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340 INSPECTIONS. | ART. XLVIII
Tobacco.
1004, art. 48, sec. 9. 1888. art. 48. sec. 9. 1872. ch. 30, sec. ]. 1S7S. ch. 386.
1890, ch. 262. 1898, ch. 314. 1908, ch. 9, sec. 9.
1916, ch. 309, sec. 9. 1917, ch. 34, sec. 9.
9. The State Board of Agriculture shall appoint one inspector of
tobacco, who shall be a tobacco grower and resident of one of the
tobacco growing counties of this State. Under the direction of said
Board he shall have charge of all State Tobacco Warehouses and other
property connected therewith in the City of Baltimore, and said Board
may remove said inspector at its pleasure.*
See notes to this section in volumes 1 and 3 of the Annotated Code.
1904, art. 48, sec. 10. 1888, art. 48, sec. 10. 1S76, ch. 36. sec. 2. 1890, ch. 262.
1898, ch. 314. 1908, ch. 9, sec. 10. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 10.
10. The inspector so appointed shall, before entering upon the dis-
charge of the duties of his office, give bond to the State of Maryland
in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, with a surety or sureties to be
approved by the Treasurer of the State, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties imposed upon him by law, which bond shall
be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City; and he shall, as soon as he shall have bonded and qualified as
required by law, take charge of all the tobacco warehouses in Baltimore
City and all the tobacco, books, furniture, appurtenances and effects
belonging to the same, and shall receipt to his predecessor in office for
the same, and upon the appointment and qualification of his successor,
shall deliver the same to the said successor, and take a similar receipt.
Said inspector shall, personally or by a sampler or samplers, in this
article provided for, inspect all tobacco in said warehouse, but neither
he nor any other person appointed to or employed in said warehouses
shall engage in the purchase or sale of tobacco (except that he may sell
tobacco of his own raising), nor shall any person appointed to or
employed in said warehouses receive any gift or emolument whatever,
either directly or indirectly, for any service in the line of his duty other
than his regular salary or wages; and any person violating the provi-
sions of this section, shall be immediately dismissed from office or
service. Each of said samplers, before entering on the duty of his
office, shall give bond to the inspector with a surety or sureties, to be
approved by said inspector, in the sum of two thousand dollars, condi-
tioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, and the said inspector
in his discretion, may exact a bond from the person or persons who
receive and handle the moneys collected on account of the business of
paid warehouses. Said inspector shall have authority to dismiss any
and all appointees and employees in said warehouse, whenever in his
judgment, it shall be for the good of the service; and any neglect of
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*The act of 1918. chapter 194, regulates the buying and selling of leaf tobacco
in Anne Arundel, Prince George's and Calvert counties, and provides a license
therefor.
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