Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-10
Flour Inspectors Notice.

b consequence OF being frequently compelled, in
the discharge OF the duties of my Office, to enforce
the penalties OF the law regulating the Inspection OF
Flour, against persons offering flour for inspection
VINO nave faned to comply with its requisitions and
IN consequence also of understanding that the Flour
Inspector of New ork ito which CITY laree portion
OF our -four IS sent very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense our -four, l
deem 1t proper to call the attention of all concerned
to the following provisions of the law OH the subject
and to urge the necessity ofther being strictly com
Piled with; also to endeavor to induce merchants to
particular attention to having flour shipped in rood
order by remcdying defects which after it has
been inspected.
Sec 3, requires tia, I'll hoed -four brought TO any IT.
specion, for cxpoao shall nercha,l,ablc of due mees
without any mixture of coassr -four or The aour If AN,
QUEER gram than wheat under penalty OF contemplation, AM.
tor on ten days notice IN record;
sold by tie Inspector for the benefit of the Conoaw cah
Sec g. requires all flour barrels export alton TO be well
made, ofseasoncd materials, hoops nailed with for
under penay p e The barrels sa 10 - easa sI so
in The slaves and the head ia in diameter hall barrels
requires the branded with The ,are and net,
weight, under penalty OF ~ cts.
and each half barrel 81 pounds under penalty of cents Cor
every pound deficient under3 and of IL every pound
Sec z requires barrels weighed and the tare ,aarsed
tie'eon any person shall PIT false
Inc disadvantage OF the purchaser he shall forfeit 80
The Inspector upon suspicion OF at the of the purchaser
than above directed the shall pay the charges of it,
packing and repackng, and above the other penalties
1t will be seen by ., that if the Inspector as
csFt'nS or other gram than wheat has
mixed with the wheat flour, the is subject TO a
penalty of ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit.
ing the -four Farmers and millerS should therefore
be particularly careful to separate rye corn oats, and
all other grain from wheat before grinding il.
The failure to comply with that part Of the law
which requires the barrels to be made of seasoned
materials, is the cause of nearly all the other pcra-
ties that ure incurred.
Where our is packed in barrels that are not wei,
seasoned penalty for short weight is almost certain
to be incurred if it is not immediately inspected. for
although the full quantity of -four may have been nut
il: them, it will be found short time that the bar
RES, from the evaporation of the sap, have lost several
pounds.
And should It be inspected immediately nf,cr pack,
ing, while the weight holds ont, the merchant who
buys it would sustain the loss on It's being reipspec
ed in the place TO which he sends it. Thcnterest OF
the merchant therefore, requires the strict enforce
nrnt of this part of tie law well as of those which
prescribe the which barrels are to be hoop-
ed and nailed, and their dimensions
trust that those concerned will be careful hcrea.
ter TO comply with oil the acquisitions of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail Co
DO so, it is my imperious duty enforce the pcnal-
ties, whether incurred from fraud careessness or ir
norance, the law leaves me no discretion on Tie
subject.
! wond recommend to those WHO have -four to in
Spect that has lain any time after being packed and
weighed to. re-weigh it Immediately before submit
ting 1T forInspecton- This would save thepin many
cases from mourning penalty, and from the disa-
rrceablc duty of enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase flour for shipping, and
tention to the order in which the barrels are in when
shipped.
il trcquenty happens, when -four comes to be shin
ped that has lain IN store time after being III
specified that the barrels from not being properly
soned when the flour was put i'll them, found TO
have shrunk, and become inirm, that in getting
them out ofhe store, transporting them the vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury which if not
Tcmcdied will subject the merchant to expenses on be
ing re!nspected. The hoops get knocked oR-the
heads fall out and spill. the flour which is partlv lost
N h1c &c iHoI,
cause 1t to be refused being offered for respec-
ton besides being liable penalty for short weight
10 prevent this, merchants shipping flour siouli he
careful to avc all barrels requiring recoopered and
90 seeing mat the draynen aborers, and saiiors ham
die the barrels carefully; and they should also be par
tlcuar IN having flour that hos lain any time in store
after beng inspected weighed before sIippine it.
these precautions will save them from mourning bur-
aensome ana VeXatious expenses whcnthe flour comes
to be rcnspected
Captains who sign bills ofladng for -four ms benr
shipped IN good order, when il is not in rood order
"i!ch they frequently do) should be held bound for ali
damages that may be incurred by its not being found
IN good order Mt the port of delivery, % much as b,
damage had been incurred after they received it. T.
Is their duty 10 refuse signing bills of adin for flour
as ncng IN good order when not, and the rcspon-
sibllty should fall on them for so doing.
III Is impossible for the Inspector 70 prevent Hou-
beng shipped III bad order, (even if he hadthc power
TO do so, which he has not,) where the injury oc-
ours after it las passed inspection bIy duty o,1
determined strictly to executes and it is tho duty OF
tire Farmer Merchant Miller and all ethes CONCERN
ed to aid in sustaining the character of our Aon-
III every requisites SO that those neresedly ct-
lous of the high character it holds and who seeI -,
deprcciate the price by burdening It with onerous
expenses, with the view of enabling their flour bette
TO compete with it in their own markets. NAV seek in
vain for preteyts to doso.
EDMUND WALI.Sd
Fiour Inspector, Richmond.
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