128 SHELL-FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. [Jan., 
Sec. 6. When, after the occupancy and cultivation of any 
grounds designated as aforesaid by the grantee or his legal repre- 
sentatives, it shall appear to said commissioners that said grounds 
are not suited for the planting or cultivation of oysters, said grantee, 
upon receiving a certificate to that effect from said commissioners, 
may surrender the same or any part thereof, not less than one 
hundred acres, to the state, by an instrument of release of all his 
rights and title thereto, and shall on delivery of such instrument to 
the said commissioners receive their certificate of said release of 
said grounds, the location and number of acres described therein, 
which shall be filed with the state treasurer, who shall pay to the 
holder the sum of one dollar for every acre of ground described in 
said release, where said sum has been paid therefor to the state. And 
the said release shall be recorded by the said commissioners in their 
record books, and in the town clerk’s office in the town adjacent 
to and within the meridian boundary lines of which said grounds 
are located. For all purposes relating to judicial proceedings in 
criminal matters the jurisdiction of justices of the peace of the 
several towns bordering on Long Island sound shall extend south- 
erly by lines running due south by true meridian from the south- 
ern termini of the boundary lines between said towns to the bound- 
ary line between the states of Connecticut and New York. 
Sec. 7. Said commissioners shali provide, in addition to the 
general map of said grounds, sectional maps, comprising all grounds 
located within the meridian boundary lines of the several towns on 
the shores of the state, which maps shall be lodged in the town 
clerk’s office of the said respective towns, and said commissioners 
shall also provide and lodge with said town clerks blank applica. 
tions for such grounds and record-books for recording conveyances 
of the same, and all conveyances of such grounds and assignments, 
reversion, and releases of the same shall be recorded in the books 
of said commissioners, and in the town clerks’ offices of the towns 
adjacent to and within the meridian boundary lines of which 
said grounds are located, in such books as are provided by said 
commissioners, subject to legal fees for such recording, and the 
cost of all such maps, blank books, surveys, and all other expenses 
necessary for the carrying out the provisions of this act shall 
be audited by the comptroller and paid for by the treasurer of the 
state, and the said commissioners shall each receive for their ser- 
vices five dollars per day for the time they are actually employed, 
