Sec. 26-236. Uncertified natural grounds.
Sec. 26-236. Uncertified natural grounds. No provisions of any public or special
act concerning the quantity of shellfish to be taken from natural grounds shall apply to
the harvesting of shellfish from the following-described uncertified natural grounds
posted by the Department of Public Health, under permits issued by said department:
In the town of Branford, beginning at the southerly point of Darrow's Island, at the
mouth of Farm River, from which point, on the tenth day of June at 12:15 p.m., the New
Haven lighthouse, on southwest ledge off New Haven Harbor, bears south 84° west;
the spindle of Geodetic survey bears north, 11° west, "Magnetic Meridian"; thence along
the westerly shore of said island to the northerly point thereof, where it intersects a
designation to Patrick O'Brien and others; thence along the westerly line of O'Brien's
designation of what is called the "Gut" to the steppingstones, so called, at the southerly
line of a designation to the middle of Farm River; thence southerly along a line in the
middle of said river to the line of the Commissioner of Agriculture, formerly of the
shellfish commissioners, to the place of beginning, containing twenty-two and one-half
acres; also, beginning at Swift Water Point, so called, on the east side of Farm River,
and at the northeasterly corner of Willis Munson's designation; thence northerly along
the easterly side of Farm River to the causeway and bridge; thence westerly along said
causeway and bridge to the town line fixed by the towns of East Haven and Branford;
thence southerly along said line in the middle of said river to said Munson's north line,
to the place of beginning, containing six acres; also, beginning on the northerly side of
the causeway and bridge over Farm River and running northerly along the easterly shore
of said river to a designation to Harrison Bristol and Warren S. Bradley, at a place called
Oak Point; thence westerly along said Bristol and Bradley south line to the middle of
the river; thence southerly by a line in the middle of the said river to the bridge over
Farm River; thence easterly by the bridge and causeway to the place of beginning,
containing three acres; also, all that portion of Farm River lying within the limits of the
town of Branford, and being northerly of the northerly line of a designation near Farm
Creek to August Hall and William H. Thompson, extending up said river to a point
where the waters of Saltonstall Lake form a junction with the waters of said river, containing five acres, more or less; also, all that portion of territory within the limits of the
town of Branford, known as Calm Island Bar, commencing at a hole drilled in a rock
at the west end of Calm Island Bar, from which point the lighthouse on southwest ledge
off New Haven Harbor bears, June 15, 1885, south 88° 35′ west, Branford Beacon bears
south 6° 35′ east thence north 57° 45′ east, 751 feet, to a point of rock at the easterly
end of said bar; thence running south 13° 12′ west to low water mark; thence in a westerly
direction along the line of low water to a point which is south 53° 20′ east, from the
hole in the rock; thence to the starting point; containing five and one-half acres; also,
that portion of Branford River bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point
on the easterly side of Branford River, in a line with the northerly line bears north 32°
10′ west, ranging with the tall chimney of the Malleable Iron Works near the depot, in
the town of Branford, and the chimney of the dwelling house on Kirkham Street owned
by Daniel Averill; thence along the northerly line of said Cook's designation to the
westerly shore of said river, thence easterly along the northerly line of said river to the
Short Line railroad bridge; thence across said river by the line of said bridge; thence
easterly and southerly along the line of said river to the place of beginning, containing
thirty-eight and one-half acres.
(1949, S. 2562d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 363; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 33; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A.
95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act made commissioner of environmental protection successor to shellfish commissioners; 1972 act
replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-614 replaced department
of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services
with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and
Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1,
1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the
merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.