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71. The person so appointed shall, before entering upon the
duties of his office, take the following oath: I, A. B., do swear
that I will, so long as I continue assayer, well and faithfully
behave myself in said office, and justly and impartially decide all
matters which may be submitted to me as assayer, according to
my best judgment and experience, and no undue profit to myself
take to the hurting or hinderance of any person, either purchaser
or seller, of any article of manufactured silver to be assayed, and
will true account make of all acts done by me in virtue of my
office of assayer, whenever I shall be required so to do by the
mayor and city council of Baltimore, so help me God.

72. He shall enter into bond to the mayor and city council in
such sum and with such security as they shall require for the
true and faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him by
law.

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73. No assayer shall be concerned or any wise interested in

the manufacturing or sale of silver plate, or manufacture of silver
within the city or precincts of Baltimore, under the penalty of
the forfeiture of his office and of his official bond.

74. The stamp which shall be used by the assayer for the
marking or stamping of silver vessels, plate, or manufacture of
silver, shall be numbers corresponding with the number of ounces,
pennyweights and grains of pure silver contained in such articles
to every pound troy.

75. The said stamp shall be approved by the mayor and city
council, and it shall be the duty of the assayer, whenever re-
quired by the said mayor and city council, to produce for their
inspection the stamp so used by him, and on failure his office
shall be vacated or a fine imposed upon him, at their discretion.

76. If any person shall cast, forge or counterfeit, or cause to
be cast, forged or counterfeited, the stamps or marks of the as-
sayer, or shall mark or stamp, or cause or procure to be marked
or stamped, any wrought plate of silver, or any wares of brass
or other base metal silvered over or resembling silver, with any
stamp or mark which hath been or shall be forged or counter-
feited, in imitation of or to resemble any stamp or mark of said
assayer, or shall transpose or remove, or cause or procure to be
transposed or removed, from one piece of wrought plate to an-
other, or to any plate of such base metal as aforesaid, any stamp,