The Republican journal., 1903-04-09
Chapter 176.
AN Act to amend Chapter hfty-one OF
tie Revised Statutes, relating to the

theIen stating the conulllOn OF the roaO
and rolling stock from the fifth, sixth
hna seventh lines and inserting after the
word ''doingS' in the eighth line the
woros therein stating the condition of
The road and rolling stock so that said
section, as amended. snail read as fol-
lows:
section ia. A majority of the board,
ANNUALLY, between the first of April ard
October, and at any other TINE ON ap-
l-Icatlun or whenever they think neces-
s4afy, snail carefully examine the tracks,
rolling stock, bridges, viaducts and cul-
Eerts OF all RAILROADS; and shall annually
IN December make Il report 10 the SoV-
vluor OF 1AeIr official doingS, therein
stating The conultlon OF The road ana
ro!i4ns sock, with such tacts as they
oeem Ut public interest or which ne may
I.sttu.re; and ali persons managing rail-
r"'lds shall give the board such inform-
ation as they at any time request.
>;SCtiCu Z. Section one huIurGd nfteen
o. chapter fi1ty-one u the revised Statutes
is hereby repealed.
[Approyed March "a
Chapter 177.
An Act TO provide for the assessment and
expenditure OF the income arising from
the Permanent School Fund i'll certain
towns
Section /. All towns incorporated since
seventeen hund1 ed and elghty-elghl nor
AorIGeriy parts OF other towns, Wnlcn ial!
to account TOR the permanent scnool luna
afising from sale or lease OF school lands
in silld towns, shall annually raise and
eNpend Tor the maintenance OF common
schools not less than t0rtyllVe dularS
AJl auuitlQu TO the amount REQUIRED by
LEV IL be raised anu expended 1or the
Supp"rt Of said schools.
Section z. This act Shall take erect
Januar, first, nineteen hundred and four.
lApproVed March III
Chapter 178.
An Act to amend Chapter two hundred
ara seventy y-nine of the Public Laws OF
eighteen hundred and nlncty-seFen, as
amended by Chapter two hundred ana
forty OF tile Public Laws OF nineteen
Hundred and one, relating 10 the pack
ilg vi SarulneS.
SECTION l. section one of chapter two
hundred and SeNenty-nine OF me puDllc
Jaws of eighteen hundred and ninety
seven as amended bw chapter Two nun
C.fed and fetty OF the pubic laws OF nine
4Gen hundred and one, is hereby luftAei
s-nended so as 10 read as tplluWS
Section l. The commissioner OF sea
dlU shore fisheries ShIll require d -Slflcl
observation of the following rules. W mo-
esrer catches, taxes, preserves, sens OF
tftprS for sale PRIOR to the tenth day OF
!AaT, nineteen hundred and three, any
herring Tor canning purposes less thah
ejS-4t inches long, measured from one eA-
4 me 10 the other, or packs or cans s2r-
Gi.les of any description. prior 10 the
t.-uId day OF May, nineteen hundred ana
ii e5e, forfeits twenty dollars for every
huWured cans 50 packed or canned, ana
Tor every hundred herring so taken; anu
wliUeVer, beginning with December H1St,
nineteen hundred and three, catches,
takes, preserves, sells, or offers fof saie
between the first day Of December ana
the fifteenth day OF the following Aprll,
any herring Tor canning purposes less
tAaQ eight inches Ions, measured from
oGe extreme to The cher, or packs "f
cans sardines OF any description, between
tae frSt day OF December and Inc NJ
seanth day Of the following April, tortelts
twenty dollars for every hundreu cans SO
UaChed or canned, ana lor every nuhdfed
AcIrlng so taken; an1 WhoeVel, alter the
approval Of TINS act, either pakes, ftles,
s.t.Ans, or cooks ln any manner, paehS
tsr cans any herring or DtNer flSh 1of SAL
zines without Ei'st heaG!ns and eVlsceTat-
i0g the same, and whoever sells, oNeiS
Ip1 sale or mas III his possession Tor sale
my saFJines packed without beng SO
b, xaed a4l1 eviscerltGd snail forfeit tWell-
~ dollars Tor every hundred CANS So
lrsched, sold, offered for sale or, in pos
session for sale, 10 be recovered by IL
uIttment or acton of debt, One-nall 10
tie complainant prosecutor, and one
Lalf to the town iii which The ot1ense IS
Guinmitted. IL packing AefrlnS mdckeiel
or 3tutr fish i'll llcrmtllc1ily sealed cans,
t&tHef in oil. mustard OF vinegar there
&'4au be used not less than three quarts
G. Oh, of the first quality, pure summer
rr winter cotton OIL, u any 1000 oI ol
egG4t qualify, Tor every hundred cans 50
packed Ot the size known dS quarter oliS ,
iaree quarts of mustard sauce OF Snod
G,rljtV tor every fifty cans OF liie s.@e
LAHuNu as threG-qudrter mGStttruS' anu
4or every one hundred cans OF the size
&,lvWi. a. quarter nuSt1fuS; one Sal-
l,,4 uf vinegar ior every one hundred cans
u line size known as one-quarter SP4ceu'
V1I for every fifty cans OF inc slze
>nQWn as thIee-quarter speed or lonat o.;
I-copretors OF fish packing factories shail
-sTOTije sealed measures holding one one
iuudreuth part OF three quarts cacil,
NHlG4 Sbdi4 pe Q'cu IA Ailtdol'i ils1 a, o. "a
ia.0 uuarter Oil sardlne cans, ana meas
h"eo ho!4l&S oAe-IlltlSlN part ol d SailoI ~
ztAJch shall pe used in measuring All
ard al
gItrler size cans used III packing sar,,
c-aes, and all tlsh packed q as al aioresald lo;,tli
4uali te when so packed good ana a' souiiu !;
except that they shall be cleaned, headed
.,ad eviscerat"d. " hucVer PACKS or caIa'
or causes to lie packed OF earned any llsH
lu violation Of thls section Snail Ioflcii
twenty dollars for every one hundred
y;ias or Itty cans as aforesaid, as 1I!'
t-sa may he. SO packed by MIN OF pY ms
SH'nla.vs. 10 he recoEeltd ~ toiiil i''ilt.' ,
1Ho EunGr,d a!iH saVenty-nln Is htfep%
amended by striking out the word SIX
Ia ~. second line OF SAID section ana
;.iJA5ti ituting III place thereof the 1Ve,
Sc that sad section, as amended, sil1tl
rsad as luliuWS:
Sectfcn q. No can of sardnes shall be
lacked with less than I'VE nsh ana nc
rsn stall be packed is SarGiltes unless
;.ey have been heitucu anu tN 60 .', "
t.. t,5E.J f5r. s..rait4es in ovens unless
they small hrst be properly tlaked IN IN row.