1882. ] LAWS RELATING TO FISHERIES. ay 
to him who shall sue therefor, and half to the town where the of- 
fence is committed. 
Src. 5. Section sixteen, article one, part one, chapter four, title 
sixteen of the general statutes (page 216) is hereby amended so as 
to read as follows : 
Any other person than the owner thereof who shall, in the day 
time, unlawfully take and carry away any oysters lawfully planted 
or cultivated in any waters, or any oysters being on any place duly 
designated for the planting or cultivating of oysters, shall be fined 
not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding 
one year; and if such offence shall be committed in the night sea- 
son he shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or im- 
prisoned in the common jail or state prison not exceeding one 
year. 
Sec. 6. Section eighteen, article one, part one, chapter four, 
title sixteen of the general statutes (page 216-7) is hereby amended, 
so that, with amendment thereto passed in 1877, it shall read as 
follows : 
Every person who shall willfully injure any inclosure legally des- 
ignated, marked out and inclosed (or remove any buoys or stakes 
used to mark out any such oyster ground, or injure the oysters 
planted or cultivated therein, or who shall take any shells from 
such inclosure), shall be punished for the first offence by a fine 
not exceeding seven dollars or by imprisonment in a common jail 
or work-house not exceeding thirty days: on a second conviction, 
by a fine not less than seven dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, 
and by imprisonment in a common jail or work-house not less than 
thirty days, and not more than ninety days, and on every subse- 
quent conviction by a fine of fifty dollars and by imprisonment in 
a common jail or work-house for six months; and every prosecu- 
tion for a first or second offence shall be heard and determined 
by a justice of the peace (with the right of the accused to appeal 
to the superior court as in other criminal causes). 
Sec. 7. Section twenty, article one, part one, chapter four, title 
sixteen of the general stautes (page 217) is hereby amended so as 
to read as follows : 
Any person who shall between sunset and sunrise take or col- 
lect any shells or shell-fish from any place in the waters of New 
Haven harbor, or its tributaries, or within two miles from the 
mouth of said harbor, or within two miles from the shore of Hast 
Haven, lawfully designated for the planting or cultivating oysters, 
