Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-19
Flour Inspectors Notice.

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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 It's acquisitions. and
IN consequence also OF understanding that the Flour
Inspector of New York ito which city LARGE portion
OF our -four Is SENT, very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and oncrous expense on our flour
deem 1t proper 10 call the attention of all concerned
TO the following provisions Of the law on the subject
and to urge the necessity their beny strictly com
Piled with; also to endeayor to indnce merchants To-
pay particular attention to having -four shipped il, good
orGer by remedyng defects which occur after il has
been inspected.
SEC g. requires iha.a hol,ed wheat -four bo,sb, q, ana, l.;
aud without any mixture of four or the flour M an,
oineI gram than wheat, under penalty of condemnation ami
en uos io each barre recoverable by the lnspe
Tor on ten days notice in any of record the flour 10 be
soi by the Inspector for the benefit ofihe Commonwealth
Sc 4 requires all -four barrels for expnI;ao 10 Js wcll
n'ade, ofseasoned materials with ten hoops nailed h f,r
"aS N each chime hoop and ,re maids sas ss hoop,
uefd eay Oh ~ els The barrels be in length
IN tue slaves and the head liz inches in diap
IS inches IN length and the diameter Of the head u! inches
% " requires the bos Ia be branded with the and ne
weight under penalty OF II Cts
Sec requires each barrel of -four contain 1866 pounds
ana each half barrel 9S pounds under penalty cents Tor
overs. ' F'.''''
Sec requires the barrels weighed and theta marked
thereon Ii any person snail Pr. false or wrong ,ae on 20
the disadvantage OF The purchaser he shall cts; and
ee Inspector upon spco OF a the request of the purchaser
Than above directed the shall pay the charges Of un
packing and repackng aud above the other penalties
IL VIII be seen by see. 3, that if the Inspector as
cerians that Hour OF ether grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat four. the owner is subject TO
penalty Of ten dollars for each BARREL besides forfeit
ing the flour Farmers and millers should therefore
DC 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 casc of nearly all the other penal
ties that are incurred.
Where flour Is packed in barrels that ire not wei,
seasoned penalty for short weight isalmos certain
To ne incurred II i is not immediately inspected; for
although the full quantity of -four may have been put
IT. them it will be found in short time that the bar
rels, from the evaporation Of the sap have lost several
pounds.
And should it he inspected immediately aier mack
lng, While the weight holds OCT, the merchant who
buys 1t would Sustain the loss OH its being reinspect-
ed III the place to Which he sends it. The interest of
tie merchant, therefore, requires the strict enforce
ment OF this part Of the law as we'll us of those which
prescribe the manner IN which barrels are to be hoop
ed and nailed, and their dimensions.
trust that those concerned will be- careful hereaf.
ter to comply with all the acquisitions OF the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail 10
do so, 1t Is my mperious duty 10 enforce the peuai.
ties, whether incurred from fraud carelcssness or ir-
norance, as the law leaves no discretion on the
SUBJECT
| | world recommend 10 those who have four 20 in
spec, that has lam any time after being packed and
weighed, to reweigi it immediately before submit
ting IT tornspection This would save them in many
cases from mourning penalty, and from the disa-
greeabie duty o.. enforcing il.
Merchants who purchase flour for shinpjn,r. and
the captains who receivcit, seldom pay siliccn, nj
tenion to the order in which the barrels are in when
shipped.
1t irequentiy happens, when -four comes 20 he ship
pea thdt has lain IN store some time after benr In
spected that the barrels IRON not being properly sea-
soned when the ilou. was put in them are found to
have srunk and become intirIn, that in nettnr
them out OF the store transporting them TO the
and shipping them, they sustain injury which If no,
remedied VIII subject the merchant 10 expenses on be
! ing reiIspected. The hoops get knocked ofr-the
heads fall out ard spill the flour which is partlv lost
and what Is put hack is mixed with dirt that ma,
cause 1t TO be refused OH being offered tor renspoc
ton, besides being liable TO penalty for sort wcirt
10 prevent THIS merchants shipping -four should bt
careful to have all barrels requiring it recoopered anC
TO seeing that the draymcn iaborers and sailors han
die the barrels carefully; and they should also be nav
ucuar IN having flour that has lain any time in STORE
after being Inspector re-weighed before shipping IT,
These precautions will save them from mourning bur.
ueusohc ana veXatlous expenses whenihc -four come:
to be reinspectea.
Captains who sign bills OF ladiug for flour "a benc
shipped in good order, when it is not i'm rood order
(Which they frequently dol should be held bound for al
damages that may be incurred by It's not being found
in good order at the port of delivery as much as If the
damage had been incurred after they received it, II
Is their duty TO refuse signing bills of lading for flour
as being in good order when is not, and the respon
sbility should fall on them for so doing
tits impossible for the Inspector to- prevent fon,
bong shipped III bad order, (eycn if he had the power
70 do so, which be has not,) where the injury &C.
ours after il has passed inspection. My duty an
determined strictly to execute and it is the duty O.
the Farmer, Merchant, Miller and all others concern
cd, to aid me in sustaining the character Of orr flour
IN every requisite that even those interes;edly ea
lous OF the high character it holds and who seek &c
| depreciotc the price by bmdening it with omcrou.
expenses, with the view Of enabling their dour better
to compete with in their own markets NAV seek il
vain for preteXts 10 dose.
EDMUND WALLSI
Flour Inspector, Richmond.