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CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

barrels or tierces made 6r used for the purpose of
packing or containing pickled shad shall be made of
white oak, pine or cypress, and shall have at least
four hoops on the chime, and three on the bilge; and
provided, also, that nothing contained in this law
shall apply to fish in kegs of less than ten gallons.

Casks for ex-
portation.

305. The inspector may require any cask to be
filled up by the owner or owners, and by him or
them re- packed 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 expor-
tation ; any owner or person by him employed, re-

Penalty.

fusing or neglecting to comply herewith, shall forfeit
and pay five dollars for each offence.

Fraudulent
packing.

306. If any herrings or other fish hereby required
to be inspected 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

Penalty.

or agent shall forfeit and pay for each cask the sum
of five dollars.

Non-inspection

307. If any person shall export, or lade for expor-
tation, 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

Penalty.

law, such person shall forfeit and pay for every cask
thereof so exported or laden or sold and delivered,
one dollar.

False branding.

308. If the inspector shall place any mark or
brand on any barrel or cask, other than its condi-

Penalty.

tion requires, he 'shall forfeit an amount equal in
value to the barrel or cask thus wrongfully marked ;

Proviso.

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.

Restrictions on
inspector

309. The inspector shall not purchase directly or
indirectly, any salted fish by him condemned, or any