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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
ble property of said county, at their next levy term,
to build a bridge over the stream running between
the village of Bladensburg and Hyattsville, and to
appoint three commissioners to cause said bridge to
be built in such manner as the said County Com-
missioners may deem most expedient, provided, how-
ever, the said work shall be done upon such plan and
estimate that when said bridge shall be completed it
will afford safe and easy passage over said stream.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That tins Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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'Oyster in the
shell.
Measurement
of.
Duty of par-
chaser or
seller.
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CHAPTER 193.
AN ACT to fix a standard for the measurement of
Oysters in the shell, in the City of Baltimore and
Crisfield in Somerset county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That all Oysters in the shell, disposed of
in the City of Baltimore, or in the port of Crisfield
in Somerset county, shall be measured in an iron
measure or measures, made of iron in tub form, of
any capacity from one-half bushel to three bushels,
as may be agreed upon between the seller and the
buyer, provided, that said measure or measures shall
contain in quantity for each bushel thereof according
to the following dimension, that is to say: sixteen
and one-half inches across from inside to inside at
the bottom, eighteen inches across from inside to
inside at the top, and twenty-one inches diagonal
from the inside chime to the top, and the same shall
be even or struck measure.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the purchaser or seller of all Oysters in the shell,
in the City of Baltimore or in the port of Crisfield in
Somerset county, to use a measure as provided for
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