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FINES.----One Half to the County Charge, &c.

        Inspectors, receiving any Gratuity for Inspecting
    Tobacco, &c. other than allowed in this Act, forfeit
    8000 lb Tobacco; and the Person offering the
    same, forfeits 1600 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  34.
        Inspectors inspecting any Tobacco brought to the
    Warehouse, between the last of July and First November
   
yearly, forfeit 160 lb Tobacco for every 100 lb
    Tobacco, so inspected.  See Ibid.  35.
        Inspectors, offering Tobacco in Lieu of any Tobacco
    which hath been refused, before View, &c.
    forfeit 1600 lb Tobacco.  And the Person receiving
    the same, forfeits the like Penalty, per Hogshead.
    See Ibid.  36.
        New appointed Inspectors, neglecting to make out
    Lists of all Tobacco delivered to them in the Warehouse
    by the old Inspectors, &c. forfeit 8000 lb Tobacco.
    See Ibid.  44.
        Inspectors intermeddling in Elections, forfeit
    800 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  46.
        Inspectors dealing in buying or selling Tobacco,
    procuring Consignments, &c. forfeit 240 lb Tobacco
    for every 100 lb Tobacco so bought, &c.  See
    Ibid.
       
Inspectors giving out Notes for Tobacco, not actually
    received, &c. forfeit their Year's Salary:  And
    giving Crop Notes, instead of Transfer, unless the
    Hogshead be actually prized, forfeit 800 lb Tobacco
    for every such Note.  See Ibid.  23.

        Persons convicted of false Swearing concerning
    the Loss of any Inspector's Note, or producing a
    forged Certificate of such Oath, forfeit 240 lb Tobacco
    for every 100 lb Tobacco therein contained.
    See Inspectors Notes, 12.
        Officers, and all their Under-Clerks and Deputies,
    refusing or neglecting to take the Oath in this
    Section prescribed, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  See
    Fees, 10.
        Masters of Ships, &c. causing any other than
    their own Mate or Boatswain to swear, &c. forfeit
    4800 lb Tobacco.  See Tobacco Inspected, 3.
            Masters, &c. suffering Tobacco, not inspected,
    to be taken on board, forfeit 4800 lb Tobacco for
    every Hogshead, Cask, &c. and the Tobacco also
    to be forfeited.  See Ibid.  4.
        Persons carrying Tobacco, for Hire, to or from
    Inspecting Houses, taking uninspected Tobacco in
    Bulk on board their Sloops, Boats, &c. forfeit 240 lb
    Tobacco for every 100 lb of such Tobacco; and
    the Tobacco also to be forfeited.
        If such Skippers be Servants, and be again convicted,
    the Master shall pay the above Penalty, and
    also 60 lb Tobacco for every Day such Servant shall
    be employed by him as Skipper.  See Ibid.
       Skippers shall not take Tobacco from any Inspecting
    House, before taking an Oath to be administered

    by the Inspector; on Forfeiture of 3200 lb Tobacco,
    for every Hogshead so taken on board.  See
    Ibid.  9.
        Commanders of Tobacco Ships removing Freight
    Tobacco from any Warehouse, in any open Boat,

    &c. without sufficient covering, for Security of the
    Tobacco, forfeit 1600 lb Tobacco for each Offence.
    See Ibid.  11.
        Persons running Tobacco (before Inspection, and
    Entry with the proper Officer, and Permit obtained)
    into Virginia, Pennsylvania, &c. forfeit 80 lb Tobacco
    for every Hogshead, and 160 lb Tobacco for
    every 100 lb Tobacco in Bulk, &c. See Tobacco

    Run, 6.
        Persons resisting Officers in Execution of Warrants
    under this Act, forfeit viz.  if a Commander
    or Owner of a Ship 8000 lb Tobacco; if a Skipper,
    Sailor, &c. 3200 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  8.
        Persons Buying, Selling, Bartering, &c. any
    Trashy Tobacco, forfeit 4 lb Tobacco for each
    Pound of Tobacco so bought, &c.  But where such

    Penalty shall arise by Prosecution on Indictment,

FINES.----One Half to the County Charge, &c.

    and the Informer shall not, on Conviction, claim the
    Moiety in open Court, the whole shall go to the
    County Charge.  See Tobacco Trashy, 1.
        Persons having Trashy Tobacco under Carriage,

    and refusing on demand, to carry the same to the
    next Inspecting House, forfeit 400 lb Tobacco for
    every 100 lb of such Tobacco .  See Ibid.  4.
        Proprietors of Warehouses appointed by this Act,
    are obliged to Let the same to the Inspectors, under
    Penalty of 32,000 lb Tobacco.  See Warehouses, 2.
        Such Proprietors making private use of such
    Warehouses, whilst under Rent to the Public, forfeit
    1000 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  3.
        Inspectors neglecting yearly, after Conclusion of
    their Inspections, to secure the Scales, Weights,
    &c. forfeit 800 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  6.
        Any Justice neglecting his Duty in making Contracts,
    or taking of Bonds relating to Warehouses,
    forfeits 800 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  8.
        Every Justice in Court, refusing (on Application
    of the Inspectors) to do his Duty with Regard to
    Warehouses, forfeits 800 lb Tobacco, to the Use of
    the Warehouse.  See Ibid.  10.
        Any Warehouse being burnt thro' Negligence of
    the Inspectors, such Inspectors shall forfeit 16000 lb
    Tobacco.  See Ibid.  13.
    8. FINES, wholly appropriated to the Use of
County Schools.
        Persons elected Visitors, and refusing to act, forfeit
    500 lb Tobacco.  See Schools, 32.
        Practitioners of the Law, Ministerial Officers and
    Others, misbehaving, &c. in Court, may be punished
    by Fine, not exceeding 4000 lb Tobacco in the
    Superior, nor 2000 lb Tobacco in the Inferior
    Courts.  See Magistrates, 1.
        Persons insulting single Magistrates in the Execution
    of their Office, may, on Complaint to the
    Court, be punished by Fine, not exceeding 1000 lb
    Tobacco.  See Ibid.  2.
        Ministers, &c. joining in Marriage any Negro

    whatsoever, or Mulatto Slave, with any White Person,
    forfeit 5000 lb Tobacco.  And any Free Negro
    or Mulatto intermarrying with any White
    Person, shall become a Slave for Life:  And Mulattoes
    born of White Women, or White Persons, for
    such intermarriage, shall become Servants for Seven
    Years, to be disposed of at the Discretion of the
    County Court.  See Marriage, 12, 13.
    9.  FINES, appropriated the one Half to the County
Schools, the other to the Informer.
        Clerks, &c. refusing to give full Copies, &c. of
    Costs of Suit, forfeit 2000 lb Tobacco.  See Bills of
    Cost,
2.
        Persons cutting down or destroying any Boundary
    Tree, or presuming to bound any Tree, or set up
    new Boundaries in lieu of decayed ones, without
    due Notice to all concerned, forfeit 5000 lb Tobacco.
    See Boundaries of Land, 1, 2.
        Suitors convict of giving more than the legal Allowance
    to any Juror, shall in the Provincial Court,
    forfeit 6000 lb Tobacco, and in a County Court
    2000 lb Tobacco, or under, at the Discretion of the
    Court.  See Jurors, 9.
        Persons admitted to any Office or Place of Trust,
    shall take the Oaths to the Government, on Penalty
    of loss of Office, and also forfeit 250 l. Sterling.
    See Protestant Interest, 2.
        Persons setting up any Booth, or selling Liquors
    within one Mile of the yearly Meeting-House in
    talbot County, or within two Miles of the yearly
    Meeting-House near West-River, in Anne-Arundel
   
County, during the Time of the Quakers Yearly
    Meetings, forfeit 10 l.  See Quakers, 2.
        County Clerks neglecting their due Attendance at
    the Court-House, on Office Days, for the dispatch
    of Business, forfeit 600 lb Tobacco for each Neglect.
    See County Clerks, 4.



 
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