The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-08

DECISION-OTHER MATTERS.
An adjourned meeting OF the Tobacco
Association was held yesterday at Il NJ
Mr.. B. C. Gray (presidenr in the chair,
General Peyton Wise secretary.
tIr:: Gray read to tue trade the following
report of the select committee OF nine on
the inspection question: ...~.. ..
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
Your committee, appointed under resolu-
ton of this body Of the Goth ultimo, have
carefully considered all matters referred to
it, and beg to submit the following report:
Whereas by act Of the last Legislature all
the old tobacco-laws were repealed, and the
new law passed by the same body proves to
be imperative, we are left without 4 law,
and the object OF this committee Of the trade
OF the city OF acknowledgements OF buy
ers, sellers, and warehouscmen-iS to frame
such rules rs may be thought best for our
future guidance; therefore
l. Resolved, That it is ineNpedient at
this time to abolish the Tobacco Exchange.
2. 1t shall be the duty OF the yaxious ware
housemen in the city to receive, store away,
and take care Of all tobacco sent to their
| warehouses, and provide insurance against
loss by fire and water on all unlnSpected to-
bacco, as herctofore.required, and to be held
responsible for the safe-keeping and proper
delivery OF all tobacco entrusted to their
care.
3. And when instructed so to do by the
owreT, or his agent, OF any tobacco stored
in their warehouses they shall uncase and
sample the same, drawing from each pack
age fair and legitimate sample that shall
faithfully represent the package from
whence drawn, weighing the cask, box, or
whatever cover may contain the tobacco,
accurately, which shall be the tare Of the
package; and after the package is well
coopercd and put in good shipping-order
they shall carefully weigh the package,
which shall be the gross weight, deducting
the tare, to be ascertained rs above pro-
vidcd, from this gross weight, adding five
pounds for the sample drawn, which shall
be the net weight OF the package, and so en-
tered upon their books, and notes issued,
and label on samples; and on all tobacco re-
sampled they shall give fresh and actual
weights at each reSampling, noting on their
labels and notes when issued the fact of
its being the second, third, fourth, or fifth
sample drawn from the package, as the case
may bc-all samples to be drawn and sealed
as now required by the regulations OF the
trade.
4. And for all samples thus drawn and
weights ascertained the warehousemen shall
| be held responsible to the buyer and seller
for a correspondence OF sample and light
to the package indicated by sample,
label, and note: Provided, That Il
board Of arbitration shall be appoint
cd by the president, as follows: 70
be composed OF one warehouseman, one
buyer. and one seller to whom all differ
cnces arising under this regulation shall be
referred and whose action shall be final;
and it is furthermore provided that fer
mentation and the natural deterioration
and loss OF weight shall never be considered
by said Board in their adjudication OF any
case that may be referred TO it, nor shall
any warehouseman be held for damage
where there is even suspicion that the orl-
ginal sample by them drawn has been TAM
pered with.
5. II any hogshead or cask OF tobacco
shall be delivered out by any warehouse
man and received by the owner, such ware
| houseman from the time OF such delivery
shall be discharged from any liability for
the said tobacco being of less quantity than
| the notes or receipts given for the same
specify, unless it shall be proven that such
loss was due to the negligence OF the ware
houseman Provided, That nothing here
in contained shall prevent any shipper Of
tobacco beyond the limits OF the city from
having any tobacco he may desire to so ship
reweighed at the time of shipment by the
warehousemen at the warehouse where
originally weighed by paying ten cents for
each package so reWeiShed.
G. And for the thorough indemnifcation
to both buyer and seller for the faithful
performance Of the duties imposed on the
warehousemen by the I'd, Sd, and 4th rcgu-
lations, they shall give bond and security,
as may be provided for by the trade, in the
following amounts Shockoe, $4,000;
Mayo's, $4,000; Planters and Merchants,
81, 600; Seabrook, $4,000; Public, $4,000;
Anderson, $1,000; Myers, $1,000; Wilson's,
50, 900; Shelburn's, $1,000; Conrad's,
$4,000; Shockoe. No. ., $1,000; Hawkins
& Jones, $1,000; Crenshaw, $1,000; and all
other warehouses hereafter opening to be
subject to these regulations.
:. Aud for compensation to the ware
housemen it is expressly stipulated that
they shall receive one dollar for each hogs
head OF five hundred pounds or more net
weight sampled, coopered up, and weighed
as above specified, and and one dollar for
each resample; and half the above fees on
all packages under five hundred pounds net
weight, and for all packages delivered out
of their warehouses the fec OF S1.25 shall
be paid at the time OF delivery on all hogs
heads Of tive hundred pounds or more net
weight for storage and outage, with extra
storage at the rate Of ten cents per month,
or any part thereof, after the first four az
months, and half the above fee on all
boxes and tierces under live hundred
pounds net weight, at the time the
inspection-iee is paid, and for all hoops
furnished and put on casks more than
four they shall be paid ten cents for each
hoop so furnished and nailed on; and the
practice which now prevails OF sending
their own markers into the warehouses to
mark tobacco for shipment shall be discon-
tinued, and all shippers shall send their list
for shipments direct to the warehouse, with
instructions how to mark and ship, paying
the warehouse ten cents additional for each
package marked; and for all extra cooper
in" ON each hoSshead before sampling there
shall be paid to the warehouse hfty cents
each for every hogsbcad so coopered by the
owner OF the tobacco, and for all new hogs
beads furnished there shall be paid by the
owner the sum OF $3.50 for furnishing and
putting on when directed by the owner so
to do.
3. All tobacco sold by auction, whether
loose at the warehouses or packages ut the
Exchange, collections for the same may, at
the option of the seller, be made in the fol-
lowing manner: The seller OF the tobacco
the morning after the sale-not later than
l04 o'clock-may place in the hands OF the
auctioneer of the Exchange list Of tobacco
go sold, manner OF buyer, price and amount,
with notes, manifests, or warehouse bills for
loose. The auctloner shall, on application
from the buyer, deliver the notes, manifests,
or warehouse bill for loose to the applicant,
who shall by O'Clock next day return to