ART. 4.] INSPECTIONS, "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 441

limits, or within five miles of the same, and which have not been
weighed by said weighmaster, upon proof and conviction thereof
before any judge or justice of the peace, he shall forfeit and pay
a sum of not less than one nor more than ten dollars for each and
every head of cattle or hogs so sold or bartered, at the discretion
of the judge or justice, and to be recovered by action in the name
of the State, before a justice of the peace or 'court having juris-
diction thereof; one-half to the informer, and the other half to
the clerk of said court, for the use of the State.

P. L. L., (1860,) art 4, sec. 473.

502. If any butcher or other person shall purchase any beef
cattle or hogs brought for sale within the corporate limits of said
city, or within five miles thereof, which have not been weighed
by said weighmaster, he shall be subject to the penalties and
forfeitures imposed by the preceding section.

1864, ch. 338

503. The police commissioners of Baltimore city shall have
and exercise the like powers and authority over and within the
premises composing State cattle scales, the pens, yards, alleys,
scales and appurtenances, as if the said premises were really
.situate within the boundaries of Baltimore city.

Ibid.

504. In case any tort, trespass, or other wrong, shall be done
by any person whatever to any of the property belonging to the
State, and composing parcel of or appertaining to said State
cattle scales, it shall be the duty of the weighmaster to sue for the
same in the name of the State, as plaintiff, in the superior court
of Baltimore city, in the court of common pleas, or Baltimore
city court, or before any justice of the peace of Baltimore, as the
case may be; and no plea shall be received on behalf of any de-
fendant, to the jurisdiction of said court, on the ground that
the residence of said defendant was in some part of the State
other than Baltimore city.