Acts. 311

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That all
Tobacco brought to any of the said Warehouses in Hogsheads,

Liber H. S.
No. I

Casks, or Cases, to be exported on Account and for the Use of the
Owner thereof, after the same shall have been viewed, examined,
and weighed, and found to be good, shall be stamped as herein
before directed: And the said Inspector, or Inspectors, shall deliver
to the Person bringing the same, as many Receipts signed as afore-

[Inspected
Hogsheads
to be
stamped.]

said, as shall be required for the Number of Hogsheads so brought
and stamped. And for every Hogshead, Cask, or Case, brought to
any of the said Warehouses on the Eastern-Shore, to be exported,
on Account and for the Use of the Owners thereof, there shall be
paid to the Inspector, or Inspectors there attending, Three Shillings

[3 s. 6 d. al-
low'd on the
Eastern-
shore.]

and Six Pence, for viewing, examining, and stamping the same; and
the Owners of the said Tobacco shall find and provide Nails for the
nailing thereof. And for every Hogshead, Cask, or Case, brought
to any of the said Warehouses, on the Western-Shore, to be ex-
ported on Account and for the Use of the Owners thereof, there
shall be paid to the Inspector, or Inspectors there attending, Three
Shillings, for viewing, examining, and stamping the same; and the

[3 s. on the
Western.]

Owners of the said Tobacco shall find and provide Nails for the
nailing thereof.

p. 46

And be it further Enacted, That during the Continuance of this
Act, no Tender of any Debt or Duty payable in Tobacco shall be
accounted lawful, unless Payment of the same shall be tendered in
Inspector or Inspectors Notes or Receipts.

[What is
lawful Ten-
der.]

And for restraining the undue Practice of mixing trash with
stemmed Tobacco, and preventing the packing Tobacco in unsizeable
Casks, Be it Enacted and Declared, That all stemmed Tobacco not
laid straight, whether the same be packed loose or in Bundles; and
all Tobacco packed in Hogsheads which exceed Forty-eight Inches
in the Length of the Stave, and Seventy Inches in the whole Diame-
ters within the Staves at the Croze and Bulge, shall be accounted
unlawful Tobacco, and shall not be passed or received: But the
Owner of such Tobacco, packed in Casks of greater Dimensions
than before expressed, shall be obliged to repack the same in sizable
Cask, at his own Cost and Charge, before the same shall be stamped
by the said Inspectors.

[Size of To-
bacco Hogs-
heads.]

And be it further Enacted, That if any Person whatsoever shall
forge or counterfeit the Stamp, Note, or Receipt, of any Inspector,
or Inspectors, or tender in Payment any such forged or counter-
feited Note or Receipt, knowing it to be such; or export, or cause to
be exported, any Hogshead, Cask, Case, Chest, Box, or other Pack-
age of Tobacco, stamped with a forged or counterfeit Stamp; or
demand Tobacco of any Inspector, or Inspectors, upon any such
forged or counterfeited Note or Receipt, knowing such Note or
Receipt, or such Stamp, to be forged or counterfeited; or shall put

[Punishment
for forging
Notes or
Stamps.]