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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

pies of flour there established and collected, to be

kept and observed as standards by said inspector

herein named.

71f. In all cases where such inspector may pro-

nounce a flour barrel insufficient, the owner of such

barrel, or his agent, may either cause the same to

Insufficient

be repaired, or substitute a new one, as the case may

barrels.

require, or he may make such deduction from the

price of the flour as may be mutually agreed upon

between himself and the purchaser thereof.

71g. Said inspector shall be entitled to charge and

receive for inspecting, weighing and marking each

Compensat'n

barrel of flour inspected, marked and weighed by

him, the sum of one and one-half cents for inspect-

ing, and one cent for weighing each barrel.

71h. If said inspector shall wilfully, knowingly

and falsely mark the quality or weight of any barrel
of flour, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dol-
lars for every barrel so falsely marked, to be recov-

Penalty for

ered by indictment in the Circuit Court for Alle-

failure of duty

gany county, and his bond may be put in suit by

any person or persons injured by any breach of
duty committed by him, and such damages, not ex-

ceeding the penalty thereof, recovered thereon as

the plaintiff in such suits may have sustained by his

improper acts.

In force.

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

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1878.