466 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

589. All fines and penalties imposed in this sub-division of
this Article shall be recoverable by indictment before the Crim-
inal Court of Baltimore, or before any Justice of the Peace of
said City, in the name of the inspector, for the benefit of the
State.

Wood Carts.

590. The Governor shall biennially appoint, by and with
the consent of the Senate, one competent person, whose duty
it shall be to measure and stamp all carts or vehicles engaged
in hauling cord wood from wharf and yard within the corpo-
rate limits of the City of Baltimore; and it shall further be the
duty of the said measurer to measure and stamp all carts or
vehicles engaged in hauling sawed and split wood for the pur-
pose of selling the same within the corporate limits of the City
of Baltimore; the said measurer shall have power to appoint
deputies if he shall find it necessary to facilitate the work; and
he or his assistants shall give certificates to the owners of said
carts or vehicles, which shall hold good for one year from date;
all such certificates shall terminate on the first day of May,
annually, and shall be applied for on said day, or within thirty
days thereafter; and in all cases where said certificate shall not
have been renewed within the thirty days aforesaid, a new cer-
tificate shall be necessary, bo be dated and paid for from the
first day of May, as in case of renewal, unless some repairs or
alteration be necessary to change the same, for which services
he shall receive the sum of one dollar for each cart or vehicle so
inspected and marked by him, to be paid by the party at whose
request the services were performed; the said measurer or his
deputies shall be in no way interested as clerks, or otherwise
engaged in the purchase or sale of fire-wood, other than for
their own use.

591. That it shall be unlawful for any person, in either pur-
chasing or selling seasoned cord wood in quantities of not less
than one-half cord at any one time, to measure and settle for the
same, except on the basis of one hundred and twenty-eight
cubic feet to each cord of wood; and that the said contents of a
cord of wood shall be ascertained by lineal or outside measure-
ment, as follows: It shall be eight feet long, four feet high and
four feet wide.