The Collector of Customs informed the Mayor that the schooner Mary, under the command of Captain Izquierdo, arrived in port carrying a large quantity of sea salt stored in copper kegs. The salt was riddled with verdigris, as a scrupulous check by the druggists Grandchamps and Dufilho verified. The verdigris posed a serious threat to public health, but the Mayor lacked the authority to order disposal of the salt. He asked the Attorney General of the State to take the necessary steps, but having received no answer, the Council resolved to publish in the local papers a warning against table use of the adulterated salt.
