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proceed thereon for the speedy recovery of the penalty thereof
as upon other official bonds.

393. The Treasurer shall open an account with the grain
inspection fund, and credit to said account or fund all moneys
paid into the treasury by the inspector general, and the surplus
of fees that may hereafter be received from any inspector
holding under the provisions of any other law, and pay the
amount directed by law to be paid thereout and charge them
to said fund, and shall invest the balance remaining in the
treasury to its account for the benefit of said fund to be here-
after disposed of under the direction of the General Assembly
for building a warehouse or warehouses in the city of Baltimore
for the accommodation of the grain trade of this State.

894. The inspector general may appoint as many assistants,
weighers and measurers of grain as the demands of trade re-
quire, and fix their compensation, provided it shall not be more
than one-fourth of a cent a bushel, one-half to be paid by the
buyer and the other half by the seller, and may dismiss them
for neglect of or improper discharge of duty; but before said
measurers shall perform any duty, each shall take an oath before
some justice of the peace for the faithful and impartial per-
formance of the duties of the office.

895. No person except those appointed under this article shall
inspect, weigh or measure any grain within the city of Balti-
more, that may arrive for sale, under the penalty of twenty-five
dollars for every offence, to be recovered in the name of the
State for the use of the informer before any justice of the peace
in and for the city of Baltimore. •

896. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to
take away from any owner of grain the right, by written order
to his agent or consignee, desiring him to sell without inspection,
to sell and deliver the same without complying with the provi-
sions of this article.

897. No inspector of grain shall remain longer in his said
office than four successive years.