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thirty days aforesaid, a new certificate shall be necessary, to be
dated and paid for from the first day of May, as in case of renewal,
unless some repairs or alteration be necessary to change the
same, for which services he shall receive the sum of one dollar for-
each cart or vehicle so inspected and marked by him, to be paid
by the party at whose request the services were performed; the
said measurer or his deputies shall be in no way interested as
clerks, or otherwise engaged in the purchase or sale of fire-wood,
other than for their own use.

1876, ch. 40.

528. The said measurer and his deputies, before entering upon
their duties of office, shall take the following oath or affirmation,
as the case may be,before some justice of the peace: "I do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully, truly and impar-
tially, according to the best of my skill and judgment, execute
and perform the office and duty of measurer of carts according to
the true intent and meaning of this sub-title of this article, so help
me God."

1878, ch. 183.

529. Said measurer shall locate himself in some suitable sec-
tion of the city where he can be found, where the greatest
quantity of wood is for sale; he shall plainly mark, by a brand on
the standards of each side of said carts or vehicles, in such a
manner as that the purchaser or consumer of fire-wood may see
the quantity contained in each eighth, quarter, half or cord of
wood so purchased by him, the standard of measurement to be
one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet to the cord, of well
stowed and packed cord-wood, or one hundred and eighty cubic
feet of sawed and split wood.

1886, ch. 315.

530. All stick-wood sold by retail in the city of Baltimore
shall be measured in a solid frame, made of wood or iron; a
frame to measure one-eighth of a cord shall not be larger than ten
feet two inches around on the inside; a frame to measure one-
fourth of a cord shall not be larger than twelve feet four inches
around on the inside; a frame to measure three-eighths of a cord
shall not be larger than fourteen feet six inches around on the