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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
shall inspect and adjust all beams and scales, weights and measures,
used or intended to be used in the said county, and each
of them shall keep a book, in which he shall register the names
of the persons whose beams and scales, weights and measures,
he has so adjusted, together with the day of the month and
year, and the number and description of the same so adjusted,
which book he shall submit to the inspection of the levy court,
once in every year or oftener if required. |
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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
7. And be it enacted, That if any person
or persons shall refuse
or neglect to have his, her or their beams and scales, weights
and measures inspected and adjusted as aforesaid, when required
so to do by the proper officer, he, she or they shall forfeit
and pay five dollars for every day during such delinquency; and
if any of the said inspectors are informed, or have reason to
suspect that any person or persons rae using or have in their
possession, with a fraudulent intention, any false beams, scales
or measures, it shall be their duty, and they are hereby authorized
to examine the same, and if they find them, or either of
them false, to seize the same as a forfeiture, and after having
the same adjusted, to sell them at public auction. |
Penalty for
neglect—detection
of
fraud. |
8. And be it enacted, That the standard-keepers
shall return
upon oath or affirmation to the levy court, by which they may
be respectively appointed, annually, a statement of the money
they may receive in the performance of the duties prescribed
by this act. |
Return upon
oath. |
9. And be it enacted, That the said
standard-keepers shall respectively,
have and receive such compensation for the discharge
of the duties required of them by this act, as the respective levy
courts shall think proper to allow, which shall be levied on the
assessable property of the county, and collected as other county
charges. |
Compensation
—levy. |
10. And be it enacted, That whenever
any of the standard-keepers
aforesaid, shall be applied unto, to adjust scales, weights
and measures, by adding to, or diminishing the same, or to adjust
scale-beams, he shall be allowed an additional reasonable
compensation therefor, to be paid by the party so applying for
his services. |
Compensation
for altering. |
11. And be it enacted, That one half
of all fines and forfeitures
incurred under this act shall be applied to the use of the
informer, the other to the use of the county, and in all cases
for the recovery of such fines and forfeitures, the informer shall
be a competent witness. |
Fines applied. |
12. And be it enacted, That the treasurer
of the Western Shore
is hereby directed to pay to the governor and council, out of
any unappropriated money in the treasury, any sum of money
which may be necessary to carry into effect, the provisions of
this act. |
Treasurer to
pay expences
incurred
herein. |
13. And be it enacted, That nothing
in this act contained,
shall be construed to extend to the City of Baltimore, or to
any private house-keeper, or individual or individuals in this |
Baltimore
exempt. |
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