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pounds per bushel; coal or culm, 76 pounds per bushel; coal, 2,000 pounds
one ton; charcoal (commercially dry), 2,748 cubic inches per bushel; cow
peas, 60 pounds per bushel; flour, 196 pounds per barrel; flax seed, 56
pounds per bushel; herd's grass seed, 45 pounds per bushel; Hungarian
grass seed, 50 pounds per bushel; hemp seed, 44 pounds per bushel; hay,
2,000 pounds one ton; lime, 80 pounds per bushel; millet (German and
American), 50 pounds per bushel; oats, 32 pounds per bushel; onions, 54
pounds per bushel; orchard grass seed, 14 pounds per bushel; peaches
(peeled), 40 pounds per bushel; peaches (unpeeled), 32 pounds per
bushel; dried peas, 60 pounds per bushel; potatoes (sweet and Irish), 60
pounds per bushel; peanuts, 22 pounds per bushel; rye, 56 pounds per
bushel; red top grass seed (chaff), 14 pounds per bushel; red top grass
seed (fancy), 32 pounds per bushel; rape, 50 pounds per bushel; straw,
2,000 pounds one ton; salt (coarse), 70 pounds per bushel; salt (fine),
56 pounds per bushel; sorghum, 50 pounds per bushel; timothy grass seed,
45 pounds per bushel; turnips, 60 pounds per bushel; wheat, 60 pounds
per bushel.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 27. 1912, sec. 25. 1914, ch. 802.

27. All charges for freight, measurement, weighing, inspection, wharf-
age and commission on grain shall be made on the number of bushels as
ascertained by weight, and not by running measurement. Any person,
firm or corporation, or agent, employee, or officer of any person, firm or
corporation, violating any of the provisions of this Section, shall be fined
not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 28. 1912, sec. 26. 1914, ch. 802.

28. No person shall sell any package or parcel of cotton, woolen, or
other dry goods having any mark thereon or attached thereto indicating or
stating a greater, number or a larger quantity than is actually contained
in such package or parcel; and any auctioneer, commission merchant or
dealer so selling, shall in each case forfeit and pay to the purchaser or
purchasers of each package or parcel double the value of the quantity of
goods, which on actual measurement shall be found there is wanting in any
such package or parcel to make up the number of yards or quantity marked
thereon. All sums not exceeding one hundred dollars forfeited and payable
under this Section shall be recoverable by the purchaser or purchasers be-
fore a Justice of the Peace as other debts; and all sums exceeding one hun-
dred dollars by appropriate action in any Court having jurisdiction thereof
in the City of Baltimore or the County where such sales were made.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 29. 1912, sec. 27. 1914, ch. 802.

29. The standard of weights of tomatoes in the State of Maryland shall
be sixty pounds to the bushel; and for the purpose of ascertaining the true
weight thereof, there shall be appointed by the Governor a weigher, who
shall be chargeable with the duty of weighing all tomatoes and other vege-
tables sold by weight brought to Center Market of Baltimore City for sale
by the wagon-load on the scales now located at said market when applied to,
to have said tomatoes or other vegetables weighed; and who shall receive
therefor the sum of ten cents per wagonload for performing such services,
two cents of which shall be paid by him quarterly to the Comptroller to
whom he shall give bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars, and the