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CHAP. 63.

SECT. 2. On the wrapper of each parcel shall be legibly printed, or stamped, the name of the manufacturer, and his place of resi1821, 163, § 1. dence; also the quantity and quality of paper, contained in the

Same subject.

Penalty. 1821, 163,

§ 2.

How appropri-
ated.
1821, 163, § 3.

Seizure.

same.

SECT. 3. If any person shall make, or sell, or offer for sale, any paper, not packed and printed or stamped, as aforesaid, or shall transport any out of the state, or place the same on board any vessel or carriage, with intent so to transport it, he shall forfeit and pay, for each offence, the sum of four dollars for each ream or parcel.

SECT. 4. The said penalties, when recovered, shall be, one half to the county where the offence is committed, and the other half to the prosecutor.

SECT. 5. All such paper, not so packed and printed, or stamped, 1821, 163, § 2. shall, at all times, be liable to be seized to the use of any person, who may seize the same, and cause it to be libeled as the law directs, within seven days after seizure.

Pressed hay,

sale.

CHAPTER 64.

OF FRAUD IN PRESSING HAY.

SECT. 1. Pressed hay, how marked for sale. [SECT. 4. How bales may be secured with

2. Forfeited, unless so marked, if for

sale or shipping.

3. Penalty, for receiving on board
a vessel.

boards.

5. No sworn weigher to buy, except for his own use.

SECTION 1. All hay, pressed and put up in bundles, for sale, how marked for in this state, shall be branded on the bands or boards enclosing the 1838, 320, § 1. same, with the first letter of the christian name, and the whole of the surname, of the person packing, screwing or otherwise pressing the hay; and also with the name of the place, where the hay was pressed, or where the person, packing or screwing the hay, shall live, with the name of the state.

Forfeited, un

if for sale or

SECT. 2. All screwed hay, offered for sale or shipping, unless less so marked, branded in the manner mentioned in the preceding section, shall be forfeited; one half to the use of the town, where offered for sale or shipping, and the other half to him, who shall libel and prosecute for the same, as the law directs.

shipping.

1838, 320, § 2.

Penalty, for receiving on board a vessel.

SECT. 3. If the master of any vessel shall take, on board a vessel, pressed hay, not branded as before prescribed, he shall for1838, 320, § 3. feit and pay two dollars for each bundle, so received, to be recovered to the uses before mentioned.

How bales may be secured with boards.

SECT. 4. Every bale of screwed or pressed hay may have four pieces of seasoned board, not more than four inches wide, or one 1838, 320, § 4. inch thick, to keep the hay in place; on one of which, or on one of the bands, shall be marked the weight of the bale.

No sworn

weigher to buy,

except for his

own use.

1837, 270.

SECT. 5. No sworn weigher of hay shall purchase any hay, but what is necessary for his own use and consumption.

CHAP. 65.

CHAPTER 65.

OF SOLE LEATHER, BOOTS AND SHOES.

SECT. 1. Manufacturer of leather, or boots, SECT. 3. Inspectors of sole leather.

&c. may stamp his name. War-
ranty.

2. Penalty, for fraudulently stamping.

4, 5. Duty of such inspectors.
6. Mode of marking. Penalty, for

counterfeiting marks.

half Manufacturer the of leather, or

the

boots, &c. may

stamp his name.

SECTION 1. Each manufacturer of leather, or of boots, boots, shoes, pumps, sandals, slippers or galo shoes, shall have exclusive right of stamping said articles, by him made, with initial letter of his christian name, and his surname at large, and 1821, 161, § 2. such stamping shall be considered, as a warrant, that the article stamped is merchantable, and well made of good materials.

Warranty.

SECT. 2. If any person shall fraudulently stamp either of said Penalty, for articles, with the name or stamp of any other person, he shall be stamping. fraudulently punished, as guilty of a fraud, on indictment, and fined not exceed- 1821, 161, § 3. ing twenty dollars; or by imprisonment, not exceeding six months;

or by both said punishments.

sole leather. 1829, 428, § 1.

SECT. 3. The selectmen in each town, and the assessors of each Inspectors of organized plantation, whenever they shall deem it expedient, shall appoint one or more suitable persons, inspectors of sole leather, who shall be duly sworn; and shall receive such fees, for their services, as such selectmen or assessors shall deem proper, to be paid by the person requesting the inspection: and, when paid by the owner thereof, it shall be a legal charge, to be paid by the purchaser to the vender.

SECT. 4. Every such inspector, when requested, shall go to any place in the town or plantation, for which he is appointed, to examine and inspect any sides of sole leather, which had not been previously inspected by an inspector in some other town, or in the same

town.

Duty of such inspectors.

1829, 428, § 2.

SECT. 5. He shall furnish himself with a proper apparatus, with Same subject. which he shall weigh, or stamp, every side of sole leather, he shall 1829, 428, § 2. have inspected, with his surname and the name of the town or plantation, for which he is inspector, and also the weight thereof. SECT. 6. On all sole leather made of good hides, and in the Mode of markbest manner, the word, best, shall be stamped; on all sole leather ing 1829, 428, § 2. made of good hides, in a merchantable manner, the word, good; and on all other, the words, second, or third, quality, damaged or bad, according to the quality thereof; and if any person, shall counterfeit such mark, or alter or deface the same, on any leather, Penalty, for he shall forfeit and pay twenty dollars for every such offence; one counterfeiting half to the use of the town, where the offence was committed, and marks. the other half to the use of him, who shall prosecute therefor.

CHAP. 66.

Towns to elect surveyors of boards, &c.

1821, 158, § 1.

Boards, plank,

work to be surveyed, before being sold and delivered.

CHAPTER 66.

OF THE SURVEY AND INSPECTION OF SHINGLES, CLAPBOARDS, HOOPS
AND STAVES, BOARDS AND OTHER LUMBER, AND THE ADMEASURE-
MENT OF LOGS.

SECT. 1. Towns to elect surveyors of SECT. 15. How packed and enumerated.

boards, &c.

2. Boards, plank, timber and slit
work to be surveyed, before be-
ing sold and delivered.

3. What description of pine boards
may be exported beyond the U.
States.

4. Allowance for drying and shrink-
ing.

5. Towns to elect surveyors of shin-
gles, clapboards, staves and hoops.

6. Dimensions and quality of No. 1
shingles.

7. Nos. 2 and 3.

8. How shingles shall be split or
sawed, and packed.

9. To be surveyed, measured and
branded under forfeiture.

10. Forfeiture of deficient bundles,

packed as No. 1.

11. Dimensions and quality of clap-
boards.

12. Also of staves.

13. Staves, how enumerated.

14. Dimensions and quality of hogs

head hoops.

16. Forfeiture of deficient bundles.
17. Boards, &c. to be surveyed before
delivery on sale, or being shipped.
18. Viewers and cullers of staves and
hoops.

19. Of the survey of staves and hoops.
20. Forfeiture on sale, or shipment
of lumber not surveyed.

21. Surveyor's certificate to be pro-
duced before clearance. Mas-
ter's or owner's affidavit.
22. Forfeiture for neglect.
23. For second offence, vessel also
forfeited.

24. Provision in case surveyor, &c.
on election, refuse the oath of
office.

25. Penalty for neglect of official duties.

26. For fraud or connivance.

27. Recovery of penalties and for

feitures.

28. Of surveyors and measurers of
logs.
29. Their duties.

SECTION 1. Every town and plantation, at its annual meeting, shall elect one or more suitable persons, to be surveyors and measurers of boards, plank, timber and slit work, who shall be duly

sworn.

SECT. 2. All boards, plank, timber and slit work, offered for timber and slit sale, shall, previously to delivery, be surveyed by one of the said surveyors, and, if he have any doubt of its dimensions, measured by him, he having due consideration for the drying and shrinking there1821, 158, 1. of; and such surveyor shall mark, on all such, their just contents, making reasonable allowance for rots, knots and splits.

What description of pine

exported be

SECT. 3. No pine boards, except sheathing boards, shall be boards may be shipped for exportation beyond the United States, but such as are square edged, and not less than seven eighths of an inch in thickness, and not less than ten feet in length, on pain of being forfeited to the use of the town where shipped.

yond the Unit-
ed States.
1821, 158, § 2.

Allowance for
drying and
shrinking.
1821, 158, § 2.

SECT. 4. In the surveys mentioned in the two preceding sections, a proper allowance shall be made for drying and shrinking of pine boards, and such as shall be three fourths of an inch in thickness, when fully seasoned, and in the same proportion, when partly seasoned, shall be considered merchantable.

Towns to elect SECT. 5. Every town and plantation, at its annual meeting, shall surveyors of shingles, clapalso elect one or more persons, to be surveyors of shingles, clapboards, stave's boards, staves and hoops, who shall be duly sworn. and hoops. 1821, 158, § 1.

SECT. 6. All shingles, packed for exportation beyond the state,

shall be sixteen inches long, and free from shakes and worm holes, CHAP. 66. and at least three eighths of an inch thick at the but end, when Dimensions and green, and if of pine, free from sap. They shall be four inches quality of No. 1 shingles. wide on an average, and not less than three inches wide in any part, 1821, 158, § 3. and shall hold their width, three fourths of the way to the thin end, 1824, 250, § 1. and be well shaved or sawed. Such shall be denominated, No. 1.

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SECT. 7. Shingles, intended for sale in any place within this Nos. 2 and 3. state, if of inferior quality or of less dimensions, than those described 1824, 250, § 1. in the preceding section, may be surveyed and classed accordingly, under the denominations of, No. 2, and, No. 3.

How shingles sawed, and shall be split or

SECT. 8. All shingles shall be split or sawed crosswise the grain, and each bundle shall contain two hundred and fifty shingles; and, if bound in square bundles, shall contain twenty five courses, and packed. measure twenty two inches and a half at the lay.

1821, 158, § 3.

branded, under

SECT. 9. All shingles, before they are offered for sale, shall be To be surveyed, surveyed and measured, by a sworn surveyor of any town in the measured and county, where made, and the quality designated upon the hoop or forfeiture. band of the bundle; and all shingles thus offered for sale, before 1821, 158, § 3. being surveyed, measured or branded as aforesaid, unless the parties shall otherwise agree, shall be forfeited to the use of the town, where the offence shall be committed.

deficient bun

SECT. 10. In all cases of shingles, packed to be surveyed as Forfeiture of No. 1, and for the purpose of exportation, if, in any one bundle, dles, packed as there shall be found as many as five shingles deficient in the proper No. 1. dimensions, soundness, or number, to make up two hundred and fifty 1821, 158, § 3. merchantable shingles, the whole bundle shall be forfeited to the use of the town, where exhibited.

clapboards. 1821, 158, § 3.

SECT. 11. All clapboards, exposed to sale, or packed for expor- Dimensions tation, shall be made of good, sound timber, free from shakes and and quality of worm holes, and if of pine, clear of sap; and they shall be at least five eighths of an inch thick, on the back or thickest part, five inches wide, and four feet, six inches long, and straight and well shaved or sawed.

SECT. 12. Staves, packed for sale or exportation, shall be well and proportionably split and of the following dimensions, viz: White oak butt staves, at least five feet in length, five inches wide, and one inch and a quarter thick on the heart or thinnest edge, and every part thereof;

White oak pipe staves, shall be at least four feet and eight inches, in length, four inches broad, in the narrowest part, and not less than three quarters of an inch thick, on the heart or thinnest edge;

White or red oak hogshead staves shall be at least forty two inches long, and not less than half an inch thick, on the least or thinnest edge;

White or red oak barrel staves, for a market out of the United States, shall be thirty two inches long; if for use, within the United States, thirty inches long; and in either case, half an inch thick on the heart or thinnest edge;

All white or red oak hogshead or barrel staves shall be, at least, one with another, four inches in breadth, and no one less than three inches in breadth in the narrowest part; and those of the breadth last mentioned shall be clear of sap.

Also of staves. 1821, 158, § 3.

CHAP. 66. Staves, how e

numerated.

1828, 404, § 2.

Dimensions

SECT. 13. Two staves shall be sold, as one cast; fifty casts, one hundred staves; and ten hundred, one thousand.

SECT. 14. All hogshead hoops, exposed for sale, or packed for exportation, shall be from ten to thirteen feet in length, and of white and quality of oak or walnut, and of good and sufficient substance, well shaved; hogshead hoops. if of oak, at least one inch broad, and, if of walnut, three quarters of an inch at the least end.

1821, 158, § 3.

How packed

and enumerated.

1821, 158, § 3. 1828, 404, §2.

Forfeiture of deficient bundles.

1921, 158, § 3.

Boards, &c. to

be surveyed be

fore delivery on sale, or being shipped.

1821, 158, § 1,

Viewers and

4.

cullers of staves

and hoops.

SECT. 15. All hoops of ten, twelve and thirteen feet, respectively, shall be made up in distinct bundles by themselves; each bundle shall consist of twenty five hoops, four bundles making one hundred, and ten hundred, one thousand.

SECT. 16. Every bundle of hoops, packed for sale or exportation, found to be deficient in the number, or dimensions, of its contents, shall be forfeited to the use of the town, where exhibited.

SECT. 17. No boards, clapboards, nor shingles, shall be delivered on sale, nor shipped for exportation, until duly surveyed by one of the proper surveyors aforesaid, in the town or plantation, where sold or shipped, nor until such surveyors shall have given a certificate of the number, quality and quantity thereof.

SECT. 18. In every town, being a port of delivery, and where staves and hoops are usually exported, there shall be annually chosen, 1821, 158, § 1. in addition to the officers before named, two or more suitable persons, to be viewers and cullers of staves and hoops, who shall be duly sworn.

Of the survey of staves and

hoops.

SECT. 19. All staves and hoops, before being shipped to any place beyond the United States, shall be first viewed, culled and 1821, 158, § 4. surveyed, by one of the officers mentioned in the preceding section, and a proper certificate thereof given by him to the master of the vessel, in which the same may be shipped; and the bundles shall be stamped, with the brand of the town whence exported.

Forfeiture on

of lumber not

surveyed.

1821, 158, § 4, 6.

SECT. 20. Any person, selling and delivering any boards, plank, sale or shipment timber or slit work, or any clapboards, shingles, staves or hoops, or shipping off or attempting to ship off, any of such articles, before they are surveyed, measured, viewed or culled, as the case may require, shall forfeit two dollars, a thousand, to be reckoned by quantity or tale, as such articles may be usually sold; one half to the town, where the offence shall have been committed, and the other half to the prosecutor.

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SECT. 21. The master or owner of any vessel, having any of the lumber or other articles, mentioned in the preceding section, on board for exportation as aforesaid, shall, before the vessel shall be cleared at the custom house, produce to the collector a certificate from the proper officer, that the same have been duly surveyed, measured, viewed or culled, as the case may require; and such master or owner shall, likewise, make oath before the collector, or any justice of the peace, whose certificate shall be returned to the collector, that the articles, so shipped for exportation, are the same articles thus surveyed, measured, viewed or culled, that he has no others on board of the like description, and that he shall not take any others.

SECT. 22. In addition to the penalty, mentioned in the twentieth section, whenever it shall appear, that any of the articles enu

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