Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-05
Flour Inspectors Notice.

Flour Inspectors Notice.
| consequence Of being frequently compelled, IN
n the discharge ofthe duties OF my Office, to ellforc
The penalties OF the law regulating the Inspection Of
Flour agalns. persons offering flour for inspection
VINO have Jailed TO comply with its acquisitions, and
IN consequence also of understanding that the Flour
HHpectorot New York Ito which city large portion
sFour -four Is sent.) rs very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and oncrous expense on our -four
deem proper To call the attention of al concerned
70 tie following pro.isons of the law the subject,
ann 10 urge the Necessity OF their being strictly com
Dheu Win; aso to ende,vor to induce merchants ~
pay particular attention to having -four shIped u, cod
order, byremedyng defects which OCCUR after it has
been Inspected
spection, far exporrans shall be echanle due 6rencss
'id without mixture of eour
ten dollars r each bar by nspe,
tor on ten days notice in OF record the -four
See d. requires Al! hour barrels for exportaion be well
mhe oseasoi.e materials, with hoops, nailed with s
under pelty els The barrels 10 lie 27 INCHES in et
% ic':eS III length and the diameter OF the he al Ia inches
Sec d requires the bbls to be branded
weight under penalty OF ~ cts.
SEC 6, requires each of Hour tn con 1856 pul,
and eacn half barrel SO pounds. under penalty Of &
every pound deficient under B and of II cts m every poun.
Sac requires the barrels weighed and market
thereon 1t any person shall pr, false or wrong are on to
the disadvantage purchaser shah forfeit 81 cts and
inspector upon suspicion OF at the Of the pnehase
than above directed, the shah pay the charges of III,
packing and repacing and above the other penalties
1t will be seen by 3, that if the Inspector
certas that flour Of other grain than wheat has been
mixed with tlre Wheat -four, the subject to
penalty OF ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the Hour Farmers and Inillers Shond therefore
be particularly careful to separate rye, OATS ami
al other grain from wheat before grinding it.
The future TO comply with shat part of the law
winch requires the barrels TO be made of seasoned
materials Is the cause Of nearly adj the other pena
ties that are incurred
hrr fo,,r rLnd; in tLa ,>ll
seasoned penalty Dr short weight is almost cert;fn
to be incurred Ii 1T is not immediately inspected; for
although The iu quantity of -four may have been pitt
u them, 1t will be found short that the bar
res from the evaporation Of the sap have lost several
pounds,
And silouid it be inspected Immediately after pack
ing, while the weight holds out, the merchant who
buys would sustain the loss, Oh its being
ed IN the phce to Which he sends it, The interest Of
the merchant therefore, requires the strict entorc-
met OF this part of the law, well of those which
prescribe the manner In which barrels to be hoop
ed and mled and their dimensions.
trust that those concerned will he careful here.
Ter 10 comply with ali the acquisitions Of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail -
do So 1t is my Iperious duty enforce the pcua1-
tes whether Incurred fsIa fa.,a, essness or e,
norance, as the law leaves me To discretion en- {ha
subject.
l would recommend to these who have focr TO In
sPect, that has ian any time after being packed and
weighed to re-weigh it immediately before submit
ting 1t for inspection. This would save them in many
cases from mourning penalty and me from the dso.
grecable duty OF enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase four for shipping AMI
the captains who receive it, seldom pay sufficient AT
tenton to the order Ill which the barrels Il n when
| shipped
II frequently happens, when flour comes to be shin
ped that has lam LII STORE tune after BEING III
spected that the barrels rou not being pronery sen
Soned when the flour was put III them, are found 10
have shruDk, and becalDeso intirm that in Dettfnr
them ort ofthe transporting them to the vesst
and shipping them, they sustain injury which if nos
refedleh will subject the merchant to expenses on be-
ing reiuslncted The Loous ret Knocked of.-tfn,
heads fall and spill the Ao,lr which is partly lost
ind what is put back is mixed with dirt that nav
cause 1t TO be refused being offered for reinsue
ton besides being liable penalty for shori weioiff
10 prevent this merchants shipping -four should he
carefll to lave al barrels requiring it rceoopered ami
to seeing that the drayneD. laborers and sailors INN
die the barrels carefully and they should alsp be Uaf
ncnar In having flour tAat has lain any time in siore
aIler Delng inspected, rc-Weighed before shupnc Il
These PRECAUTIONS Will savc lem from incnl ring Rur-
densonfe ana vtX; sous expenses WhEu lie Dur cpt1es
TO be reinspccted.
Captains who sign hills OF adne for -four os fesro
shipped III good order, wi5en il is in good order
(which theyfEoguey dol shouid be held bound far nil
damages that may 6r Incurred by it's not bepu found
IN good order at the port Of delivery, much as if Gre
damage had been Incurred after they received IT, L.
Is their duty to refuse signing bills Of fadng for -four
as beng in good order when rs not and tie rtgurn
SIp}llty should fall on tlr:Ia for so doing.
~ Is impossible for tire Inspector to prevent -four
being shipped in BAD order 4gen if nc at the ue1pr
to do SD, which he has HDt.) where the injury or.
ours ate it has passed Inspection NV duty aul
determined strictly Ia eNeGUtc and it is the duty of
the Farmer Merchant, miller, and al Others CONCERN
cd, to aid me in sustaining tho character of our an
IN every requisite; SO that oven those iuttresfedlv ic
ous Of the high character if holds and who seek fo
dcprcciate the price by hardening it With oDero6E,
EXPENSES with the view of enabling their -four better
to compete with n their markets NAV seek in
vain for prctexts to do so. -
EDMUND WALLS,
FIo0r Inspector, Rietno1q