ART. 48] TOBACCO INSPECTORS. 1241

1904, art. 48, sec. 25. 1888, art. 48, sec. 25. 1886, ch. 101, sec. 11 c. 1898, ch. 314.

24. The inspectors shall pay the amount of any award made in
writing and under seal by any committee of arbitration duly constituted,
as heretofore provided, to the party or parties thereto entitled, within
thirty days after the date thereof, and shall take the receipt of the
claimant or his agent for the same, which said receipt together with
said award signed and sealed by said committee of arbitration, or a
majority of them, shall be returned by the inspector to the comptroller
of the treasury in the inspector's next ensuing report thereafter and
shall be a voucher for money expended.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1888, art. 48, sec. 26. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 12. 1886, ch. 101.

25. If any inspector shall upon examination of any hogshead of
tobacco have reason to suspect that the same is trash or false packed,
he shall cause the same to be shaken out and repacked, and shall charge
for so doing the sum of two dollars per hogshead, the same to be paid
by the owner or his agent; and if any inspector shall find that the
package, cask or hogshead containing said tobacco is constructed of
green or unseasoned timber, it shall be his duty to uncase said tobacco
and furnish a new and dry package, cask or hogshead for the same
at the cost and expense of the owner of said tobacco or his agent; said
cost and expense not to exceed, however, the sum of one dollar for
each package, cask or hogshead so furnished.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1888, art. 48, sec. 27. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 13. 1878, ch. 386.

26. It shall be the duty of the inspector to confine the sample of
each hogshead of tobacco inspected, by tying them together with a
strong tape run through the head of said sample in such manner as
shall be most likely to prevent the bundles frqm separating or being
pulled out, and shall fasten on said sample a pasteboard label on which
shall be written the marks and number of the hogshead, the date of
inspection, and the name or number of the warehouse, and shall seal
said tape and label with sealing-wax, and shall stamp it with the seal
of the warehouse. Whenever a hogshead of tobacco is redrawn or
reviewed, the sample and label thereon of the original inspection shall
be returned to the inspector, to be by him destroyed; and the label
on the sample given at the redrawing or reopening of the tobacco shall
show that the hogshead has been reinspected or reviewed.
See notes to sec. 21.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1888, art. 48, sec. 28. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 14. 1886, ch. 101.
1908, ch. 9, sec. 28.

27. Any person or persons who shall pull out or break off any leaf
or leaves, or in any manner tamper with any sample of tobacco, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in the
criminal court of Baltimore city, be fined not more than one hundred
dollars for each offense; and no person, except the inspector, sampler,
sample-tyer or other designated employe shall be permitted to handle