238 Assembly Proceedings, November 16-December 23, 1773.

Liber R. G.
1773

County to be paid to and applied by them to the Use of the said
Town and the said Clerk may be removed and displaced by the Com-
missioners of the said Town for the Time being at their Pleasure and
Discretion.

[Blown
Meat to be
seized and
condemned
for the Use
of Prison-
ers in Balti-
more County
Jail.]
[Penalty on
offering
such Meat
for Sale.
[Provisions
sold by
Weight to
be weighed
in Scales,
&c.

And be it enacted That if any Butcher or other Person shall
sell or offer for Sale any Meat within the said Market which shall
be blown in such Case it shall and may be Lawful for the Clerk
of the said Market to seize all such Meat sold or offered for Sale in
the said Market and the same to Condemn to and for the Use of
the Prisoners confined in Baltimore County Jail and the Butcher
or other Person for every such Offence shall forfeit and pay the
Sum of forty Shillings Current Money.

And be it enacted That from and after the first Monday in March
next all Meat and every Article of Provision sold by Weight within
the said Market shall be weighed in Scales and Weights tryed and
adjusted by the Standard of the County or the Standard to be
provided and kept by the Commissioners as aforesaid and any
Person offering Provision for Sale within the said Market who

[Penalty on
Persons
weighing
with Steel-
yards.]
[Clerk of
the Market
to hire out
the Stalls,
&c.]
p. 280

shall make Use of or weigh with Steelyards shall forfeit and pay
the Sum of twenty Shillings Current Money for every such Offence.

And be it enacted That the Clerk of the said Market shall have
full power to rent or hire out the Stalls and Shambles in the said
Market House and the Rooms and Apartments over the same and
shall keep a fair and just Accounts of the Profits arising from such
Rents and of all Fines and Forfeitures he shall receive by Virtue
of this Act and shall apply the same according to the Directions
of the Commissioners of the said Town for the Time being and
the said Clerk shall be allowed for his Services out of the Public
Money belonging to the said Town at the Discretion of the said
Commissioners not exceeding the Sum of thirty Pounds Current
Money per Annum

[To take
an Oath
before en-
tering upon
Office.]

Provided always and Be it enacted that before any Clerk to be
Nominated and appointed as aforesaid shall enter upon his Office
He shall be obliged to take an Oath or Affirmation before some
Justice for Baltimore County Justly truly and impartially to per-
form the several Duties required of him by this Act and the several
Oaths to the Government appointed by Law and subscribe the
Oath of Abjuration and repeat and sign the Test

[In case of
his Death or
Removal
another
to be
chosen.]

And be it enacted That in Case of the Death or Removal or other
Disqualification of any Clerk of the said Market immediately there-
upon or as soon as may be the Commissioners of the said Town or
the Major Part of them shall Nominate and appoint some other
Person duly qualified as aforesaid to be Clerk for and during the
Residue of the Year who shall have full power and Authority as
Clerk of the Market in the said Town —