OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 31 
Laws Relating to Shell Fisheries. 
PASSED AT JANUARY SESSION, 1884. 
CHAPTER. XXI: 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAKING OF SHELL FISH AND EELS IN SHER- 
WOOD’S MILL POND. 
Le tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
Any person who shall, between sunset and sunrise, take or catch any 
eels or shell fish, or collect any shells from Sherwood’s mill pond or the 
coves and creeks connected therewith in the town of Westport, between 
Gallup’s Gap bridge and the dam across the mouth of said pond south 
of said bridge, shall be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or im- 
prisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both. 
Approved March 5, 1884. 
CHAPTER XXII. 
AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT RELATING TO FISHERIES. 
Le it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
Section seventeen of article one, part one, chapter four of the general 
statutes (page 216), is hereby amended so that the same shall read as 
follows: Every person who shall, between the first day of March and 
the first day of November in any year, gather any oysters or oyster 
shells in or upon any of the flats, creeks or banks of the river Thames 
or the Pequonnock river, shall forfeit not less than seven nor more than 
fifty dollars, half to him who shall prosecute therefor, and half to the 
town in which the offence is committed, or be imprisoned in the work- 
house or common jail not exceeding thirty days, or both, 
Approved March 5, 1884. 
