| 1801.
CHAP. 63.
In case of inspector's
refusing to
pass tobacco, owner
may separate
good from bad,
and have the use
of prizes to repack
the same.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
29. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any hogshead
of tobacco shall
be brought to any warehouse for inspection, and the inspector or
inspectors shall refuse to pass the same, and the owner, or other
person bringing such tobacco, will undertake to pick and separate
the good from the bad, the said inspector or inspectors shall allow
the use of one or more of their prizes for prizing such tobacco so
separated and repacked in the said hogshead and if there shall be
several hogsheads of tobacco, belonging to several owners, to be
picked, repacked and prized, at any public warehouse, the owner
or other person bringing the same, whose tobacco shall be first examined
and refused, shall be first permitted to make use of such
prize or prizes, and the same rule shall be observed in the prizing
all tobacco which shall be picked, repacked and prized as aforesaid. |
Penalty on inspector
for converting
samples to his own
use. |
30. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no inspector or
inspectors shall
take or convert to his or their own use, or otherwise dispose of,
any draughts or samples of tobacco drawn out of any hogshead,
but the same, if fit to pass, shall be delivered to the owner, or other
person offering the same for inspection, under the penalty of seventy-five
cents. |
Levy court to hear
all complaints against
inspectors,
and transmit proceedings
thereon
to the governor
and council.
Proviso. |
31. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of
the levy courts
shall hear and determine all complaints against any inspector in a
summary way, and if found guilty of any breach of duty required
by this act, shall remove every such inspector, and immediately
after transmit a copy of the complaint, and of their proceedings
thereon, to the governor and council; and if the inspector shall
think himself injured by the judgment of removal, he may appeal
therefrom to the governor and council, and they may, in a summary
way, rehear the case, and displace such inspector, or continue
him in his office, and if removed, he shall pay the expenses of any
witnesses; and the person complaining of the conduct of such inspector,
if the justices shall not remove him, may appeal from
their judgment to the governor and council, who are hereby empowered
to summon and compel the attendance of such witnesses as
may be necessary, or to order and direct that depositions shall be
taken on such terms as they may prescribe, and they may rehear
and review the case, and continue or displace such inspector, and
if not displaced, the person so appealing shall pay the costs of the
witnesses; and in all cases of removal, the governor, with the advice
of the council, may appoint and commission some other person
out of the last recommendation for the residue of the year; Provided
always, that the inspector complained against shall be summoned
to appear and make his defence, but if in case he shall not
appear, his default shall be taken for a confession, without some
reasonable excuse be given for the same. |
County clerk to
record proceedings
of justices. |
32. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the clerk of each
county within
this state, except the counties herein before excepted, shall provide
a well bound book, and record therein all the proceedings
of the justices relating to this act; and that it shall be the duty of
the clerk of the several county courts for the time being to attend
them on all occasions relating to this act in their respective courts,
and at their meetings at the court-house, and that he shall make
fair and just entries of the proceedings of the said justices, and do
all other necessary services in relation to this act which shall be required
of him by the justices aforesaid, for all which services he |
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