1864 TALBOT COUNTY. [ART. 21.

and sold within the limits of said town; and if both or either of
the persons appointed shall die, resign or refuse to act, or be re-
moved from office, the said commissioners shall fill the vacancy
for the remainder of the year.

P. L. L. (1860,) art 20. sec. 74.

86. Each person appointed under the preceding section, before
he acts, shall make oath before the said commissioners that he
will, when required, well and truly, according to the best of his
skill and judgment, weigh hay and cord firewood, without favor,
prejudice or partiality, either to the buyer or seller; and that he
will not, directly or indirectly, ask, exact or receive any other or
greater fee or reward for doing such duty than allowed by law;
and the taking of such oath shall be entered on the proceedings
of the commissioners.

Ibid. sec. 75.

87. All firewood bought and sold, or offered for sale, in the
said town, shall be set up on some common or other place, and
corded and measured by one or both of the said wood corders, if
either the purchaser or seller shall require the same to be done;
and each cord of wood shall be eight feet in length, four feet in
height and four feet in width, and well stored and closely
packed; and for cording and measuring the same, the said wood
corder shall be entitled to six cents for each cord, one-half to be
paid by the buyer and one-half by the seller.

Ibid. sec. 76.

88. All hay which shall be bought and sold, or offered for
eale, in said town, shall be unpacked and weighed, if either the
purchaser or seller shall require the same to be done, by one or
both of the said weighers of hay, with proper weights and scales;
and the weigher shall be entitled to fifty cents for every ton,
(which shall contain twenty gross hundred weight,) and in that
proportion for every greater or smaller quantity, the one-half to
be paid by the buyer and the other half by the seller.

Ibid. sec. 77.

89. No weigher of hay or corder of wood, either by himself
or by any person in trust for him, shall buy, deal or barter for