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ART. 23. ] WORCESTER COUNTY.
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it shall be when called on by any seller or purchaser
of lumber or firewood, to an amount greater than one
thousand feet of lumber or tea cord of firewood, to
measure and inspect the same.
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Their duties.
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43. Said inspectors shall make such deductions on
all lumber and firewood, for mildews, bad, hollow or
rotten knots, splits, bad sawing, waney edges, rots or
dotes, as in their judgment may be just and proper.
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Deductions to
be made by
inspectors
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44. The said inspectors shall charge and receive for
each one hundred feet of lumber they may inspect,
two cents, and for each cord of firewood they may
measure under the provisions of this act, four cents,
to be paid in all cases by the purchaser, and on his
neglect or refusal to pay the same, the inspector may
collect it as other debts.
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Inspectors'
fees.
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45. ' Each inspector shall, before entering upon his
duties as provided for in the provisions of this act,
be sworn in due form of law, before some justice of
the peace of Worcester or Somerset county, to the
faithful and impartial performance of his duties.
In force from June 1, 1867.
NEW TOWN.
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Inspectors'
oath.
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1865, c. 151 repeals all inconsistent laws and enacts the following:
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46. The citizens of the town of New Town, in
Worcester county, are hereby constituted and made
a body corporate, by the name of the Commissioners
of New Town, with all the privileges of a body cor-
porate, and to have a common seal and perpetual
succession.
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1865, c 151, s 1.
Incorporated.
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47. The free male white citizens of New Town
aforesaid, of the age of twenty-one years and
upwards, being citizens of the United States, who
have resided in the said town for, or during the
space of six months next preceding the first Mon-
day in June next, may on that day at the academy
in said town, and on the first Monday in June in
every second year thereafter, be authorized to elect
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Ibid, s 2.
Election of
commissioners
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