458 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

quantity thereof, shall dispose of any part thereof, or in any
manner diminish the same in quantity, thereby to defraud or
deceive the purchaser thereof, he shall forfeit and pay for every
such offence the sum of twenty dollars.

560. The said inspectors may re-weigh carts, wagons, car-
riages or sleds, as often as they may deem expedient; and if at
any time either of them shall be required to do so by a pur-
chaser of hay or straw, and it shall be found that his report of
the weight of the cart, wagon, carriage or sled is correct, the
person requiring the same shall pay twenty cents to said in-
spector; in other cases the re-weighing shall be free of charge.

561. The said inspector shall, at all times when required,
weigh hemps, cables, anchors, dye-woods, barks, roots, etc.

562. In addition to the charge hereinbefore authorized for
the use of the State hay scales, the inspector shall be entitled
to demand and receive fifteen cents for each and every load of
hay or straw which shall remain half an hour on the premises
after the weighing thereof, but shall be removed before night,
and thirty cents for each and every load which shall be left on
the premises until the next morning.

563. The weighing apparatus shall be adjusted at least once
in six months by the standard of weights for the City of Balti-
more, the expenses of which, together with all the expense
for repairs, shall be paid by the inspectors.

564. The inspectors shall severally account for, under oath,
and pay over to the Treasurer, quarterly, all moneys received
by them as inspectors, after retaining for their services three-
fourths of all moneys received under sections 556 and 560, and
one-fifth of all moneys received under section 562 of this Article.

565. It shall be the duty of the inspector of hay and straw
having charge of the eastern hay scales at Canton, in the City
of Baltimore, to weigh all cattle and hogs required by law to be
weighed, which may be brought to said scales for that purpose;
and the said inspector shall be entitled to demand and receive