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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 146.

AN ACT for the relief of certain Maryland own-

ers of tobacco who were the growers of the same-,

and whose tobacco was destroyed or injured in

the month of January, eighteen hundred and

seventy-five, while stored in the State Tobacco

"Warehouses number one and number two, in the

city of Baltimore.

WHEREAS it is represented to this General Assem-

bly of Maryland that a fire occurred in the month

of January, eighteen hundred and seventy five, in

State Tobacco Warehouses number one and number

Preamble.

two, in the city of Baltimore, and that in said fire

a number of hogsheads of tobacco there stored were

burned, and which were owned by the Maryland

growers of the same, and it is right that said Mary-

land owners should be compensated for the loss

occasioned to them by the burning of said tobacco ;

therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the

Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and di-

rected to inquire into and ascertain the fair mar-

Ascertain fair

market value.

ket value of all tobacco so owned by the Maryland

growers thereof, which was destroyed or injured in

the fire which occurred in the State Tobacco Ware-

houses number one and number two, in the city

of Baltimore, in the month of January, eighteen

hundred and seventy five, and shall thereupon draw

Draw warrant.

his warrant upon the Treasurer of the State in

favor of the said owner or owners, being Maryland

growers, or their assignees or agents, of said tobacco

so injured or destroyed in said fire, for such sums .

respectively as he shall ascertain to be the fair value

of the tobacco so destroyed or injured in said fire,

and belonging to such owner or owners as aforesaid,

after deducting, however, all sums derived by such

owner or owners respectively from the sale of such

part of said tobacco as was injured, but not entirely

destroyed by said fire, and after deducting also all

sums secured by said owner or owners respec-