Sec. 26-244. Lost title; redesignation. Penalty.
Sec. 26-244. Lost title; redesignation. Penalty. Any owner of any such place who
has lost the evidences of his title, after filing the same with the town clerk, may apply
to the shellfish commission of the town in which such place is situated, and in East
Haven and West Haven to the selectmen, and if he satisfies them that the same justly
belongs to him, and that he had obtained and filed such evidences of title with the town
clerk, and that such evidences have been lost or destroyed, such commission or selectmen
may designate and set such place to him anew, notwithstanding he may have acquired
title to other places, though the whole of the places held by him would exceed two acres
in extent; but no new application and designation shall affect the rights of any other
person to any place so designated and set out or to the oysters thereon. Any person who
fraudulently procures any such place to be designated and set to himself, or to any other
person, under the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than three hundred
dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 5079; P.A. 86-225, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 86-225 transferred functions from oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions.