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balance he shall retain as his own compensation for the services hereby
imposed and performed; provided that besides the two cents he shall pay
all excess over one thousand dollars to the Comptroller, it being the intent
of this Section that he shall only receive one thousand dollars per annum
as his salary to be paid entirely from his fees, at eight cents net per load.
The said tomatoes and other vegetables shall be weighed in the wagons, and
after delivery to the purchasers the wagons and empty boxes shall be
returned to the said scales and the weight thereof shall be deducted from
the gross weight as shown by the first weighing, and the said packers or
purchasers shall be required to pay for said vegetables at the weight certi-
fied by said weigher. In case the boxes, in which the tomatoes or other vege-
tables are contained, shall not be returned, said weigher shall weigh ten
empty boxes, and the average weight shall be established as the weight of all
boxes contained in any wagon or wagons so weighed by him, and any packer
or purchaser who shall refuse to pay for the same according to the certificate
of said weigher shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty
dollars for each offense; and any driver of any wagon who shall sell, dispose
of, or barter any of the produce in his wagon which has been sold to a
packer or other purchaser between the time of the weighing of the same
and the delivery to said packer or purchaser, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined twenty-five
dollars for each offense.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 30. 1920, ch. 724.

30. Any person, firm or corporation, or agent, employee or officer of
any person, firm or corporation who shall knowingly and wilfully give short
weight or short measure to any one purchasing any article or commodity
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. A warrant for
the arrest of any person, or agent, employees or officer of any person, firm
or corporation may be issued at the instance of the purchaser receiving the
short weight or measure or at the instance of any inspector of weights and
measures in the State of Maryland.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 31. 1912, sec. 28. 1914, ch. 802.

31. All fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed by the several Sections
of this Article, except as otherwise hereinbefore provided, shall be recover-
able as now provided by the laws of the State of Maryland for the recovery
of fines, forfeitures and penalties; one-half of said fines, forfeitures and
penalties, except as otherwise hereinbefore provided, to be paid to the
informer, and the other half to the City of Baltimore or the County in
which the offense shall have been committed.

As to abolition of informer's fees, see Art. 38.

Apples.

An. Code 1924, sec. 32. 1912, sec. 29. 1916, ch. 627, sec. 1.

32. The standard grades or classes for apples grown in this State, when
packed in closed packages, shall be as follows:

(a) "Maryland standard fancy grade" shall consist of apples of one
variety, which are well grown specimens, hand-picked, properly packed, of
good color for the variety, normal shape, free from dirt, diseases, insect
and fungus injury, bruises and other defects except such as are necessarily