Acts. 439

same shall be first Viewed and examined as aforesaid by the
Inspector or Inspectors of the next Adjacent Warehouse

Liber H. S.
No. 1

And be it further enacted That it shall and may be Law full in
Case of the Sickness or other Disability of one Inspector that the
other may by himself and he is hereby Authorized and impowered
to do and execute all the Powers and Authorities which by this Act
the two Inspectors together might do as fully to all intents and
Purposes as if they were both Present Provided that if any Inspector

p. 452
[In case
of the
Inspector's
Sickness,
etc]

should not be really Sick but under Pretense thereof Absents himself
from the Warehouse he ought to Attend and from the doing his
duty there he shall forfeit and pay for every day he shall Absent
himself the sum of three hundred and Twenty Pounds of Tobacco
to be recovered before one Magistrate as in Case of Small Debts
one half thereof to the Use of the Informer and the other to the
several and Respective Counties to defray the expence that hath or

[Feigning
sickness, the
penalty]

may Accrue in the due Execution of this Act And also Provided
That the inspector so Acting alone shall be Answerable for all and
every the Hogsheads or Parcells 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

[Inspector
acting alone]

And be it further enacted That if it shall hereafter happen that
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

[Incase both
Inspectors
should be
sick, they
must ap-
point]

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
Tobacco 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

[Two other
Persons,
who must
be sworn.]

Affirmation if a Quaker) directed by the Act to be taken by Inspec-
tors and Subscribing the Oath of Abjuration and repeating and
Subscribing the Test 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 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
Tobacco which Person so as aforesaid to be Appointed is to view In-

[Where
there is
but one
Inspector,
and he sick,
he must
appoint]