Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-17
The Oyster Commission.

 They Locate i'm this City and Select
 Rooms in the Insurance Building.
 Under the late act of the Legislature the State Fish Commissioners who are to have charge of the oyster grounds of the State met in this city yesterday morning. The com mittee consists of R. G. Pike of Middletown, Dr. William M. Hudson of Hartford and J. c. Woodruff of Sherman.
 The committee met in Talcott H. Russelrs office in the Insurance building, and after ward selected Charles A. Baldwin of this city as clerk, and then hired room No. 10 in the Insurance building as their permanent head quarters Meetings will be held twice a month-the first and third Mondays. The next meeting will be on the third Monday of the present month. surveyor has already
 been employed and form for blank certih-
 cate of oyster lot ownership is in the hands
 of Chief Justice Park for approval. Maps
 will be made, but not until after the commls'
 sioners perambulate the coast. This they
 will do before long, but they have not def
 nitely decided when.
 | The following is the most important sec
 ton passed by the Legislature in regard te
 the location of oyster grounds:
 The State shall exercise exclusive Jur1sdlc
 tion and control over all shell fisheries whlct are located in that area of the State which Ii within that part of Long Island Sound ane it's tributaries bounded westerly and souther ly by the State of New York, easterly by thu State of Rhode Island, and northerly by line following the coasts of the State at hlgf water, which shall cross>a all it's bays rivers creeks and inlets at such places nearest Long To1~ ryIfh md hat wa points on opposite shores, from one O which objects and what is done on the oppo site shore can be reasonably discerned witt the naked eye or could be discerned but fol | intervening islands. And all shell fisheries l not within said area shall be and remail
 within the jurisdiction and contro of the towns in which the, l are located under the same laws ant regulations and through the same selectmel | and oyster committees as heretofore. If difference shall arise between any town anG | the commissioners, as hereinafter provided | for, as to the boundary line between sait | town and the area so to be mapped, sait | town, by it's selectmen, may bring it's petition | to the Superior Court for the county within which said town is situated to determine sait boundary line, and said court upon reasona l ble notice to the parties shall hear said par | ties and appoint committee to ascertain tn | facts in such case and report the same to sait court, and said court shall thereupon mak such order as may be proper in the premises It is quite evident that the commissioner will have about all they can attend to fo
 several months to come. If, however, the.
 can so arrange the oyster question as to sat | isfy all parties in interest and remove it iron | long and continued hearings in the Legisla l ture they will receive the thanks of the Stat
 at large. That they will encounter "rock
 and quicksands' in the settlement of thi difficulty there can be no doubt, and the ps tience of Job and the wisdom of Solomo will be required in their attempt to harmon | ize conflicting interests.