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CHAP. 248.
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tor of his warehouse, or in his absence by some
other inspector, and the captain of the ship or
vessel upon his clearing out shall deposit the origi-
nal manifest with the collector of the port from
which he sails, and shall make oath that no more
tobacco from any part of the State of Maryland
has been received on board than what is expressed
in said manifests.
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May repack
tobacco in
parcels of any
size.
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SEC. 14. It shall be lawful to break up any
hogshead of tobacco which has been previously in-
spected agreeably to law and to repack said tobacco
in parcels of any size and export the same by
water, and when such parcels are to be shipped for
exportation, the captain of the ship or vessel in
which the same is to be shipped may receive the
same if the quantity contained in such parcels
does not exceed in weight that set forth in the
original manifest of the hogshead from which the
same has been taken and repacked.
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Captains of
vessels to
make oath.
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SEC. 15. Any captain of a vessel who shall take
into his vessel for exportation any parcels of tobac-
co less than a hogshead, shall when he deposits
with the United States collector the original mani-
fests of said tobacco, make oath that he believes
said parcels to contain no greater quantity than
that set forth in the said manifests.
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Tobacco—
manner of in-
spection, &c.
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SEC. 16. Every inspector shall uncase and break
every hogshead of tobacco or cause the same to be
done by the lessee of the warehouse where the
same may be, at the expense of such lessee, in his
presence, in not less than five different places and
if the inspector shall be of the opinion that such
tobacco is sound, clear and in good order, condi-
tion and merchantable he shall cause the same to
be weighed by the lessee or his clerk in his pre-
sence, in scales with weights of the proper stan-
dard, and shall cause the hogshead to be weighed,
and direct such lessee to mark the same on the
head and bilge, with the name of the warehouse,
the tare of the hogshead and quantity of nett to-
bacco therein contained, and also to mark on the
head of the hogshead, with marking irons, the
initials of the name of the owner and the number
of hogsheads then inspected.
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Tobacco
grown out of
the State to be
branded.
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SEC. 17. Every inspector shall whenever any to-
bacco shall be offered for inspection, before inspect-
ing the same, inquire and satisfy himself in what
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