The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-02
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persou for the sale OF tobacco who re-
ceiyes any rebate or bonus OF any. part
of the samplers fees or warehouse
fees shall be deemed guilty OF
mjsdcmeanor and In the discretion OF the
iury NAV be punished by fine OF not less
than twenty nor more than one hunureu
dollars: provided that nothing IN THIS ACT
shall be construed 10 prevent any sampler
or proprletor OF a warehouse from making /
and publishing a uniform reduction, Tor
the benefit Of the public generally, OF the I
fees 10 be charged at his warehouse Tor the /
services Of such sampler or the rent OF
such warehouse respectively; the judges
of the county and corporation courts shall
Give this act in charge 10 the grand turies I
in such counties and cities as have tobacco
warehouses situated therein.
81. The sampler Of each warehouse shall
account for and pay TO the proprlet0rs
thereof, on the 10th day OF April, the IOtn
day OF July. the 10th day OF October, ana
the 10th day OF January in each year, all
money received, Q, which ought 10 be re-
ceived, by them TO the use OF SAID pro-
prietors. And the proprietors OF every
such warehouse shall keep. free OF charge
10 the planter. an open policy OF insurance
upon their respective warehouses, suihcient
to cover every loss by fire or water which
any planter having tobacco stored therein
may sustain; and for failure so 10 10,
they shall be- liable TO the owners thereof
for any damage or loss that they may sus-
tain by reason of any partial or total de-
struction of said tobacco by fire or water.
81. Every commission merchant or other
person TO whom manufactured tobacco,
in hogsheads or packages, owned by
farmer or planter. is consigned for sale,
shall store such tobacco in warehouse;
and II shall not be lawful TO weigh on sam
pIe tobacco other than in tobacco ware
house. nor shall the same be done except
by samplers appointed by the Governor as
herein provided.
80. Ii shall be unlawful for any person
TO offer manufactured tobacco for sale
by sample. unless such sample has been
drawn and certified by a sampler OF tobac-
co appointed by the Governor and qualified
according to law: provided that the owner
OF any package Of priced tobacco, for him
self or his authorized agent acting forhim,
NAV have the same exposed for sale, I'M
cased and uncovered, and sold as loose to-
bacco. i'm the presence Of both buyer and
seller. without being sampled according TO
the provisions Of this section.
&C. The proprietor of every warehouse
shall have provided proper suales or bal
anccs and weights. and all other proper
convenience, and see that they are kept IN
repair, and that the weights conform to the
lawful standard.
Al. On complaint to the Governor OF ne
elect OF duty or misconduct by sampler
or deputy, he shall hear the said com
plaint, upon giving notice Of the time and
place of hearing to said sampler or deputy,
and upon being satisfied that the complaint
Is sustained he shall remove the sampler or
deputy.
y. If any person Use. or permit to be
used, on any cask, box. or kec Of manufac-
tured tobacco, any brand or mark indicat-
ing place or q manufacturer different from
the place in which, or the manufacturer by
whom, il was really manufactured, he shall
forfeit so for each caSk, box, OF keg so
falsely marked or branded, one half whereof
shall be to the infOrmeT.
43. None Of the provisions OF this act,
other than the preceding section, shall be
construed to apply TO manufactured to-
baccO.
"A. ANY person nesting a hogshead or
cask of tobacco with inferior tobacco, or
other thing, with the intention of defraud-
ing the purchaser, shall be fined 500 for
each hogshead or cask so nested, OF be con-
fined i'm Jail six months, in the discretion OF
the court.
As. Any one violating the 2Sth, Doth,
30th. 3lst, 32d, 33d, saith, 3Sth, or 39th
sections Of this act shall be fined 500 for
each offence. one half of the fine to 20 TO
the informer.
4G. IL shall be unlawful for any indi-
yidual, or association of persons under any
name or style whatsoever, to interfere in
any way with the duties OF the legally
qualified samplers Of tobacco i'm the di,.
charge Of said duties, and any person OF
persons so interfering shall be deemed
guilty OF a misdemeanor, and shall, on con-
yiction, be fined not less than fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars each, individu-
ally on collectively, and said samplers shall
have free and unrestricted access with the
samples drawn by them to the boards or eX-
changes OF all such associations for the sale
of tobacco.
AZ. That the owners OF every warehouse
i'm this State shall at least Once-a year be re-
quired TO publish in some newspaper pub
lished i'm this State, to be named by the
Governor, Ut least once 4 week for four
weeks, the amount OF insurance effected on
their several houses, and the companies in
which the same has been effected en3 t t.le
length OF time said noli~, ,es shall run.
-~4s. Eo"l sampler is to keep in different
column an account of all reprized packages
from original samples. BY failing to COM
,lv with the provisions OF this section the
sampler shall forfeit 800, and it shall be
sufficient cause for removal from office
40. ANY person, corporation, warehouse,
steam or canal-boat, commission merchant,
broker. or factor, sending the tobacco OF
anv PLANTER TO any warehouse other than
to the house TO which it is marked by the
owner or his agent, shall be deemed guilty
Of n misdemeanor, ana upon conviction
thereof be fined not less than twenty dol
lars nor more than fifty dollars on each
package so sent.
so, When any tobacco shall have r.
manned i'm any warehouse undemande' for
three wears from the time IL was Sampled
and weighed, the sampler for such ware
house shall advertise the same i'm some
newspaper OF general circulation, to be
named by the GovernO,, for three months,
giving list OF the marks, numbers, and
weights OF such tobacco, with the names OF
the person or persons to whom notes or IT.
ceipts were given; and ii no owner
cllim the same, and pay all accrued
charges, within sixty days after such
advertisement, they shall proceed 10 have
sold the same, and shall receive a commits
sion of per centum on the proceeds; the
proceeds Of such sale, after deducting all
warehouse and samplers charges, shall be
turned over to the owner, if he comes for
ward within three months after such sale
and il no owner comes forward i'm that
time the sampler shall pay the same into
the Treasury of the Commonwealth, taking
a receipt therefor. The amount so paid