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quality of the tame, in no case sha
the brand or other mark be affixed O.
the hogshead, cask or sample, until a
least two Inspectors have agreed OF
tho quality thereof; tho brand or mar.
TO be affixed on the hogshead OF cas-
to correspond with that Oh tho sam
pie and classed -n.''nIla.s: Admitte,
or refused. That ali Tobacco sinai
be classed "Admitted" unless III
same shall consist chiefly OF greunt
leaves, decayed, wet or damaged TO
bacco, or in a state too moist to keep
that fany hid. be partially damaged
TO an extent not exceeding ten pei
cent, said damage shall be cut of, ana
the samples be marked, Trimmed OF
Cut" and the probable weight cut of
he marked on the label OF the sample
that ali tobacco snail be classed as
'refused" when damaged TO an ex,
tent exceeding ten per cent on the
net weight of the hogshead, or when
the same shaIl consist chiefly ofground
leaves, lugs, wet or damaged tobacco,
or tobacco in a state too moistt TO keep.
PrOri!ed, That fromand after tie first
day of May next ensuing, any per-
son or persons requiring tobacco in
hhds or casks Inspected by stripping
off The casks to ascertain the actual
tare thereof, end more fully 10 deter
mne whether the tobacco is firmly
packed. and free from trash, shall have
that right granted to them by notify
ing the Inspector to that effects The
Inspector IN that case shall cause the
hid OF cask to be up ended by the
necessary coopers aud iaGorers sup
Piled by the owner or consIgnee, SO
that the space OF eighteen square feet
shall be allowed by the warehouse
keeper for each hid or cask; the in
Spector shal! then cause the hid. or
cask 10 be uncased or opened, and
the empty hhd. OF cask taken oil and
weighed, aud The tlre thereof inScriD-
ed thereon; after which the empty
hid. or cask shall be returned on the
tobacco from WHICH ie came, and
coopefed up in coed shipping order,
approved by the Inspector, TOR which
service thu owner or owners or CON
shall pay over and above the
charges allowed by Iaw, heretofore
provided tor, twenty cents per hind.
additional fee to Tie Inspector and
forty cents to the coopers fvf such
labor. And ii shall be the du
ty OF the inspector to certify the ac-
tuaI tare in his certificate, and that
the cask has been actually stripped
SEC. 4. Be il FURTHER enacted. &c.
That If any person or persons shall
or erase any brand or mark Of.
SAID inspectors, every person SO Of
tending shall forfeit and pay the sum
oi one hundred dollars for every cast,
or sample label, the brands or
MARKS of which shall have been so a.
or erased.
SEC. 5. Be il further enacted. &c.
That nothing herein contained shall
DC construed 10 extand TO tobacco in
carrots, or 10 stripped or steamed to
bacco, or to tobacco stems in hhds.
nor 10 leaf tobacco in hhdS., boxes or
intended for reshipment with
out sale, unless at the request Of own
er Of the same.
SEC. 6. BE 1t further cnIcicd, &c.
That on the passage of this act, the
Governor shall appoint, with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Senate, suita-
Bile tobacco inspectors, according 10
The provisions OF this act, to serve I'M
I'll the first day of February 1876
and tor every two years thereafter;
md in Ease of death or resignation Of
my of said tobacco inspectors dur
ng the recess of the Legislature, the
Governor shall make temporary ap-
continents, which snail expire at the
md of the next session thereafter.
SEC. 7. BE it further enacted, &c.
That the two inspectors appointed for
he City OF Lafayette shall be subject
o the same duties and penalties, and
eceive the same compensations that
re established and provided in this
ct for the inspectors Of the City of
New Orleans.
Sec. 8. BE 1t further enacted, SC.
That from and after the first day of
October next, all hhds. or casks Of TO-
'acco, which shall be offered for sale {
n the City and Port of New Orleans {
hall be made of well seasoned tim I
I
Signed, c. DERBIGNY,
Speaker of the Hou. of Rep'r. Z
FELIX GARCIA, {
President of the Senate. I
APPROVED March 95th 1914.
A. MOUTON,
GoverDo: of the State of La. /