ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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tried and branded, stamped and marked by him, to be paid by the

person for whom the service may be performed.

SEC. 258 A. The person appointed as keeper of the standards

of weights and measures in Baltimore county, before entering upon

Bond.

the duties of his office, shall give bond to the county commis-

sioners of said county in the penal sum of one thousand dollars,

conditioned for the faithful discharge of all the duties apper-

taining to his office.

SEC. 258 B. The keeper of the standards of weights and measures

in said county, shall keep a book, in which he shall register the

names and post-office address of the persons whose beams and

Register

scales, weights and measures he has adjusted, stamped or branded,

together with the day of the month and year he. shall have per-

formed such inspection, and the amount of fees or moneys he shall

have collected from each and every person or firm for said inspec-

tions or fines imposed and collected, (article ninety-seven, of the

Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,) said list of names and

To adver-

amount of moneys collected from each person or firm to be adver-

tise.

tised in the annual statement of the commissioners of said county.

SEC. 258 C. The keeper of the standards of weights and measures

(or inspector) shall return said books of registry, and all moneys

collected from the inspection of weights and measures, or fines

imposed and collected, to the commissioners of said county, on or

To make

before the first day of October of each and every year, and shall

return.

receive a salary, not to exceed (including travelling expenses) five

hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be derived from said

inspection fees, any excess to be paid into the treasury for the

benefit of the public schools of said county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 467.

AN ACT to authorize the county commissioners of Cecil county

to refund to John W. Day, of said county, certain sums of

money erroneously paid into the county treasury.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the county commissioners of Cecil county, be and they are

hereby authorized to pay John W. Day, of Cecil county, the sum

of twenty-six dollars and eighty cents, being the sum erroneously

To repay

paid into the treasury of said county by the said John W. Day,

for taxes for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-five, eighteen

hundred and eighty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and

eighteen hundred and eighty-eight inclusive, of each year.