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ART. 4.] INSPECTIONS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 435
P. L. L., (1860,) art 4, sec. 419.
478. The said inspector shall, at all times when required,
weigh hemps, cables, anchors, dye-woods, barks, roots, etc.
1864, ch. 384.
479. In addition to the charge hereinbefore au thorized f or the
use of the State hay scales, the inspector shall be entitled to de-
mand and receive fifteen cents for each and every load of hay or
straw which shall remain half an hour on the premises after the
weighing thereof, but shall be removed before night, and thirty
cents for each and every load which shall be left on the premises
until the next morning.
P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 421.
480. The weighing apparatus shall be adjusted at least once
in six months by the standard of weights for the city of Balti-
more, the expenses of which, together with all the expense for
repairs, shall be paid by the inspectors.
1864, ch. 384.
481. The inspectors shall severally account for, under oath,
and pay over to the treasurer, quarterly, all moneys received by
them as inspectors, after retaining for their services three-fourths
of all moneys received under sections 473 and 477, and one-fifth
of all moneys received under section 479 of this sub-title of
this article.
1867, ch. 241.
482. It shall be the duty of the inspector of hay and straw
having charge of the eastern hay scales at Canton, in the city of
Baltimore, to weigh all cattle and hogs required by law to be
weighed, which may be brought to said scales for that purpose;
and the said inspector shall be entitled to demand and receive for
the use of the State, for the first time of weighing any live stock,
except sheep, required by law to be weighed, two cents for every
hundred weight, and one cent per head for every sheep; and for
every second and subsequent weighing, for cattle and hogs, two
cents for every thousand weight, and sheep, one cent for every
thousand weight, and all live stock not required to be weighed,
the sum of six cents for every thousand weight.
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