LII. And be
it further Enacted, That the Warehouse or Warehouses,
Wharfs, Prizes, and Cranes, already built, and continued by this Act to
be
Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco, the Owners or Proprietors thereof
are hereby obliged to Let the same to the Inspector or Inspectors, as the
Case
shall be, under the Penalty of Thirty Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco;
and in that Case, the Rent of Six Pounds of Tobacco per Hogshead as aforesaid,
shall be paid to such Owners or Proprietors of such Warehouses respectively,
by the several Inspectors; and the Residue of the Fifty Six Pounds of
Tobacco per Hogshead, and the Twenty Eight pounds of Tobacco on the
Eastern Shore, and the Twenty Four Pounds of Tobacco on the Western
Shore, per Hogshead, mentioned in this Act, shall be applied to pay and
defray
the Charge of the Inspectors Salaries and other Expences, such as, finding
Weights and Scales, and other Necessaries, mentioned in this Act, and
the keeping them in Repair, according to the true Intent and Meaning of
this Act, and that for all Matters relating to the Expence of putting this
Act
in Execution, and the Profits to be raised thereby, the several Inspectors
shall
annually lay before the respective Justices, fair and distinct Accounts
of the
Profits and Loss, relating to their respective Offices, on Oath, or Affirmation
if a Quaker; and the Justices aforesaid shall settle and adjust such Accounts,
and that if the Profits of said Warehouses, shall over and above bear the
Expences
of this Act, that then the Overplus shall be applied to defray the
Charge of the County.
LIII. Provided
always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed
to give Power to the Owner or Proprietor of any Warehouse or Warehouses,
on any Pretence whatsoever, to make any private Use thereof whatsoever,
whilst the same shall be under Rent to the Public, under the Penalty
of One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco; nor to the said Inspectors to keep
any Horses, Cattle, or Hogs, at any the Public Warehouses (except in Inclosures)
upon the land appointed for such Warehouses, and if any Swine
belonging to the said Inspectors, or any of them, shall be found at
large upon
the Land appointed for such Warehouses, or the Lands adjoining thereto,
it shall and may be lawful for the Proprietor of the Land on which the
said
Warehouses are placed, to kill, or cause them to be killed or destroyed.
LIV. And be it
Enacted, That if any of the Warehouses herein before
mentioned, shall happen to be Burnt, the Loss of Tobacco sustained thereby,
shall be made good and repaired to the several Persons injured, by an Allowance
in the Public Levy, at the next Sessions after such Loss; and in Case of
such Accident, no Inspector or Inspectors shall be sued, or molested, for
or
by reason of any Promissory Notes, or Receipts, by them given for any Tobacco
burnt in the said Warehouse, but shall be altogether acquitted and discharged
of and from the Payment of Tobacco, in such Notes, or Receipts,
mentioned; any Thing before to the contrary notwithstanding.
LV. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the Clerk
of each County within this Province, do, and shall, provide a well bound
or
stitched Book, to have recorded therein, all the Proceedings of the
Justices
relating to this Act; and that it be the Duty of the Clerk of the County
Court, for the Time being, to attend them on all Occasions relating to
this
Act, and that he be qualified by Oath, before some Magistrate, to keep
fair
and just Entries of the Proceedings of the said Justices, and do all other
necessary
Services, in relation to this Act, that shall be required of him by the
Justices aforesaid; for all which Services he shall annually be allowed,
out of
the Profits arising by virtue of this Act, a Sum not exceeding Right Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco.
LVI. And for
the better detecting of Inspectors who shall not do their
Duty, Be it Enacted, That the Justices
of the County Court shall hear and |
CHAP.
XVIII.
Owners of
Warehouses
already built
shall let the
same to the
Inspectors, on
Penalty of
32000 lb of
Tobacco; at
the Rent of
6 lb Tobacco
per Hogshead.
The remaining
Allowances
for Inspection,
how
to be applied.
Inspectors to
Account annually,
on
Oath.
Owners of
Warehouses
not to make
private Use
thereof.
Penalty.
Inspectors not
to keep Cattle
or Hogs
at large on
Warehouse
Lands.
Warehouses
happening to
be burnt, the
Loss of Tobacco
to be
made good in
the public
Levy.
County
Clerks Duty
in assisting
Magistrates.
To be allow'd
800 lb of Tobacco,
annually. |
