2o6 LOWER PENINSULA. 



Sec. i6. The inspector or deputy inspector shall not pass any- 

 salt as good unless he shall find it to be well made, free from dirt, 

 filth and stones, and from admixture of lime, or ashes of wood, and 

 of any other substance which is injurious to salt, fully drained from 

 pickle, the bitterns properly extracted therefrom, and manufac- 

 tured as directed by this act and by the rules and regulations of 

 the inspector. 



Sec. 17. The person or company offering the same for inspec- 

 tion shall in all cases provide the necessary force to lift the salt while 

 the inspector or deputy weighs or measures it, and shall also 

 furnish the necessary help and material to brand the salt for and 

 under the direction of the inspector or deputy inspector. 



Sec. 18. Each manufacturer shall provide a scale or balance at his 

 works, to be examined from time to time, and approved by the in- 

 spector, in which all the salt offered for inspection at his works 

 may be weighed. 



Sec. 19. Each inspector or deputy shall deliver to the party for 

 whom he shall inspect salt, a certificate of the quantity and quality 

 inspected, and shall thereupon direct the employes of the manu- 

 facturer to brand or mark, under his personal supervision, with dur- 

 able paint the package containing the salt so inspected, with the 

 surname of the inspector at length and the initials of his Christian 

 name, with addition of the word inspector, in letters at least one inch 

 in length, and shall also cause to be marked or branded by the em- 

 ployes of the manufacturer, upon the head of the barrel, cask, or 

 package, the weight prescribed for such barrel, cask, or package by 

 the inspector, when such weights are in conformity to the rules and 

 regulations prescribed by the inspector in that regard ; and if such 

 weights do not correspond to the rules and regulations, he shall 

 cause the same to be repacked so as to conform thereto. 



Sec. 20. If the said salt shall be put up in barrels, it shall not 

 be marked unless the barrels are thoroughly seasoned, stout, and 

 well made, with such number of hoops as shall be prescribed by 

 the inspector, to be well nailed and secured. 



Sec. 21. Every person who shall falsely or fraudulently make or 

 counterfeit, or cause to be made or counterfeited, or knowingly aid 

 and assist the false or fraudulent making or counterfeiting the mark 

 or brand of any inspector or deputy inspector, on any package con- 

 taining salt, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction 



