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ing the same shall be entitled to receive, upon demand, the inspec-
tor's receipt therefor.

1864, ch. 346.

18. It shall be the duty of each tobacco inspector to cause each
hogshead of tobacco landed or delivered at the warehouse to which
he is appointed, to be numbered in succession as received, and to
cause said number to be entered in a book kept for that purpose,
together with the time said hogshead was received, the name of
the vessel or other conveyance, if known to him, by which said
hogshead was brought to the city of Baltimore, and of the owner
or consignee of said tobacco, and the initials or other marks on
said hogshead, identifying the same; and when said hogshead shall
be removed from said warehouse he shall cause an entry to be
made in some book kept for that purpose, of the time when the
same was so removed, the name of the person to whom the same
was delivered, and of the vessel or other conveyance by which the
same was taken away.

1867, ch. 368.

19. It shall be the duty of each tobacco inspector to cause all
tobacco in the warehouse to which he may have been appointed,
to be inspected as speedily as practicable in regular order as num-
bered, without favor, affection or partiaiity to anyone; and each,
violation of the provisions of this section shall subject the offender
to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in the
criminal court of Baltimore.

1864, ch 346.

20. It shall be the duty of each inspector to cause each hogs-
head of tobacco before it is uncased, to be weighed, and the
tobacco in each hogshead, and the cask itself, to be separately
weighed in his presence, or that of his weighing clerk, in scales
with weights of the proper standard; and the weight of each
hogshead as first weighed, and the gross and net weight of the
tobacco therein contained after inspection, to be entered in a
proper book, with sufficient reference to its numbers and marks
as previously recorded.

Ibid.

21. It shall be the duty of each inspector to cause to be
marked with a marking-iron on the side of each hogshead of
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