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5. The bins shall be kept clean and no salt put therein except 

 such as is of first quality. After a bin has been emptied, it shall be 

 washed out and so cleansed that the opening in it shall admit of 

 the proper drainage of the salt. The floor of all salt houses shall 

 be raised at least six inches from the ground to allow drainage, and 

 there shall be a sufificient number of bins attached to each block, of 

 convenient size, for storage of all the salt which may be made at 

 such block while it is undergoing the process of drainage. 



6. All salt shall stand in the bins at least fourteen days before 

 packing, and the term will be taken to commence from the last dis- 

 charge of wet salt into the bin. Salt in the bins shall be levelled 

 off evenly at the top and so kept ; nor will the packing of any such 

 salt be allowed until the same has been declared fit for that pur- 

 pose, upon actual examination by the inspector ; and the packing 

 of any salt without express permission, although fourteen days may 

 have expired, will not be allowed. 



7. Whenever it shall be found that salt has been pickled, or 

 otherwise packed in a wet condition, so that the barrels will drain, 

 it will have to be emptied again, and the persons packing such salt 

 will be held liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each and every 

 offence. 



8. It is hereby declared unlawful for any manufacturer, boiler, 

 or packer of salt, or any other person by their permission or pro- 

 curement, to throw water upon or otherwise wet any salt in the 

 bin or in the barrel before, whilst, or after packing the same ; and 

 the same is expressly forbidden. Any person so offending shall for- 

 feit and pay a fine of ten dollars for each and every offence. Nor 

 shall any such person discharge any wet salt into the bins or upon 

 salt previously deposited therein, under a penalty of ten dollars. 



9. Salt of an inferior quality that has been condemned by the 

 inspector may be sold in bulk as " second quality," and if packed 

 must be branded in large letters " second quality," payment of dues 

 being made in the usual manner. 



Every manufacturer of salt shall be provided with a suitable 

 place of deposit for " second quality" and " refuse" salt, where the 

 same shall be discharged and shall remain subject to the observa- 

 tion of the Inspector ; and such inferior salt shall not be mixed with 

 nor sold as best salt. Whenever required by the inspector, the 

 person in charge of a manufactory shall cause any wet or inferior 

 salt to be removed to the place of deposit for such salt, or, at his 



