WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 3045

and by the Comptroller of Baltimore City, the State Board of Agriculture
shall, through its officers, agents and employees, have the authority and
power to inspect, regulate and adjust any or all scales, beams, weights and
measures used in the several counties of the State and in the City of Balti-
more in the vending or purchasing of agricultural products and farm sup-
plies which are directed by law or are usually sold by weight or measure.
The said State Board of Agriculture shall have and exercise, through its
officers, agents and employees, all the authority and power conferred by this
Article upon the inspectors appointed by the County Commissioners of
the several counties, and by the Comptroller of Baltimore City, including
the power to condemn any scale, beam, weight or measure which it is im-
possible to repair, and to prohibit the use of and to remove and destroy or
otherwise dispose of the same. The authority and power hereby conferred
shall be exercised in such manner, by such method or methods and at such
time or times as shall be determined upon by the said State Board of Agri-
culture, and the said Board shall have power to make or cause to be made
an inspection or inspections of such scales, beams, weights and measures as,
in its discretion, the public interest shall require.

Any person, firm or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee of such
person, firm or corporation refusing to have his, her, their or its scales,
beams, weights or measures inspected, regulated or adjusted by the said
State Board of Agriculture, or its officers, agents or employees as authorized
by this Article, or refusing to carry out the lawful orders of the said Board,
its officers, agents or employees, or interfering in any way with the exercise
of the authority conferred by this Article, shall, upon conviction, be subject
to the penalties provided therefor in this Article. The provisions of this
section shall be construed as additional and supplemental to, and not in
substitution for or in conflict with, any of the other sections of this Article.