124 SHELL-FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. [Jan., 
CHAPTER CXL. 
An Act to regulate Dredging with Sail Vessels on Natural Oyster Beds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. No person shall use in dredging with any sailing 
vessel on any of the natural oyster, clam, or mussel beds in this 
state any dredge or other contrivance weighing more than thirty 
pounds, exclusive of the bag or net. 
Src. 2, Any person who shall violate the provisions of the 
preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
shall be punished in the discretion of the court by a fine not exceed- 
ing the sum of one hundred dollars, or by: imprisonment in the 
county jail not exceeding six months, or by such fine and imprison- 
ment both. 
Sec. 3. Prosecutions under this act may be heard and deter- 
mined by a justice of the peace, subject to the right of appeal by 
the accused to the superior court, as in other criminal cases. 
Approved, April 14, 1881. 
CHAPTER CXLI. 
An Act concerning Dredging for Oysters on Private Grounds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. So much of an act entitled “An act in addition to 
an act for encouraging and regulating fisheries,” being chapter one 
hundred and nineteen of the public acts of 1871, as prohibits 
dredging on private designated grounds in New Haven harbor and 
adjacent waters, is hereby repealed. 
Src. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. 
Approved, April 14, 1881. ' 
CHAPTER COVIII. 
An Act Concerning Shell-Fisheries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. It shall be lawful to dredge shells or shell-fish by 
steam power upon any private designated grounds by the owner 
thereof, in any of the waters of this state. 
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed. 
Approved, April 13, 1881. 
