The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-05-21
CHAPTER Al.

Approved by the Governor, April . 1872
CHAPTER Al.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section twelve of Article
forty eight of the Code of Public Cen
eral Laws, title inspections" subtitle
tobacco" as the same was repealed and
re-enacted by the acts of eighteen hun
bred and ninety, Chapter two hundred
and sixty-two, and to add an additional
section to said Article, under said sub
title, to be known as Section II \, pro-
viding for the storage of goods, wares
and merchandise in the unused tobacco
warehouses.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Section
twelve of Article forty-eight Of the Code
of Public General Laws, title inspections,
subtitle ''Tobacco," as the same was re-
pealed and re-enacted by the acts of eighteen
hundred and ninety, Chapter two hundred
and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows
II. Warehouses Numbers one and two
shall be consolidated under one manage
ment. to be known as "Number One" and
warehouses Number three and four consol-
idated in like manner to be known as
"Number Three, except in the case here
matter provided for and Number five
shall remain as at present, and the inspect
ors of such warehouses shall cause the
tobacco therein to be inspected under their
personal supervision as before required;
when, however, warehouses Numbers one,
three and five shall become so filled with
tobacco as to render the operation thereof
difficult, or there is Il prospect of such crops
of tobacco as will overcrowd the same, the
inspectors shall report the facts to the
Governor of the state, and if it shall appear
to the Governor that the necessities of the
case require it he shall appoint additional
inspectors for warehouses Numbers Two
and four, or for only one Of them, as his
Judgment may dictate, and such inspectors
shall appoint the necessary clerks, screw
men and labOrers to conduct the business
thereof, and such clerks, screwmen and la
borcrs shall be under the supervision and
! direction of the inspector 50 appointed IN
all respects as in warehouses Numbers one,
three and five; provided however, that the
Governor be and he is hereby authorized
to rc-arrangc the consolidation of said ware
houses in such manner as will, in his judy
ment, best secure the efficient conduct Of
the business thereof, and provided further
| that if the Governor, after careful invest-
cation, shall determine that the amount of
tobacco ON hand and in prospect does not
demand the retention of all the storage
room available in the several warehouses he
may designate one or more Of them to be
used for general storage purposes, as pro
vided for in Section II \.
SEC. 2 And be it enacted, That the
following section, to be known as Section
II 4, be and the same is hereby added to
said Article forty eight, title inspections,
subtitle Tobacco
SEC. II A. Whenever the Governor
may have designated one or more of the
tobacco warehouses to be used for general
storage purposes, he shall have power to
appoint a person to take charge Of the
same, and such person shall receive such
salary, not exceeding eighteen hundred
dollars year, as the Governor may name
And such storage or warehouse keeper, by
and with the approval of the Governor
shall have power to appoint such clerical
force and laborers at such compensation as
the Governor may direct, not exceeding
one thousand dollars per annum for clerks
and not exceeding two dollars per diem foI
laborers, as may be necessary for the eco
nomical management of the business of the
said warehouse or warehouses; all such
salaries to be paid out of the receipts for
storage and no other source. Before enter
ing upon the discharge of his duties the
said storage or warehouse keeper shall give
a bond with satisfactory security, to be
approved By the Governor, in the penalty
of twenty thousand dollars for the faithful
performance of the duties imposed upon
him by law, and for the full and punctual
returns to the Comptroller of the Treasury,
at the end of each quarter, of the receipts
and disbursements of the warehouse or
warehouses under his charge, and said bond
shall be recorded in the Office of the clerk
of the Supreme Court of Baltimore City,
he shall, with the assent of the Governor,
make all contracts for the storage of goods,
wares and merchandise in the warehouse
or warehouses under his charge, and keep
accurate accounts of the receipts and dis
bursements of the same, of which he shall
make quarterly returns in the same man.
ner as the inspectors of tobacco are required
to do. Should the Governor be Of the
opinion that it would be more advantageous
to the state to rent said tobacco warehouse
or warehouses or parts thereof than to
have the same used as storage warehouse
or warehouses, as hereinbefore provided,
he is hereby authorized to rent the same
for period not exceeding four years, and
upon such terms as he may deem most
| beneficial to the state, the contract of rent
ing to be submitted to and approved by
the Attorney General provided, however,
that the warehouse or warehouses so rented
shall not be used for the purpose of the
inspection of tobacco that would be in con-
aict with the tobacco inspection warehouses.
SEC. 3, And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoilg
is correct copy of an act of the General
Assembly Of Maryland, passed January
session, 1882.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates,
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
Anproved nv the Governor March , 1909