ART. 4.] INSPECTIONS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 421

be distributed and paid by the mayor and city council, as follows:
two-fifths thereof to the German society of Maryland, and the
Hibernian society of Baltimore, to be divided between them as
follows: to the German society in proportion to the amount
received from and on account of German and Swiss passengers,
and to the Hibernian society in proportion to the amount
received from and on account of Irish passengers; and the re-
maining three-fifths to the trustees of the poor for Baltimore city.

P L L., (1860,) art 4, sec 261.

423. The register of the city shall be entitled to two per
centum upon the amount of money collected under this sub-title
of this article.

Ibid. sec. 263

424. Nothing contained in the twelve preceding sections shall
be deemed to extend to any ambassadors, ministers, consuls or
agents of foreign governments arriving as passengers in the port
of Baltimore.

INSPECTIONS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

CITY INSPECTIONS.

P. L. L, 1860, art. 4, sec. 28.

425. The mayor and city council may pass ordinances to
establish and regulate inspections within the city, subject to the
present or any future laws of the State.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

P L L , (1860,) art 4, sec 942.

426. The mayor and city council shall pass such ordinances as
will make the standard of weights and measures the same in the
city of Baltimore as in the rest of the State.

BREAD——BRICKS.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 943.

427. They may regulate and fix the assize of bread, and regu-
late and establish the size of bricks that are to be used in the
houses to be built in said city.