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branded as required by this chapter, any portion of the contents thereof, and put into the same any other pot or pearl ashes, or shall put into any empty cask which shall have been branded by the Inspector as aforesaid, any pot or pearl ashes, for sale or exportation, without first cutting out the said brand marks, the person so offending shall, for each such cask, forfeit the sum of ten dollars.

BEER, ALE AND CIDER.

be offered for

marked.

(1224.) SEC. 78. No person shall sell, or expose for sale any in what Casks to ale or beer, in barrels, half barrels, casks or kegs, of a less Sale, and how capacity, respectively, than barrels of thirty-two gallons each, half barrels of sixteen gallons each, and casks or kegs of ten gallons each, unless such other barrels, half barrels, casks or kegs, shall be conspicuously and permanently marked, on both heads, with the true measure thereof in gallons.

violation of this

(1225.) SEC. 79. Any person offending against the provisions Forfeiture for of the last preceding section, shall forfeit the value of the ale Act. or beer so exposed for sale or sold, and the barrels, half barrels, casks or kegs containing the same.

how construed.

(1226.) SEC. 80. In all contracts for the sale of any ale, beer Contracts for Sale or cider, by the barrel or half barrel, the barrel shall be deemed to contain thirty-two gallons, and the half barrel sixteen gallons, unless the parties otherwise agree.

STAVES AND HEADING.

are Cullers of Staves

and Heading,

Cath of office,

(1227.) SEC. 81. In every county from which staves usually exported, there may be elected two or more suitable their Election, persons, to be cullers of staves and heading, and who shall, etc." before entering upon the duties of their offices, take and subscribe the Constitutional oath of office, and cause the same to be filed in the office of the clerk of the county within which the duties of their offices are to be performed, and shall hold their offices for the term of five years from the time of their respective elections, unless sooner removed from office by the Governor.

(1228.) SEC. 82. They shall be allowed for their time and Compensation. services in culling and inspecting staves, as follows, namely:. for every thousand long butt staves; one dollar and twenty-five cents; for every thousand short butt staves, one dollar; for every thousand pipe staves, fifty cents; for every thousand

Inspecting and
Culling.

Butt Staves.

Pipe Staves.

Hogshead Staves.

Barrel Staves.

Hogshead Heading.

hogshead staves and heading, thirty-seven and a half cents; and for every thousand barrel staves and heading, twenty-five cents, to be paid by the owner thereof.

(1229.) SEC. 83. All staves or heading intended for sale or exportation, may be inspected and culled, by a culler of staves and heading, at or near the place of sale or exportation; and none shall be culled as merchantable, unless they shall be of the description required in the following sections.

(1230.) SEC. 84. All long butt staves shall be of good white oak timber, five feet six inches long, and all short butt staves shall be of good white oak timber, four feet six inches long, and both at least five inches broad when dressed, clear of sap, two inches thick on the thinnest edge, and not more than two and a half inches thick in any place, and they shall be regularly split with the grain of the wood, and free from twist, and otherwise good and sufficient.

(1231.) SEc. 85. All pipe staves shall be made of good white oak timber, four feet six inches long, and shall work three inches broad when dressed clear of sap, and shall be three quarters of an inch thick on the thinnest edge, regularly split with the grain of the wood, and shall not have more than six worm holes, and be otherwise good and sufficient.

(1232.) SEC. 86. All hogshead staves shall be made of good white oak timber, three feet six inches long, and shall work three inches broad when dressed, clear of sap, and shall be three quarters of an inch thick on the thinnest edge, regularly split with the grain of the wood, and shall not have more than four worm holes, and shall be otherwise good and sufficient.

(1233.) SEC. 87. All barrel staves shall be made of good white oak, or white ash timber, two feet six inches long, and shall work three and a half inches broad when dressed, clear of sap, and shall be three quarters of an inch thick, on the thinnest edge, regularly split with the grain of the wood, and shall not have more than three worm holes, and be otherwise good and sufficient.

(1234.) SEC. 88. All hogshead heading shall be made of good white oak timber, two feet eight inches long, and not less than five inches broad, clear of sap, two thirds of which shall be suitable for middle pieces, and shall not be less than three quarters of an inch thick on the thinnest edge, regularly split with the grain of the wood, and be otherwise good and sufficient.

for Fraud and

(1235.) SEC. 89. If any culler shall connive at, or be guilty Penalty on Culler of, any fraud in the culling of staves or heading, he shall for- neglect. feit the sum of fifty dollars for each offence; and in case any culler of staves and heading shall unreasonably neglect or refuse to attend to the services required of him, when he shall be thereunto requested, he shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars for every such neglect or refusal.

this Chapter.

(1236.) SEC. 90. Nothing in this chapter contained shall be Construction of so construed as to render it obligatory upon any person to have any of the articles therein mentioned inspected; but all contracts for the sale or manufacture of any such articles, shall be deemed to be made with reference to the provisions of this chapter regulating the quality, quantity, and other description thereof, respectively, unless the parties shall otherwise expressly agree.

An Act to Provide for the Inspection of Lumber.

[Approved February 12, 1855. Took effect May 16, 1855. Laws of 1855, p. 266.]

ber to be appoint

(1237.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Inspector of LumThere shall be appointed a State Inspector of lumber, who ed. shall receive his appointment and commission from the Governor, and shall hold his office for two years, unless sooner removed, and shall keep his office in the City of Detroit, and shall have power to appoint one Inspector in each county, to To appoint Counbe called the County Inspector, and such other deputy Inspec- Inspectors. tors in each city or town as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

ty and Deputy

etc., for Inspec

(1238.) SEC. 2. The State Inspector shall make all necessary To make Rules, and proper rules and regulations relative to the inspection of tion of Lumber. lumber in this State, and shall furnish such instructions to all county and deputy Inspectors, from time to time, as shall cause the system of inspection to be uniform and regular, as far as may be, throughout the State, subject to the following provisions:

Lumber, etc.

1. All lumber for the purposes of inspection shall be classi- Classification of fied as follows: 1st quality, or clear; 2d quality, or middlings; 3d quality, or fair common; 4th quality, or common; [5th], culls, or culls;

2. Each quality, with the imperfections allowed therein, Further duties of shall be specified and described, as far as practicable, by the

Inspector.

Compensation.

Inspection to parties, etc.

State Inspector, and shall be the sole rule of inspection of all the county and deputy Inspectors;

3. There shall be paid to the Inspector twenty cents per thousand, one half by the seller, and one half by the purchaser, on each and every thousand feet, board measure, of lumber inspected under the provisions of this act; each deputy To give copy of Inspector shall give, with all practicable despatch, to the seller and purchaser, and to each of them, a certified copy of each inspection, free of charge; and shall also deposit forthwith a certified copy of the same with the County Inspector, who shall also return the aggregate lists of all inspections in his county to the office of the State Inspector, as often as once in each month.

To keep a Record.

tributed.

(1239.) SEC. 3. The State Inspector, County Inspector, and each deputy Inspector, shall keep a full record of all inspections, with the names of purchaser and seller, time of inspection, qualities and quantities of lumber inspected, and place where Fees, how dis- inspected; and the State Inspector shall prescribe what portion of the amount herein allowed for inspection shall be severally allowed to the deputy, county, and State Inspector, but no other fee, perquisite, or remuneration, shall be demanded Inspection of or allowed, other than that herein provided. That nothing pulsory. herein contained shall be construed as compulsory on any party to have his lumber inspected, but such inspection shall in all cases be optional with the holder or owner.

Lumber not com

Penalty for unfairness in Inspector.

(1240.) SEC. 4. The State Inspector, his deputies and assistants, shall inspect all lumber with fairness and impartiality; and in case any Inspector, deputy, or assistant employed, shall, either, or any of them, practice favoritism, and shall not so inspect lumber as aforesaid, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court: Provided, That such fine shall not exceed one hundred dollars, nor such imprisonment more than three months in the county jail.

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of Weights and

(1241.) SECTION 1. The weights and measures, together with Public Standards the scales and beams, and those made in conformity there- Measures. with, which are now, or may hereafter be deposited in the Treasury of this State, shall be preserved by the Treasurer, and be the public standards.

duties.

(1242.) SEC. 2. The Treasurer of the State shall be the state Sealer, his State Sealer of weights and measures, and he shall have and keep a seal, which shall be so formed as to impress the letter "M." upon the weights and measures, and scales and beams, to be sealed by him, with which he shall seal all such authorized public standards of weights and measures, and all the weights and measures, and scales and beams to be provided by the several counties, when examined by said Treasurer, and found to be in conformity with the standard weights and measures, and scales and beams aforesaid.

procure Standard

(1243.) SEC. 3. The Board of Supervisors for each county Supervisors to for which the same have not already been obtained, shall pro- from State cure, for the use and at the expense of their county, a com

Sealer, etc.

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