thereof to the Use of the Informer, and the other to the several and
respective
Counties, to defray the Expence that hath, or may accrue, in the due Execution
of this Act. And also Provided, That
the Inspector so acting alone,
shall be answerable for all and every the Hogsheads or Parcels of Tobacco,
so by him inspected and passed, and that his Bond shall and may, if Occasion
be, be sued for any Breach of the Condition thereof by such Inspector committed,
during the Absence of such sick or disabled Inspector.
XII. And be it
further Enacted, That if it shall hereafter happen, that
both the Inspectors at any House, shall at the same Time be sick or disabled,
and thereby prevented from attending their Duty, that then and in such
Case
only, it shall and may be lawful for each of the said Inspectors, and they
and
each of them, are hereby required to nominate and appoint One other Person,
being a sufficient Planter, and well skilled in Tobacco, which Two Persons
so as aforesaid to be appointed, are to view, inspect, pass, and stamp,
or
refuse, the Tobacco brought to the said House, during the Sickness or Disability
of such sick or disabled Inspectors; each of the said two Persons so appointed,
first taking the Oath of Office, and other Oaths, (or Affirmation, if
a Quaker) directed by this Act to be taken by Inspectors, and subscribing
the
Oath of Abjuration, and repeating and subscribing the Test; and the said
sick or disabled Inspectors, and their Sureties, shall still be answerable
for the
said Tobacco, so by the Persons by them severally appointed, inspected
and
passed, in the same Manner, as if they and each of them had personally
officiated.
XIII. And be
it further Enacted, That if it shall hereafter happen, that
the Inspector at any House where but One if by this Act appointed, shall
be
sick or disabled, and thereby prevented from attending his Duty, that then
and in such Case only, it shall and may be lawful for such Inspector, and
he
is hereby required to nominate and appoint One other Person, being a sufficient
Planter, and well skilled in Tobacco, which Person so as aforesaid to be
appointed,
is to view, inspect, pass, and stamp, or refuse, the Tobacco brought
to the said House, during the Sickness or Disability of such sick or disabled
Inspector, (the said Person so appointed first taking the Oath of Office,
and
other Oaths, or Affirmation if a Quaker) directed by this Act to be taken
by
Inspectors, and subscribing the Oath of Abjuration, and repeating and subscribing
the Test; and the said sick or disabled Inspector, and his Sureties,
shall still be answerable for the said Tobacco, so by the Person by him
appointed,
inspected and passed, in the same Manner, as if he had personally
officiated.
XIV. And be it
further Enacted, That if any Tobacco shall be brought
to any of the said Warehouses, the said Inspectors, or One of them, in
case
of Sickness or other Disability where Two are appointed to attend such
House, or the Inspector, if One only is appointed to attend, after he or
they,
hath or have, viewed, examined, and weighed, the said Tobacco, according
to the Directions of this Act, shall be obliged to deliver to the Person
bringing
the same, as many promissory Notes under the Hands of the said Inspectors,
or Inspector, as shall be required, for the full Quantity received by them
or
him, in which shall be expressed, whether the Tobacco so received, be Stemmed,
Leaf, or Coloured; which Notes shall, and are hereby declared to be
Current in all Tobacco Payments whatsoever, in the County where the Tobacco
shall be Inspected, according to the Species expressed in the Note, and
shall be transferable from one to another in all such Payments, (except
as
herein is excepted), and shall be paid and satisfied by the Inspector or
Inspectors,
who signed the same, upon Demand: And for every Hogshead of Tobacco
brought to any public Warehouse, for the Discharge of any public or
private Debt, in good Cask, of such Dimensions as herein after expressed,
there shall be allowed by the Inspector or Inspectors thereof, to the Person |
CHAP.
XVIII.
INspector acting
alone,
shall be answerable
for
the Tobacco,
in case both
Inspectors
should be
sick, they
must appoint
Two other
Persons, who
must be
sworn;
But the Inspectors
be
answerable.
Where there
is nut one Inspector,
and
he sick, he
must appoint
One other
Person who
must be
sworn;
But himself
to be answerable.
Notes to be
given by Inspectors
for
Transfer Tobacco;
which
shall be current
in Tobacco
Payments
within
the County. |