Sec. 26-242. Granting of designation; condition precedent.
Sec. 26-242. Granting of designation; condition precedent. No shellfish commission or selectmen shall grant any designation of ground for the planting or cultivation
of oysters, until the applicant for such ground has shown them a certificate from the
town clerk that the ground has not been previously designated and that such ground is
within the limits allotted by law for designation by such commission or selectmen,
together with a receipt from the town treasurer, acknowledging that the money for such
designation has been deposited with him, pending the action of the commission or selectmen. Town clerks may grant such certificates upon satisfactory proof of such facts by
maps and examination of the law and records. Town treasurers may receive such moneys
and give such receipts and, if the designation is granted, may retain the money for the
use of the town; but, if the application is denied, they shall, on demand of the applicant,
refund such payment. Any member of any shellfish commission or of any board of
selectmen who violates any of the provisions of this section shall have committed an
infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 5077; P.A. 86-225, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 86-225 transferred the functions of oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions, eliminated the
fine for violations and made violations an infraction.