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An ACT to diffuse the benefits of Inoculation for the Cow Pox.

Chap. 117.

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SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of every town, district, and plan- Persons to be tation within this Commonwealth, wherein no board of health shall be established by law, at their annual meetings, in the cow pox inocumonths of March or April, annually, to choose, in the manner in which other town officers are by law chosen, three or more suitable persons, whose duty it shall be to superintend the inoculation of the inhabitants of such town, district or plantation, with the cow pox.

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SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be Expenses of the lawful for the inhabitants of any town, district or plantation, at inoculation may be defrayany of their said annual meetings, to provide for the inocula ed by towns. tion of the inhabitants of such town, district or plantation, with the cow pox, under the direction and control of said superintendants, or a board of health, where such board is established; and to raise all necessary sums to defray the expenses of such inoculation, or such part thereof as they may deem proper, in the same way and manner that other town charges are by law defrayed. [March 6, 1810.]

An Act in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act providing for the appointment of Chap. 118. Inspectors, and regulating the Manufactory of Gun Powder."

1808 ch. 52.

spected.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Penalty for if any manufacturer of gun powder shall move, or suffer to be moving powder moved, from his manufactory, any powder, until it shall have before it is inbeen inspected, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars' for every twenty-five pounds so carried away, to be recovered in an action on the case, to the use of any person or persons who may sue for the same, in any court proper to try the same. Provided nevertheless, That in case of the absence or death of Proviso. the inspector, the Governor, or any member of the council, may grant permission to the manufacturer to transport his pow

der to some other inspector within the Commonwealth, which inspector shall be named in the certificate so granted. [March 6, 1810.] Further add. act-1810 ch. 73.

An Act to establish a Corporation by the name of The Woburn Turnpike Road, Chap. 119. and Dracut Bridge Corporation. [March 6, 1810.] Add. act-1814 ch. 180.

An ACT to prevent fraud and deception in the packing of Pickled Fish, and to regulate the size and quality of the Casks, and the sale and exportation thereof within and from this Commonwealth, and to repeal all laws heretofore made on this subject.

Chap. 120.

4W.& M.ch.5.

30 Geo.II.ch.2.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all barrels, half bar rels, and tierces, which shall be made or used for the purpose of 1784 ch. 30. packing or containing pickled fish, shall be made of sound, 1803 ch. 55,&c. well seasoned white oak, ash, red oak, spruce, pine or chesnut Quality and staves, of rift timber, with heading of either of the said kinds size of barrels. of wood, sound, well seasoned, and the pine heads free from sap; said heading to be well planed; the barrels, half barrels and tierces to be well hooped with at least three hoops on

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cach bilge, and three hoops on each chime, all of which shall be good hoops of sufficient substance; the barrel staves to be twenty-eight inches in length, and the heads to be seventeen inches between the chimes, and to contain not less than twentynine, nor more than thirty gallons; and barrels, half barrels and tierces shall be branded on the side of the cask near the bung with the name of the maker or owner of said cask, and shall be made in a workmanlike manner, to hold pickle; the half barrels to contain not less than fifteen gallons, and the tierces to contain not less than forty-five, nor more than forty-six gallons. Provided however, That nothing contained in this act shall extend to fish packed in kegs of less than ten gallons.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be an inspector general of all pickled fish which shall be exported from this Commonwealth, who shall be well skilled in the quality of the same, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Council, and to be by them removeable at pleasure; who, before he shall enter on the duties of his office, shall give bonds with sufficient sureties to the treasurer of this Commonwealth, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duty, and shall be sworn faithDeputy inspec- fully to perform the same. And such inspector general shall have power, when so qualified, to appoint deputy inspectors (who shall be removeable by him at pleasure) in every seaport town, or other town within this Commonwealth, where it shall be deemed necessary to pack such fish for exportation, for whose official conduct he shall be answerable, and shall take bonds from them to himself and successor in office, with sufficient sureties, in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars; and the said deputies shall also be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty.

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SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the inspector general or his deputies, or some one of them, to see that salmon, mackerel, shad, and all other kinds of split pickled fish, or fish for barrelling, intended for exportation, have been well struck with salt or pickle in the first instance, and preserved sweet, free from rust, taint or damage. And such fish as are in good order, and of a good quality, shall be How much fish packed in tierces, barrels, or half barrels; the tierces shall conin tierces, bar- tain three hundred pounds, the barrels shall contain two hundred pounds, and the half barrels one hundred pounds of fish each, and the same shall be packed with good and clean salt, suitable for the purpose; and said casks, after being packed and headed up with the fish, and sufficient salt to preserve the same, shall be filled up with a clear, strong pickle, and shall How branded, be branded Salmon, Mackerel, Shad, (or as the case may be ;) those of the best quality, caught in the right season, to be most approved, and free from damage, shall be branded Cargo No.1; those which remain after the best have been selected, being sweet and free from taint, rust or damage, shall be branded Cargo No. 2; and there shall be a third quality, which shall consist of the thinnest and poorest of those that are sweet and wholesome, which shall be branded Cargo No. 3. And the inspector shall also brand in plain, legible letters on the head of

1819 ch. 17.

each and every cask in which inspected merchantable fish, or whole fish are packed, or re-packed, the initials of his christian name with his surname at large, the name of the town for which

&c.

he is appointed, and Mass. annexed for Massachusetts. Each Penalty for cask shall be filled with fish of one and the same kind; and if shifting conany person shall intermix, take out, or shift, any inspected fish tents of casks, which are packed and branded as aforesaid, or put in other fish, for sale or exportation, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, he or they shall forfeit and pay fifteen dollars for each and every package so altered: Provided however, if any casualty Proviso. shall render it necessary to repack a cask of inspected fish, it may in all cases be done by an inspector of such fish. And if Penalty for any person shall sell or export, or cause to be sold or exported, selling or exwithin or from this Commonwealth, any tainted or damaged porting da fish, he shall forfeit and pay ten dollars for every hundred weight that shall be thus sold or exported.

1817 ch. 70.

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That all small fish which are Packing of usually packed whole, with dry salt, shall be put in good casks, small fish. of the size and materials mentioned in the first section of this act; said fish shall be packed close [edgewise*] in the cask, and Repealedwell salted; the casks shall be filled full with the fish and salt, putting no more salt with the fish than is necessary for their preservation; and the inspector shall brand all casks containing such inspected whole fish, with the name of the fish, and the quality, as described in the third section of this act.

No fish to be exported, withtor's certificate.

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SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That no pickled fish shall be exported from this Commonwealth in casks by water, unless the master or owner of the vessel shall produce to the collector, or other officer authorized by the United States to clear out vessels, a certificate from the inspector, or his deputy, that the same has been inspected, packed and branded according to the directions of this act ; and the certificate shall express the number of barrels, half barrels and tierces thus shipped, the kind and quality of the fish they contain, with the name of the master or owner, and the name of the vessel in which such fish are received for exportation; and every such master or owner shall take and subscribe the following oath, or an affirmation to the same effect, Oath of owner before the officer authorized as aforesaid. I, A. B. do swear according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the certificate hereunto annexed contains the whole quantity of pickled and barrelled fish, on board the master; and that no fish is shipped on board said vessel for the ship's company, or on freight or cargo, but what is inspected and branded according to the law of this Commonwealth. So help me God.

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SECT. 6. Be it further enacted, That if any master of a Penalty for revessel or other person shall put, or receive on board any vessel ceiving on or other carriage of conveyance, to transport the same from board fish net this Commonwealth, any pickled or whole fish, packed in casks which are not inspected and branded in manner by this act prescribed, he or they, on conviction, shall forfeit and pay not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars, for each and every hundred pounds of such uninspected fish.

SECT. 7. Be it further enacted, That the inspector gene

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to receive from his deputies.

[*To the secretary's office 1815 ch. 38.]

Penalty for

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not inspected.

Fish exported contrary to this act may be seized.

Repealed

1819 ch. 17.

ral and his deputies shall be paid, for each certificate for exportation, twenty five cents, and for inspecting and branding each and every cask of fish as directed by this act, for each tierce fourteen cents; for each barrel, eleven cents; for each half barrel, eight cents; exclusive of the labour and expense of packing and coopering. The charge for certificates, inspecting and branding, shall be paid by the exporter or purchaser, in addition to the purchase or cost of the fish; and bills for the legal fees of inspection and certificates shall, in the first instance, be paid by the original owner of said fish, or by the person employing the inspector; and all such owners, or employers, are hereby empowered to demand and recover the amount of said bills from the subsequent purchaser or exporter. And the inspector general shall be entitled to receive from each and every deputy he shall appoint, four cents for each tierce, three cents for each barrel, and one and an half cent for each half barrel, which said deputies shall inspect and brand agreeably to the direction of this act; and it shall be the duty of each deputy inspector to make return to the inspector general, once in six months, of all the tierces, barrels, and half barrels of fish, which he has inspected and branded during that time; and it shall be the duty of the inspector general, annually, in the month of January, to make return to the Governor and Council,* of all the fish which have been inspected by him and by his deputies, during the past year.

SECT. 8. Be it further enacted, That if the inspector general, or either of his deputies, shall brand any cask, the contents of which he has not inspected, packed, salted and coopered, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, or if he shall permit any other person or persons to use his brands, in violation or evasion thereof, he or they, so offending, shall forfeit and pay, for every cask so branded, the sum of twenty dollars, and be moreover liable to be removed from office.

SECT. 9. Be it further enacted, That if any pickled or barrelled fish, as aforesaid, shall be put on board of any boat, vessel, or carriage of conveyance, with intent to sell or export the same contrary to the provisions of this act, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace in the same county, upon information given him, to issue his warrant to the sheriff or his deputy, or to any constable of the town in which said boat, vessel, or carriage may be, requiring them respectively to seize and secure said fish, and carry the same to the inspector general, or one of his deputies, whichever may be nearest to the place where said vessel, boat or carriage may be; and said inspector general, or deputy inspector, is hereby required to open and inspect, and to pack and brand the same as is before provided in this act, and to detain the same until the expense and charges of seizure, inspection, packing, and all other charges arising from such seizure, shall be paid; and it shall be the duty of every person, when required, to give his necessary aid to the officer having said warrant, on pain of forfeiting five dollars for

his refusal.

SECT. 10. Be it further enacted, That all shelled clams, or other shelled fish, used for fish bait, hereafter offered for sale, shall be put in barrels or half barrels of

the description mentioned in the first section of this act; and the casks shall be filled full, and salted sufficient to preserve the same; and any person who shall offer for sale such aforesaid shell fish which are not packed agreeably to the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay for each offence five dollars.

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SECT. 11. Be it further enacted, That all persons within this Branding-irons Commonwealth, who shall have fish for packing and pickling, to be furnished either in bulk or in casks, to the amount of twenty barrels in tor by owners one season, shall furnish the inspector general, or one of his of fish. deputies, with a branding-iron, containing the first letter of the owner's christian name, and his surname at large; and the inspector general, or his deputies, shall cause the names of such Inspector to owners to be fairly branded on the head of every cask of their brand owners' inspected fish; and if any such owner of fish shall refuse or casks. neglect to furnish such brand, he shall forfeit and pay for such neglect and refusal, not less than five dollars not more than twenty dollars; and all kinds of pickled fish which are packed in tierces, barrels, or half barrels, for consumption within this Commonwealth, and which are not subjected to be inspected and branded as provided for exportation, shall, however, be Packing of fish packed with only one kind of fish in each cask, and there shall that are not be the same weight in each cask as is provided by the third subject to insection of this act; and for intermixing different kinds of fish spection. in the same cask, or for short weight in any cask, the owners or venders shall be subjected to the same penalties and forfeitures as are provided by this act for the like offence in the inspected pickled fish; and all penalties and forfeitures, arising by virtue of this act, shall be recovered by action of debt, or by information in any court proper to try the same, one moiety thereof for the use of the town wherein the offence shall be committed, and the other moiety to him or them, who shall inform or sue for the same.

SECT. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws heretofore Laws repealed, made respecting the packing of barrelled or pickled fish, for sale within, or for exportation from this Commonwealth, be, and the same are hereby repealed: Provided however, That Provisos, nothing herein contained shall be construed to defeat the right of any person or persons to any penalty or forfeiture that may have accrued for the breach of any of the provisions of the acts hereby repealed: Provided also, That the inspector general, and his deputies, legally appointed and now in office, in pursuance of either of the acts hereby repealed, shall continue to hold and enjoy their respective offices, until others shall be appointed in their stead. [March 6, 1810.] Add. acts-1817 ch.

34. 70: 1819 ch. 17.

An ACT to discontinue the sessions of the Supreme Judicial Court established by Chap. 121. law to be holden in and for the County of Plymouth, on the third Tuesday of May, annually. [March 6, 1810.]

An ACT establishing a corporation by the name of The Lynn Mineral Spring Cor- Chap. 122. poration. [March 6, 1810.]

An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act for the more speedy and effec- Chap. 123. tual Suppression of Tumults and Insurrections in the Commonwealth."

1786 ch. 59.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That when any sheriff, or depu- Militia to be ty sheriff, shall have any writ or other process issued by competent authority of this employed in

case, &c.

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