ACT. 48. ] INSPECTIONS. 159
houses receive any gift or emolument whatever, either directly
or indirectly, for any service in the line of his duty other than
his regular salary or wages; and any person violating the pro-
visions of this section, shall be immediately dismissed from
office or service. Each of the said samplers, before entering on
the duties of his office, shall give bond to the inspector with a
surety or sureties to be approved by said inspector, in the sum
of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge
of his duties, and the said inspector in his discretion, may exact
a bond from the person or persons who receive and handle the
moneys collected on account of the business of said warehouses.
Said inspector shall have authority to dismiss any and all
appointees and employes in said warehouses, whenever, in his
judgment, it shall be for the good of the service; and any ne-
glect of duty on the part of any employe shall be cause for his
immediate removal by the inspector.
SEC. 11. The inspector of tobacco shall have the power to
appoint one chief clerk at a salary of twelve hundred dollars
per annum; three assistant clerks each at a salary of nine hun-
dred dollars per annum; two samplers of tobacco, each at a
salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum; one receiving clerk,
one shipping clerk, one weighing clerk and one distributing
clerk, each at a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum; two
sample tyers, each at a salary of seven hundred dollars per
annum; one janitor, one finder, one elevator and stay-floor man,
and ten screwmen, each at two dollars per day; and four labor-
ers, each at one dollar and a half per day. The inspector may
also, in his discretion, employ such additional help (clerical and
manual) as may be necessary for the efficient and economical
management of the warehouses; to be paid during the time
employed at the same rates as above fixed for similar services;
and he shall keep in his office a current public record of such
additional help employed by him, the duties to be discharged
and the pay to be received by the same; and he may assign any
appointee or employe to any work deemed by him necessary for
the business of the tobacco warehouses; and he shall (as far
as possible) equitably apportion the patronage at his disposal
among the inhabitants of the tobacco-growing counties of the
State.
SEC. 13. The salaries and wages of the inspector and all his
appointees and employes in and for said warehouses, as also
all operating expenses of said warehouses, shall be paid from
the receipts thereof, and from no other source.
SEC. 14. The inspector shall have full charge of all the re-
ceipts and disbursements of said warehouses, except for repairs;
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