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selectmen of the town in which the premises described in the license 

 are situated, and no license shall be granted, assigned or transferred 

 to persons who are not inhabitants of the city or town wherein the 

 licensed premises are situated. 



Sect. 2. The authorit3' to dig, take or carry away oysters from 

 any premises for wliich a license has been granted is hereby limited to 

 the hours in each day between one hour before sunrise and one hour 

 after sunset. 



Sect. 3. Any person holding a license who violates any of the 

 provisions of the acts relating to the planting and growing of oysters, 

 or any of the provisions of this act, shall, in addition to the penalties 

 now provided, forfeit his license and the 03'sters remaining on the 

 premises licensed, to the town or citj- wherein the premises are situ- 

 ated. — [June 21, 1886. 



Resolution concerning the obstruction to the passage of Shad in the Connecticut River. 



Whereas, It appears that by the maintaining a dam across the Con- 

 necticut River at Enfield, in the state of Connecticut, by parties in the 

 jurisdiction of the state of Connecticut, the shad fisheries of the citi- 

 zens of Massachusetts are practically destroyed, because of the ob- 

 struction of said dam to the run of the shad up the river ; and 



Wliereas, The dam is almost an impassable barrier to the passage 

 of the fish, and Massachusetts citizens being thus deprived of the shad, 

 there is little inducement for Massachusetts to continue the artificial 

 propagation and cultivation of the shad in that river ; and 



WJiereas, If the obstruction of the dam was modified as it might be, 

 to allovv the passage of the fish, Massachusetts would gladly, in con- 

 junction with Connecticut, re-establish the hatcher}' at South Hadley, 

 as the artificial cultivation and propagation of shad is now so well 

 undei'stood and is so successful that the Connecticut river can be 

 stocked with shad plentifully and cheaply, to the great benefit of the 

 people of both states ; therefore. 



Resolved, That the Commonwealth of Massachusetts respectfully 

 suggests to the state of Connecticut that mutual measures be taken 

 by the said states for the restoration of tlie shad to the river. 



That a copy hereof be tiansmitted by His Excellency the Governor 

 to his Excellency the Governor of Connecticut. 



In House of Representatives, adopted April 7, 1886. 

 In Senate, adopted in concurrence, April 9, 1886. 



