FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 12. Warehouses numbers one' and two shall be con-

Ware-
houses

solidated under one management, to be known as "number"

Consoli-

one," and warehouses numbers three and four consolidated

dated.

in like manner to be known as "number three" (except in

the case hereinafter provided for), and number five sliall

remain as at present, and the inspectors of such warehouses

shall cause the tobacco therein to be inspected under their

personal supervision as before required; when, however,

warehouses numbers one, three and five shall become so filled

with tobacco as to render the operations thereof difficult, or

there is a prospect of such crops of tobacco as will overcrowd

the same, the inspectors shall report the facts to the Gov-

ernor of the State ; and if it shall appear to the Governor

that the necessities of the case require it, he shall appoint

additional inspectors for warehouses numbers two and four,

Addi-
tional In-

or for only one of them, as his judgment may dictate, and

spectors.

such inspector shall appoint the necessary clerks, screwmen

and laborers to conduct the business thereof, and such clerks,

screwmen and laborers shall be under the supervision and

direction of the inspector, so appointed, in all respects as in

warehouses numbers one, three and five ; provided, however,

that the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to re-ar-

range the consolidation of said warehouses in such manner

as will, in his judgment, best secure the efficient conduct of

the business thereof ; and provided further, that if the Gov-

ernor, after careful investigation, shall determine that the

amount of tobaco on hand and in prospect does not demand

the retention of all the storage room available in the several

warehouses, be may designate one or more of them to be used

for general storage purposes, as provided for in section 12 A.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the following section, to

Section
Added.

be known as section 12 A be, and the same is hereby added

to said article forty -eight, title "Inspections," sub-title

"Tobacco."

SEC. 12 A. Whenever the Governor may have designated

Governor,
Power of

one or more of the tobacco warehouses to be used for general

to appoint
storage

storage purposes, he shall have power to appoint a person to

Keeper.

take charge of the same, and such person shall receive such

salary, not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars a year, as

the Governor may name. And such storage or warehouse

keeper, by and with the approval of the Governor, shall have

power to appoint such clerical force and laborers, at such

compensation as the Governor may direct, not exceeding one

thousand dollars per annum for clerks, and not exceeding

two dollars per diem for laborers, as may be necessary for
the economical management of the business of the said ware-

house or warehouses, all such salaries to be paid out of the