Acts. 309

or Parcels of Tobacco, so by him inspected and passed, and that his
Bond shall and may, if Occasion be, be sued for any Breach of the
Condition thereof by such Inspector committed, during the absence
of such sick or disabled Inspector.
And be it further Enacted, That if it shall hereafter happen that

Liber H. S.
No. I

[Inspector
acting
alone.]

both the Inspectors at any House, shall at the same Time be sick or
disabled, and thereby prevented from attending their Duty, that then
and in such Case only, it shall and may be lawful for each of the
said Inspectors, and they and each of them, are hereby required to
nominate and appoint one other Person, being a sufficient Planter,
and well skilled in Tobacco, which two Persons so as aforesaid to be
appointed, are to view, inspect, pass, and stamp, or refuse, the To-
bacco brought to the said House, during the Sickness or Disability
of such sick or disabled Inspectors; each of the said two Persons so
appointed, first taking the Oath of Office, and other Oaths, (or
Affirmation, if a Quaker), directed by this Act to be taken by In-

[In Case
both Inspec-
tors should
be sick, they
must
appoint;]

spectors; and the said sick or disabled Inspectors, and their Sureties,
shall still be answerable for the said Tobacco, so by the Persons by
them severally appointed, inspected and passed, in the same Manner,
as if they and each of them had personally officiated.

[But them-
selves be
answerable.]

And be it further Enacted, That if it shall hereafter happen, that
the Inspector at any House, where but one is by this Act appointed,
shall be sick or disabled, and thereby prevented from attending his
Duty, that then and in such Case only, it shall and may be lawful for
such Inspector, and he is hereby required to nominate and appoint
one other Person, being a sufficient Planter, and well skilled in To-
bacco, which Person so as aforesaid to be appointed, is to view,
inspect, pass, and stamp, or refuse, the Tobacco brought to the said
House, during the Sickness or Disability of such sick or disabled
Inspector, (the said Person so appointed first taking the Oath of
Office, and other Oaths, or Affirmation if a Quaker), directed by

[Where
there is but
one Inspec-
tor, and he
sick, he must
appoint; ]

p. 44

this Act to be taken by Inspectors; and the said sick or disabled
Inspector, and his Sureties, shall still be answerable for the said
Tobacco, so by the Person by him appointed, inspected and passed,
in the same Manner, as if he had personally officiated.

[But himself
to be an-
swerable.]

And be it further Enacted, That if any Tobacco shall be brought
to any of the said Warehouses, the said Inspectors, or one of them,
in Case of Sickness or other Disability, where two are appointed to
attend such House, or the Inspector if one only is appointed to
attend, after he or they, hath or have, viewed, examined, and weighed,
the said Tobacco, according to the Directions of this Act, shall be
obliged to deliver the Person bringing the same, as many promissary
Notes under the Hands of the said Inspectors, or Inspector, as shall

be required, for the full Quantity received by them or him, in which

shall be expressed whether the Tobacco so received, be Stemmed,

[Notes to be
given by In-
spectors for
Tobacco
brought to
the Ware-
houses for
Payment of
Debts;]