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Proviso.

shall have sold and conveyed lots in such town or village by deeds duly acknowledged, referring to such recorded Plat, such Hav. Ch. R. 44. Plat so recorded shall be deemed to have the same effect in all 2 Doug. Mich. respects whatsoever, as if the same had been acknowledged by such proprietor or proprietors, according to the statutes in such case made and provided: Provided, That all mortgages upon, or sales, contracts of sale of, or any vested rights in any lands so conveyed by any Village Plat, and which lands shall be described without reference to such Plats, or any suit or foreclosure of mortgage now pending in relation to the same, shall not in any wise be affected by the operation of this section. (1147.) SEC. 2. The record of any Village Plat heretofore made and duly acknowledged, shall be evidence as against the parties so acknowledging, of the sufficient dedication, gift and grant to the public of any portion thereof represented in such Plat as a public square; but the rights of parties to any suits now pending in relation to the same shall not be affected by the provisions of this act.

Plat to be evidence against parties.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

TITLE XI.

OF THE REGULATION OF TRADE IN CERTAIN CASES.

CHAPTER XXIX. Of the Inspection of Provisions and other Merchandises, and Regulations respecting the Sale thereof.

CHAPTER XXX. Of Weights and Measures.

CHAPTER XXXI. Of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.

CHAPTER XXXII. Of Limited Parterships.

CHAPTER XXXIII. Of Private Associations and Partnerships for Mining and Manufacturing

Purposes.

CHAPTER XXXIV. Of the Construction of Lines of Telegraph by Individuals and Associations.
CHAPTER XXXV. Of Money of Account, and of the Interest of Money, and on Judgments,
Verdicts, etc.

CHAPTER XXXVI. Of the Support and Regulation of Mills.

CHAPTER XXIX.

OF THE INSPECTION OF PROVISIONS AND OTHER MERCHANDISES, AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE SALE THEREOF.

Inspectors may be elected.

Chapter Thirty of Revised Statutes of 1846.

(1148.) SECTION 1. There may be elected in each of the organized counties in this State, as the public convenience and necessity may require, Inspectors of the following articles, namely: beef and pork, butter and hog's lard, fish, flour and meal, leather, and pot and pearl ashes; and such Inspectors shall hold their offices, respectively, for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the Board of Supervisors for misconduct in office.

(1149.) SEC. 2. Each Inspector shall, before entering on the oath and Bond. duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the twelfth article of the Constitution of this State, and cause the same to be filed in the office of the clerk of the county for which he shall be elected, and shall also give bond, with sufficient sureties, as hereinafter provided.

(1150.) SEC. 3. Each Inspector shall appoint one or more Deputies. deputy Inspectors, removeable at his pleasure, in each township within his county where he shall deem it necessary, for whose official conduct he shall be responsible; and they shall give bonds, with sufficient sureties to him, in a penal sum not exceeding five hundred dollars each, and shall take and subscribe the Constitutional oath of office, and cause the same to be filed in the office of the clerk of the county within which they shall be appointed.

BEEF AND PORK.

tors of Beef and

(1151.) SEC. 4. Each Inspector of beef and pork shall, before Bond of Inspecentering upon the duties of his office, give bond with suffi- Pork. cient sureties, to the Treasurer of this State, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars; which bond shall be approved by the County Clerk, and lodged with the Treasurer of the county for which such Inspector is elected.

(1152.) SEC. 5. Each Inspector of beef and pork shall, annu- Annual returns. ally, in the month of December, make a return to the Secretary of State, of the whole number of barrels and half barrels of beef and pork so inspected by him and his deputies, during the year preceding the first day of December in the year when such return is made, designating therein the different sorts, and the places at which the same was inspected.

and Weight of

made.

(1153.) SEC. 6. All barrels in which beef or pork shall be Quality of Parrels packed, shall be made of good seasoned white oak, or white Contents. ash staves and heading, free from any defect, and each barrel shall contain two hundred pounds of beef or pork. (1154.) SEC. 7. Such barrels shall measure seventeen and a Barrels, how half inches between the chimes, and be twenty-nine inches long, and be hooped with at least twelve good hickory, white oak, or other suitable hoops; and if the barrel be made of white ash staves, it shall be hooped with at least fourteen such hoops; the staves and heads shall be made of a proper thickness, and the hoops shall be well set and driven together.

Half Barrels.

Quality, etc., of
Ref.

renominations of Beef.

Mess Beef

Frime Beef

Cargo Beef.

How Salted.

How Branded.

(1155.) SEC. 8. The half barrels in which any beef or pork shall be packed, shall contain not less than fifteen, nor more than sixteen gallons, and made in proportion to, and of the like materials as a whole barrel, and shall contain one half of the quantity of beef and pork of the whole barrel.

(1156.) SEC. 9. No beef shall be branded by an Inspector as hereinafter mentioned, unless it be of fat cattle, not under three years old; and all such beef shall be cut into pieces as nearly square as may be, and of not more than twelve, nor less than four pounds in weight.

(1157.) SEC. 10. All beef shall be sorted and divided for packing, or repacking, in barrels or half barrels, into three sorts, to be denominated "mess," "prime," and " cargo," beef.

(1158.) SEC. 11. Mess beef shall consist of the choice pieces of such cattle as are large and well fatted, without hocks, shanks, clods, or necks, and may or may not contain two choice rounds out of the same cattle, not exceeding ten pounds each; and each barrel or half barrel containing beef of this description, shall be branded on one of the heads, with the words, mess beef."

(1159.) SEC. 12. Prime beef shall consist of choice pieces of good fat cattle, of which there shall not be in a barrel more than one half of a neck, nor more than two shanks, with the hocks cut off of the hind legs, at the smallest place above the joints; and each barrel and half barrel containing beef of this description, shall be branded on one of the heads with the words, "prime beef."

(1160.) SEC. 13. Cargo beef shall be of fat cattle, with a proportion of good pieces, and not more than one half of a neck, and three shanks, with the hocks cut off in the same manner as in prime in a barrel, and shall be otherwise merchantable; and each barrel and half barrel of beef of this description, shall be branded on one of the heads with the words, "cargo beef."

(1161.) SEC. 14. Every barrel of beef shall be well salted with good clean salt, equal to seventy pounds of Turk's Island salt, exclusive of a strong, new pickle; and to each barrel shall be added four ounces of saltpetre; and every half barrel shall be salted in the same proportion, and two ounces of saltpetre shall be added thereto.

(1162.) SEC. 15. On one head of every barrel and half barrel of merchantable beef and pork inspected and packed, shall be