inspected, and the duties paid thereon, with intent to evade the inspection thereof or the payment of the duties thereon. Every person so removing or attempting to remove any salt shall forfeit to the state such salt, with the bag, barrel or other vessel in which it shall be contained, and five dollars for every bushel so removed or attempted to be removed; and the boat, vessel, cart, wagon, sled or other vehicle, in or by which the same shall be removed or attempted to be removed, with the apparel, tackle and team belonging thereto, shall be taken to be the property of such person and be liable to the payment of such penalty.

§ 14. Persons who may execute process.-The superintendent or any of his deputies may enter every barn, storehouse, enclosure or other place of deposit which he may suspect to contain salt so removed or attempted to be removed, and every boat, vessel, cart, wagon, sled or other vehicle in or by which such salt shall have been removed or attempted to be removed and seize such salt, with the bag, barrel, or other vessel containing it, and sell the same at public auction for the use of the people of the state after giving six days notice of the time and place of sale. The officer or person making such seizure may also seize such boat, vessel, cart, wagon, sled or other vehicle, with the tackle, apparel and the team belonging thereto and retain the same until the determination of any suit which may be brought for the penalty so imposed. The owner of the property so seized may obtain possession thereof by giving a bond to the superintendent with sureties to be approved by him for the return of such property to the officer if judgment for the plaintiff shall be recovered in the suit brought for the forfeiture incurred, and to secure which such seizure shall have been made.

§ 15. By whom inspection shall be made.-Persons desiring to have salt inspected shall apply to the inspector in the district where such salt shall be, who shall thereupon actually examine it in the bag, barrel or vessel in which it is contained. In order to facilitate its examination, the person offering it shall unhead or bore the barrel or open the bag or other vessel containing it as directed by the inspector so as to expose the salt to his touch, view and examination, and shall in all cases provide the necessary assistance to lift the salt while the inspector weighs or measures it. § 16. Examination of kettles.-The inspectors shall daily examine in their respective districts all kettles used in the manufacture of fine salt and shall require their removal if damaged or defective so as to be unsuitable for the manufacture of good salt Vol. I 17

and if not removed upon his order, the superintendent may withhold brine from such manufacturer until such order shall be complied with.

§ 17. Damaged salt; penalties.-The superintendent shall erase his inspection brand from packages containing salt which, after it has been inspected and the duties paid, shall have suffered any damage so as to reduce its weight or impair its quality and require that it shall be repacked, if reduced in weight only, or destroyed, if impaired in quality, by returning it to the cisterns from which the owner or manufacturer thereof shall draw his supplies of brine for his works. Salt of any inferior quality, dirty, damaged or condemned, may be sold loose or in bulk at the works by the manufacturer thereof, the inspector designating quantity by weight in the inspection bill as in ordinary cases, and distinguishing the same as "second quality," and the person having it inspected paying the duty thereon. Such inferior salt shall not be mixed with other salt which is to be ground or prepared as table salt, or for the packing of provisions, nor shall it be packed in a manner calculated to deceive an innocent purchaser as to its real quality, and if packed in barrels in the ordinary manner it shall be branded in plain letters, "second quality." Every person violating the provisions of this section relating to mixing such salt with other salt or the preparing of it for table use or for packing purposes shall for every such violation forfeit to the people of the state the sum of one hundred dollars. The inspector or deputy who shall have inspected and branded any Onondaga salt put up in barrels or sacks which on being opened are found to contain salt of a quality inferior to that required by law, and the maker and manufacturer whose name is branded on any such barrel or painted on any such sack, shall forfeit to the purchaser injured thereby the sum of one dollar for each bushel so found inferior.

§ 18. Deleterious ingredients prohibited.-No salt manufacturer or other person shall put any article or ingredient into the salt water in his cisterns or while evaporating other than such as shall be allowed and approved of by the superintendent in the general rules and regulations which he shall adopt in relation thereto. Every person violating any provision of this section shall for every such offense forfeit to the state the sum of fifty dollars.

§ 19. Bittern Pans.-Every manufacturer shall keep one good bittern pan for each kettle or pan used in the manufacture of salt for the purpose of removing the feculent matter and other foreign

substances held in solution in the brine during the process of mak ing salt. The superintendent shall, in the rules and regulations adopted by him, regulate the manner of using such pans and of removing the impurities contained in the salt water during the process of manufacturing the same into salt, and the manner of cleansing the kettles and pans.

§ 20. Salt in barrels.-The superintendent shall cause all salt barrels to be inspected before salt is packed therein, under such rules and regulations as shall from time to time be adopted and published by him, and all salt shall be rejected when offered for inspection in barrels not inspected or in inspected barrels not properly secured after the salt is packed therein so as to preserve it from waste or injury, and all barrels so used shall be such as are approved by the superintendent. Salt in barrels shall not be marked unless the barrels are thoroughly seasoned, stout and well made, with a sufficient number of good, strong hoops, to be well nailed and secured, not burned or colored on the inside or dirty on the outside, nor without having the holes made for inspection or the knot holes, if any, well and securely plugged up. If the salt upon examination shall prove not to be thoroughly drained, or if, when the barrels are standing on end, water shall exude therefrom, such barrels shall not be branded by the inspector, but the salt therein shall forthwith be emptied back into the bins where it shall remain for a further period of fourteen days before it shall be lawful again to pack the same.

§ 21. Quantity of salt in barrels.-The superintendent shall from time to time specify the quantity of salt that barrels or other packages offered for inspection shall contain, and shall prohibit the inspector's brand from being placed upon any package that does not correspond with such regulation. He shall require that all ground salt manufactured at the Onondaga springs and put up for the market in barrels, kegs, boxes, sacks or bags, shall be legibly marked in letters at least half an inch in length, on each barrel, keg, box, sack or bag, with the word "solar" or "boiled" as the fact may be.

§ 22. Name of manufacturer to be branded on package.—Every manufacturer shall brand or mark with durable pairt every barrel or other package of salt manufactured by him with the name of the district in which his block of kettles is located, the surname at full length of the proprietor or owner of the manufactory at which the salt shall have been made, and the initial letter of his christian name. If the salt shall have been manufactured for a

company or association of individuals, he shall mark or brand in like manner upon every such barrel or other package, the name of the firm by which the company is so called; and no inspector shall inspect or pass any barrel or other package of salt which shall not be so marked or branded, nor shall the superintendent affix his brand to any such barrel or other package.

§ 23. Boat sunk in canal-The owner or agent of any boat laden in whole or in part with salt which shall be sunk or partly immersed in the canals or navigable waters of this state or filled with water so as to damage any part of the cargo of salt on board, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the salt in the original package. Such salt shall be emptied from the barrels or sacks containing it and sold or disposed of after having been exposed to public inspection so that its quality and condition shall be known. Salt so injured shall not be again packed in barrels bearing the Inspector's brand nor shipped or transported beyond the bounds of the state. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for every violation.

§ 24. Duplicate inspection bills.-The superintendent shall, after the inspector has ascertained the quantity of salt in any parcel offered for inspection, and is satisfied that it is of such quality that it ought to pass inspection, deliver duplicate inspection bills thereof, dated and signed by him to the person applying for the inspection. Such bills shall contain the name of the manufacturer and the person at whose instance the inspection is had, the number of bushels and pounds of salt contained in the parcel and the number of bags, barrels or other vessels in which it shall be contained, with a certificate of the inspector stating that he has inspected the salt specified in such bill. The person applying for inspection shall thereupon deliver such duplicate inspection bills to the receiver or person in charge of his office in the district where the salt is inspected and pay the duties on the salt mentioned therein. § 25. Receiver's duties.-The receiver shall:

1. Mark such inspection bills with the numbers in the order in which they are presented, placing the same number on each duplicate bill of the same parcel, and commencing anew with the commencement of every month.

2. Enter upon his books an account of the parcels of salt in hall state the number of the parcel, the name of the mand of the person at whose instance the salt shall have d, the number of bushels and pounds of salt in the

parcel, the number of bags, barrels or other vessels in which it is contained, the amount of duties thereon and when the same are paid.

3. Sign a receipt at the foot of each duplicate inspection bill and deliver the same to the person paying the duties.

§ 26. Delivery of bills to the inspector. The person receiving the bills shall forthwith deliver one to the inspector by whom the salt was inspected, to be entered in a book kept by him, and retain the other as evidence of payment of the duties thereon. Such inspector shall thereupon brand or mark with durable paint the barrel or cask containing the salt so inspected with his surname at length and the first letter of his christian name, with the addition of the word "inspector" in letters of at least one inch in length; and shall mark upon the head of the barrel or cask with durable paint, the number of pounds of salt contained therein, Barrels, sacks or other packages in which salt shall have been packed and inspected, shall not be again used for the packing of salt therein until the marks or brands made by the superintendent shall be first effaced. The inspection shall not be deemed complete nor the payment of the duties consummated until one of the inspection bills so receipted shall have been returned to the superintendent, and the salt, in cask headed up, shall have been so marked or branded. Every person violating the provisions of this section relating to the package of salt in barrels, sacks or other packages, before the marks or brands made by the superintendent shall have been effaced, shall forfeit to the state for every bushel of salt so packed the sum of five dollars.

§ 27. Wells, pumps and lines of aqueducts.--The superintendent shall keep the present wells, pumps, reservoirs, aqueducts and machinery in necessary repair; but no repair involving any aggregate expenditure of more than five hundred dollars shall be made or undertaken without the approval of the comptroller, to be indorsed upon detailed statements. Said superintendent may enter upon. the lands of any individual or company or upon any leased land and carry the salt across the same in the same manner as hitherto, and by suitable and proper aqueducts or conduits, paying to the owner or lessee of such lands the damages sustained by him, to be ascertained by mutual agreement, or by the appraisement of three commissioners appointed as prescribed in the condemnation law.

§ 28. Ascertainment of quantity of water.-The superintendent shall cause the quantity of water required for the efficient work