1270 GARRETT COUNTY. [ART. 12.

any report as said weighmaster to said owner, lessee or agent, to
make oath before some justice of the peace of the said county in.
which such mine or the opening thereof, is situated, that he will
perform, or has performed, the duties of weighmaster, at such
mine, with honesty and fidelity, and will keep, or has kept, a true
account of all the coal so weighed by him, or under his direction,
and will credit and allow, or has credited and allowed, the full
weight of coal in each mining car to the party who mined the
same, at the rate of 2,240 pounds per ton; and it shall be the duty
of every person acting as weighmaster for the owner, lessee or
agent of any of said mines, to keep a list of the number of cars,
and the weight of coal in each car, and place said list in some-
place where the miners interested may inspect it daily, and shall
make a daily report to the owner, lessee or agent of said mines,
and he shall deliver a copy of the affidavit required by this section,
to the mine inspector, under the hand and seal of said justice of
the peace; and it shall be the duty of said weigher to perform,
the several acts and matters specified in said affidavit.

1878, ch. 157.

161. It shall be the duty of every person or body corporate
operating a mine in either of said counties, as owner, lessee or
agent, to provide correct and accurate scales for weighing the
coal mined therein, before the same shall be taken from the mine;
cars used by the miners therein.

Ibid.

162. Any owner, lessee, agent or operator of any coal mine
in said counties of Garrett or Allegany, or any other person
therein, neglecting or refusing to comply with or violating in any
manner any of the provisions of sections 155 to 161, inclusive,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment
and conviction thereof may be fined for each and every said
offence, a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than five,
hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court.

1878, ch. 371.

163. It shall be lawful, however, notwithstanding the pro-
visions of sections 161 and 162, for any corporation or individual
engaged in mining coal in Garrett and Allegany counties, in this