The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Section q. The governor. with the advice

Section a. The governor, with the advice
/ and consent OF council, shall annually appoint
| competent and practical engineer, citizen
OF the state, who shall hold said ONCE tin his
successor u appointed and qualified, and who
shall upon the petition Of ten resident tax
payers Of any town or several towns, the
selectmen or assessors OF any town, or the
county commissioners Of any county, inspect
any dam or reservoir located in such town or
county, erected for the saving Of water for
manufacturing or other uses, and after per-
sonal examination and hearing the testimony
of witnesses summoned for the purpose, he
shall forthwith report to the governor his
| opinion of the safety and sufficiency thereof.
[Approved Mar. 25.l
Chapter as.
| AN ACT to amend Section six Of Chapter one
hundred and thirty-two of the Public Laws
OF eighteen hundred and ninety one, relating
to Punishment for Intoxication.
section six OF chapter one hundred and
th1rty-two of the public laws enacted In the
year OF our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety
one, he hereby 80 amended that the punishment
for the second or any subsequent conviction
for the offense of intoxication shall be by i'm.
prisonment for not exceeding ninety days;
| instead of imprisonment tor thirty days as Is
by such ection now provided.
[Approved Mar. ISL
Chapter 279.
AN ACT to regulate the packing of Sardines.
SECT. 1. The commissioner of sea and shore
fisheries shall require strict observation OF
| the following rules. Whoever catches, takes,
preserves, sells, or offers for sale between the
first day of December and the tenth day Of the
| following May, any herring for canning pur-
poses less than eight inches long, measured
from one extreme to the other, or packs or cans
Anrdines OF any description, between the first
day of December and the tenth day of the fol-
lowing May, forfeits twenty dollars for every
| hundred cans SO packed or canned, sand for
every. hundred herring SO taken; and whoever
bakes, fries, packs or cans any herring or
other fish for sardines without heading and
eviscerating the same, and whoever sells,
offers for sale or has In his possession for sale
any sardines packed without being so headed
1 and eviscerated shall forfeit twenty dollars for
| every hundred cans SO packed, sold, offered
for sale or in possession for sale, to be recoy-
cred by Indictment or action of debt one.half
to the complainant OF prosecutor, and one.
| half to the town in which the offense is com.
mitted. In packing herring, mackerel or
other fish in Theoretically sealed cans either
in o il, mustard OF vinegar, there shall be used
not less than three quarts Of oil, Of the first
quality, pure summer or winter cotton oil or
any food oil of equal quality, forevery hundred
cans so packed of the size known as quarter
oils; three quarts of mustard sauce OF good
quality for every fifty cans Of the size known
as three-quarter mustards; and for every
one hu ndred cans of the size known as one
| quarter mustards; one igallon of vinegar for
every one hundred cans of the sizekknown as
one-quarter sptced; and for every fifty cans of
the size known three-quarter spiced or tomato.
Proprietors Of fish packing factories shall pro-
vide sealed measures holding one one-hund-
redth part of three quarts each, which shall be
used in measuring all Oil into quarter oil sar.
dine cans, and measures holding one-fftieth
part of a gallon which shall be used in meas
urtng all mustard sauce and vinegar into three
quarter size cans used in packing sardines,
and all fish packed as aforesaid shall be when
so packed good and sound, except that they
tshall be cleaned, headed and eviscerated
Whoever packs or cans, or causes to be
packed or canned any fish in violation Of this
section shall forfeit twenty dollars for every
the case may be, so packed by. him or by his
employees, to be recovered by complaint.
SECT.2. All cans shall be decorated, stamped
or labelled with quality, packers name and
place of business, or merchants name for
whom the same are packed, all leaks, swell
heads and blow heads shall be thoroughly
mended and filed with oil or vinegar, as per
kind of sardines, and then bathed in boiling
water for not less than twenty minutes, or in
retort, at temperature of two hundred and
| forty degrees, not less than five minutes.
Whoever sells or offers for sale, any sardines
in violation of this section shall forfeit one
dollar for every can SO sold or offered for sale,
| to be recovered by action, Indictment or action
of debt, one-half to the complainant or prose-
| Gator and one-half to the town in which the
ofense was committed.
SECT. 8. No can of sardines shall be packed
with less than six fish and no fish shall be
packed as sardines unless they have been
headed and eviscerated within twenty.four
hours from the time they arrive at the factory.
No fish shall be baked for sardines in ovens
unless they shall first be properly faxed in
rows and laid on without overlapping. Whoever
| fakes, bakes or packs any sardines in VIOLA
tion Of this section forfeits five dollars for
every hundred fish so faxed, baked or packed,
to be recovered by indictment or action for
debt, onehalf to the complainant or prosecu-
| tor, and one-haf to the town in which the
| offense is committed.
SECT. 4. Section two of this act shall not
ap ply to certain articles of stock in possession
| of any packer of sardines when this act is
approved, as follows: decorated tin plate, cans.
metal, labels and cans of sardines, nor to goods
packed previous to the approval of this act.
But this exemption does not apply to any Of
the methods, processes or regulations in re-
| gard to canning sardines or mending leaky
cans provided for in this act ALI packers Of
sardines shall file with the commissioner Of
sea and shore fisheries, or his wardens, within
ten days after the approval OF this act, a true
list OF schedule of all decorated cans and tin
plate, metal, labels and cans of sardnes, In his
possession at the time of the approval of this
| act, sub scribed and sworn to by said packer Of
sardines before notary or justice ofthe peace,
otherwise he shall not obtain the benefits Of