FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to
a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars,:
one-half to go to the informer.

Penalty.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That sections 529 and
530 of article 4 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, title:
"City of Baltimore. " sub-title "Wood Carts, " be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

Repeal.

529. Said measurer shall locate himself in some suitable
section of the city, where he can be found, where the greatest
quantity of wood is for sale; he shall plainly mark, by a brand
on the standards of each side of said carts or vehicles, in such
a manner as that the purchaser or consumer of fire wood may
see the quantity contained in each eighth, quarter, half or cord
of wood so purchased by him, the standard of measurement
to be one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet to the cord of
well-stored and packed cord wood, or one hundred and sixty
cubic feet of sawed and split wood.

Duties of
measurer.

530. All stick wood sold by retail in the city of Baltimore,
shall be measured in a solid frame made of wood or iron; a
frame to measure one-eighth of a cord shall be two feet wide
and two feet high; a frame to measure one-fourth of a cord
shall be three feet wide and two feet eight inches high; a
frame to measure three-eighths of a cord shall be four feet
wide and three feet high; and a frame to measure one-half of
a cord shall be four feet wide and four feet high; these
various dimensions being all intended to import inside
measurement; all frames shall be measured and stamped
every year by the inspector just as carts are measured and
stamped.

Dimensions
of frame.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6th, 1894.

Effective.