26 FIFTH REPORT OF SHELL FISH COMMISSIONERS. 
CHAPTER LXXXIII. 
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF SHELL FISHERIES IN MILL RIVER. 
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened :: 
Any person who shall take more than one bushel of clams from Mill river, in 
the town of Fairfield, between Jeliff's dam, so called, and the southwestern ex- 
tremity of the breakwater, at one tide, shall be fined not more than seven dollars. 
Approved, April 15, 1885. 
CHAPTER VEXOOX: 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUMPING OF REFUSE ON OYSTER GROUNDS. 
Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened 
Every person who shall dump mud or other material, except that used in 
making oyster beds, on any of the grounds of this State located and designated 
as oyster grounds, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by 
imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding six months. 
Approved, April 16, 1885. 
CEERI RA Xe 
AN ACT REVISING AND COMPILING THE PROBATE LAWS. 
Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened 
Sec. 167. In the settlement of the estates of deceased persons and insolvent 
debtors before any court in this State, the interest of any such estate in or to 
any oyster grounds, or oysters planted and growing thereon, shall be treated as 
personal estate. 
Approved, April 22, 1885. 
CHAPTER TO XY. 
AN ACT RELATING TO PRINTING THE ANNUAL REPORTS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened 
SECTION I. The comptroller shall annually cause to be printed, at the ex- 
pense of the State, such number of copies of each of the following annual re- 
ports as is hereinafter stated: * * * Of the fish commissioners, one thou- 
sand; * * *‘of the shell fish commissioners, two thousand; * * * 
and no more than said numbers of such reports shall be printed at the expense 
of the State. 
Sec. 2. No person other than the comptroller shall authorize or contract for 
the printing of any reports made to the Governor or General Assembly. 
Approved, April 23, 1885. 
