.shall select from each break one bundle of the aver-
age quality of the break, and the bundle so selected
shall be considered the sample of the hogshead; he
shall also have the hogshead properly marked with
its number, the year of inspection, and the initials
of the owner on each head, and on the bilge, and
shall have the tare and net weight marked with iron
on the bilge.
SEC. 12. That if any Inspector shall, upon exam-
ination of any hogshead of tobacco, have reason to
suspect that the same is trash, or false packed, he
shall cause the same to be shaken out and repacked,
and shall charge for doing so the sum of two dollars
per hogshead, the same to be paid by the owner or
his agent.
SEC. 13. That it shall he the duty of the Inspector
to confine the sample of each hogshead of tobacco
inspected, by tying them together with a strong tape
run through the head of said sample, in such manner
as shall be most likely to prevent the bundles from
separating or being pulled out, and shall confine on
said sample a pasteboard label, on which shall he
written the marks and number of the hogshead, the
date of inspection, and the name or number of the
warehouse, and shall seal said tape and label with
sealing wax, and shall stamp it with the seal of the
warehouse. Whenever a hogshead of tobacco it-
redrawn or reviewed, the sample and label thereon
of the original"] inspection, shall he returned to the
Inspector, to be by him destroyed, and the label on
the sample given at the redrawing or reopening of
the tobacco, shall show that the hogshead has been
reinspected or reviewed.
SEC. 14. That any person or persons being proved
.guilty of tampering with any sample of tobacco, after
it shall have passed from the custody or control of
the Inspector, shall be liable to a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars, by prosecution in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore city.
SEC. 15. That each Inspector shall cause to be
kept in proper books, the name of the owner, the
number, gross, tare and net weight of every hogshead
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