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Proviso.

Ibid.

Neglect or refusal to

pay.

for inspection, pay on demand to the inspector, or the deputy of the district where the salt is inspected, three mills for each bushel of salt inspected or offered for inspection: Provided, That the same may be required to be paid in advance: And provided further, That but one inspection fee shall be paid upon the same salt. In case any person, firm, company, or corporation shall neglect or refuse to pay such inspection fees, on demand, at his, their, or its office or manufactory, the party so refusing shall be liable to an action therefor, in the name of the inspector; and the certificate of inspection, with proof of the signature of the inspector, or deputy giving the same, shall be prima facie proof of the liability, and the extent of liability of the party so in default; and it shall be lawful for the inspector and his deputies to refuse to inspect salt manufactured at the works so in default, until the amount due is paid; all money received by or paid to any deputy inspector under this section shall be forth with paid to the inspector. The inspector shall keep just and true accounts of all money received under this section, and an account of the amounts received from or paid by each person, firm, company, and corporation engaged in the manufacture of salt, and all other things appertaining to the duties of the office, and the said books and shall be open accounts shall always, during office hours, be subject to the tion. inspection and examination of any person who may wish to examine them, shall be deemed the books of the office, and shall be handed over to his successor in office, together with all the money and effects appertaining to the office.

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ceived to be

paid to in

spector.

Inspector

shall keep

accounts.

Books and

accounts

for inspec

Deemed books of the office.

Oath of inspector;

filed.

Sec. 6. The inspector shall, before entering upon the duties where filed. of his office, take the oath prescribed by the constitution of this State, which oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of Bond; where State. He shall execute a bond to the people of this State, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond shall have at least two sureties, and shall be subject to the approval of the State Treasurer, and when approved, shall be by such treasurer filed and deposited in his office; and the

jured may

action on

inspector shall renew his bond every year. Any person or Persons incorporation injured by the neglect or default of such inspector, maintain or by his misfeasance in office, or by the neglect, default, or bond. misfeasance of any of his deputies, may maintain an action on such bond, in the name of the people, for the use of the party prosecuting, and shall be entitled to recover the full amount of damages sustained.

uties.

Sec. 7. Each of the deputies appointed by the inspector shall oath of deptake the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and shall Bond. give bond to the inspector in such sum, and with such sureties as he may approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such deputy; and in case said inspector shall be obliged to pay any sum for the neglect or default, or misfeasance of any deputy, he may recover of such deputy, and his sureties on such bond, the amount he was obliged to pay, with accruing costs.

office.

deputies.

Sec. 8. The inspector shall keep his principal office in the Location of city of East Saginaw, and the deputy for the district of East Saginaw may occupy the same office. This office shall be open once hours. at all times during business hours. All the books, records, Reports of and accounts, shall be kept at this office, and each deputy shall, at least once in each week, make written report, by mail or otherwise, to the inspector, of the salt inspected by him during the week, stating for whom, and the quantity, and quality thereof. Abstracts of these reports shall be entered in books provided for that purpose. Said inspector shall, in proper Record of books, keep a full record and account of all his transactions; and such books shall also be open for the examination of all persons wishing to examine the same during office hours.

same.

not to have

salt.

Sec. 9. The inspector shall not be in any way concerned in Inspector the manufacture or selling of salt, or have any interest what- interest in ever, directly or indirectly, in any salt manufactory, or erection for manufacturing salt in the State of Michigan, or in the profits of any such manufactory.

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the deputy, in each district, visits of to visit, once in each day, Sundays excepted, each salt manu

deputy.

Visits of
Inspector.

Duties when

inspecting.

No lime or

lime-water

factory in his district, when in operation, and to ascertain if there be therein any salt of bad quality, and such as ought not to pass inspection.

Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the inspector to visit the manufactories in which salt is made, that may be in operation in the different districts, as often as practicable.

Sec. 12. The inspector or deputy, at each visit, as provided in this act, shall carefully examine the salt in the bins, and the brine in kettles, or pans, or vats in which the salt is manufactured; if the salt in the bins, or any part thereof is of bad quality, and such as ought not to pass inspection, or if the brine in the kettles, or pans, or graining-vats have not been cleansed, he will direct and see that the owner, or occupant, or boiler, or other person having charge of the manufactory, remove the bad salt from the bin and place it with second quality salt, or throw it among the bitterns, as the inspector or deputy may direct, and the impure brine in the kettles, or pans, or graining-vats be thrown out, and new brine substituted.

Sec. 13. No lime or lime-water shall be used by any person to be used. in the manufacture of salt, in the kettles, or pans, or grainingvats used for manufacturing, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars and costs for each offense, to be sued for in the name of the people of this State: Provided, That iron vessels used in the manufacture of salt may be white-washed, when cool, to prevent the accumulation of rust.

Proviso.

Application

for inspec

Sec. 14. Every person desiring to have salt inspected, shall tion. apply to the inspector or deputy inspector of the district where the same shall be, which inspector or deputy inspector shall thereupon actually examine the salt so offered for inspection, in the package in which the same may then be.

To facilitate

examination

Sec. 15. To facilitate such examination, it shall be the duty of the person or company offering the salt for inspection, to unhead or bore the barrel, or to open the bag or other package in which the salt is contained, as may be directed by the inspector or deputy inspector, so as to expose the salt to his touch, view, and examination.

ties salt to

Sec. 16. The inspector, or deputy inspector shall not pass What qualiany salt as good, unless he shall find it to be well made, free contain. from dirt, filth and stones, and from admixture of lime, or ashes of wood, and of any other substance which is injurious to salt, fully drained from pickle, the bitterns properly extracted therefrom, and manufactured as directed by this act, and by the rules and regulations of the inspector.

to inspector.

Sec. 17. The person or company offering the same for inspec- Assistance tion, shall in all cases provide the necessary force to lift the salt while the inspector or deputy weighs or measures it, and shall also furnish the necessary help and material to brand the salt for and under the direction of the inspector or deputy inspector.

turer to pro

Sec. 18. Each manufacturer shall provide a scale or balance Manufacat his works, to be examined from time to time, and approved vide scale. by the inspector, in which all the salt offered for inspection at his works may be weighed.

inspection.

Brand.

Sec. 19. Each inspector or deputy shall deliver to the party certificate of for whom he shall inspect salt, a certificate of the quantity and quality inspected, and shall thereupon brand or mark with durable paint, the package containing the salt so inspected, with the sir name of the inspector at length, and the initials of his christian name, with the addition of the word "Inspector," in letters at least one inch in length, and shall mark upon the head of the barrel or cask, or upon the sack, with a marking iron or durable paint, the number of pounds of salt contained in such package.

Sec. 20. If the said salt shall be put up in barrels, it shall not be marked unless the barrels are thoroughly seasoned, stout, and well made, with at least ten good strong hoops, to be well nailed and secured.

Make of barrels.

deemed

Sec. 21. Every person who shall falsely or fraudulently make Counterfeiting brand of or counterfeit, or cause to be made or counterfeited, or know- inspector ingly aid and assist the false or fraudulent making or coun- felony; fine terfeiting the mark or brand of any inspector or deputy inspector, on any package containing salt, shall be deemed guilty

therefor.

Salt to be inspected be

of felony, and on conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in the State prison for a term not less than one nor more than six years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 22. No manufacturer or other person, shall pack, or fore packed. cause to be packed, in barrels, casks, boxes or sacks, any salt, until an inspector shall have determined, upon actual examination, that the same is sufficiently drained of pickle, and otherwise fit to pack.

Inspector may exam

of salt.

Sec. 23. The inspector and his deputies, in their daily exine all bins amination of the several salt manufactures, [manufactories] may examine all bins of salt, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any salt is packed contrary to the provisions of the last foregoing section.

Penalties of

packing be

tion.

Sec. 24. If any manufacturer or other person shall pack any fore inspec- salt before the inspector or one of his deputies shall have determined that it is fit for packing, he shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five cents for every bushel of salt so packed.

Barrels, etc., once used.

Name of

Sec. 25. Barrels, casks, or sacks in which salt shall have been packed and inspected, shall not again be used for the packing of salt therein, until the mark or brands made by the inspector shall be first cut out or removed; and if any person shall pack, or cause to be packed, or shall aid or assist in packing any uninspected salt in any such barrels, casks, or sacks, without first cutting out or removing such marks or brands, he shall forfeit, for every bushel of salt so packed, the sum of one dollar.

Sec. 26. It shall be the duty of every manufacturer to brand manufactur- or mark, with durable paint, every cask or barrel of salt manu

person, etc.,

ing to appear

on barrels, factured by him, with the sir name at full length of the pro

etc.

prietor or owner of the manufactory at which the same shall have been made, and the initial letters of his christian name, and if the same shall have been manufactured for a company, or association of individuals, he shall mark or brand, in like manner, upon every such cask or barrel, the name by which

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