THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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per bushel for all other grain; one-half to be
paid by the purchaser and the other by the seller,
and the said Inspector General shall make a
monthly return on the first of every month, to
the Comptroller, verified by affidavit of the num-
ber of bushels of wheat weighed and inspected,
and the number of bushels of other grain in-
spected, and the entire amount of money received
for inspecting and weighing, and shall pay the
amount thereof into the treasury as other mo-
neys duo the State are now paid, and the Trea-
surer of the State, upon the warrant of the Comp-
troller, shall allow and pay over to the Inspector
General, and each of the other Inspectors, one-
half cent per bushel upon all wheat inspected
and weighed by them, and one-quarter of a cent
per bushel upon all other grain so inspected ;

Provided, the same shall not amount to more than
twenty-five hundred dollars, in the aggregate, in
any one year, for the Inspector General, and the
sum of two thousand dollars for each other In-
spector; it being the intent of this act not to
pay said officers, in gross, more than twenty-five
hundred dollars to the Inspector General, and
two thousand dollars to each assistant.

Proviso.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That if the in-
spector general, or any assistant inspector shall
fail or refuse to make the report and pay over the
money required of him by the twelfth section of
this act, or shall make a false report, upon the
complaint of the Comptroller to the Governor,
(and it is hereby made his duty to complain when-
ever either of said officers fail to do their duty)
the Governor shall forthwith suspend him from
office, and he shall remain suspended until he
complies with the provisions of said section, and
if the inspector general shall fail to comply for
two weeks after the time provided by this act, he
shall be dismissed from office; and if either in-
spector general or assistant inspector shall make
ii false return either in amount of inspections or
money received and paid over as provided by this
act, the party so offending shall forfeit his bond,
and ever after shall be incapable of holding any
office under the inspection laws of this State.

Penalty for
failing to com-
ply with provi-
sions of section
twelve.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the Comptroller, whenever the said

Duty of the

Comptroller.