3IO STATE OF NEW YORK. 



actually occupied and in use for the cultivation of shellfish shall be subject to the right of 

 the occupant to occupy and use such grounds for a period not exceeding the unexpired term of 

 his lease, nor longer than two years ; nor does such section apply to or affect lands under 

 water owned, controlled or claimed under colonial patents or legislative grants by any town or 

 person in the counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings or Richmond; lands under the waters of 

 Gardiners and Peconic bays ceded by the stafe to the county of Suffolk pursuant to chapter three 

 hundred and eighty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, or lands under water in 

 Jamaica bay, in the counties of Queens and Westchester. Nothing in this act contained shall be 

 construed as invalidating any leases or franchises of land under water, issued or granted by the 

 commissioners of fisheries of this state subsequent to the first day of January, eighteen hundred 

 and ninety-three ; and all such leases and franchises made subsequent to the first day of January, 

 eighteen hundred and ninety-three, are hereby declared to be valid and the lessees holding under 

 and by virtue thereof are hereby confirmed in their leases and franchises ; nor shall this act 

 apply to any lands under water, which at the time of the passage of this act are advertised to 

 be leased at public auction, for the purpose of shellfish cultivation, by said commissioners. 



§ 7. Article nine of chapter four hundred and eighty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred 

 and ninety-two is hereby amended to read as follows : 



ARTICLE IX. 

 Private Grounds and Parks. 



Section 210. Trespassing on private grounds forbidden. 



211. Notices to be posted on private grounds. 



212. Laying out grounds in private parks. 



213. Notice to be posted in private parks. 



214. Notice when territory is fenced. 



215. Fish or game so protected not to be interfered with. 



216. Signs not to be defaced. 



Trespassing on Private Grounds Forbidden. 



§ 210. No person shall trespass upon inclosed or cultivated lands for the purpose of shoot- 

 ing or hunting any game, or taking any fish from private ponds or streams, after public notice 

 has been given by the owner or person entitled to the exclusive right to shoot or fish thereon, 

 as provided in this article. Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed 

 guilty of misdemeanor and shall in addition thereto be subject to exemplary damages in an 

 amount not more than twenty-five dollars in addition to the actual damages sustained by the 

 owner or lessee. 



Notices to be Posted on Private Grounds. 



§ 211. The notice provided for in the last section shall be given by maintaining signboards 

 at least one foot square upon at least every fifty acres of the premises sought to be protected 



