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Failure or
refusal to
make report.
False return
. Duty of the
Comptroller
in case of
failure to
make return.
Treasurer to
open an ac-
count with
grain
weighers
fund.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
which may accrue under this Act, shall not exceed
the amount to the credit of the weighing fund, as
provided by law, and if there shall not be in the
treasury, to the credit of said grain weighing fund,
a sufficient sum after paying the expenses incurred
under this Act, to pay in full the said salaries of the
said Weigher General and Weighers, then ratable
deduction shall be made between the said Weigher
General and said Weighers.
SEC. 15. And he it enacted, That if either the Weigher
General or any Assistant Weigher shall fail or refuse
to make the report and pay over the money required
of them by this article, or shall make a false report
on complaint of the Comptroller to the Governor,
(and it is hereby made his duty to complain when-
ever either of said officer shall fail to do their duty,)
the Governor shall forthwith suspend him from
office, and he shall remain suspended until lie com-
plies with the provisions of said section, and if the
Weigher General shall fail to comply for two weeks
after the time provided by this article, he shall be
dismissed from. office.
SEC. 16. And he it enacted, That if the Weigher
General or any Assistant Weigher shall make a false
return, either in amount of weights or money re-
ceived and paid over, he shall be liable on his bond,
and be ever afterwards incapable of holding any
office under the grain laws of this State.
SEC. 17. And be it enacted, The Comptroller shall,
whenever the Weigher General shall fail to make
the return to the Treasurer hereinbefore required,
send a copy of his bond to the State's Attorney for
the City of Baltimore, to be put in suit, whose duty
it shall be to proceed thereon, for the speedy re-
covery of the penalty thereof as upon other official
bonds.
i SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer shall
open an account with the grain weighing fund, and
credit to said account or fund, all money paid into
the Treasury by the Weigher General, and the sur-
plus of fees that may hereafter be received from any
weigher holding office under the provisions of any
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