The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01


OF the court on the origin al bond, TO remain
In the custody OF the treasurer.
section o. Every inspector who inspeets
tor packing, shall see that they are, In the
hrst instance, free from faint, rust or dam
age, and well struck with salt or pickle
and such of said fish as are in good oder
and OF good quality, shall be pickled in bar
feis, half barrels, quarter barrels, and
tanning two hundred pounds, and SO on in
| that proportion; and the same shall be
packed in good, clean coarse salt, sufficient
shall be he AIDED up and filled with clear,
strong pickle, and shall be branded by the
Inspector with tho name and quality of the
Section .. Mackerel OF the best quality,
not mutilated, measuring, when split, not
less than thirteen inches from the extremity
OF the read to the crotch OF fork of tho
| tail, free from faint, rust or damage, shall
be branded, Number ONE the next best
quality, being not less than eleven inches
measuring as aforesaid, free from faint
rust or damage, shall be branded Mum Der
two;' those that remain after the above
selection, free from faint or dagmage, and
not less than thirteen inches mea,iring as
aforesaid, shall be branded Number three
large those of the next inferior quality
free from faint or damage, not less than ten
inches measured as Aforesaid, shall be
branded Number three all other mackerel,
free from faint or damage, shall be branded
brand in plain letters on the head of every
such cask, the weight, the initials of his
christian name, the whole of his surname,
the name of his town, and the letters ME,
and An abr1dgment In figures, of the month
and the year, when packed.
Section z. A II barrels and casks used for
packing piokled fish shall be made of
sound, well seasoned white oak, white ash,
spruce, pine, chestnut, or poplar slaves
with heading of either of such kinds OF
wood, sound, well planned and seasoned and
when of pine, free from sap, and the bar
rels hooped with at least three strong hoops
on each bilge, and three also on each chime;
| a. hall ha tysn af.r.a tffht in
ches in length, and the heads seventeen in
ches between the chimes and made In a
workmanliko manner, tn hold pickle The
barrels from twenty-nine TO thirty gallons
each, and the aiiquot parts OF barrel in the
same proportion.
Section 4. Every inspector who inspeots
picked alewives or herring, or 9th er small
| fish, packed whole or round, shall see that
they are struck with salt or pickle. and then
aforesaid, packed closely therein. and we'll
sailed, and the casks 1illed with the fish and
salt, putting no more salt with the fish than
| inspector shall brand all such casks With
the name of the inspected fish rs aforesaid.
| Section .. Tho fees for inspection and
each barrel seven cents, and all such fees
| shall in Tie first instance be paid by the
original owners of the fish, who may recover
the amount thereof from the party buying or
| receiving the same, under the marks and
brands aforesaid and In addition to the
| price thereof.
Section 10. Tho owners of all smoked and
| picked fish, except smoked herring, shall
when required by the inspector. furnish
| brand containing the initials of his christian
name and the whole of his surname, tor
stamping The casks and boxes containing
such hsh
| Section II, Whoever sells In the state or
exports thereform any FISH in barrels or
| boxes, not inspected, packed and branded,
as aforesaid, except good and wholesome
| fish packed in kegs of less than ten gal
Ions or picked, dry or smoked fish import
| ed into the state from some other state or
| country lawfully inspected ana branded
there, and whoever sells or exports unlaw
| fully any fish known by him to be tainted
or damaged, forfeits ten dollars for every
hundred weight thus sold or exported
Section II. No picked fish in barrels,
and no smoked alewives In boxes, shall be
shipped from the state, unless the master or
owner of the vessels produces to the officer
| authorized to clear the same, a certificate
from the inspector, that they have been in
| spected, packed aud branded according to
law and The certificates shall express the
number OF barrels or casks, and the num-
Der of boxes thus shipped, and the kind
and quality of fish which they contain, the
name OF the master and owner. and that of
the vessel into which such fish are received
for expectation; and he shall take and sub
| scribe the following oath, before the officer
as aforesaid: 4, a. b. swear, according to
the best OF my knowledge and belief,
| that the certificate hereunto annexed, CON
toms the whole quantity of pictled fish
packed in barrels or other casks, and of
smoked alewives and herring, on board the
master; and that no picked fish,
or smoked alewiVeS are shipped on board
said vessel for the ships company, or on
freight or cargo, but such rs are Inspected
and branded, and no smoked herring but
such as are inspected and branded, accord
ing to the laws of this state, exempted
by tbs provisions thereof. So help me
God.
Section Is. Whoever ladies' or receives on
board any vessel or other carriage for trans
portation from the state, any picked fish,
or cuIcd or sailed whole fish, packed or not
packed, not inspected and branded as
f,,tI nth oh In MT nd In aAn-
ton twelve, forfeits at the rate of not less
than five nor moro than ten dollars for
every hundred pounds thereof; and any
trial justice may issue his warrant to the
proper officer directing him to seize and
secure such prohibited fish, and convey 1t to
any inspector within n convenient distance
for inspection; and whoever refuses to give
necessary aid in the service of such warrant
when required by the oflicer, forfeits five
dollars to the prosecutor in en- action of
debt; and such inspector shall open, in
spect, pack, and brand such fish according
to law and detain the Same until all lawful
Section IA. If amy person takes from
n cask or box, any picked oul ed, or smoked
fish, lawfully inspected and branded or any
substitutes therefor or fraudulently inter
mixes other fish or If any inspector marks
any cask or box out OF hts own town,
or which he has not inspected, packed, and
himself prepared according to law; permits
other persons unlawfully To use his brands;
or willfully and fraudulently uses the same
lliluStll ditCi pio "a Bl'dtiNh Va mo SpihAhhe-
sion he forfeits twenty dollars for each cask
or box so dealt with
Section 10. 1t shall be unlawfully to use
any purse or drag seines in the following
waters. but no Others. In Casco bay ncrth
of line easterly from Princes point In the
town of Yarmouth to Bear island in the
town of Phippsburg, excepting tor smelts,
bluebacks and squirting. In Kennebec river
above II line drawn across said river to
Fort Popham in the town OF rhippsurg to
a point opposite Mt the lower end OF Long
Island in the town OF Georgetown. In the
Sheepscot river above a bridge leading from
Wiscasset to Edgecomb. In Damarscotta
river above line drawn from Farnham'B
head in tho town Of Boothbay TO point
opposite on the shore in the town of Bristol
excepting the use OF drag seines between
the above line and the lodges, for all fish
excepting alewives. in Medomak river,
above a line drawn from Martins point in
the town of Friendship, westerly by the
northeast end of Hog island to a point oppo-
site In tho town OF Bremen, or TO take
smelts in said river and its tributaries in
any other way than by hook and line. In
the Georges river, above n line drawn from
Hooper's Point in the town of Saint George,
westerly past the northerly end of Gallo
wells island To point opposite on the
shore in the town of Cushing, or to take
smelts in said river and its tributaries in
airy other way than by hook and line. All
bays, inlets, rivers and harDors east OF
the west shore of the Penobscot bay and
river where any entrance to the same or
any part thereof from main land to main
and is not more than three nautical