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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  actiou 
  for 
  debt, 
  one-half 
  to 
  the 
  complainant 
  or 
  prosecutor 
  and 
  one-half 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  offense 
  was 
  committed. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  No 
  can 
  of 
  sardines 
  shall 
  he 
  packed 
  with 
  less 
  than 
  six 
  fish, 
  and 
  no 
  fish 
  shall 
  

   be 
  ])acked 
  as 
  sardines 
  unless 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  headed 
  and 
  eviscerated 
  within 
  24 
  hours 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  they 
  arrive 
  at 
  the 
  factory. 
  No 
  fish 
  shall 
  be 
  baked 
  for 
  sardines 
  in 
  

   ovens 
  unless 
  they 
  shall 
  first 
  be 
  properly 
  flaked 
  in 
  rows 
  and 
  laid 
  on 
  without 
  over- 
  

   lapping. 
  Wlioever 
  flakes, 
  hakes, 
  or 
  packs 
  any 
  sardines 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  

   forfeits 
  $5 
  for 
  every 
  100 
  fish 
  so 
  flaked, 
  baked, 
  or 
  packed, 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  by 
  indict- 
  

   ment 
  or 
  action 
  for 
  debt, 
  one-half 
  to 
  the 
  complainant 
  or 
  prosecutor 
  and 
  one-half 
  to 
  

   the 
  town 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ofiense 
  is 
  committed. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  All 
  decorated 
  cans, 
  tin-plate 
  and 
  metal 
  labels 
  now 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  any 
  

   packer, 
  and 
  all 
  sardines 
  packed 
  previoiis 
  to 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  are 
  exempt 
  

   from 
  the 
  pi'ovisious 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  sea 
  and 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  shall 
  insist 
  upon 
  the 
  strict 
  

   enforcement 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  and 
  require 
  from 
  his 
  wardens 
  who 
  have 
  jurisdiction 
  in 
  

   localities 
  where 
  sardine 
  canning 
  factories 
  are 
  located 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  good 
  and 
  sufficient 
  

   bond, 
  in 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $5,000, 
  to 
  guarantee 
  the 
  faithfvil 
  and 
  strict 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  

   IjroA'isions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  and 
  its 
  penalties, 
  and 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  shall 
  a 
  packer 
  of 
  sardines 
  be 
  

   accepted 
  as 
  a 
  surety. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  6. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  sea 
  and 
  shore 
  fisheries, 
  or 
  his 
  deputies, 
  shall 
  inquire 
  

   into 
  violations 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  relating 
  to 
  sardines 
  and 
  enforce 
  the 
  penalties 
  thereto, 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  inquiring 
  into 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  laws 
  and 
  enforcing 
  the 
  

   penalties 
  thereof, 
  such 
  commissioner, 
  or 
  his 
  deputies, 
  may 
  at 
  all 
  reasonable 
  times 
  

   enter 
  any 
  manufactory 
  or 
  canning 
  establishment 
  and 
  make 
  investigations 
  concern- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  methods 
  employed 
  and 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  product, 
  and, 
  if 
  necessary, 
  open 
  

   packages 
  and 
  cut 
  open 
  cans 
  of 
  sardines 
  for 
  such 
  investigation 
  Sufficient 
  wardens 
  

   shall 
  be 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  sea 
  and 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Eastport 
  and 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Lubec 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  two 
  each, 
  and 
  one 
  warden 
  each 
  additional 
  for 
  every 
  town 
  where 
  sardines 
  are 
  

   canned 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maine. 
  No 
  person 
  shall 
  be 
  eligible 
  for 
  appointment 
  as 
  

   warden 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  owner 
  in 
  a 
  sardine 
  factory 
  or 
  a 
  relative 
  of 
  such 
  an 
  owner. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  7. 
  All 
  acts 
  or 
  parts 
  of 
  acts 
  that 
  conflict 
  with 
  this 
  act 
  are 
  hereby 
  repealed. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  8. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  effect 
  when 
  approved. 
  

  

  STATISTICS 
  OF 
  THE 
  HERRING 
  INDUSTRY. 
  

  

  The 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  Passamaquoddy 
  region, 
  

   except 
  those 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  weir 
  fisheries, 
  which 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   chapter 
  on 
  that 
  subject, 
  are 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  series 
  of 
  tables: 
  

   1 
  and 
  5 
  show 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  

   smoked 
  and 
  pickled 
  herring 
  and 
  sardine 
  industries 
  respectively; 
  2 
  and 
  

   6, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested, 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  preparing 
  the 
  products, 
  

   and 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  products 
  prepared, 
  the 
  four 
  

   tables 
  making 
  a 
  complete 
  statistical 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  these 
  

   two 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  industry 
  for 
  1895; 
  3 
  and 
  7 
  show 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  herring 
  utilized 
  and 
  products 
  j^repared 
  in 
  each 
  

   of 
  the 
  years 
  1893 
  and 
  1894; 
  4 
  shows 
  the 
  various 
  sources 
  from 
  which 
  

   the 
  herring 
  were 
  derived 
  in 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  and 
  1895. 
  

  

  1. 
  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  localities 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  

   smoked 
  and 
  pickled 
  herring 
  industry 
  in 
  1895, 
  

  

  * 
  Smoke-houses 
  connected 
  with 
  sardine 
  canneries, 
  

   t 
  Smoke-houses 
  independent 
  of 
  sardine 
  canneries. 
  

  

  