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23. The inspector may require any cask to be filled up by
the owner or owners, and by him or them repacked or re-
pickled, and in all respects completed in such manner as they
shall direct, for the purpose of having the same made fit for
exportation; any owner or person by him employed, refusing or
neglecting to comply herewith, shall forfeit and pay five dollars
for each offence.

24. If any herrings or other fish hereby required to be in-
spected shall, on examination thereof by the inspector, prove to
be falsely packed, that is to say, the fish in one part of the cask
of different or inferior quality from the other, or packed with
any improper or unfit substances, with intent to defraud, the
owner or agent shall forfeit and pay for each cask the sum of
five dollars.

25. If any person shall export, or lade for exportation, from
the port of Baltimore, or shall sell and deliver for exportation
from the said port, any shad or herring before the same shall
have been inspected and approved and branded and marked
according to law, such person shall forfeit and pay for every
cask thereof, so exported or laden or sold and delivered, one
dollar.

26. If the inspector shall place any mark or brand on any
barrel or cask, other than its condition requires, he shall forfeit
an amount equal in value to the barrel or cask thus wrongfully
marked; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall
hold such inspector responsible for such forfeiture for a longer
time than one month after such fish have been inspected.

27. The inspector shall not purchase directly or indirectly,
any salted fish by him condemned, or any other fish whatever,
other than for his family use; nor shall he directly or indirectly
be concerned in making, rendering or furnishing any cask or
casks for the purpose of packing, repacking or curing any fish
brought to, packed in or exported from the city of Baltimore;
nor shall he be concerned in the cooperage of any cask con-
taining fish that may be inspected in said city; nor shall he sell