214 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sec. 18. Eveiy barrel and half barrel of pork and beef, 

 packed or repacked for exportation, shall be branded with 

 the initials of the christian and the whole of the surname of 

 the inspector, who inspected the same, with the name of the 

 town where, and the month and year, in full, or inteliio-jbly 

 abridged, in which inspected, and the actual weight in legil)le 

 letters and figures, with the addition of the word, Maine. 

 Every barrel or half barrel of beef, marked extra mess, navy 

 mass, number one, or prime, or of pork, marked extra clear, 

 clear, bone middlings, or navy mess, shall be branded with 

 the name of the person for whom the same was packed. 



Sec. 19. Neither the inspector general nor his deputy shall 

 brand any packages of beef or pork, other than those he has 

 personally inspected, and caused to be weighed and packed, 

 as the law requires ; nor, his fees being duly tendered or 

 secured to him, shall he neglect to perform any duty pertain- 

 ing to his office ; or be guilty of any fraud in the exercise 

 thereof, under penalty of ten dollars for each offence. 



Sec. 20. No deputy shall inspect or brand any cask of 

 beef or pork out of the district for which he was appointed, 

 under penalty of fifty dollars ; and no person, other than the 

 inspector and his deputies, shall stamp or brand any cask of 

 beef or pork, with the intent that the same shall pass as in- 

 spected and branded according to law, under penalty of 

 tw'enty dollars for each offence. 



Sec. 21. When any beef is reserved for exportation agree- 

 ably to the provisions of the twelfth section, the hogshead or 

 other package containing it, when exported, shall be branded 

 on one head with the name of the owner and of the town where 

 he resides, under the penalty of one dollar for each package 

 not branded ; and the feet, ears, and faces of pork, when sep- 

 arated from the cheek part of the head, or any other pieces 

 herein prohibited, shall not be exported under the brand 

 "refuse," or any other brand, allowed for pork to be exported. 



Sec. 22. If any person intermixes, takes out, or shifts, any 

 beef or pork, out of any cask inspected or branded as hereby 



