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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FEDERAL GAZETTE.
MO N D A Y, APRIL 6, 1807.
By Authority.
AN ORDINANCE
For the Inspection of Fish in the cily of
Baltimore.
it enacted and ordained by the Mayor
and Cjty Council of Baltimore,
That all salt-
,cd fish in barrels or half barrels brought I V. And be it enacted ana oraamea, jumi
to the city of Baltimore, for sale, shall be I the said inspector shall not purchase direct,
inspected agreeably to the provisions of this I ly or indirectly, any salted fish by him con-
ordinance '; and a person skilful in the 1 demned, or any fish whatever other than
half barrel so exported, or laden on board
of any vessel for exportation ; nor shall it be
lawful for any person or persons to purchase
or sell in the city of Baltimore any such cask
not previously inspected and branded, un-
der the penalty of ten dollars for every such
cask so sold, or offered for sale, or purchas-
ed within the said city.
V. And be it enacted and ordained, That
ordinance
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fi-fh -shall .be -appomte
ny
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ly's use, nor shall he dl
:erned in making
fcask or casks, for
ith the approbation of the mayor, | 'he purpose of packing repacking or cur-
uality and well curing of salted 'or his owtv^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
" d inspector thereof ; ! rcctly, or indirectlybe concerned in making,
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and it shall and may .be lawful for the said ] vending or furnishing any
inspector, with theapp
lo ^appoint a deputy, ^^^^^^^^^^^
same power, and be allowed the same fees,
ns the said inspector. Provided nevertheless,
the said inspector shall be answerable for
the conduct of his deputy, and the said in-
spector shall obtain annually on the first
day,of May, a license under the seal of the
corporation, and for every such license he
shall pay to the register for the use of the
city, one hundred dollars, and he shall give
bond with security to the satisfaction of the
may r for the faithful performance of the
duties of his office, and shall keep an exact
account of the number of barrels and half
barrels of fish by him inspected, and once
in every three months make a return thereof
on oath or affirmation to the mayor, who is
to cause the same to be published in one or
yiore newspapers of the city.
II. And he it enacted and ordained, That
sll salted fish in barrels or half barrels,
'brought to the city of Baltimore for sale or
exportation, shall be in such casks as the
inspector may judge merchantable, sound
and fit for exportation, tightened with at
least twelve good and sufficient hoops, nail-
ed with four nails in each chine hoop, and
four nails in each upper bilge hoop, suffici-
ent in every respect to hold pickle, and of
the following dimensions, to wit: The
length of the stave to be twenty-ei|>ht
inches, and ,tha thickness thereof not less
than one half inch ; the diameter of the head
to be seventeen inches, and the thickness
thereof five eighths of an inch ; the bilge
diameter to be'not less than twenty inches
from out to out, and the chine not to exceed
one inch in depth ; and each barrel contain-
ing fish packed in the manner hereby re
ed, and which shall be sound and mer-
fil
who shall have the \ >ng any fish brought to, packed in or ex-
ported from the city or port of Baltimore
nor shall he be concerned in the cooperage
of any cask containing fish that shall be in-
spected in said city, nor shall he vend or fur-
nish anytealt for the curing or salting any
fish that are or shall be inspected in the ci-
ty of Baltimore, under the penalty of for-
feiting and paying for every offence five dol-
lars.
VI. And be it enacted and ordained, That
if any person shall alter, erase, or deface the
mark or brand of the inspector upon any
barrel or half-barrel, or shall mark or brand
any barrel orhalf-barrcl of lish which hath not
been inspected with any mark or brand si-
milar to, or in imitation of the inspector's
mark or brand, or after the said inspector
shall have passed any barrel or half-barrel
of fish as merchantable, shall pack into the
cask which contains the same, any other
salted fish, or after any barrel or half-barrel
of fish shall be marked with the broad ar-
row, shall unpack and repack the same into
other casks or packages for exportation or
sale, such pers .11 shall forfeit and pay for
each and everyoflence twenty dollars.
VII. And be it enacted and ordained, That
all salted fish brought to the city of Balti-
more for sale, and which hy this ordinance
is directed to be inspected, shall be filled
up by the owner or owners, person or per-
sons employed for that purpose and by him
or them repacked, or repickeled as the case
may be, if required so to be done by the
inspector, and in all respects completed in
such manner as he shall direct for the pur-
pose of having the same made fit for expor-
tation-, and any owner or owners person or
persons thus employed by them, refusing or
neglecting to comply therewith ; shall f 1-
feit and pay one dollar for each and every of-
fence, and any herrings or other fish requi ¦
red by this ordinance to be inspected
which shall on the examination thereof by
the inspector prove to be falsely packed,
that is to say, the fish in one part of the
cask proves to be of different and inferior
quality from the other, or packed with any
improper or unfit substances, with intent
to defraud, the owner or owners, agent or
agents, shall forfeit and pay for each and e-
very cask the sum of five dollars.
VIII, And bcit enacted and ordained, That
all and every fine or fines imposed by this
ordinance shall be recovered with costs, and
the same when recovered shall be appropri-
ated as follows, to wit ; one-half to the
informer, and the other half to the use of
the city.
BALTZER SCH^FFER,
President of the first Branch of the city
Council.
JAMES CALHOUN,
President of the second Branch of the city
Council.
Approved, March 25, 1807.
(L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH,
Mayor of the city of Baltimore.
Su-
oerfW* and " Fine," for which the said
cent, for each cask and no more : and any
cask of flour, which shall prove on exami-
nation thereof, to be unmerchantable, ac-
cording to the true intent and meaning of
this ordinance, the said inspector shall brand
on the quarter with the word " Middlings"
in letters of the size aforesaid, or cause to
be marked on the quarter with a broad ar-
row with marking irons as he shall judge
proper, or secured for further examination
if required, which examination the owner
shall procure to bs made within the space
of four days thereafter, and the inspector
shall and may demand and receive
from the owner or owners thereof, the
same rates and prices as if the same had
been branded or passed : And no cask of
flour not examined and branded by the in-
spector aforesaid superfine, fine or middlings,
shall beexprted from the port of Baltimore
under the penalty of ten dollars for every
such cask to be paid by the exporter thereof.
VI. And be it epacted and ordained, That
when any personshall think himself aggriev-
ed by the judgment of any of the inspect-
ors of the said city it shall and may be law-
ful for such person to apply to the mayor,
who shall issue his warrant directed to three
disinterested persons well skilled in the
quality of flour who shall take an oath care-
fully to review and examine th6 same, and if
the said three persons so appointed shall care-
fully review and examine the said flour, and
they or any two of them shall pass or declare
the same to be of a quality different from that
adjudged by the said inspector, then and in
such case the said inspector shall erase'the
brand or broad arrow, and put such brand
on. the cask containing said flour, as they
or any two of them shall adjudge and de-
termine, and the corporation bhall pay the
costs of the said review ; but if on such
review, the judgment o f the said inspector
shall be confirmed, then and in such case
the owner of such flour shall pay the costs
of such review, and the reviewers shall re-
ceive for their services six cents, for each
barrel or cask by them reviewed ; and there
shall be allowed four cents a barrel for sto-
rage, if stored, and if upon an appeal and
-(•view as aforesaid, the judgment of the
inspector shall be confirmed, the person ap-
pealing shall pay the expence of such sto-
;age, and shall also pay the same if an ap-
peal shall not be prosecuted ; and if the
judgment of the said inspector shall be re-
versed, then the corporation shall pay the
charge and expense of the said storage.
VII. And be it enacted and ordained, That
no inspector of flour shall purchase directly
or indirectly, any flour other than for lu%
wn family's due, under the penalty of ten
dollars for each barrel or hall'barrel by him
purchased.
VIII. And be it enacted and ordained,
Thai if any person or persons shall alter,
erase or deface the mark or brand made on
any barrel of Hour by any inspector, or shall
mark or brand any bairel of flour which hath
not been inspected with any mark or band
similar to, or in imitation of the inspector's
mark or brand, or after the said inspector
! .nil have passed any barrel of flour as mc-r-
ahantzble, shall pack Into the cask wiiich
contained the same, any other flour, or after
any barrel of flour shall be branded or mark
ed with a broad arrow, shall unpack and
repack the same into oilier casks or pack-
ages for sale or exportation, such person shall
forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for
«very such eilVnce.
, IX. And be it enacted and ordained, That
all Indian corn and rye flour brought into
the city of Baltimore in barrels or hogsheads
for sale, shall be made merchantable and of
due fineness, and shall be put in the barrels
or hogsheads containing the same, without
any false packing or mixture of stale, sour
or courser flour, meal or other substance ;
and the several flour inspectors of the city
shall be, and they are hareby authorised and
required to inspect all Indian corn and rye
flour, except as it shall relate to the cask
called a hogshead, agreeably to the provisi-
ons and for th; compensation provided by
this ordinance for the inspection of other
flour.
X. And be it enacted and ordained, That
the said inspectors shall brand every such
barrel 01 hogshead containing the said Indian
corn or rye Hour by him inspected, on the
quarter with the words " Baltimore corn or
rye," as the case may be, with a public brand
iron to be by him provided for that purpose,
with letters in length the same as herein be-
fore prescribed, and shall also brand and
mark each barrel ef rye flour, in words at
full length, first or second, agreeably to the
quality, which on inspection he shall deter-
mine the said flour to be of; and any Indian
corn flour not passing inspection for the
first of the said qualities ; and any rye flour
not passing inspection for either of the said
qualities, shall not be exported under the
penalty of three dollars for every barrel or
hogshead thereof so exported, to be paid by
the person persons or exporting the same.
XI. And be it enacted and ordained, That
if any Indian corn Hour which shall be
brought in barrels or hogsheads to the city
of Baltimore for sale, shall not upon inspec
tion appear to be well and thoroughly kiln
dried, the same shall not pass inspection nor
be exported under the penalty of three dol-
lars tor every barrel or hogshead of Indian
corn flour so exported, contrary to the pro-
visions of this ordinance, to be paid by the
person exporting the same.
XII. And be it enacted and ordaiaed,
That the several penalties of this ordinance,
shall be deemed and held to extend to Indian
meal and rye flour, brought to the said city
of Baltimore in barrels or hogsheads, in the
same manner as is provided respecting wheat
flour, brought in casks to the city of Balti-
more for sale, except where it is otherwise
provided by this ordinance.
XIII. And be it enacted and ordained.
That if any owner, seller, agent or other
person, shall prevent the said inspector or
hispvctors from exercising the duties assign-
fence, the sum of ten dollars.
XIV. And be it enacted and ordained,
That all fines and forfeitures incurred under
the fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth and ele-
venth sections of this ordinance, shall be
appropriated the one half to the informer,
and the other half to the use of the city,
and that all other lines imposed by this or-
dinance, shall be collected by the flour in-
spectors for the use of the city.
BALTZEfl SCHyaFFER,
President of tke First Branch of the City
. Council.
JAMES CALHOUN,
President of tke Second Branch of tke City
Council.
Approved March 28, 1807.
(L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH,
Mayor of the city of Baltimore.
(O)
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating the sale of Lime in the city of
Baltimore.
I. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayer
and city council of Baltimore, That all lime
brought to the city of Baltimore for sah>
shall be measured in a bushel measure of
at least fifteen and a half inches diameter
in the clear at the top, which shall be brand-
ed by the keeper of the standard of dry
measures; and the fine and coarse parts of
said lime in the measure shall be mixed to-
gether, and the said bushel shall be heap- •
ed ; and any person measuring, selling or
purchasing lime by any other measure or in
any other manner than herein prescribed,
shall forfeit and pay for every such offence.,
the sum of two dollars; and all fines herein,
imposed, shall be appropriated as follows,
viz : one half to the informer, and the
other half for the use of the city.
BALTZER SCH7EFFER,
President of the first Branch of the City)
Council.
JAMES CALHOUN,
President of the second Branch ef the City
Council.
Approved, April 2, 1807.
(L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH,
Mayor of the city of Baltimore.
(P)
Farmer's Bank of Maryland.
NOTICE ii hereby given, that the Book*
will he opened at Annapolis, .11 Monday the
13lh day of April next, and continue' open.
he next day for the disposal of the number of
Shares remaining unsubscribed in the Farmer*
Bank, ontho Western Shore ; the subscripti-
on to bo taken at the Banlc, between the
hours of ten and five, each day ; the subscrib-
evs to pay ten doliars en each share at the
time of subscribing', and residue as follows,
to wit : Ten dollars on the thirteenth day ot
June i ten dollars on the 13th day of Augusts,
ten dollars on the thirteenth day of October ; Uv
ten dollars on the twelfth day of December?
aext, but reserving to any subscriber the li-
berty of paying- at any one of those days, the
.vbole of Ms subscription then due The
iiuires which may be subscribed above the
n'-imbe- limited, 10 be reduced by a proportional
& scluctlon throughout the several counties, on
the Western Shore, or by lot, if necessaryj
and the monies that may be paid thereon, to
be immediately repaid al the Bank.
Ii' any stockholder shall fail to make regug
lar payment of any instalment (after the firnt
payment) such stockholder's money in Bank,
shall remain free from interest and net entitled
to dividend, until such instalment, or call
shall be made good, and the dividend there-
after to be paid to such stockholder (as well
upon the money by him regularly paid as up-
on the money paid alter default) skali be cal-
culated only from the time when said last in-
stalment was made good.
Tha subscribed/ shares of the Farmer's
Bank having already risen above par, and be-
ing in great demand, the directors deemed it
to be their duty to giveeverj facility in their
power to the citizens of every part of the
Western Shore, to become proprietors of a
Stock, to which expel ilnee has already at-
tached an high degree of confidence and an
enhanced value, and which from every ap-
pearance, would rapidly appreciate whenever
the subscription of the surplus shares should
remove the possibility of procuring the stock
at a lower value, than the successful! man-
agement of the institution and the public opi-
nion should have conferred on it, notwithstand-
ing1, therefore, that the charter directed that
the subscription Books for this stock shall be
opened at Annapolis, yet the directors hold
themselves at liberty and have determined it
to be their ttuty, to devise means trlac com mo-
date the citizens of the several counties, who
might wish to subscribe, but who cannot, at-
tend at Annapolis s in conformity therefore,
to a determination that had already obtained,
at a joint meeting- of the directors of tha
Bank and Branch Bank, on a sirnilar occasi-
on, the board have adopted the following re-
solution :
That the directors for the several counties
on the Western Shore, be authorised and di-
rected to receive in their respective counties*
from all persons who may offer to subscribe
for Stock in the Fanner's Bank, on the day,
u- days appointed for subscribing, powers of
attorney, enabling some person to subscribes
for thein at Annapolis, ami also to receive
from persons so disposed to subscribe, the
iiuns which are made, payable, on subsoip.
tions personally made, and all subscriptions
made under powers as aforesaid, shall be
held and deemed as valid, as if made by
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