INSPECTIONS.

may be, before some person authorized to administer the same,
viz : 'I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will faithfully, truly
and impartially, according to the best of my judgment, skill and
understanding, execute, do and perform the office and duty of
an inspector of lumber, according to the true intent and mean*
ing of the laws of this state, relative to the same ; so help me
God.'

1617

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That all planks, boards or scant-
ling, not exceeding eight inches square, that are sound, shall
be measured by the rule of board measure, except boards under
three-fourths of an inch thick, which shall be measured on the
surface, and marked and deemed merchantable ; and all timber
above eight inches square, to be measured, if required by the
seller; all unsound, worm-eaten, irregular sawed boards, plank
or scantling, all wind-shaken boards and plank shall be deemed
of inferior quality, and shall be condemned and marked with a
round O and cross made thereon, the rotten parts shall not be
included ; all shingles shall be, in the opinion of the inspectors,
of sufficient thickness, sound cypress or cedar wood, free from
rot, splits or twists, of good merchantable quality; and all laths
for plastering shall be put up and packed in bundles of one
hundred each, and be of the following dimensions, to wit : All
laths for plastering shall not be less than four feet in length, and
not less than three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and not
less than one inch wide, inspected, if required by the sellef or
purchaser.

Rules ana
regulations
lobe ob-
served by
them.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That no inspector of lumber shall
appoint any deputy to purchase any lumber, except for his own
use, nor sell any lumber whatsoever, on pain of forfeiting his
office.

Not to buy
or sell
lumber.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said inspectors shall be
entitled to receive as a compensation for inspecting all boards,
plank and scantling, at the rate of forty cents for every thousand
feet board measure, except in the city of Baltimore they shall
be entitled to receive only thirty cents for every thousand feet
board measure ; and for inspecting all shingles, they shall be
entitled to receive twenty cents for each and every thousand;
and for all laths ten cents for each and every thousand, so in
proportion for a greater or less quantity, the one-half to be paid
by the buyer, and the other half by the seller.
SEC. 6. Merged in 1817, ch 141, sec. 1.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to regulate the Inspection of
Lumber.— 1817, ch, 141.

Their com-
pensation.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That no person shall act as inspector of lumber except those
commissioned by the governor and council, under the penalty

Penalty for
acting as
inspector
unless sp-