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surname of the gauger who does the gauging; and any cask
containing such liquor, to be merchantable, must be round at
the bilge and heads, the staves thereof to be seasoned white
oak, free from any injurious portion of sap-wood, and not less
than halt an inch thick at the thinnest part, and not more than
three-quarters of an inch at the thickest part, and to be tight
and secured with a sufficient number of good hoops; if of iron,
six; and if of wood, not less than twelve; and at least not less
than twelve on all double barrels and hogsheads; and if any
cask containing such liquor shall be found deficient in any of
these respects by said gauger, he shall direct it to be coopered,
or other casks substituted therefor, at the expense bf the owner
or seller; and if any such cask shall be fraudulently made, the
owner or seller thereof, or his agent, shall forfeit the cask to
the use of the State.

548. The said gaugers, in order to ascertain the capacity
of casks, shall conform to the Baltimore standard of wine
measure; and if any cask or vessel gauged or marked by said
gauger shall in its capacity be found lacking or exceeding one
or more gallons in a cask of a larger size, the gauger shall for-
feit and pay two dollars for each gallon so lacking or exceed-
ing the number of gallons marked by him on the cask.

549. If any person shall alter any mark, or number marked
or set down by any gauger, thereby to deceive and defraud the
purchaser of distilled spirits, wine, molasses or other liquid mer-
chandise so gauged and marked, or shall put any false mark or
number on said cask, or upon any certificate intended to coun-
terfeit the mark or number of the gauger, he shall forfeit and
pay twenty dollars for every offence, one-half to the informer
and the other half to the use of the State.

550. Every gauger so licensed shall be entitled to demand
and receive from the person at whose request he shall gauge
any cask, the following fees, to wit: For gauging casks not
exceeding forty gallons, ten cents per cask; for casks of larger
size, fifteen cents.

551. Any person not being properly licensed, who shall act
as gauger, or being so licensed shall act as said gauger outside