Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-03-26
The New Inspection Law.

tooacco Inspection otl WHICH p"sSci t''S
Legislature last week:
SEcrtoN l. Be it ea,cts@ az tie G.neral As
ssmty Of Niryind, That sections IL, y and
H. OF chapter Sc of the Acts of 1882, entitled
IAN Act 10 add new Article II the Code of
Public General laws, regulating the inspection
OF to2acro." and taat section 20 OF said Act
as the same was amended by chapter 22S Of
the Acts OF 1872, entitled Ian Act to rep; al
4ud enact section 20 OF an action passed at
the present SeS>ioa OF the General Assembly of
Mar, land, entitled M act 10 regulate the it,
ssection of tobacco be and the stne are
hereby repeated and re-enavtsd s. as is read
rs follows:
SEC IL. Every Inspector shall have uncases
and break, every hoGsaead oi tob ,Cco that
may bs delivered for inspection, in not less
la la live different places for Maryland aad
Ohio and not less tn an three diH.rent places
Tor kentucky and Virginia, and IS maGy more
places as may be necessary % fully ceterruine
/ the contents Of said hegsheAd aud II The in
spector shall ne OF tn opinion that such to-
bacco is sound, clean and i'll good order, thea
be shall select from each break many bua-
dies as Will correctly represent the different
qualities OF tohxEco contained in the break,
and the bundle, 50 selected, shall be considered
ihe sample OF tse hogsheAd he shall also have
the hogshesd properly marked with is ngm-
oS', Auc year VI lnSpsIltbn, snu Inc iNIl uhtLlS
of The owner legally written on each head, and
On the big, and shall have the tsre and Ne
weight marked with iron os the bise.
SEC. II. II anT inspector sh~tl, upon eA an
iaatlou OF any hogsAead OF tobacco hlys
son 10 suspect that tbs same is trash, or false
packed, he shall Gauss the sarae To be shaken
ont and repAcksd, aud shall charge for dsins
so, the sum OF s. per hog>hrad, the same 10
be paid by the owner sr his agent ami II aay
Inspector shall ind that the p4ckag-, cash or
Aosshsad containing said tobacco, Is Construct
Ell OF green or uuseaSonrd timber, il shall he
ais duty TO uacass sail tobacco and furnish
new ard dry package. cs.A or hagshesd tsr
this same al the cosi and expense 81 the owner
Of said tobacco, or his agent.
SEC. Is. Any person or per=sas Who shall
taupec with aay saiaple OF tobacco, .fsr it
shall have passed from tie custody or coaGro!
OF tie inspector, shall upon conviction tasgta'
- the Criminal Court OF Baltimore city sc Incl
not less thIs Sl00 FOR each ofsuse, sad no
person OF persons whatsoever. except the in
s.'ec;or and Tying clerk shall be permitted 70
hanGie any buadies OF tobacco draws fer he
purposes OF a.sampis until alter the same shall
have been properly he'd up and sealed ay the
tsing CLERK AMI any UaaIiaUTiZsd psrson or
persons hsudling said tobacco IN y!s.st!0n Of
the provisions OF tGls section shall forfeit and
pay Il hne oil SO FOR each ed-uss, 10 "a rsc1'
eiel heore am police justice Of st;a clig Of
Baltimore, as other fines are TOW rccoV.svd
SkC-20. fhs sevsrs. inspectors u tobacco sa-..
caarss tor rscondtIIuGIng sE1 tcP.CkIHS =.
stayed tobacco The follow az PsIccs Ter aEs or
two breaSs 81 for fail STAY, 3, to us pail Gy
The owner or his -gsnt: Tor Te-,n.Pcctloa OF
Maryland asa OHIO tobacco, 6 PEI hossse4d
rs-lnsPsc,sd; for rs-iRsp.,tlou q All other
klads, s. tor each hog>h=,d re inspected ioE
re drawing kurshcads o, Maryland axi us.o
tobacco, 80 cents; aai ter redrawtaS al! other
kinds ) Tor each ho.sLesi r,-igasn, 10 ue
paid by the owner or G,s asenl; tss charge et
outage shall be g tor evsr, ne. she'd not tx
ceeiias J. eO pou.!s, nnj y sd hat e,ae
additions: Tor every loo pound. over l,igo
pounds 10 tie paid ~ the shipper Of ;as ioe4c-
80 or his agent.
SIC. ,. Ind 10 4 flrti,r cnlctti ,ic., That
the following sections 10 he AEosn and a,s &
mated AS see'sos II \, II b, ii {, 81 A aud
10 &, be and they ere usresy aided 10 ss.s
Article
Sec. IL i. Wacasv5: ans dispute sh.,. Il
rise concera!sE lss curTscIss,, o. aa, sample
furnished SY an inspector @. tonscco, GGaer
The seal OF the Stats, s-il controversy sG.. lie
referred 10 = committee 81 arbitration consist
ing Of three persons 10 70 selected A. follow.
our thereof sl-ll &c selsora - the Inspector
OF the warehouse, u vhIca Iae disputed III
clENtlO2 s-Htl nave oven maze, tAg tfSEguE
sha.! tie selected by the c.al ,4nt or claimant,
U AIs or their A. n, and The t~s hit, sS.ecsed
shall Select tie remaining mslaeer o; .tii com
muice; provided, however, th1t no PERSON
shall be 50 s. ecri - IL selected shall bs com
Pctent 10 serve 50 u,eal5sr uf any tonsaitt.-
81 Arbitration NAu snail htSS direct or lBst.
rect .etere-r IN the TOBACCO ii cen rosefsv
SEc- Il 3. The ssla % nEa':l.e :; 81. ration.
"Asa day constituted -a0 a!fa.a3t-, .3@li
IGty Examine aaL iaTestlss-r a. t.- 'acss co.,
cctEIAs he subject IA cua;gorrrs, before asu
aat ~ That cad IhgT shall h..e psssr TO
ssad Tor persons aad papers. - compel ID ~
ts&danrr Of Illnesses, 10 tIminI-.-f oslsr aaa
10 .xtJ-Gus witnesses oa oath. lucy s-aE5 de-
;esua'Ee al questions whIt h .a.v - s40u;s:sJ
10 them by a u JJuIy vote. al ssa.i ~ ,rss
" haisNrE damage, Il any, last sHay AL 49,.
dae - reason o; aay .s.ss Ct es-oa-ou. !5.su.c-
toG, aad from their hsl.ag ~ a.erI .uyrs
Oh all ts no appeal i d4aas.ss shall oe as
s"Ssei upon tag OASIS o. TIE rn1T4sl value OF IS
particular grade Of tobacco oa tGs G.t- o. ne
reclamation aud &c Gains On t0D4ero sssg.-s
u any p1lul IA the Ja.tri S;a;ys shall b co.,
sIdered or a.loasd after the expiration u SIX
monI is from the date Of lis inspection. -, al
ter the expiration II HIle moutns fsom the dA's
OF us in~Pee'ioa il shipped 10 any fsrssn
coIlir! f; nor SHAH Asy cam /. allowed upon
tobacco Which sha! have sEA4s eel bg iegIHsata
lion.
SEC. II C.. The Inspector Of lbs warehouse
u which The tobacco vas or .tualiE lhsp.,tsd,
shah pay the amount Of any aHara made il
writing and under seal by uns COMMITTEES Of
arbitration, du.y constituted. as asrsn uefoFe
provided, 10 the party or p-r,i<s thereto en-
Titled within thirty days after tEs dale Thereof
aud shs. ia@e TIC receipt OF las cl4, msHi or
his agent Tor the same. which said receipt to-
%, tnE- "a l..,yv vF-Frr
majority OF th-un. sa.,ll Us returned uy said is-
-pvcior 10 tbs Comptroller OF lac Treasury ID
said inspectors next thereafter eus< sing report,
aud snail 10 a voucher fsr money expended.
SEC. 30 \. Tue name Of the owner or own
ers OF ever, hogshe-d O; teoscco, dsh'ersa Tor
inspection al any SIals warehouse @ th. city
OF Baltimore, shall. he "s oily marked or stencil
led iheison, aud a. shall oe lie duty OF tins in
specior 10 retain for inspection s'efy hogshead
of tobacco not 50 marked or sssnct!teI uGt.i The
name Of the owner or GNuers ih=Gsot ssai
have teen ascertaln-d and placed thereon.
SEC. 30 b Il shall tie the Gat- OF tue So YER
al inspectors oil tobacco TO carefully return all
bundle. OF ;ssaccO, other than samples, vhiCs
NAV Be drawn IN sampiins, and all bundles
which tahy be Displaced IN uncas,ag tobacco,
10 the h1gshead from whca The sane wers
sra~n or displaced aai any inIpecior Of TO-
oacco no shall Knowingly vi5ists the ProyI
sions OF this section shai! lie de-msd saiity OF
misconduct n Office, aad SHALL be saoIe 10 re-
n0yai lkersiT0m.
SEC. 3. b 4 enacted. &c, Th-t ali Acts or
parts OF Acts, Inconsistent vita the provisions
" this Act, be, aud iaey are hereby repealed
SsC /. Be II enacted Sc, That this Act snail
take effect from the date OF It's passage
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The Senate Committee on The District
of Columbia has decided by tie vote,
ton of JAS. G. Matthews, the coored man
who was appointed to succeed Frederick
Douglas as recorder Of deeds for the Dis
trict and Mr.. Blackburn was au horized