30 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 
Sec. 3. Section 4 of chapter 174 of the General Laws is hereby amended 
so as to read as follows: 
“Sec. 4. Every person who shall violate any of the regulations made 
by the commissioners of inland fisheries under the authortty of the 
provisions of the preceding three sections, or who shall take any fish, 
fish-spawn, or any apparatus used in hatching or protecting fish, from any 
pond, lake, river, or stream stocked with or set apart by said commission- 
ers, or by private parties for the protection and cultivation of fish with the 
consent of the town council of the town where such cultivation is carried 
on, without the consent of such commissioners or, if the cultivation of 
fish be carried on by a private party, without the consent of the person 
cultivating the same, or who shall trespass within the boundaries of any 
land which may be taken and occupied by said commissioners for their 
experiments in relation to shell-fish, authorized by section 2 of this chap- 
ter, shall be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars or be imprisoned 
not exceeding six months or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion 
of the court before which the offender shall be tried.”’ 
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 
“About two acres of shore have been occupied in accordance with 
this act, and have been planted with clams. In the selection of the 
areas for planting, we have endeavored to distribute the experiments 
in different parts of the Bay and to occupy small areas which differ 
in the character of their soil. Several of these plots border upon 
private land, where, through the courtesy of the residents, tres- 
passers will have their attention called to the desirability of allow- 
ing the plots to remain unmolested. Several of the plots were 
further protected by fences of chicken wire, which kept out ducks, 
and perhaps also other enemies of the young clam, like the pad- 
dlers (blue crabs). 
The clams which were planted in these sections were obtained 
at Green’s Island, at various times between August 14th and Sep- 
tember 5th. They were collected by shovelling the sand, in which 
they were densely crowded, into a sieve made for this purpose. 
The meshes of the sieve used at first were comparatively coarse, 
and allowed the small clams to escape. One quart of those caught 
with this screen was counted, and numbered 2,135. Later a finer 
sieve was substituted, and the number caught in this was about 
9,700 per quart. 
The clams thus collected were carried in pails or tubs to the 
