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CHAPTER LXVII. 
An Act concerning the Surrender of Oyster Grounds to the 
State. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened : 
Section 2320, of the general statutes, is hereby amended by inserting 
between the word ‘‘ grantee,” in the fourth line thereof, and the word 
‘‘upon,” in the fifth line thereof, the words ‘‘his heirs or assigns,” so that 
the first six lines of said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 
When after the occupancy and cultivation of any grounds designated as 
aforesaid by the grantee, or his legal representatives, it shall appear to said 
commissioners that said grounds are not suited for the planting or cultiva- 
tion of oysters, said grantee, his heirs or assigns, upon receiving a certificate 
to that effect from said commissioners, may surrender the same or any part 
thereof, not less than one hundred acres, 
Approved, March 29, 1889. 
CHAPTER CC. 
An Act concerning Shell-fisheries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened : 
Section 1. From and after the first day of July, 1889, the powers and 
duties vested by law in the fish commissioners, as a board of commissioners 
of shell-fisheries, shall be vested in three shell-fish commissioners, who 
shall be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate; two of 
said commissioners shall hold office until July 1, 1891, and one of said com- 
missioners shall hold office until July 1, 1898. The term of office of such 
commissioners shall thereafter be four years; provided, that nothing cof 
tained in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with the terms of 
office of the present commissioners during the period for which they have 
been already appointed under the provisions of existing law. 
Sec. 2. In all cases hereafter brought before said commissioners, under 
the provisions of sections 2329, 2330, and 2331 of the general statutes, the 
