428 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

however, all grain sent to said city must be weighed by said
weigher-general, if the owners of said grain shall request it to be
weighed by him. It shall be the duty of the weigher-general to
proceed to weigh all grain within at least two hours after the
same is reported, and continue weighing until the weighing is
completed; and for every failure to comply with this provision,
the said weigher-general shall be liable to a penalty of twenty
dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace in Balti-
more city; one-half of the fine to go to the informer and the
other half to the State; the suit to be brought in the name of the
State. If any grain shall be brought by water to Baltimore for
sale in bags, the said weighers shall weigh the said grain on
board the vessel or steamboat without removing it from the bags,
if the buyer and seller shall mutually agree.

Gill v. Cacy, 49 Md. 243.

1872, ch 344

451. The weigher-general shall keep an office in some section
in the city of Baltimore convenient to the wharves or place
where the trade in grain is chiefly carried on, and shall be in
said office, except when upon duty weighing grain, from eight
o'clock, A. M., until five o'clock, P. M., ready to receive all appli-
cations for weighing and measuring, and to hear and determine
all controversies between the buyer and seller in relation to grain
bought or sold, as hereinafter provided; and in case of sickness
or inability to attend in said office at any time, he shall appoint
some one of the other weighers to attend to his duties in his
absence.

Ibid.

452. The weigher-general, whenever application shall be made
to him by any party interested in any grain to have the same
weighed and measured, shall proceed in person or direct some
one of the assistant weighers to proceed at once and weigh the
same.

Ibid

453. The weigher shall carefully weigh and determine the
weight of all grain, and for that purpose shall procure, at his own
expense, suitable weights and scales.