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"SfiO. 10. Every person who shall sell or offer for sale or have in his possession with intent to 

 sell any lobsters less than ten inches in length, measuring from one extreme of the body to the 

 other, exclusive of claws and feelers, shall forfeit for every such lobster five dollars, one-half 

 thereof to the use of the complainant and one-half thereof to the use of the town where the offense 

 is committed ; and every person who shall take or trap any such lobsters shall immediately return 

 the same to the waters from whence they are taken, and every person failing so to do shall forfeit 

 for every such lobster five dollars, one-half thereof to the use of the complainant and one-half 

 thereof to the use of the town where the offense is committed. 



" SEC. 25. Every person living without the State who shall take any lobsters, tautaug, bass, or 

 other fish, within the harbors, rivers, or waters of this State, for the purpose of carrying them 

 thence in vessels or smacks, shall be fined ten dollars for every offense, and shall forfeit all the 

 fish or lobsters so taken." 



Connecticut. 

 Revised statutes of 1875, Title 16, Chap, iv, Article 1, Section 27. 



" Every person who shall take, sell, or have in his possession with intent to sell, or destroy, 

 any lobsters less than ten inches long, measuring from the head to the end of the tail, exclusive of 

 claws and feelers, shall be fined not less than seven nor more than fifty dollars, half to be paid to 

 him who shall sue therefor, and half to the town in which the offense is committed, or be impris- 

 oned not exceeding thirty days, or both." 



Chapter 11 of the session laws of 1875. 



"Every person who shall take, sell, or have in his possession, with intent to sell or destroy, 

 any lobsters less than eight inches long, measuring from the head to the end of the tail, exclusive 

 of claws and feelers, or any female lobster with the ova or spawn attached, shall be fined not less 

 than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, half to be paid to him who shall sue therefor, and half to 

 the town in which the offense is committed,' or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both ; 

 and all acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed." 



Chapter 76 of the session laws of 1878. 



" Every person who shall at any time take, sell, or have in his possession, with intent to sell 

 or destroy, any lobsters less than six inches long, measuring from the head to the end of the tail, 

 exclusive of claws and feelers, or any female lobsters with the ova or spawn attached, between the 

 first and fifteenth days of July (inclusive) in each year, shall be fined not less than ten nor more 

 than fifty dollars, half to be paid to him who shall sue therefor, and half to the town in which 

 the offense is committed, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both. And all acts or 

 parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed." 



New fork. 

 Chapter 282. AN ACT for the preservation of lobsters, passed May 13, 1880. 



"SECTION 1. Whoever shall sell, or offer for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any 

 lobster less than ten and one-half inches in length, measurement to be taken from one extremity 

 of the body to the other, exclusive of claws or feelers, shall, for every such offense, be subject to a 

 fine of five dollars ; and in all prosecutions under this act the possession of any lobster not of the 

 length herein prescribed shall be prima facie evidence to convict. 



" SEC. 2. All forfeitures accruing under this act shall be paid one-half to the person making the 

 complaint and one-half to the city or town where the offense was committed. 



" SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on the first of June, eighteen hundred and eighty." 



