LAWS RELATING TO FISHERIES. 
CHAPTER IV. 
Fisheries. 
Part IJ. Fisheries in Tide-waters and Rivers. 
ARTICLE I. Fisheries for Shell-fish. 
Section 1. The selectmen of Hast Haven shall have exclusive 
authority to designate, for the planting and cultivation of oysters 
thereon, on such conditions as they deem expedient, the navigable 
waters included within a boundary line commencing upon the 
line of division in Hast Haven river, between East Haven and 
Branford, opposite low-water mark, and extending thence south- 
erly along the line of division between the navigable waters of 
East Haven and Branford, to the intersection of a line so drawn 
as to cross the centers of Stony Island and Southwest Ledge; 
thence westerly along said last-mentioned line to Southwest Ledge; 
thence northwesterly by a direct line to the line of division be- 
tween the navigable waters of Hast Haven and Orange; thence 
northerly along said last-mentioned line of division to a point west 
of the southerly limit of Morris’s Cove; thence easterly by the 
shortest line to low water mark, but south of any land already 
designated for the planting and cultivation of oysters thereon; 
and thence by the line of low-water mark to the place of begin- 
ning; and the selectmen of Orange shall have the same authority 
to designate, for a like purpose, any portion of the navigable 
waters in such town, not occupied by any person under a previous 
designation thereof. 
Sec. 2. Any other town may appoint a committee of not more 
than five electors of such town, to hold office one year, and until 
others are chosen in their stead, which shall designate suitable 
places in the navigable waters in said town for planting or culti- 
vating oysters, elams, or mussels; and the town may fill any 
vacancy which shall occur in such committee. 
Seo. 3. Any person desiring to plant or cultivate oysters, clams, 
er mussels in any such waters, may apply in writing to such com- 
