Sec. 26-260. Selectmen of Milford and West Haven may prohibit the taking of clams.
Sec. 26-260. Selectmen of Milford and West Haven may prohibit the taking
of clams. The selectmen of the towns of West Haven and Milford may, from time to
time as they deem expedient, prohibit the taking of long or soft-shell clams from such
portions of the natural clam grounds of their respective towns as they shall from time
to time designate, for a period not exceeding one year at a time. When said selectmen
designate any place or places within their respective towns from which the taking of
long or soft-shell clams is prohibited as aforesaid, the selectmen of the town of West
Haven shall publish at least twice in some newspaper published in the city of New
Haven, and the selectmen of the town of Milford shall publish at least twice in some
newspaper published or having a circulation in the town of Milford, a notice describing
the grounds upon which such prohibition is operative, and shall further describe the
boundaries of such grounds by posting notices, signed by the selectmen of the town in
which such grounds are situated, upon the shore adjacent to such grounds. No person
shall take or have in his possession in either of said towns any long or soft-shell clams
of less than one and one-half inches in length; and no person shall take any long or
soft-shell clams from any grounds from which the taking of the same is prohibited as
aforesaid, during the time of such prohibition. Any person who violates any provision
of this section shall be fined not more than seven dollars or imprisoned not more than
thirty days or both for each offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 5115.)