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purchaser or purchasers of such ware, plate or manufacture of
silver, to apply to the assayer of said city to have the same
assayed, and if on assaying the same it shall be found that the
said plate, ware or manufacture is less in fineness than eleven
ounces in any pound troy, or hath not thereon the numerical
figures and the name or names as aforesaid, the person or persons
so selling or exchanging, or offering to sell or exchange the same,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for each and
every piece or article of such ware, plate or manufacture so sold
or exchanged, or offered for sale or exchange.

79. If any purchaser or purchasers of any vessel, plate or
other manufacture of silver in said city shall believe that the
stamp or mark designating by a numerical figure or figures the
fineness thereof, is a false and deceptions mark or stamp, and
does not truly designate the fineness thereof, he may apply and
complain to the assayer, who shall assay the article and decide
and declare the fineness thereof.

80. If the assayer, upon application and complaint as afore-
said, shall decide that the said mark or stamp, designating by a
numerical figure or figures the fineness of the silver article in
question before him, is a just and true mark, fairly designating
the fineness thereof, the purchaser making the complaint shall
pay to the assayer ten cents for every ounce of silver plate or
manufactured silver assayed.

81. If the assayer shall decide that the mark or stamp de-
signating by a numerical figure or figures the fineness of such
silver plate or manufactured silver is a false and deceptions
mark or stamp, and does not traly designate the fineness of such
article, the seller or manufacturer against whom the application
is made shall be fined twenty dollars for each case in which such
decision is made by the assayer, and pay to the assayer ten cents
for every ounce of silver plate or other manufactured silver so
assayed.

82. All fines and penalties incurred for violating the provisions
of this article relating to the assaying of silver plate shall be
recoverable before a justice of the peace, as small debts are
recoverable, in the name of the mayor and city council of Balti-
more, the one-half thereof to the said mayor and city council
for the use of the city, and the other half for the use of the
informer.