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the insertion of the words: “or within two miles of the mouth of 
said harbor,” after the word “tributaries,” in said section. 
Approved, June 14, 1876. 
CHAPTER XCIII. 
An Act in relation to Fisheries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. Any person who shall injure any inclosure legally 
designated and marked out, or oysters planted and cultivated 
thereon, by willfully depositing mud on the ground so enclosed, 
shall be punished for the offence by a fine not less than one hun- 
dred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars; and the boat 
or boats from which mud shall be deposited on such oyster ground 
shall be liable to seizure, and may be proceeded against in the 
same manner as provided in section twenty-three, title sixteen, 
chapter four, part one, article one, general statutes, revision of 
1875. 
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage, and all acts 
inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 
Approved, March 14, 1877. 
CHAPTER XCIV. 
An Act amending an Act concerning Fisheries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. Any 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 (excepting such places 
only as the selectmen of such town have exclusive authority 
to designate), for planting or cultivating oysters, clams, or mus- 
sels, and the town may fill any vacancy which shall occur in such 
committee. 
Src. 2. All designations of places for planting or cultivating 
oysters within the navigable waters of any town, which have 
heretofore been made by authority of such town, through its 
selectmen or oyster ground committee, are hereby validated and 
confirmed. 
Sec. 3. Section two of article one, part one, chapter four, 
title sixteen of the general statutes, revision of 1875, is hereby 
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