Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-23
Flour Inspectors Notice.

II tho discharge OF the 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 i,s acquisitions, and
III consequence also of understanding that tho Flour
Inspector of New York ito which city large portion
OF our hour Is SENT Is very strict III imposing every
possible penalty md oncrous expense flour,
deem proper to Gull tho attention OF all concerned
to the following provisions of the law on the subject
ad to urge the necessity of their being strictly com
piied with also to endeavor to induce merchants 70
pay particular attention To having flour shipped in good
order, by remedying defects which occur after il has
been inspected.
Sec 3 requires tina, all bo,cd wheat -four bro,.h, to any In
secon iur expectation, shall be mcTchantabc,
and without mixture of our the lour OF an,
other gram than wheat Under penalty of Condemnation,
ten aoiars LOT e barrel recoverable by the lnec
tor on ten days notice of record;
sold by the Inspector for the heuct OF Commonwealth
ose requires all flour barrels for exploration he wei
mace o seasoned materials with hoops, nailed with
mans each chime hoop and three nails ~ each bse hoP
N the slaves and the head "a inches in dno,cr
- inches IN length aud the diameter of the head y inches
orc y requires the bbs tn hc banded with the and
weight, under penalty of - cts
See6 requires each barrel of -four contain rs6 pound,
ao eacn nall barrel 10 pounds under penalty of 70
every pound deficient under aud Of Il Cts for every poun
Sec Y requires tho barrels to be weighed and marked
thereon Ii person shall pat false wrong tarc on e
inc disadvan'ase of Tie purchaser he shall ore, sS
upon ss'o or NJ the request of the purchaser
shall unpack tho barrel and If there quantity of fou
than above directed the shall pay the charges un
packing and rcackng aud above the penalties
IL viii be seen by ), that if the Inspector as
ccrtans that tour uother grain than wheat has beer
mixed with the wheat -four, the is subject 10
penalty OF ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the -four Farmers and miil.rs should therefore
be particularly careful to separate rye corn oats ant
all ether grain from wheat before grinding it.
The failure to comply with that part OF tho law
which requires the barrels to DC made uf seasoned
materials Is the OF nearly all the other penal
ties that arc incurred.
Where flour is packed in barrels that arc not vel
seasoned penalty for short wcrht is almost certain
hn al,
although the fun quantity of flour may have been put
IL them, IL will he found Ill short time that the bar.
rels from the evaporation of the sap, have lost several
pounds
And should it be inspected Immediately after pack,
ing, while the weight holds out, the merchant who
buys 1t would sustain the loss on its being rcnspect-
cd in the place to which he sends it. The interest OF
the merchant therefore, requires the strict enforce
ment this part ofhe law, us well us of those which
prescribe the in which barrels are to be hoon-
ed and Nailed and their dimensions
trust that those concerned will be careful hercaf.
ter to comply with all the acquisitions of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail 10
do so, it is my imperious duty enforce the penal
ties, whether incurred from fraud carelessness
norancc, as the law leaves no discretion OH the
subject.
would recommend to those who have flour TO in
spect, that has lain any time after being packed and
weighed, to rc-weighit immediately before submit
ting IT for inspection. This would save them i'm many
cases from mourning penalty aud me from the dsa
greeable duty of enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase flour for shipping and
the captains who receive it. seldom pay sufficient al
tention TO the order in which the barrels are in when
shipped
1t frequently happens, when -four comes to DO ship
ped that has lain in store time after being in
spected that the barrels from not being properly
soned when the flour put in them are found to
have shrunk, and become SO infrm, that in retinp
them out of the store, transporting them the vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury which if not
rcmeded will subject the merchant TO expenses OH be.
ing reinspected. The hoops get knocked ofE-the
heads fall out and spill the flour which is parIv lost
and what is put back is mixed with dirt, that NAV
cause it to be refused being offered for reinspec-
tlon besides being liable penalty for short weight
To prevent this, merchants shipping -four should be
careful to have all barrels requiring IL and
to seeing that the draymen laborers and sailors han
die the barrels carefully and they should also be par
ticuar in having -four that has lain any tinc in store
after being inspected, re-wcighed before shipping it,
These precautions will save them from mourning bur
densome and vexaious expenses whcnihe flour comes
10 be renspccted.
Captains who sign bills of ladng for flour as beinr
shipped in good order, when it is not in rood order
(Which they frequently dol should be held bound for ali
damages that may be incurred BY its not being forpd
in good order at the port of delivery rs much as if tire
damage had been incurred after they received it. 1t
IS their duty TO refuse signing bills of ladng for flour
being IN GOOD order when il is not and the resnoD
siblity should fall on them for so doing.
IL Is impossible for the Inspector TO prevent flour
being shipped IN bad order, (eyen If he had the power
to do so, which he has not,) where the injury &C.
ours after it has passed inspection. My duty am
determined strictly to execute; and it is the duty of
the Farmer, Merchant Miller and all others concern
ed to aid me in sustaining the character Of our flour
in every requisites that even those ntcresedlv lea
lous Of the high character it holds, and who seek to
depreciate the price by burdeniDg it with onerous
expenses, with the Wow of enabling their flour better
to compete with il in their own markets. may seek in
vain for preteXts TO dose.
EDMUND WALLIS
Flour Inspector Richmond.
IN CuANCEKN--At court held for Louisa county AZ
the courthouse, Monday, May the IIb 1929. Henry
Lawrence, executor Of Sarah Wood decd pl5nt against
David Niche and Sally his wife, Lucy Richards Molly Null
hns, James Niche, Jonathan bchie john Nlcir, William
Niche BeLclec Brown aud Betsey his wife, Edmund Brown
aud Iheodosa his wife, Nancy Niche, Polly Niche, David