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at which he is inspector, which he shall be called upon to view
and inspect at the said warehouse, or any other public ware-
house, and that he will not receive, pass or mark, any tobacco,
or hogshead of tobacco, prohibited by this act, and that he will
in all things well and faithfully execute and discharge his duty
in the office of an inspector, according to the best of his skill
and judgment, and according to the directions of this act ; and
the said justice shall immediately cause the said bond to be
proved by the witnesses thereto, and shall forthwith endorse
the probat on the back thereof, and transmit the said bond to
the clerk of the county court within ten days, who shall record
the same, with the endorsement thereon, and transmit it to the
clerk of the general* court, who shall immediately record the
same bond and endorsement aforesaid, and immediately after-
wards deliver the original bond to the register of the chancery
court, to be by him safely kept in the chancery office ; and an
attested copy of the said bond and probat, from either of the
said records, shall be as good evidence in law to maintain an
action of debt for any breach of the condition of the said bond,
as if the same was actually produced and proved in court ; and
the same bond may be sued by any person entitled as holder of
any note of such inspector, for the non-payment or not deliver-
ing the tobacco mentioned in such note, and on non-suit, or
judgment for defendant, the person suing such bond shall be
liable for costs, and any person bringing suit on such bond may
be compelled by the court in which such suit may be instituted
to give security for costs ; and if the same person be continued
inspector, he shall, on every appointment, give bond as afore-
said.
* Since the abolition of the general court it has been the practice to
transmit the bonds to the clerk of the court of appeals of the shore.
See 1823, ch. 165, in which the penalty of the bond is enlarged, to be
executed by any inspector appointed under that act.
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Court to
ascertain
inspectors'
salaries.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy
court, or a majority of them, shall at the time of making their
county assessment, ascertain the salaries of the inspectors, so
that the same shall not exceed three hundred dollars, for each
inspector within their county ; and if the sum allowed by this
act for inspection shall not be sufficient to satisfy the said sala-
ries and warehouse rent, and other charges of the inspection
houses within their counties, the said justices shall assess in
their county assessment a sum of money sufficient to discharge
the same.
Allowed five cents for each sample, by 1821, ch. 194.
SEC. 9, And be it enacted, That no inspector shall, directly
or indirectly, during his continuance in the said office, buy, or
receive any tobacco by way of barter, loan or exchange, or any
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