ART. 4.] CITY OF BALTIMORE.

oath, taken before a justice of the peace for said city,
make a full statement of all receipts for weighing all
live stock weighed by him for the six months imme-
diately preceding said statement and from whom re-
ceived, and all disbursements by him made to the
comptroller, and if the balance in the hands of said
inspector for weighing live stock for said six months
shall exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, he shall
pay the excess into the treasury, but if there be no
excess over and above two hundred dollars after
deducting all necessary expenses for receipts for
weighing live stock, the said inspector shall retain
the balance as compensation for his services for
weighing such live stock.

423

432. He may upon failure or refusal of any agent
or owner of live stock to pay for weighing the same,
impound any number of live stock he may deem

Ibid. B 5
May impound
for charges.

necessary, or cause such fees to be paid, provided, no
injury be done to said stock by confining them as
aforesaid, that they be delivered to the owner or
agent upon payment of all just and proper charges.

Proviso.

433. If the inspector shall neglect, or delay to
weigh or cause to be weighed any live stock brought
to said scales for the purpose of being weighed, for a
time not exceeding twenty-four hours after he shall
have been requested to weigh the same, he shall for-
feit and pay to the owner of such live stock, or his

Ibid. s. 6.
Inspector ne-
glecting to
weigh, &c.

agent, the sum of ten cents an hour upon each and
every head thereof for so many hours as he shall
omit or neglect to weigh the same over and above
the term of twenty-four hours, Sundays excepted, to
be recovered in an action of debt before a justice of
the peace, with costs.

Penalty.

434. The said inspector of hay and straw shall
execute a bond to the state in addition to the bond
now provided by law to be given by said inspector,
to be approved by the comptroller, in the penal sum
of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the full per-
formance of all acts and things required by him as
weigher of live stock at said scales, and to pay all

Ibid. s. 7.
Inspector's
bond.