Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-24
Flour Inspectors Notice.

he penalties of the aw regulating the Inspection Of
Flour, against persons Offering hour for inspections
who have failed TO comply with its requstious, and
IN Consequences also ct Understanding that the Flour
Inspector oil Now Yor. Ito which city large portion
o our Hour Is SENT, very strict IN imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense flour,
deem 1t proper to coll the attention of all concerned
TO the following provisions of the law OH the subject
nd 10 urge the Necessity of thor being strictly
fu"d with; also IN cndoayor to induce merchants Tn
pay particular attention To having flour shipped good
order, by remedyng defects which occur after 1t has
been inspected.
ec'on tor exponsion shall no merchanisb hnene
ana WITHOUT any mixture OF FOUR the or Of
other GRIM than wheat uudcT penalty of condemnation and
ten dollars for each barrel recoverable by OF Inpcc
tor on ten days notice cou record the -four be
Sec 4, requires all flour barrels or expectation bc well
made, Of seasoned materials with hoops nailed with four
nails IN each chine hoop, and three nails in ech ble HOOP
under penalty Of ~ cts The barrels to be - inches IN cny
the slaves, and the head II, inches taine,cr bars
% neie'n length and the diameter oi the head ia inches
SEC - requires the bls he branded with tic taIe aud nett
wer,id, under penalty ofI2 cts
Sec6 g, cquues eac barrel of flour contain 1876 pounds
aud each haff barrel 20 pounds under penalty fer
every pound deccnt ucrJ and of IL for eve'y pound
over 3.
Sec Z fcqircs the barrels to weihc aud the ,arc marked
t|eon II ANY person shall put ialse wons on
the disadvantage of the purchaser lac shall forfeit 8cS and
the Inspector, upon srpio tbs reques, Of the purchaser
shall nack te bauu and there less quantity of -four
than above directed tire shall paw tire charges of
packing and repackns, and ah1ve tire other penalties
II will be seen by 3, that if tho Inspector
cerans that flour OF other grain than wea, has been
mixed with the whent flour, the owner is subject 10
penalty OF ten dollars 6r each barrel besides forfeit
h tlie i0Ur. Farmers and millers should therefore
he particularly careful to separate iyo corn oats and
ali other grain from wheat before grinding il.
The failure to comply with that part OF the law
which requires the barrels 70 he made of Seasoned
materials Is the OF nearly al the other penal
ties that are incurred.
Where Hour is packed in barrels that are not wei:
Z. L.. Il.
10 % incurred II is not immediately inspected for
although the full quantity of -four may have been put
II: them, II will be found in snort time that the bar
relS from the evaporation OF tho sap, have lost several
pounds.
Aud shonld it he inspected immediately aH er pack
ing, while the weight holds ont the merchant who
bays 1t would sustain the loss, on its being rcnspect-
ed IN the place TO which he sends it. The interest OF
the merchant, therefore, requires The strict enforce
ment of this part of the law, well of those which
prescribe the in which barrels are 10 he hoop-
ed and nailed, and thei! dimensions.
trust that those concerned will be careful hcrcaf-
ter to comply with all the acquisitions Of the law
should env person, however, from any cause fail TO
40 so, 1t Is my nnperious duty to enforce tine pcna
lies, whether incurred from fraud, carclccss or g-
norancc as tine law leaves Inc no discretion on the
subject.
l would recommend 10 those who have flour 10 in
'pcct, that has lain any time after being packed and
weighed, 10 re- weigh IT immediately before submit
IiISpfcllon. MS would save them III many
aseS from mourning peualty, and from the disa-
srceabie duty OF entorcinCn
Merchants who purchase flour for shipping, ard
he captains who receive it, seldom pay sufficient at
"nIon 70 the order ~ which The barrels are in when
shipped.
II frequently happens, when aour comes to be shin
'ed that has lain in store time after being in
pected, that the barrels from not ben properly sea-
oncd when the flour put in them are found To |
ave shrunh, and become 50 rniTn, that in getting
mem out ri the Store transporting them the vessel
md shipping them, they sustain injury which If not
cmedied viii subject the merchant to expenses ne
no rcinSpected The hoops get knocked Cff-the |
leads fall out and spill the flour. which is partly lost
nj what is put hack is mixed with dirt, that may
ause il 10 be refused OH being offered for rcinspec
ION, besides being liable to penalty Tor Short weight
% prevent this, merchants Shipping -four should be
arcu to have all barrels requiring it recoopercd aud
seeing that the draymcn aborers and sailors han
lie the barrels carefully and they should also be uar
culhr IN having -four that has lain any time in store
itcr bong inspected, re weighed before shipping it,
nose precautions will them from incu ring bur
ensOme and veXatouS expenses Wleui he fo;lr comes
, he r.uspectcd.
Captains who sign bills l8ding for -four rs being
hjpcd IN good order. when il is not In GOOD order
which they frequently dog should be held bound for all
lama gCs that may be incurred BY It's not being found
good order Ut the port o.! delivery os much az if the
ainage had been incurred after they received it, 1t
their duty to refuse signing bills OF ladIBg for flour
y Deg III COON Ofdcr Wben II ~ not, ana the IcSpo
ibh!ig should fall on them for doing.
It ., impossible for the Inspector to p.cvent flour
eng shipped in bad order (even if he had the power
. DO 50, which he has no,) where the injury oc-
ms aiicr 1t has passed inspection. Sly duty am
ctcrmEcG strictly To- execute; and it is tho duty oil
Ic Farmer, Merchant, Miller, and all Others concern
&, 10 aid mo in sustaining the character of orr flour
ever requisite; that even those intcrcsedly lea
'os o. the high character it holds, and who seek to
eprcciac The price by burdenng it with onerous
'pcnse with tic view of enabling their -four better
3 cGni9c'e with il in their own markets, may seek in
all 10 p:ctc<ts TO dose
EDMUND WALLSJ
Flour INSPECTOR Richnond
IN CiIANCEItL- Al q court held for Lo-nsl county a.
tie courthouse, on Monday Nav the 18th, 1922 Henry
awreu1c executor Of Sarah Wood Decd pi1nte against
avid Niche and Sally his wife, Lucy Richards Molly Mul-
ne, james Micnie Jonathan MchIe John hcir, William
lcne, Rczelee Brown and Bclsey his wife Edmund Blown
nd heodusa his wife, Nancy Michie Polly Michie David
iicue, frances !. Mictc, Sarah Niche Enbcu / Niche
1an,a a Mir{,ia ut.- IA