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SATUR DA Y, March 21, 1789*
GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
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INDEPENDENT REGISTER.
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An Aft
To repeal some parts , and amend
other parts , of “ yf/z ./#? to
<£ regulate the In)pesl ion oj
“ Tobacco?
WHEREAS thefeve
ral Afts of Assembly
for the regulating of
the infpeftion of to
bacco in this date, are found
from experience to require some
farther amendments,
Be it therefore enaEled by the
R'prefentatives of the Freemen of
the State of Georgia in General
Ajjembly met y and by the authority
of the fame , That from and after
thefirfl day of Oftober next, the
pickers at each of the several
ware-houses in this Hate, (hall be
entitled to receive for their Hilaries
for picking refufed tobacco fix per
centum, and no more; and the
infpeftors at each of the ware
houles at or near the town of
Augusta (hall proceed to fell all
the transfer tobacco that may re
main in their pcffeffion, on the
second Monday in September an
nually, at the market-houfs in
the said town, and all other in
spectors, at the court-house of
the county, in which such ware
house may be, unless otherwile
provided for by the General AT
fembly, and the infpeftors are
hereby required to give twenty
days notice in the State Gazette
of such sale; and moreover, (hall
be accountable to the owner or
owners of luch transfer tobacco
for the monies arising from such
sales, dedufting at and after the
•rate of eight per centum for wast
age, prizing and coopering, and
no more.
And be it also enas!ed by the an
. thority aforefaid , That every hog(-
head of tobacco (hall have at lead
fix good hoops, and that in fu
ture the owner or owners of to
bacco, failing to have his, her,
or their tobacco in such Hate,
(hall be obliged to pay the infpf c
tors for iueli hoop or hoops, ti e I
lum of four- pent e per hoop, be
fore the delivery of the note for
luch tobacco: And his Honor
the Governor, by and with the
advice of the Executive Council,
shall be authorifed, and he is
hereby directed, to appoint ib’ne
fit and dilcieet person or pcrfons
to examine the weights at the
different infpedions on the firff
Monday in Odober and January
in each year, and regulate the
fame agreeable to the standard of.
this state.
And be it farther enabled , That
from and after the firff day oi
Odober next, if any holder or
holders of an mfjxdor’s note or
notes, shall choose and requeff to
fee his, her or their tobacco be
fore it is taken from the waie
houfe, the infpedor (hall be obig
ed to open and (hew die fame ro
the owner or owners, proprietor
or proprietors the:eof: Provided,
\ hat luch requeff3 be made
within fix months after it is in-
Ipeded ; and if the owner cr pro
prietor thereof should refute to
take the tobacco, as not being in
a merchantable condition, he,
or they shall in that case, with
the infpedors, make choice of
twodifintereffed perfonsfkilled in
the quality of tabacco, who shall,
if necessary, choose a third person
of like qualification, neither of
them being merchants or infpec
tors, and who shall, after having
an oath administered to them by a
Juflice of the Peace, to the effed .
of the oath taken by the ini pec- j
tors, review and examine the said
tobacco, and if they cr any two
of them, shall adjudge it unmer
chantable and not fit to pass, they
shall cause the fame to be picked,
and for every hundred weight of
unsound and refufed tobacco that
shall be thrown out, the inspec
tors shall pay to the owner there
of the lum of forty fhitlings, ex
cept such tobacco be damaged by
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the iniufliciency cf the ware
house, and then and in that case,
tee proprietor lhall pay for all
lucli damaged tobacco, together
with the coil and expences of re
inlpedi* g the fame j and luch re
viewing, picking, reprizing and
coopering (except in the case of
tobacco damaged by the infuffici
ency o the ware-houfc), (hall be
at the expence of the inlpedorsj.
if, on the contrary, on such re
view the tobacco is adjudged
found and merchantable, every
expt nee thereof shall be paid by
the owner or proprietor the reef,
and the reviewers lhall be allowed
lor every hogshead lo examined
by them the sum of five (hilling :
Provided always , That whefi any
tobacco shall be leviewed by such
judges, in the manner herein di
reded, and is found found and
merchantable, they shall certify
the lame on the back cf the in
ipedors note, and such tobacco
fl ail not be iubjed to a second
review, nor lhall it be lawful for
any owner or proprietor to refufe
to take the lame after being re
viewed *»nd adjudged merchant
able.
And be it enabled, That the
in ipedors at the several ware
houl'e.s cf this state, shall be al
lowed for each hogshead by them
impeded, the lum of two (hil
lings Ipecie, to be paid by the
owner, and tor each hogfhhead
by them refuftd the like lum.
AneHe it farther enabled by the
authority afore [aid, That so much
of theleveral a£ts of the Genet al
Assembly afore-recited, for regu
lating the infpedion of tobacco,
as come with»n the purview and
meaning of this ad, be, and the
lame are hereby repealed.
And whereas leve r al petitions
have been presented to the pre
sent General Assembly, praying
the establishment of other infpcc
tions within this state, Be tt there
fore enabled by the authority afore
faid9 1 hat the following infpcc-