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sengers; and the remaining three-fifths to the Supervisors of
City Charities.

530. The Register of the City shall be entitled to two per
centum upon the amount of money collected under this sub-
division of this Article.

531. Nothing contained in the twelve preceding sections
shall be deemed to extend to any ambassadors, ministers, con-
suls or agents of foreign governments arriving as passengers
in the port of Baltimore.

INSPECTIONS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Barrels.

532. The standard barrel for the measurement of all
green peas or beans in the hull, for which a heaping measure
is now given, shall be of the following dimensions, namely:
diameter of said barrel at the top shall be eighteen and three-
fourths inches inside the staves, the diameter at the bottom
inside the staves shall be sixteen and one-fourth inches, and the
depth of said barrel shall be twenty-six inches inside, and to
contain in all six thousand two hundred and fifty-three and
three-fourths cubic inches, measurement by said barrel to be
struck measure.

533. The dimensions of any barrel so used shall be
stamped by the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the
City of Baltimore upon the same, in three conspicuous places,
and any person using a barrel for the measurement of peas,
beans and like farm products, without being so stamped, shall
be fined not less than one hundred dollars, or more than five
hundred dollars; said fine to be collected as other fines are now
collected.

534. It shall be the duty of said Inspector of Weights and
Measures and any measurer of the City of Baltimore, from
time to time to inspect the barrels used for the measurement of
said peas, beans and other farm products, and to see that the
provisions of this sub-division of this Article are complied