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CHAPTER LXXXIV. 
An Act concerning Oyster Ground Committees. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. No oyster ground committee or selectmen shall - 
grant any designation of ground for the planting or cultivation of 
oysters, until the applicant for such ground shall have shown 
them a certificate from the town clerk that the ground has not 
been previously designated, and that such ground is within the 
limits allotted by law for designation by such committee or select- 
men ; and a receipt from the town treasurer, acknowledging that 
the money for such designation (after the amount has been 
determined by such committee or selectmen) has been deposited 
with him, pending the action of the committee or selectmen. 
Sec. 2. Town clerks may grant such certificates as described 
in the preceding section, upon satisfactory proof of such facts, 
by maps and examination of the law and records. 
Sec. 3. Town treasurers may receive ‘such moneys and give 
such receipts as described in the first section of this act, and if the 
designation is granted, may retain the money for the use of the 
town ; but if the application is denied they shall, on demand of 
the applicant, refund such payment. 
Sec. 4. Any member of any oyster ground committee, or any 
selectman who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be 
fined the sum of fifty dollars ; one-half to the town, and one-half 
to him who shall prosecute therefor. 
Sec. 5. Chapter ninety-five, public acts of 1877, is hereby 
amended by adding the following words : 
“Src. 2. All designations heretofore made by the oyster ground 
committee of the town of Hast Haven, between the westerly 
boundary of the town of Hast Haven and a line drawn due south 
from the center of the mouth of Hast Haven river, are hereby 
validated and confirmed.” 
Sec. 6. The provisions of chapter twenty-four, public acts of 
1878, shall apply to all designations of oyster grounds heretofore 
made. 
Src. 7. Sections nineteen and twenty, chapter eight, title six- 
teen (page 252), of the general statutes, are hereby amended to 
read as follows : 
“Sec. 19. Every person who shall deposit or assist in depositing 
any substance, except oyster shells, in New Haven harbor, or off its 
