THOMAS VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, W. GOVERNOR.

1837.

CHAPTER 316.

CHAP. 316.

An act to pro-vide for the Weighing of Anthracite or
Hard Coal, and for Measuring Bituminous Coal, in
the State of Maryland, and to repeal the act of As-
sembly heretofore passed in relation to that subject.

Passed Mar. 29,
1838.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That all anthracite or hard coal hereafter
sold within the State of Maryland, shall be sold by
the ton, and twenty-two hundred and forty pounds of
any coal shall be allowed to the ton.

2240 lbs. to the
ton of anthra-
cite.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all bituminous coal
hereafter sold within the State of Maryland, shall be
sold by measure, and no measure shall be used, but
those that have been proved and stamped by the proper
officers of the city or county where the same is to be
used, except foreign coal subject to duty, in which case
the measure of the general government will be used.

Bituminous
coal by mea-
sure.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all scales used for
weighing anthracite or hard coal, called platform, box
or patent balance, or steelyards, shall be subject to
the inspection of the inspector of weights, in each city
and county, who shall examine and prove said scales
twice in every year, correcting them when .necessary,

Balance to be
inspected.

for which the owner or owners shall pay him for each
time, one dollar and fifty cents for proving and correct-
ing a platform scale, one dollar for a box scale, and
seventy-five cents for steelyards, exclusive of every
necessary expense in proving and correcting them, and
when any scale or steelyard is out of order beyond
remedy he shall have power to prohibit its future use.

Compensation.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the inspector of
weights in each city and county, shall be an umpire to
decide in all cases where a dispute arises as to the
weight of a parcel of anthracite or hard coal, and the

Case of dispute.

measurer in each city and county shall be an umpire to
decide in all cases where a dispute shall arise as to
the measure of a quantity of bituminous coal, or when
a buyer or seller wishes them to weigh or measure, as
the case may be, a parcel, in all such cases the said

Umpire.

inspector shall receive fifteen cents per ton for every
ton he shall weigh, and the measurer, half cent per

Inspectors com-
pensation.