HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

SEC. 11 A. Whenever any dispute shall arise
concerning the correctness of any sample fur-
nished by an Inspector of Tobacco, under the
Seal of the State, said controversy shall be
referred to a committee of arbitration, con-
sisting of three persons, to be selected as fol-
lows; one thereof shall be selected by the
Inspector of the warehouse in which the dis-

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puted inspection shall have been made, one
thereof shall be selected by the claimant or
claimants, or his or their agents, and the two
thus selected shall select the remaining mem-
ber of said committee; provided, however,
that no person shall be so selected, or if
selected, shall be competent to serve as a
member of any committee of arbitration, who
shall have a direct or indirect interest in the
tobacco in controversy.

SEC. 11 B. The said committee of arbitra-
tion, when duly constituted and appointed,
shall fully examine and investigate all the
facts concerning the subject in controversy
before them, and to that end they shall have
power to send for persons and papers, to com-

Arbitration.

pel the attendance of witnesses, to administer
oaths, and to examine witnesses on oath; they
shall determine all questions which may be
submitted to them by a majority vote, and
shall assess whatever damages, if any, they
may adjudge due by reason of any false or
erroneous inspection, and from their finding or
award there shall be no appeal; all damages
shall be assessed upon the basis of the market
value of the particular grade of tobacco on
the date of the reclamation; and no claims on
tobacco shipped to any point in the United
States shall be considered or allowed after the
expiration of six months from the date of its

Proceeding's.

inspection, nor after the expiration of nine
months from the date of its inspection, if
shipped to any foreign country; nor shall any
claim be allowed upon tobacco which shall
have changed by fermentation.

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Damage.