LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1801.

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way intermeddle with or busy himself in procuring tobacco to
be sold or consigned to any merchant, or in loading any ship or
vessel with tobacco, except the proper tobacco of such inspector,
under the penalty of sixteen dollars for every hogshead of to-
bacco so bought or received, or procured to be sold or consigned,
contrary to this act; provided, that any inspector may receive
his own proper rents or debts in tobacco.

Inspectors
not to levy
or receive
tobacco by
way of
barter-
penalty.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That if any person shall erase,
or in any wise alter or deface, any letter, mark, number, or
figure, set upon any hogshead by any inspector, or if any per-
son shall counterfeit any letter, mark, number or figure, on any
hogshead, such person shall forfeit one hundred and fifty dollars
for every such offence.

Penalty on
altering
marks.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That if any inspector shall
accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any gratuity or reward
for any thing by him done in pursuance of this act, other than
his salary, every such inspector, being thereof convicted, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of three hundred dollars, and shall be
disabled from holding the office of inspector during the con-
tinuance of this act; and if any person shall offer any gratuity,
reward or bribe, to any inspector, for any thing by him to be
done in pursuance of this act, and shall be thereof convicted,
such person shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay three
hundred dollars.

Penalty for
receiving
any gratuity
or reward
other than
his salary.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That every inspector neglecting
to attend as directed by the levy court, unless prevented by
sickness, or other unavoidable accident, shall forfeit and pay to
the party grieved twenty dollars for every neglect, or shall be
liable to an action upon the case of the party grieved, to recover
all damages sustained by occasion of any such neglect, together
with costs, at the election of such party.

Penalty for
neglecting
to attend as
directed by
court.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That every inspector shall uncase
and break every hogshead of tobacco, or cause the same to be
done in his presence, which he may be called on to inspect as
aforesaid, in not less than three different places, and if the
inspector or inspectors, as the case may be, shall be of opinion
that such tobacco is sound, clean, in good order, condition, and
merchantable, he or they shall weigh, or cause the same to be
weighed in his or their presence, such tobacco, in scales, with
weights of the lawful standard, and shall weigh the hogshead,
which the inspector or inspectors shall mark, or cause to be
marked in his or their presence, on the head and bulge, with
the name of the warehouse, the tare of the hogshead, and
quantity of net tobacco therein contained, also mark on the
head of the hogshead with marking irons, the initials of the
name of the owner, and the number of hogsheads then in-
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Every
hogshead
brought to
inspect
shall be
uncased and
broke in
not less
than three
different
places —
marks.