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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

thereto," and Sections seven hundred and eighty-
two, seven hundred and eighty-three, seven hun-
dred and eighty-four, eeven hundred and eighty-
five, &c., of Article four of Public Local Laws
relating to Mortgages in the city of Baltimore.

Banking pro-
hibited.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
Act contained shall be taken or construed as to
allow the said corporation to issue any note, token,
scrip, device, or other evidence of debt to be used
as currency.

In force.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and immediately after the day of
its passage.

Approved March 30, 1868.

CHAPTER 256.

AN ACT to repeal Sections one hundred and se-
venty, one hundred and seventy-one and one
hundred and seventy-two of the Code of Public
Local Laws, relating to Allegany County, and
re-enact the same with amendments, relating to
Weights and Measures in said county.

Repealed and
re-enacted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Sections one hundred and se-
venty, one hundred and seventy-one and one hun-
dred and seventy-two of the Code of Public Local
Laws relating to Allegany County be, and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to
read as follows :

Weights and
measures.

170. The County Commissioners of Allegany
County shall annually appoint a keeper and In-
spector of Weights and Measures, whose duty it
shall be to try and inspect the weights and mea-
sures used by all merchants and persons, bodies
politic or corporate, in weighing or measuring any
article of merchandise, coal or produce for sale,