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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and the Southern Maryland Railroad Company, upon

such terms and conditions, and in such manner, as the

said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, may

hereafter by ordinance prescribe; provided, that

Proviso

such subscriptions shall not be made until an ordi-

nance of the said Major and City Council of Balti-

more, authorizing and directing the same to be

made shall have been submitted to the legal voters

of the City of Baltimore, at such time and places as

may be fixed by said ordinance, and approved by a

majority of the votes cast at such time and places.

Approved, April 2nd, 1874.

CHAPTER 221.

AN ACT to repeal chapter one hundred and ninety-

three, of the acts passed at January session, eigh-

teen hundred and seventy two, and to re-enact the

same with amendments, so that oysters sold in the

shell at Baltimore, Crisfield, and at all packing

establishments shall be measured in an iron meas-

ure.

Repealed and
enacted in lieu

SECTION — Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That chapter one hundred and ninety-

three of the acts passed at the January session,

eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be and the same

is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu

thereof :

Oysters

SECTION 1. All oysters in theshell disposed of in the

measured

City of Baltimore, or in the port of Crisfield, or at

any oyster packing establishment in this State, shall

be measured in an iron circular tub, of any capacity

from one-half bushel to three bushels, as may be

agreed upon between the buyer and seller, said

measure shall contain in quantity for each bushel

thereof according to the following dimension, that

is to say : sixteen and one-half inches across from