If a protest is not filed in the Commission office within sixty days after posting of the notice of application, the Commissioner shall select a surveyor to survey the grounds and make a plat in duplicate. The surveyor shall forward the plat of survey to the Commissioner. If no protest to the application or surveying of ground is made within thirty days after the plat of survey is recorded in the Commissioner’s office, the ground applied for shall be assigned provided that:
1. The application and assignment complies with all applicable provisions of law and, in the judgment of the Commissioner, the assignment is in the public interest.
2. All fees, costs, and the annual rent have been paid for the lease of the ground. The ground shall be marked at the expense of the applicant.
The grounds shall be marked in accordance with Commission regulations for marking oyster grounds.
History
Code 1950, § 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-109(6); 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1970, c. 726; 1972, c. 644; 1973, c. 14; 1978, cc. 546, 548; 1980, cc. 34, 609; 1984, c. 259; 1992, c. 836.
