Section 9-12-32

Surveys and marking of private reefs; filing of plats and lists of agents and permittees; agents and permittees to carry permits.

It shall be the duty of each owner or lessee of any private reef to have established an accurate survey by a registered surveyor of the bottoms, beds or reefs under his control, and each corner shall be clearly marked and defined with the owner's or lessee's name clearly attached. There shall also be established intermediate markers between said corners, the distance between which shall not exceed 600 feet extending from each corner of the private bed, bottom or reef to the adjacent corner, and also from the outside corner every 600 feet to the high water mark on the associated beach, bank or marsh edge. The plat of this area shall be filed with the Division of Marine Resources together with the list of any persons using said bed, bottom or reef as the owner's agent or permittee. Said agent or permittee shall have in his possession at all times while on said bed, bottom or reef a written, dated permit from the owner, said permit to extend for a period not exceeding 30 days from the date of signature of the owner or lessor. Failure of the permittee or agent to have said permit in his possession shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, he shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 and may be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months.

(Acts 1959, No. 509, p. 1246, § 2.)