Acts. 465

and Slaves to him belonging there shall be paid to the Inspectors
thereof only twenty eight Pounds of Tobacco on the Eastern
Shore and twenty four Pounds of Tobacco on the Western Shore
for Stamping and for all Tobacco repacked and Prized by the
Inspectors fifty six Pounds of Tobacco for each Hogshead and
also four Pounds of Tobacco for Nails unless the Proprietor shall

Liber H. S.
No. 1

[28lb & 24lb

of Tobacco
to be paid the
Inspectors]

find and provide Nails And no Inspector shall take or Convert to
his use or Otherwise dispose of any Draughts or Samples of Freight
or Crop Tobacco but the same (if fit to pass) shall be Carefully put
into the Hogshead out of which it was Drawn under the Penalty
of forfeiting one Hundred and Sixty Pounds of Tobacco 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 and every Inspector or

[Samples, if
good, to be
replaced]

Inspectors if required shall alter the Mark of any Hogshead of
Tobacco for which they have before given a Receipt and for Pre-
venting Confusion and Mistakes shall keep a Waste Book in which
shall be entered 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 Hogshead 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
Law full Abatements for the Tobacco Prized in And where any

[Inspectors
to keep
books of
marks and
numbers]

Tobacco shall be brought to any Warehouse by the Overseer of the
owner thereof the Inspector or Inspectors shall give Notes and
Receipts in the name of the Owner and not of the Overseer which
Notes and Receipts shall be delivered to the Owner or to his Order

[Notes to be
given in the
name of the
owners]

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 Publick Warehouse and not Stamped shall and may be de-
livered out by the Inspector or 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 fifty six
Pounds of Tobacco 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 untill it shall be again In-
spected Passed and Stamped for which the Inspector or Inspectors
shall again receive the Established fees under the same Penalties
as are herein before Inflicted for Shipping of and taking on Board
any Ship or Other Vessel Tobacco not Inspected Viewed and
Stamped According to the Directions of this Act
And be it further enacted That the Owner of any Transfer
Notes may at any time receive and Mark Hogsheads of Tobacco

35

[Light
Hogsheads
of Tobacco,
not stamped,
may be de-
livered by
Inspectors
to Owners
of their
notes; but
not Snipped]