Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-02-01
rsxr OF NEW INSPECTION BILL.

BALTIMORE last week;
The Bill provides that on and afte
Nav Isl next no tobacco shall be reeeiv
cd az any of the State Tobacco Ware
houses for inspection by any officer o
A. State. and on that date the Board 0
pnblic Works shall take possession 0
,be warehouses, the wharves, and all TO
b,eco aud other property therein. TIL,
torn of the present inspectors and othe
o5,ers shall be extended to May lst, anC
,bey shall receive compensation as now
and discharge the duties imposed upon
them by the act and the laws, not il
conflict with it. The inspectors shall
make up correct accounts of all sums
due for outage and storage accrued up
m tobacco stored in the warehouses
anil report the same to the Board Of
Public Works on May LIST. They shall,
FIR 4 week from April lst, insert an
advertisement in two or more daily pa.
nors in Baltimore notifying all holders Of
ipspectors' certificates or notes to pre-
sent them for Identification with the
bopsheads and ycriication between April
10Th and 18th. Prior to which the in
speetors shall count the hogsheads in
their respective warehouses, and when
the certificate or note are represented
and duly verified they shalt indorse on
them the amount Of outage, storage, &c. ,
accrued under existing laws, aud also
enter these charges in aseparate book
At each warehouse, and wherein shall be
entered the marks; numbers, gross, tare
and net weight of each hogshead, and
the name of the owner or holder of the
note or certificate. All tobacco received
subsequent to April 10th and prior to
Nav lst shall be likewise entered in the
books, and the certificates or notes issued
therefore shall have endorsed thereon
the legal charges TO May list. If the
hogsheads remaining unclaimed upon
April 18th, 1884, shall not be claimed
and identified by April Goth, the Board
Of Public Works shall advertise them in
two or more daily papers in Baltimore
for one week, describing them by marks,
numbers, &c, and if they are not claim
ed in three months thereafter they shall
be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder foc cash, to pay the charges due
90 them, and the proceeds shall be paid
to the state treasurer, who shall pay
them, less the charges and expenses of
Advertising and sale, to the owner and
holder of the certificate or note Provid-
ed if any certificate or note be lost or
destroyed, the person entitled to receive
the tobacco shall make proof to the
treasurer of the loss, and upon such
proof he shall pay the balance to the
owner. The Board of Public Works
shall on May lst lease at public auction
to the highest bidder the five state to-
bacc0 warehouses, together with the
vtarf property and privileges. for four
a~rs. The warehouses to be leased
ieverally or co 'lectively, as in theirjudg-
nent shall seem best, and the wharvcs,
Ec to be leased with the warehouses to
which they are appurtenant. Upon the
failure to pay the rent the board shall
again lease to the highest bidder for the
term. The lessees shall pay
the rent quarterly to the treasurer from
the time possession is given. The lease
to be approved by the attorney general,
and not to disturb any existing leases of
wharves. The tobacco remaining in the
warehouses at the date of the leases shall
be turned over to the lessces, who shall
be liable to the state for the outage, stor-
age, &c, accured, which shall be paid
BY them to the treasurer on or before
May LIST, 1885, and collected by them
from the parties entitled to the tobacco,
and if not paid they shall be entitled to
sell the tobacco at public auction and
pay the balance, after dcducting all
charges and expenses, to the holder of
the inspectors notes or certificates, or if
they be lost, upon proper proof and
satisfactory bond of indemnity, charges
storage to be lien on the tobacco, the
lessees to be required to keep the tobacco
in the warehouses at owners option and
risk for two years. The lessees shall
give bond to the state, the surety to be
approved by the Board of Public Works,
to an amount to equal the rent and accu-
mulated charges for outage, storage,
etc and in the further amount of $50
Cor each hogshead remaining in the ware
houses at the time of the lease, and con-
aitions for the proper custody of the to-
baeco and its delivery to the owner or
holders of the certificates or notes, and
the payment of the rent, etc. The rates
10 be charged by persons inspecting to
haeeo in the state upon tobacco grown
in the state shall by 81 per hogshead
NOT exceeding HOO pounds, and l2l
eerts additional for every 100 pounds.
or mart thereof over l 100 pounds for
for the inspection and guarantee of same,
= ;neIa,le. also, six months storage