Acts. 491

House which rate or Proportion the Inspectors are hereby Author-
ized and required to Demand and receive of the Person who Claims
such Tobacco before they Permit the same to be taken out of the
Inspecting House and which rate or Proportion after the receipt
thereof as aforesaid shall be by the said Inspectors paid to such
Warrant Officer or Officers or his or their order upon Demand and
in Case such Tobacco or any part thereof as aforesaid upon such
view and Examination as aforesaid shall not by such Inspectors or
Inspector be Passed then such Tobacco or such part thereof as shall
not pass Inspection as aforesaid shall by such Inspectors or In-
spector after being by him or them weighed be immediately burnt

Liber H. S.
No. 1

and the said Warrant Officer or Officers shall have and receive as a
Reward for his or their Deligence in the Execution of this Clause
of this Present Act after the rate of eight Pounds of Tobacco for
every hundred Pounds of Tobacco which shall be so taken and
burnt as aforesaid to be recovered either against the Person Owner
of the said House Vessel or other Place knowing the said Tobacco
to have been there or against the Person owning such Tobacco at
the Time of such Seizure by Warrant before a Single Magistrate
out of Court with full Costs and to be levied by way of Execution
against the Person Goods or Chattells of the Party so Offending
by the like Authority

[and passed
or burnt.]
p. 501

And be it likewise enacted That where any Person or Persons
whatsoever shall discover under Carriage any Trashy or unmer-
chantable Tobacco he or they so discovering shall be and they are
hereby Authorized and required to Stop and Seize such Trashy or
unmerchantable Tobacco then and there Found and the same shall
Convey or shall direct and require the Party or Parties so carrying
the same as aforesaid to carry such Tobacco to the next or any
other Convenient Inspection House and that such Party or Parties
refusing to carry the same shall forfeit and pay after the rate of
five hundred Pounds of Tobacco for every hundred Weight of such
Tobacco upon every such refusal to be recovered as the Case as
aforesaid may require before a Single Magistrate or in the County
Court by Action of Debt Presentment or Information the one half
thereof to him or them that shall sue or inform Concerning the
same and the other half to the use of the County where such Offence
shall be Committed to be Applied Towards defraying the Charge
of Inspection as aforesaid and in Case neither of the Inspectors
Attending that House shall happen to be Present then the said
Person Stopping and seizing the said Tobacco is hereby directed
to Summons one or both the Inspectors immediately to attend at
such Warehouse to receive and secure the same and the Inspector
or Inspectors so Attending shall search view and examine the same
and Proceed in such Case in like manner as he or they are directed
with regard to Trashy or unmerchantable Tobacco which shall be

[Trashy
tobacco
under car-
riage to be
seized and
carried to an
inspecting
house]