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feited, the stamp or mark directed to be used in pursuance of
this act for the stamping of silver plate in the city of Baltimore,
or shall mark or stamp, or cause or procure to be marked or
stamped, any wrought plate of silver, or any wares of brass, or
other base metal, silvered over, or resembling silver, with any
mark or stamp which hath been or shall be forged or counter*
feited at any time, either before, on or after the said first day of
August next, in imitation of, or to resemble any stamp or mark
directed to be used in pursuance of this act, or shall transpose
or remove, or cause or procure to be transposed or removed,
from one piece of wrought plate to another, or to any vessel of
such base metal as aforesaid, any stamp, mark or impression,
which may be made by or with any stamp or mark, directed to
be used in pursuance of this act, or shall sell, exchange, or ex-
pose or offer for sale or exchange, any wrought plate of silver,
or any vessel of such base metal as aforesaid, with any such
forged or counterfeited stamp, mark or impression thereon, or
any stamp, mark or impression, which hath been or shall be
transposed or removed from any other piece of plate, knowing
such stamp, mark or impression, to be forged, counterfeited, or
transposed or removed as afoiesaid, or shall wilfully or know-
ingly have, or be possessed of, any mark or stamp which hath
been or shall be forged or counterfeited in imitation of, and to
resemble any mark or; stamp to be used as aforesaid, every such
person offending, in any such or either of the cases aforesaid,
being thereof lawfully convicted, shall forfeit and pay the surn
of five hundred dollars, to be disposed of as herein after is
directed, and shall be committed by the court in which judg-
ment shall be given thereon to the penitentiary of the state of
Maryland, there to remain and be kept at hard labour for any
time not exceeding the space of five years, nor less than one
year, and until payment be made of the said forfeiture.
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SEC. 6. And be U enacted. That the assay officer aforesaid
shall, previous to the touching, assaying or marking, such sil-
ver plate or manufactured silver, ask, demand and receive, for
his own use, of and from the person or persons whose property
is required to be touched, assayed and marked, six cents for
every ounce of silver plate or manufactured silver, and so in
proportion for any greater or lesser quantity which shall be
brought to be touched, assayed or marked as aforesaid, and
shall give a receipt for the same to the person or persons bring-
ing such plate or manufacture.
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Persons
refusing or
neglecting
to pay duty.
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SEC.7. And be it enacted. That if any person or persons
shall refuse or neglect to pay such respective prices, sums or re-
wards, as may by this act be demanded, and are hereby respec-
tively required to be paid on account of or for the purposes
herein mentioned, or if the silver plate, or manufactures of sil-
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