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shall be the duty of said inspector to weigh at said
scales all hay, straw, cattle, or other commodities
there offered to him to be weighed ; and he shall be
entitled to demand and receive for each and every
load of hay or straw weighing thirty hundred pounds
and upwards forty-five cents, and for all loads less, one-and-a-half cents per hundred pounds, and a like
rate per hundred pounds for all other commodities,
and which sums so received shall suffice as compen-	Compensat'n
sation for holding such office to the extent of three
hundred dollars per annum, all sums in excess of
said amount to be paid into the treasury of the
State.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all hay and straw
brought into said town of Havre-de-Grace for sale
and consumption therein shall be weighed at said
scales, and if any person so bringing hay and straw
therein shall neglect to have the same weighed at	Penalty for
said scales, or shall be detected in having stones,	fraudulent at-
rubbish, wood, or anything else concealed in his	tempt.
load, or shall in any manner change the condition
of his cart or wagon with a fraudulent intent, he
shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offence
the sum of five dollars, upon conviction thereof be-
fore any justice of the peace, to be recovered in the
manner that small debts are now recovered.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said scales shall
be adjusted at least once in every six months by the
standard of weights for the city of Baltimore, the
expenses of which adjustment shall be paid by the	How adjust'd
inspector, and all expenses or repairs incident to
the keeping of said scales in good and perfect order
shall be paid by the commissioners of said town.
Approved April 5, 1878.