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more for sale; the said inspectors before entering upon the duties
of these offices shall take the following oath or affirmation, as the
case may be, before some person qualified to administer the
same; "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully,
truly, and impartially, according "to the best of my skill, judg-
ment and understanding, execute, do and perform the office and
duty of an inspector or corder of wood, according to the true
intent and meaning of the laws of this State relative to the same;
so help me God. "

22. The mayor of the city of Baltimore is hereby authorized
and directed at any time after the passage of this law, and
before the first Monday in March next ensuing, to divide the
city of Baltimore into as many districts for the purposes of this
act, as there are wood corders appointed for the said city,
making the said districts as nearly equal as may be with regard
to the quantity of fire-wood usually landed or deposited therein,
at wharves, wood-yards or other places of deposit in the city of
Baltimore for the purposes of sale.

23. It shall be the duty of each and every wood corder in the
city of Baltimore to repair to the office of the mayor thereof on
the first Monday in May next, and every other Monday there-
after, at such hour as the said mayor shall designate; at which
time the said mayor shall assign to each wood corder the district
in which he shall act during the next two weeks, so that the
said wood corders may act in rotation in the said districts, and
no wood corder shall serve in the same district for more than
two weeks in succession.

24. If any wood corder shall inspect or cord wood in any
other district than that to which he may be appointed for the
time being by the said mayor, except in the unavoidable absence
of another wood corder from his proper district, and with the
consent of the mayor, such wood corder so inspecting or cording
wood shall forfeit and pay the sum of two dollars per cord for
every cord of wood so inspected or corded by him, and so in
proportion for any less quantity; the said penalty to be recovered