thereof shall be entrusted, shall Land or put on Shore any Hogshead,
Cask or Case of Tobacco, put on board the same to be carried to any public
Warehouse, at any other Place or Places than the Warehouse or Warehouses
by this Act appointed for the Reception and Inspection of Tobacco, or at
some or one of them, or the Wharfs or other Landing to such Warehouse
or Warehouses belonging' or shall put the same on board any other Vessel,
or suffer the same to be done, so as the same be not delivered at some
of the
said public Warehouses, without Fraud or Embezzlement, or shall open any
Hogshead, Cask or Case of Tobacco, so as aforesaid Water-born and Landed,
and take thereout any Tobacco before the same be viewed by some Inspector
or Inspectors, according to the Directions of this Act; or, after the same
has been viewed, shall fraudulently open any Hogshead, Cask or Case, and
take thereout any Tobacco, every such Offence shall be adjudged felony;
and the Offender or Offenders shall suffer by Whipping and Pillorying,
and
paying Fourfold, as in Case of Felony.
VII. Provided
always, That nothing herein before contained shall be
construed to prohibit the Landing or putting on Shore, any Hogshead, Cask,
or Case of Tobacco, out of any Sloop, Boat, or other Vessel, so as such
Landing
be really and bonâ fide for the Preservation of the Tobacco
laden in such
Vessel, and that the same be with all convenient Speed, carried thereafter
to
the Warehouse or Ship (as the Case shall be) to which it was designed,
without
Embezzlement.
VIII. Provided
also, That if by any Accident, or Negligence of the
Master or Skipper of any Vessel, any Tobacco which hath been viewed and
stamped, shall in it's Carriage to the Ship, in which it is intended to
be exported,
receive so much Damage as the Master of such Ship will not receive
it on board, every Hogshead, Cask, or Case of Tobacco, so damnified, shall,
with all convenient Speed, be carried to some Warehouse, appointed by this
Act, and there lodged, until the Owner of such Tobacco, or Master of the
Vessel in which it was damaged, shall have separated the same, and then
the
remaining good Tobacco shall be stamped by the Inspector or Inspectors
attending
such Warehouse, without Fee or Reward.
IX. Provided
always, That every Person appointed, or to be appointed,
an Inspector, by Virtue of this Act, shall yearly, before he enters upon
the
Execution of the said Office, enter into Bond, with good Surety, before
Two
Magistrates of the County wherein the Inspecting-house, at which such Inspector
shall serve, is situate, in the Penalty of Forty Eight Thousand Pounds
of Tobacco, payable to the Lord Proprietary, his Heirs, and Successors,
with Condition for the true and faithful Performance of his Duty, according
to the Directions of this Act, and shall also take the following Oath,
or Affirmation
if a Quaker, That is to say;
You shall Swear (or Affirm), That you will, diligently and carefully, view
and
examine, all Tobacco brought to any public Warehouse, or Warehouses, where
you
are appointed to be Inspector, and all other Tobacco which you shall be
called upon to
view and inspect; and that you will not receive any Tobacco that is not,
in your
Judgment, sound, well-conditioned, merchantable, and clear of Trash; nor
receive,
pass, or stamp, any Tobacco, or Hogshead, Cask, or Case of Tobacco, prohibited
by an act of Assembly, entitled, An Act for amending the Staple of
Tobacco,
for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs, and for the Limitation
of
Officers Fees; and that you will receive, pass, and stamp, all Tobacco
that is
sound, well-conditioned, merchantable, and clear of Trash, and in all Things
well
and faithfully discharge your Duty in the Office of an Inspector, according
to the
best of your Skill and Judgment, and according to the Directions of the
said Act,
without Fear, Favour, Affection, Malice, or Partiality. So help
you GOD.
Which Oath, or Affirmation, shall and may be taken before any one Justice
of the Peace, for the County where such Inspector shall officiate,
and by such |
CHAP.
XVIII.
Tobacco relanded,
unless
at Inspecting
Houses, &c.
or fraudulently
embezzelled, or
taken out of
Cask by any
Skipper, &c.
before or after
Inspection,
to be adjudged
Felony.
Unless for
necessary
Preservation
of the Tobacco.
Tobacco damaged
in it's
Carriage to
the Ship, may
be relanded,
at some Inspecting-house,
and
thereto be separated
and
repacked.
Inspectors to
give Bond
with Sureties,
for the due
Execution of
their Office.
The Oath of
an Inspector. |
