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Title: Public documents of the State of Connecticut
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Connecticut Connecticut. General Assembly
Subjects: Administrative agencies Public administration Public records
Publisher: Hartford : Printed by order of the General Assembly
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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nd and almost unerring judg-ment, and during his long years of service on the commissionhad secured a fund of information which peculiarly fitted himto be an adviser on those matters which pertain to the cultureof fish and the preservation of game. Elsewhere in this re- 10 REPORT OF PISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. port will be found a more extended tribute to his life and char-acter. The vacancy on the commission caused by the death ofMr. Bill was filled by the appointment of E. Hart Geer, ofLyme. The thanks of your commissions are due for many court-esies to the officers of the United States Fish Commission, tothe senators and congressmen from Connecticut in their work.Also to the New York, New Haven and Hartford RailroadCo., the Central New England Railway Co. and the CentralVermont Railroad Co., for transporting fish throughout thestate, and returning cans free of charge. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE T. MATHEWSON, ^ _ ALDEN SOLMANS, I Commissioners of FHARTCFFR ( Fisheries and Game.
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JAMES A. BILL. REPORT OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 11 JAMES A. BILL. In the death on February ist, 1900, of James A. Bill, formany years a member of the State Commission of Fisheries andGame, Connecticut suffered a loss that deserves more than pass-ing recognition. Mr. Bill was born of sturdy ancestry. His boyhood lifewas not unlike that of other youth of his day and generation.He was educated in the public schools, was attentive to hisbooks during the hours of study, and during periods of leisurewas wont to engage in sports afield and afloat that brought himnear to natures heart. He early inherited a love for books and a fondness for pur-suits that develop a robust manhood, and beget sympathy withcreatures less fortunate than ones self. It may be that this hadsomething to do with shaping the course of his future career.For several years in his early manhood he was engaged in thebook and stationery business. His public life began in the year1849, when he was elected to the Legislat

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