INSPECTIONS.

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purchase, from the mayor, and city council of Baltimore, the

hay scales now made use of in said city.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That in case the said hay scales

Authority

cannot be rented or purchased, then, and in that event, the said

to erect

inspectors are hereby authorized, under the direction of the go-

vernor, to purchase a lot of ground, and to erect and keep in

repair two hay scales, or apparatus for weighing hay brought to

the city of Baltimore for sale.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That all hay or straw brought to

All hay,

the city of Baltimore for sale, either by land or water, except

Sec. tone
weighed.

hay in bundles, shall be weighed by the inspectors authorized

to be appointed by this act, at the scales erected by the inspec-

tors aforesaid, and no other place, at the rate of two thousand

2,000 fbs.

pounds to the ton, and no more; and it shall be the duty of

to ton.

the said inspectors to make a reasonable allowance for the mois-

ture of said hay or straw, as well as for mud, or any other sub-

stance attached to the carriage; and the said inspectors shall

receive forty cents for each wagon load of hay or straw, and

Inspectors'

twenty cents for each cart load of hay or straw weighed, and

fee.

no more, which shall be paid by the seller ; and the said inspec-

tors shall give a certificate of each and every load so weighed,

Certificate.

stating the gross and net weight of such straw or hay, and

wagon, cart or carriage; and if any seller of such hay or straw,

Penalty for

shall neglect or refuse to have the same weighed on the day of

neglecting,
&c.

the delivery thereof, he shall forfeit and pay for every such

neglect or refusal, the sum of five dollars.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That if any person or persons

Penalty for

bringing hay or straw to the city of Baltimore for sale, except

neglecting
to have

that which is brought to the city for sale by the bundle, shall

weighed.

neglect to have the same weighed in manner herein before pro-

vided, or shall be detected in having stones, rubbish, wood, or

any thing else concealed in his, her or their load, or who shall

And for

in any manner change the condition of his, or their cart or

fraud.

wagon, with a fraudulent intention, he, she or they, shall for-

feit and pay for each and every such offence, the sum of five

dollars.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons,

For selling

after haying his, her or their hay or straw weighed, and hav-

part, &c.

ing obtained the inspector's certificate "specify ing the quantity

thereof, shall dispose of any part thereof, or in any manner

diminish the same in quantity, thereby to defraud or deceive

the purchaser of such hay or straw, such person or persons so

offending, and being thereof convicted, shall forfeit and pay for

every such offence, the sum of twenty dollars.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That each of the said inspectors

Re-weigh-

shall be authorized and empowered to re-weigh carts, wagons

big cart,

or carriages as often as he may deem expedient; and if at any

time he shall be required so to do by a purchaser of hay or