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of hay and straw for the eastern section of the city of Balti-
more.

21. The said inspector is hereby authorized, under the direc-
tion of the Governor, to purchase a lot of ground in the eastern
part of the city, in that portion thereof, east of Harris' creek,
and south of Wilk street, and to erect thereon, and to keep in
repair suitable hay scales or apparatus, for weighing hay
brought to the city of Baltimore for sale.

22. The said inspector, as aforesaid, by virtue of this act
appointed in the execution of his said office, shall conform to
and be liable to all requirements, duties, and provisions re-
quired of the existing inspectors, and enacted in reference there-
to by any Acts of Assembly, now in force in relation to the
same.

23. The Governor is hereby authorized to draw on the treas-
urer, by the warrant of the Comptroller, for a sum not exceed-
ing two thousand dollars out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated to carry into effect the provisions of this
act.

In force from March 10, 1864.
Chapter 384 amends and re-enacts Sections 420, 422, as follows:

24. One of the scales or apparatus for weighing, shall be
placed in the western section of the city, and the other in the
eastern, but the Governor may upon petition, change the loca-
tion of either, whenever and as often as he may deem proper, at
the expense of the State; and whereas, it has become necessary
for public convenience to remove the scales now placed in the
western section of the city, in consequence of the great inter-
ruption of business and inconvenience caused by the accumu-
lation of vehicles in the streets, the Governor is hereby author-
ized and requested to select and commission three discreet
persons, two of them residents of Baltimore city, and one a
resident of Baltimore county, whose duty it shall be to sell the
lot of ground and premises situate at the intersection of Franklin
street and Pennsylvania avenue, now occupied by the State's