INSPECTIONS.

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of an inch, the chines shall be one inch and one-eighth in

are of

depth, and the bilge of each and every barrel shall be not less

certain di-
mensions.

than twenty inches in diameter ; Provided nevertheless, that the

Proviso.

said barrels are made of the same kind of timber, with the

same number of hoops, and in the good and workmanlike man-

ner directed and prescribed in the first section of the original

act aforesaid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the inspector, or his deputy,

Allowance

in tho city of Baltimore, shall hereafter receive, for inspecting

for inspect-
ing barrels,

every barrel, half barrel, or tierce of salted fish of any kind,

&c.

the sutn of twelve and a half cents, herrings excepted; and

that for inspecting every barrel, half barrel, or tierce of her-

rings, the said inspector, or his deputy, in said city, shall receive

six and a quarter cents, and no more ; which said fees shall be

paid by the person or persons requiring said fish to be inspected;

and all fish shall be branded with the year, in figures, when in-

spected.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the inspector, or his deputy,

Inspectors

in the city of Baltimore, shall have full power and authority,

authorized
to discharge

and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to discharge any

coopers for

cooper or coopers employed about the coopering of any barrels,

neglect, &c.

half barrels or tierces of fish, that he may have to inspect, if in

his judgment the cooper or coopers so employed shall neglect or

refuse to comply with his directions in relation thereto ; and any

cooper or coopers who shall refuse to leave the said barrels, half

barrels or tierces, as aforesaid, and shall persist in working

thereupon, after having received his or their discharge from the

said inspector, or his deputy, as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay

the sum of twenty dollars for each and every such wrongful

act, to be recovered and appropriated in the same manner as

all other fines are recovered and appropriated in the said ori-

ginal act.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the master or owner of any

Price to be

vessel shall hereafter pay to the inspector, or his deputy, one

paid by
masters of

cent and one-half cent, for every barrel, half barrel, or tierce of

vessels.

fish, mentioned in the certificates required to be by them given,

in lieu of the sum heretofore allowed.

SEC. 5. And whereas, great abuses have hitherto proceeded

Inspector

from branding barrels and other casks containing mackerel No.

authorized
to brand

2, when according to their quality they ought to have been

barrels
containing

branded No. 3, Be it enacted, in remedy thereof, that the in-

mackerel

spector, or his deputy, for the city of Baltimore, shall be allowed

No. 3.

and authorized, and he is hereby allowed and authorized, to

brand any barrels, or other casks, containing mackerel, No. 3;

Provided, that in his judgment said mackerel be of A very poor

and inferior quality, and the said No. 3, be a due and fair esli-

niate thereof.

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