234 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

shall be liable to the owner of the same in an action of debt
before any justice of the peace for all such deficiency; and in all
cases in which any side or sides of leather being merchantably
dry, shall exceed the inspection weight marked thereon, equal to
five per cent., such inspector shall be liable to the tanner of the
same in a like action, recoverable in like manner, for all such
excess. • '

430. If any licensed inspector shall omit or delay to inspect
any parcel of leather he may be requested to inspect, for a time
exceeding twenty-four hours after such request, he shall forfeit
and pay to the owner of such parcel ten cents an hour upon each
and every side of leather therein contained, for so many hours
as he shall omit or delay to inspect the same, over and above the
said term of twenty-four hours, to be recovered in an action .of
debt with costs before a justice of the peace.

431. It shall be the duty of the mayor and city council of
Baltimore, on or before the first day of April annually, to
appoint three arbitrators, two of whom shall be tanners and one
of them a currier or dealer in leather, who, or a majority of
them, shall decide upon the justice or injustice of any decision
to be. made by any licensed inspector, and the decision of such
arbitrators, or a majority, shall be conclusive on the subject.

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432. All appeals to the said arbitrators shall be made within

three days after the decision of the inspector.

433. Every arbitrator, before he enters upon the duties of his
office, shall take and subscribe the following oath before some
person authorized to administer the same: " I do solemnly swear
that I will faithfully, truly and impartially, according to the best
of my judgment and ability, execute and perform the duties of
the office of an arbitrator of the inspections of sole leather and
rough harness and rough skirting leather in the city of Balti-
' more;" which oath when taken and subscribed shall be lodged
in the office of the register of the said city, to be by him
recorded.

434. Each of said arbitrators shall,, for every arbitration in
which he shall act, receive the sum of one dollar, to be paid by
the person or persons making the appeal in case the decision
appealed from shall be affirmed, or in case of the reversal of such
decision by the inspector making the same.