APPENDIX. M3} 
CHAPTER OVI. 
An Act for the Protection of Seed Oysters in Mianus River and 
Greenwich Cove. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened : 
Section 1. No person shall take, rake, or gatherin any way any oysters, 
or seed oysters, unless the same have attained a growth of three years, in the 
channels of Mianus River and Greenwich Cove, situated in the town of 
Greenwich, on penalty of fifty dollars, one-half to the treasurer of the town 
of Greenwich and the other half to him who shall prosecute to effect. 
Sec. 2. Any boat or vessel used by any person in taking any such 
oysters, or seed oysters, from said channels of Mianus River and Greenwich 
Cove, shall be liable to seizure under the provisions of sections 2400 and 
2403 of the General Statutes, and such seizure may be made either upon the 
spot where the offense is committed or wherever within this State said boat 
or vessel may be found within one year after said offense has been committed. 
Approved, April 17, 1889. 
CHAPTER CXLY. 
An Act relating to the Leasing of Natural Oyster and Clam 
Grounds in the Town of Branford. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened : 
The selectmen of Branford, with the approval of said town at a meeting 
legally warned and held for the purpose, and with the approval of the 
Shell-fish Commissioners, may lease, for a term of years, portions or the 
whole of the natural clam and oyster grounds in Branford Harbor and 
River known as Great Cove. 
Approved, May 16, 1889, 
[SPECIAL LAWS No. 487.] 
An Act making Appropriation for the Commissioners of Shell- 
fisheries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 
convened : 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money 
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the 
