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            LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

note or memorandum in writing, containing the day of the month
and year, the christian and surname of the worker or maker, and
place of his or her abode, with the total weight of such parcel;
which note or memorandum shall be entered by the assay officer
in a book kept by him for such purpose, and shall be afterwards
filed and transmitted monthly to the mayor's office of the city
aforesaid; and the mayor and city council aforesaid shall and may,
and they are hereby fully authorised and empowered, monthly, or
oftener if they shall think fit, to appoint any person or persons to
inspect and examine the book or books of the assay officer aforesaid,
and for every default of such silversmith, or manufacturer of
silver, and of such assay officer, touching or concerning any of
the above mentioned premises, he, each and every of them, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered and
disposed of as hereinafter is mentioned, and for want of payment
the offender shall be committed by the justice of the peace by
whom judgment shall be given thereon, to the common gaol of
Baltimore county, there to remain and be kept for any time not
exceeding the space of six months, or until payment be made of 
the said forfeiture.

DEC. 1813.

CHAP. 131.

    3.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That there shall be an able and skillful
man, experienced in assaying silver, appointed by the mayor and
city council aforesaid, as assay officer for the said city, who previous
to his acting as such, shall take the oath following to wit:  " I,
A. B. do swear, that I will, so long as I shall continue and assayer,
well and faithfully behave myself in the said office, and no undue
profit to myself take, to the hurting or hindrance of any person
that is owner or bringer in of any silver in plate to be assayed,
and that I will touch no silver but what shall be of the goodness of
eleven ounces pure silver to every pound troy, and all such silver
as shall be brought to me to be touched, I will truly set down in
writing, and the same at all times as I shall be required, will duly
and truly deliver again, and will true accounts make thereof when
thereupon required by the mayor or city council of the city of
Baltimore, and that I will set assays make of things new wrought,
before they be marked with the mark of the maker or owners thereof,
so help me God," and shall also enter into bond to the mayor
and city council aforesaid, in such sum, and with such securities,
as they shall require, for the faithful and true performance of the
duties imposed upon him by this act.

    By 1814, ch. 106 the assayer is not to be concerned in the manufacturing or
sale of silver plate or manufacture of silver.

Assayer's oath.
    4.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the stamp or mark used by the
assay officer shall be approved of by the mayor and city council
aforesaid, who are hereby directed to give public notice at least
once a month, until the first day of August aforesaid, in the newspapers
of the city of Baltimore, of the appointment of an assayer,
and the adoption of such stamp or mark; and it shall be the duty
of the assayer, whenever required by the mayor and city council
aforesaid, to produce for their inspection the stamp or mark used
by him as provided by this act, and on failure thereof his office to
be vacated, or a fine imposed upon him at the discretion of the
said mayor and city council.
Notice to be given
of appointment of
assayer.

                        VOL. III.                        14

 

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