. B., Notary Public.

Wf the said collector, in rendering such account or statement to the said State
Treasurer, shall make any false or fraudulent statement of the amount received
by him, or shall, in drawing checks (the checks as prescribed to be drawn in
this section) for the payment of the expenses incurred and other bills author-
ized to be paid by law, specify therein a greater amount than was contracted
to be paid for the services or items for which any such check may be drawn,
or which shall not be the true amount which the person in whose favor any
such check may be drawn is entitled to receive, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by indictment shall be fined one hun-
dred dollars, one-half for the use of the informer and the residue for the use
of the State, and such conviction shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of his office.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 41; 22 Del. Laws, Ch. 106, § 3.

Section 40. Annual Publication of Collector’s Account. It shall be the duty
of the collector to have his annual statement or account published in two
hewspapers printed in the Town of Dover, in the month of April, in each and
every year.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 42.

Section 41. Monies Paid to State Treasurer, How Applied. The money
jaid over to the State Treasurer, directed under this Chapter, shall be kept
as a separate fund, and when the amount is sufficient, it shall be applied by
him to the purchase of a State bond or bonds, which said fund thenceforth
shall constitute part of a sinking fund for the payment of the public debt.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 43.

Section 42. Portion of Delaware Bay Reserved for Fishing and Domestic
Oyster Purposes. There shall be reserved for fishing, and for domestic oyster
purposes, the following described portion of the Delaware Bay in this State:

That portion lying between two parallel lines and running due east to the
middle of the ship channel, the first point to commence three miles south of the
middle of the mouth of Murderkill Creek and to run due east, and the second
point to commence in the middle of the mouth of Mispillion Creek and run a
iike due east course, and there shall not, within the herein described limits,
be any oysters planted in the land staked up for such purposes except as in

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this Chapter provided, and in case any such oysters should be planted within
these described limits they shall have no protection in law, and shall be for-
feited for the use of the public, and the section here described shall be reserved
for general fishing purposes.

19 Del, Laws, Ch. G53, § 44.

Seclion 43. Taking Oysters for Planting Purposes in Certain Rivers, Etc.—
Unlawful—Penalties. It shall be unlawful to take or catch by means of tongs,
or in any manner whatsoever, for the purpose of planting in Delaware Bay, or
for the purpose of selling for planting purposes in the Delaware Bay, any
oysters from Leipsic River, formerly called Leipsic Creek, Dona River, also
ecnlled Dona Creek, Mahon’s River, St. Jones Rives, Little Creek, Murderkill
River, Mispillion River, Broadkiln River and Sound. For the purposes of this
Section the fast land on either side of a creek or river shall be considered
to be and to form the mouth of such creek or river.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to catch any oysters what-
ever, al any season of the year, in Broadkiln River or Sound or in Mispillion
River, for the purpose of planting the said oysters in said rivers or sound or
in any other place. Any person or persons violating this paragraph shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less
than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars. Upon failure to pay the fine he
or they shall be committed to the County Jail for a term not less than twenty
days nor more than thirty days; the prosecutor to be paid one-half of the fine,
the other half to be paid to the Collector of Oyster Revenue for the use of the
State. The Justices of the Peace of Kent and Sussex Counties, as the case may
be, are clothed with jurisdiction to hear and determine all violations of this
paragraph, with power to enforce the same,

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, §53; 20 Del. Laws, Ch. 44, §1; 21 Del. Laws,
Ch. 87%, § 2; 22) Del) Waws, Chy 148552:

Section 44. Taking Oysters from Natural Oyster Beds, License for, Viola-
tion, Penalty—Taking Oysters from Broadkiln River, Etc., Regulated,
License, Violation, Penalty—Catching Oysters for Market in Broadkiln River
or Sound or Mispillion River—License—Violation Penalties. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to catch or take by any means (excepting by dredges, the
requirement for licenses for which are hereinbefore provided), any oysters
from any of the natural beds in the Delaware Bay or from any of the creeks
or rivers that are tributary thereto, unless he shall have paid to the Collector
of the Oyster Revenue the sum of five dollars for a license to take or cateh
oysters from the natural beds of the said bay and its tributaries, together with
the further sui of fifty cents to the Collector as a fee for issuing the same,
and has received from the said Collector a license therefor. Provided, however,
that persons catching or taking oysters for family use shall not be compelled
to take out a license therefor; and persons catching or taking oysters for
family use, shall not take or ecateh for such use more than five bushels in
any one day, Any person violating the provisions of this paragraph, upon
conviction before any Justice of the Peace in Kent or Sussex Counties. as the

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case may be, shall be fined for each offense an amount not more than fifty
dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, and in default of payment of the said
fine, together with the costs of the suit, the person so convicted shall be com-
mitted to the County Jail for a period of thirty days. One-half of the said
fine, when collected, shall be paid to the informant, and the other half paid
to the collector, as part of the oyster revenue of the State.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in any one day to take, eatch
or carry away in any boat, cart or wagon, or vehicle of any kind whatever,
from Broadkiln River or Sound or Leipsic River or Simons Creek more than
twelve bushels of oysters, nor from Mispillion River more than nine bushels
of oysters for market or home consumption, and any person or persons having in
his or their possession a quantity of oysters caught or taken from said rivers
or sound exceeding twelve bushels on any one day shall be presumed to have
caught them in one day and shall be deemed guilty of violating the provisions of
this paragraph. Each and every person shall be prepared to tell the quantity
of oysters that he has in his possession when called upon. Each and every
person who catches oysters for market shall pay a license of three dollars to
the Collector of Oyster Revenue, which license shall be good for one year only.
Any person or persons who shall violate this paragraph shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined twenty dollars and
costs, and shall forfeit his boat, cart or wagon. Such person or persons upon
failure to pay said fine shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than twenty
days nor more than thirty days in the County Jail. The boat, cart or wagon
shall be sold to the highest bidder, within ten days after the conviction of the
owner thereof, by the Constable of the Hundred in which the case is tried. The
prosecutor shall have one-half the fine, together with one-half of the proceeds
of the sale of the boat, cart or wagon, the other half to be paid to the Collector
of Oyster Revenue for the use of the State.

Any person or persons who come into Broadkiln River or Sound or Mispillion
Kiver and living in their boat, vessels or shanties on the said rivers or sound,
for the purpose of catching oysters for market, and making a business of it during
the oyster season, shall first pay a license of twenty dollars, and be compelled to
show their license to any one who ealls for it. Any person or persons who violate
this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
sball be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than forty dollars and costs.
Upon failure to pay the fine he or they shall be committed to the County Jail for
au term of not less than thirty nor more than forty days, the prosecutor to be
paid one-half of the fine, the other half to be paid to the Collector of Oyster
Revenue for the use of the State. The Justices of the Peace of Kent and Sussex
Counties are clothed with jurisdiction to hear and determine all violations of
this Act, with power to enforce them.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 54; 21 Del. Laws, Ch. 87, §§ 1 & 3; 22 Del. Laws,
Ch. 148, §§ 1 & 3; 26 Del. Laws, Ch. 157, § 1.

Section 45. Unlawful to Take More Than Twelve Bushels of Oysters in
One Day, and Not to Be Sold to Be Transported Through the Mouths of
Broadkiln River or Sound Into Delaware Bay. It shall be unlawful for any

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person to catch in one day, for the purpose of sale or otherwise, from any of the
aforesaid creeks and rivers, excepting Mispillion River, any quantity of oysters
exeeeding twelve bushels; in case of the sale or disposal of said quantity of
twelve bushels or any part thereof taken or caught from the waters of Broadkiln
River or Broadkiln Sound, it shall not be lawful to sell or dispose of the same
or any part thereof to be transported or carried away through the mouth of said
Broadkiln Sound into the Delaware Bay by any boat or vessel, whether for
planting or for consumption as food, or for any other purpose.

It shall he unlawful for any person to catch in one day for the purposes of sale
or otherwise, from the waters of the Mispillion River any quantity of oysters
exceeding nine bushels. This provision shall not apply to persons taking oysters
for family use, who shall be allowed to take five bushels as otherwtse provided by
law. Whoever shall violate the provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in the Court of General
Sessions, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, or imprisoned for
a term of ten days, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the Court.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, §55; 20 Del. Laws, Ch. 44, § 2; 26 Del. Laws,
Che tae Sak

Section 46. Unlawful to Take Oysters From Creeks or Rivers After Sunset
and Before Sunrise—Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or
catch, in any manner whatsoever, for any purpose whatsoever, any oysters from
any of the creeks or rivers of this State at any time after sunset and before
sunrise.

Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be liable to the
penalty provided for a like offense in Section 16 of this Chapter.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 56.

Section 47. Dredging for Oysters in Creeks and Rivers, Etc., and Use of
One-Handled Rakes Unlawful—Penalties—Use of Certain Dredges and Tongs
in Tributaries of Delaware Bay Unlawful—Penalty—Use of Power Boats
Unlawiul on Natural Beds—Penalty. It shall be unlawful to dredge for oysters
at any time of the year in any of the creeks and rivers tributary to the
Delaware Bay, or in Broadkiln Sound. It shall be unlawful to catch, gather,
rake or dredge for oysters in Broadkiln River and Sound by means or with
the use of one-handled rakes. Any person convicted before any Justice of
the Peace for violating the provisions of this paragraph in relation to dredg-
ing shall be fined not more than fifty nor less than twenty-five dollars; and
any one convicted of violating the provisions of this paragraph in relation to
raking shall in like manner be fined ten dollars for every such offense; in each
case one-half of the fine imposed to be paid to the informant and the other half
to the Collector.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to dredge for oysters with
dredges or tongs operated by maens of rope, line or chains in the tributaries
of the Delaware Bay. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this
paragraph shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction

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thereof shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars
and costs, and upon failure to pay such fine shall be committed to the County
Jail for a term of not less than thirty nor more than forty days. One-half
of said fine shall go to the prosecutor, the other half to the Collector of the
Oyster Ievenue for the use of the State.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use a boat propelled by
steam, gasoline, napthaline or any other motor power, for the purpose of taking
any oysters from the natural beds of the State; any person or persons violating
the provisions of this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than three hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars and be imprisoned for a term of not more than
three months, at the discretion of the Court.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 57; 21 Del. Laws, Ch. 87, §§ 4, 5; 23 Del. Laws,
Ch. 180, § 1; 22 Del. Laws, Ch. 148, §§ 4, 5.

Section 48. Taking Oysters in Certain Rivers and Creeks Unlawful—
Exception for Home Consumption—Transportation from Certain Rivers for
Planting or Consumption, Unlawful—Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any
erson to catch or take any oysters in the following named creeks or rivers,
to wit: Dona River or Dona Creek, Simon’s Creek. Mahon’s River, Leipsic
River and Little Creek, between the last day of June and the first day of
September ; provided, however, that the citizens of this State, between the days
specified, may take or catch for home consumption, from Dona River or Dona
Creek, Simon’s Creek, Mahon’s River, Leipsic River and Little Creek, a quantity
of oysters not exceeding five bushels in any one day.

It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take or catch any oysters
for any purpose whatsoever from Murderkill River, St. Jones River, Mispillion
River, the ‘mouth of the cut” in Mispillion River, or Broadkiln River or Sound
at any time between the first day of April and the first day of October in any
year. The “mouth of the cut” shall be considered all that portion of the Dela-
ware Bay extending from the mouth of said Mispillion River into said Bay
along the jetty, which has been recently built, to the other end of said jetty,
and running between parallel lines from the mouth of said river to said outer
end of the jetty. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or
dispose of any oysters to be transported or carried through the mouth of Murder-
kill River, St. Jones River, Mispillion River or Broadkiln River or Sound into
the Delaware Bay by boat, vessel or otherwise, whether the said oysters shall
be intended for planting or for consumption as food, or for any other purpose.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this paragraph shall,
upon complaint under the oath or affirmation of any person, be arrested and
forthwith brought before any Justice of the Peace in Kent or Sussex County, as
the case may be, and upon proof and conviction thereof the said person or
persons shall be fined a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than thirty
dollars, together with the costs of his or their arrest and trial; and upon failure
to pay said fine and costs he or they shall be committed by said Justice of the
Peace to the custody of the Sheriff of Kent or Sussex County, as the case may
be, until such fine and costs be paid. One-half of said fine shall be by the said

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Justice paid to the informer, the other half shall be by him paid to the
Collector of Oyster Revenue for the use of the State.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, §58; 20 Del. Laws, Ch. 464, §§ 1, 2 & 3; 21 Del.

Laws, Ch. 88, § 1; 22 Del. Laws; ‘Ch. 377, § 13 23 Del. Laws; (Ch:
183; $1, 2 & 3, and Ch. 134 §1, 2.& 33 26 Del! Laws, Ch. 156; § 1.

Section 49. License Number—Boat Number—License for One Boat, to One
Person, for One Year. Pach license issued by the Collector aforesaid for the
purpose aforesaid shall be numbered and contain the name of the person to
whom said license is issued, and the boat used for the purpose of catching or
tonging oysters for the purpose aforesaid shall have a number corresponding
with the number of said license issued to the owner of said boat painted in
plack upon the side of the said boat above the water line in figures at least
six inches long and one-half inch wide. The license so issued by the collector
shall authorize the use of one boat, and but one license shall be issued to one
and the same person. The said license shall last only one year and shall be
renewed annually, and the like sum, as provided in Section 44 of this Chapter,
must be paid at the time of each renewal,

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 59.

Section 50. Sale of Oysters from Certain Places to be Planted in Bay,
Uulawful—Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly,
by himself, agent, employee, or any person whomsoever, to sell, or in any man-
ner dispose of any oysters taken or caught from any of the creeks or rivers, or
within the limits named by Section 43 of this Chapter, to any person, his agent
or employee, for the purpose of planting the same in Delaware Bay. <Any
person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof, before any justice of the peace in Kent or Sussex Counties, as
the case may be, who are hereby clothed with jurisdiction to hear and determine
all violations of this section, and to impose fines and imprisonments, shall be
fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, and upon
failure to pay said fine and the costs imposed shall be imprisoned for a term
not less than three months nor more than six months, for each and every
offense,

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 61.

Section 51. Rough Culling in Tributaries of Delaware Bay—Size of Oys-
ters Taken—Penalties—Rough Culling on Natural Beds in Delaware Bay—
Penalty—Boats Shall Submit to Inspection of Guard Boat—Oyster Revenue
Collector to Enforce Provisions of Section. All oysters caught in any river,
creek or pond (excepting Simon’s Creek) tributary to the Delaware Bay, shall
be culled at the place where they are caught, and it shall be unlawful for any
person entitled under the provisions of this Chapter to take oysters from any
river, creek or pond aforesaid, to take therefrom oysters less than two and
one-half inches in length, and any person violating the provisions of this para-
graph shall, upon conviction before any justice of the peace of Kent or Sussex
Counties, as the case may be, be fined ten dollars for every such violation, one-

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half of said fine to be paid to the informant and the other half to be paid to
the collector, to be by him accounted for as a part of the oyster revenue of the
State. ;

All oysters, oyster shells and other material, dredged, tonged or in any manner
raised or taken from the natural oyster beds of the Delaware Bay within the
jurisdiction of the State of Delaware shall be culled as soon as the same are
emptied out of the dredges or tongs on the deck of the boat or vessel employed
for the purpose, and before the same are shoveled back from that portion of
the deck used for emptying the dredges; and all shells and other material, except
oysters, Shall be immediately thrown back upon the beds or ground from
which the same shall have been taken. All such oysters, oyster shells and
other material shall be culled as aforesaid so closely that ten bushels thereof
taken from any portion of a deck load of oysters, after the same shall have
been shoveled back from that part of the deck used for emptying the dredges
and tongs aforesaid, shall not contain more than twenty per centum of shells
and other material; if any person or persons shall neglect or refuse to cull as
in this paragraph provided, such oysters, oyster shells and other material, he or
they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in
the Court of General Sessions, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars, er imprisoned for a term not exceeding sixty days, or both, at the dis-
cretion of the Court,

When the master, commander, captain or person in charge of any boat, vessel
or other craft, licensed under the provisions of the laws of this State, is hailed
or signaled by the Oyster Revenue Collector, or the captain of the Guard Boat,
or any one of the crew thereof, and refuses to stop and permit the Oyster
Revenue Collector, or the captain or crew of the Guard Boat aforesaid, to board
said boat, vessel or other craft and examine the oysters, oyster shells and other
material on such boat, vessel or other craft as aforesaid, the said Oyster
Revenue Collector shall have power to revoke the license of the boat, vessel or
other craft so refusing as aforesaid.

It shall be the duty of the Oyster Revenue Collector to enforce the provisions
of this Section and he shall forthwith furnish the captain of the Guard Boat
with a bushel measure and a peck measure which shall be used for carrying
into effect said provisions.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 658, § 64; 26 Del. Laws, Ch. 160, §1, 2 & 3.

Scetion 52. Catching or Selling Certain Oysters Less than Two and One=
Half Inches in Length, Except for Planting, Unlawful—Penalty. It shall be
unlawful for any person to catch, by means of tongs or otherwise, on any of
the natural beds of the Delaware Bay, oysters less than two and one-half
inches in length, except for the purpose of planting; and it shall be unlawful
for any person to sell oysters caught or taken from the natural beds of the
Delaware Bay, less than two and one-half inches in length, for any other
purpose than planting. Any person violating either of the provisions of this
Section, upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace in the State,
shall be fined a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty, one-half of

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the said fine to be paid to the informant and the other half to be paid to the
eollector, to be by him accounted for in the manner hereinbefore provided.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 65.

Section 53. Citizens May Appropriate One Acre for Planting Oysters, to be
Staked—Penalty for Other Person to Take Oysters Therefrom—Limitations
as to Piace. <Any citizen of this State may appropriate to his own use a part,
not exceeding one acre, of the bottom of any of the streams or waters of this
State for planting oysters; and having marked the same by stakes or other
visible boundaries and planted oysters therein, it shall be unlawful for any other
person to catch or take the oysters therein growing under penalty of forfeiting
fifty dollars to the owner of such plantation. But no place shall be appropriated
where oysters are already growing, or so as to impede navigation; nor shall
more than forty feet square of Lewes River, opposite Lewes, be appropriated
by any person

19 Del, Laws, Ch. 653, § 66.

Sectiou 54. Violation of Oyster Laws a Misdemeanor—Penalty—Jurisdic-
tion—Procedure—A ppeal—Attorney-General to Appear for State. Any person
or persons who shall ,violate any of the provisions of this act, except as other-
wise provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof except as otherwise provided shall be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and upon failure to pay said fine shall be
imprisoned for a term of not less than three nor more than six months. The
Justices of the Peace of Kent and Sussex Counties, as the case may be, are
clothed with jurisdiction to hear and determine all violations of this act, and
the method and manner of procedure shall be the same as hereinbefore pre-
scribed in similar cases.

Any person convicted before a justice of the Peace for the violation of any
of the provisions of this Act shall have the right to appeal to the Court of
General Sessions for the County in which the conviction occurred; provided
that said appeal shall be taken in five days, and that security shall be taken to
be approved by the Justice in double the amount of the fines and costs imposed
by the said Justice, and upon such appeal being duly entered as in the case of
other appeals in like cases it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to
appear for the State and prosecute such case.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 60 & 62.

Section 55, Planting Oysters in Indian River or Rehoboth Bay by Non-
Citizens, Unlawful—Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not
a citizen of this State to lay out or plant oysters in any of the waters of
Indian River or Rehoboth Bay, and any one so offending shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace
of Sussex County shall be fined for each offense the sum of one hundred dollars,
and shall forfeit all oysters planted by him or them, the vessel used by him or
them in the planting of said oysters and all and everything in and belonging

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to her. The one-half of said fine shall be paid to the informer, and the other
half to the commissioner hereinafter appointed.
19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 67.

Section 56. Complaint, Warrant, Arrest and Seizure for Violations of Sec-
tion 55. When an affidavit is filed before said Justice, charging that a viola-
tion of this statute has been committed by any one, and setting forth a descrip-
tion of the boat or vessel used by him or them so charged, the said Justice
shall issue a warrant directed to any constable of said county authorizing him
to arrest the person or persons therein charged, and also to seize and hold sald
boat or vessel, and all and everything in and belonging to her, until the final
order of the Justice of the Peace in the premises,

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 68.

Section 57. Offenders Against Section 55 Committed to Jail—Order for
Seizure of Boat—Notice, Sale, Title. Upon such conviction the said Justice
ot the Peace shall have the power and authority to commit any one so offending
to the jail of Sussex County until said fine and all costs are paid, and also to
issue an order to any constable of said county empowering and directing him
to seize and sell said boat or vessel used by such offender in the planting of
oysters in the waters aforesaid, and all and everything in and belonging to her,
on ten days’ notice, posted in two of the most public places in each of the
hundreds of Indian River, Dagsboro and Baltimore; and such sale shall convey
to the purchaser or purchasers of said boat or vessel, and all and everything
in and belonging to her, a good and valid title thereto.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 69.

Section 58. Proceeds of Sale How Applied—Appeal—Bond—Attorney-Gen-
eral to Prosecute Appeal. The proceeds of said sale so as aforesaid made by
the constable, after deducting the costs, which shall be retained by the said
officer and paid to the parties entitled, shall be paid over to the commissioner
hereinafter appointed. Provided that the parties defendant may appeal to the
Court of General Sessions within ten days from the time when judgment was
rendered, upon giving bond to the State, with security to be approved by the
Justice of the Peace, in a sum double the amount of the fine imposed and the
value of the property seized by the constable, conditioned that if the said appeal
shall be prosecuted with effect then the same shall be void, otherwise to be in
full force and effect. The proceedings shall be in the name of the State of
Delaware, and upon the docketing of the appeal in the Court of General Ses-
sions, the Attorney-General shall answer to the appeal and conduct the case for
the State.

19 Del. Laws, Ch, 653, § 70.

Section 59. Citizens May Plant Twenty Acres in Indian River or Rehoboth
Bay—Fees—Plantations, How Marked—Oysters Property of Planter. It shall
be lawful for any citizen of the State to lay out or plant oysters in any o1 the
waters of Indian River or Rehoboth Bay, over an area not exceeding twenty

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acres, for which he shall pay to the commissioner hereinafter appointed, annually,
the sum of fifty cents for each acre as rent for the ground so held by him, the
first payment of the said tax to be made within one month after he shall stake
off the area aforesaid. The said area shall be marked or designated by stakes
aus provided in the next section of this Chapter, and the oysters deposited within
said stakes, and their increase, shall be the private property of the said planter,
and shall be protected as is hereinafter in this Chapter provided.

19 Del. Waws, Ch. 653, § 71.

Section 60. Citizens May Appropriate Twenty Acres in Indian River or
Rehoboth Bay for Oyster Planting—Oysters Property—Staking—Plot to be
Filed—Fifty Bushels to be Planted on Each Acre Within Six Months—
Forfeiture. Any citizen of the State may appropriate to his own use a_ part
not exceeding twenty acres of the bottom of Indian River or Rehoboth Bay
for planting oysters, which part he shall designate by corner stakes to show at
least two feet above the ordinary high-water mark and not to be obstructive of
navigation. It shall be the possession of the planter or planters, and the
oysters to be deposited therein and their increase shall be his or their private
property. Provided that any such citizen so intending to appropriate any such
part of the bottom of said Indian River or Rehoboth Bay shall, within thirty
days after he has so as aforesaid staked off the area which he intends to use
for planting oysters, file with the commissioner hereinafter appointed, a
sulficient plot and description of said area whereby the same may be known and
iocated, reference being made in plot and description to natural objects, or to
artificial boundaries erected or fixed on the shore or shores of said Indian River
or Rehoboth Bay; and provided he shall, within six months after he has so as
aforesaid staked off the area as aforesaid, plant therein fifty bushels of oysters
on each acre of his area and make affidavit that he has so deposited or
planted said quantity of oysters within said area; said affidavit to be appended
to the aforesaid plot or description and recorded therewith in the office afore-
said. If he shall fail to file a plot and description and affidavit, or deposit or
plant said quantity of oysters within the time aforesaid, he shall forfeit all
right, title and claim to the area aforesaid, and the same may be appropriated
for the purposes aforesaid by any other citizen of said State.

19 Del) Laws; Ch, G53. 5872:

Section 61. Nature of Privilege Granted—Liability for Debts—Levy—Sale—
Title. ‘The privilege granted by Sections 59 and 6O of this Chapter shall not
be construed to convey any other right than that to plant oysters or hold them
as property, which shall be liable for the debts of the person so as aforesaid
appropriating any of said area aforesaid, and any levy and sale under execution
process of the area of any defendant in such process shall convey to the pur-
chaser the same right to use the said area for oyster planting purposes that
the defendant had and owned and all the oysters thereon planted at the time
of said sale.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653,

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Section 62. Carrying Away Oysters of Another from Area so Appropriated,
Larceny. If any person or persons shall take and carry away from the area or
plantation of another, so as aforesaid appropriated to his use, any oysters
being within the limits thereof without the consent of the owner thereof, he
shall be deemed guilty of larceny, and upon conviction thereof be punished
accordingly, and it shall be no objection to a prosecution for larceny in such a
case that the act was done openly.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 6538, § 74.

Section 63. Territory, Charters and Rights of Certain Oyster Planting,
Etc., Companies Exempt from General Law. Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to give any one the right to plant oysters within the territory of
“The Frankford Oyster Planting Company,’ a corporation created by an Act
of the General Assembly of this State, passed at Dover, March 31, 1881, or of
“The Indian River and Rehoboth Bay Oyster Planting Company,” a corporation
created by an Act of the General Assembly of this State, passed at Dover,
March 23, 1875, and amended March 1, 1877, or in any way to alter, amend,
revoke or abridge any of the rights and privileges granted to the aforesaid com-
panies or any other companies duly incorporated by the Legislature and under
the laws of the State of Delaware.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to revoke, alter or amend the charters,
rights or privileges of any company heretofore incorporated by this State for
the purpose of planting, dredging or otherwise dealing in oysters.

19 Del. Laws, Ch. 653, § 75, 78.

Section 64. Commissioner of Oyster Planting in Indian River and Rehoboth
Bay to be Appointed—Duties—Term—Fees—Compensation—Payments to State
Treasurer. In order to carry into effect the provisions of this Chapter in relation
to Indian River and Reboboth Bay there shall be an officer known as Comumis-
sioner of Oyster Planting in Indian River and Rehoboth Bay, to be appointed
by the Governor. It shall be his duty to collect and receive from each person
who has appropriated any portion of the bottom of Indian River or Rehoboth
Bay, as is hereinbefore provided, each and every year, the sum of fifty cents
for each and every acre so as aforesaid appropriated for oyster planting pur-
poses; to keep a proper record, in which he shall record all the plots and
descriptions of the different areas appropriated under the said provisions of this
Chapter; said office shall continue for the term of two years; he shall receive
for recording each plot and description the sum of fifty cents, to be paid by the
party requesting the same to be recorded; he shall retain as compensation for
his services the one-half of the revenue paid him by those who take up or
appropriate certain areas for oyster planting purposes, and shall annually pay
over to the State Treasurer all other monies so as aforesaid received by him.

19) Del. Laws, Ch. 652; § 76.

Neclion 65. Oysters on Certain Flats of Delaware Bay Protected—Penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take oysters from any of
the flats or rocks along the shores of the Delaware Bay within the jurisdiction

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of Delaware, beginning at a point at the mouth of Lewes’ Ditch and extending
therefrom in a straight line to the mouth of Mispillion River, the same to be
used for planting purposes.

Any person violating the provisions of this Section, upon conviction in the
Court of General Sessions, shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both
fine and imprisoned, in the discretion of the Court.

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Section 66. Measure for Oysters Sold in Shell—Penalty. All oysters sold
in the shell by the bushel measure in this State, shall be measured in a circular
busbel tub with straight sides and straight solid bottom, and said tub shall have
the following dimensions, viz: Fifteen inches in diameter across the top from
inside to inside, and thirteen inches and three-quarters across the bottom from
inside to inside, and twenty inches diagonal from inside chime to top, Any
person or persons engaged in buying or selling oysters in this State and meas-
uring the same in any measure contrary to the provisions of this section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
ten dollars and costs. The person or persons upon failure to’ pay said fine
shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than twenty days nor more than
thirty days in the county jail. The proceeds to go one-half to the informer and
one-half to be paid over to the Collector of Oyster Revenue, for the use of the
State. Any Justice of the Peace in any county of this State shall have jurisdic-
tion to bear and determine all violations of this Section with the power to
enforce its provisions.

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Seclion 664. Official Chart of Oyster Grounds—Requirements for Perma-
nent Leases—Temporary Licence—Annual Survey—Marking Fees—Preserva-
tion of Monuments—Penalty for Destroying—Future Leasing Regulations—
Maintenance of Chart—Record of Leases—Power to Change Shape and
Locations of Bottom, When—Additional Taxes. The survey and chart made
under the direction of the commission created by Act of the General Assembly,
approved April fifth, 1909, which chart bears date the first day of July, 1910,
is hereby made the official chart of the survey of the Oyster Grounds of the
Delaware Bay, including bottoms occupied on the date last aforesaid; and all
new licenses issued by the Oyster Revenue Collector shall be issued and pre-
pared in accordance with said official chart.

No permanent lease for bottom within the boundaries described in Sect. 12, Ch.
653, Volume 19, Laws of Delaware, as the same has been or may hereafter
be amended, shall be granted, nor shall a license be issued, unless the boundaries
of the same are laid out and established and clearly marked on the official
chart. When application is made for a license, however, the Oyster Revenue
Collector shall issue a temporary license which shall give the licensee the same
rights as a permanent license; said temporary license shall be good only until
a survey of said leased bottom can be made as hereinafter provided. Such

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temporary license shall be based upon approximate location of new bottom as
marked out on the official chart.

For the purpose of keeping the official chart up to date, the Oyster Revenue
Collector shall, in the months of June, July and August, of the year 1911,
cause a survey to be made of all portions of the bottom leased since July the
first, 1930, and shall cause the location of the same to be marked on the official
chart, together with the date of such revision of the official chart: a like
survey of all new portions of the bottom leased since the day of the revision
of the official chart shall be made in the months of June, July or August of
each and every year, and a like revision shall be made in the official chart.

The Oyster Revenue Collector shall charge in addition to the fees now pro-
vided by law, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents for each corner necessarily
made in marking out the plot of new portions of the bottom desired to be
leased, and the sum so charged by him shall be used in paying the expenses of
the surveys provided for in the preceding paragraph.

The Oyster Revenue Collector, for the purpose of assisting the making of any
additional surveys, shall keep and maintain the survey monuments, signal
towers, etc., established in the survey of 1910, above referred to, and any per-
son who shall wilfully injure or destroy any of such monuments or towers or
other property used for the purpose aforesaid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment within the discretion of the
Court.

No future lease, or modification of any existing lease resulting from the
survey of 1910, shall be granted for oyster bottoms, the boundaries of which

are so placed that the adjacent “turn rows” will be greater than twenty yards,
if the adjacent vacant space remaining for licensing be less than two hundred
and fifty yards.

The Oyster Revenue Collector shall keep and maintain the official chart and
shall permit the same to be examined and copied by any person upon request.
He shall also keep a book in which shall be recorded the leases made by him.

If a person holding a license which is about to expire desires the bottom
occupied by him licensed to another person, the Oyster Revenue Collector may
compel that the shape and location of such bottom be changed, as far as may
be practicable, to comply with paragraph six of this Section. Any license granted
may be transferred by the licensee to any other person, provided the same
shall not become effective until approved by the Oyster Revenue Collector ;
and provided further that the said Oyster Revenue Collector shall have the
same authority to compel a change in the shape and location of the bottom as
in this paragraph provided.

In addition to the rental for Oyster Bottoms and for tonnage tax now pro-
vided for under existing law, on and after the first day of April next there
shall be an additional annual tax of one dollar for each and every corner
more than four in number of plots of bottom licensed as aforesaid for any one
oyster plantation held by one lessee, which said sum shall be paid to the
Oyster Revenue Collector; provided that two or more plantations held by one
lessee, which are not separated at their nearest point by the distance of two

48 LAWS RELATING TO OYSTERS.

hundred and fifty yards shall be considered as one lot in fixing the tax on
corners.

26 Del. Laws, Ch. 154, §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9.

Section 67. Terrapin Eggs Protected—Penalty. No person shall take or
destroy any terrapin eggs found, or collected, on or near the shore of any bay,
river or stream in this State, where the water is salt, or upon any salt marsh,
or beach, under penalty of forfeiting ten dollars; and any one having possession
of such eggs, shall be deemed to have taken them there, unless he proves the
contrary.

Code 1852, § 969; 12 Del. Laws, Ch. 329, §9; 14 Del. Laws, Ch. 422, § 9.

Section 68. Terrapin in Indian River and Rehoboth Bay—Size Lawful to
be Taken, Bought, Sold, &c.—Penalty—Unlawful to Use Dredges—Penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, carry away, use, sell,
or in anywise dispose of or buy or receive, any terrapin or terrapins taken or
caught in or along Indian River and Rehoboth Bay or waters adjacent thereto,
of less size than six inches on the lower or under shell, measuring lengthwise;
but it is and shall be the duty of all and every such person or persons so
catching or taking any such terrapin or terrapins of less size than six inches
on the lower or under shell, measuring as aforesaid, to put into or return back
to said waters any such terrapin or terrapins so caught or taken; and any per-
son or persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit and
pay for each und every offense fifteen dollars, one-half for the use of the State
and one-half to the person who may sue for the same, to be recovered with
cost of suit as other debts of like amount are recoverable before any Justice
of the Peace in Sussex County.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use any dredge or dredges
for the purpose of catching or taking any terrapin or terrapins in said Indian
River or Rehoboth Bay, or waters adjacent thereto; any person or persons
violating this section shall forfeit and pay twenty dollars for each and every
offense, one-half for the use of the State and one-half to any person who
may sue for the same, to be recovered with cost of suit as debts of like amount
are recoverable before any justice of the peace in Sussex County.

18 Del. Laws, Ch. 435, §1 & 2; 14 Del. Laws, Ch. 420, § 1.

Section 69. Undersized Diamond Back Terrapin Unlawful to Catch or Have
in Possession Between March rt and August 1 in Sussex County. It shall
not be lawful for any person or persons in Sussex County to catch or take or
have in his, her or their possession any diamond back terrapin, which shall
measure less than four lineal inches in the middle of its under shell, nor shall
it be lawful for any person or persons in Sussex County to have in his, her or
their possession any diamond back terrapin at any time between the first day
of Mareh and the first day of August in any year. And any person or persons
who shall ecateh, take or have in his, her or their possession any diamond back
terrapin which shall measure less than four lineal inches in the middle of its

LAWS RELATING TO OYSTERS. 49)

under shell or shall have in his, her or their possession any diamond back terra-
pin between the first day of March and the first day of August in any year, or
who having caught or taken any diamond back terrapin in any seine, net, fyke,
weir or fish pound or by means of any other device or in any other
way between the first day of March and the first day of August in any
year, and shall not have returned at once such terrapin so taken to the
waters from which said terrapin were taken, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace in the State of
Delaware shall be fined not more than five dollars, and for each and every tetra-
pin so taken or had in possession shall be fined not more than five dollars.

24 Del. Laws, Ch. 151, § 1.

Section 70. Snappers, Unlawful to Catch or Have in Possession Between
March 1 and July 1 in Sussex County. It shall not be lawful for any person
or persons in Sussex County to take by any means or device or manner or have
in his, her or their possession at any time between the first day of March and
the first day of July in any year any turtle commonly known as snappers, and
any person or persons who shall catch or take or have in his, her or their posses-
sion any such turtle between the said first day of March and the first day of
July in any year shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before any Justice of the Peace in Sussex County shall be fined not more than
five dollars, and for each and every turtle so taken or had in possession shall be
fined not more than five dollars.

24 Del. Laws, Ch. 151, § 2.

Section 71. Diamond Terrapin, Taking between October 1 and July 1,
Prohibited—Heifer, Unlawful to Catch or Keep Under 4% Inches Long—
Penalty--Private Ponds Exempt. It shall be unlawful for any person or per-
sons to cateh or take, by any means whatsoever in this State, any diamond back
terrapin from the first day of October until the first day of the following July,
in each and every year.

Tt shall be unlawful for any person or persons to catch or keep any heifer
diamond back terrapin which measures less than four and one-half inches length-
wise on the bottom shell.

Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeauor and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of
not less than Five Dollars and not more than Ten Dollars for each terrapin so
eaught or taken, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons securing
the arrest and conviction, and in default of the payment of such fine together
with costs, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten days.

Nothing herein contained shall prevent any person raising terrapin in a private
pond.

25 Del. Laws, Ch. 128, §§ 1, 2, 3 & 4.

Section 72. Clams Protected—Penalty. It shall be unlawful to catch or take
any clam or clams measuring less than two inches from hinge to mouth.

50 LAWS RELATING TO OYSTERS.

Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction shall forfeit and pay a fine of Ten Dollars for
each offense, and in default of the payment of said fine shall be imprisoned for
a period not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of the Court.

25 Del. Laws, Ch. 130, §§ 1 & 2.

Section 73. Lobsters Protected—Penalty. No person shall take or catch or
have in his possession for sale after the same shall have been taken or caught any
lobster weighing less than one pound, and it shall be the duty of any person
who shall inadvertently take or catch any lobster of less weight than one pound
to immediately return the same to the water.

Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding Ten Dollars for every
lobster taken or caught or found in his possession for sale as aforesaid, and in
default of the payment of said fine, together with costs, may be imprisoned for
a term not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of the Court.

25 Del. Laws, Ch. 129, §§ 1 & 2.

REPORT OF SURVEY OF LEASED OYSTER BOTTOMS.

By Cuaritres YArEss,
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Consulting Engineer of Commission.

INTRODUCTION.
EXPLANATION.

In view of the unusual character of the co-operation of the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey with the Delaware Oyster Survey Commis-
sion in making the survey of the leased oyster bottoms of Delaware, it
seems advisable to add certain details of explanation not contained in
the “Report of Commission” in the first part of this publication,

In the spring of 1909 while looking about for a solution of the
problem of how the survey of the leased oyster bottoms of Delaware
was to be made, a member* of the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission
was referred to the representative of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey on the work of the “Maryland Oyster Survey.”

This brought about considerable correspondence and several personal
interviews between various officials of the Government and representa-
tives of Delaware which finally resulted on October 16, 1909, in a letter
from Hon. Simeon S. Pennewill, Governor of Delaware and Chairman
of the Delaware Oyster Commission, to the Hon, Charles Nagel, Secre-
tary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, asking for the co-opera-
tion of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey on the work of the
“Delaware Oyster Survey.” This letter after a preliminary explanation
of its object stated in part :—

“ok & & it is asked that you grant authority to the Superintend-
ent of the Coast and Goedetic Survey to designate an officer of his
Service as ‘Consulting Engineer’ to supervise the proposed survey,
and to employ such experts * * * of the Survey * * * from time
to time * * * as they can be spared without detriment to their

regular work.

*Representative Waller Donoho.

4 REPORT OF SURVEY.

“The officer designated for this work and his assistants to be
supplied with the necessary instruments * * * and granted ‘furlough
without pay’ for such limited periods as they may be voluntarily
employed on the Delaware Oyster Survey, with the understanding
that their compensation shall be such as mutually arranged and
provided for by the State of Delaware.

“oe * % if is understood that the triangulation and other work
to be done in connection with the proposed operations will be an
addition to the survey data of the Government which can be used
in the future chart making surveys of the Coast and Goedetic Sur-
vey, and in any harbor or channel improvement surveys that may
be made under the direction of the U. S. Engineers in the locality
covered by the triangulation,

“It is not apparent how the proposed (oyster) survey can be made
with the desired permanency and accuracy * * * without the co-oper-
ation of the Coast and Goedetic Survey in some form. It is under-
stood that this has been proven to be the case in other oyster sur-
veys of other states, and it is hoped that you will give this request
your favorable consideration.”

Prompt action was taken by the Department in reply to the above
communication, and a few days later the following letters were written
which designated the officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who was
to act as “Consulting Engineer of the Delaware Oyster Commission”
and which constituted his sole “orders” for that work :-—

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,

WASHINGTON, October 21, 1909.
SIR:

IT enclose a letter from the Governor of Delaware and Chairman of the Dela-
ware Oyster Survey Commission of October 16th, requesting a survey under
Coast and Geodetic Survey supervision, of certain oyster grounds in the State of
Delaware.

You will please direct an officer with suitable qualifications to put himself in
communication with Governor Simeon 8. Pennewill, Chairman of the Delaware
Oyster Survey Commission, at as early a date as practicable to take up the work,
which, however, must be without expense to the National Government.

REPORT OF SURVEY. 53

I will authorize the detail for short periods of such officers and employees as
are necessary for the prosecution of the work, provided they can pe spared
without detriment to the Service; and you are authorized to issue for use in the
work such instruments, forms, ete., as may be necessary and can be spared with-
out inconvenience to the Service.

Respectfully,
OrmMsBy McHare,
Acting Secretary.
70
The Superintendent
Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Washington, D. C.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR,
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.
WASHINGTON, October 22, 1909.
SIR:

In conformity with the request of the Governor of the State of Delaware and
as directed by the Honorable Secertary of Commerce and Labor, you will place
yourself in communication with Governor Simeon S. Pennewill, Chairman of the
Delaware Oyster Survey Commission, at as early date as practicable and arrange
fo supervise the proposed survey of the oyster beds of the State of Delaware.

The survey is to be conducted without expense to the Nationa Government,
aud you will apply for leave without pay for yourself and others who may be
employed on the field work during such periods as are necessary und can be
arranged for without interfering with other duties.

All the expense of this work will be defrayed by the State interested. and you
will please render all accounts in the manner customary in this Service and
through the Disbursing Agent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Respectfully,
FK. W. PERKINS,
Acting Superintendent.
TO
Mirren iC. Yates,
Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Custom House, Baltimore, Md.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK.

It being desirable to confine a publication of this sort to matters of
public interest as far as is compatible with its use as a record and a
document of reference in connection with future work of similiar char-
acter, an attempt has been made to obtain this end in this particular

54. REPORT OF SURVEY.

case by a series of a summary statements accompanied by references to
sources of information available to any one who may require the omitted
details.

The Object of the Survey was to obtain exact information as to the
location and extent of the leased oyster bottoms of Delaware in order
to insure the collection of the correct amount of revenue derived from
this source, and to provide for the survey and rental of the unoceupied
bottoms suitable for oyster culture (see teat of original Act on page 5
of this publication).

The Results of the Survey entirely fulfilled its object as stated in
the preceding paragraph; first, by publication of the “Chart of Leased
Oyster Bottoms” (see folded chart at end of this publication) ; second,
by technical engineering descriptions of the boundaries of the leased
oyster bottoms (see pages 69 to 108 of this publication) ; third, by nearly
doubling the revenue received from the leased oyster bottoms (see
Auditors statement on page 10 of this publication) ; fourth, by the
recommendation of amendments to the oyster laws of the State of
Delaware providing for the future method of controlling and leasing
oyster bottoms (see teat of amendments on pages 8 and 9 of this pub-
lication).

The Surveys of New Leased Oyster Bottoms of 1911 and 1912 pro-
vided for by the amendments to the oyster laws mentioned in the preced-
ing paragraph were under the indirect supervision of the Consulting
Engineer but results of this work are not covered by the “Chart of
Leased Oyster Bottoms” or the “Description of the Boundaries of

> of this publication.

Leased Oyster Bottoms’

Complete duplicate drawings showing the results of these two surveys
were made by Mr. Tempelton Van de Bogert, the hydrographic engineer
who had immediate charge of this work, and one of these has been filed
in the Library of the State of Delaware in the State House at Dover,
and the other in the archives of the Coast and Geodetic Survey at
Washington.

The technical engineering description of the boundaries of the new
leased oyster bottoms included in these surveys has been prepared by
Mr. Van de Bogert in similiar form to those given in this publication
and filed in the Library of the State of Delaware.

REPORT OF SURVEY. 55

The Chronology of the Survey covers the years 1909 to 1912, and
complete details of the history of this work including full notes of all
meetings of the Commission attended by the Consulting Engineer, are
contained in the annual reports of the Consulting Engineer for years
ending July Ist, 1911, 1912 and 1913, on file in the office of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey at Washington.

The active field work of the original survey began November 29,
1909, but was discontinued on account of the weather on January 10,
1910. It was resumed again on May 18, 1910, and finally closed
October 19, 1910.

July 1st, 1910, was adopted as the official date for fixing the status
of the leased oyster bottoms to be shown on the “Chart of Leased Oyster
sottoms” (see Section 1 of the amendments to oyster laws on page
of this publication).

The field work of the surveys of the oyster bottoms leased subsequent
to July 1, 1910, was carried on during the summer months of 1911
and 1912.

The office work connected with the survey, including the preparation

> and the com-

of the drawing for the “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms,’
pilation of the data required for the “Description of the Boundaries of
the Leased Oyster Bottoms” has been irregularly scattered through the
entire period from the beginning of the survey to the date of this pub-

lication.

The Organization of the Survey was somewhat complicated by the
conditions which made it necessary to carry on the work at such times
as would not be detrimental to the regular work of the government
under the charge of the Consulting Engineer. Changes in personnel
were frequent, and all told there were about a dozen different technical
experts in engineering and drafting employed on the work. This sub-
ject is fully covered by the previously mentioned annual reports of the
Consulting Engineer on file in the office of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey at Washington, and partly covered by the statements made
under the heading of “Appreciation” (see page 56 of this publication),
and by the “Notes” on the face of the “Chart of Leased Oyster Bot-
toms” (see folded chart at end of this publication).

The Methods Employed on the Survey, briefly stated, were: first,
the establishment of a framework of triangulation based on the standard
datum of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; second, the construc-
tion of a large scale chart with a projection based on the triangulation ;

56 REPORT OF SURVEY.

third, the marking of the boundary corners of the leased oyster bottoms
by stakes and tags; fourth, the location of the boundary corners by
sextant angles and the plotting of their positions on the chart by hydro-
graphic methods; fifth, the graphic determination of the latitudes and
longitudes defining the positions of the boundary corners required for
their technical description; stath, the preparation of the drawings
and seventh, the necessary computations and other work leading to the
preparation of the technical data contained in this publication. (for
additional description of methods see text of this publication under
heading of “Triangulation” on page 59, and under heading of ~ Boun-
daries of Leased Oyster Bottoms” on page 69.)

The Cost of the Survey was entirely borne by the State of Delaware
all accounts of the Consulting Engi-
neer were rendered in the manner customary in the Coast and Geodetic
Survey and through the Disbursing Agent of that Service. These

but in conformity with his orders,

accounts were made in duplicate, the originals being forwarded to the
Governor of Delaware, and the duplicates retained in the office of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey.

The estimates of cost of the Survey submitted to the Commission on
February 8, 1910 (see pages 34 and 35 of the annual report of the
Consulting Engineer to the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey for the year ending June 30, 1911), amounted to $4,500, and
the total expenditures including those of the preparation and publica-
tion of the “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms” and of this document will
not exceed that sum.

APPRECIATION.

The following statement is quoted from a report to the Superin-
tendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey made by the Consulting
Engineer. It was not written with the thought that it would be pub-
lished, as is evident from its personal tone.

“ * * = the Delaware Oyster Survey as a whole has been a much
more complicated and difficult undertaking than originally esti-
mated, and it has occupied much more of my time and energy as a
government official than would have been warranted if the difficulties

of the survey could have been foreseen.

“Although these difficulties were chiefly due to weather and the
abandoning of the work by the engineer trained to do it, and could
uot have been anticipated, my obligation to complete the work in

REPORT OF SURVEY.

accordance with my original plans submitted to the Delaware Oyster
Survey Commission was not removed.

“Under these conditions, it was to be expected that I should devote
much extra time to the Delaware Oyster Survey, including some
holidays and Sundays, but this is not the case of others who were
connected with this work whom I shall mention below :

“To Dr. H. EF. Moore of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries I owe
many thanks, not only for his successful efforts to economize on
his part of the work so as to leave my funds as large as possible,
but also for obtaining for me the services of the new engineer
who was to carry on the work. Dr. Moore has displayed time and
again the true spirit of co-operation in the work of his Bureau as
it comes in contact with the work of the Coast and Goedetie Survey,
and I take pleasure in expressing my appreciation of this fact.

“To Miss A. Louise McCrone, the Coast and Goedetic Survey
stenographer on the work of the Maryland Oyster Survey, who most
cheerfuliy and with exceptional efficiency did a greater part of the
work of preparing letters to ali the lessees of oyster grounds in
Delaware, the making of sketches of the lots to show the lot holders
how their corners were to be staked and marked, the preparation
of hundreds of tags to be secured to the stakes, ete., etc. All of
which work was done voluntarily and at such times in office hours or
over time as could be spared without detriment to her regular duties.
In the latter part of the work Miss McCrone also rendered very
valuable services in connection with the accurate plotting of the
poundaries of the leased oyster plantations, which work was done
with remarkable efficiency after very little training.

“To Mr. Frank W. Seth, Surveyiman in the Coast and Goedetic
Survey, engaged on work of the Maryland Oyster Survey, for much
viluable and generous assistance in the triangulation computations
and in compilation of data required for the Delaware Oyster Revenue
Collector. This work was done voluntarily and without cost to
either the government or the State of Delaware. Such public spirited
and kindly actions are characteristics of Mr, Seth.

“To Messrs. Hildreth, Torrey and Moore of the Office of the
Coast and Goedetic Survey at Washington, for very zealous and
efficient services in preparing the ‘Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms’
for publication. The special interest taken by these gentlemen in the
preparation of this chart and the excellent results they obtained

is greatly appreciated..

“To Mr. Van De Bogert, who came to the work through the
courtesy of Dr. Moore, for most excellent services in taking up the

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field work of Mr. Borst and carrying it to a successful finish. Mr.
Van De Bogert was not an experienced hydrographic engineer when
he commenced the work, but I feel now I can safely say that he is
one. Mr. Van De Bogert’s work on the survey of new leased oyster
bottoms in 1911 and 1912 was well done, and I believe the State
of Delaware was fortunate in securing his services for those sur-
veys.

“T also desire to express my appreciation of the many courtesies
extended to me by Governor Pennewill, and the other members
of the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission, Senator Connor, Senator
Sheldrake, Representative Donoho and Representative Ainscow.

“To Mr. J. Burton Wharton, Delaware Oyster Revenue Collector,
who assisted the work of the survey in every way practicable.

“To ex-Judge Daniel C. Hastings for his very courteous attention
to my ideas as to the needs of the State of Delaware in the way of
amendments to her oyster laws, and especially for his clear com-
prehension of the subject as demonstrated by the efficient way in
which he brought about their enactment.

“And to many others, whom I met in Delaware in connection with
my work, who as employees rendered good seryice on the survey,
or who as citizens voluntarily ftirnished important information and
other assistance.”

TRIANGULATION.

EXPLANATION.

The triangulation operations carried on in connection with the work
of the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission had for their object the
establishment of a surveying foundation suitable for the three more
or less independent surveys classified as follows:

1. Survey of private oyster plantations involving the hydrographic
location and technical geographic definition of the boundaries of these
leased oyster bottoms.

2, Survey of public natural oyster beds involving hydrographic loca-
tions required for the surveys of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries in
determining the “condition and extent of the natural oyster beds of
Delaware.”

3. Future survey operations of the Government, or the State, that
may be required for the preparation and publication of charts and
maps, for improvement of waterways, for reclamation of swamp lands,
or for other survey purposes which can not be foreseen.

The methods employed on this work were those of the U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey. The results obtained were the geodetic location,
or re-location, of sixteen prominent objects on land or water, eight of
which were large signal towers erected by the Delaware Oyster Survey
Commission.

This means that each of these sixteen land and water marks are
_ standard triangulation stations of the United States of known geodetic
location which fixes their geographic relation to all other triangulation
stations of the continent. It means also, that the actual positions of
these sixteen triangulation stations can be definitely re-determined at
any time, even though all monuments and other marks indicating their
positions are entirely destroyed. Consequently, all surveying data
obtained from the surveys based on the foundation of triangulation
established for the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission has a standard
status in this respect which should be beyond dispute for all time.

60 REPORT OF SURVEY.
GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS OF THE TRIANGULATION STATIONS.

New standard triangulation stations are likely to be established in
the locality covered by the surveys connected with the work of the
Delaware Oyster Survey Commission, and new and more accurate
determinations of the geodetic co-ordinates of the old triangulation sta-
tions are likely to be secured. Therefore, it does not seem advisable to
give geographic positions in this publication, especially, as this informa-
tion, together with any new geodetic data that may have been acquired
in the mean time, can be obtained by applying to the U. S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey at Washington.

DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION OF TRIANGULATION STATIONS,

In plotting and defining the boundaries of new leased oyster planta-
tions by use of the official drawing of the chart of leased oyster bottoms
filed in the Library of the State of Delaware, or in the use for any
engineering purpose of the “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms” in this
publication, or the map in the publication of the U. 8. Bureau of
Fisheries on the “Condition and Extent of the Natural Oyster Beds of
Delaware,” it may become necessary to erect new triangulation signal
towers in the place of those which may have been destroyed. And in
order that this can be done accurately, and also as a matter of con-
venient record of the engineering basis used in the work of the Delaware
Oyster Survey Commission, full description of the locations of these
triangulation stations are given under this heading. However, in this
connection, attention is called to the facet that descriptions of location
of any new United States standard triangulation stations established in
the vicinity of the work of the Delaware Oyster Survey Commission
afler the date of this publication, can be obtained by application to the
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey at Washington.

The method of describing these triangulation’ stations requires no
explanation other than a few comments as to the meaning of the data
given under ‘References.’ In the first column under this sub-heading,
the quotation marks indieate triangulation stations. In the second
column, the angles given indicate directions measured from left to right
(clockwise) from a zero direction adopted as an initial, and have no
reference to geographic bearings. And in the last column, the distances
given are approximate unless stated in meters when they can be accepted

as having been carefully measured.

REPORT OF SUBVEY. 61
AINSCOW SIGNAL TOWER.

General Locality—Western shore of Delaware Bay about 38 miles southeast of
Bowers Beach and 14 mile southeast of Sandy Point (see arrows on “Chart of
Leased Oyster Bottoms” pointing to position outside of limits of chart.)

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on a sandy beach about 1 foot
above high water, 55 yards southwest of shore at low water, 800 yards southeast
of a shack at Bennetts Pier, and in center of square formed by cement piers sup-

porting legs of signal tower.

Marks.—Triangulation station is marked by center point of triangle on cement
monument about 2 feet long and 8 inches square projecting 6 inches above sur-
face. Top of monument is marked with letters D. O. S. C. arranged around
vertex of triangle and letters U. S. C. S. underneath base of triangle. Sub-surface
mark is center of 3-inch tile pipe buried with top 2 inches below base of monu-
ment.

References.— ¥ ie as
“Fourteen Foot Bank Light”...... OF ROO} O07 aes nee 9 miles.
Chimney of shack near shore...... PP SOU US Tabs s cme s 34 nile.
Hast chimney of house... ..- «cee NARA ete Mianiicies arene 1 mile.
Right tangent of Beach Hotel at

I OWers MBeCACH. oleacicc cle eo se cieneere DOOR ZO MER SE Wc sais Bios 31% miles.
Right tangent of shack at Ben-

MECUSsPPICES Macs eo tesieuc telslisis ee roe AO Rl OP? al sa matt ACRE ae 300 yards.
SDonohomsignally Lowers warn railed: DOOM EIOLLO! ere ter: 3% miles.
“Elbow of Cross Ledge Light”.....3s01 09 45 ......-. 11144 miles.
‘Old Cross* Ledge’ Light? ese. BYAN) §Ua) 53) Gooncses 10% miles.

BOMBAY (1910).

General locality —Western shore of Delaware Bay on Bombay Hook Point
avout 214 miles southeast of Woodland Beach (see map in publication of U. 8.
Bureau of Fisheries on “Condition and Hatent of Natural Oyster Beds of Dela-

- ware’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on a sand beach about 1 foot
above high water, 30 yards west of shore, and 50 yards north of a ditch.

Marks.—Triangulation station is marked by center point of triangle on cement
monument about 2 feet long and 8 inches square projecting 6 inches above sur-
face. Top of monument is marked with letters D. O. S. C. arranged around
vertex of triangle and letters U. 8. C. S. underneath base of triangle. Sub-
surface mark is center of 3-inch tile pipe buried with top 2 inches below base of
monument.

6% REPORT OF SURVEY.

References.— ‘ On as
~Gohanseye dalont s-.)e 6 als nae Sess OF 100200 Bea ee .. 4% miles.
sSmIp John Shoal Waesht sje. i 3p: (50) 400) eee ee miles:
MACT SIC ae (LOMO eee ore psec eros stools OT AS WOW Sees atos mbes:
Hishimemshachke accra ere eteratere 107 3 siteh’ cae tofeketeNeyee 2 miles.

LORIE Clauhanaeny CIP MXOIXS ooo ucsocnoolIRS, GS} oo doocoaan Yh imide
Pole on merry-go-round at Wood-
langm Beachine ees eee cent shreels Se24Go DS” ool Qe cee thee Lon man eS:

CONNER SIGNAL TOWER.

General Locality.—Western shore of Delaware Bay at Pickerings Beach
about 3844 miles south of Mahon River Light, 24% miles north of Kitts Hummock,
and 15 miles south of mouth of Little Creek (see “Chart of Leased Oyster Bot-
toms’’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on marsh just west of sand

beach about on level with high water, 70 yards west of shore, 25 yards northeast

of road near several small buildings, and is center of square formed by cement
piers supporting legs of signal tower.

Marks.—Triangulation station is marked by center point of triangle on cement
monument about 2 feet long and S inches square projecting 7 inches above sur~-
face of ground. Top of monument is marked with letters D. O. S. C. arranged
around vertex of triangle and letters U. S. C. S. underneath base of triangle.
Sub-surface mark is center of 38-inch tile pipe buried with top 2 inches below base

of monument.

References.— Se Beis
“Old Cross Ledge Light”.......... (0) OW) “OO Goodooc . 914 miles.
Southwest corner of shack........ Te SO LOW i hensieatnets .19.25 meters.
“Kourteen) Hoot Bank Miecht2. sea... ole sOOM DON errr 1314 miles.

Northwest corner of barn:..:..... 46 00 <2. .2....22015.22 meters:
“Sheldrake Signal Tower sess. se OO) DOOM ice eee ommmLl ess
North gable of hotel at Kitts

EUUTINTINO CK .ceieye aparecensiclenerenebene Soin cod PAS PRA aie Eto i's Brat 21% miles.
Mast Cupola sot. Datei. cc sreteieiesneke GO Die Nore Meier en Sione 34 miles.
West chimney of house........... IGT (ID) oe Woneie heel om tess
Chimney of small house....... Brera tcl Gaepe ls Yee ern oted em asrtore %& miles.
Chureh cupola at Little Creek.....2838 05 .. ........ 2% miles.
“Pennewill Signal Tower”........282 18 40 ........ 156 miles.
“Mahon River Light’........ silo eect) CE Oy So lose oe A Teas.

“WMlbow of Cross Ledge Light”,...348 34 00 ........ 8% miles,

for)
oo

REPORT OF SURVEY.
COHANSEY LIGHT.

General Locality.—BHastern shore of Delaware Bay on western shore of Cohan-
sey Creek about 25g miles north-northeast of Ship John Shoal Light, and nearly
opposite Bombay Hook Point (see map in publication of U. S. Bureau of Fish-
eries on “Condition and Extent of Natural Oyster Beds of Delaware’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on a frame dwelling on iron
piles known as Cohansey Light House.

Marks.—Triangulation station is center point of lantern on Cohansey Light
House.

References.—None necessary.

DONOHO SIGNAL TOWER.

General Locality—Western shore of Delaware Bay at Bowers Beach on south
side of entrance to St. Jones River (see “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms”).

Immediate Locality —Triangulation station is on a marsh meadow about 2 feet
above high water, 300 yards west of shore, 100 yards south of St. Jones River.

300 yards southeast of St. Jones Wharf, 56 yards northeast of road, and in center
of square formed by cement piers supporting legs of signal tower.

Marks.
monument about 2 feet long and S inches square projecting 6 inches above sur-
face. Top of monument is marked with letters D. O. S. C. arranged around ver-
tex of triangle and letters U. S. C. S. underneath base of triangle. Sub-surface
mark is center of 3-inch tile pipe buried with top 2 inches below base of monu-
ment.

Triangulation station is marked by center point of triangre on cement

References.— a 7

“Old Cross Ledge Light”......... O00 (00% ence oe 10°%4 miles.
Chimney of Flack cottage......... af C3 ay: (ay persicae 400 yards.
“Ainscow Signal Tower”’......... SOn i 2ilen 2OP ear eas 314 miles.
Broken flagstaff on Beach Hotel.. SS 42 10 ........ Y% mile.
Chimney of Flack cottage on

west side Of TOAG) <4). 2/5. «1s sce LOO WDE teres hae evans oie 300 yards.
Methodist Church spire......... etsy ANU tO es She % mile.
Cupola on Hubbard barn.......... TOSS OG rae csicite oi stere %4 mille.
East gable of St. Jones Wharf

HET OUSO a a csstarevs cusie-sy oh ove ene a roretoerere QT, | OUR so, oe Sersnss corns 3800 yards.
“Sheldrake Signal Tower”........ SOS Sr rO2ere Olmert. 2% miles.

“Blbow of Cross Ledge Light”..... S48) 459020) \oeececc 10% miles.

64 REPORT OF SURVEY.
ELBOW OF GROSS LEDGE LIGHT.

Immediate Locality.—Eastern side of main ship channel in Delaware Bay

about 6% miles east of Mahons River Light and 6% miles west of Egg Island
Light (see “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on an octagonal @welling on a
eylindrical foundation known as the new Elbow of Cross Ledge Light House.

Marks.—Triangulation station is center point of lantern on Elbow of Cross
ledge Light House.

References.—None necessary.

FOURTEEN FOOT BANK LIGHT.

General Locality.—Western side of main ship channel of Delaware Bay about
11144 miles east of Bowers Beach (see “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms’).

Immediate Locality Triangulation station is on a tower on eastern side of
dwelling on cylindrical foundation known as Fourteen Foot Bank Light House.

Marks.—Triangulation station is center point of lantern on Fourteen Foot
sank Light House.

References.—None necessary.

LEIPSIC (1910).

General Locality.—Western shore of Delaware Bay on Goose Point about %
mile north of entrance to Leipsiz Creek (see map in publication of U. S. Bureau
of Fisheries on “Condition and Eatent of Natural Oyster Beds in Delaware’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is about 2 feet above high water.
100 yards west of shore, and 3800 yards northeast of a pond in marsh.

Marks.—Triangulation station is marked by center point of triangle on cement
monument about 2 feet long and 8 inches square projecting 8 inches above surface
of ground. Top of monument is marked with letters D..O. 8S. C. arranged around
vertex of triangle and letters U. S. C. S. underneath base of triangle. Sub-surface
mark is center of 38-inch tile pipe buried with top 2 inches below base of monu-
ment.

REPORT OF SURVEY. 65

References.— g fae dds
B@onansey shicht??. .. we asceceesone OOO MS OO a2 35, 'sh 636 miles.
ship John Shoal Light”......... je OST ak 0), eee ae 334 miles.
“Elbow of Cross Ledge Light’’..... Uy hoe eNO. A aiaco de 101% miles
Chimney of fishing shack.......... BOL, AQ a SS is 4 miles.
“Lone hye (GM nt) aemasn podocc soo esi Epa I ue tens, se citaire 4°, iniles.
MAHON.

General Locality.—Western shore of Delaware Bay about 4% mile south of
Mahons River Light (see “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms”.)

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on marsh about on level with
high water, 250 yards west of shore, 25 yards northwest of wagon road, and 100
yards south-southwest of fork of road, and in center of triangle formed by
cement piers supporting legs of tripod signal.

Marks.—Triangulation station is marked by center of drift pin in center of a
conerete block about 4 feet square, with top about 4 inches below on surface.

References.— Pa yee
SMiahonseRiver Micht’: ....0. 6 see OF OG O00; eee a repos Y% mile.
Chimney of Hendrickson store..... DOE SUM Ne talks ertheneraioers 14 mile.
“Elbow of Cross Ledge Light”’.... 91 49 10 ........ 7 miles.
SOnossmwedce, Might)... ee ere OU Si OOS ames nee 8% miles.
SOld eight House Tower’: 22 -ccoulos: oon OOl sree emelemmile:
Hastechimmney: Of MOUSE «xc cierieleriel 2) Otic 1% miles.
Chimney of small fishing shack....344 83 .. ........ *%4 miles.

MIAH MAUL LIGHT FOUNDATION.

General Locality —Hastern side of main ship channel in Delaware Bay about
"256 miles south-southeast of Old Cross Ledge Light (see “Chart of Leased Oyster
Bottoms”)

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on a eylindrieal foundation of
unfinished structure to be known as Miah Maul Light House.

Marks.—Triangulation station is vertical staff erected in center of foundation
in proposed position of light.

References.—None necessary.

66 REPORT OF SURVEY.
MAHON RIVER LIGHT.

General Locality.—Western side of Delaware Bay on western shore of Mahon
River about 4 mile northwest of entrance to Mahon River (see “Chart of
Leased Oyster Bottoms’’).

Immediate Locality —Triangulation station is on a frame dwelling on iron
columns known as Mahon River Light House.

Marks.—Triangulation station is center point of lantern on Mahon River Light
House.

References.—None necessary.

OLD LIGHT HOUSE TOWER.

General Locality—Western shore of Delaware Bay about 1% mile south of
Mahon River Light and 114 miles north-northeast of entrance to Little Creek
(see “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms’’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on an old abandoned frame light
house about 20 yards off shore, in the approximate position occupied by the origi-

nal light tower, and is situated in center of square formed by four upright posts.

Marks.—Triangulation station is a nail in the center of four upright posts
which were the corner posts of the light tower.

References.—None necessary.

OLD CROSS LEDGE LIGHT.

General Locality.—Kastern side of main ship channel of Delaware Bay about
214 miles southeast of Elbow of Cross Ledge Light and 25 miles north-northwest

of Miah Maul Light (see “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on mansard roof dwelling on a
granite foundation known as Old Cross Ledge Light House.

Marks.—Triangulation station is center point of lantern on Old Cross Ledge
Light House.

References.—None necessary.

~r

REPORT OF SURVEY. (

PENNEWILL SIGNAL TOWER.

General Locality Western shore of Delaware Bay near mouth of Little Creek
about 134 miles south-southwest of Mahon River Light (see “Chart of Leased
Oyster Bottoms’).

Immediate Locality —Triangulation station is on marsh at northern side of
entrance to Little Creek about 1 foot above high water, 55 yards northwest of
shore, 400 yards northwest of point between Delaware Bay and Little Creek, and
in center of square formed by cement piers supporting legs of signal tower.

Marks.—Triangulation station is marked by center point of triangle on cement
monument about 2 feet long and 8 inches square projecting 6 inches above surface

of ground. Top of monument is marked with letters D. O. S. C. arranged around
vertex of triangle and letters U. S. C. S. underneath base of triangle. Sub-
surface mark is center of 3-inch tile pipe buried with top 2 inches below base of

monument.
References.— oe Baas dans
SW Jaber Iikdoees soi so coacudT Op COOH TOO Rs re crete . 1% miles.
Chimneysot Hendrickson! Stores seer. eerie ete 1% miles.
“Hibow, ot Cross Ledge Might... 64, 47 10 eae 7% miles.
“OldyGrosssiedce: Light/55 0 ee (As, SAP OO) heise ce 9 miles.
Chimney of small house.......... 194, BOB ee a sieisreraeye 2 miles.
Wastachimmey Of WOWSE <4. eerie Sone Cre olen) t tenance 1144 miles.
Windmill at Little Creek......... POOL QO iG. serctet orto 2% miles.
North chimney of house......... DOO” SUA sg 5 ae pees Pace 1% miles.

SHIP JOHN SHOAL LIGHT.

General Locality.—On eastern side of main ship channel in Delaware Bay
about 254 miles south-southwest of Cohansey Creek, and 5% miles east of Bom-
bay Hook Point (see map in publication of U. S. Bureau of Fisheries on “Condi-
tion and Extent of Natural Oyster Beds in Delaware”).

Immediate Locality —Triangulation station is on a 1-story octagonal dwelling
on a cylindrical foundation known as Ship John Shoal Light House.

Marks.—Triangulation station is center point of lantern on Ship John Shoal
Light House.

References.—None necessary.

65 REPORT OF SURVEY.

SHELDRAKE SIGNAL TOWER.

General Locality. —Western shore of Delaware Bay at Kitts Hummock about
214 miles north of Bowers Beach (sce “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms’).

Immediate Locality.—Triangulation station is on sand beach about 2 feet above
high water, 25 yards west of shore, 8 yards west of sand ridge 8 feet higher than
station, 30 yards south of a summer cottage, about on line with center of row
of cottages, and in center of square formed by cement piers supporting legs of

signal tower.

Marks.—tTriangulation station is marked by center point of triangle on cement
monument about 2 feet long and 8 inches square projecting 2 inches above surface
of ground. Top of monument is marked with letters D. O. S. C. arranged around
vertex of triangle and letters U. S. C. S. underneath base of triangle. Sub-surface
mark is center of a 53-inch tile pipe buried with top 2 inches below base of monu-
ment.

References.— Tae es
“Old Cross Ledge Light’”.......... O" O0F “GO a aes ee 934 miles.
‘“Wourteen Foot Bank Light”...... 43 13 OO ........ 12 miles.
South chimney of house......... 7A) ba Ry a se Sy 1 mile.
“Conner: Signal TOwer? ¢ .<...aces « ZOO) Ath ON oe we iclesas 2% miles.
“Mahon River’ LAghR os 2... 45. e% ZOO" OG: hace ete pisces 5% miles.

“Elbow of Cross Ledge Light’”..... S20 OS: OOM wm suas 3 8% miles.

BOUNDARIES OF LEASED OYSTER BOTTOMS.

EXPLANATION.

The difficulties of accurately locating and permanently defining the
boundaries of a farmer’s plantation on land, even with the aid of monu-
ments, public roads, streams of water, and other points of reference, are
often great, judging from the disputes arising from this source. But
be that as it may, there can be doubt as to the difficulties of accurately
locating and permanently defining the boundaries of an oysterman’s
plantation situated under water at a distance off shore from one to six
miles as is the case with the leased oyster bottoms of Delaware.*

There is only one point on the earth’s surface at the intersection of
any one parallel of latitude and any one meridian of longitude, and
therefore, there can be no dispute as to the meaning of such a geographic
definition of the location of a point, even though all the original triangu-
lation station marks used in its determination together with the chart
on which its position was originally plotted have been totally destroyed.

In the case of the destruction of an original triangulation station
mark, or any other point defined by a geographic position, a competent
geodetic engineer can re-establish its exact location by means of a new
system of triangulation connecting with other distant triangulation sta-
tion marks which have not been destroyed. In the case of the destruction
of the chart*on which the position of any point on the earth’s surface
was originally plotted, this point can be re-plotted by its geographic
position with any degree of accuracy permitted by the scale of any new
chart constructed for that purpose.

If there be no question at the time of the original location and legal
adoption of a geographic definition of the location of a point by a given
latitude and longitude, there can be no technical or legal question after-
wards as to its exact meaning, or as to the exact re-determination of the
location of this point, be it either on land or water at its newly deter-
mined position, or on a new chart in its newly plotted position.

For these reasons, the method of defining the location of boundary
points by latitudes and longitudes (geographic positions) was adopted in
the survey of the leased oyster bottoms of Delaware. This method is

*See “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms” at end of this publication. Also see
page 55 of this publication for a brief statement of ‘tthe methods employed on the
survey.

70 REPORT OF SURVEY.

more or less an innovation in oyster surveys which was first used in con-
nection with the work of the Maryland Oyster Survey. It possesses so
many undoubted advantages, and at the same time is so simple in prin-
ciple and application when once understood, that its adoption by other
oyster surveys of other States than Maryland and Delaware seems prob-

able.
SURVEYING METHODS FOR RE-LOCATION OF BOUNDARIES.

There are two problems that are likely to present themselves to those .
interested in the boundaries of leased oyster bottoms, one, to determine
whether the stakes or buoys marking the boundary corners have been
dragged or otherwise moved from their correct positions, and the other,
to re-locate or re-establish a stake or buoy at the point from which it was
removed.

There are a number of different ways that can be used in solving
these two problems, and the one which should be selected will partly
depend upon the instruments possessed by the engineer and partly on
his training and experience, but only two of these methods which seem
to be the most practical in application will be described.

The first method involves the measurement of sextant angles between
three or more triangulation station marks. These angles being observed
from the actual position on the water of the point of the boundary to be
re-located. This is often called the hydrographic method, and is the one
which is best suited for the purpose of re-location of the boundary points.
Besides it has the advantage of being available whenever three triangu-
lation station marks of proper relative positions are visible from the
off-shore point needing re-location,

Most engineers and others familiar with the use of the sextant are
well acquainted with the graphic three-point method of fixing a position
on water, and only a brief description of the operation will be given.

In case there is only one engineer having a single sextant, the three-
point method can be used if the two angles which are formed at the
point of the boundary to be re-located by the three selected triangulation

station marks are known. (Note.—See page 72 for method of calculat-
ing these angles.) Waving these two angles, the engineer proceeds to
the stake or buoy of doubtful location and measures the actual sextant
angles between the three selected marks. If the measured and calculated
angles do not agree, the stake or buoy is not in its correct position and
the boundary corner must be re-located. This is accomplished by mov-

ing the boat about until a point is reached where the angles do agree,

REPORT OF SURVEY. il

and this point being the desired location, the stake or buoy can be placed
in its correct position.

If the engineer can obtain the use of both a sextant and a three-arm
protractor (position finder), the availability of the hydrographic method
is increased. Tor example, the engineer can proceed to the stake or
buoy of doubtful position and measure the two adjacent sextant angles
between the three triangulation marks selected. These two angles are
set off on the three-arm protractor and the actual position of the stake
or buoy plotted on the chart by shifting the protractor about until the
edge of each of the three arms passes through the center of the symbols
on the chart marking the position of the three triangulation station
marks. The center of the hub of the protractor will indicate on the
chart the actual position of the stake or buoy, and if the point thus
obtained does not coincide with the true position of the corner of the
boundary as given on the chart, the surveyor can proceed to locate the
stake or buoy correctly by reversing the operation.

This is done by placing the center point of the hub of the protractor
over the corner of the boundary in question and measuring on the chart
the two adjacent angles between the three selected triangulation station
marks. One of the angles thus obtained is set on the sextant and the
boat moved about until the two land marks are shown by the sextant to
subtend the same angle obtained from the protractor. The second angle
is then placed on the sextant and the same operation gone through, and
so on, first using one angle on the sextant, then the other, until a point
is reached where both observed sextant angles are practically identical
with the protractor angles. The point thus located is the desired one
and the stake or buoy can be placed to mark the true position of the
corner of the boundary in question.

If the engineer possesses two sextants and a protractor, this problem
is far easier of solution, as the two angles can be set off on separate
sextants and the observer can quickly find the desired point where they
agree with the protractor angles by using one sextant after the other
without the need of re-setting either.

Tf there are two observers, two sextants, and a protractor, it can be
seen that the best condition for both a rapid and an accurate hydro-
graphic location of a point is attained.

The second method involves the measurement of angular directions
which intersect on the water at the point of the boundary to be re-located.
These directions being observed at two or more triangulation station

marks.

Tee} REPORT OF SURVEY.

This method will be readily understood by engineers accustomed to
the use of a transit or a theodolite. The instrument is set over a triangu-
lation station mark and the angle of the direction of the point of the
boundary to be located is laid off. (Note: See page 72 for method of
calculating these angular directions.) This establishes a range line on
which the desired point must be located, and on which a stake or other
mark can be placed in the water near the position it is desired to
re-locate. A similar process is then carried on at a second triangula-
tion station, and so on, until the position of the desired point is satis-
factorily fixed.

If there are two engineers with instruments at two suitably selected
triangulation stations, and a third person on the water in a boat who
understands certain pre-arranged signals from the two observers at the
triangulation stations, a stake or other mark can be placed at the desired
point with very little difficulty.

Although the method just described may appear more simple than the
first method, it is not the case as is well known by engineers familiar
with both methods. In fact, the first method requires only one hydro-
graphic engineer on a launch, while the second method requires two
engineers at triangulation stations and one on a launch to obtain results
that will compare in speed and accuracy with those that can be obtained
hy the one hydrographic engineer.

There are two methods of obtaining the angles and directions required
by the two surveying operations described in the preceding. One, being
the graphic method which is sufficiently accurate for ordinary purposes,
and the other, being the computation method which gives absolutely
accurate results but which on account of the additional labor involved
is not so convenient as the former.

The graphic method involves the use of the published “Chart of
Leased Oyster Bottoms,” (or preferable the use of the official drawing of
the leased oyster bottoms of Delaware on file in the Library of the State
of Delaware), for the purpose of the graphic measuring of the required
angles by means of a protractor.

The computation method involves the ealeulation of the desired
angles by means of azimuths (geographic directions) computed from the
known geographic positions of the triangulation station marks and the
boundary points involved. This method besides being accurate is easily
carried out by any one trained in geodetic computations. However, as
it presents certain difficulties to those not trained in this class of work,
it is recommended only in cases of dispute requiring great accuracy for
their settlement.

REPORT OF SURVEY. 3
METHOD OF DESCRIBING BOUNDARIES.

The method adopted for the description of the boundaries of the leased
oyster bottoms of Delaware is very simple as each description is arranged
in a tabular form thus avoiding many hundred repetitions of the same
words by one explanation which applies to all the leased oyster planta-
tions of the State.

Heading.—At the top of each tabular description is given the name
of the lessee of this property on the date of July 1, 1910. On the left
hand end of the first line in parenthesis under the name of the lessee
and after the sub-heading of Location, is given the distance in statute
miles and the compass direction from Mahons River Light of Corner No.
1 of the particular leased oyster plantation being described.* And on this
same line on its right-hand end after the sub-heading of Area, is given
the number of acres in the leased oyster bottom being described. As sev-
eral entirely separate leased oyster plantations often belong to the same
person, the Location and Area given in the heading will often be use-
ful in determining which leased bottom of the lessee is being described
without the trouble of obtaining this fact by plotting the geographic
positions of its corners.

First Column.—The first column of the tabular form under the head-
ing of Corner Number contains the adopted numbers designating the
corners of the leased oyster bottom being described. These numbers
were usually assigned by calling the upper northwest cornor No. 1, and
then proceeding in a clock-wise direction around the leased area.

Second and Third Columns.—The second and third columns of the
tabular form under the headings of Latitude and Longitude, give
the geographic position of the corresponding corner indicated on the
same line by the number in the first column.

These geographic positions have been adopted by the Delaware Oyster
Survey Commission as the primary technical definition of the location
of the corners, and should be considered as final in case of a dispute aris:
ing from discrepancies caused by other means of location. The latitudes
and longitudes given in these columns are based on the United States
standard datum of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the points thus
defined can be re-located from distant triangulation stations of the Sur-
vey, even though all the triangulation marks originally used for their
location have been destroyed.

*See “Chart of Leased Oyster Bottoms” at end of this publication.

74. REPORT OF SURVEY.

Two methods can be used in calculating the geographic positions
required for the description of the boundaries of the leased oyster bot-
toms. One, by graphic measurement of the latitudes and longitudes of
the position of the boundary points as plotted on any chart having a
standard latitude and longitude projection, and the other, by the geodetie
computation of the latitudes and longitudes desired. But it does not
matter technically or legally which method is used as long as the result:
ing geographic positions are legally adopted because these adopted defi-
nitions then become indisputable and possess all the permanency and
accuracy obtainable, even though it should happen to be the fact that
the actual positions of these points were not exactly identical with the
points as actually defined by the adopted geographic positions.

BOUNDARIES LOCATED IN 1911 ann 1912.

The leased oyster bottoms described in this publication include only
those boundaries of oyster plantations held by lessees on July 1, 1910.
(See Section No. 1 of text of “Act m relation to the leasing of oyster
bottoms” on page 8 of this publication. )

After that date a large number of new oyster bottoms were leased and
many changes made in the boundaries of the old oyster plantations.

These new boundaries were surveyed in the summers of 1911 and
1912 by Mr. Templeton Van de Bogert, the hydrographic engineer who
did a greater part of the hydrographic work of the original survey. Mr,
Van de Bogert has defined all the new boundaries surveyed by him in
the same manner adopted in defining the leased bottoms of the original
surveys recorded in this publication. And he has filed the manuscript
of these descriptions of new boundaries in the Library of the State of
Delaware, along with the official drawing of the chart of the leased
oyster bottoms which he has corrected for the surveys of 1911 and 1912.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF OYSTER BOTTOMS UNDER LEASE ON
Tune de a oaO:

Hxplanation.—The following descriptions are arranged alphabetically
according to the name of the lessee of the bottoms being described.
Where one lessee has two or more lots they are arranged according to
their acreage, the larger ones being placed first. (See the “Chart of
Leased Oyster Bottoms’ at the end of this publication for the plotted
positions of the areas described, and see. page 73 for an explanation of

the “Method of Describing Boundaries.” )

(Location: 3% miles S. E.—5% E. of Mahons River Light.

Corner

REPORT OF SURVEY.

RICHARD BUCKALOO.

Area: 48 acres.)

Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 y e c is ‘
pao ns cco te taileneusies eke 397 09 SiASia...- = - 75 20 42.96
WAS Haife)jaiis, Olsaeieuer Moeses auc 39) 109) 3802s e- es « 75 20 22.28
3) G's CRReRCI RRA cea oetene 39 09 27.48.. 75 20 14.40
LEM nies Olea es 59) 09 23 04e eee (i 2) PRE
acy have. ie ooo eee cree 39" (09 2240 Rae meee 75 20 35.88

(Location: 4 miles 8.

Corner
Number.
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RICHARD BUCKALOO.

by E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Avea: 12 acres.)

Latitude. Longitude.

° , ” ° , ”
wo diststoe tebe 39) 08) VO oe, OO20
BS ae iano awl Ws; WaeGoooaccaclh) Zl Beis
Sa Nay atererihe 39) 08 OO!9G...:..:.75) 21! AS0S
afsieed ois arere Bey OY BMH osocécoott Bil aE KRO

RICHARD BUCKALOO.

(Location: 2% miles S. E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 11 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.

Number. e 4 fe 2 Ww
Beetles e;.0%0,.00'o eh eon ots 39° (097% 4253152 7) Pal Gleo)
DFS s (or ae als) a) seeks GIO 39), 209" 43M2e acer (a Sal chr BAS
Se te oy wlserela mente Bt) AUS SBR a gs sc Ton ile 643,92
A rite, A wile aia lonetevier reser Be US) Bull casa acc To. 2 aOiez

RICHARD BUCKALOO.
(Location: 44% miles S. by E.—%4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 10 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.

Number. : 4 “ 2 7
Le Ore Cae 39°07 SOSSie- (on 2s bssG
Drea le aiureitete icra ALORS 39 O07 boiSSaeecs ccc (5-21 48.72
a iieneveueieiche, ahsteteLaverenete oo (OT 40 4Se eee erer. 75 21 45.24
VU eRe oiG Botero OO Or So OF, SOAS erie: 15 21 [56.28

~

6 REPORT OF SURVEY.

JOHN T. BUCKSON.

(Location: 2 miles S. 8.—% HK. of Mahons River Light. Area: 61 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. R “ “5 3 f "

AS a A uevacysc tavede'atse etosse 393. 10) 220 Semin 75 22 09.48

Dy eve(acvcganetiscatsternicts, cs iss DO, LO TOS oe cere fay PAL BA)

BSA eas Sars ion gets geyete eure BOP WO. sORSSee won eae Ga 2a 56:04

Aer aat len akong te er enehers, ee BO OGM 4a serene Ti) Pile BE y4s)

Eyes LENE vaya he faporrcks 39: (09) 4386 oye ase fo 22, 04.36

Ga rotewor cre crcusieme ale BO LOM OS 64 ereeice 75 22 07.96

JOHN T. BUCKSON.

(Location: 354 miles S. H.—% EK. of Mahons River Light. Area: 20 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. e f is : ‘ uk
1 Poe acnoae SoS 3912 OO! ZOIBAS Aas eae 75 20 41.16
DIA AG RAP EE EERO 89° 109 2SI04 sires <r 7 20 25.64
SiMe ns a aleve sen eneheta pore naners 39) 09D AIG:GASe yer: 1 FO PRB
De ease Sy TIO Hole ere 30) 109 AS S2e sees oe: 75 20 386.44

BOULD & McLAUGHLIN.

(Location: 5% miles S.—\% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 189 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. . “ : 4 ee
AEM awatenatonero-rs tous eyskcus atete BO) Gs e223 One eiseucrs « ib 23 (05:40
Dista ccctaie Ohapsre (ate we etherene SO OG At GS tenis ete 75 22 43.88
aikevanensvesorciale Grotrehe uae aii a), Bei Magoadoct 1) Pe BPE

FROM PIG. LAG Cre OIG Dros 319) UG BURG Sod aaa c 75 22 58.76

REPORT OF SURVEY.

Ty
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BOULD & McLAUGHLIN.

(Location: 6% miles S. E.—% S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 63 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. : : 4 : d ms
MOMs aha eased 39) OF 13:60532553%; 7s 18 08.76
ere hema asiaad Sse aes 39! O% ASG4s nests: 75 17 52.88
Ge eeaes Hees hae a 39 Of \0SASEee ease 7 17 88.08
Biaiayalecb ava a edo d:d. d.d-3%8 39) OG Dao2eaeene ee 7s" 1% 560

BOULD & McLAUGHLIN.

(Location: 6% miles S. E.—% S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 44 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 3 ‘ x 5 i
Shs ASRS SPR Sw os aise Son O7* 821085... oe 7 18 44.04
DPS ys tonic oe aie: 5) arse one 301 (Ole (BAROP o . 5 fo 18) Sile86
See Ghias Rs sie 2 cia ae O70 ates onoede 75 18 22.80
A epe ovennressuateroteveara cual SO OM ly Dike yeree 75 18 36.16

BOULD & McLAUGHLIN.

(Location: 3% miles S. S. E.— FB. of Mahons River Light. Area: 42 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. $ Y e S a %
LRYY sob cote eineovens terns Son OSt WSiSOena. wen (3) VPA BAS
7d RE Da BER Tt Ae EIS So) OS AGIGOF. cre cen Cde 2215 A288
Soi a: bakit eee eee SoU Oat) OGSass soe: om eae wOStre
CO ERED In oo 30) 08) (O0/48e 5 ane (ta) PAL Boks

ISAAC M. BURRIS.

Location: 284 miles S. E—% KE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 23 acres. )
A,

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. a a 4 ot es 5
Uae ctanshe 5 =jaieunierccevereeete S39. 09; SAT Zee cnc fd, 21 26s
Bias o) cee esting creat stersiete 39: 09). BATE. ee 75 21 05.80
Poids shaje cy ofate, drateroteratate SS, 09; 4882s aes 7 21 04.64

Denisa cel eye selva 39 09 48 88nd 75 21 24,92

REPORT OF

SURVEY.

ISAAC M. BURRIS.

(Location: 3%

oO
2

miles S.— 4 EK. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 15 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. = é Xi 7 v %

aaah ears ee a kaye) 55,406 ai) (Wis UsH0s oolacia oe (523) 72682

2 as. SoRtata ra cust spe fon a8 8% BOW OSs (OSM 2 acre ciate (2a 268

SS tareete ces aoe one 39° (08 O244 yaaa: 75 23 10.28

AR ecthes, tiepmera ears eke 39) 08) O04 8 cases: 75 23 23.84

WM. L. BURRIS.

(Location: 1% miles 8S. S. E.—¥4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area:
Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. i % e e ; K

yA 2 rape se rererere dente eesre oh 39) O09) 45m12 5 cee 75 22 57.28

PP RC RRC CIRC 39 09) 4540... 225. far 22) 5208

Oa a nee Re TCL CR IOI HCERON ai} 9) PSO sao aobos 75 22 49.56

Avis isie Sellsis Gas ere aero ee 39) (09) 28.685 aeee see Wa 22 56:82

WM. L. BURRIS.

(Location: 2% miles S. E.—% E. of Mahons River Light.

20 acres.)

Area: 18 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 3 t id s : ng
| LS pe CRA OLE GIS Al rt oF cic 39) 09) AVS4c ccc... ie 21 AS48
De thts tuec) oenererels exCHaES ie BO OG) ATAS ae 255. cto WS, 20 O42
eB lcs Seay oh ealeee oe rametaaets BOD OOF 4092 r eae ses 75 21 03.40
Bad: stonqetone davorehele does ay oh AOUPAMES Beooor (dy eZ G32

OSCAR CANNON.

(Location: 4 miles S. E.—¥%4 FE. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 24 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. Md 4 a c 4 oy
ALAR crt cipro Satta 39) 109) (OGA2ee eee 75 20° 2494
DG stheanen teleperayscsiaiete 39) 09) 10G:845..5 eeiee 7520) 15'60
SS eis roicacecesy cea SO) (OS DAL 28a ener 7 20 04.76
Belt e o Chatetoranslecene te Se Ore) ILC as acodc 75 20 18.12

REPORT OF SURVEY. 79

CARHY & HALL.

(Location: 25 miles S. by E.—\%, E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 26 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S iW - i a
EM havec oka, svitieverormierc tere 39)" (088-92 acme. 7 23 04.64
7S ORCC TC RCRE REACT CCRC 39) 108 V5OISS8es cies cers (i OPA TSBs
eaiarcta tober aie eh ars a eotieh eeu OOF LOS AG OGaeene ss "5 22 47.32
| Sta? SSR 39° 08 4760... .:.-: 75 23 00.76

CAREY & HALL.

Location: 3%, miles S. S. E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 26 acres )
8

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 : “4 4 y mA
1M hasg here ois aiaiahe! oon SO) LOS me SOME rraciales 7% 21 36.48
DOU ant yehsed eee Steg wie 38 BO) BUI ee aoc (ey Pal Arey
330 OB GLO tO Eee Beis. PULP ars oe oma tia) PAL 4a)
LR ICI IOC ACRE aot oS 39) OS aSalGees casa it Pal ab leets)

JAREY & HALL.

(Location: 254 miles S. E. by E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 238 acres. )

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. - 2 “4 2 4 “
Saree Gobmiserrcmce o:c 39), 10) *O05:645 con cas fia, 218 730:08
Date Male Breese Aare tore 39), 10) BOA SS a crecrer (is) PAL Gea
SOEs OI cis SOOO! OdO4G serereicee 75 21 13.44
Be Siok eieraleazerer ere Sete 39) 09) *on04e eens (i Pal ee

CAREY & HALL.

(Location: 214 miles S. S. E.—5¢ E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 12 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude
Number. . r m4 2 @ Hs
sb CRON OME OOCEOICRE: rome 39 09. S28 reek. 75 22 40.48
De ORO OD OOOO DC 39) 09 BG4Seeiecd cr fo? 22) 29516
SD iraicichsiaraielchehe siete) often 39) 109) PBIESS Ae cie %5 22 29:68
(SAS HAD oe CEOS © 39) 09) SOSOR saat 75 22 40.80

80 REPORT OF SURVEY.
CAREY & TARBURTON.

(Location: 44% miles EB. S. E.—5% E. of Mahons River Light, Area:

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 ‘ i 2 : a

DRO eros OO SIoe 89 10 34.84..... 2-0 19) S2285

DiS ORS PAHS oleate BOn LOW Sa4Shes oes 75 19 21.68

SS Dot niGo on Ornore Oarae Sh) SO. OG sbeonod (a AS) A036

PR te IS Orb it nh ale 39 LOMOIMSSinace scien 75) 19 33.20

Sea AIS Seta RRS Sie 9 erick BO aI: PRS rc otéoas 75 19 48.04

Gi see Metter Mie 39 10) 2852s nae 7 19 32.16

CAREY & TARBURTON.

27 acres.)

(Location: 3 miles S. S. E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 19 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. o y it c i oh
1 Ree aior noice SOMO wIOZS Se eeraerciers (i) PALS Taisho
De bike caeiceraueyonrteree ketene Bi) C8) OBEOssscodac "5 21 50.80
rn ais oo 39 O8 51.88. 75 21 49.04
Al vs Bator Ren eNeeR Seer a) OS “mULMGs oogcccc 75 21 58.40

JOHN COONEY.

(Location: 514 miles S.—5¢ BE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 537

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 7 4 “if . 4 af
a1 n ae ere ee aye 39) OG) (40 GSrie ce cere 75 22 44.32
Dee enduiste niovasevetehekononncs BD) NOGS ATMA caccte sisrs (5, 22) 22228
Boe nee sis pital 39) OG OA eines 75 22 06.80
[Ne OPE ec eS PN Dogria 389 06 20.24.. (5s etsy ee 0)
Bg sot nieeevato stabi lev shet are SON ODE NAS OL a. assists Yi) PA ASP?
Gat yeheiiee eter aren ors 39) 405) 26:84 ws aes % 22-1080
Taal iacickn AOC eRe 30) “OD DATAA Serer 75 22 19.44

acres. )

REPORT OF SURVEY. rom

CUMMINS & WILSON.

(Location: 38% miles E. S. E.—%4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 67 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude,
Number. ° / ze c +4

MMe sata tee: ope ae 4.0 ee et3 39) MOU TAON 2 revere cis. 552 75 19 48.88

oes OIC co eR CERES 39) GO) A852 es a 75 19 32.68

Ebley shava sane i.s)atiacavecaveerarers SOo OMS al Opmecrte ater: 7 19 24.48

RI RR aCe Renter Bw) a0) eine Mes dasccuc 75 19 33.52

ENGMMRG Ket lis siGie us sos ccliet os BO WO P2420 ase. «5 75 19 33.60

Gifele s sheust ateranelsierseeune Bo 10) ZaASOh.% 2. 34: 75 19 48.04

CUMMINS & WILSON.

(Location: 41% miles S.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 24 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude
Number. S : a Y , *
ANH os steer acocs save dun seal ane SON Of) B2iG4e oc a 75 23 22.44
DEA Sts Ste erent cores BO 10G PBA A a. ak 75 28 12.48
ERD RET eT ICS 39) MOR, DAD 2: wc cross ti 2a} Orie
POSER TORAC rnc RANGA 39 OT DILASE cane oe 75 28 19.28

CALEB T. DAVIS.

(Location: 3% miles S. E.-'% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 11 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 y a ° , ”
WUE Evel. ace etasta omeceveterees 39) 09) 29:40 Faas 15 21 19:62
DM HEMIOOPODO M06 Of%C 39° 09) /82:825 J2.15 00 75 21 12.44
eo O oun eotee 6.01ac2 3) O09) 25,000 ei a 75 21 07.40

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14.40

82 REPORT OF SURVEY.

OLED AVilis:

(Location: 24% miles S. by E.—% EH. of Mahons River Light. Area

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. © f HZ - J if
Mes tialers arctete chet touiete SOM OM AO 2S oie 75 22) 58.76
Qreisie saver ted Uralaneusnenee SOs LOD AGIGS Ee eye cists 15° 22 55.20
Sonali ee oul cise Soe ROO ALG: SStseceyoek 75 22 53.36
Bride io mira cheaiels ete s 39° 09) JAMO rT.) .15.- 75 22 57.68

JOHN W. DAVIS

: 3 acres.)

(Location: 84% miles S. E. by S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 21 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. iS Z ss x ¢ Hg
Wha cin eaves uals Se 39 09) 04088 men. .- tay Pal lsfoers
Dy \neters alstoeke atistee oe BO) 08s CayMilossdocac 75 21 42.48
Site ce And oregon ee ee are 30) OSM a: AOraer ier 75 21 38.80
ALT, Binks ey pelaetaey Terme ae 39) 108) 521005 a aeeec 7 21 48.72
(oe

JOHN W. DAVIS.

(Location: 2% miles 8. E.—'% S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 12 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S , is a if “
il fate e hones een a) US) ARAM s cocoa (Gy PA ee be
Dslr erate Cape he steve ekehon SON OG M28 20 eee cer 75 21 41.60
Be on Hicnee Leen ycsicie 39) 09" AGS. Ecko Jie Ore:
Brak ctebore eiitiollaven wheter tahetane 39) O97 19200 sooo. 7 21. 48.00

JOHN W. DAVIS.

>

(Location: 3 miles 8S. E.—%4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 9 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. aaa ae ian 2
AL a iatiarohe tane name te waite ieeeta 39 O09 34.64........ fo. 2 23268
DSIRE aread ee aN (ore aire oe US SBI KSP466 o biome (tS) PAL aly
Oa fee ire ee alent ane Bo) LOO WBZ ODE acne 5 21 12.44

doonnoondbencosomec BO OO 2040s cic eilae 75 21 19.62

(Location : 25%

Corner
Number.

mee ee eee

‘Location: 2% miles S. by E.—% E. of Mahon River

Corner
Number.

REPORT OF SURVEY.

MARTIN B. DEVEREAUX.

miles S. E.—% E. of Mahons River Light.

DONOHO & ROBINSON.

MILTON A. DUFFIELD.

Area: 43 acres.)

Latitude. Longitude.
Sctanchotorates toes 89 O09 44.36........75 21 45.52
Saou eWets fa tate are 39 (09) 45ufbe sea. 21) 34:58
Eiiialahs stele 39 .09 40.48........75 21 32.40
BROT ROIC 39) (09) a2 20ers de aie 22516
shel meetie tous oarorens 39 O09 36.56........75 21 20.84
Sereneeere castes 39 09 33.96........75 21 30.28
Bienen SEIS eh 39) 109) SO0n- «ator 21028-0858
Sipsestsio cs chee 39) O90 S052 3a eee tonya) a2

Light. Area: 13 acres.)

Latitude. Longitude.

° , ” ° , -
adel Rar hee as BO OS AG Sica co. ety 22 EO
Recess hi asiterans 39 OS nh OGStee a elomeecumast SS
Ey ito at MNee Des a sl Cae gonoaeti BY Riley
Wiateccte esi evetene 39) (08 (4642 .55.0.0to 22) One

(Location: 15 miles S. E. by E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 7 acres.)

Corner

Number.

Latitude. Longitude.

° , ” ° , ”
alnececopeyar she os 39> dO, Cot (Generel OOo
of otiesl cher seen 39) 10) 29/60. easton. 220 023.60
re ears ke SO VAOM 222 ion 22) 62.60
soe shabaletetarene 39) LOY 23:68itacce. no) Loe eo9G

84

(Location: 2% miles 8. 5. by E.—\% E. of Mahons River Light.

REPORT OF SURVEY.

MILTON A. DUFFIELD.

Area: 7 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. y. y ut 2 m ie
Leta setae oie ere aee tay oxo Osee SO LOM D2 OA ce aieevencrers 75 21 31.52
DARREL CRC Otte Me DOCSTOC Soe 10) 2 20ers as 75 21 24.32
eis cee ollawusite regsie eter ieuel el oo BO) LOM SOGIOS Tis crerertss 75 21 22.48
Aboot o awele Sen everson eres is 39 10) OG40 05.2.2 «6 75 21 28.44

C. W. ELTONHEAD.

(Location: 3% miles 8S. E.—% EH. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 54 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. % f A . 5 ig
AM avs 5 yee eet oeees coe reke yas 39) O98" 235 2h coer 7. 20 25.16
Di aie ae ela eke eaesereetnte at 39 109" (26D Gueeace o fs 20 DGS
SESS Bisiale we eramereieranerecae at (OE) UO So co one 7 19 59.12
os ears tat nen citar eee 39" (09) (OfS4 eet 75 20 18.64
C. W. ELTONHEAD.

(Location: 8% miles S. by E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 49 acres.)
Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. = ‘ 4 bs f i

ALP ese ate raitateretetereiaie to SOLO HIeZAn rear: 75 22 40:52
Delete mete ate e ee kerosene 397 (0% S251Giss tae (i) 2s BAST?
SoC eachera clit rors ay) On sPAGVodouesoc iS 922) 21220
1 REAR EERE mitra) ORT Bi (OLS REPAEPAG Gee cic aie G5 (22) 3292

FENEMORE & PARKER.

(Location: 3 miles S.—% E. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 18 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. © 4 vig 7 dé id
HL avatar one kate iehcketerstetene 39 O8 3496s ares tis) 283 Oayae
OS On A act ok cura et oG 39708) 1SC62ieuanen et 75 22 58.84
Bae Mevoha teks Coe ucichetoietetors 39° (08 S24 :88i% osc (ay? Ppa fay bres
7 ASU Seared teat AeA SOMOS 2282 entire 75 23 03.32

REPORT OF SURVEY.

FENEMORE & PARKER.

(Location: 3% miles E.—7% S. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 18 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. e ¢ 4 5 4 6
13 CGR eee i @ SPP ara BOL LOM LOZ ae ee 75 19 44.08
Zig fics aA EEC EUE Oi oy HO) inosine wa) ale Byes
Dea Sevete, Jeeta he 39) OM ASOD Fie se (AS 732.92
Reon irc) sbi ae era he ts 39) LOM Aa GS weer ce 75 19 39.76

GEO. W. FLACH.

(Location: 634 miles S—%® FE. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 33 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S ? fe : y Se
1M CUO aece Boe nenae BO Ot UBT 2 ochenestis 75 22 34.32
28 Ors © THREES OORT ROERLE 39) (Obs 2a 80s cisace 75 22 19.68
AACE ais Peleusts shveland BOy ODF ASS a.5 sek 75 22 16.88
PPR ei sehesaustclsveierrene a) (05) OOS. scouase 13) 222 abi)

GEO. W. FLACH.

(Location: 634 miles S—4 BE. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 30 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. ; ‘ He ty 4 i
1 Be eRe ator ne @iials OOP ROD aS! SSenee (3 22 spyan
ZEN Rich aloha Serene ete ae (O5) « AO ano ooee (S22. AlEd6
Spiteri, Herscher nis eRe Se Oi Oe cag cose 75 22 38.40
tO CO inn oo! (05: "OTA0 Re ac: (0 22) SAG

JOS. M. GARRISON.

(Location: 44% miles S. E.—%¢ E. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 107 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. i . y 2 y Ks
ME Fopar a Stas 8 3) eysiere Stee teneae 32 09 (06.84.. 302... 75 20 15.60
eoissay sc vicay s) sRoka eshte eee oD. 09) 0924 ree 1D AD Eyes
Pataaaiisv agile evens eeesetons oo.) O82 SOASK ee sc 75 19 33.60
Avira taraieud si tegerete, eiteaieee So) 08, S248er cen. 75 19 44.48

86

(Location: 2% miles E.

Jorner Latitude.
Number. 3 4 ie
sca nape Sere eee oe BO MO Aaa
OES MS AO a Aa Bon NOM aAyiGaeene
Darhaicaeioe selee a oe ote 349) a Paystsias gisie c
AA pe Nosed 6 SR eS ee SOD LOe2atacneees

(Location: 254 miles E. by S. of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. ¢4 : “
ELF toy (lovers doe, Shemepenenerave py 0 wooo coe
Mev ace sekoter siloke e oeeteteite at} 0) ihe, 3 i555
Bidet odeuatn si ehereo ve lee toilets BO, HOW Ama 2s meme
ALSOP oleate Settee tereisters 39) LOW SOA ae

(Location: 44% miles S. E. by E.—% BE. of Mahons River

Corner Latitude.
Number. 2 ( We
NE arc huatensen autre otcks BOM PLO ROMS aan:
Dc iaie cas jatar susie te en rare Ne SO LOMO DAS
Bietace vous Vad tel telcerat ORNCaets SOOO AD GU acct
7. EE MEENA SOc ripe 39) 09h A220 acres
De reevacscurehwedetebers Acre nis SOOO NSO DOs eneee
Ed epatceh te omentrestsae 39 09 29.44......

(Location: 4% miles 8. S. E.—¥4, E, of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. 4 , ee
aD eis Naat cet an aeh ee 39 O8 (04:28..:...
Dy ded roitaaisnacusteusiegeistevaite 39) 08F 2 eae
Cay OS ietaar see earl gt 39) (OTe 59 G20 aot.
Aiiohnealoehcay aun esteuatene gets SO On DAL eee

REPORT OF SURVEY.

JOS. M. GARRISON.

JOS. M. GARRISON.

HARRY HAGERTY, JR.

HAGERTY &

S. E.—% FE. of Mahons River

JOHNSON.

Light. Area: 42 acres.)
Longitude.
° , ”

fe 20 “Si.96

WS 20 39:52

fae 2034.84

75 20 47.92

Area: 388 acres.)

Longitude.
75 21 06.40
75 20 54.48
iy FO pyle
(5, 210 (0652

Light. Area: 75 acres.)
Longitude.
° , ”
(5) 19) 32:88
(iy a) aks ole
75° 19 13.44
7 19 15.60
75 19 10.12
75 19 19.64
Area: 27 acres.)
Longitude.
°o , we
(ia PAL Vatends
(5) 2d 2824
(ip PALO PS YA0)
75), 21) alos

REPORT OF SURVEY. Sif

M. P. HOWLETT.

(Location: 5% miles 8. E. by E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 202 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S P 4 - é =

Mo Fete ts akstavevareetciets 39709 MORG2 A eae case is) ARS) iy

Pie Noie ees: S.A seers auees a) UE) als tas oapeac (a 18) 2eo2

7 q:4 tate Ciciene recone cic 398 OSM AGAST emo Thay Neh PADS)

ATE Sone os eee een BOE (OSM BAG A aeiecce ce: 75 19 04.52

D)igwe" aapes eicertin eeschererese rc SOm OStatic. tay 1) aS

: Gia Mere iclare clin tees Gs Stes Br ls BistXOssoaucec Cay Is) Ge

M. P. HOWLETT.

(Location: 584 miles 8S. by E.—% FE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 124 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. o ‘ a 2 4 ae

OD yarsicegcxolerstetel Ss;.6' Gost BO) (OG ARZO ec 5. oc 75 21. 39.68

Des sj eilodeys Sebas Greys ear 39 OG AG: GOs wee. cre (5) 2A 2206

SiGe ey Cieioe cece BO) OG a2 8 re crs wre Tis) Pl PAlests:

AR re Satis atehorttc hohe: Shes SO) OG S0M2e eo. ss. fiy Pal eae!

bypeper aera ob eietaretencl sk Woners SOOGaeel SOmeeeamcre (iy) PAL alalschs?

Giss ocoteeaie cates Solo eeers BY) hs Ubyatisoadococ 75 21 06.96

CO Sesud Seah or onote dagausiacei suet SON OGe elOSO Ree cere 75 21 23.88

Seis aran chonetoa teeiciere ly Okey ate Boa odde its PAL eke!

Qi. oats eaten cae teas BO eee oases Pal Biya!

M. P. HOWLETT.

(Location: 4 miles S. by H.—\% KE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 42 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 7 2 4 S : a
1s ROBERTS. cAC Ee EC SOK. Oey OAS See tere C22) > 2320
ERE sah, s CUNO Srenevereone SOW Oia SGSkean ees os on 22 Lea,
Be ad assrsecel re ereneogeee 30) OfeeonlGuee. seer lon (22) 13384
1 OIE RecA POLO tc SO. OW S2O0 nae. wae Cor 22)" 21-20;

88

(Location: 2% miles S. S. E.—% HE. of Mahons River Light.

REPORT OF SURVEY.

M.

(Location: 54% miles S. by E. of Mahons River Light.

Corner
Number.

REO WiAlEn an:

Latitude.
SO OG 490 kere ersceere
Bon OG Hooke cake
ZOMG 40e1Geee ee eee
BAO MOS RZ Me a ooscos

M. P. HOWLETT.

Longitude.

° , w"
75 22, 19:68
iy 22 Uren
Tis 22 ORY
fa. 227 W56

Area:

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. i ; sf f a
esate roeretererewaspere euatieus SO 109 24 DAs is, 22) (33.96
Dp ala samen ec) Si Ohara 39) (09) 26808 a aaaee ti 22o ZOE
Sie arcs cccutinis Galo es sty (08) Ibo. cascaded to 22) 19108
A eas gees Ganieseeneent ess So) 08 UP so dosno clin 2 Asi
M. HUTHMACHHER.
(Location: 6% miles S. E.—%4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area:
Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 4 4 4s 2 i fs
OL aeay tee ote pe peaeia lem es 39) VOT TAGIO2 Noe net 75 18 14.36
Pobre Se RCO ME ee D.C at) (Os) (OHSS co caocotia dlr ahs
Dao Gree tenateters a er etovens BOs LOTT AAO ae sere 7 17 39.84
A ie eee kee teye ates BOT OUT 422 esc 7) ile aR!
Ey eae iste eis ahs se suouetareiees SOV MOMM M2 OSE efosreets 75 17 44.24
brah reee ioe iste eostedeante kets Serie al hr Paes Gp eines 75 18 07.68
isle RoR aR aes 39" O% “3204-2 2222 56 T¢5% eh ee ea 22
Sisehereasrs Gheuaie wheter Sor OW G28 cae 75 18 07.68

Area: 30 acres.)

25 acres.)

180 acres. )

REPORT OF SURVEY.

M. HUTHMACHER.

89

1 Location: 5 miles S. E. by E—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 60 acres.)
Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 s z 2 y me
PAGS octets. osteo ee or 39: 09; 30i28........ 1) aS) aa
De Oe rere SOU OGa S2eoo ese ee 75 18 38.04
Os 6 OR Ce Ese 39) (O09) WSSG soos. a 7 18 34.60
As Bi EE Ae ee Re EM Ec 39 OO OSMeee aa. yelon LS: eS 2ZL04:

{Location :

CHRISTIAN JOHNSON.

6 miles S. by E.—% E. of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. AB a
bictats eioters se < eis ie ays 39 06 09.90
DN EP AS Scere Seer 39 06 15.08
Serie tekevevedons: Checole stonens 389 O06 09.68
APTN S935 Seo share che Av arassete 39 O06 11.84
LA SSI oO GEOG 39 05 51.84
Gy. Aero ay eee 39 05 47.40

(Location: 51% miles 8. 8

an) wy ws" 30

icc Cvorchn

a

ELIZABETH JOHNSON.

. E.—% E. of Mahons River

wees) e668

6 (6 wie) 6) 6) ¢

Corner Latitude.
Number. ~ ‘ a
Dees cars ciaeps seaphaemhers 39. Of 06.16
DIRE RCS CaO © 39 OF 11.28
BEC EERO 39 06 56.48
Zt ee ERNE ROO OD 89 06 52.12
Fas). obo Steir eee ar ene 39 06 39.380
Glas. aie exits 39 06 37.44
| Ap a aoc a 39 06 56.68
Sy). bison we pere 39 06 58.92

Sice\e) 6 6.6 (0.6

ed

see ee eee

Area: 104 acres.)

Longitude.

° , ~
75 21 42.60
Tie Pal PATER
(5 21 24.28
75 21 18.08
(3) 2 06:36
(on 212920
Light. Area: 74 acres.)

Longitude.

° , ”
75 20 36.88
fa 20° 25%2
1S 20) 152
75 20 33:92
75 20 32.48
7 20 41.44
75 20 43.16
75 20 34.42

90 REPORT OF SURVEY.

WM.

(Location: 7% miles S.—% BE. of Mahons River Light.

JOSLIN.

Corner Latitude.
Number. 2 x
Mh acsretarsia soe Susya eve ierel 6 389 05 01.48
Disehace ie tetoveele michereneke- vo 39 05 ° 08.52

WM.

(Location: 7%, miles S.i—% BE. of Mahons River Light.

et 2

JOSLIN.

Longitude.

° i? ”
75 22 32.84
iS) 922) 26:84
75

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 i © i
Lis oecde ie certo sence ate BOY VO4 F232 Hae (oe 22 Ssasl6
SD eno con erowakel a Metereuee have ts 39) O04 300m. eer Wa 2225.92
BASE Rineians Giotes 39) NOAM 22 somes 75 22 22.44
1S SC RIC once aout BO) Ot" 23 28etaeeee 75 22 30.84

ROBT. KNIGHT.

(Location: 454 miles S. of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. 5 4 Mi
AM ce, Site ianaer ous tormtienstotievouers 39 OT 08.72
iiss Mic sbeecnsie seston erent 39 OF tab2
SCRE ERCP EMR OT IE CREE C 39 O7 00.20
Aree ysronaioutst Selon vet aisles 389 O06 55.68

HARRY McGONIGAL.

Area: 10 acres.)

Area: 8 acres.)

Area: 30 acres.)

Longitude.

By 23) 929536
(5 23 18:20
Yisy, P33 TL
7 238 26.04

(Location: 284 miles BE. 8. E.—™% E. of Mahons River Light. Area:

Corner Latitude.
Number. e y AS
Deer hal onl Shere ene a er allalovreite 389 10 39.96
Dice eaoone eh erate eran ees 300) 10) 4ae32
SDs cna irey ot c vebarenlekh vanes 39 10 31.92

Cec Ceci Geo

© lelfais' elie «6

Longitude.
(eee OOS 2
(a 220) 51096
75 20 49.88

=]
|

21- 01.64

18 acres.)

REPORT OF SURVEY. 91

A. S. MOOR, BRO. & CARROW.

(Location: 2% miles S. E.—%4 8. of Mahons River Light. Area: 38 acres.)

Corner Latitude, Longitude.
Number. 2 f ” A ‘ a

iL aa earencGamaags 6 BW 08) AUTO on caps fis) PAL) takes}

Gs EP RAEN A Bi, Oe) AUCH ca adoac 75 21 38.76

Ney diate: vig. atere ce eu ecwkereene Bio) (019) Wisksttign ooo cue (a) PAL sisal

Ae ere are sate aera 39° 09 04.68.......- tia PAL Tica

Byppe tne chert stein eetterot eat Sop OOM la o2taer ores 6 (iy Pal Biers

Gis dcsahtis isi cesses were 39) 109) MA SAR cre =o) 75 21 50:24

A. S. MOOR, BRO. & CARROW.

(Location: 1% miles 8S. E.—*% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 21 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. Y " ee ‘ as 5g
Ths OO Oe a EOD. 3%8) a0) WOU Saison fine 20nk2
DH ah ent ORTON ELEOTED SO AO M208. ease 3 Th) 22, 256
RG eS ete peliace. ora srave Ge Bi) (0S) BieWslaas goons 75 22 09.48
AIR Mra totes yc e cisisbete Bis Os) ideo de doeos Wy 22 18.40

A. S. MOOR, BRO. & CARROW.

(Location : 2% miles S. E. by E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 14 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 5 is : é ve
Ne paris. cheer shotewrey Heelers SON a0) BBHE RS sida on dc "5 20 59.92
Drill © Mega wragststee Seahorse BOR AO 2A TiGhverareheerone ou 20 aie
BRS etiniorg cian. BY ay abe ceo s {is P20) aka
Ab gist! totae etter stahenelets Bi a) ab BES Gp acbox Ti) AO ERyRy

AARON MORRIS.

(Location: 4 miles S. by E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 40 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S 4 oe $ , uh
WEEE eho Semie cis aterees BU VNU abo cdne "5, 22) Ad:96
2) nade Bini e) OR OIO too BE IU, Mala Ner wibin coo 75 22 01.60
DIS ERO Atory Ate Ha ToryT SW CRU Geno “lms Pal astacte

Ay ataldroleterrtsyeienarsiens SOINOT SRGE less 5 2212/00

92 REPORT OF SURVEY.

JAS. MUNCEY.

(Location: 2% miles S. H.—¥4 S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 36 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. i o 2 a
Mis Aba, Mima a camaatece eset ake 39) OGn ZO 24 ee (a) S21 ASO:
DN Whee ga sk stalovarenehte lenis BO OOE (BOM Ze vere ces (ay Pal Palate
Ber ccna eelapeiaterens erates pi) Ue) Pas Gooooot (i) 2a ASO
A caida aeleltoeha es ees Boy 09, AR SG reas eee 75 21 38.40

JAS. MUNCEY.

(Location: 284 miles S. E.—% S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 9 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 , i : 7 Ks

Dis tate eeitd, sve cagenoremenelerercsiis SOL OG R22 OOraeeeer Us 22) PAY

Dye cateea oie terse cnovareuet ee 39) O9N 2200 haere (ae 2h) 58:64

SERN TAREE Bec Iar OSG chee oho 39) 09) S92 Reece Ke 2 55168

AN SEE srckacs, Se Taian Se poteves eis S909) AS 2Sh aero ia 22) (022%

Sy foleehes ie is a vein ale onsine ers 39: 09;, UBE24 oe. rovessers 75 22 01.44

Ghee rssh ahe ern ene eons 39) 097 13 SO0ee cee 75 22 06.28

TSP ree re Cee icine toe 39 09 ATG4. octane 75 22 07.04

WM. J. MUNCEY.

(Location: 254 miles S. S. E.—%% FE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 8 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. ° t “4 5 4 2
MURS eran vetsye recuse tere BOP OOm Ob Gara aareicise i508 22. SlG
Die epee aE RARES Sisto ot). (OS e ae aes singe oe 75 22 31.64
Demaseu eh conenaan eevee iene mi Us Ue Saco ope 5 22) 2916
Ah ah th pee Al etn 5 So OO OF AO ae cee Tie 22, 2362

JAS. P. NIEUKIRK.

(Location: 3 miles BE. S. E. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 122 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. r HY 2 if 2
I i yee es care eon ONG oe ac 39) 10) F2ROSE aioscciecs 5 75 20% 47d
PA Steet iat oiieto otis it 39) “10 284s aers (i) FAO) alysis
BANS aaa oro ei cae 39) 10) ORGAR . oe.e 7 20 08.56
AO aa aa cohe au ehecoTs Meee 39) 10) (O84 0 occas: 7 20 41.08

—— Se

REPORT OF SURVEY. 93
PETER R. PAYNTER.

(Location: 64% miles S—%4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 185 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 ‘ i e f “
OE a Saya a: wiser ete cecanever eke Bo) 0s, ST BYAS sole soe c 75 22, 59.60
Papo ages le shsper cela ela eka SU ss ea acoos 75 22 20.08
BES ceusre srcrere nie oe iene SOe One S480 ksh acts 75 22 138.40
Ae revert sieie sein ore SO Oa ead aero cre. (5 228 00.72

JOHN C. PETERSON.

(Location: 64% miles S. E.—%4 EH. of Mahons River Light. Area: 124 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 y “3 ° j 4
HDR Gees erates oc cte ee -. 89 OT 57.12........ 75 18 35.88
Date Bate AS 3) Wis) WSO oocbooe 7 18 00.86
SOTO aiatesneral ses state cae BI UG ae nae occ (3 alre aNeaY4
2 Uses eT eTO CRC CRCWRPRCICRCTICT © SO) UG MAG Omitne steelers 7 18 14.96
Fyacotsuh cpabaostns: sea eetaete 30) (0h BGA... 2... 75 18 08.36
Ges Re ask ees ec apees SOO (tie Ae | ee Rare (5, AS) - B52

JOHN C. PETERSON.

‘Location: 534 miles S. by E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area; 87 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. Y ee 3 id oa
Hs arch cone ehansaene eaters SO 106) 48e2G eon fo) 21 586
Dost atehaksuorchereteleeeerete 39 06 46645... 5... 7 21 45.96
Sidcieraated cena B9\» 06" “ATAG ky cn: 75 21 40.08
7, RPE RNS in) SAiC 39 (06) 23:84 550... 7 21 36.00
AL BIARO OG OTOL oD 0-0 Biiomlhey PHOS sosoooc iii) BAL ahh
Ge con asses tee ite eers 39! (0G. aGA crs escien (i Pal Aisle
Texter eiacesin Suns ok 39 06 10.48 75 21 43.20
op RRS EAS OSS SiG OGL BO OG) 20 BOteieerie (5 21° “5088
1 RRB ERR A GBs Oc 39) OG) oleaatie cc 75 21 49.00
1) heirs erotic cit cca OO OG al.b2ne ce ee 75 21 47.88

94 REPORT OF SURVEY.
LIZZIE PETERSON.

(Location: 4% miles S. E. by E.—% E. of Mahons Riven Light. Area: GO acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 i i . : is
| i ea ee ea see 39109 W29NGee seer (oO SS
Divcis te a ciereloeae te Rate base Ss DGPS So owiols 75 19 09.12
Sudha cis sais eee B39 MOS) BaSiSrecmes ar 75 18 55.24
Ani avsrereears seer aresetatorens SO) OS mane. wee one 75 19 06.96

LIZZIE PETERSON.

(Location: 44% miles S.—% E. of Mahous River Light. Area: 20 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 y uf 2 3
Hie crate dong. Mie temyeie chaise BOOM AO secre 75 22 46.96
De Weal Bhartey os Sa a seene ire BOOM eae SOA acer 75 22 38.40
DR aa dees Gtetecmteomcn siti Bi) Ur BOS so cocooc "5 22 33184
Bee odes lee me euentes BO OG V2S482e cane 75 22 41.48

HARVEY RAWLEY.

(Location: 4% miles S—%4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 3 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. b2 i is 2 a es
WL es dis5y fa) ash ec puaanio ora ee BOULOT -2IEGSaer denise (5°23 AG36
DIARRA Caley atiel sve ener ye Melee le Sl “PRR oasecools, 28) Iblice!
Biopasrencieueteuedsvere wustereeae SOU Otel OLA Seve erercerane (Ou 2eIEOS
Are eave isin Steve RE de ete Bt Ue alicia Gaaaaoe 75 23 16.56

ROBERT B. REYNOLDS.

(Location: 2% miles BE. S. E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 12 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. e 4 oe 8 c oe
DVN UGN, Lieadtei eve eheteebgecs SO Ome O Serer ee ss Pal Ola
PLO PE Ty See er MATAR SO LOM ol 2 preteens 75 20 49.92
See aaehe Oboe Sexes etetels B39) FAO 2544 Sete 75 20 49.16

A Pah slaveiyaneitenetonencyskehoye BOP LO DAG. cis ierateie. 7 21 00.76

oo ~

REPORT OF SURVEY. 95

ROBERT B. REYNOLDS.

(Location: 154 miles EB, S. EB. of Mahons River Light. Area: 1 acre.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 ? vr y y +
1S ho ORC OL aS 39) MOP VAS 2 a ere asia (one 24.20
Ue OO a preaerodc BO MOAR A Ss.) sis Ti) PPS Pes
Oho CHIDO COCO EEN eEeRrC cca 39) HOP Aes Zr. «la 75 22 24.40
APA ehapay5 ele Sine asters Be 39) MOMAZAO erercicye ss (5 22 25.56

GEO. S. RICHARDSON.

(Location: 1% miles S. E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 17 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S ‘ wy 2 4 ‘3
AN eteavreres eusaons (socsievsie.s! wushe SO LO MONE a2 areca 75 22 30.76
DeRiek s siemiaies soe Rete BO PAOMOG AS rs... an. (od) 22), 22:40
Beara OO Cert Gee eee SO OD MaieS terete (3) 2
Acs pinion isis cieictets 39) BODOG SOs «cree 75 22 33.52

GEO. S. RICHARDSON.

(Location: 234 miles S. E. by E.—% FE. of Mahons River Light.

Area:

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 4 As © ‘ <<
De PN evehenteseret as ot oreiens 39) 10 0504. ane ac 75 21 16.96
Disk Etoie ecateto serie aoe SO Om OnelGren sees 7 21 10:20
Dissehessre sieves 9 csc SIMOO) BowGHe. os once 7 21 06.16
Ae or, ibe aie AR SOM OO Bo OMG eee rece (ia eal TEAS}

RICKARDS & EARL.

18 acres.)

(Location: 24% miles S. E. by E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 9 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude
Number. 2 f £ S, , nc
iLL Geta) chedatiat shalom or atenteage 39° AO: G2SiSS ee eee CS a2 49:56
Dies coph alee aes Goatees SO" TO! S2BIS4e cas chen “> 21 41584
Sikes a cineca BOO 39 10 23.08. to 22 40:52
ee tee ac tehs perenne SO) 1Oy Dea hare wie ae 75 21 49.56

96 REPORT OF SURVEY.

FRANK B. ROBBINS.

(Location: 24% miles 8. E. by E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 58 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. ‘. f Ls 2 e de
EL es Meiloyredearas reat eI eee sy) I) PRED ascoooec 75 21 49.40
Den atah sh orent ene Reyehetesa ts 3) I) SRSYsaooduo oti, Sill Beery
aires crecae fete mieten 39) O09 DO D2t maleic "5 21 27.96
Ar Sibi ita sions eronsereneeaare Bi) We WUAsooobaooo %5 21 41.20

FRANK B. ROBBINS.

(Location: 354 miles E.—5 S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 40 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Numober. ° 4 ah = os
| SERRA aset icic taonch oh Near Sorta: SOS 28sec 75 20 01.08
Dy oh capcus ee E OU EREL: oo, ddl O4:G8scnnK. <i Cy AOS OS2
Bie Uh lelatie na epee teeter nue BO LOMA iGremeniocs 7 19 40.56
A si ares Sdvencuarie te ueuateWerorerses SO OW a2 GO seers ce 7 19 50.40

FRANK B. ROBBINS.

(Location: 3% miles S. E. by S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 38 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. : i i . ~
a reir ECR OCR ai) (is) WEWsls gesoaue (245 38:00
Dine si auavete aUaheve susie os ars 3908) SE:52 eee cee Wd 212032,
Diverse evererairniaredons 89 O08 45.04........ (5) 2 20°60

7 RAE Gd DUO OOUCOC SY) Us S8hiPooccodes 7 21 35.96

(Lecation: 4% miles S. by H.—™% KH. of Mahons River Light.

REPORT OF SURVEY.

T. A. ROGERS, SON & CAREY.

Corner
Number.

Biles eels (o/c! se \6)1a) 6) (ele eae

elie) ie! (el (ene! ej) |e) ©! (e:(91(e\(o («eile 0.6)

eee een er sceees sees

eiiiviieise/ je] wlie/ie) wlle)is) eile ice iele jee

Sie leTe).e (eho! /@/'6 a) 6 ele ¢le/ee (6:

0 0, 0 CREO. OROTCHONCY On ucan

iy) ‘e] eles) e [ellie 6 10 0) 6 ¢ « = ¢

Dike) e).e)ele: el eles) e)\9\\e| © ee ee

DORA Or eo CCR aur LAC 0

Latitude.
SO. OF Mao aires 1D)
39) Of WAIGOn. ccke 75
39) (OTF OOl2A Eo crs csc 13)
39) (OF MOSS 2 airs: 75
Sh 0 OUEPAd a aieiadion (
SO OMe One 2etersier ase 75
SOM OGMmosOsprerie cert 75
SOs Ovens OUR Getvers ere 75
SO) OG H DAro Glace 1 (3)
a) (a BWUeso ooobouT 75
39) OG ARS OR sire ici 75
39) (06; A2AS ns. 75
39) OG DO: SOM cier 75
39° OG) 4G:88:.- 5... ... 5:
39 OGi DOSS ire ccc: 75
39 06 58.08. 15

“Tela

T. A. ROGERS, SON & CAREY.

(Location: 21%4 miles FE. S. E. of Mabons River Light.

Corner

silatalve) e! se) ¢\e)'6 eee! e)elerehks

aiie| (@ si ee 6 6,0 \6) 6 ete eile ten sie

Suisile/e).¢)(0\e © 6 ove! sees) eo sie

aiuto’ 's) ole) es 6-9) 0.66 mim ee,

s) a le/0).0. 16) (e «) © 01.6 6) one ane) are)

Clee 068 a 6 0 6.6 «viele wv aie

ae/(6 ee 0) 6! « ee.) 06) Ulelmere!

Area:

Longitude.

, -

21 57.84
2

21 49.685
21 45.16
21 25.60
21 24.44
21 11.84

21 O8.88
21 01.68
20 58.68
21 10.72
21 07.72
21 21.36

21 22.60
2

1 46.28
21 47.685
21 54.48

eae
ae. U

Area: 73 acres.)

Latitude. Longitude.
SON LO S220 bree. io 20 2088
SO) MO) S248 5 ee er a Pal alee
SO) 10)" 251840 poets fio 20) 10M
SO) LOE SHO Be aereter ces 7 21 06:54
SOF 10) -OR24. seer. a AO) aR
39 10) 0n:822aee Y(ay Pail BAL Ole:
39) 10" W3:840. ose: fo 2 2a16
BO 10) (Te 2eee eee: (is) Pals als fels:
89 10 24.44........ (5) 2a 15.00
39. 10) “2b 2hiaee« eck (5) <2, 19320

Cos |

140 acres. )

98

zi

>

(Location: 3 miles

Corner

Numober.

T.

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REPORT OF SURVEY.

A. ROGERS, SON & CAREY.

K. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 51 acres.)

Latitude. Longitude.

° , ” ° , ”
frente 39° (09) 54:20. 5... 4-0) e2il s08:32
Sthassatt 39) (09 ST ASe. 7 lo 20) 4ee6
Erk eet, 39) (09) 4356. 2c eon ZUM e ies
aul ot BO) 109) V4 er ae oe O eres G
Bt chean ais Bo) 09) 408-5. on e220) ee-88
A. ROGERS, SON & CAREY.

(Location: 5144 miles S.—%& EH. of Mahous River Light.

Corner
Number.

Als

(Location: 214% miles 8. H.—% S. of Mahons River Light.

Corner

Number.

he

(Location: 1% miles S. E.—%4 S. of Mahons River Light.

Corner
Number.

Area: 33 acres.

Latitude. Longitude.

° , ” ° D ”
COLOR 39 06 39)002.2..5..0) 22) 5844
Shae ks 39) O62 4008.22 2-e no 922) 46772
Bes eects 39 06 Baila. . wees. 122) AB 84:
bite oe 89 O06 23.88... 75 22 56.04

A. ROGERS, SON & CAREY.

Area: 30 acres. )

Latitude. Longitude.

° , ” ° , ”
ANG 39) 09) SE:88hecseeetton 2a lero2
HIconoke Bi (08) elie conssocta 24. Wes!
Per 39 O09 44.20........75 22 05.52
ae 89 09 42.:40........75 22 1924

A. ROGERS, SON & CAREY.

Area: 29 acres.)

Latitude. Longitude.

° , “ ° , ve
siastans hae 39) 109) aANGe.) 2. see Dee) oS.De
ataveyeote 89 09 54.48........75 22 29.48
aaieiate 39) (O90 MSS40seee ese clo eee eos
Aalst 39 09) BUMG. coo 0o ze) 40:40

REPORT OF SURVEY.

T. A. ROGHRS, SON & CAREY.

(Location: 43g miles S.—% BE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 28 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. be , te 2 if fo
ON day's <e, sren einer sist onaucvane at) MOY PS TINH. cesuaeo (i Bay ale)
IM Ne tes yay ok siish ovis) ov'ciar ele at) Or * Aih(Paoccaoouti) ere jap
ig ais CRIS, eS 39° (OT WSO 2s se « fia) 225 ltoe.
FEN aS e POPS ean SOL OS OISAS T < orrs sc (ay ey exo)

T. A. ROGERS, SON & CAREY.

(Location: 54% miles S. H.—% S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 26 acres )

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. ! v 4 2 i m
AB rece Steyacsns ois tevareracs late 39)” 1082 1O2AS ria sic lets is 19) AOS
ING AES CRTCHRAAES CERO cP ay sr WHOS he giooe 75 18 58.00
eb Muetetare stay eis eiislare) sii ahots BOOT eeiiintere Fogo 2 75 18. 52.00
AeA Os 2. Same dies a Saae SOOKE OG OUR inion em yap

SCHOCH & ANOLD.

(Location: 5%, miles S. S. E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 249 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S i, Z re ; ca
Fs, ood ofrousiertereds (ears ‘sow ede SOM OOD DG. soccer i PAL alot fete}
AEE Ls Se ROSE ER OO SO OT P2084 ccc se 75 20 24.72
Doe tcncwetaicielete cavhershse kets ap Wr alee soo ecoe ly 200) aeeo
Ais Gee esate wee oo hey Mears 39) ROeROG AOR aac ee rey SO Reel!
B)\. jas dveilel weitattge) Viousteteoeare aio) (US) eso oaocac 75 20 34.24
Gh severe ait) (00) els aaacodc 7 20 44.36
(RITES Cimber ca © SOy SOG) Adelante. er 7 20 45.52
Shvensiene Wer seo Sek SO OG EAM rere esas (5 20 46.72
Le Seem onis. 6 o80.o 39) (06) (Si4Sas- coe to e20) AILSs
NOES 5 eolo ba heoscacoeren neers 390 (0G OOra2 eee (5) 20) 50:64
1 by RE ENR I oa Oil's c 39° (OG) 2ROBs cone eck 75 20 48.84
1 ELS eA cess. ic 39, 068 240 seers = 75 20 58.40
WSS Bahied fold Apa ieco star weeee 397 0G Mea. 0S eee. (ay, PAL OS
a1 Seepeactearacicicios occ eit Wor Gules Ns 55 oo oo fo 2 20:32
ESAs i situe bce ee tere te Metenens 59) OG) 468 acer. (Gy Pal PARP 0)
UG AG. cts octane eee SS 06!) AE A 75 21 06.64
ily (eee RES eee tec occ 39) 106) SOMO rac reycicte 75° 21 09.80
Maha id ad's en elemha each Bo OG PDS O0F aoe. wets 1) 20). 57.52
1S REMMI LS sce coc SOUMOT MOMS2 eee a: Fal ee
Pd eR coe Coos BO) OG pt OeIa ee er iaek 75 21 0848

100

(Location: 284 miles . by 8S. of Mahons River Light.

Corner

Number.

(Location :

REPORT OF SURVEY.

SCHOCH & ANOLD.

Latitude.

o , ”

SCHOCH & ANOLD.

Longitude.

° , re
75 20 54.48
75 20 30.00
a 20 929220
ion ZO aIESG

Area: 56 acres.)

5% miles S.—'\%& W. of Mahons River Light. Area: 53 acres.)
4+

Corner

Number.

Latitude,

° , ”
39 OT 47.48
39 OF 51.60
39 O7 34.36
389 Of 31.64
oo) Of AIG
Be) Ore aha!

SCHOCH & ANOLD.

(Location: 434 miles S. by E.—™% E. of Mahons River

Corner
Number.

Latitude.
° , ”
39 O07 34.32
SOMO moiees

G2 oo
© ©
SS
“1 +
=
to
oO
fon)

Longitude.
eo ”
75 23 38.88
75 23 18.36
75 23 16.04
7 23 30.24
1 23 31.00°
7 23 3848

Light. Area:

Longitude.

° , ”
(ix 723 snare
Tol 59:60
75 21 44.40
(iy PAL BYCIE4

52 acres.)

REPORT OF SURVEY.

SEMERTEEN & LODGE.

(Location: 2% miles S. E.

Corner Latitude.
Number. qi ¥ oy
BRS ake fetci-cluics sheaths verses Some LOM TS air sen.
De os ORR Oa NOR ECHL 39 10 RP ASwOLR a.
PAs akin els fie eens 39) (09% bauGn...
OOD CORNCCORTEMCERERCRO Sree Ao EY Gy HOG ao
NO eg peor tole Oo eCNnaaaaS 39 09 49.24....
Gtre actos < Seqenehencteystonste 39 09 ° 43.28
HEM vone Nel crs tenths eactren aves ets 39. 09 42.52...
Ole B COM Oi REL COTO CR OROROL EEO 39 O9 48.S8S0....
QAR re sade iciciede. cis enaheiese 39 09 45.80—..-
Op erey. eke cee soas, se suenerete Be) ako) asics oe

7% BW. of Mahons Rive1

- Light.

SEMERTEHEN & LODGE.

(Location: 8 miles S. E.—™% W. of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. : ‘ if
LEP er herded csnausietone us Son ODF See y..
OPES SSS Clty ORCS RROD O a OOF 19:68...
rey Cian ERS eR GC Doe OOM TR 2 era.
ay Aa Heth cr me arte ie 39 O09 O8.84....

SEMERTEEN & LODGE.

(Location: 5% miles 8S. E. of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. = f ym
Tee Merc Goto. 30) (08) A5itas.-
DIS i lekts choke arene SO 08%) 17-96.4-
eae hei, Mots ehaaeetekete So 08h) OGG...
(2 UB RRM ASV tO ()ic) c 389 O8 04.96....

101

Area: 83 acres.)

Longitude.

° , ”
soe ete PAL Pgelks:
sanatts) Pal korn
poeotis: wal BUMS
eat ll 26:92
Spool) Salk Ans}

to) 2 2248
Sacolla, 2A! sess
Sen ot) PAR eae sato
Foe) Cale sas
coset Pal dayox out

Area: 47 acres.)

Longitude.

°o , pp
Seeat, SPab Gig)
secutia Al Wiroz!
tei De Pile OAL 2,
Sood Al Sy

Area: 25

Longitude.
sseeto 19 (24.44
Seer LOM LOG
ideo) 08:00
koto) 18:04

102

REPORT OF SURVEY.

WM. SHILLINGSBURG,

(Location: 43, miles S. by E.—%* E. of Mabhons River Light.

Corn

er

Number.

(Location: 584 miles S. by FE.

Latitude.

° , ”
389 OT 39.08
39 OT 54.48
39 OS O7.16
39° OT 49.60
39 OT 44.68
39° O07 20.08
39 OF 09.88
39 OT 06.04
389 OF 00.52
39 OT 14.96
39 O7 117.36

WM. SHILLINGSBURG,

Corner

Number.

(Location : 584 miles S. E.—% S. of Mahons River Light.

of Mahons River Light.

Latitude,

° , ”
39 06 35.68
39 06 43.32
39 06 31.92
39 O06 31.80
39 06 20.64
39 06 19.44

WM. SHILLINGSBURG.

Corner

Number.

Latitude.
39 OT 54.76
39 OT 56.28
39 OT 33.96
39 Of 31.24

©) 6). e/ be 10).

Area:

Longitude.

° , Pe
se chsh okt 75 21 59.44
aid sevice siren 15) 2 2376
vasielee (a PAL OSG}
Su ceioe es 75 20 48.56
2 traps 75 20 54.16
sta AN) sess
eAisie hte (iy PAL 1eSsto)
sha fertonaiia) ove (sy Pal ate
RARE Ts 21 44572
sphietsyorsneice (ay PAL) yay
Beh ote foveir 75 21 42.88

Longitude.

° , ”
[5 22 15228
(5) 2a ileGU
75 21 48.40
75 21 49.24
fis PAL il 25}
75 22 06.48

Area: TS aeres.)

Area: 65 acres.)

Longitude.
75 AM) (09:52
75 18 53.48
45. 18 36.42
75 18 48.08

—EE

REPORT OF SURVEY.

WM. SHILLINGSBURG.

LOS

(Location: 654 miles S. E.—%4 S. of Mahons River Light. Area: 30 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 Y Ys 2 i. i
MG aye ees sous s acaieistelaier Sr rr I 2Vecccéooc W> AS 382.52
Ua Sores Sie RS ataheaes Be XU ISKCUR Se anode 75 18 23.04
Sere ec c08 Palate latie Pane BO Or Usps anaoaae 7 18 14.68
2 RE BCR AC RC eT cer 39) OT BOR SG eit is) 18) BRIG

WM. SHILLINGSBURG.

(Location: 2% miles 8. S. E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. ¢ i Hf Q ‘i rk
HMR eons Sc Cakccslaiiehy seeks SOMOO MMOS SO aeceererer ere (iy) 22 aly al
2 oA 0 SRR eI ES Buy (0) OUuse se euuec Ts) BRA ala Pass
SD) cichcleve:seakatc-auecduarsuere BY) We) OBEY Eee adoos (iy Pe Oa
dh. SOR e Sen Seer orice BO OO MOMGS rit one A Gt24

ROY SLAUGHTER.

(Location: 34% miles 8. 8S. EH.

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 é " : y a

A Ais Ochs cae eID rye ath (0S GUY Nee aan oor Ue PAL tats!

ey ra ree AA Es, a aoe SO NOR aad tyre: sake 7 21 47.40

he eae eran PEPAIO ene 39) (OB 128324 5. << 2h fio PAL Ino

2 Ee NRE oreo GCOS SON OSPEAS 92). oc ciek ets Ta, 22 (00:32

ie RU AMPS a RoR cd CICS 30) O8) 4dGi48— 545 tj 22 04.52

Gt ahs ce tuaerereerene eth US) a eed a eemic c 75 21 58.32

ROY SLAUGHTER.

54 E. of Mahons River Light. Area:

: 9 acres.)

41 acres.)

Location: 334 miles S.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 4 acres.)
>

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. : i 2 ”
Altix’ pie ve coskel ne 89. (083 sSNA 2st tae fo. 2a 19100
DV Mee Coco oca ac 30° (O08) Ws O87 cree cuene 7 238 13.60
EE RP MRrRae AS 0-003 89 08 09:44. «2... 75 23 12.88

Ais sichere is /ahareuetetenetehateye BUG SR Ongo gooe c J 28 17,24

104 REPORT OF SURVEY.
HOWARD W. SOCKWELL.

(Location: 3% miles 8S: by E.—% KE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 52 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. . e if 3 t ui
Licsecavcie de sectetee siete ee BON OSs POSta2 heise ce 7) 22 15.96
Dict is Meritage Wreate aavetet is BO) USO 2 eae 75 21 56.52
Dis fora tske ter eachener aueapiias CUS aiun(iss OYE igogas occ (ey PAL Gales
Bese hades ontgeessnehete seas a OY Bie(>ooannec 75 22 06.72

HOWARD W. SOCKWELL.

(Location: 6% miles S. E.—Y% KE. of Mahons River Light. Area: 48 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 4 4 me 2 i

Aig Biv euacrcroteheleleteanouees 39) Of “S804 nace 7 17 49.64

Da Nora lewtte das cube Gouseon one ious 39) OW” (SO Gaeeeeeee (> 1% 40220

Si Alahaneta old Senemet wen enone 39) (On AISA OR ross 75 17 33.56

7 ULI IC cu ren cra nc OSC 39) (OG? WBZ ricer 7 17 45.68

Bic veel Sanavie reco remevataperaaes BO) OT aS SO meee Ta Alte AOR

Gildas ceo deus eT tones 39) OF (2AEGA sso 75 17 48.20

ELMER EH. TARBURTON.

(Location: 4 miles S.—% E. of Mahons River Light. <Avea: 101 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 Y sf ° ‘ ve
Teele ie gavaiaio ue eters 39) (OR AS:20 beets (oD eZonlorn2
Diya itils.c a Nels Nahe sate le tae 39 107 “SL20s eee. he 22e Zale
eee stone col cyeneue tenets faites SO) AO ey ZEA Sree hers 7 22 41.92
AST alert sla one ietorete ra wlokets B90 (OF 2AM 2iam es ies 75 23 06.44

WM. TARBURTON.

(Location: 2 miles S.—%4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 5 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 ‘ 4 x 4 i
BORE Tots: tether anata 39 (O09 P2886. eect 75 23 380.40
Diet aerate) iaia ie serclie ae eae ts 39 (OOF M2848 a voeeee (tay) 2B. BBY
a ieee OREO HORA ont Ic SO OON 2DEIGia ea eons (3), PSY PPAR
Aes a enane hel sere etary BO) SOOM EAA OD a ewe ible 75 28 29.84

REPORT OF SURVEY. 105
GEO. L. TURNER.

(Location: 34% miles S. H.—4 E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 34 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. S ‘ 4 e i “
BPE Pevaneys) os: icitens,rs) suds eels 39) OO 3OAOK ci. a. ts 2) Bn
Boars Ld tisksin ahkale seo SO ODI AS Tigers saa 7 20 34.28
By 6 Sthore DRC See Cee 39) COR Se GAs 2 <i 75 20 29.64
AR eV aiice: iveeeyetinn BO Aa W at 39) OOM SIRAS en clare os 75 20 42.96
PD ereRer uch eiahesisuane ons eianete et) 10S) - Giesee oo Sour 75 20 46.60
Gimp cere o's aneneccy nese eu 39) OSM Ssa:80na.. 3.64. 7 20 53.56

GEO. L. TURNER.

(Location: 34% miles E. S. E.—%4 EH. of Mahons River Light. Area: 26 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. e i ui Me 4 us
LRM oie ecclesia ails 39) HOV AAI GS ia 75 20 38.96
Pity Oe) GI at CHEER ER ee SO MOM AG:SSirer = ance 75 20 31.68
Bales Erin Sto OER CRONIES SH OP StOG Sais ae cu 75 20 26.00
Ie A One oo eee ay) INO) 2E)Osicssonnacta, Al> “aisy(00)

GEO. L. TURNER.

(Location: 24% miles S. S. E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 19 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. : d a t i fs
i eaerhh cs cece erne O.A Se SOOO Meal error ier 75 22 47.56
DICE OIS o ceo e BLY US) 2Si8od pono Kay 22 O28
BA seas ope eee SOOO Raa DOs 75 22 33.84
BN eh ose OE 99 109) AS AS cis Malesct 75 22 46.68

GEO. L. TURNER.

(Location: 2% miles 8S. E—¥% 8S. of Mahons River Light. Avea: 10 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. % Ui is S ! zt
PP sac ones NER 39 09) 42 4G ha neeieras {iy PB “allele
DAES. otralay sah ore gee 39) O98 4S GSinnraecre: 75 22 06.00
Bo nao ORES Bo) 09) Sietaircnie se) 75 22 04.68

ie sie. Nocucta oieykemeeets oo 09) 36,600.05 .. =) 7 22 12.48

106 REPORT OF SURBVEY.

WINSMORE & WALLS.

(Location: 51% miles. S. BE.

52 Hi. of Mahons River Light. Area: 242 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. . : i S : a
edema sci pot cls OAM USM Si Celsiateaons oer Ich sue
ical si 6:3. s6/ arene Seer 39) (08) Aa28e 55 Ome Silo a
BD sicgiat Sasa epee seam erento 39 (08 ann Zee erie 7 18 06.36
Ls RCN oi Fetes Glo ai) OU GUE a soon 75 18 40.84

WINSMORE & WALLS.

(Location: 434 miles S—%, EH. of Mahons River Light. Area: 162 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 ‘ um ? { se
i aS ts a a hala aio) OG BOC aaidio cole (a2) toa OA:
Ds fete ova ee BO) OMe Bi2tA (0) reels 1 Val RX ay
Ds falle\d ta Sn ROO Bt) OG STG Recs oo oe (ey Pal ao
A oiav aiedi ee BOL LOGO 20ers 1% 21 48:00
Ba ee oa Oost oes OGN ety emeaee ie 75 21 46.64
OS... aa ee oe 39) “OG, F4edD See a Uo 22) NOZ2S
1 (RIMES cris 6 510.0 bic a1) Ole) Gsslsisaaqcane Thay PEE Oe
ORS rid D oo wc 39° (06 -427-SUme aoe 75° 22 26.84

WINSMORE & WALLS.

(Location: 4% miles S. E.—% E. of Mahons River Light. Area: 61 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. ° i Me e “
dE Rae ONES Epa ects So) MOST 2A.Siei steer aie 7 19 41.40
AS ERS RCE RR EIR eZ 39) 308 240228. oe rae Tia, Uh yee
Beicsivels We epnaeteee at SONs0S8 MOOG Saas {hay AR ale Bree

A ae OI ERE eos MENLO B Some OStael GOS nine 7 19 29.20

REPORT OF

SURVEY.

WINSMORE & WALLS.

(Location: 2% miles S. E. by E.—¥4 E. of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. 2 Md i
BLM SE sakcois cigs ovo al aretha 39) DOM OdEllOsacs ac 6 -
Rewer eat shs sic cs 6 GReSTE OT 39) 10 S0G4AR ee
SMR s/ ol siays's jhiogeserees Bee UD GS soowoe
d! SG pene Cemrere Bio) OE) PAU sto coe

GEO. H. WOODALL.

(Location: 8% miles S. S. E.—% EH. of Mahons River Light.

Corner Latitude.
Number. § y m
10 Gas Clo See e SOMO RM eee Os eaves. -
PEs iie th VOSS OOD att) Osi Gidisioaaoeane
Se ORS deed casicoh save SOU OS SONG) 5c 5
A ee ING ao iateee Fe SO MOST SDI8O.. « sae «

GEO. H. WOODALL.

(Location: 434 miles Si—¥% E. of Mahons River Light,

Corner Latitude.
Number. - % fe
1 RIE eA C cs Ginn SOL OT ey ckera.c es
Dist cis sci ole) aoe Bie We Psvelsissia cooler
Gee Sean oe oso+ SO? COM EGU rere
Ale al dss! 4 0) aU ee 390 (OT PaO ne ertre

Area:

Longitude,

° , ”
ia Pal aK)Ps0)
fia 20 ase
iy 20 3:52
fi Pal Ussy

Area:
Longitude.

° f ”
ti, 22 es
75 22 00.68
(hay al tatsttr da
75 22 06.76

107

22 acres.)

28 acres.)

Area: 16 acres.)

Longitude.

° , ”
75 22. 41.44
75 22 33.85
bo: 22) Volta
75 22 38.08

108

REPORT OF SURVEY.

WM. B. WOODALL.

(Location: 34% miles S. S. H.—% EH. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 44 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longituce.
Number. 4 us z 4 ae
Whee ee leaner treat: Bie (ers Tl ag oc (ia Pal 4lr (Ou!
Dad ve vichitass. a cpeveial ahah ate a) Wes}? SBiO0s oasis ac (iy PAL aeHry
Specter ide Sitesoteueee Poteet 39) OSs SOLD 2 ierereeter: fey Pal BRS
Ae aeps ay RL Oee: Oo (OS) 28:02. stews te 21 A976

FRANK S.

(Location: 34% miles 8S. E.

3%, S. of Mahons River Light.

YORK.

Area: 40 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. 2 3 ef = ‘ e
Ils Apes eat os S53 be 39) 109 MOGIS4eene ae: {hay PAL Ds)
We Pea RAE I 45 GG BOE BOF (O9UMOO MD eres 1 Pal Pro?
Bie GI ECIERE PS Oho oor BOW OSE ORLA ea keasashs ris Al PADS
De OER EROS StH bea SOROUSH De OL epee "sy PAL RS
L. E. YATES.

(Location: 314 miles S. BE. by E.—% FE. of Mahons River Light.

Area: 48 acres.)

Corner Latitude. Longitude.
Number. oi 2 “f x g i
ULES eWS eachaneye ekore orecehs 39 10 05.08.. 75 20 40.96
A Ai RA os As Pot eI SO) LOmmOOSGrsicr ie 75 20 08.00
Bee Re ae oO COCO SOOO mle Ooms e ensiees (5) 2004.92
Ae ANG ales oreo peRCL ONS SIGN 39.09) 5S9A4Ce A sce 75 20 40.04

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Coast and Geodetic Survey

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'P.Van De Bogert.
BA. Borst

ote Ulntion Computers
Mrank W. Seth, US. Coast and Geodotic
A. Lonise a SNCoast and Geodetic Survey
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