Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
CHAPTER 1898.

CHAPTER 1898.
AN ACT to add certain new sections to
the Code of Public Local Laws, article
one, entitled, "Allegany County," SUBJ
title Flour" to come after section sew
! cnty-one.
| SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the following
new sections be and are hereby added to
the Code of Public Local Laws, article one,
! entitled "Alle9anv County" subtitle
| "FlOur," to come after section sCventy-one,
and to read as follows:
ia. The County Commissioners of Allie
gany county shall, on or before the sec
ond Monday of May next, and in every
year thereafter, appoint an inspector of
flour for said county who shall live in the
city Of Cumberland and shall inspect all
flour which he may be called upon to in
| spcct by any manufacturer or dealer there
in, or by any purchaser thereof but such
inspection shall not be compulsory unless
required by either the vendor or purchas-
er of such flour, nor shall such inspector
be obliged, except at his option, to 20 be
yond the limits Of the city of Cumberland
to make such inspections, and said nspec-
tor shall, before he enters upcn the dis
charge of his duties, make oath before the
Clerk OF the Circuit Court for Ailegany
county, that he viii perform the duties OF
said office fairly and impartially, and shall
file bond with said clerk to the State of
Maryland, with surety and securities to be
approved by said clerk, conditioned to per-
form such duties properly, fairly and i'm
partially in the penalty Of five hundred
dollars
lib. Whenever said inspector shall in
spect any flour he shall brand or mark on
the barrel the quantity or grade thereof,
and if the same is of inferior grade to that
which it purports to be, then he shall so
mark thereon.
tic. If desired by either the vendor or
purchaser ofsaid flour, said inspector shall
| weigh the same and mark thereon the true
weight thereof, and if he shall find that
the same is of less weight than one hund
red and nincty-siX pounds, then said bar
rel OF flour shall be forfeited and sold by
the inspector and the proceeds thereof
Shall go to the school fund Of said county.
I'D. Said inspector shall not purchase
directly or indirectly, or be interested in
the purchase or sale OF any flour whatso-
ever other than for his own family use,
under the penalty of five dollars for every
barrel so purchased by him.
lie. The general inspector of flour in
the city Of Baltimore, within ten days af-
ter the standard of flour is fixed for said
. city, shall send to the inspector herein
named fair specimen of the standard and
samples OF flour there established and col
lccted, to be kept and observed as stand
ards by said inspector herein named
| III. In all cases where such inspector
may pronounce flour barrel insufficient,
The owner of such barrel, or his agent, may
either cause the same to be repaired or
substitute new one, as the case may re-
quire, or hc may make such deduction
from the price of the -four as may be mu-
tually agreed upon between himself and
the purchaser thereof
/ Zig. Said inspector shall be entitled to
charge and receive for inspecting, weighing
ard marking each barrel of flour inspect
/ ed, marked and weighed by him, the sum
of one and one-half cents for inspecting
and one cent for weighing each barrel.
1lh. Ii said inspector shall willtully
knowingly and falsely mark the quality or
weight OF any barrel of flour he shall for
/ felt and pay the sum Of fifty dollars for
| every barrel so falsely marked, to be re-
covered by indictment in the Circuit Court
for Allegany county, and his bond may be
put into suit by any person or persons in
jurcd by any breach of duty committed by
him, and such damages, not exceeding the
penalty thereof, recovered thereon, as the
plaintiff in such suits may have sustained
| by his improper acts.
! SEC, ?. And be it enacted That this act
shall take o4lucJ from The date Of its pas
sage.
F'ETTER S. HOBLITZELL,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
Approved this 9TH day Of April, 1878.
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
[Great Seal Governor.
MARYLAND SGT:
|, James S. Franklin, clerk of the Court
of Appeals Of Maryland, do hereby certi-
fly that the foregoing is full and true copy
OF the act of The General Assembly OF
Maryland, of which it purports to be a
copy as taken from the original Law be-
longing to and deposited in the office OF
the Clerk OF the Court OF Appeals of Mary
land.
In testimony whereof hereunto set my
hand as clerk and afiiX the seal of ---,}
the said Court of Appeals this I'd seal. (
day Of May, 1878. t~o~~'
JAMES S. FRANKLIN,
Clerk ofthe Court OF Appeals Of Maryland
May 1885,