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a justice of the peace, be fined not less than five dollars nor
more than fifty dollars, and half to the informer and the other
half to the use of the State.

SEC. 26. No person shall sell any package or parcel of
cotton, woolen or other dry goods having any mark thereon or
attached thereto indicating or stating a greater number or a
larger quantity than is actually contained in such package or
parcel, and any auctioneer, commission merchant or other
dealer so selling shall, in each case, forfeit and pay to the
purchaser of each package or parcel double the value of the
quantity of goods, which, on actual measurement, it shall be
found there is wanting in any such package or parcel to make
up the number of yards or quantity marked thereon.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
January 1st, 1911.

Approved April 11, 1910.

CHAPTER 299.

AN ACT to repeal Section 33 of Article 07 of the Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, entitled "Weights and Measures,"
as enacted by Chapter 331 of the Laws of 1000, and to
re-enact the same with amendments

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 33 of Article 97 of the Public General Laws
of Maryland, entitled "Weights and Measures," as enacted by
Chapter 331 of the Laws of 1906, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows, viz.:

SEC. 33. Any person or persons, firm or corporation, in this
State who manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or has in his or
its possession, barrels, baskets, boxes or half boxes of the
capacities defined in Sections 29 to 31 hereof, inclusive, for the
purpose of shipping or selling therein the various products
mentioned in said sections, respectively, shall plainly mark on
the exterior of said barrels, baskets, boxes or half boxes, in
letters not less than one inch high, the word "Standard;" and
any person or persons, firm or corporation in this State who
manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or has in his or its posses-
sion, barrels, baskets, boxes or half boxes that are of less size
or capacity than the standard size as defined in Sections 29
to 31 hereof, inclusive, for the purpose of shipping or selling
therein the various products mentioned in said sections, respec-
tively, shall plainly mark on the exterior of said barrels,
baskets, boxes or half boxes in letters not less than one inch
high the word "short," followed by the word "barrel," or
"basket," or "box," or "half box," as the case may be.