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way before a justice of the peace; Provided, that the purchasing
pork, beef and fish by the barrel or other package, butter in
firkins or other packages not less than fifty pounds, Jbacon or
cheese by the quantity, by any merchant or shop keeper and
selling the same again in his store or shop, shall not be deemed
or taken an offence against this section.

633. Whenever any person shall be found exposing for sale
any of the articles enumerated in the last preceding section,
otherwise than in his store or shop, and there shall be good
cause to suspect they have been purchased contrary to the pro-
visions of the said last preceding section, it shall be lawful for
any person to apply to a justice of the peace for a warrant to
apprehend the person so suspected, and the justice shall have
power to inquire into the offence, and if the person suspected be
convicted thereof on the oath of one or more credible witnesses,
or if he cannot make it appear to the satisfaction of the justice
that he raised or made the articles by him offered for sale, or is
disposing of them on account of the person who raised or made
them, or that he bought the same ten miles or upwards from the
city of Baltimore, he shall be deemed to be an offender against
the provisions of the said last preceding section, and the fines
and forfeiture shall be recovered in a summary way before the
said justice.

634. All butter sold by the pound in the said markets shall

•weigh sixteen ounces avoirdupois weight; and any person bring-
ing butter to the said markets and offering the same for sale, of
less weight than sixteen ounces avoirdupois, shall forfeit the
same, and it shall be seized and taken by the clerk of the market
and sold for the use of the city.

635. The clerks of the market shall have full power and
authority to seize by distress any meat upon any stall in the
market houses of said city; if the butcher owning such stall
shall not pay the rent due thereon; and he shall also collect all
fines and forfeitures imposed in the three preceding sections,
and account for the same to the mayor and city council.

636. No charge, tax, or fees shall be set, rated, or levied upon
any person, or the property of any person, who shall attend any
of the markets of said city, with any articles or produce from
the country to vend in said markets, of their own growth, pro-
duce or manufacture, or as the agent of the grower, producer oi"