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BALTIMORE CITY.

A good
barrel may
be substi-
tuted for a
defective
one.

Sec. 2. And de it enacted, That if any barrel shall have
been so damaged, or otherwise defective, as not to admit of its
being repaired, it shall be lawful for the owner or owners, his,
her or their agent, to substitute a good and sufficient barrel,
and pay for the packing of the same, or to make such deduction

from the flour as may be agreed upon between the vendor and

purchaser; and the inspector inspecting such damaged or de-

fective barrel, shall, under the like penalty as above, certify to

what in his opinion, such damage or defect is owing.

Penalties
how to be
recovered.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all penalties incurred under
the provisions of this act, shall be recovered before any justice
of the peace for this state, in the same manner as other small

debts are now collected, one half thereof to the informer, and

the other half to the state.

Repeal.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts,

inconsistent with, or repugnant to the provisions of this act,

be and the same are hereby repealed.

AN ACT, entitled, a Supplement to the Act passed at December session,

eighteen hundred and twenty-five, relating to the Inspection of Flour in

the City of Baltimore -—1830, ch. 127.

Rates for
inspecting
flour.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the first day of April next, it shall not be lawful
for any inspector of flour in the city of Baltimore to ask,

demand or receive, more than one cent for each barrel or half

barrel so inspected, under the penalty of twenty dollars for

every offence so committed, the same to be recovered before a

justice of the peace as other small debts are, one-half to the in-

former, and the other half to the state, any law to the contrary

notwithstanding.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to authorize the Governor

and Council of Maryland to appoint the Inspectors of Flour for this

State, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-five,

chapter one hundred and seventy-lour. — 1831, ch 209.

Appoint-
ment of an
inspector
authorized.

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Asembly of Maryland,
That on or before the first day of June next, the governor and
council shall appoint one inspector of flour for the city of Balti-

more, in addition to thq three inspectors now appointed, and

thereafter there shall annually on or before the first day of May,

be appointed by the governor and council, four inspectors of

flour for the city of Baltimore, one of whom shall be styled the

Of four

general inspector, and the residue assistant inspectors, who shall

hereafter;
general

be subject to the rules, regulations and laws that are now in

inspector;

force, and applicable to the inspectors of flour in the said city,

assistants.

except as is herein after otherwise provided.

Bonds re-

SEC, 2. And be it enacted, That each inspector who may be

quired.

appointed by virtue of this act, shall enter into bond to the state