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CHAPTER CLV. 
AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT CONCERNING TAXATION OF PROPERTY OF SOL- 
DIERS AND SAILORS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened. 
Section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of the public acts of 
1886 (page 634) is hereby amended to read as follows: The board of relief for 
each town in this State shall exempt from taxation, to the amount of one thou- 
sand dollars, the property of every resident of such town who has served in the 
army or navy of the United States in time of war and received an honorable dis- 
charge therefrom, or so much of the property of the wife of every such person, 
not in excess of said amount, as the husband holds a life interest in, and prop- 
erty to the same amount of the resident widow or widowed mother of every per- 
son having so served and been so discharged, and of pensioned widows and 
mothers of soldiers and sailors who served in the army or navy of the United 
States. Such exemption shall be made by said board of relief if, upon due 
hearing, they find that the person asking for the same come within the provis- 
ions of this act; srovdded, that there shall be no exemptions under the provisions 
of this act except in the town in which the person entitled to such exemption 
resides. 
Approved, May 10, 1887. 
CHAPTER CXXXIX. 
AN ACT CONCERNING SHELL FISHERIES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened. 
Any owner of grounds heretofore designated for the cultivation of oysters in 
the waters of Long Island Sound within the jurisdiction of the Shell Fish Com- 
missioners of the State, may surrender the same by delivery to the State of a 
good and sufficient deed of release of the same, duly executed and acknowledged 
by such owner; provided, such release is made without charge or expense to the 
State and is approved by said Commissioners. 
Approved, May 19, 1887. 
CHAPTER CXL. 
AN ACT CONCERNING SHELL FISHERIES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened.’ 
All surrenders to the State of oyster grounds found unsuitable for cultivation, 
made in pursuance of the provisions of Section six, Chapter one hundred and 
sixty, public acts of 1881 (page 102), shall be made within eight years after the 
granting of such grounds, if such grounds were granted prior to the first day of 
July, 1884, and within five years after the granting of such grounds where the 
grant has been made since that date; and no certificate shall be given by the 
Shell Fish Commissioners, in pursuance of the provisions of said section, after 
the expiration of said eight or five years, as the case may be. 
Approved, May Ig, 1887. 
