ART. 97] KEEPERS OF STANDARDS. 2187

1904, art. 97, sec. 3. 1888, art. 97, sec. 3. 1860, art. 96, sec. 3. 1825, ch. 206,
sec. 2. 1910, ch. 353, sec. 4 (p. 325).

3. The person so appointed, before entering upon the duties of his
office, shall give bond to the county commissioners in the penal sum of
five hundred dollars, conditional for the faithful discharge of all the
duties appertaining to his office.

Ibid. secs. 4, 5. 1888, art. 97, secs. 4, 5. 1860, art. 96, secs. 4, 5. 1825,
ch. 206, sec. 3. 1910, ch. 353, sec. 5 (p. 325).

4. All weights and measures used within this State in the vending
of articles, shall be inspected and stamped, or branded by said standard
keepers, and when adjusted, shall be by the said standard keepers
branded with the letters branded with the letters Md. S., meaning thereby
Maryland standard, together with figures that will indicate the year of
inspection, in such manner and on such parts of the said weights and
measures as shall be most lasting and effectual in preventing and detect-
ing fraudulent practices or impositions in the use of such weights and
measures; and the like inspection shall be repeated once in every year
and the year of inspection branded or stamped thereon; such weights
and measures so examined and stamped or branded as aforesaid, and no
other shall be used in this State in the vending of such articles as are
directed by law to be or are usually sold by weight or measure, under
a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1888, art. 97, sec. 7. 1860, art. 96, sec. 7. 1825, ch. 206,
sec. 6. 1910, ch. 353, sec. 6 (p. 325).

5. The keeper of standards of weights and measures shall attend
to the different market towns and villages in the county for which they
shall respectively be appointed, at least once in each year and at the dif-
ferent public inspecting warehouses in the said counties at least twice in
each year on some certain days to be appointed by the county commis-
sioners, of which days public notice shall be given by advertisement
inserted in some one or more newspapers in the counties in which there
may be such paper printed, and also by advertisement set up at some
conspicuous place in the said markets, warehouses, villages and towns,
and shall inspect and adjust all beams and scales, weights and measures,
used or intended to be used in said county.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1888, art. 97, sec. 8. 1860, art. 90, sec. 8. 1825. ch. 206.
sec. 6. 1910, ch. 353, sec. 7 (p. 325).

6, Each keeper of standards shall keep in book form, in which he
shall register the names of the persons whose beams and scales, weights
and measures he has adjusted, together with the day of the month and
year, and number and description of the same so adjusted, which book
he shall submit to the inspection of the county commissioners once in
each year, or oftener if required.