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AN ACT for the protection of seed oysters on natural beds of oysters within the waters within 



the boundaries of the town of Smithtown. 



The authority to pass this act is found in chapter four hundred and eighty-eight of session 

 laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 



It was passed April twenty-five, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by a vote of two-thirds of 

 all the members present. 



The board of supervisors of the county of Suffolk at a meeting thereof lawfully assembled on 

 the twenty-fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at least two-thirds of all mem- 

 bers elected being present and voting therefor, do enact as follows : 



Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to catch or take from any natural 

 bed of oysters within the waters within the boundaries of the town of Smithtown, any seed 

 oysters excepting from planting beds within the boundaries of said town. 



§ 2. Any person or persons who shall violate the foregoing section shall be liable to a 

 penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense. The penalty imposed in this act may be sued 

 for and recovered with costs of suit, by any person in his own name before any justice of the 

 peace in the town of Smithtown ; one-half of such penalty imposed and collected under this act 

 shall be paid to the person making the complaint, the other one-half to the supervisor of said 

 town, to be applied by him to the contingent fund of the town. 



§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 



Filed, July 13, 1893 in the office of the secretary of state. 



AN ACT in relation to taking eels in certain waters of the town of Smithtown. 



The authority to pass this resolution is found in chapter four hundred and eighty-eight, laws 

 of eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 



It was passed April twenty-five, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by a vote of two-thirds 

 of all the members elected. 



The board of supervisors of the county of Suffolk, at a meeting thereof lawfully assembled, 

 at least two-thirds of all the members elected being present and voting therefor, do enact as 

 follows : 



Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons at any time to place eel pots, or 

 to use any seine for the purpose of taking eels in the waters known as St. James harbor and its 

 tributaries, Xissequogue river, and Sunken Meadow creek and situated within the boundaries of 

 the town of Smithtown, Suffolk county, Xew York. 



§ 2. Any person or persons who shall violate the foregoing shall be liable to a penalty of 

 twenty-five dollars for each offence. The penalty imposed in this act may be sued for and 

 recovered with costs of suit by any person in his own name before any justice of the peace of 

 the town of Smithtown ; one-half of such penalty imposed and collected under this act shall be 

 paid to the person making the complaint, the other one-half to the supervisor of the town to be 

 applied by him to the contingent fund of said town. 



§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of May next. 



Filed, July thirteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the office of the secretary of state. 



