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1904, art. 48, sec. 39. 1888, art, 48, sec. 40. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 26.

38. No tobacco of the growth of this State shall be passed or

accounted lawful tobacco unless the same be packed in hogsheads not
exceeding fifty-four inches in the length of the staves, nor exceeding
forty-six inches across the head; and the owner or his agent of tobacco
packed in any hogshead of greater dimensions shall repack the same in
hogsheads of the size herein prescribed, at his own expense before the
same shall be passed.

For a case under the compulsory inspecton law formerly existing, involving

the size of hogsheads of tobacco, see Turner v. State, 55 Md. 258 (affirmed

in 107 U. S. 38). See also, section 45.

Ibid. sec. 40. 1888, art. 48, sec. 41. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 27. 1898, ch. 314.

39. Whenever so large an amount of inspected tobacco shall have
accumulated in the warehouses as to delay inspections, the inspector
shall have the right to rent storage for as much as may be necessary to
remove.

Ibid. sec. 41. 1888, art. 48, sec. 42. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 28.

40. No tobacco of the growth of this State, and in the hands of
the planters, or their agents, shall be subject to any costs or charges for
storage or warehouse rent; this provision not to apply to tobacco the
growth of any other State, or the growth of this State which may
have been sold to any purchaser or shipper.

Ibid. sec. 42. 1888, art. 48, sec. 43. 1874, ch. 394, sec. 29.

41. For every hogshead of tobacco of the growth of this State, that
shall remain in any warehouse, after being sold by the grower, or his
agent, for a longer period than six months, and for every hogshead of
tobacco of the growth of any other State, whether sold or unsold, that
shall remain in any warehouse for a longer period than four months,
the inspector of such warehouse shall charge the owner thereof the
sum of fifteen cents for each month after the said six and four months,
respectively.

Ibid. sec. 43. 1888, art. 48, sec. 44 1872, ch. 36, sec. 30. 1898, ch. 314.

42. Tn the absence of the State wharfinger, the inspector of tobacco
shall have control of the wharves in front of the warehouses, so far as
relates to the landing or cording of wood or other materials to the
exclusion of tobacco, and vessels having tobacco or other conveyances
having tobacco to deliver to such warehouses shall have preference over
all others in the use of such wharves; no charge for wharfage shall be
laid on any tobacco received at or delivered from any of the State
warehouse wharves.

See art. 98, sections 15 and 16.

Ibid. sec. 44. 1888, art. 48, sec. 45. 1886, ch. 101, sec. 30 A.

43. The name of the owner of every hogshead of tobacco delivered

for inspection at any State warehouse in the city of Baltimore shall