Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-13
Flour INSPECTORS Notice.

the discharge Of the duties of INV of;ce ~ ant,,
ine penalties Of the law regulating the Inspection :
against persons Offering flour for inspection
VINO nave failed to comply with its reon;s;,;op m,
IN consequence also of uYiderstand;n fbat ~ ,,
Inspector OF New York ito which CITY Ia ,e
OF our hour ls sent is very strict in imnos nae
Possloie penalty and onerons expense on onr 1orr
=. I'm proper 10 can the attention of all concerned
Tue ionowing provisions of the law on the sub;oct
ana 70 urge the necessity Of their being strctlv cow,
pneo with; also TO cndeayor to induce mercb,n, =,
pay particular attention to having -four sbipped in
orocr' oy remedymg defects which occur after i h,s
Nee ;, requires that all boiled wheat Con, bo,.;
I No, eNPoranon shah be merchan,abe ofsue ne1ess
n,be, , s s'uie OF e"arser eour the -four Of auy
Ten dollars lar each barrel by ,notinn os ~
sS m , , nys nosse IN any court Of record -four 70 be
Wy 'he inspector h1r the bneft Commonwealth
Nc requires all flour barrels fr exportation 10 bn
r 81 materials with ten hoops naises with f1Gr
Ha1 W each Sh'hc NJ opr and thrse rails IN eacl, lii. -
iidere penalty of d CTS The barrels m H. ois noo
~ te aves and The headI inches ~ diameter Saifeis
weight under penalty Of AZ cts -.
requires each barrel OF -four to contain ie6 pounds
snd each half barrel 90 pounds under penalty Of cents m
every pound deficient under and II cts r every pound
ec Iesres the barrels be weighed an, the tae marked
e'son. u ay person shall pat false or wrong tae on 20
,e dsadyanta OF the purchaser he shall forfeit SO cts and
'e suspicion, the request Of the purcha SER
s'an ulack me fael and if there is less qusutiy of Hof
ilan above dIreced the owner shall nav the CHARGES of m
packing and repaelng over aud above The o,her nens
i . h.,e
IL VIII De seer by sec. 3 that If the Inspector as
ceFtans that flour other grain than wheat lias been
"AAen WIN uie wheat flour, the owner is subject to
penalty OF ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the -four. Farmers and miIlers sI,oud therefore
neparticuariy carefulto separate I'VE corn OATS and
all other grain from wheat before grinding it.
| Inc f~iure to comply with that part of the law
which requires the barrels 10 DC male of seasoned
1 ties that are incurred. -
Where -four is packed in barrels that are not ye,i
seasoned, penalty FOR short weight is almost certain
to'be incurred if it is not Immediately Inspected: for
aough t'e iuii quantity of Hour may have been put
III them IL WILDE found in short time that the bar
res 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 would sustain the loss Oh It's beno reinsnect
ed IN the place to which he sends it. Theinteresi OF
the merchant, therefore, requires the strict enforce
ent oil tins pam OF the law. well as of those which
prescribe the manner III which barrels are to be hoop
ed and nailed, and their dimensions.
thrust that those concerned will be careful herraf
fer to comply with all the acquisitions of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause IA II
DO 30, 1t IS my inperious duty to enforce the penal
ties, whether incurred from fraud carelessness or it
horance, as the law leaves discretion on tn,
subject.
L would recommend to those who have flour 10 in
spect that has lam any time after being packed ant
weighed, to re-weigh it immediately before submit
tftiS ~ iOI HSItcttOi MS WOl0 them
cases from incurring penalty and me from the cs.
greeahe duty of enforcing it.
/ Merchants who purchase -four for ehippiur and
the captains who receive it. seldom paw sufficient at
tenton to the order in which the barrels ere in when
shipped.
u frequently happens wien flour comes 10 be shin
ped that has ianin store some time after briuo in
spected that the barrels from not bein pr,,erlv sea
soned when the flour put in them are found &c
have shrunk, and become SO infrm that in pettius
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and shipping them, they sustain injury which If no
rcedled will subject the merchant to expenses on he
ing reinspected. The hoops get knocked of-th
heads fall out and spill the flour, which is partly os
and what IS put back is mixed with dirt that mn
cause 1t 10 be refused being offered for reinspeC
tion besides being liable penalty for short weaht
10 prevent tins, merchants shipping -four should b.
careful to have all barrels requiring it recoopercd en-
TO seeing thatthe draynen, aborers, and sailors han
die the barrels carefuy and they Should also he mar
tlcuar IN having flour that has lain any time in stor
aiter being inspected weighed before shipping II
These precautions will them from inc,irrr bur
dcnsome and vexatious expenses when the -four come
TO be reinspected
| Captains who SIGN bills of lndinO for fnur ma holm,
shipped IN good order, when it is not in good order
which they frequently do should be held bound for al
damages that may be incurred by its not being foun
IN good order Mt the port of delivery ss much as if
damage had been incurred after they received it. I
is their duty TO refuse signing bills of ladino for ou
as being in good order when 1t is not and the respon
sibility should fail on them for so doing.
II is.impossible for the Inspector to prevent hou
BENG shipped in bad order, even fie had the powe
10 90 So which he has notO where the injury oc
ours alter IL has passed inspection. Ny duty an
determined strictly to execute; and it is tho duty .
Che Farmer, Merchant, Miller and all others concern
ed, to aid me in sustaining tie character of our ou
III every requisite; so that those nerestedly leu
ous OF the high character it holds and who seek 4
depreciate the price by burdening il with onerou
expenses, with the view Of enabling their -four bette
to compete with Il in their own markets, may seek i
vain for pTctexts to dose.
EDMUND WALLSI
Flour Inspector, Richmond.