118 SHELL-FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. [Jan., 
or from any place below high-water mark and within two miles of 
the shores of Branford, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred 
dollars nor less than seven dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding 
sixty days, or both; and if. fine shall be imposed half thereof 
shall be paid to the informer, and half to the town where the of- 
fence was committed: provided, that this section shall not apply to 
the taking of clams off Branford between the first day of May and 
the fifteenth day of October. 
Sec. 8. All applications and designations of ground in the wa- 
ters of this state, for the purpose of planting or cultivating oysters, 
heretofore made and granted, shall be good and valid, although 
such application may have been made for the purpose of transfer- 
ring the right of planting or cultivating oysters on the ground ap- 
plied for, and allsuch transfers are hereby validated and confirmed. 
Sec. 9. All applications and designations of ground in the wa- 
ters of this state heretofore made for the purpose of planting oys- 
ters thereon shall be also valid for the purpose of cultivating oys- 
ters thereon. 
Sec. 10. All designations of ground heretofore made for the 
purpose of planting or cultivating oysters, and describing the 
ground as containing not over two acres, to each applicant, exclu- 
sive of muddy or rocky bottom, or other bad bottom, or contain- 
ing other words indicating the exclusion of ground unfit for plant- 
ing or cultivating oysters, are hereby validated and confirmed, al- — 
though the total quantity of ground embraced in the designation 
may be more than two acres to each applicant; and such designa- 
tions hereafter made shall be valid. 
Approved, March 27, 1878. 
CHAPTER XCIX. 
An Act to amend an Act relating to taking Seed Oysters from Branford 
and Farm Rivers. 
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Srction three, chapter one hundred and four (page 328), of the 
laws of 1878 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 
‘«‘Srction 3. No person shall use tongs in taking oysters from the 
aforesaid rivers between the first day of April and the first day of 
October.” 
Approved, March 28, 1879. 
