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9. Any curer or packer of herring, alewives, mackerel or salmon having 

 cured and packed any or all of such fish for the purpose of obtaining the brand 

 hereinafter described shall give notice in writing to the nearest inspecting officer, 

 at his office or residence, of the number of barrels, half-barrels, or other pack- 

 ages of each of the kinds herein named, or which may hereafter be named, 

 which he desires to present to the said officer for inspection. 



10. The inspecting officer on arrival at the place designated in the afore- 

 mentioned notice shall require the owner or packer to sign a statutory declara- 

 tion that the fish presented for inspection were cured and packed in Canada or 

 on board of a Canadian vessel or boat within the period prescribed for the 

 various classes of fish by the regulations, and that such fish have been in salt 

 for such number of days as are prescribed for the different classes thereof in 

 the regulations. 



11. The brand hereinafter described shall not be placed on any barrel, half- 

 barrel or other package containing cured herring, alewives, mackerel or salmon, 

 the liquid capacity of which is less than that prescribed in the regulations, and 

 which barrel, half-barrel or other package is not made and marked in accord- 

 ance with such regulations. 



12. On the presentation of the filled barrels, half-barrels or other packages 

 to a qualified inspecting officer to be inspected for the brand, such officer shall 

 open, or cause to be opened, so many of the barrels, half-barrels or other pack- 

 ages and shall remove therefrom so many of the fish, as may be prescribed by 

 the regulations, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such fish are of the 

 quality represented and otherwise in accordance with the standard for that 

 particular kind of fish as prescribed by this Act and the regulations. 



13. On every barrel of herring, alewives, mackerel or salmon and on every 

 half-barrel of herring or alewives, which on such inspection as aforesaid shall 

 be found by the said officer to be in all respects packed in accordance with the 

 regulations for that particular kind of fish, there shall be branded with a hot 

 iron, by the inspecting officer, or by his order and in his presence, such mark 

 or marks as shall be directed by the regulations. Such mark or marks shall 

 denote the quality of the fish, the year of branding, and the officer by whom or 

 by whose order and in whose presence the brand has been applied. 



14. The Governor in Council may appoint inspecting officers to be commis- 

 sioners to administer oaths and to take and receive affidavits, declarations and 

 affirmations for all the purposes of this Act. 



15. Any inspecting officer may at any time when herring, alewives, mack- 

 erel or salmon are being cured, packed or repacked, enter the warehouse or 

 other packing establishment, or go on board of any vessel or boat where such 

 curing, packing or repacking is being performed, for the purpose of ascertaining 

 whether such fish are being cured, packed or repacked, in accordance with this 

 Act and the regulations. 



16. Any person who, without the authority of the inspecting officer, burns, 

 brands or otherwise marks, or causes to be burnt, branded or otherwise marked, 

 on any barrel, half-barrel or other package of fish any mark or marks which 

 by virtue of this Act or the regulations made under it are required to be burnt, 

 branded or otherwise marked on any barrel, half-barrel or other package of 

 fish, or any mark so nearly resembling the mark prescribed by this Act or the 

 regulations as to be calculated to deceive, or who. without lawful authority has 

 in his possession any instrument such as is Used for branding, burning or other- 

 wise marking on any barrel, half-barrel or other package of fish in accordance 

 with the provisions of this Act and the regulations, shall be liable to a penalty 

 of not less than twenty dollars and costs, and in default of payment to imprison- 

 ment for a term not less than one month, or both, and not more than five 



