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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

than the sample, and whether the purchaser or
seller shall he released from the contract, and
his decision shall be final; find if either buyer
or seller shall refuse to comply with the terms of
sale after such decision shall have been made
against him, the party aggrieved may recover in
a suit at law, double the damages he may prove
he has sustained by the said refusal; or in the
event of a purchaser refusing or neglecting to
comply with the terms of sale, after a decision of
the Inspector General as aforesaid, the owner or
his agent, may either retain the grain, and sue
for damages, or may re-sell the same, and then
sue for the difference in price between the first
and last sale, also for the delay and detention,
and recover in either case double the amount of
damage that shall be proven to have been sus-
tained.

Inspectors to

procure suita-

ble weights and

scales.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said Inspec-
tors shall also carefully weigh and determine the
weight of all wheat that shall be inspected by
them or carried to the said city for sale, and for
that purpose shall procure at reasonable and pro-
per cost, suitable weights and scales, to effect the
purposes herein contemplated; the same to be
paid for as hereinafter provided.

Grain after be-
ing sold not to
be inspected.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That no Inspector
or weigher appointed under the provisions of this
act, shall weigh or inspect any grain after it has
once been sold and delivered on its arrival in said
city, nor shall he, during his continuance in said
office, buy or sell, either directly or indirectly,
or receive any grain, by way or barter, loan or
exchange, or in any way intermeddle with or
busy himself in procuring to be sold or consigned
to any merchant, or in loading any ship or vessel
with grain, except the proper grain that may have
been grown by the said Inspector, under the pen-
alty of two dollars for every bushel so bought or
sold, and upon conviction for the offence, he shall
be dismissed from his office.

Penalty for re-
ceiving reward
not authorised.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if any Inspec-
tor appointed under the provision of this act,
shall accept or receive directly or indirectly, any
gratuity or reward, for anything done by him in
pursuance of this act, other than what is herein-
after allowed as his compensation, every such