Chap. 186.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 17, 52, and 53 ¢f
Chapter 85 of the Code of 1878, in Relation to Weighing and Insuring
Tobacco.

Approved April 15, 1874.

Chapter fot 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That sections
relative to seventeen, fifty-two and fifty-three of chapter eighty-five or

Pe idt, §.62' 53, 80 a8 to read as follows:
How tobaccoto ‘'§ 17. They shall uncase and break every hogshead or cask
veighei ana brought to be inspected, and, if they shall agree that the same
hogsheads is good, sound, well conditioned, merchantable and clear of
saatlaile trash, it shall be weighed and the said hogshead or cask
measured, and if found of the dimensions authorized by law,
it shall be marked or branded in the presence of the inspec-
tors, or one of them, with the name of the warehouse, the
tare of the hogshead or cask, and the quantity of net tobacco
therein. The net weight shall be ascertained by weighing
the hogshead or cask before it is measured, and deducting
Loose tobacco; therefrom the weight of the hogshead or cask. All loose
how weighed tobacco shall be weighed before it is inspected.”
Inspectors to ““§ 52. The inspectors at each warehouse shall account for
ooo eaeee end and pay to the proprietors thereof, on the tenth day of April,
ceived by them the tenth day of July, the tenth day of October, and the
quarterly tenth day of January, in each year, all money received, or
which ought to be received by them to the use of said pro-
Proprietorato prietors. And the proprietors of every such warehouse shall
keep open poli- keep, free of charge to the planter, an open policy of inau-
to cover losses France upon their respective warehouses sufficient to cover
every loss by fire or water which any planter having tobacco
‘When inspec- stored therein may sustain. Any violation of this provision,
damane toto, oF failure on the part of such proprietors to provide for full
insurance on such tobacco until sold, shall make them liable
Ҥ 53. Inspectors of tobacco shall, annually, return to the
auditor of public accounts an account, on oath, of all money
received, or which ought to be received by them, for the
state, within the year ending the thirtieth day of September;
and they shall, before the tenth day of October, pay into the
treasury all balances due to the state on such account. The
said account shall state the number of hogsheads, casks or
parcels of tobacco receivéd and delivered out during the year,
and the amount of insurance covering planters tobacco.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.