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SATUR DA Y, March 21, 1789* GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE O R INDEPENDENT REGISTER. - - FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. CenJUtmiion oj Georgia • dUGU ST A: Printed by JOHN E. SM I T 11, Printer to tie State ; FJfays, Articles of jntelH m gence , Advertisements , &c. will be gratefully, received , and every kind of Printing performed. 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 T H E: [V6I. 111. No. CXXIJL j 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-