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the weight, gross, tare, and net, the number and the name or initials of
any hogshead of tobacco that may have been inspected, which has remained
in the warehouse for the space of four years, and the owners whereof are
unknown to the inspector; and if such tobacco shall not be claimed within
thirty days after the termination of the advertisement, the same shall be
sold by the inspector in such manner as he shall deem best, and the proceeds
be accounted for in the first quarterly return thereafter.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 39. 1912, sec. 37. 1904, sec. 38. 1888, sec. 39. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 25.

1916, ch. 309, sec. 37.

39. If the owner of any tobacco, sold under the preceding section, shall,
within one year from the date thereof, satisfy the Comptroller that the
tobacco so sold was his right and property, the Comptroller shall draw his
warrant on the Treasurer for the amount of such sale, after deducting
warehouse costs and charges.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 40. 1912, sec. 38. 1904, sec. 39. 1888, sec. 40. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 26.

1916, ch. 309, sec. 38.

40. 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 inspection law formerly existing, involving size of
hogsheads of tobacco, see Turner v. State, 55 Md. 258 (affirmed in 107 U. S. 38). See
also sec. 47.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 41. 1912, sec. 39. 1904, sec. 40. 1888, sec. 41. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 27.
1898, ch. 314. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 39. 1920, ch. 39, sec. 39.

41. Whenever so large an amount of inspected tobacco shall have accu-
mulated in the warehouses as to delay inspection, the inspector shall have
the right to rent storage for as much as may be necessary to remove.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 42. 1912, sec. 40. 1904, sec. 41. 1888, sec. 42. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 28.
1914, ch. 646. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 40. 1920, ch. 39, sec. 40.

42. All tobacco inspected in the State Tobacco Warehouse of Maryland
shall be entitled to storage free of charge for six months from the date of
sale.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 43. 1912, sec. 41. 1904, sec. 42. 1888, sec. 43. 1874, ch. 394, sec. 20.
1914, ch. 646. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 41. 1920, ch. 39, sec. 41.

43. Every hogshead of tobacco inspected in the Maryland State Tobacco
Warehouse which shall remain in such warehouse, after having been sold
by the grower or his agent, for a period longer than six months from date
of sale thereof, shall be subject to such storage charges, after the expiration
of such period of six months from date of sale, as shall, from time to time,
be fixed by the inspector.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 44. 1912, sec. 42. 1904, sec. 43. 1888, sec. 44. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 30.
1898, ch. 314. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 42.

44. In 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