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inspector, through his receiving clerk, and the parties delivering the
same shall be entitled to receive, upon demand, the inspector's receipt
therefor.

1904, art. 48, sec. 18. 188S. art. 48. sec. 18. 1864, ch. 346. 1898, ch. 314.

17. It shall be the duty of the inspector to cause each hogshead of
tobacco landed or delivered at the warehouses to be numbered in suc-
cession, as received, and cause said number to be entered in a book
kept for that purpose, together with the time said hogshead was received,
the name of the vessel or other conveyance, if known to him, by which
said hogshead was brought to the city of Baltimore and of the owner
or consignee of said tobacco, and the initials or other trade-marks on
said hogshead identifying the same, and when said hogshead shall be
removed from said warehouses he shall cause an entry to be made in
some book, kept for that purpose, of the time when the same was
removed, the name of the person to whom the same was delivered and
of the vessel or other conveyance by which the same was taken away.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1888, art, 48, sec. 19. 1867, ch. 368.

18. It shall be the duty of each tobacco inspector to cause all
tobacco in the warehouse to which he may have been appointed to be
inspected as speedily as practicable in regular order as numbered with-
out favor, affection or partiality to anyone; and each violation of the
provisions of this section shall subject the offender to a penalty of one
hundred dollars, to be recovered in the criminal court of Baltimore.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1888, art. 48, sec. 20. 1864, ch. 346.

19. It shall be the duty of each inspector to cause each hogshead
of tobacco before it is uncased, to be weighed, and the tobacco in each
hogshead, and the cask itself, to be separately weighed in his presence,
or that of his weighing clerk, in scales with weights of the proper
standard; and the weight of each hogshead as first weighed, and the
gross and net weight of the tobacco therein contained after inspection,
to be entered in a proper book, with sufficient reference to its numbers
and marks as previously recorded.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1888, art. 48, sec. 21. 1864, ch. 346.

20. It shall be the duty of each inspector to cause to be marked
with a marking-iron on the side of each hogshead of tobacco under his
charge, the warehouse, number and weight of said hogshead, and the
net weight of tobacco contained therein, and to cause the warehouse
number of such hogshead to be marked with blacking on each head
thereof.

See notes to sec. 21.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1888, art. 48, sec. 22. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 11. 1886, ch. 161.

21. Every inspector shall have uncased and break every hogshead
of tobacco that may be delivered for inspection in not less than five dif-