Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-05-07

enlct the same with amendments,
and to add certain new sections to
said Article.
SECTION /. BE IL enacted By the General
assembly Of Maryland, That sections
eleven, twelve and fourteen of chapter
thirty-six of the Acts Of eighteen hun
bred and and seventytwo, entitled,
"an Act to add new Article to the
Code of Public General Laws, regulat-
ing the Inspection of Tobacco" and
that section twenty of said Act, as the
same was amended by chapter two
hundred and twenty eight of the Acts
of eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
entitled, ''an Act to repeal and re-en-
act section twenty of an Act passed at
the present Session of the General AS
sembly of Maryland, entitled, Fan Act
to regulate the Inspection of Tobacco"
be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:
SECTION 2. Every Inspector shall
have uncased and break every hogs
head of tobacco that may be delivered
for inspection in not less than five diff
ferent places for Maryland and Ohio,
and not less than three different places
for Kentucky and Virginia, and in
as many more places as may be neces-
sary to fully determine the contents of
said hogshead and if the Inspector
shall be of the opinion that such to-
bacco is sound, clean and in good or
der, then he shall select from each
break as many bundles as will cor
rectly represent the different qualities
of tobacco contained in tie break, and
the bundles so selected, shall be con-
sidered the sample of the hogshead
he shall also have the hogshead, pro-
perly marked with its number, the
year of inspection, and the names
legibly written of the owner on each
head and on the bilge, and shall have
the tare and net weight marked with
iron on the bilge.
SECTION II. If any Inspector shall
upon examination of any hogshead of
tobacco have reason to suspect that
the same is trash OF false packed, he
shall cause the same to be shaken out
and repacked, and shall charge for so
doing the sum of two dollars per hogs
head, the same to be paid by the
owner or his agent and if any In
spector shall find that the package,
cask or hogshead containing said
tobacco is constructed of green or I'M
seasoned timber, it shall be his duty
to uncase said tobacco, and furnish a
new and dry package, cask or hogs
head for the same at the cost and ex-
pense of the owner of said tobacco or
his agent, said cost and expense not to
exceed, however, the sum of one dol
lar for each package, cask or hogs
head so furnished.
SECTION ii. Any person or persons
who shall pull out or break off any
leaf or leaves or otherwise informed
die or tamper with any sample of
tobacco after it shall have passed from
the custody or control of the Inspec-
tor, shall upon conviction thereof in
the Criminal Court of Baltimore city,
be fined not less than one hundred
dollars for each offense, and no per-
son or persons whatsoever, except the
Inspector and Tying Clerk, shall be
permitted to handle any bundles of
tobacco drawn for the purpose of a
sample, until after the same shall have
been properly tied up and sealed by
/ iilC NihS klVAh anu
lied person or persons handling said
tobacco in violation Of the provisions
of this section, shall forfeit and pay
fine of twenty dollars for each offence,
TO be recovered before any Police JUS
tice of said City of Baltimore as other
! fines are now recovered.
SECTION 20. The several Inspectors
of tobacco, shall charge for recondi-
tioning and repacking all stayed
tobacco the following prices for oae
or two breaks, one dollar full stay,
two dollars, to be paid by the owner
or his agent; for re-inspection of Mary
land and Ohio tobacco, one dollar for
each hogshead re-inspected for rein
spection of all other kinds, two dollars
for each hogshead re-inspected; for
redrawing hogsheads of Maryland and
Ohio tobacco fifty cents, and for
redrawing all other kinds one dollar
for each hogshead redrawn, to be paid
by the owner or his agent the charge
of outage shall be two dollars for every
hogshead not exceeding eleven hun
bred pounds, and twelve and half
cents additional for every hundred
pounds over eleven hundred pounds,
to bepaid by the shipper of the tobacco
or his agent.
Sec. .. And be 10 further enacted, de-,
That the following sections to be
known and designated as sections
eleven A, eleven B, eleven C., thirty
A, and thirty B, be and they are hereby
added to said Article.
SECTION IL A. Whenever any dispute,
shall arise concerning the correctness
of any sample furnished by an Inspee-
tor of tobacco, under the seal of the
State, said controversy shall be refer
red to a committee of arbitration, con
slsting Of three persons to be selected
as follows: one thereof shall be selected
by the Inspector of the warehouse in
which the disputed inspection shall
have been made. one thereof shall be
selee ed by the claimant or claimants
or his or their agents, and the two
thus selected, shall select the remain
ing member of said committee provi-
ded however, that no person shall be
so selected, or if selected, shall he com
petent to serve as a member of any
committee of arbitration, who shall
have direct or indirect interest Ia
the tobacco in controversy.
SECTION IL B. The said committee
of arbitration, when duly constituted
and appointed, shall fully examine