T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

State or Territory such tobacco was grown, and if
he has doubts respecting the origin of such tobac-
co, he shall examine any person offering to give
evidence of the fact on oath, and upon his being
satisfied thereof, and not before he shall inspect
the same and enter on his inspection-book the name
of the State or Territory where such tobacco was
grown, and shall certify the same to the lessee of
the warehouse in which the same shall be deposit-
ed or stored, and the said lessee shall specify the
same in all notes and manifests which he may
issue for such tobacco, and if such tobacco be not
the growth of this State, he shall cause the name
of the State or Territory where the same has been
grown to be branded with a hot iron by the said

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lessee on every hogshead; and any inspector or
lessee failing to comply with any of the provis-
ions of this section, shall for each offence forfeit
the sum of one hundred dollars to be recovered by
indictment in the Criminal court of Baltimore,
one-half to the informer end the other half to the
State, for the benefit of the tobacco fund.

Penalty.

SEC. 18. Any hogshead of tobacco which shall
be offered to any inspector as Maryland tobacco
for the purpose of being branded as such, which
was riot raised, cured and packed in the State, shall
be forfeited by the person offering the same, and
the lessee of the warehouse in which the same
may be stored, shall sell the same after thirty days
notice, and pay the proceeds to the treasurer of the
State for the benefit of the tobacco fund.

Tobacco for-
feited in case
of misrepre-
sentation.

SEC. 19. Any person who may feel aggrieved by
the decision of the inspector under the preceding
section, may complain in writing to the Criminal
court of Baltimore, and the said court shall im-
mediately hear and determine the same, and if the
court shall decide that the tobacco was the growth
of this State, then the tobacco if not sold, or if
sold the nett proceeds thereof shall be immediate-
ly restored to the owner, but if the court shall de-
cide against the party claiming, he shall pay all
costs.

Appeals.

SEC. 20. When any inspector shall bring his
own tobacco to the warehouse whereof he is inspec-
tor, the same shall not be marked unless it be
viewed, examined and passed by the inspector of
some other warehouse.

Inspectors'
tobacco.