Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-08
Flour Inspectors Notice.

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 consequences also of understanding that the Flour
Inspector of New York Ito which city large portion
OF our Hour is sent very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense on our -four
deem 1t proper to call the attention Of all
to the following provisions of the law on the subject
and to urge the necessity of their being strictly com
piled with; also to endeavor to induce merchants to
pay particular attention to having flour shipped i'm good
order, by remedyng defects which occur utter il has
been inspected.
Sec g. requires that all boled wheat -four brought 10 any in
specton for expoaton shall be merchantabe ofe neness
and without mixture of four or the onr of anv
other grain than wheat under penalty of condemnation and
len dollars for each BARREL motion of the nse
tor days any court of records the or ~, he
sold by the Inspector for the benefit of COMMONWEALTH
Sec d requires all flour barrels for exportaon to be well
nails in each chine hoop and three nails N each h %. hoo
under penalty 42 The barrels to be 81 nches n
in the slaves and the head ia inches in Sans, ,e
rs inches IN length aud the diameter of head l2I inches
Sec S, requires the b To be branded with the are and nett
weight under penalty of4s cts.
Sec g. requires each -four 10 contain tq, po,ns
ana each half barrel 98 pounds, under penalty
every pound deficient ude and OF II for every pound
over ).
Sec requires the barrels be weighed and the tare marked
thereon- Ii any person shall Put false wrong on
upon suspco or ut the request of the purchaser,
shall tnpac the barrel and if less quantity of -four
than above directed the shall pay charges u.
aackis and epackns, and above the other penalties
1t VIII be seen by s. that if the Inspector as
certains that -four of other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat flour, the owner is subject to
penalty OF ten dollars for each BARREL besides forfeit
ing the flour. Farmers and Iners shoi,d therefore
be particularly careful to separate I'VE. corn OATS and
all other grain from wheat before grinding it.
The failure to comply with that part vi 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 is packed in barrels that are not wei!
seasoned penalty for s. It weight is almost certain
to De incurred if it is not immediately inspected for
although the full quantity OF -four may have been nut
III them 1t Will be found in short time that the bar
res. from the evaporation OF the sap have lost several
pounds.
And should be inspected Immediately Ter pack
ing, while the weight holds out, the merchant who
hugs 1t would sustain the loss on s being reinspcct-
ed in the place to which he sends it. The interest OF
The merchant, therefore, requires the strict enforce
mc!t OF tins part of the law well Of those which
prescribe the manner IN which barrels to be hoop
ed ana nailed, and their dimensions,
trust that those concerned will be careful hcreaf +.
ter TO comply witt! all the acquisitions of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail 10
DO so, it is my nperious duty TO enforce the penal
ties, whether incurred from frad carcessness or
norancc, the lazy leaves ne no discretion on the
subject
would recommend to those who i;ave -four to in
spect that has lun any time after being packed and
Weighed TO re-weigh IL immediately before submit
ting for inspection. This would save them in ,anc
greeable duty of enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase -four for Shipping and
the Captains who receive it, seldom pay sufficient at
tenion the order iii which the barreIs re IN whom
shipped.
1t frequently happens, when -four comes to be shin
ped that us lain IN store time alter being in
speced, that the barrels from not being properly sea
soned when the flour put in them, found I,
have shrunk. and become inirm, that in rettipc
them out of the transporting them to The vese
and shipping then they sustain INJURY, which if no
reIneded will subject the merchant TO expenses on he
/ ing rcinspected The hoops yet knocked o.t--rh,
heads fall out and spill thc Hour which is partly lost
and what is put back is mixed with dirt, that NAV
cause it TO be refused being offered for renspec
ton, besides being liable reiaity for short weight
To prevent this, merchants shipping -four should be
careful 10 have all barrels requiring it rccoopered, ant
to seeing that tie drayIneD aborcrs and sailors han
die the barrels carefully; and they should also be par
tcular in having flour thet has hahn any time i'll store
after being inspected, weighed before shipping it
These precautions will save hcm from mourning bur
denscIne and yexuo,ls expenses when The flour comes
! to be reinspeccd.
Captains who sign bills Of !ading FOR -four Us being
shipped in good order, when is let in good order
(Which they frequently dol should DC held bound for al
damages that may be incurred by lis not being iounC
in good order at the port Of delivery, much if tht
damage had been incurred after they received it. i
is their duty TO refuse signing hills al ladng for foul
being in good order when It is not, and the resPon
| sibility should fall on them for doing.
/ 1t is impossible for the Inspector to prevent fon
being shipped in bad order, (evcn if he had The powe
TO do so, which he has not,) where the injury oc
f; ours after it has passed inspection. My duty an
Determined strictly to executes and 1t is the duty o
/ the Farmer, Merchant Miller, and al others concern
ed, to aid i'll sustaining the character of fiou
in every requisites that those iuterestedy jea
ous of the high character it holds, and who seek t.
deprecate the price by burdcning it with onerou
expenses, with the view of enabling their flour bette
to compete with it in their markets, may SEEK il
| vain for prcteXts 10 do so.
EDMUND WALLS,
! Flour Inspector, Richmond.
! .TIay Isl, 1929.
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