[House Bill No. 370.] CHAPTER 222. An Act concerning the Protection of Clams and Oysters in the Town of Fairfield. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in regulate taking of Fairfield. SECTION 1. The selectmen of the town of Fairfield may, Selectmen may from time to time as they shall deem expedient, prohibit clams in town of the taking of clams or oysters from such portions of the natural clam and oyster grounds of said town as they shall from time to time designate, for a period not exceeding one year at a time. place from which SEC. 2. Whenever said selectmen shall designate any Description of place or places within said town from which the taking of clams taking of clams is prohibited to or oysters is prohibited as aforesaid, they shall publish at least be published. twice in some newspaper having a circulation in the town of Fairfield, a notice describing the grounds upon which said prohibition is operative, and shall further describe the boundaries of such grounds by posting notices, signed by said selectmen, upon the shore adjacent to such grounds. SEC. 3. No person shall take any clams or oysters from Taking of clams any grounds from which the taking of the same is prohib- and oysters, proited as aforesaid, during the time of such prohibition. SEC. 4. Every person who shall violate any of the provi- Penalty. sions of this act shall be fined not more than seven dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each offense. Approved, August 30, 1911. Inhabitants of Griswold to have equal right to of Voluntown. [House Bill No. 896.] CHAPTER 223. An Act amending an Act concerning the Maintenance of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section two of chapter 71 of the public acts of 1911 is hereby amended to read as follows: The inhabitants of that porvote with those tion of the territory, formerly included in said fourth school district, which is situated in said town of Griswold, shall have the right to a voice and vote, equally with the inhabitants of the town of Voluntown, in all matters pertaining to the maintenance and equipment of schools in said former fourth school district, and the selectmen of the town of Voluntown shall include the inhabitants of said territory in all warnings of school meetings at which matters pertaining to said schools are to be acted upon, and the inhabitants of said territory, with the inhabitants of the town of Voluntown, in such meetings assembled, shall have power to levy and collect taxes on the property located in said territory as well as in the town of Voluntown for the support of said schools and for the erection, maintenance, repair, equipment, and furnishings of the school building, to supply said building with fuel, and to purchase school apparatus, and shall also have power to borrow money for said purposes, and the persons chosen to collect school taxes in said town of Voluntown shall have authority to collect school taxes in said territory. Approved, August 30, 1911. Appointment and duties of state park commissioners. [House Bill No. 314.] CHAPTER 224. An Act concerning a Board of State Park Commissioners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. The governor shall nominate, and with the advice and consent of the senate appoint, three persons, to be known as the state park commissioners. who shall hold office for two years from the first day of September, 1911. Said commissioners shall consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces, for the use of the public, in the towns and cities of the state, may make maps and plans for such spaces, and collect such other information in relation thereto as may be deemed expedient, and shall report to the general assembly, on or before the first Tuesday of February, 1913, a plan for laying out, acquiring, and maintaining such open spaces. assistance and missioners. SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall receive no compensa- Employment of tion but may employ such assistance as they may deem neces-paying traveling sary, and may expend such sums therefor and in the discharge expenses of comof their duties, including the actual traveling expenses of such commissioners, as the governor may authorize, not exceeding, in the aggregate, five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved, August 30, 1911. [Second Substitute for Senate Bill No. 87.] CHAPTER 225. An Act concerning the Salary of the Judge of the Court of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in of the court of SECTION 1. From the taking effect of this act, the judge Salary of judge of the court of common pleas for Fairfield county, civil side, common pleas, shall receive a salary at the rate of forty-five hundred dol- Fairfield county lars per annum. SEC. 2. So much of section 4816 of the general statutes Repeal. as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect September 1, 1911. Approved, August 30, 1911. Excavating or lowering outlets ited. [Substitute for House Bill No. 773.] CHAPTER 226. An Act concerning the Preservation of Bantam Lake. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Every person who himself, or by his agent, shall draw or lake, prohib- Off, or cause to be drawn off, the waters of Bantam lake, in Litchfield county, below the natural water level of said lake, by excavating or otherwise lowering the outlet of said lake, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Approved, August 30, 1911. Appointment of assistant state forester. Duties and powers of assistant state forester. [House Bill No. 149.] CHAPTER 227. An Act concerning the Appointment of an Assistant Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. The board of control of the Connecticut agricultural experiment station may, in its discretion, appoint an assistant state forester, to hold office during the pleasure of the board, who shall receive no compensation other than his regular salary as a member of the station staff. SEC. 2. Said assistant state forester shall act under direction of the state forester, and by his direction or in his absence shall exercise the powers and duties of the state forester and state forest fire warden. Approved, August 30, 1911. [House Bill No. 877.] CHAPTER 228. An Act amending an Act concerning Fishing in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in fishing in Lake Section one of chapter 122 of the public acts of 1905 is Close season for hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words "ex- Waramaug. cept white perch, which shall not be taken between March first and May first in any year", so that said section as amended shall read as follows: No person shall take, or assist in taking, or attempt to take, any bass under ten inches in length from Waramaug Lake in Litchfield county, at any time; nor shall any person take or attempt to take any fish from said lake between March first and July first in any year, except white perch, which shall not be taken between March first and May first in any year. Approved, August 30, 1911. [House Bill No. 872.] CHAPTER 229. An Act amending an Act concerning the Care and Protection of Trees in Highways and Public Grounds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Towns may make tions for plantshade trees. Section 4444 of the general statutes as amended by section one of chapter 56 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby amended annual appropriato read as follows: Every town may appropriate, annually, ing and care of a suitable sum to be expended by the tree warden in the planting or care of shade trees in the public ways. All transplanted trees, and all other trees not less than six inches in circumference measured two feet from the ground, within the limits of any public way, shall be deemed public shade trees. Approved, August 30, 1911. |