1. The Governor in Council may appoint at every Port of entry in this Province, where necessary, one fit person to be Inspector and Weigher of Flour and Meal, who may appoint a Deputy, and shall be liable for his defaults, and take security for the faithful discharge of his duties.

2. Every Inspector and Weigher before entering upon his duties shall give security by Bond with two sureties to the Queen, for the faithful performance of such duties by himself or deputies, and for making good any damage sustained by any person in consequence of the neglect, misconduct, or default of such Inspector or deputies, and shall also take the following oath before a Justice :

'I A. B. do swear that I will faithfully, according to the 'best of my skill, execute the office of Inspector and Weigher of Flour and Meal, according to law.'

And each Deputy before acting as such, shall be in like manner sworn to the faithful performance of his duty.

3. All wheat flour, rye flour, corn meal, and buckwheat meal, imported or manufactured in the Province, and brought into market for sale in barrels or half barrels, shall immediately upon being landed, or so brought in, and before being sold, or offered for sale, or shipped, or taken out of any warehouse for consumption, or sent from the place where the same shall have been so landed, be inspected and weighed by the Inspector and Weigher of such Port, or his Deputy; and each barrel shall contain not less than one hundred and ninety six pounds. net weight, and each half barrel not less than ninety eight pounds net weight, of flour or meal, which, if not good, sweet, and wholesome, shall be marked and denominated "Bad;" but this Section shall not apply to flour or meal deposited in a warehouse, and directly shipped therefrom for exportation.

4. The Inspectors and Weighers, or their Deputies, upon the landing of any flour or meal in barrels or half barrels as aforesaid, shall inspect and weigh the same, which shall be of at least the quantity aforesaid, and if deficient, shall allow the full weight to be supplied with the like quality of flour or meal, and thereupon shall brand with a branding iron each barrel or half barrel thereof, being at least of such quantity, with the initials of his christian and surname, or mark the same thereon with black or red paint, with the net weight of

each barrel or half barrel, and following the same with the letter "S" for superfine, "F" for fine, "M" for middlings, or "Bad" for bad. Every barrel or half barrel of such flour or meal which, after landing or being brought into the market as aforesaid, shall be sold or offered for sale, removed, or shipped for consumption in this Province, contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, shall be seized by any Inspector or his Deputy, or by any seizing officer of the Treasury, and if not exceeding five pounds in value shall be declared by two Justices forfeited to the Queen; if the value shall exceed five pounds, the same may be prosecuted to condemnation in any Court of Record. Any person offending against the provisions of this Chapter shall be liable to pay seven shillings and six pence for each offence, and the sum of six pence per pound for every pound weight deficient; one half the net proceeds of the seizures or penalties to be paid to the person who shall seize or prosecute the same, and the residue to the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish where the offence has been committed. Any person selling the same against the provisions of this Chapter, shall be liable to all damages in consequence thereof.

5. The Inspector or his Deputy may fix a tare for the said barrels or half barrels to the best of his judgment.

6. The Inspector or his Deputy shall be paid for inspecting, weighing, and marking, as follows:-For each barrel of flour or meal, two pence; for each half barrel of flour or meal, one penny; to be paid by the owner, seller, importer, or consignee thereof.

7. If any Inspector or his Deputy shall inspect, weigh, brand, or mark any barrel or half barrel of flour or meal contrary to this Chapter, he shall forfeit twenty shillings for each offence.

8. Nothing in this Chapter shall interfere with the rights and privileges of the Corporation of the City of Saint John, or of the Municipal authorities of the County of Carleton, or shall extend to the Counties of Northumberland, Kent, Gloucester, Restigouche, and Charlotte.

Section.

CHAPTER 95.

OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

1. What articles shall be sold by Avoirdupois, and what by Troy weight.

2. What shall constitute the yard. 3. How liquids shall be measured.

4. Dry measure, what.

Section.

9. Set of weights and measures, where and by whom kept.

10. Duty of the Clerks of the Market, and power; penalty.

11. What weights disallowed.

5. Set of weights and measures, by whom 12. What weights, &c. seized, by whom, procured.

6. Where deposited, &c.

7. Duplicates to be procured, by whom.

8. Power to prove duplicates, by whom appointed.

and penalty.

13. Power of Assayer of weights, Saint John. 14. Weight of standard bushel.

15. Coal, how to be sold.

16. Penalties, how applied.

1. Articles sold by weight shall be sold by English avoirdupois weight, except gold, silver, platina, precious stones, and drugs, or compounds thereof when sold under a medical prescription, which shall be sold by English troy weight.

2. The yard shall be the unit of length, and all lineal and superficial measures founded thereon shall be regulated thereby. 3. The measure for all liquids shall be the gallon of two hundred and thirty one cubic inches.

4. The dry measure shall be the Winchester bushel of two thousand one hundred and fifty cubic inches and forty two hundredths of a cubic inch.

5. A complete and properly verified set of the aforesaid weights and measures shall be procured by the Governor, and shall constitute the standard by which all weights and measures shall be tried, proved, and stamped.

6. The standards shall be deposited in the Provincial Secretary's Office, who shall cause duplicates thereof to be made for each County.

7. Each Clerk of the Peace, at the expense of his County, shall procure from the Secretary a complete set of the duplicate weights and measures proved by the standards, and marked with a stamp kept by the Secretary for that purpose.

8. The Governor in Council shall appoint a competent person to prove all duplicates.

9. The Clerks of the Market, and where there are none, the Town Clerk, shall keep a complete set of weights and measures, which, when duly proved and marked by the Clerk of the Peace with a figure of the Crown and the letters "N. B." shall be held as standards.

10. The Clerk of the Market or of the Town, may enter all

places of business, and all ships and vessels, in their respective districts, in the day time, and examine all weighing apparatus, and all weights and measures therein; any person refusing admittance to them, or obstructing the examination, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

11. Weights made of soft metal, or on which the same appears externally, shall not be stamped or used.

12. The Clerk of the Market or of the Town, shall seize as forfeited all imperfect weights, measures, and apparatus for weighing; the person from whom seized shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

13. The Assayer of weights and measures for the City of Saint John shall have the same powers as the Clerk of the Market or Town Clerk aforesaid.

14. The standard bushel of clean wheat or indian corn shall be sixty pounds; of clean barley or buckwheat, fifty pounds; of clean rye, fifty six pounds; of clean oats, thirty six pounds; of clean timothy seed, forty pounds; of all other grains, fifty six pounds; of potatoes, and all edible roots, fifty six pounds.

15. Coals shall be sold by the ton weight of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds avoirdupois, and its subdivisions.

16. Penalties imposed by this Chapter shall be applied, one half to the party prosecuting, the other half to the Poor of the Parish where the offence may be committed.

1. No Lumber of the description hereinafter mentioned shall, until the survey thereof as herein required, be shipped for exportation, under a penalty for each offence not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than five pounds.

2. The first General Sessions in every year shall appoint in their respective Counties a sufficient number of fit persons to be Surveyors of lumber in such parts of their County as may be necessary; each of whom shall execute a Bond to the Queen in the sum of one hundred pounds with two sureties, conditioned for the due performance of his duty, and shall take the following oath before the Clerk or a Justice of the Peace for the County, he administering the same without fee, that is to say :

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'I A. B. do swear that I will faithfully to the best of my ability discharge the duties of a Surveyor of lumber, and that I will give a true account of the number, dimensions, and measurement of all such lumber as may be submitted to my 'inspection, according to the best of my knowledge and skill, ' and that I will not survey any lumber in which I may have a 'direct or indirect interest beyond the fees of survey, and that I will not change any lumber that may be intrusted to me for 'the purpose of being surveyed.'

The Bond and affidavit to be filed in the said Clerk's office, together with the private mark which the Surveyor shall adopt : the Clerk shall grant a certificate to every such Surveyor of his having filed the affidavit and bond, and shall furnish him with a copy of this Chapter at the expense of the Government; and no such Surveyor shall be a pond keeper, or directly or indirectly a dealer in timber.

3. Any Surveyor may survey lumber in any part of the County in which he shall be appointed, and shall personally and carefully ascertain the qualities of the lumber submitted to his inspection, reject all such lumber as in his opinion may be contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, so far as can be then ascertained, and, when required, furnish the buyer and seller each with a true account in writing of the number, length, and dimensions of the pieces of lumber found to be merchantable; if any dispute arise between the buyer or seller, and the Surveyor, the person requiring a resurvey and the Surveyor may each choose a disinterested Surveyor duly appointed under this Chapter, and the two Surveyors so chosen shall name a third; or if the dispute arise between the buyer and seller, the person who shall have chosen the first Surveyor may choose one other Surveyor, and the other party two other disinterested