INSPECTIONS.

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passed any barrel, half barrel or tierce of fish, as merchantable,

shall pack into the cask which contains the same any other

salted fish, or after any barrel, half barrel or tierce offish, shall

be marked with a broad arrow, shall unpack and repack the

same into other casks or packages for exportation or sale, such

person shall forfeit and pay, for each and every offence, twenty

dollars.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That all casks of salted fish
brought to the city of Baltimore for sale, and which by this act
is directed to be inspected, shall be filled up by the owner or

Fish to be
repacked if
required by
inspector.

owners, person or persons, employed for that purpose, and by

him or them repacked, or repickled, as the case may be, if re-

quired so to be done by the inspector, and in all respects com-

pleted in such manner as he shall direct, for the purpose of

having the same made fit for exportation, and any owner or

owners, person or persons thus employed by them, refusing or

neglecting to comply therewith, shall forfeit and pay five dollars

for each and every offence ; and any herrings, or other fish,

required by this act to be inspected, which shall, on the exami-

nation thereof by the inspector, prove to be falsely packed, that

is to say, the fish in -one part of the cask proves to be of diffe-

rent and inferior quality from the other, or packed with any

improper or unfit substances, with intent to defraud, the owner

or owners, agent or agents, shall forfeit and pay, for each and

every cask, the sum of five dollars.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the said inspector, or his

Allowance

deputy, shall receive for inspecting every barrel, half barrel or

to inspector

tierce of herrings, the sum of six cents,* and no more, except

as herein before provided, and for every barrel, half barrel or

tierce of shad, the sum of twelve cents, and no more, except as

herein before provided, and for all other kinds of pickled or

salted fish, the same fees as are allowed for herrings ; all which

said fees shall be paid by the person requiring said fish to be

inspected.

* By 1818, ch. 99, different allowances are made to the inspector, or his

deputy, for inspection.

Allowance regulated by 1830, ch. 140.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That all and every fine imposed

How fines

by this act, shall and may be recovered in the name of the

are to be
recovered.

mayor of the city of Baltimore, by a common warrant before a

justice of the peace, and one-half thereof shall be appropriated

to the informer, and the other half to the use of the corporation

of the city of Baltimore.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That the governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the council, shall and may appoint
such person or persons as they may deem it expedient, inspec-
tor or inspectors of salt fish in such other places in this state as

Inspectors
for other
parts ef the
state may
be appoint-