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owner of the fish, or by the person employing the inspector, and may 

 be recovered by them respectively of the person who afterwards pur- 

 chases or exports the same. 



The inspector general may receive from each of his deputies for every 

 cask of fish inspected by him the following fees: For each tierce four 

 cents, for each barrel one cent, for each half barrel,* and all packages 

 less than one hundred or more than fifty pounds, one-half cent, and on 

 all packages of lift y pounds and less, one-quarter of a cent each. 



Inspection of smoked ale wives or herrings. Ibid., sections 48-52. 



Alewives or herrings intended to be packed for sale or exportation, 

 shall be sufficiently salted and smoked to cure and preserve the same, 

 and afterwards shall be closely packed in boxes in clear and dry 

 weather. 



Smoked alewives or herrings shall be divided and sorted by the in- 

 spector or his deputy, and denominated, according to their quality, 

 number one and number tiro. Number one shall consist of all the largest 

 and best cured fish; number two of the smaller but well-cured fish ; and 

 in all cases those which are belly-broken, tainted, scorched, or burnt, 

 slack-salted, or not sufficiently smoked, shall be taken out as refuse. 



Boxes made for the purpose of packing smoked alewives or herrings, 

 and containing the same, shall be made of good sound boards, sawed and 

 well seasoned : the sides, top, and bottom of not less than half-inch, 

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

 and shall be seventeen inches in length, eleven inches in breadth, and 

 six inches in depth, in the clear, inside. 



Each box of alewives or herrings inspected shall be branded on the 

 top by the inspecting officer with the first letter of his Christian name, 

 the whole of his surname, the name of the town where it was inspected, 

 with the addition of Mass., and also with the quality of number one or 

 number two. Herrings taken on the coasts ot Nova Scotia, Newfound- 

 land, Labrador, or Magdalen Islands, and brought into this State, shall 

 also be branded with the name of the place or coast where taken. 



The lees for inspecting, packing, and branding, shall be five cents 

 for each box, which shall be paid by the purchaser; and the inspector- 

 general may require front his deputies one cent for each box inspected, 

 packed, and branded by them. 



Annual report of fish inspected. Ibid., section 53. ■ 



The inspector-general shall, in the month of January, annually, make 

 a return into the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, of all the 



*The conclusion of the section from the words "half barrel "is given as amended by 

 act of April 1, 1*79. The Revised Statutes of 1859 conclude the section after the words 

 '•half barrel," as follows: "half a cent, and for each smaller cask one-quarter of ;i 

 cent." 



