Annual Report

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1904- contains the public laws relating to shell fisheries and rules governing the leasing of oyster grounds.

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Side 19 - ... and neither of such commissioners shall at any time be interested in any lease of ground for planting oysters, or in the cultivation or product thereof: Provided, however, that in Little Narragansett Bay, and in Pawcatuck river below "Pawcatuck rock...
Side 34 - Agriculture such standards shall guide the chemists of the Department of Agriculture in the performance of the duties imposed upon them by this act and shall remain the standards before all the United States courts.
Side 21 - ... notice once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the...
Side 34 - ... recovery of damages under this section be a bar to such criminal prosecution. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of shell fisheries to investigate all complaints made to them of the violation of any of the provisions of this act. For the purpose of such investigation said commissioners may make examination of the premises, hold public hearings, summon witnesses, and take testimony under oath, and they shall have power to punish, by fine or imprisonment or both, all contempt of...
Side 21 - Said commissioners may adjourn such hearing from time to time, and may issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses for either party, and shall give notice to all parties who have appeared before them upon any application of the time and place when their decision will be given; and such decision shall be final, unless appellate proceedings are taken and prosecuted as hereinafter provided. "SEC.
Side 31 - Each of said deputies appointed as aforesaid shall be, by virtue of his office, a special constable, and as such deputy may, without warrant, arrest any person found violating any of...
Side 17 - ... performance of their duties. Upon a vacancy occurring in the membership in the commission and upon the expiration in the term of office of any member, a successor shall be appointed by the board of supervisors. When a vacancy occurs for any reason other than the expiration of a term of office, the appointee to fill such vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.
Side 25 - Penalty for violation of this tion of any of the provisions of this act shall, in addition to the penalties herein before mentioned, be deprived of the privilege of fishing for oysters in the waters of the state for the space of three years thereafter, under penalty of thirty days imprisonment for each offence.
Side 19 - Same subject. lands within the state covered by tide-water where the said water is of the depth of at least twelve feet according to the plats in the office of the commissioners of shell fisheries at the average low water, for the purpose of having the said land used in planting and cultivating oysters in the deep waters of Narragansett bay and tributaries, at an annual rental of not less than five dollars per acre, for a term not exceeding ten years from such letting.
Side 25 - Every person violating any of the provisions of sections four, five, and six of this act shall be fined twenty dollars for each offence, one-half thereof to the use of the complainant and...

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