REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [358] 



the advice and consent of the council, and shall hold their offices for 

 the terra of five years, unless sooner removed by the governor and 

 council. 



Each inspector, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall 

 give bond to the State, with sufficient sureties, to the satisfaction of 

 the treasurer thereof, in the sum of two thousand dollars. 



Each inspector shall appoint so many deputy-inspectors as may be 

 necessary, removable at his pleasure, and for whom he shall be answer- 

 able, who shall first give bond to him, with sufficient sureties, in a sum 

 not exceeding one thousand dollars, and shall once in six months, or 

 oftener if requested, make such returns to him as he may require. 



All oaths required to be taken by any deputy may be administered by 

 the inspector, and all oaths required to be taken in the inspection of 

 provisions or merchandise may be administered by the inspector or any 

 deputy, or, in either case, by a justice. 



If a vacancy shall occur in the office of inspector, his deputies shall 

 continue to perforin their duties and shall possess the same powers and 

 be subject to the same liabilities as if no vacancy had occurred, until an 

 inspector shall be appointed and duly qualified. 



The word " inspector" in this title may include deputy inspector. 



Pickled fish to be well preserved. Chap. 120, sections 1.2. 



The inspector of fish or some deputy shall see that all kinds of split 

 pickled fish and fish for barreling, intended for exportation, have been 

 well struck with salt or pickle in the first instance, and preserved free 

 from rust, taint, or damage. 



Such fish as are in good order and of good quality shall be packed in 

 tierces, barrels, or half-barrels; the tierces to contain three hundred 

 pounds, the barrels two hundred pounds, and the half-barrels one hun- 

 dred pounds of fish each, and shall be packed with good clean salt, 

 suitable for the purpose; and the casks, after being packed and headed, 

 with the fish and sufficient salt to preserve the same, shall be filled with 

 a clear strong pickle. 



Qualities of pickled fish. Branding. Ibid., sections 3-5. 



Each cask shall be filled with fish of one and the same kind, and 

 shall be branded "salmon, 1 ' "shad," "alewives," "herring," or as the 

 case may be; those of the .best quality, caught in the right season, to 

 be most approved and free from damage, shall be branded "cargo num- 

 ber one"; those which remain after the best have been selected, being 

 sweet, free from taint, rust, or damage, shall be branded "cargo number 

 two"; and the thinnest and poorest of those that are sweet and whole- 

 some shall be branded " cargo number three." 



There shall be four numbers of mackerel: Those of the best quality, 

 not mutilated, measuring not less than thirteen inches from the extrem- 



