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on delivery of such instrument to the said commissioners receive 
their certificate of said release of said grounds, the location and num- 
ber of acres described therein, which shall be filed with the State 
treasurer, who shall pay to the holder the sum of one dollar for every 
acre of ground described in said release, where said sum has been paid 
therefor to the State. And the said release shall be recorded by the 
said commissioners in their record books, and in the town clerk’s of- 
fice in the town adjacent to and within the meridian boundary lines 
of which said grounds are located. For all purposes relating to judi- 
cial proceedings in criminal matters, the jurisdiction of justices of the 
peace of the several towns bordering on Long Island Sound shall ex- 
tend southerly by lines running due south by true meridian from the 
southern termini of the boundary lines between said towns to the 
boundary line between the States of Connecticut and New York. 
SEC. 7. Said commissioners shall provide, in addition to the gener- 
al map of said grounds, sectional maps, comprising all grounds located 
within the meridian boundary lines of the several towns on the shores 
of the State, which maps shall be lodged in the town clerk’s office of 
the said respective towns, and said commissioners shall also provide 
and lodge with said town clerks blank applications for such grounds 
and record-books for recording conveyances of the same, and all con- 
veyances of such grounds and assignments, reversion, and releases of 
the same shall be recorded in the books of said commissioners, and in 
the town clerks’ offices of the towns adjacent to and within the merid- 
ian boundary of which said grounds are located, in such books as are 
provided by said commissioners, subject to legal fees for such record- 
ing, and the cost of all such maps, blank books, surveys, and all other 
expenses necessary for the carrying out the provisions of this act, shall 
be audited by the comptroller and paid for by the treasurer of the 
State, and the said commissioners shall each receive for their services 
five dollars per day for the time they are actually employed, as pro- 
vided for in this act; their accounts for such service to be audited by 
the comptroller and paid by the treasurer of the State. 
Sec. 8. All designations and transfers of oyster, clam, or mussel 
grounds within the waters of Long Island Sound heretofore made (ex- 
cept designations made of natural oyster, clam, or mussel beds), are 
hereby validated and confirmed. 
Sec. 9. All the provisions of the statutes of this State relating to 
the planting, cultivating, working, and protecting shell-fisheries upon 
grounds heretofore designated under said laws, except as provided for 
in section eight of this act and as are inconsistent with this act, are 
