A. W. BRADFORD\, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Sec. 8. Be it enacted, That if any Tobacco
Inspector shall be prevented, except by sickness,
or unavoidable accident, from attending at the
warehouse to, which he is appointed, he shall desig-
nate some competent and proper person to act as
his substitute, who shall be compensated out of the
salary; of said Tobacco Inspector, and for whose
acts the said Inspector and his bond shall be liable,
and his salary shall cease during the time he is so
absent, provided such absence exceeds six days at
any one time.

May appoint
substitute.

Sec. 9. Be it enacted, That all tobacco landed
or delivered at any of the warehouses in the
city of Baltimore for inspection shall "be taken
charge of by the Inspector appointed to said ware-
house, who shall be responsible therefor, and who
shall upon demand give his receipt therefor to the
person delivering the same; and if he refuses to
take charge of any such tobacco, or to give his
receipt therefor when required, he shall be liable
to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered
in any Court of Law in this State, without preju-

Inspector
liable to pen-
alty.

dice to the right of action upon his official bond,
as hereinbefore provided; provided, that no Inspec-
tor shall be required to take charge of such tobacco,
if his warehouse be filled so that he has no room
for the same and there be room in any other of the
warehouses.

Proviso.

Sec. 10. Be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of each Tobacco Inspector to cause each hogs-
head of tobacco landed or delivered at the ware-
house to which he is appointed, to be numbered in
succession as received, and to cause said number to
be entered in a book kept for that purpose, together
with the time said hogshead was received, the
name of the vessel or other conveyance if known
to him by which said hogshead was brought to the
city of Baltimore, and of the owner or consignee
of said, tobacco, and the initials or other marks on
said hogshead, identifying the same; and when
said hogshead shall be removed from said ware-
house he shall cause an entry to be made in some
book kept for that purpose of the time when the same
was so removed, the name of the person to whom
the same was delivered, and of the vessel or other
conveyance by which the same was taken away.

Each hogs-
head to be
numbered, &c.