﻿PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  BALTIMOEE 
  CITY. 
  

  

  Section 
  494 
  of 
  Article 
  4 
  of 
  the 
  Code 
  of 
  PiMic 
  Lo- 
  

   cal 
  Laws 
  is 
  amended 
  by 
  Chapter 
  368 
  of 
  Laws 
  

   of 
  1864. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1864, 
  Chapter 
  368. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  All 
  oysters 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Bal- 
  

   timore 
  for 
  sale 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  sealed 
  half 
  bushel, 
  

   or 
  sealed 
  bushel 
  and 
  half 
  measure, 
  and 
  each 
  and 
  

   every 
  person 
  offending 
  against 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  

   section 
  shall 
  ])e 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  for 
  

   each 
  and 
  every 
  oft'ence, 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  before 
  a 
  

   justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  by 
  ac- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  debt 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  

   one-half 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Fine. 
  

  

  Oysters 
  

   measured. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  193 
  of 
  Laws 
  of 
  1872 
  is 
  repealed 
  and 
  re- 
  

   enacted 
  hy 
  Chapter 
  221 
  of 
  Laws 
  of 
  1874. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1874, 
  Chapter 
  221. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  All 
  oysters 
  in 
  the 
  shell 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  

   the 
  city 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  Orisfield, 
  or 
  

   at 
  any 
  oyster 
  packing 
  establishment 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  measured 
  in 
  an 
  iron 
  circular 
  tub, 
  of 
  any 
  

   capacity 
  from 
  one-half 
  bushel 
  to 
  three 
  bushels, 
  as 
  

   may 
  be 
  agreed 
  upon 
  between 
  the 
  buyer 
  and 
  seller; 
  

   said 
  measure 
  shall 
  contain 
  in 
  quantity 
  for 
  each 
  bushel 
  

   thereof, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  dimension, 
  that 
  

   is 
  to 
  say 
  : 
  sixteen 
  and 
  one-half 
  inches 
  across 
  from 
  

   inside 
  to 
  inside 
  at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  across 
  

   from 
  inside 
  to 
  inside 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  and 
  twenty-one 
  measure." 
  

   inches 
  diagonal 
  from 
  the 
  inside 
  chime 
  to 
  the 
  top, 
  

   and 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  even 
  or 
  struck 
  measure 
  ; 
  all 
  

   oysters 
  in 
  the 
  shell 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Baltimore 
  

   shall 
  be 
  measured 
  by 
  a 
  licensed 
  measurer. 
  Any 
  

  

  Dimen- 
  

   sions 
  of 
  

  

  