Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-09
Flour Inspectors Notice.

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Flour Inspectors Notice.
IN consequence of being frequently compelled in
the discharge ofthe duties of my Office to enforce
the penalties of the law regulating the Inspection of
Flour, against persons offering -four for inspection
who have failed TO comply with lis acquisitions, and
in consequence also Of understanding that the Flour
Inspector of New York Ito which city large portion
of our flour is sent is very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and oncTous expense flour,
deem it proper to ca the attention of all concerned
to the following provisions of the law on the subject
and to urge the necessity % their being strictly COM
Piled with; also to cndeavor TO induce merchants TO
pay particular attention to having flour shipped in rood
order by remcdyng defects which occur after it has
been inspected.
Sec 8 requires tina, oil bolcd wheat our brought TO any in
Scctun ior expectation, snail he merchanale nencs
aud without any mixture of four the -four of any
other gam than wheat under penalty Of condemnation
ten dollars FOR each barrel recoverable by motion of the nspec-
tor ON ten days notice IN of record the -four In
sold by the Inspector for the hen t Of the Commonwealth
sc L. reqnires all flour barrels for expectation to he well
made OF seasoned materials, with hoops nailed with Dy
nas in each chime hoop and ,he walls blge ho
ucr pcaly of - cts The barrels inches in le1r,,
10 the slaves and the head III inches diameter hall barrels
IS inches IN cnh n1t the diameter Of the head ia inches
sc D. requires the bbs to he branded with tire nett
weight under penalyof42 cts.
Ser G. requires each barrel of flour Ias pounds
ana each half barrel 3 pounds under penalty Of cents Tor
every pound deficient under g. and O II cts ir erey pound
Se = requires the barrels to be weighed and the tare marked
ncIGon II any person shall Put flkc wrong on,
The disadvantage of the purchaser, he shall forfeit 90 eta;
the Inspector upon suspicion, the hase
STALL unpack the barrel and if less quantity of our
Ian ABOVE decis tho owner slal pay the charges of
packing and epackin and abovehe other penalties
1t viii be seen by Sec 3, that If the Inspector as
certans that -four other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat flour, the owner is subject 10
penalty of ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the flour. Farmers aud miers 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 IS the of nearly all the other PENAL.
ties that are incurred.
Where -four spacbed in barrels that arc not wei!
seasoned penulty fer short weight is almost certain
to be incurred If 1t not Immediately inspected for
although the full quantity Of flour may have been put
I them, 1t will be found in short time that the bar
rcfs from the evaporation OF the sap have lost scv era
pounds.
And should it be inspected Immediately nfter pac1,
ing, while the weight holds out, the merchant who
buys II woUi sustain the loss on It's being reinspect-
cd III the place TO which he sends it, The interest OF
the merchant, therefore, requires the strict enforce
ment al tins part the law well rs of those which
prescribe the manner in which barrels uro 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
Shoud any person, however, from any cause fail 10
40 so, II Is my mpcrlous duty TO enforce the nonni
ties whether incurred from fraud carcesposu mr. 10;
norance, as the law leaves discretion Oil the
subject.
/ would recommend to those who have -four 10 in.
spect, that bas lain any time after being packed and
weighed, TO re-weigh it Immediately before submit
tin II for inspection. This would save them in many
cases from mourning penalty and Inc from the dis,
greeablc duty Of enforcing it.
merchants who purchase flour for slipping and
the captains Who receive il, seldom pay sufficient g.
cnton to the order in which the barrels ere in when
shipped. '''0'
II frequently happens. when flour comes Ia ~. si,io
ped that has lain in store time aler being in.
sected that the barrels from not being properv
soned when the -four was put in them, are find 10
have shrunk, and become infirn, that in getting
them out of the store transporting them TO the vessel
and shipping them they sustain injury which if not
rcmeded viii subject tho merchant TO expenses on be-
ing rcnspccted The hoops get knocked ofT---the
heads fall out and SPILL the -four, which is parly lost
and what is put back is mixed with dirt, that NAV
CAUSE il to he refused being offered for reinspcc-
ton, besides being liable to penalty for short weight
20 prevent this, merchants shipping flour should be
careful to have all barrels requiring il recoopcrcd and
TO seeing that the draymen laborers and saors ham
die the burres carefully and they should also b. par
tcular in having -four that has lain any time in store
after being inspected. weighed before shipping H.
These precautions will them from ncuTriDp bur
dersomc and vexatious expenses whenthc -four comes
70 be reinspectcd.
Captains who sign bills oflading Tor -four as lrnp
Slipped in good order, when il is not in good order
(which they frequently do) should be held bon n,
damages that may be incurred by it's not being found
in good order at the port Of delivery rs much ne If INC
damage had been incurred afteF they received T. III
- their duty to refuse signing bls Of adag for flour
as being in good order when IL is not and tho
sibhy should fall on them for IN DOING
It's impossible for the Inspector to prevent gosr
Dcng shipped IN bad order, (even IL he bad the power
20 do so, which he has notO where tho in,nTv oc-
ours after IL has passed inspection Ny duty am
determined strictly to execute; and 10 r. Tho duty Of
the farmcr, merchont, Aier and all Others concern
CD 70 ala me in sustaining tho character Of orr -four
IN every requisite; so that even tbosu nteFocdly iso-
lous OF the high character it holds and who seek to
deprcciato the price by burdouiug il with oDcrous
cxpcnfps, with evew Of enabling their -four better
20 compete with IL in their own markets. may seek in
vllr Tor prc'cxts 10 doso.