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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 provisions 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, conditioned
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 said ware-
houses. Said inspector shall have authority to dismiss any and all ap-
pointees and employees in said warehouse, when in his judgment, it shall
be for the good of the service; and neglect of duty on the part of any
employee shall be cause for his immediate removal by the inspector or the
Governor.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 11. 1912. sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1890, ch. 262, sec. 11.

1894, ch. 251. 1898, ch. 314. 1900. ch. 231. 1904, ch. 336. 1908, ch. 9, sec. 11.

1916, chs. 309, 381. 1917, ch. 34. 1920, ch. 39. sec. 11. 1920, ch. 166.

1933, ch. 325, sec. 11. 1935. ch. 594, sec. 11.

11. The Inspector of Tobacco, with the approval of the Governor, shall
have power to appoint one chief clerk and such other clerks, samplers,
tyers, janitors, screw-man, laborers and other help as may be necessary
for the efficient and economical management of the warehouse. Such-
employees shall be paid the salaries or wages provided by the General
Assembly through the annual budget or appropriation act. The inspector
may assign any appointee or employee to any work deemed by him neces-
sary for the business of the tobacco warehouse or for the promotion of the
tobacco growing industry of the State, and he shall, as far as possible,
equitably apportion the appointments to be made by him between the
tobacco growing counties of the State.

The Inspector, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint as-
many full-time or part-time employees who are competent and qualified
to grade tobacco, to be known as tobacco graders, as he may deem neces-
sary but the total compensation of said graders shall not exceed four
thousand five hundred dollars ($4, 500. 00) per year, nor shall the annual
salary of any grader exceed two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
($2, 250. 00). The Inspector in making said appointments shall only
appoint persons who have been trained by the United States Department
of Agriculture in co-operation with the State Board of Agriculture and
each of said persons so appointed or to be appointed must have a certificate
of competency from said United States Department of Agriculture and
the State Board of Agriculture, showing that he is competent and qualified.

The said graders shall have the power and authority, and it is hereby
declared to be their duty, to fix and establish proper grades for Maryland