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veyance, within this State, with intent to sell or export the same, uuless 

 said iish shall have been inspected and the casks and boxes containing 

 the same shall have been branded agreeably to the provisions of this act, 

 it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace in the same county, upon 

 complaint made to him, to issue his warrant to the sheriff or his dep- 

 uty, or to any constable of the town where such boat, vessel, or carriage 

 of conveyance may be, requiring them respectively to seize and secure 

 said fish, and cany the same to the inspector nearest the place where 

 said boat, vessel, or carriage may be; and said inspector is hereby 

 authorized and required to open and inspect and to pack and brand 

 the same in the same manner as is prescribed in this act. And it shall 

 be lawful for said inspector to detain the said fish until the expeuses 

 and charges of seizure, inspection, packing, and all other charges arising 

 from such seizure, shall be paid. And it shall be the duty of every per- 

 son, when required, to give necessary aid to the officer having such war 

 rant, on pain of forfeiting five dollars for his refusal, to be recovered by 

 action of debt, or on the case, before any court proper to fay the same; 

 and by any person who will prosecute therefor. 



Inspection of imported pickled and smoked fish. 



10. Be it further enacted, That no pickled or smoked fish, which shall 

 be brought into this State from any other State or government, shall 

 be sold or offered for sale before the same shall have been regularly in- 

 spected according to the provisions of this act ; and each and every 

 person who buy or sell, or offer for sale [any] pickled or smoked fish 

 which shall be brought into this State from any other State or govern- 

 ment, before the same is regularly inspected as aforesaid, shall severally 

 forfeit and pay five dollars for each and every hundred pounds' weight 

 so bought or sold; to be recovered by any person who shall prosecute 

 for the same, by action of debt, or on the case, before any court proper 

 to try the same. 



Penalty for handling uninspected fish. 



11. Be it further enacted, That if any master of a vessel, or other per- 

 son, shall put or receive on board any vessel or other carriage or con- 

 veyance to transport the same from this State, any pickled or whole 

 fish packed in casks which are not inspected or branded in manner by 

 this act prescribed, he or they, on conviction, shall forfeit and pay not 

 less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars for each and every hun- 

 dred pounds of such uninspected fish. 



Penalty for exporting uninspected smoked fish. 



12. Be it further enacted. That no smoked alewives or herrings which 

 shall not have been inspected and branded agreeably to the provisions 

 of this act shall be exported from this State, under a penalty of two 



