Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-03-15

hogshead, the same to be paid by the owner or
his agent.
Sec 49, And be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the Inspector to con6ne the sample
of each hogshead of tobacco inspected, by tying
them together with strong tape run through
the head of said sample in such manner as shall
be most likely to prevent the bundles from sep
arating or being pulled out and shall confne
on said sample pasteboard label on which
shall be written the marks and number of the
hogshead, the date of inspection, and the name
or number of the warehouse and shall seal said
tape and liable with sealing wax, and shall stamp
it with the seal of the warehouse, and when
ever hogshead of tobacco is re-drawn or. re-
viewed, the sample and label thereon of the o.
riginal inspection to be returned to the lnspec-
tor, to be by him destroyed, and the label on
the sample given at the redrawing or reviewing
of the tobacco, shall show that the hogshead
has been re-inspected or reviewed.
Sec. IA. And be 1t enacted, That any person
or persons, being proved guilty of taRpering
with any sample of tobacco after it shall have
passed from the custody or control of the In
spector, shall be liable to fine of not less than
one hundred dollars by prosecution in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City.
| Sec. Is. And be 1t enacted, That each Inspec-
tor shall cause to be kept in proper books, the
name of the owner, the number, gross, tare and
net weight of every hogshead of tobacco in
spected by him, the State where grown, the
consignee of the same, the name of the vessel
| by which shipped out and the name of the par
| ty shipping the same, and for every hogshead
so inspected by him, he shall issue his certifi-
cate or note, stating in such certificate or note
the name or initials of the owner, the number
of the hogshead, the State where grown, the
date of inspection, and the gross, tare and net
weight of the hogshead, and he shall make no
delivery of any hogshead of inspected tobacco
from his warehouse, except upon surrender of
certificate or note corresponding with the num-
ber of the hogshead.
Sec. Is. A1sd be 1t enacted That if any certi-
flcate or note be lost, or mislaid, or destroyed,
the person entitled to receive the tobacco by
virtue of suCh note, or certificate, may make
| oath before Justice of the Peace to the effect
of said note being lost, and shall take a certi-
fcate to that effect from such Justice of the
Peace to the Inspector, and deposit the same
with him, then the Inspector may deliver to
such person a new note or certificate, with
marks, numbers, weights and date correspond
ing with the former note, and shall thereby be
discharged from all actions and demands on
account of such former note or certificate.
Sec. II. And be 1t enacted, That no person
shall be entitled to receive new note, or GER
tifcate, in lieu of any note or certificate lost or
mislaid, unless he shall notify the Inspector at
whose house it was issued, within twenty days
after such note or certificate is first discovered
to be lost or mislaid.
Sec. Is. And be 1t enacted, That all tobacco
inspected in any of the warehouses, which may
be condemnef H. ssll L,,i I'D
tare be entered upon book kept for that pur-
pose, together with the number of breaks in
such hogshead as may be STAYED, also the cause,
whether for false packing, trash, order or wet.
| Sec 10. Asld be it enacted, That ali tobacco
thus stayed, shall with all convenient despatch
be shaken out re-conditioned and packed under
! the supervision of the Inspector, and re-weigh-
ed, and entered upon the inspection books as
/ all other tobacco.
Sec. 20. Aad be IL enacted, That the several
Inspectors having charge of the Tobacco Ware-
houses in the City of Baltimore, shall charge
| for re-conditioning and re-packing all stayed
tobacco, the following prices For one or two
breaks, one dollar; for full stay, two dollars,
to be paid by the owner or his agenti and for
redrawing hogsheads of Maryland and Ohio to-
bacco, fifty cents; and for redfawing all other
kinds one dollar for each hogshead redrawn,
to be paid by the owner or his agent; the charge
of outage shall be one dollar and fifty cents for
every hogshead not exceeding eleven hundred
pounds and twelve and a-half cents additional
on every hundred pounds over eleven hundred,
in all cases to be paid by the shipper of the to-
bacco, or his agent.
Sec. 81 Ind be 1T enacted, That the owner Of
any tobacco that may be stayed or condemned
shall have the privilege of removing the samt
from the warehouse free of all costs or charges
whatever either for outage, cooperage or stor
) Iage; ProUided, also, that it shall not be law
; full to remove any stayed tobacco from ons
: warehouse to another, except as all other to-
bacco is removed.
Sec. %. Aasd be it enacted, That all tobacco
delivered at any of the warehouses in the C1ty
, of Baltimore, for inspection, in such condition
as to require cooperage, shall be properly coop
cred and taken care Of and the owner or hi
e agent charged for the same, not less than TWEEN
e ty-fve cents for each hogshead thus coopered
/ Sec. %. .And be at enacted, That all scrap to
: bacco accruing in any of the warehouses in th
4 City of Baltimore, shall be sold by the Inspec
tor, to the best advantage, for the benefit o
: the Tobacco Fund, and the proceeds accounted
e for, with all other receipts: in returns to tn
r Comptroller.
S Sec. "a. And be 1t enacted That such Inspec
tor shall, in the month of April, annually
e cause to be inserted in some one of the Balti
more newspapers, once each week, for four sue
e cessive weeks, an advertisement, stating tn
l name of the warehouse, the weight, gross, tar
: and net the number, and the name or initial
g of any hogshead of tobacco that may have beel
inspected, which has remained in the warehous
f for the space of four years, and the owner
< if such tobacco shall not be claimed with
e thirty days after the termination of the adveI
tisement, the same shall be sold by the Inspec
o tor, in such manner as he shall deem best, an
IS the same be accounted for in the first quarterl
II return thereafter.
h Sec. 25. And be it enacted, That if the owne
g of any tobacco sold under the preceding sectio
= SHALL within one year from the date theret
lsatisfy the Comptroller that the tobacco so sol
G was his right and property, the Comptrollt
$ shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer for tt
n amount of such sale after deducting warehou'
es costs and charges.
ee Sec. 26. And be 1t enacted, That no tobacc
ID of the growth of this State shall be passed {
;h accounted lawful tobacco. unless the same
IN packed in hogsheads not exceeding ffty-fol
of inches in the length of the slaves, nor excee'
n ing forty-six inches across the head and Il
lie owner or his agent, of tobacco packed in an
,s- hogshead of greater dimensions, shall re-pat
he the same in hogsheads of the size herein pr
n fscribed, at his own expense, before the san
I'll shall be passed.
On Sec. 81. And be it enacted, That whenever
large an amount of inspected tobacco shall ha
n accumulated in. any one warehouse as to del'
rs the inspections, and all other warehouses a
he equally full, the Inspector of such warehou
he shall have the right to rent storage for as mu