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ART. XCVII] WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 715
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ARTICLE XCVIL
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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o. Inspection and stamping of; pen-
alties.
19. Standard barrel for green peas or
beans ; stamping ; penalty.
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Apples.
29-43. Grades; marks; size; marking
of packages; misbranded and
adulterated packages ; offences ;
prosecutions; penalties; meaning
of terms ; application of sub-title ;
public interest ; duty of board of
agriculture.
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1914, ch. 802. 1916, ch. 529.
5. All weights and measures used within this State in the vending
of Articles, shall be inspected and stamped or branded by said inspec- '
tors, and when adjusted shall be by said inspectors stamped or branded
with letters "Md. S.," meaning thereby "Maryland Standard," together
with the figures that will indicate the year of inspection, in such man-
ner and on such parts of said weights and measures as shall be most
lasting and effectual in preventing and detecting 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 inspec-
tion stamped or branded thereon; provided that such inspection and
stamping or branding, as set out in this Section, shall be done in the
City of Baltimore at such times and in the manner as is now, or may
hereafter be provided by the Mayor and City Council of said city.
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, firm or corporation or agent, employee or officer of any
person, firm or corporation; and any person violating any one of the
provisions of this section shall be liable to indictment in any Court in
this State having criminal jurisdiction, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the Court,
for the first offense, and if convicted a second time for a violation of
this section, the person or persons so offending shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned for not more than thirty
days, in the discretion of the Court, and his, her or their license, if
any was issued for the business he, she or they are engaged in, shall
be declared null and void by the Judge of said Court; and it shall not
be lawful for such person or persons to obtain another license for the
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