Sub-Sec. 5. If any grain inspected and weighed or
measured as aforesaid, shall be delivered to the pur-
chaser thereof, and such purchaser shall thereupon
refuse or neglect forthwith to pay for the same, ac-
cording to the terms of said sale, the person to whom
the grain had belonged, or any agent of his, may sue
out a writ of replevin, and seize the grain so sold, or
any other property belonging to such purchaser, and
after one day's notice, to be published in one of the
newspapers in the city of Baltimore, may sell the
same for cash at public sale and receive the proceeds
thereof, and if such sale does not produce the amount
of the purchase money due on the original sale, with
ten per centum added thereto, and all costs attending
the seizure and sale, the original purchaser shall be
liable for any balance, to be recovered as any other
debt, and the price agreed to be paid for such grain,
shall be a lien on the same into whosoever hand or
possession the same may come, except in the hands
of a bona fide purchaser, without notice, and the com-
mission merchant or other agent of the former owner
or owners, may have such replevin in the name of
such commission merchant, or other agent, and in
case the sales should amount to more than the pur-

Remedy of

vendor of grain

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and tried within five days after bringing said suit

before a justice of the peace, and at the first term of
the said courts, and in the court of appeals at the
first term, if appeal be taken.

How recovered.

Sub-Sec. 4. The term grain used in this article,
shall be construed to mean wheat, rye, oats, corn,

What grain to
be inspected

buckwheat and barley, and that the standard weight
of wheat shall be sixty pounds to the bushel ; rye
and corn each, fifty-sixf pounds to the bushel; and
oats, thirty pounds to the bushel ; buckwheat, forty-
eight pounds to the bushel ; and barley, forty-seven
pounds to the bushel ; and in all contracts hereafter
made, a bushel of either of said articles shall be de-
termined by the said weights respectively, unless the
parties to any such contract shall otherwise expressly
stipulate.

Standards of
of gram