Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-27
Oyster Growers.

Members of the Legislative Committee EIected-SevsrAl Mes sures for the Ben- eft of the Growers and Dealers Hec0fn- mended-Measures to Extsrmtnate the Star Ftsh.
 The Connecticut Oyster Growers assoeia- tion held meeting yesterday afternoon Tn room No. 15, Insurance building About ff-
 teen members only were present, others being kept away by the storm. The object of the
 meeting was to elect members of the legIsla-
 tive committee and to instruct them as to
 what measures they should work for at Hart
 ford next session. J. D. Plunkett, the pres1 .
 dent, was not present Secretary Henry C.
 Rowe called the meeting to order. Commo-
 dore John Hilton, of Darien, was elected chairman. Mir. Rowe read the last years committee of which he was chairman, leav- ing his own name till the last As conse quence misunderstanding arose among the
 members and they, supposing that MT: Henry J. Lewis, of Meriden, was chairman. h1s being the first name read, elected him to that posi- tion. Afterward that misunderstanding was explained and Mir. Rowe was elected chair man. The other members of the committee are: H. J. Lewis, Jeremiah Smith, John Hilton, George H. Townsend, Charles $. Curtiss, Charles Redfield. The names of l. s, Belden, Stratford; J. c. Bond, StratfOrd,
 
 posed for mem bership and were accepted.
 Mir. Rowe spoke of the habit of throwing star fish on the public beds instead of carry ing them carefully on the land. He thought that it was a thing that should be stopped and asked for an expression of opinion from the association as to whether they wanted law passed putting pretty severe penalty upon those who throw star fish in the Sound and its tributary waters. All the members present expressed themselves in favor of such law by rising vote.
 Mir. Rowe spoke of the claim made by those caught stealing oysters that they did 1t upon natural beds. The committee was ln' structed to secure the passage of 8 law regu-
 lating the matter, by 8 unanimous rising vote.
 MT Munson, of Oyster Point, thought that the committee could do great deal of good by securing the passage of 8 bill offer
 ing bounty for the destruction of star fish.
 In this way those who throw them over would save them to get the bounty. In this way the whole trouble could be rooted out. The committee was instructed so to act.
 MT. Rowe spoke of the legislation last sea- son on the subject of passing 8 bill in regard to boats engaged in stealing oysters from grounds. The association voted that the committee should pass bill making the
 boat so engaged liable to seizure whether the owner or a lessee was working it. NIT. Rowe also asked for instruction on the question of numbering oyster boats. The committee was instructed to secure the
 passage of a bill requiring all sailboats and steamDosts used in taking up oysters or dredging to be prefaced with large number which can be readily seen. In this way stealing boats could be easily detected. The committee was empowered to prepare bills on any question they deem best for the oyster interest, to confer with other committees to advance the interests of the oystermen of the State, to procure unity of action and neutral 1 benefit. The meeting then adjourned. County Commissioners.
 The county commissioners were in session yesterday and heard the parties who are op- posed to granting a license to Charles Van Horn of Milford. His saloon is within one