The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-27
CHAPTER CLxXvI.

A Supplement- to an act entitled sAn act
for the preservation of CLAIMS and oys-
ters," approved April fourteenth, ammo
domini one thousand eight hundred
and forty-six, aud the supplements
thereto.
L Be it enacted by the Senate and Cen
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey,
That any person or persons, citizens of
this state. now using or occupying any
grounds lying under the tide waters of
this state for the planting or cultivation
OF oysters thereon, said grounds not being
natural clam grounds or natural oyster
seed beds, and The same shall have been
SO used and occupied since January
first. one thousand eight hundred and
eighty. shall be confirmed i'll their right
to use such grounds for the purpose OF
planting and cGltivatiug oysters. and the
oysters planted and grown thereon shall
be the personal property Of the person or
persons using or occupying the grounds
aforesaid; provided, the said grounds
shall have been marked by proper stakes,
buoys or suitable monuments during the
time aforesaid. and oysters shall have
been actually planted upon the grounds
so marked
q And be it enacted, That upon the
grounds now nsed or occupied as afore-
said, the person or persons using or
occupying the same may plant, cult
NatJ anu ktAeiAIA W olCAot thEt u1Al SHELL
or otherwise improve such grounds
and gather the oysters that may grow
thereon, and all oysters on said grounds
shall be deemed and taken to be their
personal property, and every person or
persons who shall gather, catch or take
oysters, CLAIMS or shells from any lot of
ground used or occupied as aforesaid, or
use thereon any tongs, rake or dredge,
without the permission of the person or
persons using or occupying the same,
shall be deemed guilty of Il misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in a sum not exceeding seventy-five dol
lars or be confined in the county Jail for
period not exceeding thirty days. or
both, at the discretion Of the court.
3 And be 1t enacted, That no grounds
used by tho public for claiming purposes
shall be occupied and used for the pur-
pose of planting and cnltiyating oysters.
A. And be it enacted, That all stakes
used for the purpose aforesaid shall be
elastic and yielding, and shall not impede
navigation nor interfere with the draw
ing of seines in any place now estab-
llshed and customarily used for seine
fishing.
s. And be it enacted, That any person
or persons who shall plant oysters upon
any OF the natural beds lying under the
waters aforesaid, shall be deemed tres
passers, and such planted oysters shall be
forfeited TO the public, who shall have
the right and privilege of going npen
said beds and taking said planted oysters,
and converting the same to their own
use. at any time when it is now lawful to
take oysters from said natural beds and
clans from clam grounds.
6. And be it enacted, That nothing in
this act contained shall give any person
or persons the right or title to any of the
said lands as against the state, and the
state may at any time alter or repeal this
law, or the riparian commissioners may
make grants the same as if this act had
not been passed.
z. And be it enacted, That this act shall
be deemed public act and shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed April IS, 1890.