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Duty of In-
spector. |
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Inspector of Hay and Straw having
charge of the Eastern Hay Scales at Canton in the
City of Baltimore, to weigh all cattle and hogs
required by law to be weighed which may be
brought to said scales for that purpose, and the
said Inspector shall be entitled to demand and
receive for the use of the State for the first time of
weighing any live stock except sheep required by
law to be weighed, two cents for every hundred
weight, and one cent per head for every sheep,
and for every second and subsequent weighing, for
cattle and hogs two cents for every thousand weight,
and sheep one cent for every thousand weight, and
all live stock not required to be weighed the sum
of six cents for every thousand weight. |
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Record of ex-
penditures. |
• Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That he shall keep a
full record of all weights as ascertained and deter-
mined by him, of what and for whom the same
may be ascertained and determined, and all money
by him received for weighing live stock, and all
expenditures and disbursements, in books to be
provided by him for that purpose, which books
shall belong to the State, and shall at all times be
subject to the inspection and order of the Comp-
troller; and he shall at the expiration of every
six months, or within five days thereafter, upon
his oath, taken before a Justice of the Peace for
said city, make a full statement of all receipts for
weighing all live stock weighed by him for the six
months immediately preceding said statement and
from whom received, and all disbursements by
him made to the Comptroller, and if the balance
in the hands of said Inspector for Weighing Live
Stock for said six months shall exceed the sum of
two hundred dollars, he shall pay the excess into
the Treasury, but if there be no excess over and
above two hundred dollars after deducting all
necessary expenses for receipts for weighing live
stock, the said Inspector shall retain the balance |
