360 STATE OF' NEW YORK. 



§ 2. No person shall catch or take any oysters, spawn or seed oysters or shells in the 

 waters of the South bay in said county after the first day of June and before the first day 

 of September in any year. 



§ 3. No person shall take or carry away any oyster shells caught or taken from the public 

 grounds within the waters of said bay in said county, but the same shall be returned to the 

 water upon the bed or in the locality where they were caught or taken and within ten minutes 

 thereafter. 



§ 4. No person shall catch or take any oysters, spawn or seed oysters or shells in the waters 

 of the said bay in said county with blade or scraper tongs. 



§ 5. No person shall have in his possession or use, blade or scraper tongs in the waters 

 of the said bay, in said county for the purpose of catching or taking oysters, spawn or seed 

 oysters or shells from the bottom thereof. When any person or persons shall be found on the 

 waters of said bay in said county, with blade or scraper tongs in his or their possession, 

 such possession shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to use the same in violation of the 

 provisions of this act. 



§ 6. Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars 

 and not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not 

 exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



§ 7. Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall in addition to the 

 punishment prescribed by the last preceding section, forfeit the sum of fifty dollars for each 

 offense. 



§ 8. Any person may in his own name bring an action for the recovery of the penalty 

 prescribed in the last preceding section and upon a recovery thereof may retain the same for 

 his own use. 



§ 9. Courts of special sessions in and for said county of Suffolk shall have exclusive juris- 

 diction to hear, try and determine all charges of misdemeanors for violations of this act and 

 upon conviction thereof to punish the offender or offenders as provided in section six of this act. 



§ 10. Chapter two hundred and thirty-four of the Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy 

 is hereby repealed. 



§n. This act shall take effect immediately. 



BAY CONSTABLES. 



Chapter 89 of Laws of 1875, provides for the election of bay constables in the towns of 

 Islip, Babylon and Huntington, in the county of Suffolk, and prescribes their powers, duties, etc. 



Chapter 402 of the Laws of 1875, provides for the election of bay constables in the town 

 of East Hampton, in the county of Suffolk, and defines their duties. 



