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ment as such, have undergone an Examination before the Board of Examiners for the place for which he shall be so appointed, as to fitness, character and capacity in the manner hereinafter provided; nor shall any person be so ap- by the Board And approved pointed as Inspector of Beef and Pork, unless approved of and recommended as of Examiners. such by the Board of Examiners, or a majority of them, pursuant to such examination; nor in any place in which there shall be a Board of Trade, except on the requisition of such Board, with which the Mayor or chief municipal Officer shall be bound to comply; and before any Inspector shall act as such, he shall furnish two good and sufficient sureties, jointly and severally with himself, for security. the due performance of the duties of his office, in the sum of five hundred pounds, currency, if such Inspector be appointed for the City of Quebec or for the City of Montreal, and in the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, currency, if such Amount. Inspector be appointed for the City of Toronto, or for the Town of Kingston, or for any other place for which an Inspector may be appointed; and such sureties shall be approved by the Mayor, or Warden, or other chief municipal Authority How given. by whom such Inspector shall have been appointed, and a Bond shall be executed to Her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors in the form used with regard to the sureties of persons appointed to offices of trust in this Province; and such Bond To whom shall avail to the Crown and to all persons whomsoever who shall or may be ag- shalt avail. grieved by any breach of the conditions thereof, and no such Inspector shall allow any person whomsoever to act for him about the duties of his office, excepting only his sworn assistant or assistants to be appointed in the manner hereinafter provided.

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IV. And be it enacted, that the Bond or suretyship which shall be made or executed by such Inspector and his sureties, by virtue of this Act, shall be made kept. and shall be kept at the office of the Clerk of the Corporation of the City or Town, or place for which such Inspector shall be appointed; and every person shall be entitled to have communication and copy of any such Bond or Suretyship at such Clerk's office upon payment of one shilling, currency, for each communication, and of two shillings and six pence, currency, for each copy.

V. Provided always and be it enacted, that the Board of Examiners to be constituted as aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby authorized and required, before proceeding to the Examination of any person who may be hereafter desirous of being appointed an Inspector of Beef and Pork as aforesaid, to require the attendance of two or more persons of the greatest experience and practice in the Packing, Curing and Inspection of Beef and Pork, or of the fullest knowledge of Beef and Pork as to quality and packing; and the said Board in their discretion are also hereby further authorized to permit any other person or persons to be also present at such examination; and each and every of the said persons so required

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or permitted to attend, may, in the presence of the said Board, propose questions to the person under examination, touching and respecting his knowledge as to quality, packing and curing of and other matters relating to, or connected with the Inspection of Beef and Pork.

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VI. And be it enacted, that each person, examined, approved and recommended as aforesaid, shall, if appointed an Inspector of Beef and Pork, before he shall act as such, take and subscribe an oath before the Mayor, Warden or chief municipal Officer of the place for which he shall be appointed (which Mayor, Warden or chief municipal Officer is hereby required and authorized to administer the same,) in the words following, to wit: "I, A. B. do solemnly swear, "that I will faithfully, truly and impartially, to the best of my judgment, skill " and understanding, do and perform the office of an Inspector of Beef and Pork, according to the true intent and meaning of an Act of the Legislature of this "Province, intituled 'An Act to regulate the Inspection of Beef and Pork; and that I "will not, directly or indirectly, by myself or by any other person or persons whomsoever, trade or deal in Beef or Pork of any description, otherwise than for the "use and consumption of my own family, during the time I shall continue such Inspector; and that I will not, directly or indirectly, brand or suffer to be branded any cask or half cask of Beef or Pork but such as shall be sound and good and of the quality designated by such brand, and with regard to which all the other requirements of the said Act shall have been complied with, to the best of my knowledge, So help me God." Which oath shall be recorded in the office of Oath how re- the Clerk of the Corporation of the City, Town, or place where the same shall be taken; and for recording such oath, and for a certificate thereof, the Clerk shall be entitled to demand and have the sum of two shillings and six pence, currency, and no more, and shall give communication of the original to any person who shall apply for the same, on payment of one shilling, currency, for each such communication, and two shillings and six pence for each Copy.

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VII. Provided always and be it enacted, that any person who at the time this present in of Act shall come into force shall hold the Office of Inspector of Beef and Pork for any place in this Province, shall on his application to that effect immediately after the said time be reappointed as Inspector under this Act by the Mayor or chief municipal Officer of the place in which he shall have acted as Inspector without any new examination or any intervention of the Board of Trade, anything in the foregoing Sections of this Act, to the contrary notwithstanding; but shall after such reappointment be removable and shall give security, and shall be bound by all the other provisions of this Act in the same manner as other Inspectors appointed under the authority thereof.

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VIII. And be it enacted, that the Inspector of Beef and Pork for the City of Inspectors in Quebec, and the Inspector for the City of Montreal, shall and may appoint one or Montreal as many more Assistants as he shall, from time to time, be required to appoint appoint Assisby the Board of Trade of the City for which he is appointed, for the acts of which Assistants he shall be and is hereby declared to be responsible; and shall be bound to increase, the number of such Assistants from time to time, on a requisition in writing to that effect from the Board of Trade, and may diminish the same with the permission of the said Board; and each such Assistant shall be be examined. subject to the approval of the said Board of Examiners, and skilful persons sitting with them, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the examination of Inspectors, and before entering upon the duties of his office, shall furnish two good and sufficient sureties to Her Majesty, in the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, currency, for the due performance of his duties, by a Bond to be taken, made, recorded, kept and delivered in the manner provided with regard to the Bonds given by Inspectors; and shall take and subscribe the following Oath, before the Mayor of the City for which he shall be appointed, who is hereby authorized and required to administer the same: "I, A. B. do swear, that I will diligently, The oath. "faithfully and impartially execute the office of Assistant to the Inspector of Beef "and Pork for according to the true intent and meaning of an Act of the Legislature of this Province, intituled 'An Act to regulate the inspection of Beef and Pork, and that I will not, directly or indirectly, personally or by means of any person or persons in my behalf, receive any fee, reward or gratuity whatever, by reason of my Office of Assistant to the said Inspector (except my salary from the said Inspector,) and that I will not, directly or indirectly, trade in the ar"ticles of Beef or Pork, or be, in any manner, concerned in the purchase or sale "of Beef and Pork, except so far as may be necessary for myself and family :"So help me God" and such bond shall be in duplicate, and one part thereof shall be delivered to the Inspector and the other part thereof, as also the said Oath, shall remain in the office of the Corporation of the City in which the same shall be taken for the same purposes, and in all cases subject to the same regulations as to communication and copy, as is provided with regard to the Bond and Oath of the Inspector.

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IX. And be it enacted, that the said Assistants shall respectively be paid by, and shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the Inspector, and may be removed or held office at re-instated or others may be appointed in their stead by such Inspector.

X. And be it enacted, that the Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors so to be nominated and appointed are severally hereby authorized and required to cut up, salt, pack and cure, or if already packed, to unpack and examine throughout, adding salt, if necessary, and coopering up the same in the proper manner according to the

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requirements of this Act, each and every barrel or half barrel, tierce or half tierce of Beef and Pork submitted to them for Inspection: Provided always, that such Ins pection may be made either at the store, shop or warehouse of such Inspector, (which he is hereby required to keep in a convenient situation for that purpose.) or at some store within the limits of the City, Town or Place for which he may have been appointed, at the option of the proprietor or possessor of such Beef or Pork, by whom it shall have been submitted for inspection.

XI. And be it enacted, that each Inspector and Assistant Inspector shall provide and have, as aforesaid, a suflicient number of iron or other metal brands for his use, wherewith he shall brand or cause to be branded, immediately after inspection on each and every barrel or half barrel, tierce or half tierce of Beef or Pork, the words "Quebec" " Montreal" " Toronto" or "Kingston" or the name of the place for which he may be appointed, as the case may be, and the initial, of the Christian name, and the surname at full length of the Inspector, with the quality thereof as hereinafter directed; and each and every barrel or half barrel, Soft or still- tierce or half tierce of Pork or Beef, which may on inspection be found to be soft or still fed, although it may be in all other respects fat and of good quality, shall be branded by the Inspector or Assistant Inspector with the word "Soft" in letters as large as those upon the rest of the brand, in addition to the brand desig nating the quality; and in all cases where Beef and Pork shall be found to be of unsound and unmerchantable quality, arising from other causes, the Inspector or Assistant Inspector shall brand or cause the same to be branded with the word Rejected" at full lenth and in plain legible characters and in all cases where Beef or Pork may appear inferior to the mark of the packer or of any former Inspector, it shall be the duty of the Inspector or Assistant Inspector, and he is hereby authorized and required, to erase and correct the same; and the Inspector or Assistant Inspector shall also brand on each barrel or half barrel, tierce or half tierce of Pork or Beef so inspected by him, the month and year in which it was inspectpection to be ed, with the net weight and quality of the Beef and Pork so packed and examined: and for such inspection and branding the said Inspectors, respectively, shall be entitled to receive of and from the person who may have submitted the same Fees to Ing. for inspection, for each and every barrel and half barrel, tierce or half tierce, respectively, of Beef or Pork so inspected, salted, packed, pickled and branded, the sum of one shilling, currency, for each barrel, and seven pence half penny, currency, for cach half barrel, the sum of one shilling and six pence for each tierce, and the sum of eleven pence for each half tierce, exclusive of cooperage and repairs, the charge, for which said cooperage and repairs shall not exceed six pence per barrel or hali Bills of ins- barrel, tierce or half tierce and in consideration of which all barrels or half barrels, tierces or half tierces shall be delivered in good shipping order; and such fee or allowance shall be paid by the owner or consignee of such Beef or Pork before it shall

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be removed; and as soon as any Beef or Pork shall be inspected, a certificate or bill of Inspection shall be furnished by the Inspector or Assistant Inspector, without fee or reward, specifying neatly and legibly the quantity of Beef or Pork so delivered to him and the owner's mark or marks thereon, and the quantities and qualities ascertained by inspection, and the charges thereof: and if any Inspector or Assistant Inspector shall, knowingly and wilfully, give an untrue or incorrect giving certificate of the quantity or quality of any Beef or Pork by him inspected, or tion. shall give such certificate without a personal examination and inspection of such Pork or Beef, he shall thereby incur a penalty of twenty pounds, currency, for each offence, and be dismissed from his office aud declared incapable of ever after following the same: Provided always, that no Beef or Pork which shall have Beef or Pork been so branded and inspected in one month or year, and re-inspected and repack- re-inspected. ed in another, shall bear any other brand of the year and month than that originally affixed to it; and all the said brand marks shall be branded on one head of the barrel or half barrel, tierce or half tierce: Provided always, that in all cases where any Beef or Pork shall have been sold subject to inspection, the person applying to the Inspector to have the same inspected shall be entitled to reimbursement of the price of inspection from the vendor, if such applicant be not himself the vendor, or unless an express stipulation to the contrary shall have pay Inspection been made at the time of sale, or of the agreement to submit the Beef or Pork to inspection Provided also that any such agreement shall imply a warranty that all the requirements of this Act have been complied with, as well with regard to the provisions to which it relates, as to the vessels in which they are contained, and the marks upon such vessels.

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XII. And be it enacted, that all such brand marks as aforesaid, shall be large and legible, and it shall be the duty of each and every Inspector of Beef and branding. Pork to govern himself, so far as may be possible, by one uniform standard of quality for each description of Beef and Pork, and such Inspectors are hereby required to brand all marks required by law upon barrels or half barrels, tierces or half tierces of Beef or Pork, within a space not exceeding fourteen inches long by eight inches broad on each of the casks inspected by them, under a penalty of twenty pounds, currency, for each barrel or half barrel, tierce or half tierce inspected and not branded, or otherwise branded than is required by this Act.

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XIII. And be it enacted, that no Inspector of Beef and Pork shall, when he shall inspect any Beef or Pork, at the store hereinbefore required to be kept by Inspector may him for the purpose, charge any storage thereon, unless the same shall have been rage. left in his store more than three days after he shall have delivered to the proprietor or consignee thereof a notice of the same having been inspected, or have delivered an inspection bill thereof to such proprietor or consignee.