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Notes.
Loss of note.
Note not to
be renewed.
Stayed
tobacco.
Recondi-
tioned.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
of tobacco inspected by him, the State where grown,
the consignee of the same, the name of the vessel by
which shipped out, and the name of the party ship-
ping the same, and for every hogshead so inspected
by him, lie shall issue his certificate or note, stating
in such certificate or note, the name or initials of
the owner, the number of the hogshead, the State
where grown, the date of inspection, and the gross,
tare and net weight of the hogshead, and he shall
make no delivery of any hogshead of inspected to-
bacco from his warehouse, except upon surrender of
certificate or note, corresponding with the number of
the hogshead.
SEC. 16. That if any certificate or note be lost or
mislaid, or destroyed, the person entitled to receive
the tobacco by virtue of such note or certificate, may
make oath before a Justice of the Peace to the effect
of said note being lost, and shall take a certificate to
that effect, from such Justice of the Peace to the In-
spector, and deposit the same with him, then the
Inspector may deliver to such person a new note or
certificate, with marks, numbers, weights and date
corresponding with the former note, and shall there-
by be discharged from all actions and demands, on
account of such former note or certificate.
SEC. 17. That no person shall be entitled to re-
ceive a new note or certificate in lieu of any note or
certificate lost or mislaid, unless he shall notify the
Inspector, at whose house it was issued, within
twenty days after such note or certificate is first dis-
covered to be lost or mislaid.
SEC. 18. That all tobacco inspected in any of the
warehouses, which may be condemned or stayed,
shall be carefully cased up and weighed, and the
gross weight and tare be entered upon a book, kept
for that purpose, together with the number of breaks
in such hogshead as may be stayed, also the cause,
whether for false packing, trash, order or wet.
SEC. 19. That all tobacco thus stayed, shall with
all convenient despatch be shaken out, reconditioned
and packed, under the supervision of the Inspector,
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