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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all planks (a),
boards or scantling,
not exceeding eight inches square, that are sound, shall be
measured by the rule of board measure, except boards under three
fourths of an inch thick, which shall be measured on the surface,
and marked and deemed merchantable; and all timber above eight
inches square, to be measured, if required by the seller; all unsound,
worm eaten, irregular sawed boards, plank or scantling,
all wind-shaken boards and plank shall be deemed of inferior
quality, and shall be condemned and marked with a round O and
cross made thereon, the rotten parts shall not be included; all
shingles shall be, in the opinion of the inspectors, of sufficient
thickness, sound cypress or cedar wood, free from rot, splits or
twists, of good merchantable quality; and all laths for plastering
shall be put up and packed in bundles of one hundred each, and be
of the following dimensions, to wit: All laths for plastering shall
not be less than four feet in length, and not less than three-sixteenths
of an inch in thickness, and not less than one inch wide, inspected,
if required by the seller or purchaser.
(a) By 1817, ch. 141, all white
pine boards or plank, to be marked and designated
into three qualities, &c. |
1811.
CHAP. 69.
Rules and regulations
to be observed
by them. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no inspector of
lumber shall appoint
any deputy to purchase any lumber, except for his own use,
nor sell any lumber whatsoever, on paid of forfeiting his office. |
Not to buy or sell
lumber. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said inspectors
shall be entitled
to receive as a compensation for inspecting all boards, plank
and scantling, at the rate of forty cents for every thousand feet
board measure, except in the city of Baltimore they shall be entitled
to receive only thirty cents for every thousand feet board measure;
and for inspecting all shingles, they shall be entitled to receive
twenty cents for each and every thousand; and for all laths
ten cents for each and every thousand, so in proportion for a greater
or less quantity, the one half to be paid by the buyer, and the
other half by the seller. |
Their compensation. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no body corporate
shall have the
power to appoint an inspector of lumber; and all persons acting
under any authority given them by any body corporate, shall cease
to act from and after the first day of March next, every person so
offending shall forfeit and pay a sum of money not exceeding five
hundred dollars, one half to be paid to the informer, the other half
to the state.
See 1817, ch. 141. |
No body corporate
to have power to
appoint an inspector. |
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CHAP. LXXI.
An Act for the benefit of John Reardon, of Harford County.
Lib.
TH. No. 3, fol. 88. A Private Act.
Validity given to a conveyance made
to him by Samuel Durham for lot No. 8,
in Belle-Air. |
Passed Dec. 27. |
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CHAP. LXXII.
An Act to prevent the opening of a Road in Baltimore County.
Lib.
TH. No. 3, fol. 89. |
Passed Dec, 27. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly
by the petition
of John Mackelfresh, of Baltimore county, that an order
has lately passed the levy court of Baltimore county, for opening |
Preamble. |
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