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owners of said carts or vehicles, which shall hold
good for one year from date, unless some repairs or
alterations be necessary to change the same, for
which services he shall receive the sum of one dollar
for each cart or vehicle so inspected and marked by
him, to be paid by the party at whose request the
services were performed; the said measurer, or his
deputies, to be in no way interested as clerk, or
otherwise engaged in the purchase or sale of fire-
wood, other than for his own use.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said measurers
or their deputies, before entering upon their duties
of office, shall take the following oath or affirmation
as the case may be, before some justice of the peace:
"I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully,
truly and impartially, according to the best of my
skill and judgment, execute and perform the office
and duty of measurer of carts according to the time,
intent and meaning of this act, so help me God. "
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Oath or affir-
mation.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said measurer shall
locate himself in some suitable section of the city,
where he can be found, where the greatest quantity
of wood is for sale; the said measures to plainly
mark by a brand on the standards of each side of
said carts or vehicles, in such a manner as that the
purchaser or consumer of fire-wood, may see the
quantity contained in each quarter, half or cord of
wood, so purchased by them; the standard of mea-
surement to be one hundred and twenty-eight cubic
feet to the cord of well stowed and packed wood.
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Location of
measurer.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any owner of a
cart or vehicle, to be used in hauling fire-wood in
the city of Baltimore, shall refuse to have such cart
or vehicle so inspected, and that if any carter or
person shall alter the marks of said carts or vehicles
after the same has been so inspected, or shall alter
the measurement of said fire-wood by increasing or
taking from the same, he or they shall be subject to
the penalty of five dollars for each offence, to be re-
covered as small debts are now recovered, before
some justice of the peace for the use of the city of
Baltimore.
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Penalty.
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