630 HABFOBD COUNTY. [ART. 12.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

143. The standards of weights and measures for Harford
county shall be deposited in the office of the county commis-
sioners of said county, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the
county commissioners, upon application, to try and correct,
brand and mark the several weights and measures belonging to
citizens of said county, and the said clerk shall receive six cents
for each weight, measure or scale beam by him adjusted; to be
paid by the person making the application.

144. The county commissioners may, in their discretion, ap-
point a keeper of the standards of weights and measures, who
shall take possession thereof, and perform all the duties herein
required to be performed by their clerk, and shall be entitled to
the same compensation therefor, and shall give bond to the com-
missioners in the penal sum of five hundred dollars conditioned
for the safe keeping of said standards of weights and measures,
and the performance of the duties of his office.

145. If any person in Harford county shall sell by any weights
Or measures too light or small, he shall, upon conviction in the
Circuit Court for the county, be liable to a penalty of twenty-five
dollars for each offence.

WOOD OORDEB AT HAVRE DE GRACE.

146. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall biennially appoint a corder of fire wood in Havre
de Grace, in Harford county, whose duty it shall be, when called
upon by any seller or purchaser of any fire wood, to inspect and
measure the same forthwith.

147. The said wood corder shall be entitled to charge and
receive six and a quarter cents for each cord of wood he may be
called upon to inspect and measure, to be paid by the seller, and
to be collected as other debts.