Excerpt from Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey An Act to protect planted and seeded oysters on lands lying under the tidal waters of the Delaware river, Delaware bay and Maurice river cove, in this state, and to regulate the taking of the same from said lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. No oysters shall be dredged for, caught or taken from any of the lands lying under the tidal waters of the Delaware river, Delaware bay or Maurice river cove in this state, north of a line running direct from the mouth of Straight creek to the Cross Ledge lighthouse in the Delaware bay known as the "southwest line," except from and including the first day of April to and including the fifteenth day of June of each year; it shall be unlawful to dredge for, catch or take oysters from any of the lands lying under the tidal waters of the Delaware river, Delaware bay or Maurice river cove in this state south of the said "southwest line," at any time except from September first to June fifteenth, both inclusive, of each year. 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.