230 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.
of purchasing guano, a copy of the analysis of such cargo or
parcel then in market for sale.
404. 'He shall, for the information of the public, cause the tables
prescribed in this article to be published, <and shall also publish
in the agricultural journals of the State and in one or two daily
papers in Baltimore city, the analysis of samples of each and
every cargo, with the name of the vessel in which the same was
imported.
405. He shall receive from the importer or consignee the sum
of thirty cents for each ton of guano he may inspect and analyze,
weigh and mark.
406. Every person who shall import or bring into the city of
Baltimore any guano for the purpose of being sold, landed or
transshipped within the said city, and shall refuse or neglect to
have the same inspected and weighed by said inspector, shall
forfeit and pay five dollars for each bag, barrel, box, tierce or
qther package Lc shall refuse or neglect to have inspected or
weighed, to be recovered by indictment in the Criminal Court of
Baltimore, one-half for the use of the informer and the othA"
half for the use of the State.
407. If any person shall refuse or neglect to have any guano
inspected and weighed which is brought into the said city for
any of the purposes aforesaid, in bulk, and not contained in bags,
barrels or other packages, he shall forfeit and pay for each ton
of guano so brought in twenty'dollars, to be recovered by indict-
ment in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, one-half for the use of
the infoyner and the other half for the use of the State.
408. No person shall sell any guano in said city in bags, casks,
barrels, tierces, or other packages, unless the same be marked by
the inspector as directed in this article, nor shall any person
forge or counterfeit the mark of said inspector, or put guano into
any bags, barrels or other packages having the inspector's mark
thereon, and which have been already used for that purpose; and
any person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay fifty dollars for each offence, to be recovered by indict-
ment in the Criminal Court of Baltimore.
409. This law shall be construed liberally as a remedial law, so
that all persons may be made to comply with ita provisions.
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