SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

dred dollars; and the person or persons who shall have shipped such
bark, shall forfeit the same, together with twenty dollars for each cask
so shipped, the one half to the use of the officer or person who shall
prosecute therefor, the other half to the use of the state, to be recov-
ered in the same way as is directed for the recovery of the penalty
imposed by the fourth section of this law, and the state's part of
said penalty to be paid over to the city register for the use of the
state. And if any person shall ship from any other port in this state,
than the port of Baltimore, any bark not inspected as directed by

this law, he shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars for each cask
so shipped, the one half to the use of the officer or person who shall
prosecute therefor, the other half to the use of the state, to be re-
covered and applied in the same way as is directed by the fourth

Dec. Ses. 1821.

section of this law; Provided, That nothing in this act contained I
shall be construed to prevent any person from selling bark which
may be condemned for home consumption, or from shipping any
oak bark unground.

Proviso.

8. And be it enacted, That if any owner of ground black '
oak baric, or other person concerned therein, shall be dissatisfied
with the judgment given by the inspector in respect to the quality of
of such bark, such person shall be at liberty to choose one reputable
citizen, and the inspector another, to judge and determine therein,
and their determination shall be final; but if the persons so chosen
shall disagree in opinion, the mayor of the city of Baltimore may
appoint an umpire, whose opinion shall be conclusive; but nothing
in this act shall be considered as extending to liquid extracts from
bark, or to any preparation thereof, for which a patent shall have,
or hereafter may be obtained from the United States.

Appeal.

9. And be it enacted, That this act shall be and continue in
force for three years, and until the end of the session of the legis-
lature then next ensuing, and no longer.

Duration.

CHAPTER 78.

An act to authorise the establishment of an additional Ware-house in
the City of Baltimore for the Inspection of Tobacco.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Samuel R. Smith, of the city of Baltimore, be and he is here-
by authorised to build or prepare at his expense, a ware-house for
containing and securing tobacco offered for inspection, if in the
judgment of the levy court of Baltimore county, such ware-house
would promote the public interest and convenience; and he or those
claiming to hold under him, shall provide and keep constantly in re-
pair at his expense, beams, screws, scales, weights, brands and
marking irons, and all other things necessary for inspecting tobacco
brought into said ware-house for inspection; and the said ware-house
when erected or prepared, shall be deemed a public, ware-house; and
the proprietor thereof may demand, and shall be entitled to receive
one dollar for each hogshead of tobacco inspected at the said ware-
house, before such hogshead shall be removed, as a full compensa-
tion for the expense of erecting or preparing the said ware-house,
and keeping the same in repair, and for providing of proper screws,
scales, weights, brands and marking irons, and all other things ne-
cessary for inspecting tobacco, and for the payment of the salary or
salaries to the inspector or inspectors, us the proprietor of said ware-

Passed Jan. 14,

1822.

May build an
inspection
house—scales,
&c-- pay.