Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-06-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC GENERAL Law.
CII DTED OcI


AN ACT to provide for the licensing of gua-
| gers of casks and liquids, for the City of
| Baltimore, aud providing for the duties
thereof.
| SECTION l. Be IL enacted Jy tie General As
sembly Of Maryldnd, That any citizen of the
| State of Maryland, on application TO the
| Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in the
City Of Baltimore and on paying one hum
dred dollars TO the said clerk, shall be enti-
| tied to receive license to act as guager of
casks and liquors for the term of one year
from the date thereof. The person applying
for said license shall, at the time of receiving
the same, take and subscribe before said
clerk IN oath that he will honestly and faith
fully discharge the duties fsad Office
SEC. .. And belt enacted. That no person
engaged in vending or trading in or manu-
featuring casks or liquors, individually or as
partner, or as agent, clerk or employee Of
II trader vender or manufactures of said
ticle. or either of them, or any commissioned
officer, shall be licensed to act as gauger of
casks and liquids.
Sec. 3. And be il eaqcted, That any person
may sell, export or otherwise dispose of any
foreign or domestic liquors in casks without
having the same gagged by license gauger,
but in cases of difference between the buyer
aud seller as to the quantity, either party
may call in a gauger, and his Judgment shall
bind the parties.
SEC. a. Ahd be Il enacted, That The CANCERS
shall procure and use II correct set of gaugng
instruments, and as soon as they have ascer-
'ained the capacity any cask they shall dis
linctly mark, with marking irons, the carac-
ty on the biIge near the burg, and prefix The
letter VI b, for the State of Maryland, aud the
first letter of the surname of the gauger who
does eauging and any cask containing such
liquor to be merchantabc, must he round at
the bilge and heads, the slaves thereof 10 be
seasoned white oak, free from any injurious
portions of sapwood. and not less than half
~ inch thick at the thinnest part, and not
more than three quarters of an inch at the
thicltest part, and to be tight, and secured
with a sufficient number of good hoops, if of
iron, six, aud if Of wood, not less than twelve,
and Mt least not less than twelve on all d0ll-
Die barrels and hogsheads: aud if any cask
containing such liquor shall he found def
Glen. in any of these respects hy said guugcr,
he shall direct it to be eoopered or other
casks substituted therefor. nj the expense of
the owner or seller: and if such cask shall be
fonnd TO be .fram3aleHay made, the owner or
seller thereof, or his agent, shall forfeit the
cask 10 the use OF the State.
SEC s. Ind be IL enacted, That the said
gaugers, in order TO ascertain the capacity Of
casks. shall conform to the Baltimore stand
lrd Of wine measure, and if any cask or YES
sci gagged or marked by said gauger, shall
in its capacity be found lacking or exceeding
one more gallons in any barrel, or two or
more gallons in a cask of Il larger size, the
gauger shall forfeit and pay two dollars for
each gallon so lacking or exceeding The num-
Der of gallons marked by him ON the cask
SEC, g. lind he IL eaacted, That if any per-
son shall alter any mark or number marked
or set down by any ganger, thereby TO de-
cege and deIaud the purchaser Of distilled
spirits, wine, molasscs, or other liquid rner-
chandisc, so gagged and marked or shall put
any false mark or number on said cask, or
upon any certificate intended to counterfeit
the mark or numbers OF The gauger, he shall
forfeit and pay twenty dollars for every Of
fence, one half to The informer, and the other
half to the use of the State.
Sec 7 Aad be II enacted, That every gau-
ger so licensed shall be entitled to demand
aud receive from the person ut whose request
he shall gauge any cask or casks, the follow
ing fees, TO wit: for gauging casks not ex-
ceeding forty gallons, ten cents per cask, for
casks Of larger size fifteen cents.
Sec. 8 Ahd be ii eadcted, That any person
not being properly licensed who shall act as
said ganger, or being so licensed, shall act as
said gauger outside Of the limits OF the said
city, shall forfeit and pay to the Sheriff Of
the city the sum of three hundred dollars
said penalty TO be imposed as fine by the
Criminal Court on preseniment and indict-
ment by the Grand Jury and conviction in
due course Of law, and one-tbird Of the pen
atty shall he paid by the Sheriff to the in
former, and the residue shall be accounted
for by the Sheriff to the Treasury as other
fines; if any person so licensed shall be guilty
Of frand by reason Of collision with any
parties, he shall he deemed guilty Of INSIDE
meanor, and shall, on presentment and in
dictmenl therefor, and on conviction thereof,
orieit and pay fine of not less than five hun
dred dollars or more than one thousand
dollars for every such offence, or be impri-
rored in the discretion of the Court, for n
time not exceeding three years, or both and
shall also be liable in damages at the suit of
the party aggrieved.
Sec. 8. ami be IL enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from and after the date of its
passage, and all Acts or parts of Acts incon-
sstent herewith are hereby repealed
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
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,
Ctiaf (i1arL Tonca If