LEVIN WINDER, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 169.
An act relating to flour now lying within the city and port
of Baltimore.
Section 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That any owner or consignee of
flour now lying within the city or port of Baltimore be,
and he hereby is authorised to cause any such flour to be
remanufactured and repacked, and to be exported from

DEC. SESS.

1813.

Passed Jan.
29, 1814.
Flour may
be remanufac-
tured, &c.

the said city or port, or sold within the same; Provided,
That no such flour nor any flour composed in part of such
flour shall be inspected within the city of Baltimore or by
any of the inspectors of said city.

Proviso.

9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no flour so ex-
ported shall have any inspection brand or mark thereon;
and if any flour be exported contrary to the provisions
of this act it shall be subject to the same penalties as flour
exported contrary to the inspection laws and ordinances
of the city of Baltimore.

CHAPTER 170.

Not subject
to inspection.

An act to ascertain the allowance to sheriffs for per-
forming the duties required of them respecting elec-
tions.

Passed Jan.
29, 1814.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the sheriffs in the several coun-
ties of this state shall respectively be allowed the sum of
twelve dollars for each and every election held in such
county for performing all such duties as they are by law

Allowance.

required to perform relative to such elections; Provided,
That when two or more of said elections shall beheld
on the same day, that the sheriff shall not be entitled to
receive more than twelve dollars for such elections.

Proviso.

2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the respective
levy courts in the several counties of this state be, and
they are hereby authorized and directed to levy the
same annually at the time of laying the county levy,
which shall be collected and paid as other county charges
are.

To be annu-
ally levied.

3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That where any she-
riff has heretofore performed the duties required of him
respecting elections, and has not received any compensa-
tion for the same, that the levy court of such county be,
and are authorised and directed to make the same allow-
ance, which shall be levied, collected and paid in the
same manner as is herein directed to be allowed for fu-
ture elections.

Sheriff, not
having receiv-
ed compensa-
tion to be al-
lowed.

4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the laws hereto-
fore passed making allowance to sheriffs for holding
elections be and is hereby repealed.

Former acts
repealed.