1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 248.

Samples.

SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the several in-
spectors, when required by the owner or agent, to
draw samples of the tobacco inspected by them;
which sample shall consist of not less than five
bundles of the average quality of the tobacco in
the hogshead from which they are drawn, and he
shall deliver the said samples to the lessee of the
warehouse of which he is inspector, to be dealt
with as directed in the next succeeding section.

Samples —
how dealt
with.

SEC. 22. It shall be the duty of each lessee, and
he is hereby required to confine the samples of
each hogshead delivered to him by the inspector,
separately, by tying them together with a strong
tape, run through the head of said samples in such
manner as may appear to him most likely to pre-
vent the bundle from separating; and the lessee
shall confine on the said sample so united togeth-
er a slip of pasteboard, and seal the said tape and
pasteboard with sealing wax, and impress the said
wax with the stamp of the inspector, so that the
name of the inspection where the tobacco is in-
spected shall be legible on the wax; and it shall
also be the duty of the lessee to write on the said
pasteboard the number of the hogshead from which
the sample shall have been drawn, the name of
the owner thereof and the name of the said in-
spector; and when required to do so by the owner
or his agent, the inspector shall draw and deliver
and the lessee shall tie, and seal, and mark dupli-
cate samples, and each lessee shall be entitled to
five cents for each sample so tied, sealed and mark-
ed by him, to be paid on the delivery of the tobac-
co from which the same shall have been drawn.

Inspectors'
certificates.

SEC. 23. The inspector who shall pass any to-
bacco, he shall certify the same to the lessee of the
warehouse in which the same is stored, stating in
such certificate, the warehouse, gross, tare and nett
weight, and the quality, whether first or second,
the first to consist of tobacco clear of and unmixed
with trash; and upon the receipt of such certificate
the lessee of such warehouse shall deliver as
many notes under his hand to the owner as shall
be required, expressing therein the place and time
of reception of such tobacco, the mark and the
matters hereinbefore required to be set forth in the
inspector's certificates.

Hogsheads to
be marked.

SEC. 24. The several inspectors shall, when the
tobacco by them inspected shall not be clear of