MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                     1671

HOGSHEAD DELIVERED FOR INSPECTION IN AT LEAST FIVE
DIFFERENT PLACES TO DETERMINE THE CONTENTS OF THE
HOGSHEAD. IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT THE
TOBACCO IS SOUND, CLEAN, AND IN GOOD ORDER, THEN HE
SHALL SELECT FROM EACH BREAK AS MANY BUNDLES AS
CORRECTLY REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF TOBACCO
CONTAINED IN THE BREAK. THE SELECTED BUNDLES SHALL BE
CONSIDERED THE SAMPLE OF THE HOGSHEAD. THE SECRETARY
SHALL MARK THE YEAR OF INSPECTION ON THE HOGSHEAD.

(B)   TYING SAMPLES.

THE SECRETARY SHALL CONFINE THE SAMPLE OF EACH
HOGSHEAD INSPECTED, BY TYING THE TOBACCO TOGETHER WITH
A STRONG TAPE RUN THROUGH THE HEAD OF THE SAMPLE IN A
MANNER MOST LIKELY TO PREVENT THE BUNDLES FROM
SEPARATING OR BEING PULLED CUT.

(C)   LABELING SAMPLES.

HE SHALL FASTEN ON THE SAMPLE A PASTEBOARD LABEL
SHOWING THE SPECIAL MARKINGS, NUMBER OF THE HOGSHEAD,
THE INSPECTION DATE, AND DATE OF RECEIPT. THE TAPES
AND LABEL SHALL BE SEALED WITH SEALING WAX, AND
STAMPED WITH THE WAREHOUSE SEAL.

(D)   REDRAWING AND REVIEWING.

WHEN A HOGSHEAD IS REDRAWN OR REVIEWED, THE SAMPLE
AND LABEL OF THE ORIGINAL INSPECTION SHALL BE RETURNED
TO THE SECRETARY WHO SHALL DESTROY IT. THE LABEL ON
THE SAMPLE GIVEN AT THE REDRAWING OR REOPENING OF THE
TOBACCO SHALL SHOW THAT THE HOGSHEAD HAS BEEN
REINSPECTED OR REVIEWED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) presently appears
as Art. 48, §20(a) of the Code and is revised
to reflect the fact that all duties are
vested in the Secretary. In addition, the
reference to Maryland tobacco is proposed for
deletion as unnecessary.

New language derived from the present section
is added to indicate that the Secretary need
only mark the year of inspection. The last
phrase which states other data that must be
marked on the hogshead is proposed for
deletion because the data referred to is
either obsolete or set forth in §7-310; See
§7—310 and the accompanying revisor's note.