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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 255.
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AN ACT to repeal section third of the acts of Jan-
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uary session, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
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chapter two hundred and sixty-two, entitled " An
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act to appropriate the sum of five hundred (500)
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dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
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for the purchase of a lot in Havre-de-Grace and
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the erection thereon of scales suitable for the
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weighing of hay, straw, cattle and other commod-
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ities," and to re-enact the same with amendments.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That section three of the acts of Jan-
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uary session, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,
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chapter two hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An
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Repealed and
re-enacted.
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act to appropriate the sum of five hundred (500) dol-
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the
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purchase of a lot in Havre-de-Grace, and the erec-
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tion thereon of scales suitable for the weighing of
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hay, straw, cattle and other commodities, be and
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the same is hereby repealed and re enacted so as to
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read as follows :
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Certify fact.
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SEC. 3. That upon the completion and erection of
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the said scales, the said commissioners, or a majority
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of them, shall certify said fact to the Governor, who
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shall thereupon appoint an inspector of hay, straw
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and cattle for said scales, to hold his office for two
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Make ap-
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years from the date of his appointment, or until his
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pointment.
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successor is appointed ; the Governor, with the ad-
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vice and consent of the Senate, shall renew said ap-
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pointment biennially, and it shall be the duty of
said inspector to weigh at said scales all hay, straw,
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cattle or other commodities there offered to him to
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be weighed, and he shall be entitled to demand and
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receive for each and every load of hay or straw
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weighing thirty hundred pounds and upwards, thir-
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ty-five cents, and for all loads less one cent per hun-
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dred pounds, and a like rate per hundred pounds for
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Compensa-
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all other commodities, and which sums so received
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tion.
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shall suffice as compensation for holding such office
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