The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-30

plaintiff, execution shall issue for the sum
found due to the person for whose use such
action Is brought, and the sum awarded In
damages shall be entered by the clerk
of the court on the original bond, to remain
in the the custody of the treasurer.
oection D. Every inspector who inSpects
any KIND of fish that are split and picked
Ior packing, shall see that they are, in the
nrst Instance, free from faint. rust or dam
age, and we'll struck with salt or pickle
and such of said fish as are in good order
and of good quality, shall be picked in bar,
rrels, half barrels, quarter barrels, and
tenths of barrels or kits; each barrel con-
that proportion; and the same shall be
packed in good, clean coarse salt, sufficient
for their preservation; and then each cask
shall be he AIDED up and filled with clear,
strong pickle, and shall be branded by the
inspector with the name and quality Of the
fish therein.
Section g. Mackerel of the best quality,
not mutilated, measuring, when split n no.
OF the h cad to the crotch or fork of the
tail, free from faint, rust or damage, shall
be branded, Number one;' the next PEST
measuring as aforesaid, free from faint,
rust or damage, shall be branded Number
two;' those that remain after the above
selection, free from faint or dagmage, ana
not less than thirteen inches meauring as
aforesaid, shall be branded Number three
large;' those of the next inferior quality,
free from faint or damage, not less than ten
branded Number three all other mackerel,
free from faint or damage, shall be BRANDED
Number three small The inspector shall
brand in plain letters on the head of every
christian name, the whole of his surname ns1
the name of his town, and the letters ME-;
and an abridgment in figures, of the month
and the year, when packed.
Section Z. All barrels and casks usea Ior
packing ,pickled fish. shall be made OF
sound, well seasoned white oak, white ASH
with heading of either of such kinds Of
wood, sound, well planned and seasoned ana
when of pine. free from sap, ana Ine par
rels hoped with at least three strong hoops
on each bilge, land three also on each chime I;
the barrel slaves shall be twenty -elght IN
ches in length, and the heads seventeen IN
ches between the chimes, and MADE IN
barrels from twenty nine to thirty gallons
each, and the aliquot parts OF a barrel III the
same proportion.
Section 3. Every inspector who inspects
tish, packed whole or round, shall see that
they are struck with salt or pickle, and then
put in good casks of the size and material
sailed, and the casks filled with the fish and
salt, putting no more salt with the nsh than
is necessary for their preservation; ana the
Inspector shall brand all such casks with
Section 9. The fees for Inspection and
branding, exclusive of cooperage, are for
each barrel seven cents, and all such fees
shall in the 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. The owners of all smoked and
picked fish, except smoked herring, shall
when required by the inspector. furnish a
1C Of tot
name and the whole of his surname, for
stamping the casks and boxes containing
such fish.
Section II. Whoever sells in the state, or
ex ports thereform any fish in barrels OF
boxes, not inspected packed and branded,
as aforesaid, except good and wholesome
fish packed in kegs Of less than ten gal
Ions, OF 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 into, to be tainted
hundred weight thus sold or exported.
Section II. No picked fish in barrels
and no smoked alewives in boxes, shall be
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 and branded s ACCORDING b TO
number of barrels, OF 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
the best of my knowledge and belief,
that the certificate hereunto annexed, con-
tsins the whole quantity of picked 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 as are inspected
and branded, and no smoked herring but
such as are inspected and branded, accord
ing to the laws of this state, OF exempted
BY the provisions thereof So help me
Section 49, Whoever ladies' or receives on
board any vessel or other carriage for trans
portation from the. state, any picked fish,
packed, not inspected and branded as
Aforesaid, except such as is excepted in SEQ
ton twelve, forfeits at the rate. of not less
than five nor more 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 it to
any inspector within convenient distance
for inspection; and whoever refuses to give
necessary aid in the service Of such warrant
when required by the officer, forfeits five
debt; and such inspector shall open, in
spect, pack, and brand such fish according
to law and detain the same until all lawful
charges of seizure and inspection are paid.
Section IA. If any person takes from
fish, lawfully inspected and branded or any
smoked herring lawfully branded, and
substitutes therefor or fraudulently inter-
mixes other fish or it any inspector marks
any cask or box out of his own town,
OF which he has not inspected, packed, and
himself prepared according to law; permits
other persons unlawfully to use his brands;
or wil1fully and fraudulently uses the same
himself after the expiration of his commits
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 north
of a line easterly from Princes point in the
town of Phippsburg, excepting tor smelts,
above line drawn across said river to
Fort Popham in the town of Phippsurg to
a point opposite at the lower end of Long
Island III the town of Georgetown. In the
Sheepscot river above bridge leading from
Wiscasset to Edgecomb. In Damariscotta
river above a line drawn from Farnham's
head in the 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 Mcdonald river,
above line drawn from Martins point in
the town of Friendship, westerly by the
northeast end of Hog island to point oppo-
site in the town OF Bremen, or to take
smelts in said river and its tributaries in
any other way tn an by hook and line. In