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344 INSPECTIONS. [ART. XLVIII
1904, art. 48, sec. 23. 1888, art. 48, sec. 23. 1886, ch. 101, sec. 11A 1898, ch. 314.
1916, ch. 309, sec. 22.
22. Whenever any dispute shall arise concerning the correctness of
any sample furnished by the inspector of tobacco under the seal of the
State said controversy shall be referred to a committee of arbitration
consisting of three persons to be selected as follows: one thereof shall
be selected by the inspector with the approval of said Board, one thereof
shall be selected by the claimant or claimants or his or their agents, and
the two thus selected shall select the remaining member of said com-
mittee; provided, however, that no person shall be so selected, or if
selected shall be competent to serve as a member of any committee of
arbitration who shall have a direct or indirect interest in the tobacco
in controversy.
See notes to this section in volume 1 of the Annotated Code.
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1904, art. 48, sec. 24. 1888. art. 48, see. 24. 1886, ch. 101, sec. 11B.
1916, ch. 309, sec. 23.
23. The said committee of arbitration when duly constituted and
appointed shall fully examine and investigate all the facts concerning
the subject in controversy before them, and to that end they shall have
power to send for persons and papers, to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses, to administer oaths, and to examine witnesses on oath; they shall
determine all questions which may be submitted to them by a majority
vote, and shall assess whatever damages, if any, they may adjudge due
by reason of any false or erroneous inspection, and from their finding
or award there shall be no appeal; all damages shall be assessed upon
the basis of the market value of the particular grade of tobacco on the
date of the reclamation; and no claims on tobacco shipped to any point
in the United States shall be considered or allowed after the expiration
of six months from the date of its inspection, nor after the expiration
of nine months from the date of its inspection, if shipped to any
foreign country; nor shall any claim be allowed upon tobacco which
shall have changed by fermentation.
1904, art. 48, sec. 25. 1888, art. 48, sec. 25. 1886. ch. 101, sec. 11C. 1898, ch. 314.
1916. ch. 309, sec. 24.
24. The inspector shall pay the amount of any award made in writ-
ing 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.
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