308 STATE OF NEW YORK. 



Non-residents Not to Gather Shellfish. 



§ i go. Only persons who have been actual residents of this state for six months shall be 

 entitled to gather shellfish from the waters of this state, except when such non-resident is 

 employed for that purpose by a person authorized to gather the same. Whoever shall violate or 

 attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of misdemeanor and in addition 

 thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation thereof. 



Dredging and Raking for Oysters and Clams Regulated. 



§ 191. No dredge operated by steam power or weighing over fifty pounds, shall be used on 

 beds of natural growth in dredging for shellfish. '. No rake, tongs, dredge or other device shall be 

 used for taking hard or round clams with spaces or openings between the teeth or prongs of 

 less than one inch, and no hard or round clams less than one inch in thickness shall be caught 

 or possessed, but, if caught shall be returned to the water from which they are taken without 

 unnecessary injury, except as provided in section one hundred and seventy-three. Whoever shall 

 violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of misdemeanor and in 

 addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation thereof. 



Sale of Lobsters Under Certain Size Prohibited. 



§ 192. Lobsters less than nine inches in length, measured from one extremity to the other, 

 exclusive of claws or feelers, shall not be caught, sold or possessed. Whoever shall violate or 

 attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of misdemeanor and in addition 

 thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation thereof. 



Oysters, How Sold, In Shell. 



§ r93. Oysters in the shell may be sold either by count or measure ; if not sold by count 

 they shall be sold in a stave measure, which shall be uniform in shape and of the following 

 dimensions : 



The bottom to be sixteen and one-half inches across from inside to inside, and the top to be 

 eighteen inches diagonally from inside chine to top ; such measure shall be even or struck 

 measure, to be inspected and sealed by the sealer of weights and measures in the county where 

 used. This provision shall not affect the shipment of oysters in barrels to foreign countries. 

 Oyster measures sealed by the county sealer may be used in any county of the state. Whoever 

 shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of misdemeanor 

 and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation 

 thereof. 



Taking Clams and Oysters About Staten Island Regulated. 



§ 194. Oysters and clams, whether of natural growth or planted, shall not be dug up, caught, 

 or removed between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise, from the waters on 



