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to the inspection of the County Commissioners once in each
year, or oftener if required.

SEC. 8. If any person shall neglect or refuse to have his,
her or their beams and scales, weights and measures inspected
and adjusted as herein directed when required to do so by the
proper officer, he, she or they shall forfeit and pay a fine of five
dollars for every day during such delinquency.

SEC. 9. If any standard keeper shall be informed or has
reason to suspect that any person is using or has in his posses-
sion with fraudulent intention and false beams, scales or
measures, he shall examine the same, and if he finds them or
any of them to be false, he shall seize the same as a forfeiture,
and adjust and sell them at public auction, and shall annually
return a statement of the money received therefor under oath
to the County Commissioners.

SEC. 10. If any weight or measure which shall have been
branded or stamped as herein required shall be broken, injured,
altered or changed, or condemned by the standard keeper, and
shall be found thereafter in the use of any person within this
State, such person shall forfeit and pay a fine of twenty dollars
for each and every offense.

SEC. 11. Each standard keeper shall receive compensation
for the discharge of his duties as the County Commissioners
shall think proper to allow, which shall be levied on the assess-
able property of the county and collected as other county
charges.

SEC. 12. Whenever any standard keeper shall be applied to
adjust scales, weights and measures, by adding to or dimin-
ishing the same, or to adjust scales beams, he shall be allowed
an additional reasonable compensation therefor, to be paid
by the party so applying for his services.

SEC. 13. Half of all fines and forfeitures imposed by the
preceding sections of this Article shall go to the informer and
the other half to the use of the county.

SEC. 14. The units of standards of measures of capacity for
liquids designated in this Article shall be based on a liquid
gallon or two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches; thirty-one
and one-half gallons equaling one barrel, and two barrels are
one hogshead; continual division of the gallon by two equaling
half gallons, quarts, pints, half pints and gills.

SEC. 15. The units or standards of measures of capacity for
dry measure designated in this Article shall be based on a
dry bushel of two thousand, one hundred and fifty-six and
four-fifths cubic inches, continual divisions of the bushel by
two equaling half bushels, pecks, half pecks, quarter pecks,
quarts, pints and half pints.