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the amount thereof being entered by the clerk of the court on the origi- 

 nal bond, the same may be delivered back (by leaving a copy) to the 

 treasurer from whom the same was received. 



Material and sizes of casls for picJcIed fish. 



2. Be it further enacted, That all barrels, half barrels and tierces 

 which shall be made or used for the purjiose of packing, or containing 

 pickled fish, shall be made sound of well-seasoned white oak, ash, red 

 oak, spruce, pine, or chestnut staves, of rift timber, with heading of 

 either of the said kinds of wood, sound, well-seasoned and the pine 

 heads free from sap : eaid heading to be well planed ; the barrels, half- 

 barrels and tierces to be well hooped, with at least three hoops on each 

 bilge and three hoops on each chime, all of which shall be good hoops 

 of sufficient substance, the barrel staves to be twenty-eight inches in 

 length, and the heads to be seventeen inches between the chimes ; and 

 to contain not less than twenty-nine nor more than thirty gallons ; and 

 barrels, half-barrels and tierces shall be branded on the side of the cask 

 near the bung with the name of the maker or owner of said cask, and 

 shall be made, in a workmanlike manner, to hold pickle; the half barrels 

 to contain not less than fifteen gallons, and the tierces to contain not 

 less than forty-five nor more than forty-six gallons : Provided, however, 

 That nothing contained in this act, shall extend to fish packed in kegs 

 of less than ten gallons. 



Material and size of boxes for smoked Jish. 



3. Be it further enacted, That all boxes which shall be made for the pur- 

 pose of packing smoked alewives or herrings and containing the same, 

 shall be made of good soundboards, sawed and well seasoned, the sides, 

 top, and bottom of not less than half-inch boards, and the ends not less 

 than three-quarters of inch boards, securely nailed with not less than 

 eight sixpenny nails, and sixteen fourpenny nails to each box, and the 

 top of each box to be planed, and shall be seventeen inches in length, 

 eleven inches in breadth, and six inches in depth in the clear, inside. 

 And all alewives or herrings intended to be smoked and packed shall 

 be sufficiently salted and smoked to cure and preserve the same ; and 

 afterwards closely packed in the boxes, in clear and dry weather. 



Qualities of jpieJcled fish. Branding. 



4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the inspector to see 

 the salmon, mackerel, shad, and all other kinds of split pickled fish, or 

 fish for barrelling, have been well struck with salt or pickle in the first 

 instance, and preserved sweet, free from rust, taint or damage. And 

 such fish as are in good order, and are of a good quality, sliall be packed 

 in tierces, barrels or half barrels ; the tierces shall contain three hun- 

 dred pounds, the barrels shall contain two hundred pounds, and the 



