1326 INSPECTIONS. [ART. 48

surety or sureties to be approved by the treasurer of the State,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed
on him by law and for the full and punctual report at the end
of each quarter of the receipts and disbursements of the State
tobacco warehouses in the city of Baltimore under his charge,
which bond shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the
superior court of Baltimore city, and the said chief inspector
shall, so soon as he shall have bonded and qualified as required
by law, take charge of all the tobacco warehouses in Baltimore
city, except No. 2 warehouse, and all the tobacco, books, furni-
ture, appurtenances and effects belonging to the same, and shall
receipt to his predecessor in office for the same, and upon the
appointment and qualification of his successor shall deliver
the same to said successor and take a similar receipt; he shall
personally or by deputy inspectors or their assistant deputies,
in this sub-title provided for, inspect all tobacco in said ware-
houses; but said chief inspector, the deputies, assistant depu-
ties or other persons appointed to or employed in said tobacco
warehouses shall not be engaged in the purchase or sole of
tobacco (except that they may sell tobacco of their own raising),
nor shall it be lawful for any person thus appointed or employed
in the warehouses to receive any gift or emolument whatever,
either directly or indirectly, for any favor rendered in the line
of his duty, other than his regular salary or wages, and any
person violating the provisions of this section shall be imme-
diately dismissed from office or service. Each of the deputy
inspectors before entering on the duties of his office shall give
bond to the chief inspector with a surety or sureties to be
approved by said chief inspector in the sum of ten thousand
dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties;
and the said chief inspector in his discretion may exact a bond
from the persons who directly receive and handle the moneys
collected on account of the business of said warehouses. The
deputy inspectors shall be subject to removal for cause by the
chief inspector, with the approval of the governor, and the said
deputy inspector shall have authority to dismiss any assistant
or employes in said warehouses whenever in his judgment it
shall seem for the good of the service for which they are respec-
tively employed; and the deputy inspectors shall be responsi-
ble to the chief inspector for the faithful performance of the
duties of all employes under them, respectively; and any
neglect of duty on the part of any employe shall be cause for
his immediate removal by the deputy inspectors in their respec-
tive warehouses.