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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the commissioners
of Baltimore-town, or the major part of them, shall meet between the first
and twentieth day of July next, and between the first and twentieth of
July yearly
and every year thereafter, during the continuance of this act, and then
nominate
and appoint a person of good repute, and skilful in the goodness and quality
of
flour, to be inspector of flour within the said town for the year ensuing. |
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3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every
commissioner of the said town, who shall
vote for the said officer, shall take the following oath before he shall
proceed to
the nomination and appointment of the officer aforementioned: " I
A. B. do
swear, that I will faithfully, honestly, and impartially, nominate and
appoint such
person to be inspector of flour within the said town of Baltimore, as I
think in
my judgment and conscience is fit and capable of executing
the said office." |
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4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in
case of the death of such officer so appointed,
or his refusal or neglect to act, the said commissioners,
or the major part of
them, shall, as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, meet together and
appoint
one other such person as aforesaid, in the stead of the
person so dead, or refusing
or neglecting to act, for the residue of the year; and if the said commissioners
shall neglect and omit to nominate and appoint the said officer, then the
governor
and council may appoint such officer, who shall be qualified agreeable
to the directions
of this act, and have the like power and authority as if he had been by
the said commissioners nominated and appointed. |
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5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all
bolted wheat flour, and every cask thereof,
brought to the said town for exportation, from and after the first day
of August
next, shall be the bolters thereof be made merchantable and of due fineness,
without any mixture of coarser or other flour. |
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6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That from
and after the first day of August next, all
flour casks brought to Baltimore-town for exportation, shall be made of
good
seasoned materials, well made, and tightened with ten hoops, sufficiently
nailed
with four nails in each chine hoop, and three nails in
each upper bilge hoop, and
of the following dimensions, viz. The staves to be of the length
of twenty-seven
inches, but of different diameters at their heads, according to their numbers,
that
is to say, cask number one shall be of the diameter of
eighteen inches and
a half at the head, cask number two seventeen inches and a half, and cask
number three sixteen inches and a half that every miller
and bolter of flour, and
baker of bread, for transportation out of the state, shall provide and
have a distinguishable
brand-mark, with which he shall brand each and every cask of flour
or bread, before the same shall be removed from the place where the same
was
bolted or baked; and every mill or bolter shall also brand every cask of
flour
according to the respective diameters above specified, with the said numbers
one,
two or three, and with the weight respectively, under the penalty of two
and six-pence
current money for every barrel of flour not hooped and nailed as aforesaid;
and for every cask of flour or bread so removed and not branded as aforesaid,
to
be recovered from such miller or bolter who shall neglect
to comply with the direction
of this act, or from the person who brings such bread or flour to Baltimore-town
aforesaid for sale; and in case a recovery shall be had against such person
bringing the said bread or flour for sale as aforesaid, for the said penalty,
such
person shall and may have a recovery of the same, with costs, against the
miller
or bolter from whom such bread or flour was purchased or received, upon
making
it appear that he gave notice to such miller or bolter, that he intended
to carry
the same to the town aforesaid for sale for exportation, and that he requested
such miller or broker to secure and mark the said barrels as aforesaid. |
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7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the
said miller and bolters shall put into the
casks number one the full quantity or weight of two hundred
and twenty-four
pounds of flour, in the casks number two the full quantity or weight of
one hundred
and ninety-six pounds, and in the casks number three the full quantity
or
weight of one hundred and sixty-eight pounds of flour; and that if any
miller or
bolter shall pack any cask with a less quantity of flour than is directed
by this act
to be contained in the casks of the different sizes and dimensions above
mentioned,
he shall forfeit, if the deficiency be one pound, six-pence current money,
if
two pounds one shilling and six-pence, and two shillings per pound for
every
pound deficient above two. |
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8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all
casks wherein bread shall be packed shall be
weighed, and the tare marked thereon, and if any person shall put a false
or
wrong tare on any cask of bread, to the disadvantage of the purchaser,
he or she
shall forfeit, for every cask so falsely tared, five
shillings current money; and the
inspectors, or their assistants respectively, upon suspicion, or upon the
request of
the buyers, shall and are hereby required to unpack any such cask of flour
or
bread as aforesaid, and if there shall be a lesser quantity of flour than
is above directed,
or if the cask or casks wherein bread is packed shall be found to weigh
more than is marked thereon, then the miller, bolter, or baker, as the
case may |
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