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Timestamp: 2019-08-26 11:05:26
Document Index: 149253524

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 17', '§ 19', '§ 20', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 20']

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170 LAWS OF
owner or keeper of the ware-house seventy-five cents, as compensation for stop
age for the first two months or less, and twenty-five cents for every additional
month, and the further sum of fifty cents for coopering each hogshead.
§ 12. The owner or keeper of the ware-house shall store away, and secure
of negligence, be liable to the action of the owner of the tobacco for all dam-
ages accruing thereto by reason of such negligence.
§ 13. The owner or keeper of every ware-house shall, on the delivery of
every hogshead of tobacco at his ware-house, give a receipt for such tobacco,
marks, numbers, groes, tare and nett weight of tobacco viewed and stamped by
them, and in case the inspector's certificate be destroyed or mislaid, the owner
of such certificate may apply to the inspectors for a duplicate certificate, and
make oath that said certificate is lost, destroyed or mislaid, and that the same has
not been transferred or sold, and that he is the proper owner of said certificate,
the inspectors shall give a duplicate certificate expressing that it is a duplicate.
the length of the stave, or thirty-six inches at the head within the crows, making reasonable allowance for prizing, which allowance shall not exceed two
inches above the guage in the prizing head, and which shall not be bound with
eight hoops, shall be passed or received, but the owner of such tobacco, packed
in hogsheads or casks of greater dimension than above expressed, shall be
obliged to repack the same in casks or hogsheads not to exceed the above dimensions, before the same shall be passed or stamped; nor shall any hogshead be
so passed or stamped unless the nett weight thereof shall be at least eight hundred pounds..
shall offer a bribe to any inspector, shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the county wherein the offence is committed.
§ 17. Any person who shall alter the face of any certificate for passed or
presented, the tobacco demanded by the owner, and his fees for storage and
§ 19. Every person, who shall erect a warehouse under the authority of
this act, shall keep a strong and sufficient prize within the same, and shall also
keep at the warehouse a pair of strong scales, or patent balances, and correct
weights to weigh fifteen hundred pounds.
§ 20. Suit may be brought in the name of the county, for the recovery of.
part go to the county, at the instance of any person who will give information
thereof, and if any recovery be had, one half of the sum recovered shall be paid
to such prosecutor,
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0505.tif
Transcript 170 LAWS OF owner or keeper of the ware-house seventy-five cents, as compensation for stop age for the first two months or less, and twenty-five cents for every additional month, and the further sum of fifty cents for coopering each hogshead. § 12. The owner or keeper of the ware-house shall store away, and secure at night, every hogshead of tobacco inspected during the day, and shall, in case of negligence, be liable to the action of the owner of the tobacco for all dam- ages accruing thereto by reason of such negligence. § 13. The owner or keeper of every ware-house shall, on the delivery of every hogshead of tobacco at his ware-house, give a receipt for such tobacco, if required, expressing that the same is for uninspected tobacco. § 14. The inspectors shall enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, the marks, numbers, groes, tare and nett weight of tobacco viewed and stamped by them, and in case the inspector's certificate be destroyed or mislaid, the owner of such certificate may apply to the inspectors for a duplicate certificate, and make oath that said certificate is lost, destroyed or mislaid, and that the same has not been transferred or sold, and that he is the proper owner of said certificate, the inspectors shall give a duplicate certificate expressing that it is a duplicate. § 15. No tobacco packed in hogsheads, which exceed fifty-four inches in the length of the stave, or thirty-six inches at the head within the crows, making reasonable allowance for prizing, which allowance shall not exceed two inches above the guage in the prizing head, and which shall not be bound with eight hoops, shall be passed or received, but the owner of such tobacco, packed in hogsheads or casks of greater dimension than above expressed, shall be obliged to repack the same in casks or hogsheads not to exceed the above dimensions, before the same shall be passed or stamped; nor shall any hogshead be so passed or stamped unless the nett weight thereof shall be at least eight hundred pounds.. § 16. Inspectors, who shall receive any other gratuity or reward for any thing by them done in pursuance of this act, other than the payment and allowance herein expressed, shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the county where the offence is committed, and shall be removed from office; and any person, who shall offer a bribe to any inspector, shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the county wherein the offence is committed. § 17. Any person who shall alter the face of any certificate for passed or refused tobacco, or who shall alter the stamps or marks on any hogshead of inspected tobacco, whether passed or refused, shall be deemed guilty of forgery, and shall be punished as in other cases of forgery. § 18. The keeper or owner of any warehouse, who shall deliver out of his warehouse any hogshead of tobacco other than the one for which the receipt to be taken in was given, or shall refuse to deliver the same when his receipt is presented, the tobacco demanded by the owner, and his fees for storage and cooperage tendered, shall forfeit to the owner, not to exceed double the value of said tobacco. § 19. Every person, who shall erect a warehouse under the authority of this act, shall keep a strong and sufficient prize within the same, and shall also keep at the warehouse a pair of strong scales, or patent balances, and correct weights to weigh fifteen hundred pounds. § 20. Suit may be brought in the name of the county, for the recovery of. any of the penalties incurred under this act, and which either in whole or in part go to the county, at the instance of any person who will give information and prosecute for the same, in any court having competent jurisdiction, and if such prosecution shall fail, the prosecutor shall be adjudged to pay the costs thereof, and if any recovery be had, one half of the sum recovered shall be paid to such prosecutor,