1332 INSPECTIONS. [ART. 48
1888, art 48, sec. 27. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 13. 1878, ch. 386.

27. 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 fasten
on said sample a pasteboard label on which shall be written
.the marks and number of the hogshead, the date of inspection,
and the name or number of the warehouse, and shall seal said
tape and label with sealing-wax, and shall stamp it with the
seal of the warehouse. Whenever a hogshead of tobacco is
redrawn or reviewed, the sample and label thereon of the
original inspection shall be returned to the inspector, to be by
him destroyed; and the label on the sample given at the
redrawing or reopening of the tobacco shall show that the
hogshead has been reinspected or reviewed.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1872, ch.,36, sec. 14. 1886, ch. 101.

28. Any person or persons who shall pull out or break off
any leaf or leaves, or otherwise intermeddle or tamper with
any sample of tobacco after it shall have passed from the
custody or control of the inspector, shall, upon conviction
thereof in the criminal court of Baltimore, be fined not less
than one hundred dollars for each offense; and no person or
persons whosoever, except the inspector and tying clerk, shall
be permitted to handle any bundles of tobacco drawn for the
purposes of a sample until after the same shall have been
properly tied up and sealed by the tying clerk; and any
unauthorized person handling said tobacco in violation of the
provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a fine of twenty
dollars for each offense, to be recovered before any police
justice of the city of Baltimore, as other fines are now
recovered.
Ibid sec. 30. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 16

29. If any certificate or note be lost or mislaid or destroyed
the person entitled to receive the tobacco by virtue of such note
or certificate may make oath before a justice of the peace to
the effect of said note being lost and shall take a certificate to
that effect from such justice of the peace to the inspector and
deposit the same with him; then the inspector may deliver to
such person a new note or certificate with marks, numbers,
weights and date corresponding with the former note and shall
thereby be discharged from all actions and demands on account
of such former note or certificate.