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and shall charge for so doing the sum of two dollars per hogs-
head, the same to be paid by the owner or his agent; and if
any inspector shall find that the package, cask or hogshead con-
taining said tobacco is constructed of green or unseasoned tim-
ber, it shall be his duty to uncase said tobacco and furnish a
new and dry package, cask or hogshead for the same at the
cost and expense of the owner of said tobacco or his agent;
said cost and expense not to exceed, however, the sum of one
dollar for each package, cask or hogshead so furnished.

26. It shall be the duty of the inspector to confine the sam-
ple of each hogshead of tobacco inspected, by tying them to-
gether with a strong tape run through the head of said sample
in such manner as shall be most likely to prevent the bundles
from separating or being pulled out, and shall fasten on said
sample a pasteboard label on which shall be written the marks
and number of the hogshead, the date of inspection, and the
name or number of the warehouse, and shall seal said tape
and label with sealing wax, and shall stamp it with the seal of
the warehouse. Whenever a hogshead of tobacco is redrawn
or reviewed, the sample and label thereon of the original in-
spection shall be returned to the inspector to be by him de-
stroyed; and the label on the sample given at the redrawing
or reopening of the tobacco shall show that the hogshead has
been reinspected or reviewed.

27. Any person or persons who shall pull out or break off
any leaf or leaves, or in 'any manner tamper with any sample
of tobacco, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon con-
viction thereof in the criminal court of Baltimore City, be
fined not more than one hundred dollars for each offense; and
no person, except the inspector, sampler, sample-tyer, or other
designated employee shall be permitted to handle any bundle of
tobacco, drawn for the purpose of a sample until the same shall
have been tied up and sealed as required by law; and any unau-
thorized person handling said tobacco in violation of the provi-
sions of this section, shall pay a fine of twenty dollars for each
offense, to be recovered before any police justice of the City of
Baltimore, as other fines are now recovered. It shall be the
duty of each and every employee in the State tobacco ware-
houses to report to the inspector any and all violations of thy
provisions of this section that may come to his notice or of
which he may be cognizant; and it shall be the duty of the
inspector to make a memorandum in writing, of each and every
such violation reported to him as aforesaid in a book to be kept