Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-06-21
ROCKVILLE MARYLAND FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 81, 1872.

each wegher--it being intended hereby not Il
pay said officer in gross more than two thou
sand dollars TO the Weigher General and six
teen hundred dollars to each assistant.
SUB Sec. l. The said weighers shall care
fully weigh one bushe in every sixty of wheat
and one busbel in every one hundred of corn,
rye and oats, for the purpose of ascertainihg
the average weight Of the cargo or parcel oil
grain, and that in weighing grain sold, il
shall not be necessary TO measure sixty bush
els of wheat, or one hundred bushels Of other
grain, before taking a draft for weighing; but
it shall be the privilege off either party, nj any
stage Of the delivery of the grain, to require
that any intermediate draft shall be weighed,
and if each party shall have caused an inter-
mediate draft to be weighed, the average
weight of the two drafts shall be taken MS the
accurate weight of the said sixty or Que hun
dred bushels, as the case may be and in case
only one of the parties shall require an inter-
mediate draft to be weighed then the average
of said intermediate draft and the weigher's
draft shall be taken MS the weight OF said sixty
bushels, as the case may be.
SUB SEC. 2. The term grain used in this ar
ticle shall be construed to mean wheat, rye,
oats, corn, buckwheat and barley, and that
the standard weight of wheat shall be sixty
pounds 10 the bushel rye and corn each fifty
six pounds to the bushel and oats twenty-six
pounds to the bushel and barley forty-seven
pounds TO the bushel and in all contracts
hereafter made, bushel Of either of said ar
ticles shall be determined by the said weighers
respectively, unless the parties TO any such
contract shall otherwise expressly stipulatc.
SUB SEC. 3. The amount TO be so paid I'M
der the warrant of the Comptroller of the
Treasury TO the Weigher General aud weigh
crs, and for other expenses which may accrue
under this Act shall not exceed the amount
to the credit Of the weighing find as provi-
ded by law, and if there shall not be in the
Treasury, 10 the credit of the said grain weigh
ing fund, sufficient sum after paying the ex-
penses incurred under this Act, to pay in full
the said salaries of the Weigher General and
said weighers, then ratabe deduction shall be
made between the said Weigher General and
said weighers.
SEC. 10. Ind be il enacted, That if either
the Weigher General or any assistant weigher
shall fail or refuse to make the report and pay
over the money required of them by this Arti-
Gle, or shall make false report, on complaint
OF the Comptroller TO the Governor, land it is
hereby made his duty to complain whenever
either OF said officers shall fail to do their du-
ty,) the Governor shall forthwith suspend
him from office, aud he shall remain suspended
until he complies with the provisions Of this
section and if the Wegher General shall fail
to comply for two weeks after the time provi-
ded for 10y this Article, he shall be dismissed
from office.
SEC. 16 And5e enacted, That if the
Weigher General, or any assistant weigher,
shall make n false return, either in amount of
weights or money received and paid over, he
shall be liable on his bond and be ever after
wards incapable of holding any Office under
the Grain Laws Of this State.
SEC. II. IND be enacted The Comptroller
shall, whenever the Weigher General shall
fail TO make the return to the Treasurer here
inbeiore required, send a copy of his bond to
the States Attorney for the City of Baltimore,
to be put in suit, whose duty it shall be to
proceed thereon, for the speedy recovery of the
penalty thereof, as upon other official bonds.
SEC. 49, Ind be IL enacted, That the Treas
urer shall open an account with the grain
weighing fund, and credit to said account or
fund all money paid into the Treasury by the
Weigber General, and the surplus of fees that
may hereafter be received from any wegher
holding Office under the provisions OF any
other law, and pay the amount directed by
law to be paid thereout, and charge them 10
said fund, and shall invest the balance re-
manning in The Treasury to its account for the
benefit Of said fund, to be hereafter disposed of
under the direction of the General Assembly
Of Maryland for building a warehouse in the
City Of Baltimore for the accommodation OF
the grain trade Of this State.
SEC. 10. And be ii Cnacted That the Weigh
er General may appoint as many assistant
weighers and measurers Of grain as the de-
mands Of trade require, and fix their compen-
stations; Proueded, il shall not be more than
one-fourth ola cent bushe-one-half to be
paid by the buyer and the other half by the
seller, and may dismiss them for neglect Of or
improper discharge of duty but before eaid
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take an oath before some Justice Of the Peace
for the faithful and impartial performance Of
the duties of his Office.
SEC. 20. Ind he IL cnacted That no person
except those appointed under this Article,
shall weigh or measure any grain in the City
Of Baltimore that may arrive for sale as provi-
ded by this law, under the penalty Of twenty
five dollars for every offence, to be recovered
in the name of the State for the use of the in
former before any Justice of the Peace for the
City Of Baltimore.
SEC 81. And he IL enacted, That the Weigh
err General and the assistant weighers to be APP
pointed by virtue Of this Act, unless prevent
ed by sickness or inability, shall attend to
their respective duties in person, and not by
deputy, under a penalty of five hundred dollars
--One-half 20 the iuformer and the other to the
State.
SIC. %. mi be Il enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is n
true and perfect copy of an Act passed the
General Assembly of Maryland, at the Jan
uary Session, 1872.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House Of Delegates.
Approved April -, 1872.
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