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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

parly may call in any inspector of the article authorised
to act in the city where the article may be situated, and
the judgment of the inspector shall bind the parties.

Fees allowed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the fees for inspec-
tions shall be the same as those now fixed by law; no
person shall be entitled to license to inspect, or shall
act as inspector of any article in the manufacturing,
vending or trading in which he is engaged individually,
or as a partner, or as an agent, clerk or employee of a
trader, vender or manufacturer; and that before any
person shall act as inspector under the provisions of

Oath.

this act, he shall take and subscribe an oath in the
usual form, that he will honestly and faithfully dis-
charge the duties of said office, to be administered to
him by the clerk of the court granting the license, at
the time said license is granted.

Fish not sub-
ject to rein-
spection.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That fish imported into
the city of Baltimore, which has been inspected in any
other State of the Union, shall not be subject to re-in-
spections, unless expressly required by the buyer or
seller.

Money for li-
cense to be
paid into the
treasury.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all sums of money
received by the clerk of the court of common pleas, of
the city of Baltimore, for license under the provisions
of this act, shall be accounted for and paid into the
treasury at the times and in the manner required in re-
gard to monies received for licenses to retailers of mer-
chandise.

Lumber to be
sold by mea-
surement.

SEC 7. And be it enacted, That the qualities here-
tofore existing by law in any kind of lumber or timber,
sold in the city of Baltimore, shall be abolished, and
hereafter it shall all be sold by measurement.

License to be
issued by the
Comptroller.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the licenses here-
inbefore required to be issued by the clerk of the court
of common pleas, of the city of Baltimore, shall be pre-
pared and countersigned by the comptroller of the trea-
sury department, and the said clerk shall, on or before
the first Monday of May in each year, and as often
thereafter as may be necessary, make application to the
said comptroller for such number of said licenses as
may probably be required by the said clerk for one
year.