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of such respective warehouses to the chief clerk, who shall enter
a full record thereof in a book kept by him for that purpose;
the chief clerk shall collect all moneys due said warehouses, and
in a set of books to be provided for that purpose, keep the
accounts of each warehouse separately, and consolidate the
operations of all of said warehouses in one general ledger, so
as to show the operations thereof individually and collectively.
The chief inspector shall select an office in one of the ware-
houses now used by the State, to be most agreeable to him,
with a due regard to the most central location for the purpose
of business.

1890, ch 262, sec. 13. 1898, ch 314.

13. The salaries and wages of the chief inspector, deputies,
assistant clerks and all employes and appointees of said ware-
houses shall be paid from the receipts thereof and from no
other source.

1898, ch. 314, sec. 14. 1900, ch. 231.

14. The chief inspector shall have full charge of all the
receipts and disbursements of the said warehouses, shall make
all contracts for nails or other articles required for the use of
said warehouses, except for repairs, and shall make a report
quarterly to the comptroller, on the first of January, April,
July and October in each year, showing the receipts and dis-
bursements of each of said warehouses, with the vouchers
therefor, giving in detail the respective amounts received from
outage, storage, cooperage, reconditioning, stays and sale of
scraps, and also showing the respective amounts paid for labor,
nails, lumber, hoops, incidentals, wages and salaries, and show-
ing the cash balance for each quarter; and at the quarter end-
ing July first in each year pay over to the comptroller all
moneys in hand after paying all expenses and salaries of said
warehouses; and said chief inspector shall have power to have
tobacco delivered at such, warehouses as in his judgment may
seem best for the public interest.

1888, art. 48, sec. 15, 1872, ch. 36, sec. 8. 1898, ch. 314.

15. In case of absence of the inspector by reason of sick-
ness or any unavoidable cause, then during his absence his
duties shall devolve upon the chief clerk or other such clerk
or employe as the inspector may select or designate, who shall
qualify under oath for the faithful discharge of the same.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 9.

16. The hours of labor in the several tobacco warehouses in
the city of Baltimore shall be from seven o'clock A M., until