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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1801.

Property
tested in
Inspectors.

warehouse established by this act, shall be so far vested in the
inspector or inspectors for the time being as to punish any
trespass or felony thereof.

Inspectors
to deliver
notes, &c.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the inspector or inspectors
who shall pass any tobacco, shall deliver as many notes, under
the hand of the inspector or inspectors, to the owner, and in his
name, as shall be required, in which note or receipt shall be
expressed the place and time of reception, the mark, the ware-
house, number, and the gross, tare and net weights for all
tobacco inspected and passed, and also in the note shall be
expressed, whether of the first or second quality, the first
quality to consist of tobacco clear of, and unmixed with trash,
and the said notes shall be payable to the said owner, or bearer,
and shall be current and received in payment of all debts and
contracts for tobacco, or judgments and decrees on contracts for
tobacco, according to the terms and intention of the contract,
judgment or decree, (as the case may be,) and shall be trans-
ferable from one person to another, and shall be paid, upon
demand, by the inspector or inspectors who signed the same ;
and no tender of any debt or contract for tobacco, or judgment
or decree on any contract for tobacco, shall be accounted lawful,
unless payment of the same shall be tendered in inspector or
inspectors' note or notes.

To give
receipts.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the several inspectors
appointed in virtue of this act are hereby required, that when
tobacco in hogsheads shall be brought to him or them for
inspection which shall not be clear of trash, but shall be in
good order and merchantable only, to give a receipt therefor,
expressing the number, gross, tare and net weight of the same,
and that the tobacco is of the second quality, and shall also
mark the number, gross, tare and net weight thereof, on the
head and bulge of the hogshead, with marking irons, and the
said receipt shall bo obligatory on the said inspector or inspec-
tors for a delivery of the said tobacco, in the same manner and
conditions as any note issued by him or them in virtue of
this act.

Receipts
not to be a
tender for
payment of
«ny tobacco
contract.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the said receipts shall not
be a tender for the payment of any tobacco contract, unless the
said contract shall have been for tobacco of the second quality,
and expressly mentioned in the said contracts, any thing in the
said act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Hogsheads
to be
opened and
weighed
If required
—In case of
persons
refusing
tobacco,

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That when any person shall be
entitled to receive tobacco by virtue of any inspector or inspec-
tors' note or notes, the inspector or inspectors shall, if required,
open the hogshead, and shew such tobacco to the person de-
manding the same, and shall also re- weigh the same if required,
and if such person shall refuse to accept of such tobacco as