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Excerpt from Report of the Investigation of Oyster Properties of the State by the Board of Equalization: As a Special Commission Appointed by the General Assembly of 1909, Special Law 486 Connecticut was the first State to grant vested rights in oyster ground and the unrestricted enjoyment thereof. The growth of her industry justifies the policy pursued. Legislation which assured this policy was slow and not always attended with good feeling. In 1842 it became lawful thereafter for the owner or owners of any land in this State, wherein there may be salt water, creeks, or inlets, to dam, gate, or lock the said creek or inlet, for his or their use, for an oyster pond for the growing of oysters therein. But this privilege might only be obtained under conditions which rendered it almost certain to prevent any person from enjoying a benefit from the provisions of the law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.