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502. That any person violating the provisions of the pre-
ceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a 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.

593. The said measurer and his deputies, before entering
upon their duties of office, shall take the following oath or
affirmation, as the case may be, before some Justice of the
Peace: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully,
truly and impartially, according to the best of my skill and
judgment, execute and perform the office and duty of measurer
of carts according to the true intent and meaning of this sub-
division of this Article, so help me God."

594. 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.

595. 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.

596. If any wood dealer shall sell stick wood by retail in
the City of Baltimore, measured otherwise than in a frame, he