478 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [388] 



CONNECTICUT. 



The following fish-inspection law was enacted in Connecticut May 31, 

 1822, and appeais in the Eevised Statutes of 1849 : 



'■'■Be it enacted, cfcc, All pickled shad, codfish, or mackerel, intended 

 for market, shall be split and well cleansed, and pickled in strong brine. 

 Shad and codfish shall be in such brine at least fifteen days, and mack- 

 erel at least forty-eight hours, before they are put up for market, and 

 shall be put in barrels or half-barrels, the barrels containing two hun- 

 dred pounds each, and the half-barrels one hundred pounds each, of 

 fish well packed, with a sufBcient quantity of salt, and filled with 

 strong brine. And shad so put up shall be of three denominations, viz: 

 Shad No. 1 to consist wholly of shad well saved, free from rust or any 

 defect, and the head and tail cut ofl", and the backbone taken out; 

 each barrel containing not more than seventy -two shad, and each half- 

 barrel not more than thirty-six shad. The second denomination shall 

 be shad number 2, to consist wholly of well saved, trimmed, pickled, 

 and prepared for packing, in the same manner as shad number 1 ; each 

 barrel containing not more than eighty-two shad, and each half-barrel 

 not more than forty-one shad. The third denomination shall be shad 

 number 3, to consist of shad that will not answer for either of the two 

 former numbers, well saved, with the head taken off'; and said barrels 

 and half-barrels of fish shall be inspected and branded in the manner 

 hereinbefore prescribed for inspecting beef and pork ; and the inspector 

 who shall inspect or who shall brand the same shall designate by each 

 brand the quality, weight, and kind of fish contained in each barrel and 

 half-barrel branded by him, and also his own name, and the name of the 

 town where said fish was put up. 



"All barrels and half-barrels containing fish for market or exportation 

 shall be well made of good seasoned red oak, white oak, or chestnut 

 timber ; and each tierce made with twelve hoops ; and each barrel shall 

 be of the capacity of from twenty-eight to thirty gallons, and each half- 

 barrel of the capacity of fifteen gallons and a half." 



PENNSTLYANIA. 



Laws regulating the inspection of pickled fish were enacted in Penn- 

 sylvania in 1835, and, with subsequent amendments, were in force until 

 1874, when they were repealed by the adoption of a new constitution 

 that abolished the office of State inspector, and left the regulation of the 

 trade to the several cities and towns. Philadelphia has for many years 

 been a large market for pickled mackerel and other fish. Large quan- 

 tities are received here from the North, and, after being repacked, are 

 distributed over the State, especially in the mining regions. 

 A. leading fish-dealer of Philadelphia writes as follows : 

 " Fish-inspection laws were in force in Pennsylvania until the adop- 

 tion of the new constitution in 1874, since which time we have had no 



