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Quality and size of boxes for smoked fish. Ibid., section 10. 



All boxes used for packing and containing smoked alewives or her- 

 rings shall be made of good, sound boards, sawed and well seasoned, 

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

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

 wrought or cut nails, and shall be seventeen inches in length, eleven 

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



Branding-irons to be furnished the inspector. Ibid., section 11. 



Every person having fish for packing or pickling, either in bulk, 

 casks, or boxes, to the amount of twenty barrels or forty boxes in one 

 season, shall furnish the inspector, or one of his deputies, with a brand- 

 ing-irou containing the initials of the owner's Christian name and the 

 whole of his surname; and the inspecting officer shall cause such name 

 to be fairly branded on the head of every cask and on one end of every 

 box of fish inspected for such person. If he shall refuse or neglect to 

 furnish such brand, he shall forfeit three dollars for such neglect or 

 refusal. 



Inspection of fish packed whole. Ibid, section 12. 



All small fish which are usually packed whole with dry salt shall be 

 put in good casks, of the size and materials above required for pickled 

 fish, and shall be packed close, edgewise, in the cask, and well salted; 

 the casks shall be filled with the fish and salt, putting in no more salt 

 than is necessary for the preservation of the fish; and the inspecting 

 officer shall brand each cask with the name of the fish and the quality 

 thereof, whether " first sort ", or " second sort," as in the case of smoked 

 fish aforesaid. 



Annual report of inspectors and their deputies. Ibid., section 13. 



The inspector shall make return to the governor annually, on or be- 

 fore the first Wednesday of June, of all the fish of every kind, whether 

 in casks or boxes, which have been inspected by him or his deputies 

 during the year preceding; and each deputy shall seasonably furnish 

 said inspector with a return of all the tierces, barrels, half barrels, and 

 boxes by him inspected and branded since his last return. 



Fees for inspection of fish. Ibid., sections 14, 15. 



The fees for inspecting and branding each cask or box of fish as pro- 

 vided by this chapter shall be, for each tierce, fourteen cents; for each 

 barrel, nine cents; for each half barrel, five cents; for each smaller 

 cask or box, three cents; for nailing each cask or box, one cent, exclu- 

 sive of the labor of packing and coopering; and twenty-five cents for 

 each certificate thereof given ; and the general inspector shall have and 

 receive from his deputies the sum of four cents for each and every 



