| 1789.
CHAP.
XXVI.
Penalty on
persons altering
marks,
&c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
XVIII. And be
it enacted, That if any person shall erase, cut out, burn out,
blot out, or in any wise alter or deface, any letter, mark, number or figure,
stamped or branded, or burnt on, or set upon, any hogshead by any inspector,
and if any person shall counterfeit any letter, mark, number or figure,
on any
hogshead, such person shall forfeit fifty pounds current money for every
such
offence. |
Inspectors not
to accept gratuities,
&c. |
XIX. And,
for the direction of inspectors in their duty, 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 one
hundred
pounds current money, and shall be disabled from holding the office of
inspector
during the continuance 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 one hundred pounds current money. |
Inspectors to
attend, &c. |
XX. And be it
enacted, That every inspector shall attend at the warehouse
under his charge on every day from the first day of April to the twentieth
day
of September, except on Sundays, and the fourth day of July, and the holidays
observed at whitsuntide, for the receiving, inspecting and delivering,
any tobacco
brought to, and delivered at, the warehouse of which he is inspector,
between the first day of April and the twentieth day of September, but
he shall
not take charge of, or inspect, any tobacco brought to his warehouse for
inspection
between the twentieth day of September and the first day of November;
and he shall attend on every day, Sundays excepted, for the delivery of
tobacco,
between the twentieth day of September and the first day of November; and
he
shall attend as often as he shall be required from the first day of November
to
the first day of April, during the continuance of this act, except on Sundays,
and the holidays at christmas, for inspecting and delivering tobacco; and
every
inspector neglecting to attend as aforesaid, unless prevented by sickness,
or other
unavoidable accident, shall forfeit and pay to the party grieved five pounds
current money for every neglect, or shall be liable to the 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. |
And uncase
every hogshead,
&c. |
XXI. 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, brought
to
be inspected 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, unmixed with trash or bad tobacco, in good order and condition,
and merchantable, he or they shall weigh, or cause to be weighed in his
or their
presence, such tobacco, in scales, always giving the turn of the scale
in favour
of the tobacco, with weights of the lawful standard, and shall weigh the
hogshead, which the inspector or inspectors shall stamp and brand, or cause
to
be stamped and branded in his or their presence, with a hot iron on the
head and
bilge, with the name of the warehouse, the tare of the hogshead, and quantity
of net tobacco therein contained; and shall also mark on the head and side
of
the hogshead, with marking irons, the initials of the name of the owner,
and
the number of hogsheads then inspected; and where two inspectors are appointed,
if they cannot agree to pass any hogshead of tobacco, they shall, without
delay,
or as soon as conveniently may be, call an inspector from the next adjacent
inspection,
who shall determine the difference, and pass or reject such tobacco;
and when any inspector shall bring his own tobacco to the warehouse whereof
he
is inspector, the same shall not be stamped and branded, unless it be first
viewed,
examined and passed, by the other inspector, or by the inspector from
the next
adjacent inspection; and if any inspector shall bring his own tobacco to
the
warehouse whereof he is the only inspector, the same shall be viewed and
examined,
and refused or passed, stamped or branded, as this act directs, by the
inspector of the next adjacent inspection. |
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