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shall be paid to the Inspectors thereof, only four Shillings, for
stamping; and for all Tobacco repacked and prized by the Inspec-
tors, seven Shillings for each Hogshead; and also six Pence for
Nails, unless the Proprietor shall find and provide Nails. And no
Inspector shall take or convert to his own Use, or otherwise dispose
of, any Draughts or Samples of Freight or Crop Tobacco; but the
same (if fit to pass) shall be put into the Hogshead out of which it
was drawn, under the Penalty of forfeiting twenty Shillings for
every Draught so taken away, contrary to the Directions of this Act :
To be recovered before any Justice of the Peace of the County
wherein such Offence shall be committed. And all Inspectors, if
required, shall alter the Mark of any Hogshead of Tobacco, for
which they have before given a Receipt; and for preventing Confu-
sion and Mistakes, shall keep a Waste-Book, in which shall be en-
tered the Marks and Numbers of all Hogsheads of Tobacco received
by them; and another Book, in which shall be entered the Marks and
Numbers thereof, when the same shall be delivered out by them.
And all Inspectors, when required, shall be obliged to prize any Hogs-
head of Crop Tobacco, under nine hundred and fifty Pounds nett.
so as to make it up that Weight; but shall receive the same Fee upon
such Hogshead, as for Transfer Tobacco, and may make the lawful
Abatements for the Tobacco prized in. And where any Tobacco
shall be brought to any Warehouse, by the Overseer of the Owner

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thereof, the Inspectors shall give Notes and Receipts in the Name of
the Owner, and not of the Overseer.

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And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That any
light Hogshead or Parcel of Tobacco, after the same shall be passed
at any public Warehouse, and not stamped, shall and may be deliv-
ered out by the Inspectors to the Owner of their Notes; and such
Tobacco may be carried away, for the better sorting and stemming
the same; provided the Person receiving such Tobacco shall pay
for the Inspection thereof, after the Rate of seven Shillings for
every nine hundred and fifty Pounds Weight, and so in proportion
for a greater or lesser Quantity: And that such Tobacco shall not
be shipped off, until it shall be again inspected, passed, and stamped ;
for which the Inspectors shall again receive the established Fees,
under the same Penalties as are herein before inflicted, for shipping
off, and taking on board on any Ship or other Vessel, Tobacco not
inspected, viewed, and stamped, according to the Directions of this
Act.

Light
Hogsheads
of Tobacco
not stamped
may be de-
livered by
Owners of
their Notes ;
but not
shipped

And be it further Enacted, That the Owner of any Transfer Notes
may at any time receive and mark Hogsheads of Tobacco for satis-
fying such Notes, and the Inspectors shall take in their former Notes,
and deliver Crop Notes and Receipts for such Hogsheads, and shall
be answerable for the safe keeping thereof, in the same Manner as
they are for Crop Tobacco. But the Person receiving such Hogs-
heads shall pay to the Inspectors seven Shillings and six Pence for
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Transfer
Tobacco to
be sold
yearly by
Auction