[393] HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



tion as aforesaid, shall be branded with the initial letter of the Christian 

 name, and surname at full length, of the person or persons putting 

 up the same, or the person selling the same, under penalty of seventy- 

 five cents for every such cask. 



Mode of inspection. Ibid., section 72. 



15. Every cask containing salted fish, liable to inspection as aforesaid, 

 shall be inspected by opening, and, if necessary, by unpacking and re- 

 packing the same, so that the inspector may judge of the soundness and 

 true package of the fish, as well as of the contents of the cask. 



Branding of unmerchantable fish. Ibid., section 74. 



16. If the inspector shall, upon examination find any barrel or half- 

 barrel, containing salted fish, not to be of the proper description, or if 

 he shall find the fish not to be merchantable as aforesaid, he shall erase 

 and effectually deface therefrom the brand-marks ; and if the same can- 

 not be made merchantable, as aforesaid, by salting, pickling, repacking, 

 and coopering, it shall be the duty of the inspector to impress dis- 

 tinctly, upon each barrel or half -barrel, a mark of condemnation, in the 

 manner following : 1. If such fish shall be inspected at Philadelphia, 

 the inspector shall impress upon one of the heads of such cask the mark 

 of a cross (thus, X), each stroke of which cross shall be at least two 

 inches and a half in length ; 2. If such fish shall be inspected at the 

 city of Pittsburg, or the borough of Columbia aforesaid, the inspector 

 shall cause the casks to be marked on the bilge with a broad arrow 

 (thus, t), or, if required, secure them for future examination, which ex- 

 amination the owner or person selling the same shall procure to be made 

 within four days. » 



Fish may be branded after penalty incurred. Ibid., section 76. 



17. Provided, That if any fish shall be laden for exportation, or shall 

 be sold and delivered as aforesaid, without being so branded, the inspector 

 may, after the penalty for such neglect shall have been paid, brand the 

 same with his own name, and he may demand and receive therefor, from 

 the person so lading or selling and delivering the same, the sum of six 

 cents for every such cask. 



Penalty for fraudulent packing. Ibid., section 78. 



18. If any salted fish, liable to inspection as aforesaid, shall be found, 

 upon the examination thereof by the inspector, to be fraudulently packed, 

 either by the use of improper or unfit substance, or by the intermixture 

 or use of fish of different qualities, the owner thereof or his agent shall 

 forfeit and pay tor each and every such cask the sum of five dollars. 



