ART. 4.] INSPECTIONS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 429

1872, ch 244.

454. No weigher shall weigh any grain after it has been once
sold and delivered on its arriving in said city, nor shall he during
his continuance in office buy or sell, either directly or indirectly,
or receive any grain by way of barter, loan or exchange, of in
any way intermeddle with or busy himself in procuring to be
sold or consigned to any merchant, or in loading any ship or
vessel with grain, except the proper grain that may have been
grown by the said weigher, under the penalty of two dollars for
every bushel so bought or sold; and upon conviction for the
offence, he shall be dismissed from his office.

Ibid.

455. If any weigher shall accept or receive, directly or in-
directly, any gratuity or reward for anything done by him in
pursuance thereof, other than what is hereinafter allowed as his
compensation, he shall, upon conviction, forfeit the sum of one
thousand dollars, and ever after be incompetent to hold the office
of weigher under the laws of this State.

Ibid.

456. Each weigher shall make a daily return to the weigher
general, of the number of bushels of grain weighed by him, and
the weigher-general shall make, or cause to be made, an entry of
the same in a well-bound book, showing the number of bushels.
weighed and measured for each person; and the said weigher-
general shall charge and receive one-fourth cent per bushel
for weighing, and shall charge one-fourth cent per bushel
for measuring; said one-fourth cent per bushel for measuring
shall be paid by the seller to the measurer; and the said one-
fourth cent per bushel for weighing shall be paid by the pur-
chaser to the weigher-general.

Ibid.

457. The weigher-general shall make a return on the first day of
every month, or within ten days thereafter, to the comptroller, veri-
fied by affidavit before some justice of the peace, of the number of
bushels of grain weighed, and the amount of money received there-
for, and shall pay the amount thereof, after deducting necessary office