INSPECTIONS.

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appoint two persons, well skilled in the quality and measure of
lime, whose duty it shall be, to measure and inspect all the lime

to appoint
Inspectors.

brought to the city of Baltimore for sale, or to be used therein,

which lime shall be measured by the standard bushel, or Balti-

How

more seal, in which is contained twenty-one hundred and fifty

measured.

cubic inches ; and each of said inspectors and measurers, in the

event of sickness or other disability, may with the approbation

of the mayor, have power to appoint a deputy or deputies, as
the case may be, the said inspectors and measurers being re-

Deputy,
inspectors.

sponsible for the official acts of the said deputies; and the

said inspectors or their deputies, before they enter upon the

duties of their offices, shall make oath or affirmation, as the case

Oath of

may be, before the mayor, that they will faithfully execute the

office.

duties of their office, agreeably to the provisions of this act, and

according to the best of their knowledge and ability.

The power of appointment is transferred by 1835, ch. 76, to the governor.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the mayor be, and he is

Stands for

hereby authorized to designate stands for the inspection and

inspection.

measurement of lime, and to establish such and so many, as in

his judgment the public convenience may require, and the said

inspectors' and their deputies shall change their stand alternately,

on the Monday of each week.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That all the lime brought to the

Regulation

city, for sale, or intended to be used therein, shall be taken to

one of the stands designated by the mayor, and there submitted

for inspection when required, on the same day, on which it is to

be sold, to be inspected and measured by the person appointed

as aforesaid, who shall measure and inspect the same in the

wagon, car, cart, or other carriage, in which it is brought

agreeably to the standard hereafter mentioned, and give to the

seller a certificate of the quality and quantities thereof; that is,

Qualities.

whether it be, first, second or third quality, for which certificate

Compensa-

he shall be entitled to receive as a compensation thirty-seven
and a half cents.

tion of
inspector.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all lime brought to the city

Lime

in casks for sale, by water or otherwise, shall be measured and
inspected in the same manner, the quantity and quality to be

brought by
water.

marked with a legible brand mark on the cask, or other vessel

Casks to be

containing the same ; and for every cask or other vessel so in-

branded.

spected and measured, the inspector shall be entitled to receive
twelve and a half cents, as his compensation ; and all lime
brought to the city, whether by land or water, which in the
judgment of the inspector, is below the standard of third quality,
shall be condemned, and thus mentioned in the certificate given
by the inspector, and also marked on the cask or other vessel.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any person selling or buying
lime not measured and inspected as aforesaid) shall forfeit and
pay ten dollars for every offence.

Compensa-
tion to
inspectors;
lime below
standard
condemned ;
so certified
or branded.

Penalty for
selling
without
inspection.