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bark so deposited with him, in such form or manner as shall be

sufficient evidence of such deposite; but no such bark shall be

delivered by the inspector, to any person or persons, until it

shall have been inspected and approved of, or condemned.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the inspector shall

Compensa-

be entitled to receive for every ton weight of bark which he

tion of in-
spector, &c.

shall inspect, two dollars, one-half of which sum to be paid by

storage.

the seller, the other half by the buyer ; and such reasonable

expense as may accrue for cooperage on account of any defi-

ciency in the casks, shall be paid over and above by the seller;

and it shall be the duty of the inspector to weigh each cask,

and to furnish the owner with an invoice specifying the gross

weight and the tare of each cask, which invoice shall be signed

by him ; and for every cask not exceeding ten hundred weight,

there shall be allowed eight pounds for draft ; and the said in-

spector shall be further entitled to receive from the owner or

owners of bark deposited with him for inspection, at and after

the rate of four cents for each cask per week for storage, to be

computed from the time when the inspection shall have been

completed.

By 1829, ch. 201, the inspector to receive one dollar and fifty cents per

ton ; and by 1831, ch. 239, one hundred pounds shall be taken and con-

sidered as one hundred weight, and twenty hundred be considered as a ton.

SEC. 7. And be if enacted, That the inspector shall have

Persons

power by virtue of this act, to enter on board any ship or vessel

shipping
contrary to

lying within the port of Baltimore, to search for any ground

law.

black oak bark pin on board for exportation without being pre-

viously inspected and marked as aforesaid ; Provided, That

before any inspector shall enter on board any ship or vessel un-

der this act, he shall take the following oath (or affirmation as

the case may be,) to be administered by any justice of the

peace in this state, which oath shall be reduced to writing and

kept by the justice of the peace before whom it may be made;

that is to say : 'I, A. B. inspector appointed under an act of the

general assembly of Maryland, entitled, an act to provide for

the inspection of ground black oak bark intended for exporta-

tion, do swear, (or solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and

affirm, as the case may be,) that I verily believe there is on

board the ship —— (naming the ship or vessel, as the case

may be,) now lying in the port of Baltimore, ground black oak

bark intended for exportation without being previously in-

spected, so help me God.' And if any person or persons shall

Penalty.

resist or obstruct the said inspector in making such search or

examination, every person so obstructing or molesting the said

officer, on conviction thereof, on indictment before Baltimore

city court, shall forfeit and pay for the use of the state, the sum

of one hundred dollars ; and the person or persons who shall

have shipped such bark, shall forfeit the same, together with