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Preamble.
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WHEREAS, it has been represented to this General
Assembly, that the law regulating the weighing and in-
spection of hay and straw does not make proper provi-
sion for weighing bale hay and straw, and as the law is
at present construed, the importers and dealers as well
as consumers of bale hay and straw, are subjected to
great expense and loss in draying said hay and straw to
the respective State scales, and that said scales will not
weigh less than five pounds — Therefore,
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Duty of inspec-
tor and weigher.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it shall be the duly of the inspector
and weigher of hay and straw, at the eastern scales, to
be present regularly every day, Sunday excepted, at
some stated hour in each day, to be named by said in-
spector and weigher, and there remain at least one hour
or more, as the case may be, to receive all applications
for the weighing and inspection of hay and straw
brought to the said city for sale in bales, either by land
or water, and all bales of the same, brought by water,
shall be weighed and inspected at such place or places
most convenient to the vessel or vessels bringing the
same, the aforesaid weighing and inspection to be done
by said officer in the shortest possible time after having
received application for his services, the removal of the
scales to the several places requiring for use, to be paid
by the owner or owners of the hay or straw to be so
weighed and inspected, and the said inspector is hereby
authorised and required to make such reasonable tare or
deduction from each bale as to him may seem just and
proper, and the said inspector shall in no case receive
more for his service than is now allowed by the acts to
which this is a supplement, except for the labor of pla-
cing the said bales of hay and straw on and off the
scales, which said labor shall be paid by the owner or
owners thereof, and any person or persons failing to
comply with the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of five dollars for every such neglect or re-
fusal, to be recovered as provided for by the act to which
this is a supplement.
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To purchase
portable scales.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in order that the
provisions of this act may be fully carried out, the inspec-
tor of the eastern scales, be and he is hereby authorised
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