438 Assembly Proceedings, October 4-November 26, 1763.

Liber H. S.
No. 1
p. 451

tions Prescribed by law to be taken to the Government and Sub-
scribe the Oath of Abjuration and repeat and Subscribe the Test he
shall forfeit and pay eighty Thousand Pounds of Tobacco

[Times
of the
Inspectors
Attendance]

And be it further enacted That all Inspectors to be appointed by
Virtue of this Act shall Attend their duty at the Warehouse or Ware-
houses under their charge from the first day of November to the
first day of April as often as required and Constantly from the said
first day of April to the last day of July Yearly (except Sundays
and the Hollydays Observed at Christmas Easter and Whitsuntide
or when hindered by Sickness or in such Cases wherein this Act
shall Otherwise Provide) And afterwards they or one of them
shall Constantly Attend at the same (except on Sundays) to deliver
out Tobacco for exportation till all the Tobacco remaining there
the said last day of July shall be so delivered And every Inspector

[Penalty for
Neglect]

Neglecting to Attend as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay to the party
Grieved Sixty Pounds of Tobacco for every Neglect or shall be
liable to the Action upon the Case of the said Party grieved to
recover all Damages which he or she shall have sustained by Occasion
of any such Neglect together with his or her full Costs at the

[The duty of
Inspectors]

Election of such Party And all Inspectors shall uncase and break
away every Hogshead Cask and Case of Tobacco brought to them
to be inspected as aforesaid And if the Inspectors or Inspector
(where one only is Appointed by this Act) shall be of Opinion that
the same is sound well conditioned Merchantable and clear of Trash
then such Tobacco shall be Weighed in Scales with Weights of the
Law full Standard and the Hogshead Cask or Case shall also be
weighed by the said Inspector or Inspectors and Stampt and marked
with a hot Iron on the head and Bulge in the Presence of the said
Inpector or Inspectors as the Case shall be with the name of the
Warehouse at which the Tobacco therein contained shall be viewed
and inspected and also with the Tare of the Hogshead Cask or Case
and Quantity of Nett Tobacco therein contained. But if at any
House for which by this Act two Inspectors are Appointed the said

[What is to
be done when
Inspectors
disagree]

Inspectors shall at any Time Disagree concerning the Quality of any
Tobacco brought for their Inspection to any Warehouse under their
charge they shall without delay or as soon as Conveniently may be
call from the next Adjacent Warehouse or Inspection another In-
spector who shall Determine the Difference and pass or reject such

[Inspector's
own
Tobacco]

Tobacco And when any Inspector shall bring his own Tobacco to the
Warehouse whereof he is Inspector the same shall not be passed or
Stamped unless it be first viewed examined and found Good and
Qualified as aforesaid by the other Inspector there Attending or by
one or both the Inspectors as the Case shall require from the next
Adjacent Warehouse and in Case that any Inspector shall bring his
own Tobacco to the Warehouse whereof he is the only Inspector the