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who shall receive as compensation for the services to be performed by him, the sum of five hundred dollars, annually, to be levied and paid by the County Commissioners as now provided by law.
171. Be it enacted, The said County Commis- sioners shall procure for the use of such Keeper and Inspector, standard weights and measures, such as are used at the Custom House, in Balti- more City, at the expense of the county, and they are hereby authorized to levy on the assessable property in said county such sum or sums of mo- ney as shall be necessary to pay for the same.	Standard weights.
172. Be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Keeper and Inspector to try and inspect all seals and measures, as provided in Section one hundred and seventy, at least once in every three months, and to brand or stamp with the letters, M. S., (meaning thereby Maryland Standard,) all such weights and measures inspected by him, as corresponded with the standard of weights and measures, and any person or persons or body cor- porate or politic, who shall be found weighing or measuring with any seal or measure not branded, or stamped as herein provided, shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars for each offense, to be recovered as small debts are now recovered in this State, one- half to be paid to the informer, and the other half for the use of the free schools in the said county.	Inspect.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 30, 1868,	In force.
CHAPTER 257. AN ACT to provide for an additional Justice of the Peace in District Number Two, (Quantico,) in Wicomico County.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in addition to the two Justices of the Peace, in District Number Two, (Quantico,)	Additional justices.