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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ly of Almighty God, that I believe the same to be
true in letter and spirit. "
Signed: J. P.
A. B.
C. D.

Surplus re-
ceipts.

Sec. 44. Be it enacted, That the said Inspector
at the time of presenting the said account, shall
pay to the Comptroller, the excess of all the receipts
of his office over the disbursements thereof, and all
payments so made, shall immediately be by the
Comptroller paid to the Treasurer, and by the lat-
ter credited to the tobacco fund.

Salary.

Sec. 45. Be it enacted, That after the Comptrol-
ler shall have examined and approved said account,
the Treasurer shall on the warrant of the Comp-
troller pay to the said Inspector out of the tobacco
fund his quarterly salary, at the rate of twenty-
five hundred dollars per annum.

Books to be
open for in-
spection.

Sec. 46. Be it enacted. That the books of each
warehouse shall be open to the inspection of any
party who may have at the time, or shall have had
previously any tobacco in said warehouse, and ex-
tracts from said books certified to by the Chief
Clerk of any such warehouse may be taken by said
party if he so desire.

Fines and for-
feitures.

Sec. 47. Be it enacted, That any of the fines,
penalties and forfeitures imposed upon Tobacco In-
spectors or their employees, or upon any other per-
son for violating the law for inspection of tobacco,
may be, recovered by action of debt, to be institu-
ted within one year after the commission of the
offence charged in the name of the State, in any of
the Courts of the city of Baltimore, having juris-
diction, of the amount without reference to the
residence of the defendant, or at the option of the
plaintiff, in any county where the defendant shall
reside, and the Clerk of any of the said Courts,
shall direct such process to the Sheriff of said city
or county, and the return of said process by said
Sheriff, shall avail for all purposes as if it were
the return of the Sheriff of the city or county in
which suit may have been instituted, nothing,
however, in this section is to be construed as oust-
ing the criminal jurisdiction of the proper Courts
in the premises.