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not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each and

every offence, to be recovered before any justice of the peace in

the city of Baltimore.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That hereafter the general in-

Expenses

spector and three assistant inspectors of flour, shall apportion
among themselves the whole expenses of their respective of-
fices, and each shall bear and pay an equal part of such ex-

and pro-
ceeds to
be appor-
tioned.

penses, and in like manner the proceeds of their offices as

inspectors, and of the sales of the drawings, shall be equally

divided among them, any thing in any law to the contrary

notwithstanding.

AN ACT, Supplemental to an Act, providing for the appointment of Lime

Inspectors for the City of Baltimore, and prescribing their duties, passed

December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. — 1839, ch. 290.

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Two in-

That there be annually appointed for the city of Baltimore,

spectors to
be ap-

two persons well skilled in the quality of line, to measure

pointed.

and inspect all lime made in or brought to the city of Balti-

more for sale, or to be used therein in wagons, carts or other
carriages, which shall be measured by the Winchester bushel,

Mode of
measure-
ment.

containing twenty-one hundred and fifty cubic inches.

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

Mayor to

authorized to designate two stands for the inspection and mea-
surement of lime in such part of the city as the public con-

designate
stands.

venience, agreeably to his judgment may require, and the said

inspectors shall change their stands alternately on the Monday

of each week.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all lime made in or brought

Line,

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

except
brought by

except in cars on the rail road, and in which case the in-

rail road, to

spectors must inspect on the road within the limits of the city,

be taken to
the stands.

by being duly notified that such lime is there for inspection,

and all other lime brought to the city, shall be taken to one of

the stands appointed, and there submitted on the same day on

which it was sold, to the inspection and measurement of the

persons appointed as aforesaid, who shall inspect the same in

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

agreeable to the standard hereafter mentioned, and give the

seller a certificate of the quantity thereof, and also of its

quality, that whether it be first, second or third quality, for

which certificate he shall be entitled to receive three-fourths

of a cent per bushel for his compensation.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That all lime that is imported

If in barrels

into, or exported, or intended to be exported from the city,

or hogs-
heads to be

sold or used therein in barrels, hogsheads, or other casks,

marked.

shall be inspected by one of the said inspectors ; and all bar-

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