Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-14
Flour Inspectors Notice.

| consequence of being frequently compelled. in
tue discharge efthe duties of my office, to enforce
Tue penalties OF the law regulating the Inspection Of
Flour against persons Offering flour for inspection
VINO nave failed to comply with It's requisitions ind
III consequences also Of understanding that the Flour
inspector OF Ncw-York Ito which city large portion
., our nour y sent Is very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense ON our fio,r
deem proper 10 cali the attention of all concerned
TO the following provisions of the law ON the subject
and TO urge the necessity of their being strictly com,
Piicu Muh also TO cndenvor to induce merchants 10
pay particular attention having flour Skinned in g5
order, by remedying defects which occur fier h bs
been inspected. : nun
SEC 8, requires that all hol,cd whca, -four bro,,b, IN ~ In
secnon for exportao shall be mechanta,e of 6ene.s
and without any mixture of -FOUR or the -four of sn
ohe, gnh than wheat under psnaly Of condemnation and
ten dollars or each barrel recoverable by Of the nsprc
tor ON ten days notice in Of ecor the -four 10 bo
sold 10y the Inspector for the bench, OF the Commonwealth
Sec requires all -four barrels for expectation to be well
mae oil seasoned materials, with hoops with four
ma IN each chine hoop and three nails in each blge hoop
in 'he slaves and the head la inches diameter hall barrel,
IS inches IN length and the diameter of the head ia inches
1e D. Ieues he ols To be branded with tie and
Sec requires each barrel of aour contain 1873 pounds
ana each hall barrel 98 pounds under penalty of cents for
every Pound deficient under and OF II Cts every pound
Sc requires the to be weighed and the IA re- marked
hecon any person shall put fale wrong on
the disadvantage of the purchaser he shall forfeit So c,s and
inc Inspector upon suspicion or a, the request of the purchaser
sa upack the barrel and there less of -four
than above directed the shall pay charges Of un.
aackhe and packing aud above the other penalties
IL VIII be seen by sec 3, that if the Inspector as
ccrtains that Hour OF other grain than wheat hns been
mixed with the wheat -four, the owner is subject TO
penalty of ten dollars for each BARREL besides forfeit
ing the Hour: Farmers and millers should therefore
be particularly careful to separate Iye corn oats and
all other grain from wheat before grinding it,
The failure to comply with that part of the law
which requires the barrels to be made of seasoned
materials, IL the of nearly all the other pennl
ties that incurred.
Where flour is packed in barrels tina, 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 flour may have been put
IL them, It will be found in short time TINT the bar
res from the evaporation of the sap huve lost
pounds ....-
And should it be inspected Immediately after pack.
ing, while the weight holds out, the merchant who
buys it would sustain the loss on its being renspcc
ed in the place to which he sends it, The interest of
the merchant therefore, requires the strict enforce
ment OF this part of the law well of those which
prescribe the manner in which barrels arc TO be hoop.
ed and nailed, and their dimensions.
trust that those concerned will be careful hereaE
ter to comply with all the acquisitions of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail to
do so, IL is my imperious duty enforce the penal
ties, whether incurred from fraud carecssness or ir.
norance, as the law leaves me discretion on the
subject.
/ would recommend 70 those who have -four 10 in
spect, that has lain any time ner being packed and
weighed, to re-weigh II immediately before submit
cases from mourning penalty, and me from the diss
grecabie duty of enforcing IL.
Merchants who pu chase -four for shipping, and
the captains who receive it, seldom pay sufficient at
tention the order in which the ba rres re i, ,her
shipped.
II frequently happens, when flour comes to be shin
pea thdt mas lain In store some time after benp i-
spected, that the barrels from being properly sen
soned when the flour was put in them, are found 70
have shrunk, and become 80 infrm, that in getting
them out OF the store transporting them to the vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury which If NOT
remedlcd Will subject the merchant TO expenses on be-
heads fall out and spill the -four which il n,rtv lost
and what is put back is mixed with dirt that NAV
cause 1t to be refused being offered for reinspec
ton, besides being liable to penalty for short weight
10 prevent this, merchants shipping flour should be
careful to have all barrels requiring recoopered md
to seeing that the draymen, laborers and sailors ham
die the barrels carefully; and they should also he mar
ticuar in having -four that has lain any time in store
after being Inspected weighed before shipping it.
These p1ecautioRs will them from incur rnp bur-
densome and vexatious expenses when the our comcs
to be rcinspcced.
Captains who sign bills Of lading for flour az being
shipped IN good order. when it is not i'm good order
(which they frequently do should be held bonn for ali
damages that may be incurred by its not being found
III good order at the port of delivery much ms if the
damage had been incurred after they received H. n
Is their duty to refuse signing bills of ladng for -four
as Dcng III good order when it not, and the respon
sibiiy should fall on them for 70 doing.
IL Is impossible Tor the Inspector TO prevent flour
being shipped in bad order, (even if he had the power
to do so, which he has notO where the injury &C.
ours after 1T has passed inspection. Ny duty urn
determined strictly to execute; and il is the duty of
the Farmer, Merchant, Miller and all others concern
ed, to aid me in sustaining the character of our -four
IN every requisite; That even those nteresedly lea
ous of he high character it holds and who seek TO
depreclate the price by burdening il with onerous
expenses with the view of enabling their -four better
to compete with in their own markets, may seek in
vain for pretexts to do so.
EDMUND WALLS
IIOfrr InsDcrfo, D,.6.,o.1