1352 HARFORD COUNTY. [ART. 13.

annual closing of said tax list in each year; and said clerk shall
further keep a record of all abatements made by them as afore-
said, and report in writing the aggregate amount thereof during
the year, to said mayor and city council, on or before the first
day of December in each year.

1880, ch. 255.

184. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate,
shall appoint biennially an inspector of hay, straw and cattle for
the scales in said city, and it shall be the duty of said inspector to
weigh at said scales all hay, straw, cattle or other commodities
there offered to him to be weighed; and he shall be entitled to
demand and receive for each and every load of hay or straw

weighing thirty hundred pounds and upwards, thirty-five cents,
and for all loads less, one cent per hundred pounds, and a like
rate per hundred pounds for all other commodities; and which
sums so received shall suffice as compensation for holding such
office to the extent of three hundred dollars per annum; all sums
in excess of said amount shall be paid into the treasury of the
State.

1878, ch. 263.

185. All hay and straw brought into said city for sale and
consumption therein, shall be weighed at said scales; and if any

person so bringing hay and straw therein shall neglect to have

the same weighed at said scales, or shall be detected in having
stones, rubbish, wood or anything else concealed in his load, or
shall in any manner change the condition of his cart or wagon
with a fraudulent intent, he shall forfeit and pay for each and
every such offence the sum of five dollars upon conviction there-
of before any justice of the peace, to be recovered in the man-
ner that small debts are now recovered.

Ibid.

186. Said scales shall be adjusted at least once in every six
months by the standard of weights for the city of Baltimore, the
expenses of which adjustment shall be paid by the inspector; and
all expenses of repairs, incident to the keeping of said scales in
good and perfect order, shall be paid by the mayor and city
council of Havre de Grace.