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CHAP.
II. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
aforesaid, to inspect the provisions brought thereto for sale, and,
if any shall be
found unsound or unwholesome, to destroy the same, and also to try
and adjust
the weights and measures used at the said market by the county standards,
and
the same, when false or untrue, to seize and dispose of to the highest
bidder, and
the money arising from such sale to be applied as the other fines set
by this act
are appropriated. |
May rent
stalls, &c. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That the said clerk, so as aforesaid nominated and
appointed, shall have full power to rent and hire out, as well the
stalls and
shambles in the said market-house, as the rooms and apartments that
now are, or
hereafter may be, made over the same, and a fair and just account of
the profits
arising from such rents the said clerk is hereby directed to keep,
and apply the
same from time to time, under the directions of the said court, to
the like uses as
the fines set by this act are directed to be applied; and the said
clerk shall be
allowed, at the discretion of the said court, a sum not exceeding twenty
pounds,
to be levied upon the inhabitants and proprietors of property in the
said town by
equal assessment, and collected as county charges are. |
Justices to appoint
weighers
of hay,
&c. |
XII. And,
whereas great complaints are made of frauds practised in the sale
of hay and wood brought to the said town, Be
it enacted, That the justices of
the orphans court for Kent county, or the major part of them, shall
meet and
assemble at the court-house of the said county, on or before the first
day of January,
in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and yearly
and every
year thereafter, in the month of October in such year, and there nominate
and
appoint any number of persons not exceeding three, of good repute and
skill, to
be weighers of all hay, and wood-corders of all fire-wood, that shall
be brought
to and sold within the said town; and in case any of the said officers,
so appointed,
shall die, resign, or refuse to act, or be rendered incapable of acting
or
serving, as aforesaid, be misbehaviour, removal or otherwise, the justices
of the
orphans court, or the major part of them, shall, as soon as conveniently
may be
thereafter, meet together, and nominate and appoint another such person
as
aforesaid, in the room of him so dying, resigning, or refusing to act,
or rendered
incapable of acting or serving as aforesaid, for the residue of the
year to come. |
| Their oath. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That every weigher of hay and wood-corder shall,
before he acts as such, take the following oath or affirmation (if
a quaker, menonist
or dunker, nicolite or new quaker) before some justice of the peace:
" I, A. B. do swear, or solemnly, sincerely and truly, declare and
affirm, that
" I will, when required, well and truly, according to the best of my
skill and
" judgment, weight all hay, and cord all wood, without any fear, favour,
affection,
" malice or partiality, whatever, to the buyer or seller; and that
I will
" not, willingly or wittingly, charge, ask, take, receive, exact or
demand, any
" other or larger fee or reward, for doing any duty, than what is allowed
by
" law." |
Fire-wood to
be corded, &c. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That from and after the first day of January next,
all fire-wood brought to and offered for sale in the said town, whether
by land or
water, shall be set up, corded and measured, by some wood-corder appointed
as
aforesaid, and that each cord of wood shall be eight feet in length,
four feet in
breadth, four feet in height, and well stowed and close packed; and
that the
said wood-corder, for his trouble in cording and packing the same,
shall have
and receive the sum of six-pence current money for each cord, the one
half to
be paid by the buyer, the other half by the seller. |
Penalty on
buying wood
not corded,
&c. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That if any person shall purchase or buy any fire-wood
brought to the said town, and shall neglect or refuse to have the same
corded and measured by some wood-corder appointed as aforesaid, such
person
shall forfeit and pay the sum of five shillings for every cord so purchased
and
bought, and which the said person shall refuse or neglect to have corded
as aforesaid,
or shall refuse or omit to request one or other of the said corders
to cord
pursuant to this act. |
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