1762 ARTICLE 48.

An. Code, sec. 35. 1904, sec. 36. 1888, sec. 37. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 23. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 35.

37. All scrap tobacco accruing in any of the warehouses in the City of
Baltimore shall he sold by the inspector to the best advantage, for the
benefit of the tobacco fund, and the proceeds accounted for with all other
receipts in returns to the Comptroller.

An. Code, sec. 36. 1904, sec. 37. 1888, sec. 38. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 24. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 36.

38. The inspector shall, in the month of April annually, cause to be
inserted in some one of the Baltimore newspapers, once each week, for four
successive weeks, an advertisement, stating the name of the warehouse,
the weight, gross, tare, and net, the number and the name or initials of
any hogshead of tobacco that may have been inspected, which has remained
in the warehouse for the space of four years, and the owners whereof are
unknown to the inspector; and if such tobacco shall not be claimed within
thirty days after the termination of the advertisement, the same shall be
sold by the inspector in such manner as he shall deem best, and the proceeds
be accounted for in the first quarterly return thereafter.

An. Code, sec. 37. 1904, see. 38. 1888, sec. 39. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 25. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 37.

39. If the owner of any tobacco, sold under the preceding section, shall,
within one year from the date thereof, satisfy the Comptroller that the
tobacco so sold was his right and property, the Comptroller shall draw his
warrant on the Treasurer for the amount of such sale, after deducting
warehouse costs and charges.

An. Code, sec. 38. 1904, sec. 39. 1888, sec. 40. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 26. 1916, ch. 309, sec. 38.

40. No tobacco of the growth of this State shall be passed or accounted
lawful tobacco unless the same be packed in hogsheads not exceeding fifty-
four inches in the length of the staves, nor exceeding forty-six inches across
the head; and the owner or his agent of tobacco packed in any hogshead of
greater dimensions shall repack the same in hogsheads of the size herein
prescribed, at his own expense before the same shall be passed.

For a case under the compulsory inspection law formerly existing, involving size
of hogsheads of tobacco, see Turner v. State, 55 Md. 258 (affirmed in 107 U. S. 38).
See also sec. 47.

An. Code, sec. 39. 1904, sec. 40. 1888, sec. 41. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 27. 1898, ch. 314.
1916, ch. 309, sec. 39. 1920, ch. 39, see. 39.

41. Whenever so large an amount of inspected tobacco shall have accu-
mulated in the warehouses as to delay inspection, the inspector shall have
the right to rent storage for as much as may be necessary to remove.

An. Code, sec. 40. 1904, sec. 41. 1888, sec. 42. 1872, ch. 36, sec. 28. 1914, ch. 646.
1916, ch. 309, sec. 40. 1920, ch. 39, sec. 40.

42. All tobacco inspected in the State Tobacco Warehouse of Maryland
shall be entitled to storage free of charge for six months from the date of
sale.