112 SHELL-FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. [Jan., 
repealed, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act 
are hereby repealed. 
Src. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. 
Approved, March 14, 1877. 
CHAPTER XCV. 
An Act concerning Fisheries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section one of article one, of part one, chapter four, of title 
sixteen of the general statutes (page 213), is hereby amended 
by inserting in the last line after the word “ beginning,” these 
words: “but the oyster ground committee of said town may 
designate for the same purpose any places in the navigable waters 
belonging to this state, which lie southerly of that portion of said 
line crossing the centers of Stoney Island and Southwest Ledge, 
which is between the westerly boundary of Branford and the 
westerly boundary of the town of East Haven.” 
Approved, March 14, 1877. 
CHAPTER CXXVIII. 
An Act concerning Fisheries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Lepresentatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. No person shall rake, gather, or collect any shells 
or shell-fish upon any oyster ground designated to any person or 
persons under the provisions of this chapter, unless said ground 
has at each corner thereof a buoy or stake, visible at high water, 
with the name or initials of the owner of said ground plainly 
marked or painted thereon, or upon a tag attached to the top of 
such buoy or stake. 
Sec. 2. Section fourteen, title sixteen, chapter four, part one, 
article one (page 216), general statutes, is hereby amended by 
striking out the word “public” in said section, and by adding 
thereto the words: ‘unless such person shall own such ground 
under the provisions of this chapter.” 
Sec. 3. Section eighteen, of same title, chapter, part, and 
article, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “inclosed ” 
the words: ‘or remove any buoys or stakes used to mark out any 
such oyster ground.” 
