Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-02-18

employed for any purpose. At the end
II each day, the tobacco-note clerk IN the
respective warehouses shall make de-
tailed report of the operation Of such re-
spective warehouse to the chief clerk,
who shall then enter them properly in a
hook, kept for the purpose by him. The
chief clerk shall collect all moneys and
in a set Of books to be provided, keep the
accounts Of each warehouse separately,
and consolidate the whole in one general
led ger, so as to show the working of the
houses individually and collectively The
chief inspector shall have the right to
select an Office in one Of the warehouses
now used BY the State at such point as
shall be most agreeable 10 himself, and
most central for the purpose Of business.
-. A deputy, four clerks. a sample
tyer and such number Of serewmen not
exceeding the number prescribed BY sec
ton IL. and laborers as the inspector
may think necessary, shall be assigned
to the warehouse number one, ware
houses number three and four consolida-
led. and warehouse number Eve, respec
lively; and no employment of solicitors
or Of any help, except that provided for
10 this section and section IL, shall be
lawful.
ID. The salaries Of the inspector, depu-
ties, clerks and all other employees Of
the State tobocco warehouses shall be
paid from the receipts Of said warehouses
and from no other source.
a. The inspector shall have full
charge of all the receipts and disburse-
ments Of the. tobacco warehouses, and
shall make all'contrscts for nails or any
other articles that may be required for
the use Of the warehouses, except for re-
pairs, and shall make egular return
to the Comptroller Of the Treasury four
times in each year, viz: on the first of
January, April. July and October, each
showing the receipts and disbursements
Of the respective warehouses. with the
vouchers therefor, setting forth in his re-
port of receipts the amount received from
outage, storage, cooperage, recondition-
ing stays, sale of scraps. and SO forth,
and in bis disbursements, the amounts
paid for labor, nails, lumber, hooks and
ordinary incidental expenses, and thu
sand inspector shall have power to have
all tobacco delivered at snch warehouses
as 10 his Judgment nav seem best.
10. In case of the absence Of the in
spector by reason Of sickness or any una
voidable cause, then during his absence
his duties shall devolve upon the chief
clerk, or such other clerk or employee as
he may select or designate, who shall
qualify under oath, for the faithful dis
charge Of the same.
is. It shall be the duty of the inspec-
tor to cause each hogshead Of tobacco
landed or delivered at the warehouses to
be numbered in succession as received
aud cause said number to be entered in a
book kept for that purpose. together with
tue time said hogshead was received, the
name Of the vessel or other conveyance.
,f-fnown to him, by which said hogshead
was brought to the city Of Baltimore, and
Of The owner or consignee of said tobacco.
and ihe initials or other marks on said
hogshead identifying the same. and when
said hogshead shall be removed from
said warehouse he shall cause an entry
to be made in some book kept for that
purpose Of the time when the same was
so removed, the name Of the person to
whom the same was delivered, and of
the vessel or other conveyance by which
the same was taken away.
%. Whenever any dispute shall arise
concerning the correctness ofany sample
furnished BY the inspector CT tobacco
under the seal VI the State, said contro-
versy shall be referred TO a committee
Of arbitration consisting of three persons
to be selected as follows: One thereof
shall be selected by the inspector, one
thereof shall he selected by the claimant
or claimants, or his or their agents, and
the two then selected shall select the
remaining member of said committee;
provided, however. that no person shall
be so selected, or if selected. shall be
competent to serve as a member af any
committee Of arbitration, who shall have
direct or indirect in tbs tobacco CON
troversy.
%. The inspectors shall pay the
amount of any award made in writing
and under seal By any committee of ar
bltration duly constituted as heretofore
provided, to the party or parties thereto
entitled, within thirty days after the
date thereof, and shall take the receipt
of the claimant or his agent for the same.
which said receipt. together with said
award, signed and sealed by said com
mlttee Of arbitration or majority OIL
them, shall be returned by the inspector
to the Comptroller Of the Treasury AZ
the inspectors next ensuing r4port
thereafter, and shall be voucher for
money expended.
20. The inspector shall be caused to
be kept in proper books, the name of the
owner, the ngm5er. gross, tare and net
weight Of every hogshead of tobacco in.
specrad BY him or bis deputies. the State
where grown, the consigsse of the same,
the name of the vessel by which shipped
out. the name of the party shipping the
same; aud for hogshead so inspected, he
shall issue his certificate or note, the
name or initial eff the owner, the num-
Der Of the hogshead, the State where
grown. the date Of inspection and the
gross, tare and net weight Of the hogs
head, and be shall make no delivery Of
any hogshead of inspected tobacco from
the warehouse. except upon surrender
of such certificate or note, corresponding
With the number eff the hogshead.
Al Whenever SO large an amount of
inspected tobacco shall have accumulated
IN the warehouses. as to delay inspec
tiou, the Inspector shall have the right
to rent storage for as much as may be
necessary to remove.
"A In the absence of the State whar-