Shaved shingles No. 1 shall be eighteen inches long, seven sixteenths of an inch thick at the butt end; shall be free from knots and sap and shall be breasted.

No. 2 shall be at least seventeen inches long, three eighths of an inch thick at the butt end and clear of knots and sap.

No. 3 shall be at least fifteen inches long, three eighths of an inch thick at the butt.

Sawed shingles No. 1 shall be clear of knots, shakes and sap. No. 2 shall be free from shakes and sap, and clear of knots eight inches from the butt end.

No. 3 shall be free from shakes and unsound knots.

Refuse shall consist of such shingles as will not pass inspection for either of the above classes, unless in the opinion of the surveyor they shall be so inferior as to be worth less than half the price of No. 1, in which case they shall be branded O.

SEC. 7. No shingles shall pass inspection, unless so packed as to contain by admeasurement one quarter of a thousand in each round bunch, and either one thousand or one half of one quarter of a thousand in each square bunch. Each bunch or bundle shall be branded upon the butt No. 1; No. 2; No. 3; Refuse or O according to the quality, and also with the abbreviation N. H.; which brand last mentioned shall be furnished by the town.

SEC. 8. All shaved pine clapboards shall be made of good sound timber, clear of sap, and all shaved clapboards shall be free from shakes and worm holes, straight, well shaved and of the following dimensions, viz: full five eighths of an inch thick on the back, five inches wide and four feet six inches long.

All sawed clapboards shall be of the following descriptions, and shall be known as clear, sap-clear, or merchantable. Clear clapboards shall be sawed from good timber and shall not be less than four feet two inches in length, five inches in width and half an inch thick on the back, and shall be free from knots, worm holes, shakes and rots. Pine clapboards shall also be free from sap. Sap-clear clapboards shall be of the same dimensions and quality as the clear clapboards, but need not be free from sap. Merchantable clapboards shall be of the same length, from four to five inches wide, and shall be free from rots, shakes, worm holes and broken or loose knots. Two pieces of either of the above descriptions, neither of which shall be less than thirty inches long, or three pieces neither of which shall be less than two feet long, shall be allowed and counted as one clapboard; but there shall be at least ninety whole clapboards in every hundred.

SEC. 9. All white oak butt staves shall be at least five feet in length, five inches wide, and one inch and a quarter thick on the heart or thinnest edge and every part thereof.

All white oak pipe staves shall be at least four feet eight inches long, four inches broad in the narrowest part and not less than one inch thick on the heart or thinnest edge.

All white oak hogshead staves shall be at least forty-two inches long, and not less than three quarters of an inch thick on the heart or thinnest edge.

All white oak barrel staves for foreign market shall be thirty-two inches long, and for home use shall be thirty inches long, and all shall be half an inch thick on the heart or thinnest edge.

All white oak hogshead and barrel staves shall be at least, one with another, four inches in breadth, and none less than three inches in breadth in the narrowest part, and those of the last breadth shall be clear of sap.

All red oak hogshead and barrel staves shall be of the same length, width and thickness with the white oak hogshead and barrel staves aforesaid.

All staves shall be well and proportionably split.

All shooks shall be forty inches long and not less than two and a half inches wide at the ends, and full half an inch thick when dressed.

All white oak hogshead heading shall be one inch thick, thirty inches long and not more than five pieces to one head.

All hogshead hoops shall be made of white oak, brown ash or walnut, of good and sufficient substance, well shaved, and either ten, twelve or fourteen feet in length; the oak and ash hoops shall not be less than one inch broad, and the walnut hoops not less than three quarters of an inch broad at the least; all hoops of ten, twelve and fourteen feet respectively, shall be made up in distinct bundles by themselves containing twenty-five hoops each, and each bundle intended for exportation shall be branded on the band thereof with the brand of the town whence exported.

All hoops and staves shall hereafter be counted and sold by the decimal hundred.

SEC. 10. Surveyors and cullers shall receive the following fees: for surveying shingles and clapboards, four cents per thousand, to be paid by the buyer; for viewing and culling barrel staves, twenty-eight cents per thousand; for hogshead staves, thirty-four cents per thousand; for pipe staves, forty cents per thousand; for butt staves, forty-five cents per thousand; for shooks, one third of a cent each; for hoops, fifty cents per thousand; and for heading, thirty-three cents per thousand; the refuse to be counted in all cases as well as the merchantable; the fees for such survey to be paid by the owner, and the fees paid for the survey of the merchantable, to be by him recovered of the buyer; for surveying boards, timber and other lumber eight cents per thousand feet for viewing only, and eight cents per thousand feet additional for measuring and marking, and in the same proportion in all cases for a less quantity.

SEC. 11. If any person shall export or ship for exportation from this State any boards, staves, hoops, shooks, heading or clapboards not surveyed, culled, inspected and branded according to the provisions of this chapter, such person for each offence shall

forfeit one quarter part of the value of all articles so shipped or exported.

SEC. 12. If any person shall export or ship for exportation, any shingles branded O, or not branded according to law, he shall forfeit the same or the value thereof.

SEC. 13. If any surveyor or culler shall be guilty of any fraud or deceit in the surveying or culling of any boards, staves, hoops, shooks, heading, shingles, clapboards or timber, or shall connive at or allow of any breach of this chapter, he shall forfeit for each offence thirty dollars.

SEC. 14. If any surveyor or culler shall unreasonably refuse or neglect to attend to his duties upon tender of the fees therefor, he shall forfeit for each offence three dollars.

SECTION

CHAPTER 110.

OF THE SALE OF HAY, LEATHER AND CORD WOOD.

IDENTICAL WITH

Chapter 107 of the Revised Statutes.

1. Pressed hay, how branded.

2. Penalty if not branded.

3. Leather stamped by maker, effect. 4. Penalty for stamping fraudulently.

SECTION

5. Wood, how measured.

6. Measurers, their duties and fees.
7. Penalty for fraud or neglect.

SECTION 1. All pressed hay offered for sale in this State or shipped for exportation, shall be branded in some conspicuous place on each crate or bundle, with the first letter of the christian name or names and the whole of the surname of the person packing or pressing said hay, and with the name of the town and initials of the State where the same is pressed.

SEC. 2. If any person shall offer for sale or ship for exportation any crate or bundle of pressed hay not branded as aforesaid, he shall forfeit five dollars for each offence.

SEC. 3. Each manufacturer of leather shall have the exclusive right of stamping leather by him manufactured, with the initial letter of his christian name or names and the whole of his surname and the name of the town of his abode, and such stamp shall be deemed a warranty that the leather so stamped is merchantable, made of good materials and well manufactured.

SEC. 4. If any person shall fraudulently stamp any leather with the name or stamp of any other person or shall aid therein, he shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. All cord wood exposed to sale shall be either four feet, three feet or two feet long, including half the kerf; and being well and closely laid together, a quantity measuring eight feet in length, four in width and four feet in height, shall constitute one cord.

SEC. 6. Measurers of wood shall be chosen by each town at the annual meeting, who shall be duly sworn, and whose duty it shall be to measure any wood when requested and to give a certificate thereof, and for such measurement and certificate he shall be paid at the rate of four cents per cord, to be paid by the purchaser.

SEC. 7. If any measurer upon tender of his fees, shall unreasonably neglect or refuse to measure or certify any wood so brought to him for that purpose, or shall give any false certificate, he shall forfeit for each offence five dollars.

SECTION 1.

The selectmen of Portsmouth shall annually appoint one or more measurers of grain in said town, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duty, and who shall hold their office until new ones shall be appointed and qualified.

SEC. 2. All corn and grain imported into said town by sea, shall be measured by one of said measurers, except where the quantity is less than ten bushels.

SEC. 3. The fees for measuring shall be as follows: for any quantity not exceeding fifty bushels, one cent per bushel, and for any quantity exceeding fifty bushels, one half cent per bushel, to be paid in all cases by the purchaser.

SEC. 4. Said measurers shall use no other measures than such as are specially provided for this purpose, and in strict compliance with the law.

SEC. 5. If any measurer shall use any deception in measuring any grain or corn, or shall give a fraudulent certificate of any measurement, the person injured may recover of said measurer four fold damages for the injury sustained, by an action on the case in any court proper to try the same.

SEC. 6. If any person importing corn or grain as aforesaid shall sell or dispose of any quantity thereof exceeding ten bushels, without having the same measured as aforesaid, he shall forfeit for each bushel so sold or disposed of, twenty cents, to be recovered by action of debt in the name and to the use of said town.

CHAPTER 112.

OF THE WEIGHT OF OATS, POTATOES AND BREAD.

SECTION 1. The standard weight of all oats offered for sale in this State, shall be thirty pounds per bushel.

SEC. 2. The standard weight of all potatoes offered for sale in this State, shall be sixty pounds per bushel. (Laws of 1851, chap. 1130.)

SEC. 3. Oats or potatoes may be measured in any other manner, if the parties interested shall so agree.

SEC. 4. All bread baked in loaves or biscuit which shall be exposed or offered for sale by any baker or other person, shall be sold by weight.

SEC. 5. All soft biscuit offered for sale, shall weigh either four or eight ounces each, and all loaves of soft bread shall be of the weight of half a pound, one, two, three or four pounds; and every soft loaf or biscuit shall be marked with the weight thereof, and with the initials of the christian name and the whole of the surname of the baker.

SEC. 6. If any baker or other person shall offer for sale any soft biscuit or loaf, which shall not in weight and mark conform to the provisions of the preceding section, he shall forfeit ten dollars for each offence.