| 1785.
CHAP.
LXI.
Inspectors to
give receipts
for uninspected
tobacco,
&c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
LIII. And be
it enacted, That the inspectors of tobacco at the several
warehouses within this state shall, immediately on the delivery of
every
hogshead of tobacco at the warehouse whereof they are inspectors, weigh,
and give a receipt for such tobacco, if required by the proprietor,
or person
bringing the same to the said warehouse, expressing therein that the
same is for uninspected tobacco; which receipt shall be given up to
the
inspectors upon the said tobacco's being inspected, and before the
inspectors
shall be obliged to deliver notes therefor. |
Penalty on
persons makeing
fires in
warehouses,
&c. |
LIV. And be
it enacted, That if any person (other than the inspectors)
shall hereafter make any fire within any public warehouse, or without
doors within the space of fifty yards from such warehouse, such person,
if
free, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of five
pounds
current money, and if a servant or slave, he or she shall, by order
of any
justice or any inspector within such county, receive on his or her
bare back
a number of lashes not exceeding thirty-nine, for every such offence. |
Wooden
chimnies not
to be built
near warehouses,
&c. |
LV. And be it
enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to
erect or build, or cause to be erected or built, any chimney, except
brick
or stone, within one hundred yards of any public warehouse in this
state;
and where any chimney, except brick or stone, is already built within
the
distance aforesaid from any public warehouse, the owner or proprietor
of
the said chimney shall pull down the same, or on refusal or neglect
so to do, in six months after the passing this act, it shall and may
be lawful
for the sheriff of the county, and he is hereby required upon notice,
under the penalty of fifty pounds current money, to cause such chimney
to be pulled down and demolished; and the inspectors of the several
warehouses shall, under the penalty of twenty pounds current money,
give notice to the sheriff of their respective counties of any chimnies
being
erected, or already built, contrary to the provision in this act, as
soon as
may be after such chimney may be discovered. |
Special bail
may be awarded
in certain
cases, &c. |
LVI. And be
it enacted, That in all actions founded on this act against
any person or persons about to depart the state, it shall and may be
lawful
for the court in which such action shall be commenced, upon affidavit
of the plaintiff, or other evidence of the fact, and his cause of action
given to the satisfaction of the court, to award special bail against
any defendant
in such action, and for default of such bail to commit such defendant
until he shall put in such special bail. |
Commissioners
may purchase
land, &c. |
LVII. And,
whereas many of the warehouses rented and use under
former laws for the inspection of tobacco have been employed and used
by the owners thereof to other purposes, and they may be now unwilling
to rent them for the use of the public: And whereas it may be
necessary
to erect new warehouses at some of the places to be appointed in virtue
of
this law, Be it enacted, That
the commissioners of the tax, or the major
par of them, in all such cases shall, and they are hereby authorised
and
required, to agree for and purchase a quantity of land, not exceeding
two
acres, the most convenient and proper for the erection of warehouses,
and
in case the owner or owners of such land shall refuse to make sale
of so
much of the sid land as the said commissioners of the tax, or the major
part
of them, shall think necessary for the purposes by this act directed,
at a
reasonable price, or be under any disability of making sale thereof,
then
the said commissioners, or the major part of them, shall be and are,
by
virtue of this act, authorised and required to issue their warrant
to the
sheriff of such county, requiring and commanding him to summon and
return a jury of good and lawful men of his county, (not less than
twelve,)
inhabitants within such county, and not interested in or related to
the
owner of such land, to be and appear before the said commissioners,
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