The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-05-15
{From the Wheeling Register, 9th inst.l
The Bellaire Tobacco Warehouse

Last Saturday the 0 iio Senate passed
the bill which had previously passed the
House, providing tor the location of "a
tobacco warehouse at Bellaire, and The
bill at once became a l,w. The first
section'of the act rcqlires the. 60 sernor
OF the State to appoint, immediately on
its taking effect, ''three commissioners,
whose duty it shall be to procure by
purchase for the State, the necessary lot
or lots and buildings, in the town of
Ballaire, for State Tobacco warehouse
If the lots 81 purch1sed shall have the
necessary buildings already constructed
thereon, the commissioners shall cause
the necessary repairs or alterations to
he ma 'e upon such huildings; or if there
be no buildings thereon, then the Com
m;ssioners shall cause the necessary
buildings TO be constructed" the pro.
'ceedings of the Commissioners to be
approved hy the Jdge of the1sCourt of
Common Pleas of Belmont county.
On Monday Gov Young promptly
appointed The Commission provided for
in the first section of the act, composed
Of one member from each of the three
most extensive tobacco growing coun
ties in the State, viz: CHARLES Hare of
Noble, Isaac Wisener of Monroe, and
James S.. Jennings of Athens. These
gentlemen will proceed at once to pur-
chase property in Ballaire, and improve
it, as required by tho bill s. s.E
1t is further the duty of the Govern
or to appoint an Inspector of Leaf To-
bacco, who is required to give bond in
the sum of thirty thousand dollars, and
who shall have charge of all the books
and property belonging to the ware.
house. The Inspector is forbidden, on
pain Of a $500 fac and one years i'm
prisonment in the peniteutiary,~ from
fdealing, either directly or indirectly, in
tobacco; and he receives for his servi
ces % per cent of the receipts for out.
age, storage, cooperage, reconditioning,
sale of scraps, &c, out of which he is
to pay all expenses for clerk lire, screw.
| measand5 laborers The remaining .75
per cent of the receiptsare to be paid
into the State treasury. The hours oI
inspection at. the warehouse are from 4
A. NJ! to 6 P. NJ of each day. ! rs.
Tobacco shipped to the Bcllaire ware.
house isreceipted for by the Inspector,
and each hogshead is broken by him IN
five different places, and if in his opin'
ion it is sound, clear and in good order
| he takes from each break. one bundle o
average quality, which bundles become
( the samples oflthe contents The fee:
amount to about 81 on each hogshead
I recopdiiioned and drstayed; anil, ;fifteer
cents per month storage for each montl
Overcome year that. tobacco remains il
the warehouse.ug1 rrt. Q 1at q
The billiappropriates $4,000 for tn,
purchase and fitting up Of the grount
and buildings in Bellaire.. eo1l3 gzae
The city; of .Bellsire aud the tobacco
raisers of Monroe, Noble, GUERNSEY
/ and Belmont counties especially, are t
/ be congratulated on this movement TO
1 their benefit It sss4 EHs s.Fa, q ~
| The bill was amended so as to rca,
''in the town of Bellaircs or Marietta
and the appropriation was reduced from
! $4,000 to $4,000 With those ex
ceptions the above article explains tn
bill correctly y.-PUBLIsHER SPIRIT. '