THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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one dollar, to be paid by the owner of the Tobac-
co, or his agent, and the proceeds thus accruing
shall be carried to other receipts, provided always,
that the owner of any Tobacco thus stayed, or
his agent shall have the privilege of removing the
same from the warehouse, free from all costs or
charges whatever, either for outage, storage or
cooperage, provided also, that it shall not be law-
ful to remove any stayed Tobacco from one ware-
house to another, except as all other Tobacco is
removed.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all scrap To-
bacco, accruing in any of the warehouses in the
city of Baltimore, shall be sold by the Inspector
to the best advantage for the benefit of the To-
bacco Fund, and the proceeds, without charge,
carried to other receipts.

Scrap Tobacco
to be sold.

SEC. 7- And be it enacted, That each Inspec-
tor shall have full charge of all the receipts and
disbursements of the warehouse to which lie may
be appointed, and shall make all contracts for
nails or any other articles that may be required
for the use of his warehouse, except for repairs.

Inspector to
have charge of
receipts And
disbursements.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all Tobacco
delivered at any of the warehouses in the city of
Baltimore, for Inspection, in such condition as to
require cooperage, shall be properly coopered and
taken care of, and the owner or his agent charged
for the same a sum not less than fifty cents nor
more than one dollar for each hogshead thus
coopered, and the proceeds thus accruing shall be
carried free of charge to other receipts.

Cooperage.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That each Inspec-
tor shall be entitled to employ such number of
hands as shall be necessary for the economical
management of his house, and shall be allowed
for the same the following prices: for the screw-
men, one dollar and fifty cents per day, and for
all others the sum of one dollar per day.

Laborers and
their compen-
sation.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the hours of
labor in the several Tobacco warehouses in the
city of Baltimore, shall be from seven o'clock, A.
M., till twelve o'clock M., and from one o'clock
P. M., till six o'clock P. M., and the duration
of labour in the State Tobacco Inspection ware-
houses in the city of Baltimore, shall be ten hours
per day.

Office hours.