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Casks to contain only one kind offish. Ibid., section 3. 



Pickled fish, whether codfish, mackerel, menhaden, herrings, or other 

 fish, shall be sorted, and one kind only be put into one cask. 



Dimensions of casks ; how filled; branding. Ibid., sections 4, 5. 



Every cask shall be well seasoned and bound with twelve hoops j 

 those of menhaden and herrings of the capacity to hold twenty-eight 

 gallons ; and those for other fish of the capacity, if a barrel, to hold two 

 hundred pounds, and if a half barrel, one hundred pounds, weight of 

 fish ; each cask to be full, and the fish sound and well cured. 



Every cask, being first searched, examined, and approved by a packer, 

 shall, when packed or repacked for exportation, be branded legibly on 

 one head with the kind of fish it contains, and the weight thereof; or 

 the capacity of the cask, with the first letter of the Christian and the 

 whole of the surname of the packer, with the name of the town, and 

 with the words " Rhode Island," in letters not less than three-fourths of 

 an inch long, to denote that the same is merchantable and in good or- 

 der for exportation. 



Qualities of fish. Ibid., section 6. 



Every cask of pickled codfish and mackerel offered for sale, or for ex- 

 portation from this State, shall also be branded No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3^ 

 to denote the quality of such fish. 



Fish brought from other 8tates, by fishermen, &c., excepted. Ibid., section 7. 



Nothing in this chapter contained shall hinder any fisherman or own- 

 ers of fish, coming to this State from their fishing trips, from selling or 

 reshipping their fish to any other of the United States without being^ 

 packed into barrels or half barrels. 



Penalty for illegally selling fish. Ibid., sections. 



Every person who shall offer for sale in or attempt to export from this 

 State any pickled fish which have not been approved by a sworn 

 packer, or in casks which are not branded as aforesaid, shall forfeit 

 fifty dollars for each offense. 



Penalty for illegally packing or branding. Ibid., section 9. 



Every person who shall shift any fish from any cask after the same has 

 been branded by the packer, and shall offer to sell or export the same 

 from this State, or shall brand any cask into which the same shall be 

 shifted, or shall brand any cask with the branding-iron of a packer, or 

 with any iron made in imitation thereof, shall forfeit not less than 

 thirty dollars nor more than one hundred and sixty dollars for each 

 offense. 



