JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

hundred and twenty-three of the Acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight and to re-enact the same with amend-
ments.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section five hundred and thirty-eight of Article 4
Public Local Laws, entitled "City of Baltimore," sub-title,
"Inspections, Weights and Measures," sub-division "Coal,"
as amended and re-enacted by Chapter one hundred and
twenty-three of the Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:

Coal.

538. It shall be the duty of every seller of coal to send
with each and every load of coal sold by him a card or ticket
which shall indicate on its face, in plain characters, the sell-
er's name, the date, the weight of coal contained in the cart,
wagon or other vehicle in which it is being transported; and
any vender of coal violating such provisions, or being found
selling or delivering any load of coal without such card or

Description
tickets with
every load of
coal.

ticket, shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars
nor more than ten dollars for each and every offense, to be
recovered and appropriated as provided in the preceding sec-
tion; provided, however, that two per centum shall be allowed
in the weight of the coal in the said cart, wagon or other
vehicle for variation of scales; and provided, further, that
nothing in this section contained shall apply to sales of coal
by -manifest weight in car or cargo lots.

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

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 525.
AN ACT to sanction the bequest of one thousand dollars to
the vestry of St. Luke's Church, by Eloise Baker, late of
Baltimore City, deceased.

Penalty for
violation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sanction and consent of the General Assembly
of Maryland be and the same are hereby given and declared
to the bequest made by and contained in the last will and
testament of Eloise Baker, late of Baltimore City, deceased,
of one thousand dollars to the vestry of St. Luke's Church,
a body corporate of the State of Maryland; said will bearing
date June .29, 1897.

St. Luke's
Church.
Bequest
sanctioned.