The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-07

brand upon any priced package OF tobacco.
or otherwise divert said priced package
from the warehouse to which twas direct
cd to be weighed and sampled, he shall for
felt fifty dollars for each offence.
'2H ' WESTERN TOBACCO.
j Is. Before any unmanufactured western
tobacco, whether stemmed or unstemmed,
brought to Virginia in hogsheads or priced
packages, shall be offered for sale, or
shipped, or exported therefrom, except
such tobacco in trahsitu, the owner thereof,
his agent, or q sampler OF tobacco, shall
mark or brand each hogshead or package
with the words "western tobacco" II any
person shall sell, or offer for sale, or shall
ship or export any such tobacco represent
ing the same by marks, brands, or other
WISE as Virginia tobacco, he shall pay fine
of not less than fifty nor more thar one
hundred dollars for each hogshead or pack
age so sold or offered for sale-one half to
20 to the use of the State and the other half
to the infornler. ..Es
LOOSE TOBACCO. '">.
1C. The samplers shall receive and weigh
all loose tobacco brought TO their ware
houses, and give certificates for the same,
and issue manifests thereof when delivered
out. ". .-
UNsAMPLED TOBACCO.
II. The samplers shall Immediately on the
delivering of any tobacco to their ware
houses, il required by the person bringing
the same, give receipt therefor, describ-
ing the same as unsampled tobacco. ANY
sampler refusing to do so shall pay the
owner Of such tobacco fifty dollars.
WRONGFUL. DELIVERIES, &C.
IS. Any sampler who shall deliver from
lis warehouse any tobacco without an or
der from the owner or his authorized agent
shall for every hogshead, cask, or parcel OF
tobacco so delivered forfeit to the owner
one hundred and fifty dollars.
I 10. The samplers shall furnish with all
tobacco delivered out Of their warehouses,
If required by the owner or his authorized
agent, 4 manifest or list OF the same, de-
scribing, as in notes, receipts, or certificates
given therefor, when the same was inspect
ed, or in manifest thereof when received
from another warehouse.
90. All notes, or receipts and nanifests,
shall be on printed blanks, and the date in
serted at full length. -"
81. Every sampler who shall issue q note,
receipt, or manifest in any other manner
than is,prescrlbed by law shall forfeit one
hundred dollars.
REsAHPLING, &C.
%. The sampler OF any warehouse, at the
OF the owner or his authorized agent
OF the sampled tobacco so stored therein,
shall resample and weigh it, and il found
to be damaged, or that any part OF it has
been embezzled, it shall be so entered on
their books, and shall be subject to the order
Of the owner.
90. II any sampler shall deliver out, in
discharge OF any note or receipt, other to-
bacco than that for which the same was
issued, or shall alter or shift any tobacco
from hogshead or cask in which the same
was received, except in 4 case expressly
authorized by law, he shall forfeit for every
such offence one hundred and fifty dollars.
=. TOBACCO AND OWNERS.
: "a. II any sampler shall fail to deliver
any tobacco when it is demanded to the
owner thereof or his authorized agent he
shall forfeit to such owner double the value
Of such tobacco. .. .. ...- 1851
25. The samplers shall provide and keep
books, in which they shall enter the num-
bers, weights. marks, and owners names
of all tobacco received, sampled, or deliv-
cred out by them, as well as at the time the
same was received as at the time the same
was sampled or delivered out, and note the
state and condition Of each hogshead, cask,
tierce, or box; and in which. also, they
shall keep fair and true accounts OF all
money received by them to the use of the
proprietors OF the warehouses. r,s ,,ca
RESTRICTIONS ON SAMPLERS. ~,
26. II any sampler shall, directly or indi-
rectly, buy, stem, or. manufacture any to-
bacco other than tobacco grown on his own
plantation he shall forfeit ten dollars for
every hundred pounds OF tobacco so
bought, stemmed, or manufactured.
81. III any hogshead or cask OF tobacco
shall be delivered out by any samplers, and
received by the owner, such samplers, from
the time of such delivery, shall be dis
charged from any liability for the said to-
bacco being unsound or understandable,
or Of less quantity than the notes or re-
ceipts given for the. same specify, unless it
shall be proven that such loss was due to
the negligence OF the sampler. -
.~r. ,.a THE FEES. 1.t
%. There shall be paid to said samplers
for each hoeShead, cask, tierce, or box,
weighing not less than five hundred pounds,
sampled by them, one dollar for opening,
sampling, coopering up, furnishing nails,
marking, and weighing, to be paid by the
owner. For review the ices snail not eA-
ceed one dollar, and for resampling the fee
shall be the same. s..
80. For each hogshead, cask, tierce, or box
of tobacco, weighing not less than five
hundred pounds, received, sampled, stored,
or delivered out of any warehouse. rent
shall be paid TO the samplers at the follow
ing rates-to wit seventy-fye cents for
period not exceeding four mouths. or any
part thereof, and ten cents for each month
after four months, or any part OF the said
month that the tobacco shall remain in said
warehouse, to be paid by the purchaser or
persons to whom the hogshead, cask, tierce,
or box is delivered, which rent shall be tor
the exclusive use of the proprietors OF the
warehouse. -..f .a.,..i s.a. a...ri,...,.., I.
80. For every .hosshead, cask, tierce,, or
box, Of the weight, aforesaid, OF sampled
tobacco, received on storage ut any ware
house fharn shall ha naid tn the San1Dlers