HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1689

CHAPTER 978.
(House Bill 463)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
25, 33, 40, 45, 52, 54, 55, 56 and 59 of Article 48 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "In-
spections", sub-title "Tobacco", and to add four new sec-
tions to said Article, said new sections to be known as
Sections 59A to 59D, inclusive, and to follow immediately
after Section 59 of said Article, further regulating the
sale and handling of leaf tobacco in Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 25, 33, 40, 45, 52, 54, 55, 56 and 59 of
Article 48 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Inspections", sub-title "Tobacco", be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and
that four new sections be and they are hereby added to said
Article, to be known as Sections 59A to 59D, inclusive, and
to follow immediately after Section 59 of said Article and
all to read as follows:

25. If any inspector or warehouse official upon examina-
tion of any hogshead or basket or other container of tobacco
has reason to suspect that the same is trash or false packed,
he shall cause the same to be shaken out and repacked, and
shall charge for so doing either the sum of two dollars per
hogshead or one-half cent per pound of tobacco, the same to
be paid by the owner or his agent; and if any inspector shall
find that the package, cask or hogshead containing said
tobacco is constructed of green or unseasoned timber, it
shall be his duty to uncase said tobacco and furnish a new
and dry package, cask or hogshead for the same at the cost
and expense of the owner of said tobacco or his agent; said
cost and expense not to exceed, however, the sum of one
dollar for each package, cask or hogshead so furnished.

33. The Inspector shall charge for reconditioning and
repacking all stayed tobacco, and for reinspecting and re-
drawing, such rates as shall be fixed from time to time by the
Inspector of Tobacco, and such charges shall be paid by the
owner or his agents; and for all outage the charge shall be
as fixed from time to time by the Inspector of Tobacco and
shall be paid by the shipper of the tobacco or his agents.

40. No tobacco of the growth of this State shall be passed
or accounted lawful tobacco for sale or storage in a hogshead
market in Maryland unless the same be packed in hogsheads