174 Assembly Proceedings, November 16-December 23, 1773.

Liber R. G.
1773

whereof he is master shall ride or by whom he shall be cleared some
Time before her Clearance. But whereas it may happen that the
Ship in which such Tobacco was intended to be put may be so full
as not to be capable of stowing all the Tobacco contained in such
List or may by springing a Leak or other Accident be obliged to
reland the same in such Cases it shall and may be lawful to ship the
said Tobacco or any Part thereof on Board any other Ship or Ships
where the Owner thereof shall think fit the Masters of such Ships
indorsing on the said Lists the Marks and Numbers of the respective
Hogsheads by them taken on Board and giving Notice to the In-
spector or Inspectors of the Warehouse from whence the same was
brought or if there be no Ship to receive the said Tobacco then it
shall and may be lawful for the Master of the first mentioned Ship
or Vessel to put the said Tobacco in the nearest Warehouse to the
Place where such Ship shall ride giving immediate notice thereof
to the Inspector or Inspectors who stamped the same And the In-
spector or Inspectors of that Warehouse where such Tobacco shall
be delivered shall receive from the Person or Persons relanding the
same eight Pounds of Tobacco for every Hogshead so landed and
shall give a Receipt for the same and shall cause the said Tobacco

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to be safely lodged and delivered to the Owner or Owners thereof
whenever he she or they shall think fit to Ship it off and that without
any other fee or Reward and one half of the said Eight Pounds of
Tobacco so received shall be accounted for and paid by them to the
Person or Persons entituled to receive the Rent of the said Ware-
house and the Residue retained by him or themselves as a Satis-
faction for his or their Extraordinary Trouble and Care therein

[Size of
Tobacco
Hogsheads.]

And for restraining the undue Practise of mixing Trash with
stemmed Tobacco and preventing the Packing Tobacco in unsizeable
Casks. Be it enacted that all stemmed Tobacco not laid strait 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 or seventy Inches in the whole Diameters within the Staves
at the Crose and Bilge 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 Sizeable Casks at his own Cost and Charge
before the same shall be stamped by the said Inspectors

[Punish-
ment for
forging
Notes or
Stamps]

And be it enacted that if any Person whatsoever shall forge or

counterfeit the stamp Note or Receipt of any Inspector or Inspectors
or alter the Quantity of Tobacco expressed in such Note or Receipt
or shall exchange or pay or tender in Payment any such forged or
counterfeited or altered Note or Receipt knowing the same to be
forged Counterfeit or altered such Person so offending shall suffer
Death as a Felon without Benefit of Clergy and if any Person shall
export or Cause to be exported any Hogshead Cask Case Chest