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Choice pieces of oxen, steers, cows, and heifers, of three 

 years old and upwards, weighing four hundred pounds or 

 more, and to average five hundred and fifty pounds, excUid- 

 ing the parts aforesaid, to be cut into pieces of as nearly ten 

 pounds as practicable, and to be branded "navy mess." 



Sec. 11. Every barrel of beef shall be well salted with 

 seventy-five pounds of clean St. Ubcs, Isle of May, Lisbon 

 or Turk's Island salt, or eighty pounds of Liverpool salt, or 

 other salt of equal quality, exclusive of a pickle made of fresh 

 w^ater as strong as salt will make it ; and to each barrel of 

 mess, extra, or navy beef, shall be added not more than four, 

 nor less than three ounces of saltpetre ; and to each barrel of 

 number one, prime, and cargo beef, shall be added not more 

 than three, nor less than two ounces ; and for every half 

 barrel of beef of the difterent kinds, one-half of the stated 

 quantity of salt and saltpetre shall be used. 



Sec. 12. Any person, packing beef under the supervision 

 of the inspector general or his deputy, may reserve for smok- 

 ing, jerking, or other purposes, the round, being that part of 

 the leg cut from the hind quarter near to the edge bone, and 

 the neck and chines of the fore quarter, cut as provided in 

 the tenth section ; and the beef so reserved shall be at the 

 disposal of the owner either for consumption, or to export in 

 hogsheads, or in any other mode of packing ; and he may put 

 into each barrel of beef or pork a less quantity of salt than 

 is provided in section eleven, and the same shall be branded 

 "light salted ;" but he shall give a good and sufiicient bond to 

 the inspector or his deputy to save him harmless from all 

 liabilities and costs in consequence of such light salting. 



Sec. 13. Excepting as provided in the next section, all 

 pork packed, or repacked, in barrels or half barrels for ex- 

 portation, shall be divided into seven different sorts, to be 

 denominated and branded, respectively, extra clear, clear, 

 bone middlings, navy mess, number one, prime and cargo 

 pork ; and in all cases the following parts shall be taken out 

 as refuse, viz. : nose pieces or faces, ears, brains, tail, feet, 

 and lard. 



