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CHAP. 63. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
cents, for every hogshead inspected, passed and lodged, in
their respective warehouses, and the inspectors salaries, and also
all other expenses incurred in virtue of this act. |
Charge allowed
on tobacco remaining
in house
twelve months. |
49. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every hogshead
of tobacco that
shall be unexported after being twelve months in any public warehouse,
established by this act, shall be chargeable with four cents
per month for every month any hogshead of tobacco shall be over
and above the said term of twelve months, and the inspector or inspectors
are hereby directed to receive and pay the same to the
order of the levy court, if such warehouse belongs to the county,
if not, to the owner or proprietor of the warehouse, except that in
the warehouses in the city of Baltimore there shall be paid for every
such hogshead of tobacco at the rate of twelve and a half
cents per month. |
General issue may
be plead. |
50. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any action
shall be commenced
against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this
act, he may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special
matter in evidence at the trial, and that the same was done in
pursuance and by authority of this act; and if it shall appear to
have been so done, then the court shall direct the jury, and they
shall accordingly find for the defendant, and if the plaintiff be
nonsuited, or discontinue his action, or if judgment shall be given
upon demurrer or verdict against the plaintiff, the defendant shall
recover double costs. |
Actions, when to
be commenced. |
51. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all prosecutions
and actions for
the recovery of any penalty or damages for any breach of this act,
shall be commenced within one year after the offence committed, or
damage done, and not afterwards; and all actions commenced
against any person or persons making any seizure under this act,
or doing any thing in consequence of the provisions in this act,
shall be brought within one year after the seizure made, or act done,
and not afterwards. |
Inspectors to settle
their accounts
annually. |
52. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the several inspectors
of tobacco
at each warehouse in this state shall settle their respective accounts
with the levy courts annually, at their meeting for the purpose
of laying their county levy. |
If warehouse in
Annapolis is continued
owners authorised
to charge. |
53. AND, whereas a warehouse has been erected
in the city of
Annapolis, for the reception of tobacco, by individuals, who have
furnished the same with scales, weights, ropes and prizes, at their
own expense, BE IT ENACTED, That if the justices of the levy
court of Anne-Arundel county shall continue the said warehouse,
the owner or owners of the said warehouse be and they are hereby
empowered and authorised to levy and receive, from the owner or
owners of tobacco, thirty cents per hogshead for all tobacco by him
or them received, kept, and delivered in good order, within one
year, and six cents for every month thereafter they shall take care
of the said tobacco after the expiration of the said one year, until
the same shall be delivered in good order, agreeably to the regulations
of this act. |
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54. AND, whereas the justices of the levy
court of Baltimore
county, in virtue of the powers vested in them by an act, entitled,
An additional supplement to an act, entitled, An act to regulate the
inspection of tobacco, passed at November session seventeen hundred |
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