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mittees of other towns shall, at the expense of their respective 
towns, procure and cause to be lodged and kept in the office of the 
town clerk of each town respectively, accurate maps showing the 
boundary lines of their said towns in the navigable waters of the 
state, and all designations of ground for the cultivation of sheli- 
fish heretofore made and that shall hereafter be made within such 
boundaries, and shall number said designations on said maps, and 
shall cause to be designated on said maps all natural oyster, clam, 
and mussel beds lying within their several towns respectively, as 
the same shall be ascertained by said report of said committees so 
recorded in said towns, as hereinbefore provided. 
Sec. 14. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed, but this act shall not affect any suit now pending. 
Approved, April 14, 1881. 
CHAPTER CIX. 
An Act regulating the Dredging for Shell-Fish and Shells. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened : 
Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to 
use a boat, or any other contrivance, dragged, operated, or pro- 
pelled by steam, in taking up, or dredging for, oysters, oyster 
shells, clams, or other shell-fish in any bay, river, or other waters 
within the boundaries or jurisdiction of this state: provided, how- 
ever, that this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the 
use of steamboats in taking up, or dredging for oysters on private 
designated grounds in any such waters, by the owners thereof. 
Sec. 2. Any person who shall violate the provisions of the pre- 
ceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall 
be punished by a fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred dol- 
lars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six 
months, or by such fine and imprisonment both. 
Src. 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. 
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage, but shall 
not affect any suit or prosecution now pending, and all acts incon- 
sistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
Approved, April 13, 1881. 
