The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-02
TOBACCO sAMPLING.
The Bill Reported 10 the House OF Del
cgates from the Committee ON Agri.
culture and Mining.

The following bill, OF which Mr.. llaZe-
wood il the patron, but which embraces
features OF several bills proposed in one
house or the other. has been reported from
the House Committee on Agriculture and
Mining:
/. BE Il enacted by the GenerdI ASSenl-
I blU That an act entitled an act To revise
the laws relating 20 the inspection OF TO-
bacc0 and warehouse charges, and TO insure
the proper delivery OF tObaccO 10 the con-
/ signccs, and t. repeal all acts on the sub
iect which were in force on Isl January,
1877. approved April 4, 1877, be, and the
same is hereby, repealed.
,. And be II further enacted, That the
subject Of the sampling and sale of tobacco
and warehouse charges shall be hereafter
subject to the provisions OF this act; that
/ is to say
3. The several county and corporation
courts may authorize the erection OF To-
| bacco warehouses, or may establish The
same: which said warehouses shall be con-
/ structed or shall have been constructed SO
as TO keep safely aud securely and guard
against fire and weather, az far as practca-
Bile. all tobacco stored therein; and shall
at all times (Sundays eXcepted) be kept
open and ia good repair for receiving,
storing. selling, and delivering tobacco.
4. The Governor shall, ~ soon as practi-
cable after the passage OF this act, ana
every fourth year thereafter, by and with
the advice and consent OF the Senate, ap-
point one sampler or weigher Of tobacco
for each tobacco warehouse in the Com
monwealth. This section shall not apply
TO warehouses in markets where tobacco Is
sold exclusively loose, uncovered, ana I'M
sampled, in the presence of both buyerand
seller. -,
,. Vacancies in the office Of sampler shall
be filed in the same manner that the original
appointment was made, or by the Gov
crnor il the General Assembly is not II
session.
&. The term OF Office Of said samplers shal
commence ~ soon rs they have executed
the bond required i'm the 9Th section OF thi'
act, and shall continue for four years, ant
until their successors are qualified.
:. The court OF any county or corpora
ton wherein there is a tobacco warehouse
shall take bond from every person ap
pointed sampler OF such warehouse
Such bond shall be in the penalty OF $1,000
Within thirty days after the execution o
any such bond the clerk ot the court II
which il is given shall transmit a copy t
the Auditor OF Public Accounts. ii h'
fail To DO so he shall forfeit 500.
3. Each sampler may nominate To TN
, Governor one or more deputies, who, |
accepted by him, after taking the oath re-
quired by law. i'm case the principal shall b'
unable 20 attend 10 his duties, may do an(
perform the duties OF said principal sam
pier: the said principa. and his sureties on
his official bond being responsible for al
the acts OF his deputies.
o. II any sampler OF tobacco shall fail tC
qualify and give bond, according TO law
within sixty days after his appointment, IN
Office shall be- deemed vacant.
10. New samplers appointed at any ware
. house shall give 10 those whom they sue
cecd receipt containing the numbers
marks, and gross trc and net weight oI
every hogshead or cask OF tobacco which
shall be then at the warehouse. They shal
be thcrcupon chargeable with the deliver.
OF such hogsheadS and casks Of tobacco
but i'm no way accountable for any loss O
weight or defect OF quality oi said tobacco
which NAV have occurred without then
, fault.
, IL. The sampler shall uncase and breal
every hogshead, cask, tiercc, or box oi TO
bacco. brought to he sampled; weigh, sam
pie, mark or brand the same ~ " virginia.
or Western according TO the facts; ane
also with the name OF the warehouse, th'
, tare Of the hogshead. cask, ,iorce, or box
the quantity Of net tobacco therein. and The
condition thereof. The net weight shall b'
ascertained byweighug the hogshcad, cash
tercc. or box, before Il is uncascd. and de
ducting therefrom the weight of the empty
, hogshead. cask, tierce, or box. The sam
pie shall not exceed eight pounds weight
and shall belong 10 the buyer.
; ~. The sampler shall thereupOn give
receipt or note for every such hogshcad
cask. tierce. or box, II required by ih'
owner. in the following form, II the tobac
co be good. sound, wcll-cOnditioned, anC
merchantable:
MAREltOrSE.t
the -- day Of ------, ls-.