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INSPECTIONS. [ART. 31.

Report to Comp
troller

- make a regular return to the comptroller of the treasury four times
in each year, viz, January, April, July, and October, showing the
receipts and disbursements of his warehouse, with the vouchers

What report to
contain.

therefor, setting forth in his report of receipts the amount received
from outage, storage, cooperage, reconditioning stays, sale of scraps,
etc; and in his disbursements the amounts paid for labor, nails,
lumber, hoops, and ordinary incidental expenses, which return shall
have been first examined and approved by the supervisor of ware-
houses.

Id s 8.
Who to act in
absence of
inspector.

7. In case of the absence of any inspector from his warehouse,
by reason of sickness, or other unavoidable causes, then during his
absence his duties shall devolve upon the chief clerk, or such other
clerk or employee as he may select or designate, who shall qualify,
under oath, for the faithful discharge of the same.

Id s 9
Hours of labor

8. The hours of labor in the several tobacco warehouses in the
city of Baltimore shall be from seven o'clock A. M. until twelve
o'clock M., and from one o'clock P. M. until six o'clock p M.

Id s 10
Inspector to
receipt for
tobacco de-
livered in Balti-
more for inspec-
tion

9. All tobacco landed or delivered at any of the warehouses in
the city of Baltimore for inspection shall be taken charge of by the
inspector, through his receiving clerk, and the parties delivering the
same shall be entitled to receive, upon demand, the inspector's
receipt therefor.

Id s 11.
How tobacco to
be inspected

10. Every inspector shall have uncased and break every hogs-
head of tobacco, that may be delivered for inspection, in not less
than five different places for Maryland and Ohio, find not less than
three different places for Kentucky and Virginia; and if the in-
spector shall be of the opinion that such tobacco is sound, clean,

Samples

and in good order, then he shall select from each break one bundle
of the average quality of the break, and the bundle so selected shall
be considered the sample of the hogshead; he shall also have the

Hogshead to be
marked
19 Md 157, 170

hogshead properly marked with its number, the year of inspection,
and the initials of the owner on each head and on the bilge, and
shall have the tare and net weight marked with iron on the bilge.

Id s 12
When tobacco
to be repacked

11. If any inspector shall, upon examination of any hogshead
of tobacco, have reason to suspect that the same is trash, or false
packed, he shall cause the same to be shaken out and repacked, and

Charge.

shall charge for doing so the sum of two dollars per hogshead, the
same to be paid by the owner or his agent.

1878, c 386.
Samples, how
prepared,
marked and
numbered
19 Md 170

12. It shall be the duty of the inspector to confine the sample
of each hogshead of tobacco inspected by tying them together with
a strong tape, run through the head of said sample in such manner
as shall be most likely to prevent the bundles from separating or
being pulled out, and shall confine on said sample a pasteboard
label, on which shall be written the marks and number of the hogs-
head, the date of inspection, the name or number of the warehouse,
and such other remarks by the inspector about the quality and con-
dition of the tobacco as cannot be clearly shown by the sample, and
shall seal said tape and label with sealing-wax, and shall stamp it