ee to Ee 
Laws Relating to Shell-Fisheries. 
a 
CHAPTER: Ve 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SUCH CHANGES IN THE LAWS AS ARE MADE NECES- 
SARY BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO BIENNIAL SESSIONS 
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened: 
SECTION 30. Chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the public acts of 
1882 (page 201) is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Three Fish Com- 
missioners shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, each for three years, and until his successor is appointed and quali- 
fied, who shall make complaint to the proper informing officer of all violations 
of the laws relating to fisheries, consider the subject of the introduction, pro- 
tection and culture of fish in the waters of this State, cobperate with the Fish 
Commissioners of other States, and report annually to the Governor; and such 
annual reports shall be submitted to the General Assembly at its regular ses- 
sions. 
Approved, February 24, 1887. 
CHAPTER LXV: 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAKING OF SHELL FISH AND EELS IN SHERWOOD’S 
MILL POND. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened. 
Chapter twenty-one of the public acts of 1884 (page 333) is hereby amended 
to read as follows: Any person who shall, between sunset and sunrise, take or 
catch any shell fish, or collect any shells from Sherwood’s Mill Pond or the 
coves and creeks connected therewith in the town of Westport, between Gal- 
lup’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 imprisoned not ex- 
ceeding thirty days, or both. 
Approved, April 14, 1887. 
