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Repacking bungpacked Herrings, &c.
Notice to Officer.
Oath that they are the same Herrings.
Officer to brand the Barrels.
No Bounty or Certificate in respect of repacked Herrings, &c.
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XXIII. And be it further enacted, That if the Curer or Proprietor of any Number of Barrels of Herrings, Pilchards or Mackerel bungpacked, on which the Bounty granted by this Act shall have been allowed, shall intend to repack the same with Great Salt in the same Barrels, and as many in addition thereto as with the original Number shall be necessary to contain the same in a repacked State, the said Curer or Proprietor shall give Twenty four Hours Notice in Writing, under his Hand, of his said Intention to the proper Officer of the Fishery, and if upon Production of the said Herrings, Pilchards and Mackerel so repacked as aforesaid, the said Curer or Proprietor shall upon the Request Note (which according to such Regulations as shall be made by the said Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries, he shall have delivered or cause to be delivered to the said Officer) make oath before him, that the Herrings, Pilchards or Mackerel contained in the Barrels so produced (mentioning the Number) in a repacked State, are the very same Herrings, Pilchards and Mackerel, without any Addition or Mixture whatever, that were originally in a bungpacked State contained in that Part (mentioning the Number) of the said Barrels, whereof each is branded with the Marks or Characters, denoting that the Bounty granted by this Act was allowed or paid thereon; and if the Barrels of Herrings, Pilchards or Mackerel so produced, shall upon due Inspection and Examination be found by the said Officer to be each of them well cured, properly packed, and in all respects such as a Barrel of Herrings, Pilchards and Mackerel, on which the said Bounty is claimed or allowed, is by this Act required to be, he shall cause each of the said Barrels in which the said Herrings, Pilchards and Mackerel were originally cured, and in which the greater Part thereof shall be so repacked, to be branded with such Marks or Characters, in addition to those which shall have been already branded thereon, as the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries shall direct, and as shall denote that the same are repacked, and by what Officer the same were inspected and examined after the repacking thereof; and the said Officer shall cause each of the Barrels in which the remaining Part of the said Herrings, Pilchards and Mackerel shall be repacked, to be branded with such Marks or Characters as by this Act are directed to be branded thereon, in case the same were produced to the said Officer, in order to obtain the Bounty granted by this Act, and had been by him deemed to be entitled thereto, with such Addition to the same as the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries shall think fit to direct, and as shall denote that the same are so branded under the Authority of this Provision: Provided always, that no Bounty shall be paid or allowed, nor shall any Certificate be granted for that Purpose, in respect of any such Barrel or Barrels of Herrings, Pilchards and Mackerel, repacked and branded with such Marks or Characters, and with such Addition thereto as last above mentioned, but that the same shall nevertheless be liable to Forfeiture in all Cases where any Barrel or Barrels of Herrings, Pilchards and Mackerel, on which the said Bounty shall have been allowed, would by this Act be liable thereto.
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