THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1S45.

CHAPTER 339.

CHAP. 339.

An act supplemental to an act passed at December session,
eighteen hundred and thirty-two, chapter two hundred
and sixty-nine, entitled, an act providing for the ap-
pointment of Lime Inspectors for the City of Balti-
more, and prescribing their duties.

Passed Mar.
10, 1846.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the mayor of the city of Baltimore an-
nually appoint three persons well skilled in the quality
and quantity of lime, to constitute a board of appeal,
whose duty it shall be to decide upon all cases of appeal
which may be made to them, from the decision of the
lime inspectors and measurers, either by the lime burners,
sellers or buyers, and their decision shall be final; and
should the decision of the board of appeal be in opposi-
tion to the certificate of the inspector and measurer, the
inspector and measurer shall pay all the expenses that
may accrue in consequence of the appeal, and should the
decision of the lime inspector or measurer be confirmed,
the expense shall be paid by the person making the ap-

peal.

Mayor to ap-
point three in-
spectors.

SEC 2. And be it enacted, That each person constitu-
ting the board of appeal, as before provided for, shall re-
ceive for his services for each case of appeal he may set
on, one dollar, and should any case occupy more time
than one day, each member attending may demand one
dollar for each days attendance; the persons that shall
be appointed to constitute the board of appeal, before en-
tering upon the duties of their office, shall in the presence
of the mayor of the city, be required to make oath or
affirmation, as the case may be, that they will faithfully
perform the duties of their office to the best of their skill
and ability.

Each person
to receive one
dollar.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in the event of any
of the lime burners, buyers or sellers being dissatisfied
with the decision of the lime inspector measurer,
cither in quality or quantity of the lime which shall have
been inspected and measured, the party so aggrieved may
call upon the board of appeal, whose duty it shall be to
examine the case as soon as practicable, and that a ma-
jority of that board shall constitute a quorum to transact
business.

Apply to the
board of ap-
peal.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in case there should
be three appeals in succession, from the inspection and

Governor may
dismiss.