120 SHELB-FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. [Jan., 
mouth, within two miles of Southwest Ledge lighthouse, or in 
Bridgeport harbor, or off its mouth, within three hundred feet out- 
side of the outer barso called; or in the waters adjacent to said 
harbor below Yellow and Old Mill bridges; or any substance 
except oyster shells in Stamford harbor, or off its mouth, inside 
of a direct line drawn from Captain’s Island light, off Greenwich, 
to the buoy on Old Cow reef off Shippan Point, shall be fined not 
less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or 
imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both; but this section 
shall not prevent the owners of land adjacent to said harbors 
from building wharves therein. 
“Src. 20. The City Court of New Haven and any Justice of 
the Peace in the towns of New Haven and East Haven shall . 
have cognizance of all complaints for violation of the preceding 
section in New Haven harbor, or vicinity; and the City Court 
of Bridgeport, and any Justice of the Peace in the towns of 
Bridgeport and Stratford, shall have cognizance of all complaints 
for violation thereof in Bridgeport harbor, and any Justice of 
the Peace in the town of Stratford shall have cognizance of all 
complaints for any violation thereof in Stamford harbor. 
Sec. 8. Any person who shall violate the provisions of section 
fourteen, chapter four, title sixteen, (page 216,) general statutes, 
shall pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 
Approved, March 28, 1879. 
CHAPTER LXXXYV. 
An Act to prohibit the Dredging for Shell-fish by Steam. 
Be it enacted by the Senateand House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to dredge on 
what is known as natural ground for oysters, oyster seed, clams, 
or other shell-fish, in any bay, river, or other waters within the 
limits or boundaries of this state, with dredges or any other con- 
trivances dragged or towed over the ground by steam power, 
except fora period not exceeding two days in each week during 
the year. 
Sec. 2. Any person convicted of a violation of the foregoing 
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 
punished, in the discretion of the court, by a fine not to exceed 
the sum of one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county 
