Acts. 189

with the receipts thereto signed shall be delivered to the old In-
spector or Inspectors the one of which Lists shall be by him or them
lodged with the Clerk of the County to be by him kept in his Office
under the Penalty of Eight thousand Pounds of Tobacco on each
Inspector neglecting to make such Lists and the same Penalty on the
old Inspector or Inspectors who shall neglect to lodge the same with
the County Clerk and the new Inspector or Inspectors is and are
hereby declared to be answerable to the Owners of any Notes men-
tioned and described in such Lists so far as to produce the same
Hogshead or Hogsheads of Tobacco belonging to any Owner and
likewise that the said new Inspector or Inspectors shall be liable for
and answerable to the old Inspector or Inspectors for all Damage
that shall happen to such Tobacco mentioned in the Lists aforesaid
through his or their Negligence during the Time of his or their
serving as Inspector or Inspectors
and to the End that Inspectors may be more careful of the Fire
they may have Occasion for at the Warehouses to brand the Tobacco
Be it enacted that if any Warehouse within this Province shall be
hereafter burnt and it can be made appear to have happened by the

Liber R. G.
1773

Negligence of the Inspector or Inspectors belonging to such Ware-
house such Inspector or Inspectors shall forfeit and pay sixteen
thousand Pounds of Tobacco each
And be it enacted that every Justice who shall meet at their respec-
tive Court Houses and every Justice who shall be appointed and
attend in Order to agree as aforesaid shall be allowed the Sum of
sixty four Pounds of Tobacco for every Day he shall necessarily
attend in Consequence of such Appointments in the next County
Levy and every Inspector who shall meet and attend the Justices
aforesaid at the Court House shall be allowed sixty four Pounds
of Tobacco per Day in the next County Levy for his Attendance

[Penalty on
Inspectors
in case of
Warehouses
being burnt
thro' their
Negligence.]

[Allowance
to the Jus-
tices and In-
spectors for
their Atten-
dance, &c.]

And be it Enacted that the Vestrymen and Church Wardens of
Queen Caroline Parish in Ann Arundel County have full Power and
Authority to elect and recommend four Inspectors for a Warehouse
appointed to be at Elk Ridge Landing situate and being in Saint
Margarets Westminster Parish and to proceed as if the said Ware-
house had by this Act been appointed to be in Queen Caroline Parish
and that the Vestrymen and Churchwardens of Saint Margarets
Westminster Parish no way intermeddle with the Election or Recom-
mendation of Inspectors for the said Warehouse to be at Elk Ridge
Landing and the said Inspection be under the same Regulation as
if the Inspectors has been nominated and recommended by the Vestry-
men and Church Wardens of Saint Margarets Westminster Parish
any thing in this Act contained to the Contrary notwithstanding

[Vestrymen
of Queen
Caroline
Parish to
Choose In-
spectors for
Elk-Ridge
Landing
Warehouse.]

And be it enacted that if any Person or Persons shall bring any
Hogshead or Number of Hogsheads of Tobacco to any of the

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