Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-05-18

to the Comptroller's Report for 1860,
page XIII.
Your committee further find, from the
information furnished by s, 7. Adams,
the gentlemanly and efficient chief clerk:
IN THE YEAR 1858,
Warehouse No. inspected, -. IL, 937 hhds.
onlppedi -''....:.'....'....'.'........ l3,457 .
The amount of scraps ............ 81
Proceeds from the sale thereof 81, 275 95. |
The average number of men employed 49, |
IN THE YEAR 1859,
Warehouse No. g. inspected, -. Ia, 5sl hhds. |
Shlpped,..'.. IL, l08
| The amount of scraps, ......... 33 6
Proceeds from the sale thereof, Ss45 IS.
The average number Of men employed, 40. |
By an examination of the Comptroller
| Report, it will be seen that the expenses
for the year eighteen hundred and fifty
six, amounts to the sum of forty-seven
thousand, seven hundred and six dollars
and eleven cents, embracing the commits
sious, repairs of houses, wages of labor
ers, salaries of inspectors clerks, nails,
and incidental expenses, and the gross
amount received during said year from
the States Tobacco Inspectors, amounts
to the sum offftysix thousand, five hun
dred and sixty-eight dollars and ninety
one cents, leaving balance in favor of
the tobacco fund for said year Of eight
thousand, eight hundred and sixty-two
dollars and eighty cents; and it will fur
Their appear from the Comptroller's Re-
port of 1857, the expenses amounted to
the sum of fifty-seven thousand, two hun
dred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty
seven cents, when the receipts for the
said year amounted to the sum of eighty
seven thousand six hundred and eighty
five dollars and three cents, making the
sum Of thirty-nine thousand, two hun
bred and eighty-nine dollars and forty
six cents, applicable to paying the inter-
est and principle upon the tobacco fund.
Your Committee from an examination of
the Comptroller's Report for 1858, find
that the expenses for that year amount
to the sum of sixty-four thousand, nine
hundred and twenty dollars and fifty
eight cents, embracing the wages to la
borers, salaries to inspectors clerks, in
cidental expenses. and for nails and the
gross receipts of said year from the To-
bacco Inspectors, amounted to S70,798
OF, leaving a balance in favor of the
tobacco fund for said year, of five thou
sand, eight hundred and seventy seven
dollars and forty-four cents.
BY an examination of the Comptroller's
Report, it will be seen that the expenses
for the year 1859, embracing tho wages
of laborers, incidental expenses, salaries
of the inspectors, clerks and for nails,
amounted to ninety-four thousand two
hundred and ffty-four dollars and fifty
one cents, whilst the gross receipts for
the same period amounted to only ninety
two thousand, four hundred and thirty
four dollars and twenty-five cents, leav-
ing deficiency of one thousand eight
hundred and twenty dollars and twenty
six cents, to be met by drafts upon the
tobacco fund. Upon comparison of the
statement Of the years 1856 and 1857,
with the statement for the years 1858
and 1859, your Committee are Of the
opinion there has been great neglect some
where on the part of the Inspectors in
the management Of the affairs Of the va
rious Tobacco Warehouses.
The Inspectors represent that they
cannot recondition stayed tobacco for 81,
the sum fixed in section fifth, of the Act
of Assembly of 1853, and that in fact
it osts about 50; in view of this fact,
your Committee would respectfully re-
commend the Act of 1858, sec. 5, be
repealed, and the following sums be
charged: for one or two brakes, 81 full
stay, So for redrawing hhds., not ex-
' ceedng 1000 lbs, IS cents; all hogs
heads exceeding l 900 lbs, 81, and for
outage on all hogsheads not exceeding
. LOO lbs, S125, on all hogsheads ex-
ceeding | 100 lbs, and not exceeding
" 1900 pounds, 81 so; on all hogsheads
over | 800 lbs, 81. Your Committee
from full and thorough investigation Of
. this subject, are Of the opinion that this
0 change in the various charges enumerated
r would have tendency to increase the
/ tobacco revenue.
Your Committee would further recon-
mend that the Inspector should charge
! the sum of fifteen cents on each and
every hogshead Of tobacco sold by the
grower and remaining in the State To-
9 bacco Warehouses over six months, the
sum of fifteen cents to be charged to the
purchaser for each and every month he
allows said hogshead to remain in said
warehouses after the expiration Of six
months.
Your Committee find from an exami-
nation that in the years 1856 and 1857,
there we're 300 hhds. of scraps, which
amounted to $11, 5000, and for the
years 1858 and 1859, there were 502
hogsheads of scraps, the proceeds from
the sales thereof amounted to only
$s,6S7.73. The scraps are a serious
loss to the tobacco planter. and there
should be some legislation to remedy the
evil and to protect the grower from i'm
position and from loss Of this character.
Your Committee would respectfully
represent to the General Assembly, that
it shall be the duty Of the inspectors at
the several warehouses in the city Of
Baltimore, to give their personal atten-
ton TO the inspection of tobacco and 10
furtherance Of their views they would re-
commend the passage Of a law on this
subject, making it penalty for them, or
either Of them, 10 absent themselves
from their place Of business during the
hours Of business without a reasonable ex-
cuge 10 the Coroptroller for their absence