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to their owner or his agent, making such allowance in the nature
of tare on account of any dirt, mud, filth, or other matter
adhering to the same, as he may think just and proper.

462. He shall charge and collect for the use of the State for
the first' time of weighing any live stock, except sheep, required
by this article to be weighed, two cents for every hundred weight,
and one cent per head for every sheep; for every second and
subsequent weighing, for cattle and hogs, two cents for every.
thousand weight, and sheep one cent for every thousand weight;

and all live stock not required to be weighed, the sum of six cents
for every thousand weight.

463. He shall keep a full record of all weights as contained
and determined by him, of what and for whom the same may be
so ascertained and determined, and of all moneys by him received
as weighmaster, and of all expenditures and disbursements, in
books to be provided by him for that purpose, which books shall
belong to the State, and shall at all times be subject to the inspec-
tion and order of the Comptroller.

464. He shall within the first five days of every month, upon
his oath taken before a justice of the peace for said city, make a
full statement of all receipts for weighing, and from whom
received, and of all disbursements by him made, to the Comp-
troller, and shall pay over to said Comptroller all balances that
may be in his hands.

465. He shall number the pens or yards under his care used
fbr receiving live stock, and shall mark in conspicuous places on
the fences or gates thereof, in legible figures, the number of cattle,
hogs or sheep, the said pens or yards will respectively contain.

466. He shall, when receiving any live stock for weighing or
exposure for sale, put the same into pens or yards the nearest in
capacity to contain the respective droves of the different owners
thereof, and shall in no case divide and put portions of the same
drove into different pens or yards, unless such division be actually
necessary for the accommodation of the same, or to effect a
division of such droves among the different owners thereof.

467. He shall keep the pens, yards and live stock scales in
good repair, but shall have no power to change the arrangement
of the same, except to divide any one of the pens or' yards into