WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 3033

An. Code, sec. 1. 1914, ch. 802.

1. The standards for weights and measures in this State, except as
otherwise provided in this Article, shall be the same as the standards of
weights and measures of the United States.

An. Code, sec. 2. 1914, ch. 802.

2. The County Commissioners of each County, shall, on or before the
first day of May in each year, appoint some person, or persons, as inspector
or inspectors of standards of weights and measures, who shall safely keep
and preserve the same, and, when required, deliver them to said County
Commissioners, or to such persons as they may appoint to receive the same;
and who shall perform the duties as prescribed by this article in the
territory for which they have been appointed.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1914, ch. 802.

3. The Comptroller of Baltimore City shall appoint such number of
inspectors of Standards of weights and measures as may be required for
said city, said appointment to be made in the way and manner now, or that
may hereafter be, adopted by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
under and by virtue of the powers conferred by the Charter of said city;
and said inspectors shall safely keep and preserve said standards of weights
and measures in and for the City of Baltimore, and, when required, deliver
them to said Comptroller, or to such persons as he may appoint to receive
the same; and they shall perform the several duties prescribed by this
Article in and for the territory for which they have been appointed.

An. Code, sec. 4. 1914, ch. 802.

4. Each person so appointed for the several Counties and the City
of Baltimore, before entering upon the duties of his office shall give bond to
the County Commissioners of the County for which he is appointed or to
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City if appointed for said city,
in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful dis-
charge of all the duties appertaining to his office.

An. Code, sec. 5. 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 inspectors, 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 manner 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 inspection 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