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WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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1839.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That when any person
bringing lime to the city of Baltimore for sale, in any wa-
gon or other carriage of burden, shall have delivered and
discharged the same, and it shall appear to the buyer or
receiver or any other person or persons, that some fraud
or device has been used in the loading or unloading there-
of, not known to the inspector, he, she or they may com-
plain to the inspector, who is hereby authorised and re-
quired forthwith, or as soon as practicable, to examine in-
to the same, and should the inspector be satisfied that his
first certificate was not correct, then in that case he shall
revoke and annul the first certificate and issue and deliver
a new one instead thereof, expressing the just quality and
quantity; and should it appear that fraud was intended, or
any device used, with an intention to deceive the inspec-
tor, then in that case the owner, or driver, or agent of the
said lime shall forfeit and pay for every such offence ten
dollars.
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CHAP. 117.
If fraud shall
be discovered.
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SEC. S. And be it enacted, That no inspector of lime
shall either, directly or indirectly, be concerned in the
purchase or sale of any articles so inspected by him, more
than for his own use, under the penalty of twenty dollars
for each and every offence.
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Inspector not
to buy or sell
lime.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all lime made in, or
brought to the city of Baltimore, for sale or to be used
therein, whether by land or water, which in the judgment
of the inspector is below the standard of third quality,
shall be condemned and thus mentioned in the certificate
given by the inspector, and also so marked on the cask or
other vessel.
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Lime to be con-
demned.
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SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That all penalties impo-
sed by these acts, may be collected in the name of the
State of Maryland as other fines, one half to the informer
and the other to the use of the State.
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Fines—how
collected.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That all and every provi-
sion of acts to which this is a supplement, that is incon-
sistent with this, be and the same are hereby repealed.
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Repealed.
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