Frostburg mining journal., 1882-11-25
isc, llaaeons Advertisement /.
Weights and Measures.
ARTICLE XXXT-REYISED CODE
OF MARYLAND.

/. The standards for weights and meas
ures in tins State, except as other" ise pre-
vidcd IN tlis article, shall he such MS are
used Ut the custom r use in the city oil
Ba timore.
9. The county commissioners of each
county shall, except whcr, otherwise di-
rected hv i cal law. on b fore the first
day of May in each year, a rolnt some
person as keeper of the stand S OF
weights nnd measures, who shall safely
keep and preserve the same, and when re
quired, de liver them to tn count, commits
81, ners, or tu suc'. person as they may ap.
point To receive the same, ard who shall
pPrisrm the several duties prescribed by
this article.
3. The person so appointed shall, before
he enters upon the dut es OF his office, give
bond tu the county 0mmiss,oners in the
p nal sum of five hundred dollars c0ndi
toned foI the faithful discharge of all the
duties npp, rtainlng to his office.
4. All weights and measures used in this
Stat, in the vendl g OF aitic,es, ahall be
Inspected by the SAID standard keeper ioI
the county, urce in every year, under a
penal Y not exceeding twenty dollars, TO
be paid y Il erers n owning or using the
srnc, and whin adjust, d, shall he by the
standard keeper branded, marked, or
stamped with the lett rs M. s, neanin !
thereby Maryland Standard, in such man
neI and OH such ia ris of such weights and
measures as in hi, Judgment will be most
lssilng and etectual in preventing 'rrud-
ulert practices Or impt sitions in the use
thereof.
The weights and measures so exam.
iGed, branded or stariped. and no other,
shal. le used within u is State in the
vending OF such articles as are direc, ed by
law I" lie Or are usual sold | y weight ,,r
measure, under penalty Of twentJ dol
lars, and all tito es sold vii nm this State
sI; Ii lie sold ~ said weights and measures
under the hike p, atty.
q. a Il schlehyams Used in the vending
Ct articles in T. is State shall he IL mspect'
al d Stamped by the keeper nf the stsnd-
ards of welglts, a. weights are directed TO
be stamped, and any person using scale
beam $ IN t1is Stat not stamped rs herein
Giret ted, shall f'rteil an' pay sUm not
eXceedilg WEI ty doliars or each offence,
T. Tn, keepers 0i standlrd- Of eighfa
auj measures shall attend O.; = e dill rSnr
Warsc - o." rs and yii'g'- 10 HE coUH-
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y ftch hieier oi elHaNAiuN tnN "ttI
b''"" IL "N!'.' ne silsi' 'et's,el u
names q we pe's D" Who 6 ."HhA N'i,'
sca'tf, wen Ee ana liitHS'!icS' at htH "u
ju go t"tV hti Nhn ti,' = = Wy a''ns ~
N" year anu inc iUh"ti "uu "e>Vi p'l,'A
n' ~ hhio - ~ IhN'"'' "''S" H'"k "
@Il"l' submit 10 'te Ihsp' ciioh "i 'he co"h'
~ commissioners "a'c " eaSH year, oi
ullenGi hg 'ed'
II any person shan hesleet or feitst
lr nave Il beams ana scajes' "elSht| ah'
iiita pfrsi Inspected ana az lus'eu as Iere'I
arr ep'a' "h'h npuhpu " up ~ ~ W.
proper oiti'er, he Shall '"rtcil ana pay hV'
dollars ioi every day duiing sue" "elin
quehcy.
lo II any slandaro-heeper snail DC III
formed ,r have reason to susl'eti that any
Herson Is using or bas IN his posses. iol
WIN hHouu'eht lhteh'iUn' any l"1s'
beams, scaies or int assures, he shall exam
Int the same aEu u he hnu men, or any
OF them, 10 te iaise, nc sn"ii Se'zc tii'
same as infieit''le, ana ADJUST ana sei
thein ht pnbllc ae tinn, AMI aha'l annual,
letuin hsIa' enient VI .ne ihoitcy icceNo'
therefor under oa'h TO the county com
missioLers' -,
II. IL any weieht or measure wlic'
slaii nave cen pianueu OF s'"iipeu a. y
h re Ii required, sna'l Dc broken, injured
alter or Changed, or condemned by tht
standard Keeper, ana slali De IOuDu there