32 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

inspector of flour, duly authorized to act, on any barrel or half
barrel of wheat flour, or rye flour, or corn meal, he shall forfeit
and pay, for each and every offence, the sum of five dollars.

9. The standard weight of every barrel of wheat flour, 'or rye
flour and of corn meal, shall be one hundred and ninety-six
pounds, over and above all tare, and of every half barrel, ninety-
eight pounds, over and above all tare; and the tare of every
barrel and every half barrel containing wheat flour, rye flour or
corn meal, offered for inspection, shall be truly and plainly
marked thereon, and in case the tare shall be falsely marked on
any barrel or half barrel, every person so marking the same, or
knowingly permitting the same to be so marked, and every per-
son knowing such false marking, who shall omit to make known
the same to the inspector to whom the same may be offered for
inspection, shall forfeit and pay for each and every offence, the
sum of twenty dollars; and in every case, when the inspector to
whom any barrel or half barrel shall be offered for inspection,
shall suspect any false taring, he shall cause the contents there-
of to be started, and the barrel or half barrel to be weighed, for
the purpose of ascertaining the actual tare; and in every case
where the inspector shall suspect that the actual contents of any
barrel or half barrel, over and above all tare, is under the stan-
dard weight aforesaid, he shall unpack the same; and if the actual
quantity therein contained, over and above all tare, shall prove
to be of the standard weight, he shall carefully repack the same,
without any charge or expense to the owner thereof; but if the
same shall be found to be under the standard weight, the said
inspector shall add such quantity of flour or meal, as the case
may be, of the like character and quality, as may be necessary
to make the contents equal to the said standard weight; and the
persons or person by whom or on whose behalf the said barrel
or half barrel shall have been offered for inspection, shall pay for
the first pound so added, the sum of ten cents, for the second
pound, the sum of fifteen cents, for the third pound, the sum of
twenty cents, and for each additional pound, the sum of twenty-
five cents, and at the same rates for any fraction of a pound, to
be paid by the person or persons, by whom or in whose behalf
the said barrel or half barrel shall have been offered for inspec-
tion.