weighing in completed; and for every failure to
comply with this provision, the said Weigher Gen-
eral shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars, to
be recovered before any Justice of the Peace in Bal-
timore city, one-half of the fine to go to the informer,
and the other half to the State; the suit to be brought
in the name of the State. If any grain shall be
brought by water to Baltimore for sale in bags, the
said weighers shall weigh the said grain on board
the vessel or steamboat without removing it from
the bags, if the buyer and seller shall mutually
agree.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the Weigher Gen-
eral shall keep an office in some station in the City
of Baltimore convenient to the wharves or place
where the trade in grain is chiefly carried on, and
shall be in said office, except when upon duty weigh-
ing grain, from eight o'clock A. M. until five o'clock
P. M. ready to receive all applications for weighing
and measuring, and to hear and determine all con-
troversies between the buyer and seller in relation
to grain bought or sold as hereinafter provided, and
in case of sickness or inability to attend in said of-
fice at any time, he shall appoint some one of the
other weighers to attend to his duties in his absence.
SEC. 8. And he if enacted, That the Weigher Gen-
eral, whenever application shall be made to him by
any party interested in any grain to have the same
weighed and measured, shall proceed in person, or
direct some one of the assistant weighers to proceed
at once and weigh the same.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted. That the Weigher shall
carefully weigh and determine the weight of all
grain, and for that purpose shall procure, at his own
expense, suitable weights and scales for that purpose.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That no Weigher shall
weigh any grain after it has been once sold and de-,
livered on its arriving in said city, nor shall he during his continuance in office buy or sell, either directly
or indirectly, or receive any grain by way of barter,
loan or exchange, or in any way intermeddle with
or busy himself in procuring to be sold or consigned
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Weigher
General to
keep an office
Application.
Procure
weights and
scales.
Not to weigh
grain after it
has been sold
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