in the opening act , the mayor as well as all the officials are dead worried

The Mayor as well as the other official are dead worried because the are going to be ispected and there is an inspector from Petresburg coming to discover all their corrupts and bribes. They are all devils and a bad company who make use of their posts to earn more money and put people under their pressure.No one can face them but the expected inspector can not only face them but he can put them in gail so they are dead worried that the inspector may come .