422

CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

section, and the comptroller is hereby authorized
and required to issue his warrant on the treasurer
for such sum of money to be paid to the said com-
missioner as he may in writing certify to be neces-
sary for such purposes, not exceeding, however, the
sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, said commis-

Bond.

sioner to give bond with approved security to the
state, to be taken and approved by the comptroller,
in the sura of three thousand dollars, for the faithful
performance of his duties, and the application of the
funds which may come into his hands to the purpose
enunciated in this act, and the said commissioner

Compensation.

shall be entitled to receive three per cent, on the
amount of the moneys disbursed by him in accord-
ance with this act.

Ibid s. 3.
Inspector's
duties.

430. It shall be the duty of the inspector of hay
and straw having charge of the Eastern hay scales at
Canton in the city of Baltimore, to weigh all cattle
and hogs required by law to be weighed which may
be brought to said scales for that purpose, and the
said inspector shall be entitled to demand and receive
for the use of the state for the first time of weighing
any live stock except sheep required by law to be

Charges.

weighed, two cents for every hundred weight, and.
one cent per head for every sheep, and for every
second and subsequent weighing, for cattle and hogs
two cents for every thousand weight, and sheep one
cent for every thousand weight, and all live stock
not required to be weighed the sum of six cents for
every thousand weight.

Ibid, s 4.
Record of ex-
penditures, &c.

431. He shall keep a full record of all weights as
ascertained and determined by him, of what and for
whom the same may be ascertained and determined,
and all money by him received for weighing live
stock, and all expenditures and disbursements, in
books to be provided for him for that purpose, which
books shall belong to the state, and shall at all
times be subject to the inspection and order of the
comptroller ; and he shall at the expiration of every
six months, or within five days thereafter, upon his