fund for redeeming certain certificates and auditors warrants, and retain the same until appropriated by the general assembly,

CHAP. LI.

An act to continue and amend the act for reviving several public warehouses for the inspection of tobacco.

[Chapter XCI. in ori ginal.]

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I. WHEREAS the act of assembly passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, cerning the intituled, "An act for reviving several public ware- inspection of houses for the inspection of tobacco," which was con- tobacco, fur tinued and amended by several subsequent acts, will ued. expire at the next session of assembly, and it is expedient and necessary that the same should be farther continued and amended:

H. Be it therefore enacted, That the act intituled, "Au act for reviving several public ware-houses for the inspection of tobacco," shall continue and be in force, from and after the expiration thereof, for and during the term of six months, and from thence until the end of the next session of assembly, and no longer.

II. And whereas, by the several tobacco laws, now in force, the inspectors are not made liable for the tobacco by them inspected, by reason whereof, great losses are sustained by the proprietors thereof: For remedy whereof,

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IV. Be it enacted, That the inspectors shall be an-, Inspections swerable for all tobacco by them inspected, except bacco lost, where the same may be destroyed either by fire, floods except by or the enemy. fire, floods,

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V. And be it further enacted, That there shall be or the ene paid to the proprietors of each ware-house, for all to- Storage bacco lying therein more than twelve months, at the tobacco l rate of three pence per month for each hogshead, to be ing in were paid by the shipper thereof at the time of shipping the than twelve same: That a tax or duty of six shillings per hogs- months head for each hogshead of inspected tobacco, shall beExporiduty.

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paid by the person or persons demanding the same. from the several inspectors of this commonwealth, into the hands of such inspector, before the same shall be delivered, whether the said tobacco is to be exported from this commonwealth by land or by water, which is hereby declared to be the only duty payable on tobacInspectors co at the exportation thereof. And for the faithful acto give bond counting for and paying the said tax or duty to be reto account ceived by the respective inspectors as aforesaid, they for duty. and each of them, shall, on or before the tenth day of August next, or at the next succeeding court to be held for their county, enter into bond with approved security, payable to the governor and his successors, for the time being, in the penalty of at least double the sum which each county court may estimate the tax or duty to, for which they the said inspectors will hereby become answerable: And for the true and faithful accounting for and paying into the treasury of this commonwealth, all sums of money to be by them received or collected by virtue of the said tax or duty, they and each of them, shall once in every three months, or oftner if necessity requires it, settle their accounts for the collection aforesaid, with the auditors of public accounts, and pay the money which may appear to Commis- be due into the public treasury; for which trouble, the said inspectors, and each of them, shall be entitled to a commission of two per centum upon all and every sum or sums of money to be by them collected in vir tue of the said tax or duty aforesaid, to be deducted ont of such collection and allowed in the settlement of their Clerks to accounts. And the clerks of the respective county transmit courts before whom such bond is given, shall immediately thereafter transmit such bond to the solicitor gen eral; and if any inspector or inspectors shall fail to ac count for and pay into the treasury the monies by them to be received within the time hereby limited, the said solicitor may, and he is hereby authorized to move in the county court where such delinquent inspector or inspectors may reside, or in the general court, for judgment against such delinquent inspector or inspectors, upon giving ten days previous notice of such motion.

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VI. And be it further enacted, That the monies warhouses, arising for rents at any ware-house where the same destroyed or hath been destroyed or burnt by the enemy and rebuilt, burntby the enemy ap- or to be rebuilt at the public expence, shall be applied

[Chap. xcit

in original.]

CHAP. LII.

[Chan. Rev. An act to amend an act entituled An act to regulate the inspection of flour and for other purposes.

p. 169.j

Preamble.

1. WHEREAS inconveniencies may arise from allowing the millers or manufacturers of wheat at their discretion to put into each barrel any indefinite quantity of flour, not less than one hundred and ninety six pounds nor more than two hundred and four pounds; and in order that the exporters of flour from this state may be enabled to go to market with the same conveniency as the exporter from any of our sister states: Contents of Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That every barrels of barrel of flour for exportation shall contain one hundred and ninety six pounds, and no more.

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Flour paid 11. And be it further enacted, That all flour that may for taxes to be paid for taxes shall be inspected at Warwick, in the be inspected county of Chesterfield, or some one of the public inspections already established, or to be established, as greeable to the direction of an act "For ascertaining certain taxes and duties, and for establishing a perma

III. And whereas by an act of this session intituled Flour and An act to repeal so much of a former act as suspends hemp tenthe issuing of executions upon certain judgments until de ed on exDecember one thousand seven hundred and eighty be inspected three," it is enacted, that executions may be discharged among other commutable articles in merchantable inspected hemp and flour: Be it therefore enacted, That all hemp and our tendered in payinent of any debt or execution, shall be first inspected at the aforesaid public inspections, and that the receipts of the inspectors for hemp or flour may be paid agreeable to the tenor of the said act, and no other. Provided always, That no inspectors receipt for flour shall be offered in payment when the flour has been inspected more than three months.

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