1116 ARTICLE 4.

1872, ch. 151. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 524. 1916, ch. 207.

587. If either inspector neglects to discharge his duties as prescribed
in this sub-division of this Article, he shall forfeit his bond and shall be
removed from office by the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics.

1872, ch. 151. P. L. L. (1888). Art. 4, sec. 525. 1916, ch. 207.

588. The Commissioner of Labor and Statistics with the approval of
the Governor, shall fill all vacancies that may occur as soon as possible.

1872, ch. 151. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 526.

589. All fines and penalties imposed in this sub-division of this Article

shall be recoverable by indictment before the Criminal Court of Balti-
more, or before any Justice of the Peace of said city, in the name of the
inspector, for the benefit of the State.

WOOD CARTS.

1878, ch. 183. P. L. L. (1888). Art. 4, sec. 527. 1894, ch. 313.

590. The Governor shall biennially appoint, by and with the consent

of the Senate, one competent person, whose duty it shall be to measure
and stamp all carts or vehicles engaged in hauling wood from wharf and
yard within the corporate limits of the City of Baltimore; and it shall
further be the duty of the said measurer to measure and stamp all carts
or vehicles engaged in hauling sawed and split wood for the purpose of

selling the same within the corporate limits of the City of Baltimore; the
said measurer shall have power to appoint deputies if he shall find it
necessary to facilitate the work; and he or his assistants shall give certifi-

cates to the owners of said carts or vehicles, which shall hold good for one
year from date; all such certificates shall terminate on the first day of
May, annually, and shall be applied for on said day, or within thirty
days thereafter; and in all cases where said certificate shall not have been
renewed within, the thirty days aforesaid, a new certificate shall be necea-
sary, to be dated and paid for from the first day of May, as in case of
renewal, unless some repairs or alteration be necessary to change the
same, for which services he shall receive the sum of one dollar for each

cart or vehicle so inspected and marked by him, to be paid by the party
at whose request the services were performed; the said measurer or his
deputies shall be in no way interested as clerks, or otherwise engaged in
the purchase or sale of fire-wood, other than that for their own use.

1894, ch. 313.

591. It shall be unlawful for any person, in either purchasing or selling
seasoned cord wood in quantities of not less than one-half cord at any
one time, to measure and settle for the same, except on the basis of one
hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet to each cord of wood; and the said

contents of a cord of wood shall be ascertained by lineal or outside meas-
urement, as follows: It shall be eight feet long, four feet high and four
feet wide.