The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-04
ai,oE me reclamation adjudged by the com
sas .ss Sne SAID obaeco shall not be offered Tor
an,s III tnls exchange until the claim is salts.

mittea, she saidtobaeco shaIl not he offarad ~,
salea In this Exchange until the claim lis satis.
Mr. Ficklen moved to recommIt the reso.
iutlons ana amendments to the committee
10 order that the report might be nut tooa.
tner and read connectedly. J, Withdrawn
iIhe third. fourth, and Afth resolutions
Were then agreed to, and the report. ,as
amended; was read by Mr.. Gray and adopted
as q whole by the meeting. ~. - :.
Mr.. j. Il. Childrey presented the follow.
ing: q s.t n. - ,s..r. q .~.,I.,, -
RESOLVED. That we abolish the Tobacco
| Exchange on and after May 1st. 40. sr. -,
| Some gentleman moved to amend BY add.
ing: ,"And that we return to the-old sys-
tenn of sales at the warehouses; - ..y;..,f.z.
| This resolution and amendment created
great excitementan debate, but we're finally
defeated. 49,. ,,4r. ~, ~ f-.y.s ...s,.-I
A motion to refer the subject to commit.
tee OF five was also defeated, and after some
further discussion on point of order the
meeting, about half-past 2 O'Clock p, NJ, on
motion Of MIR. Scott adjourned. 81 q
The. following are the resolutions as
amended and adopted by the meeting:
Resolred, That when commission mef-
chant offers his tobacco for list be shall Ger.
tify In writing that the same Is in the city,
and his certificate shall be recognized as
ufder oath to the same; and when any to-
bacco Is listed for inspection the name of the
planter, reprizer, or owner thereof shall be
written in full In the list-book and also upon
the label attached to the sample Of each hogs
head, tierce, or box. 4
Resolued, That the members of this asso-
citation will hold the inspectors responsible
for the samping of every hogshead, tierce,
or box of tobacco and the inspectors shall
not permit any owner or any other person,
under penalty of one hundred dollars, to
handle any sample of tobacco until the same
is tied and sealed by the inspectors and any
member of this association interfering with
the inspectors duty shall be subject to SIM
liar hne of one hundred dollars and any
buyer Or seller who shall mutilate a sample
by pulling the leaves therefrom. or make any
alteration Of sample shall be subject to a
fine of twenty dollars and it shall, further.
more, be the duty Of any member Of this as
socation who is cognizant of Wilful neglect.
infdelity, or incapacity on the part of any
inspector in the discharge of his official duty
to report the fact to this association, in
order that it may he reported to the
Executive Of the State. 1t shall be
the duty of the standing committee to en-
force the collection of fines, and in case of
refusal on the part Of any member to pay
fine when so assessed, such member shall,
by vote of the Association, be expelled.
That upon proof before the Committee of Ar:
blfratiou, deemed satisfactory, that there, lisa
want of correspondence between the sample
and hogshead, the merchant so selling shall
report the fact to the owner of the tobacco.
If said owner refuses to allow the reclama-
tion adjudged by the committee, the said o.
bacco shall not be offered for sale in this
Exchange until the claim is satisfied. ~
ReS0lued, In order to facilitate the ware |
house operations, and that tobacco may be
coopered and slowed away the same day on
which it is sampled commission merchants
and inspectors may have their tobacco sam
pied the day previousto to the day of selling |
but inspectors shall not break tobacco out |
of those as it is listed.
Resolued, That all reinspected tobacco !
shall be distinctly so marked Upon the label |
by the commission merchant or owner. = IF |
any package of tobacco shalt be discovered |
to be falsely packed or nested It shall be re. |
ported to the standing committee, whose
duty it shall be to give publicity to the fact, |
with the name of the owner of such tobacco, |
by posting the name conspicuously in the |
Tobacco Exchange; provided, however, af- |
ter thorough investigation shall have con-
vinced the committee Of fraudulent intcn. |
tioDs.
RESOLVED, That the foregoing resolutions
shall take effect from and after their adop-
ton.