Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-17
Flour Inspectors Not1ce.


consequence Of being frequently compelled in
tne discharge OF the duties of my Office to enforce
Ie penalties OF the law regulating the Inspection o.
.n against persons offering -four for inspection
VINO nave Iahed TO comply with its requisitions and
IN consequence also of understanding that the Flour
Inspector OF York ito which city Iarge portion
Oh OUT nour Is sent Is very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense on our flour.
proper 70 can the attention of all concerned
70 the following provisions of the law on the subject
and 10 urge the necessity their being strictly cnn
Aied WIN; also to endeavor to induce mercban,s tn
particular attention to having flour shipped in oood
Sroer by remedyng defects which occur after Il has
Sec requires that al bolted wheat -four BROUGHT IN ,n n;
sPeeuon tor expectation, shall be mechantable oe ne1es
and without mixture of four or the ous Of an
other grain than wheat, under penalty of
ten dos Tor each barrel, recoverable H motion of the ns
tor on ten days notice in amy court of ecor The IT,
sold by the Inspector benefit of the COMMUNICATIVE "
SEC q, requires all -four barrels for expoaton d, i've all
, o. seasoned materials with ten hoops nailed with four
dads IN each chime hoop, and three nails each bge ho
Under penalty Of AZ cts The barrels 70 be ;n
~ ana 'e head ia nehesin diameter half barrels
mcnes h ierth and the Diameter Of the head l2i riches
sc requires the bbls to be branded with and mn,
weight, under penalty of ~ cts "-'' '''
and each half barrel SO pounds under penalty Of Cents 2
every pound deficient under OF II CTS r every pound
Sec requires the barrels weighed and the ts1e marked
efeon any person shall Put false or wrong re on TO
h.u or al The reques, OF the purchaser
Sha unPack The barrel, and there is less quantity of fo,
oaOse ufecuu, the owner shall of
packing and repacling and above the other penalties
IL VIII be seen by sec s. that if the Ins. ector as
certans that -four of other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat -four, the owner is subject TO
Penay OF ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the -four. Farmers and mil,ers should tberetr
DE particularly careful to separate we corn oats and
all other grain from wheat before grinding il.
The future to comply with that part of the law
winch requires the barrels to be made of seasoned
materials is the cause of nearly all the other penal
| ties that incurred. F'
Where -four is packed in barrels that ar, no, wo,
seasoned penalty for shor; weight is almost certain
to be incurred i 1t Is not immediately inspected; for
although the full quantity of flour NAV have heen mn,
IL them 1t will he found IN short time that the ber
res from the evaporation Of the sap have lost several
pounds.
And should If be inspected Immediately after mack
ing whle the weight holds out, the merchant who
oys would sustain the loss, on its being reinspect
ed in the place TO which he sends T. The interest," ~
the merchant, therefore, requires the strict enforce
men OF this part OF the law, well as OF those which
prescribe the manner IN which barrels are to be hooD
ed and nailed, and their dimensions.
| thrust that those concerned will be carai,l hereae
ter TO comply with all the acquisitions of the law
SHOULD any person, however, from eny cause fail 70
1880, Il Is my Dperious duty To enforce the penal
ues whether incurred from fraud, careleSness or g
aorance, os the law leaves me no discretion ON the
Enhect.
wonld recommend to those who have flour 10 in
sPect, that he's lain any time alter being packed and
weighed to re-weigh II immediately before submit
ting it for inspection This would save them in many
cases nun IncurrineR penalty and mr. f;o,, FL -
greeable duty of enforcing H.
Merchants who purchase flour for shippipc. and
the captains who receive it, seldom paw sufficient at
tentloD to the order III which the barrels ara in bc
shipped. - -'''
frequently happens when flour comes 20 be shin
PEG tuat mas IAN III store some time liter bein1 in
sPccted that the barrels from not being properly sea-
so"eu whei TIC L.ur was put in them, are found 10
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them out ofthe s,ort transporting Their, TN Tho vr
ana shipping them, they sustain injury which IL mot
remedied will subject tie merchant to exnenes on -
my IelnSpecied' The hoops get knocked off-the
heads ia out and spill t -four which is par,lv lost
and what is put back is liked with d;rt ~ IS.
cause to be refused beng offered for rensnnc-
ton, besides being liable to ,enaltv for short veil.
40 preVent this, merchants shppjnr -four should be
eaeiI. 70 Iave an 9arIeis requiring it recoopered and
die the barrels carefully and they s,oud aIs b %
tlcuar IN having -four that has lain snv t;n, -
alter being inspected, re-Veighej bere sb,ni9, :,
ihess precautions will save them kom DcuI T}n bn,
.csoe anu VeXa'ious expenses whQ the flour comes
to be reinspected. O'' ~o''S
Captains who sign bills fading fotoo,,r Ne holm,
shlPped IN good order, when it is IN rood orcT
which they frequently do) should be held SSn f,r =,
damages that may be incurred by its not bGn 1ornd
IN good order at the port of delivery MS muchS ,b
damage had been incurred after thew rnceveS. '',e
is their duty to refuse signing bills Of ading S aor
as being IN good order when is not, and the rSon
lsIollty should fall on them for so doing.
Is impossible for the Inspector to prevent flS~
beng shipped in bad order, (even if lie hadtho poA
70 do SO, which he has not) where the injury oc
ours after II has passed inspection Nv dyty am
determined strictly to executes and it is the duty o.
tne Farmer, Merchant Miller, aud all others concern
co. 10 alo me IN sustaining the character of our flour
every requisite; so that even those ntorestedlv lea.
ious OF the high character it holds and who seek n
depreciatc the, price by burdening it with onerous
expenses with he view of enabling their flour better
vain tor prctexts u oso. >"
EDMUND WALI4SJ
II Flour Inspector, Richmond