730                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 [Ch. 4

AND CLAMS BY DRAGGING.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 696 (c) of the Code.
A reference to clams is added because clams
are caught by dredging. The only other
changes made are in style.

(E)    "HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE" MEANS ANY DEVICE
USED FOR DREDGING [[SOFT-SHELL]] CLAMS WHICH CONSISTS
OF A MANIFOLD THROUGH WHICH WATER IS FORCED UNDER
PRESSURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIGGING CLAMS AND WORKING
THEM INTO THE MOUTH OF THE DREDGE WHERE THE CLAMS THEN
ARE BROUGHT UP TO BOAT LEVEL BY MEANS OF AN ESCALATOR.
"HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE" INCLUDES THE VESSEL ON WHICH
THE DREDGE IS CARRIED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
derived from the Resources Study Report No.
11 mentioned in Article 66C, section
713 (a) (3) of the Code.

(F)  "MARKETABLE OYSTER" MEANS AN OYSTER MEASURING
THREE INCHES OR MORE FROM HINGE TO MOUTH.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
gleaned from the somewhat circuitous
definition in Article 66C, section 699 of
the Code.

(G)    "LEASED OYSTER BOTTOM" MEANS ANY LAND LYING
BENEATH THE WATERS OF THE STATE LEASED BY THE STATE TO
ANY PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING, SOWING,
BEDDING, OR CULTIVATING OYSTERS AND OTHER SHELLFISH.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
derived from Article 66C, section 708 (a) of
the Code. This word is the one used by the
department to refer to submerged lands
leased for oyster cultivation. This
definition is necessary to help clarify the
proposed sections relating to private
oyster culture.

(H) "NATURAL CLAM BAR" MEANS ANY AREA OF
SUBMERGED TIDAL BOTTOM NOT CLASSIFIED AS A NATURAL
OYSTER BAR WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF CLAMS OF ANY
SPECIES JUDGED BY THE SECRETARY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT
COMMERCIAL VALUE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language