REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [378] 



the purchase or cost of the fish ; and hills for the legal fees of inspec- 

 tion and certificates shall, in the first instance, be paid by the original 

 owner of said fish, or by the person employing the inspector; and all 

 such owners or employers are hereby empowered to demand and recover 

 the amount of said bills from the subsequent purchaser or exporter. 



Inspectors now in office. 



17. Be it further enacted, That the inspector and his deputies, legally 

 appointed and now in office, shall continue to hold and enjoy their 

 respective offices until the tenth day of April next. 



Inspectors to give bonds. 



18. Be it further enacted. That every inspector of fish appointed in this 

 State shall, on being qualified for such office, pay to the treasurer of 

 the town or plantation in which he shall reside five dollars ; and it shall 

 be the duty of such treasurers to pay over all moneys so received to the 

 treasurer of this State on or before the twentieth day of January an- 

 nually. 



Inspection fees. 



19. Be it further enacted, That the inspectors shall be paid for each cer- 

 tificate for exportation seventeen cents, and for inspecting and branding 

 each and every cask of fish, as directed by this act; for each tierce ten 

 cents, for each barrel seven cents, for each half barrel four cents, for 

 each box of smoked herrings or alewives two cents, exclusive of the 

 labor and expense of packing and coopering; and the fees for inspecting 

 and the exj^ense for packing and coopering shall be paid by the seller. 



The following act additional to the preceding law was passed January 

 29, 1822 : 



Inspection of smoked herrings. 



Be it enacted, &c, That, from and after the passing of this act, the 

 several inspectors of fish in this State shall be authorized to inspect 

 smoked herrings, scaled and cured in a superior manner, and packed 

 in boxes eighteen inches long, nine inches wide, and seven inches deep 

 in the clear, which boxes shall be made and branded on the cover, in 

 the same manner as other boxes for herring are now made and branded, 

 excepting that, instead of first or second sort, the word scaled shall be 

 inserted. And the inspection and exportation of said herrings shall be 

 subject to the same laws and regulations as are prescribed by law for 

 other herrings. 



On February 8, 1822, the following law was passed : 



Inspection in places where no inspector resides. 



Be it enacted, c£c, That where it shall be necessary to have fish in- 

 spected in any town or plantation where no inspector resides, it shall 



