ART. 4.] CITY OF BALTIMORE. * 231

HAT AND STRAW.

410. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall biennially appoint two inspectors of hay and straw
for the city of Baltimore.

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411. Each of said inspectors shall give bond to the State of

Maryland, in the sum of two thousand dollars, for the true and
faithful performance of the duties of his office.

412*. All hay and straw brought to the city of Baltimore shall
be weighed at the State Hay Scales, as provided in this article,
and by one of the inspectors, at the rate of one hundred pounds
to the hundred weight, making a reasonable allowance for the
moisture thereof, as well as for the mud or other substances
attached to the wagon, cart or sled containing the same: this
section not to apply to hay or straw in bales, brought to the city

by water or rail road.

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413*. The said inspector shall be entitled to demand and receive
for each and every load of hay and straw weighing thirty hun-
dred pounds and upwards, forty-five cents, all loads less than
thirty hundred pounds, one and a half cents per hundred pounds;

for weighing hemp cables, anchors, dye woods, bark, roots, et
cetera, two cents per hundred pounds.

414*. The inspector t)f hay and straw shall sell the portable
scales, and pay the proceeds, of said scales to the Treasurer of the
State.

415. The inspectors shall give a certificate of every load of hay
or straw weighed, stating the gross and net weight of such
straw or hay, and wagon, cart or sled; and if any seller of such
hay and straw shall neglect or refuse to have the same weighed
on the day of the delivery thereof, he shall forfeit and pay for
every such neglect or refusal the sum of five dollars.

416. If any person bringing hay or straw to said city shall
neglect to have the same weighed by the said inspectors, or shall
be detected in having stones, rubbish, wood or any thing else con-
cealed in his load, or shall in any manner change the condi-
tion of his cart, wagon, carriage or sled with a fraudulent inten-
tion, he shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offence the
sum of five dollars.