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CHAP.
XII. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
any cask or casks of flour, unless such cask or casks be of such size,
goodness
and thickness, as by this act is required. |
Not to purchase
flour,
&c. |
XVII. And be
it enacted, That no inspector of flour shall purchase, directly
or indirectly, any flour by him condemned as aforesaid, or any flour whatsoever,
other than for his own family use, under the penalty of forty shillings
current
money for each barrel by him purchased. |
Penalty on
persons altering
the marks,
&c. |
XVIII. And be
it enacted, That if any person shall alter the mark stamped on
any barrel of flour by any inspector, or shall mark or brand any barrel
of flour
which hath not been inspected, with any mark or brand similar to, or in
imitation
of, the inspector's said mark or brand, or after the said inspector shall
have
passed any barrel of flour as merchantable, shall pack into the cask which
contains
the same, any other flour, or after any barrel of flour shall be branded
with
a broad arrow, shall unpack and repack the same into other casks or packages,
for exportation out of this state, such person shall forfeit and pay the
sum of forty
shillings current money for every barrel. |
Commissioners
may remove
inspector,
&c. |
XIX. And be
it enacted, That the said commissioners, or the major part of
them, shall be and are hereby empowered, at any time, to displace or remove
the
said officer from his office, if the said commissioners, or the major part
of them,
shall see cause, and shall and may nominate and appoint another fit person
to such
office during the residue of the year, who shall have power to execute
the same
office according to the directions of this act, on his taking the said
oath of office. |
Inspector to
go on board
vessels, &c. |
XX. And,
whereas great quantities of flour are brought by water to the said
town of Baltimore, and it being very inconvenient to land the same for
inspection;
Be it enacted, That the inspector
of flour appointed by this act shall, and is
hereby directed, at the request of any person who shall bring above fifty
casks in
any one vessel, to go on board such vessel in the harbour of the said town,
and
inspect the said flour on board, under the penalty of twenty shillings
current money
for every neglect or refusal. |
May appoint
assistants, &c. |
XXI. And,
whereas it may sometimes happen, that by reason of a great quantity
of flour being brought at once to Baltimore-town, the person who shall
be
appointed inspector of flour cannot alone, with sufficient dispatch, inspect
and
brand all such flour, and as it is apprehended that the most likely means
to support
the credit of the inspection brand is to make one inspector answerable,
Be it
enacted, That the person to be by the commissioners, or the governor
and council,
as aforesaid, chosen and appointed inspector of flour, shall or may, on
such
occasions only, or in case of sickness, employ one or more persons of good
repute,
and well qualified for such service, as assistants to assist him in the
execution of
his said office; and such assistants, after taking the oath or affirmation
herein
prescribed to be taken by the inspector of flour, are hereby authorised
to inspect
and brand any barrels of flour at Baltimore-town, as the inspector himself
might do. |
Officers to
take the oaths,
&c. |
XXII. And be
it enacted, That before any of the said officers shall enter upon
the execution of their respective offices, they shall take the several
oaths to government
appointed by law. |
Penalties,
how to be recovered,
&c. |
XXIII. And be
it enacted, That all and every the penalties and forfeitures in
and by this act set and appointed, shall be recovered before a single magistrate,
as
in case of small debts, in the name of the commissioners of the town, and
be by
them laid out and expended in mending the public wharfs and streets in
the said
town. |
Part of an act
continued,
&c. |
XXIV. And be
it enacted, That so much of the act, entitled, An act to prevent
the exportation of flour, staves and shingles, not merchantable, from the
town of Baltimore, in Baltimore county, and to regulate the weight of hay,
and
the measure of grain, salt, flax-seed, and fire-wood, within the said town,
and
to prevent the exportation of flour not merchantable from Fell's-point
in the said |
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