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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts of
Acts, both general laws or local laws, inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 367.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 23
of Article 48 of Bagby's Annotated Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924 title "Inspections. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 23 of Article 48 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1924, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments so as to read as
follows:

23. The said Committee of Arbitration when duly consti-
tuted 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 compel the attendance of witnesses, to adminis-
ter oaths, and to examine witnesses on oath; they shall de-
termine 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 inspec-
tion, and from their finding or award there shall be no ap-
peal; all damages shall be assessed upon the basis of the mar-
ket value of the particular grade of tobacco on the date of
the reclamation; and 110 claims on tobacco shipped either to
any point in the United States or to any foreign country, shall
be considered or allowed after the expiration of nine -months
from the date of its inspection, nor shall any claim be allowed
upon tobacco which shall have been changed by fermentation.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.