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discretion, employ such additional help (clerical and manual) as may
be necessary for the efficient and economical management of the ware-
houses; to be paid during the time employed at the same rates as above
fixed for similar services; and he shall keep in his office a current
public record of such additional help employed by him, the duties to
be discharged and the pay to be received by the same; and he may
assign any appointee or employe to any work deemed by him necessary
for the business of the tobacco warehouses; and he shall (as far as
possible) equitably apportion the patronage at his disposal among the
inhabitants of the tobacco-growing counties of the State.

1904, art. 48, sec. 13. 1890, ch. 262, sec. 13. 1898, ch. 314. 1908, ch. 9, sec. 13.

12. The salaries and wages of the inspector and all his appointees
and employes in and for said warehouses, as also all operating expenses
of said warehouses, shall be paid from the receipts thereof, and from
no other source.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1898, ch. 314, sec. 14. 1900, ch. 231. 1908, ch. 9, sec. 14.

13. The inspector shall have full charge of all the receipts and dis-
bursements of said warehouses, except for repairs; and shall make a
report quarterly to the comptroller on the first days of January, April,
July and October of each year, showing the receipts and disbursements
of each of said warehouses, with vouchers therefor, giving in detail the
respective amounts received from outage, storage, cooperage, recondi-
tioning, stays and sale of scarps, and also showing the respective
amounts paid for labor, nails, lumber, hoops, incidentals, wages and
salaries, and showing the cash balance for each quarter, and at the
quarter ending July first in each year, shall pay over to the comptroller
all moneys in hand remaining after paying all expenses and salaries of
said warehouses.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1888, art. 48, sec. 15. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 8. 1898, ch. 314.
1908, ch. 9, sec 15.

14. In case of the absence of the inspector by reason of sickness or
any other other unavoidable cause, his duties, during his absence, shall
devolve upon the chief clerk, unless the inspector designate some other
clerk or employe to act in his place; and the person so acting shall
qualify under oath for the faithful discharge of the same.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1888, art. 48, sec. 16. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 9.

15. The hours of labor in the several tobacco warehouses in the city
of Baltimore shall be from seven o'clock A. M., until twelve o'clock
M., and from one o'clock P. M., until six o'clock P. M.
As to hours of work, see art. 100.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1888, art. 48, sec. 17. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 10

16. All tobacco landed or delivered at any of the warehouses in the

city of Baltimore, for inspection, shall be taken charge of by the