| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person shall alter,
erase or
deface, the mark or brand of the inspector upon any barrel, half
barrel or tierce, or shall mark or brand any barrel, half barrel or
tierce of fish, which hath not been inspected, with any mark or
brand similar to, or in imitation of, the inspector's mark or brand,
or after the said inspector shall have passed any barrel, half barrel
or tierce of fish, as merchantable, shall pack into the cask which
contains the same as any other salted fish, or after any barrel, half
barrel or tierce of fish, shall be marked with the 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. |
1817.
CHAP. 114.
Penalty for erasing
stamp, &c. |
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 owners, person
or persons, employed for that purpose, and by him or them repacked,
or repickled, as the case may be, if required so to be done
by the inspector, and in all respects completed 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; any any herrings,
or other fish, required by this act to be inspected, which
shall, on the examination 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 different 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. |
Fish to be repacked
if required by
inspector. |
14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said inspector,
or his deputy,
shall receive for inspecting every barrel, half barrel or tierce of
herrings, the sum of six cents (a), 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.
(a) By 1818, ch. 99, different
allowances are made to the inspector, or his deputy,
for inspection. |
Allowance to inspector. |
15. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all and every
fine imposed by
this act, shall and may be recovered in the name of the 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. |
How fines are to
be recovered. |
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, inspector or inspectors
of salt fish in such other places in this state as they may think
proper, and said inspector or inspectors shall be governed by the
same rules in regard to his or their inspection, and be entitled to
the same fees as are herein provided for the inspector or deputy inspector;
and if any person or persons shall inspect, mark or brand,
any fish within this state, without being appointed and commissioned |
Inspectors for
other parts of the
state may be appointed. |
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