1110 ARTICLE 4.
of which, together with all the expense for repairs, shall be paid by the
inspectors.
1864, ch. 384. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 481.
564. The inspectors shall severally account for, under oath, and pay
over to the Treasurer, quarterly, all moneys received by them as in-
spectors, after retaining for their services three-fourths of all moneys
received under Sections 556 and 560, and one-fifth of all moneys received
under Section 562 of this Article.
1867, ch. 241. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 482.
565. It shall be the duty of the inspector of hay and straw having
charge of the eastern hay scales at Canton, in the City of Baltimore, to
weigh all cattle and hogs required by law to be weighed, which may be
brought to said scales for that purpose; and the said inspector shall be
entitled to demand and receive for the use of the State, for the first time
of weighing any livestock, except sheep, required by law to be weighed,
two cents for every hundredweight, and one cent per head for every sheep;
and for every second and subsequent weighing, for cattle and hogs, two
cents for every thousand weight, and sheep, one cent for every thousand
weight, and all live-stock not required to be weighed, the sum of six cents
for every thousand weight.
1867, ch. 241. P. L. L. (188S), Art. 4, sec. 483.
566. He shall keep a full record of all weights as ascertained and
determined by him, of what, and for whom the same may be ascertained
and determined, anl all money received by him for weighing live-stock,
and all expenditures and disbursements, in books to be provided for him
for that purpose, which books shall belong to the State, and shall at all
times be subject to the inspection and order of the Comptroller; and he
shall, at the expiration of every six months, or within five days thereafter,
upon his oath, taken before a Justice of the Peace for said city, make a
full statement of all receipts for weighing all live-stock weighed by him
for the six months immediately preceding said statement, and from whom
received, and all disbursements by him made to the Comptroller; and if
the balance in the hands of said inspector for weighing live-stock for said
six months shall exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, he shall pay the
excess into the Treasury; but if there be no excess over and above two
hundred dollars, after deducting all necessary expenses for receipts for
weighing livestock, the said inspector shall retain the balance as compen-
sation for his services for weighing such live-stock.
1867, ch. 241. P, L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 484.
567. Upon failure and refusal of any agent or owner of live-stock to
pay for weighing the same he may impound any number of live-stock he
may deem necessary to cause such fees to be paid; provided, no injury
ibe done to said stock by confining them as aforesaid, and that they be
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