in number, and four cents for each hide in lots over one hundred in number. ther. 81. The Inspector or Deputy Inspector may inspect harness Harness lealeather and certify the weight thereof; but he shall not be liable in damages on account of any deficiency or excess in the weight of any such harness leather, unless such deficiency or excess amounts to more than five per cent. of the whole weight of the leather. sin leather. 82. The Inspector or Deputy Inspector may also inspect leather Red or moccaknown as red leather or moccasin leather, and certify to its weight, quality and condition. by the foot. 83. The Inspector or Deputy Inspector may inspect and mea- Leather sold sure all kinds of leather which are sold by the foot, and shall be entitled to charge two cents for each side or piece of such leather inspected and measured by him. 84. Any person, except the Inspector or Deputy Inspector, None but Inwho shall stamp or number any of the raw hides or leather above spector to stamp leather, mentioned, and shall expose them for sale, shall be liable to a fine &c. not exceeding twenty dollars; but he shall be at liberty to mark on the said raw hides or leather in ordinary and legible figures the weights of the said raw hides or leather, and in such cases the Exception. words Not Inspected" shall be marked above the said figures, in letters of the same dimensions and as legible as the said figures; and any person who shall expose for sale any raw hides or leather, the weights of which shall be so marked without the words "Not Inspected" as above prescribed, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. and stamps. 85. Each Inspector or Deputy Inspector shall provide and have Inspector to a sufficient number of brands, stamps, or marking instruments, provide brands wherewith he shall brand, stamp or mark, or cause to be branded stamped or marked, immediately after inspection, on both sides of each hide or piece of leather, the initials of the name of the Inspector. 86. All brand or stamp marks shall be neat and legible, and How leather shall be made at one end of the hide or piece of leather, within a shall be space not less than two inches long by one and one half inch stamped. broad. branded or 87. Sole leather so inspected shall be divided as to quality, Qualities of into three classes; to be known as number one, number two, and sole leather, number three; number one representing the first or best quality, number two representing the second quality, number three representing the damaged and rejected articles: And such leather as is ordinarily distinguished among dealers, And of other by its comparative weight, shall also be divided into three classes, leather. to be known as heavy, middling, and light weight; every piece or As to liability for deficiency, limited. Moccasin and harness lea ther. Brands or marks described. Forms of. or side of leather under fourteen pounds weight shall be consid ered light; every piece or side of leather of fourteen pounds weight and under twenty pounds weight shall be considered middling, and every piece or side of leather of twenty pounds weight and over shall be considered heavy or over weight: The Inspector or Deputy Inspector shall not be liable in damages on account of any deficiency or excess in the weight of any such leather, unless such deficiency or excess amounts to more than five per cent of the whole weight of the leather. 88. Red leather or moccasin leather and harness leather shall, after inspection, be marked or branded, respectively, with the figures 1, 2, according to the quality thereof. 89. The brand or mark may be fixed or attached to the raw hide or leather, by stamping, or by any other process that may render such brand or mark indelible; each brand or stamp shall have the initials of the city or town where inspection is made, and the initials of the Inspector's name, and the weight of the raw hide or leather, as also the figure denoting the quality; and may be in the form following:- 1. 112 lbs. T., J. B., I. 2. 90 lbs. T., J. B., I. The figure 1, representing the first quality, 112 lbs., the weight, Inspector to keep books. Inspector to 3. 60 lbs. T., J. B., I. The figure 3 designating a damaged or rejected article. 90. Every Inspector of Raw Hides and Leather shall keep a proper book or books which shall be open to public inspection, in which he shall, from time to time, enter a statement or account of all green, raw and salted Hides and Leather inspected by him or any of his Deputy Inspectors, shewing the respective weight, quality, and condition thereof, how the same have been classified by him, for whom they have been inspected, and the amount paid for such inspection. 91. Every such Inspector shall twice in each year, and not make returns. later than the tenth day of January and the tenth day of July, make make a return to the Board of Trade of the city or town in respect to which he has been appointed, of the particulars mentioned in the next preceding section. 92. Every Inspector who neglects or refuses to keep such a Penalty for neglect to book as mentioned in the ninetieth section of this Act, or to keep books, make the entries required to be made therein, or who neglects or etc. refuses to make returns required by section ninety-one of this Act, shall incur a penalty not exceeding eighty dollars for each offence, and be liable to be dismissed from his office, and be disqualified from ever after holding the same. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE INSPECTION OF REFINED PETROLEUM. 93. Inspectors of Refined Petroleum under this Act, shall be Trade Inspecs tors of petroknown as "Trade Inspectors." They shall provide themselves leum. with all necessary gauging instruments, stencil plates, brands, stamps, pyrometers and other instruments, chemicals and appliances, requisite for the performance of their duties in a proper manner. spector. 94. Every such Trade Inspector shall keep a book or books, Books to be which shall be open to the public during all reasonable office kept by Inhours, wherein he shall record, in a distinct manner, the full particulars of every inspection made by him, shewing: (1.) The date upon which each inspection is made; (2.) The place where made; (3.) The name and residence of the person who required him to make the inspection; (4.) The number of packages inspected, and the quantity and quality of Petroleum contained in such packages. 95. When required to inspect any Petroleum by the owner or Mode of inholder thereof, the Trade Inspector shall proceed as follows: spection. (1.) He shall determine, by careful calliper gauging, the capacity Quantity. of each cask; or, when the Petroleum is not in casks, then, by some other accurate mode of measurement, the capacity of each package: (2.) He shall determine, by means of Tagliabue's or some other Quality. similar pyrometer, the degree of heat at which the Petroleum gives off a vapour that will ignite or flash on the application of fire: (3.) He shall determine, by careful examination, as to which of the grades herein established, the Petroleum under inspection should be classed in: Quantity and quality. Where brands shall be placed. Grades of refined petro leum. Further re inspection. Gravity. Having ascertained these particulars, the Inspector shall brand the packages in which the Petroleum is contained in a neat and legible manner, so as to show,— (1.) The capacity of the package in wine gallons; (2.) The fire test, or degree of heat at which the vapour given off ignites; (3.) The gravity, by Baumé's Hydrometer; (4.) The grade or quality in which the Petroleum is classed ; (5.) The place where the inspection is made; (6.) The Trade Inspector's name, and the date of inspection. 96. The Trade Inspector's brands shall be on the end of the cask or package, opposite the marks and brands placed upon it by the officers of Inland Revenue. 97. Refined Petroleum shall be classified in the following grades or qualities: No. 1. Prime White, having a gravity of 449 by Baume's Hydrometer: No, 2. Standard White, having a gravity of from 43o upwards by Baume's Hydrometer : No. 3. Prime Light Straw White to White, having a gravity of from 42° upwards by Baumé's Hydrometer: No. 4. Straw, having a gravity of from 40° upwards by Baumé's Hydrometer. 98. The gravity by Baume's Hydrometer, and the specific quirements on gravity shall, in each case, be taken at or reduced to a uniform temperature of sixty degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer; and each grade or quality shall stand a fire test of not less than one hundred and five degrees of heat by Fahrenheit's Thermometer, and shall be free from offensive odor. Each grade shall also stand the lead or litharge test, that is to say, the Petroleum shall not change color when tested by the admixture of a saturated solution of litharge and caustic soda. Litharge test. Rejected petroleum, Fees for inspection. 99. All packages containing Petroleum submitted for inspection which will not stand the tests above prescribed, shall be branded with the word "REJECTED," the Trade Inspector's name, and the date and place of inspection. 100. For each package inspected and branded, and of which an account is entered in the books of the Trade Inspector, and a return made as herein required, the Trade Inspector shall be entitled entitled to receive from the person who required the inspection to be made, a fee of five cents. nished. 101. As soon as any lot of Refined Petroleum has been inspec- Bill of inspec ted, the Trade Inspector shall deliver to the owner or holder tion to be furthereof a Bill of Inspection, in which there shall be set forth, neatly and legibly, the full particulars of such inspection as herein required to be entered in the Trade Inspector's books, together with a " facsimile," or description of the trade mark or other designation which the owner or holder may have caused to be placed on the packages in which it is contained. 102. Every Trade Inspector of Petroleum shall, within ten Return to be days after the last days of March, June, September and Decem- made by the Inspector. ber, in each year, make and deliver to the Secretary of the Board of Trade of the place for which he is appointed, or to such other person as may be designated by the Governor in Council, a true return or statement of the total quantity of Petroleum inspected by him during the three months next preceding the days specified; and every such return shall set forth the nature and description of packages, and the number of gallons of each grade inspected, and also the number of packages and gallons rejected. 103. The inspection herein provided for shall be irrespective Inspection to of any inspection made, ordered, or provided for by the laws re- be irrespective specting Excise or the Inland Revenue, which shall in no wise be affected by this Act. of excise law. CHAP. 50. An Act to amend the Act respecting Offences against the [Assented to 23rd May, 1873.] H ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Preamble. Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The forty-ninth section of the Act passed in the session held Section 49 of in the thirty-second and thirty-third year of Her Majesty's reign, 32-33 V., C. 20, amended. and intituled," An Act respecting offences against the Person," is hereby amended, so as to be read as follows: death or im "Whosoever commits the crime of rape is guilty of felony, and Rape to be shall be liable to suffer death as a felon, or to be imprisoned in punishable by the Penitentiary for life, or for any term not less than seven prisonment. years and whosoever assaults any woman or girl with intent to Assault with commit rape is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to be intent to imprisoned in the Penitentiary for any term not exceeding seven years, commit. |