1632 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 839]

purchaser; if said coal is ordered weighed by a policeman, and
there be found no deficiency, the cost of weighing shall be paid
by the Comptroller of Baltimore City.

539A. The Board of Police Commissioners shall from time
to time detail police officers for such time and in such number,
not exceeding one for each of the eight districts of the City of
Baltimore, as the marshal of police shall deem necessary. Such
policemen shall be charged with the duty of enforcing the pro-
visions, of this sub-division for the benefit of the public, and spe-
cially watching the delivery of mineral coal or coke by \carts,
wagons or other vehicles, and shall be empowered with authority
to weigh any cart, wagon or other vehicle loaded with coal or
coke at any time he may elect to do so.

540. The provisions of this sub-division of this article shall
not apply to the sale of coal or coke by the single bushel, half-
bushel or peck, nor to sales of coal or coke by manifest weight
in car or cargo lots. All penalties provided for in this sub-divi-
sion of this article when recovered shall be paid to the Comp-
troller of Baltimore City.

SEC. 540A. And be it further enacted, That all offences com-
mitted against and all prosecutions begun under the provisions
of said sections 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 539A and 540 of Arti-
cle 4 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, may and shall be
prosecuted and punished under the provisions of said sections
535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 539A and 540 of Article 4 of the
Public Local Laws of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 839.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 13 of the

Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Harford County,"
sub-title "Havre de Grace," to be known as section 190A.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That an additional section is hereby added to said article
to be known as section 190A and to read as hereinafter set
forth.

190A. Should any resident of the City of Havre de Grace
protest against the granting of such license to any applicant,
the said clerk shall hear the said protest, after reasonable notice