BALTIMORE CITY. 1195

NOTARIES PUBLIC.

1801. ch. 86, sec. 2. 1872, ch. 191. 1880, ch. 21. 1886, ch. 14. 1890, ch. 71.

1892. ch. 373. 1896, ch. 137. 1898, ch. 81. 1898, ch. 123. 1900, ch. 150.

1902, ch. 112. 1902, ch. 321. 1904, ch. 15. P. L. L. (1888),

Art. 4, secs. 704A, 704A 1/2.

733. The Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall ap-
point and commission twenty Notaries Public for each of the Legislative
Districts of Baltimore City, and twenty Notaries Public at large for said

city, to be selected from such districts as the Governor may elect and
determine.*

As to how far a Notary Public may impeach his certificate, see Central Bank v.
Copeland, 18 Md. 305. Matthews v. Dare, 20 Md. 271. Highburger v. Stiffler, 21
Md. 351. Nicholson v. Snyder, 97 Md. 415.

1904, ch. 227.

733A. In addition to the Notaries Public heretofore authorized and
mentioned in Section 733 of this Article (as repealed and re-enacted by
the Acts of the General Assembly of 1904), the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint and commission twenty-
five additional Notaries Public at large, to be selected from such ward
or wards as the Governor may elect and determine.

1906, ch. 317, sec. 1.

733AA. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, is authorized to appoint twenty Notaries Public for Baltimore
City, two of whom may be females, in addition to the number now author-
ized by law.

1904, ch. 15.

734. No person shall be eligible to the office of Notary Public except

a citizen of the United States who has resided in the State for two years
previous to his appointment; but women otherwise qualified, shall be
eligible to said office, provided the number of said women so appointed
find commissioned shall not exceed ten in number.

OYSTERS.

1892. ch. 630. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 704B.

735. All oysters in the shell sold in the City of Baltimore shall be
measured by a licensed measurer; any person may obtain a license there-
for from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas by paying therefor the
sum of ten dollars and taking an oath before said clerk for the faithful
performance of his duty; said! license shall hold good for one year; a
measurer shall receive for his services one-half cent per bushel, to be paid
equally by the buyer and seller; any person violating the provisions of

Tills section and the next two succeeding sections were superseded by ch. 474 of
1918 (Annotated Code. Art. 68, sec. 1). which authorizes the Governor to appoint
any number of Notaries Public in the State.