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than in his store or shop, and there shall be good cause to suspect
they have been purchased contrary to the provisions of the pre-
ceding section, it shall be lawful for any person to apply to a,
justice of the peace for a warrant to apprehend the person so-
suspected, and the justice shall have power to inquire into the
offence; and if the person suspected be convicted thereof, or if he
cannot make it appear to the satisfaction of the justice that he
raised or made the articles offered by him for sale, or is disposing
of them on account of the person who raised or made them, or
that he bought the same ten miles or upwards from the city of
Baltimore, he shall be deemed to be an offender against the pro-
visions of the preceding section, and the fines and forfeitures
shall be recovered in a summary way before the said justice.

F. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 634

674. All butter sold by the pound in the said market shall
weigh sixteen ounces avoirdupois weight; and any person bring-
ing butter to the said markets and offering the same for sale, of
less weight than sixteen ounces avoirdupois, shall forfeit the same,
and it shall be seized and taken by the clerk of the market and
sold for the use of the city.

Ibid. sec. 635.

675. The clerks of the markets shall have fall power and
authority to seize by distress any meat upon any stall in the
market-houses of said city if the butcher owning such stall shall
not pay the rent due thereon; and he shall also collect all fines
and forfeitures imposed in the three preceding sections, and
account for the same to the mayor and city council.

Ibid sec. 636.

676. No charge, tax or fees shall be set, rated or levied upon
any person or the property of any person who shall attend any
of the markets of said city with any articles or produce from the
country, to vend in said markets, of his own growth, produce or
manufacture, or as the agent of the grower, producer or manufac-
turer of the same, unless such person shall occupy some place or
stand in some of said market-houses; provided, such person or
agent be not a resident of said city.
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