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1894, ch. 313.

592. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
subject to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars,
one-half to go to the informer.

1876, ch. 46. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 528.

593. The said measurer and his deputies, before entering upon their
duties of office, shall take the following oath or affirmation, as the case
may be, before some Justice of the Peace: "I do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that I will faithfully, truly and impartially, according to the best
of my skill and judgment, execute and perform the office and duty of
measurer of carts according to the true intent and meaning of this sub-
division of this Article, so help me God."

1878, ch. 183. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 529. 1894, ch. 313.

594. Said measurer shall locate himself in some suitable section of the
city, where he can be found, where the greatest quantity of wood is for
sale; he shall plainly mark, by a brand on the standards of each side of
said carts or vehicles, in such a manner as that the purchaser or con-
sumer of fire-wood may see the quantity contained in each eighth, quarter,
half or cord of wood so purchased by him, the standard of measurement
to be one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet to the cord of well stored
and packed cord wood, or one hundred and sixty cubic feet of sawed and
split wood.

1886, ch. 315. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 530. 1894, ch. 313.

595. All stick wood sold by retail in the City of Baltimore, shall be
measured in a solid frame made of wood or iron; a frame to measure one-
eighth of a cord shall be two feet wide and two feet high; a frame to
measure one-fourth of a cord shall be three feet wide and two feet eight
inches high; a frame to measure three-eighths of a cord shall be four feet

wide and three feet high; and a frame to measure one-half a cord shall
be four feet wide and four feet high, these various dimensions being all
intended to import inside measurement; all frames shall be measured
and stamped every year by the inspector just as carts are measured and
stamped.

1886, ch. 315. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 531.

596. If any wood dealer shall sell stick wood by retail in the City of
Baltimore, measured otherwise than in a frame, he shall be subject to the
penalty of five dollars for each offence; one-half of the penalty to go to
the informer; said penalty to be recovered before some Justice of the
Peace.

1886, ch. 315. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 532.

597. The two preceding sections shall not apply to the measurement

of sawed and split wood.