Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-07-24
FLOUR INSPECTORS NOTICE

FLOUR INSPECTORS NOTICE.
In consequence of being frequently com
PEELED, IN the discharge ofthe duties ofm,
Office, TO enforce the penalties of the law
regulating the Inspection Of Flour, agains
persons offering flour for inspection who
have failed to comply with its acquisitions
aud IN consequence also of understanding
that the Flour Inspector of New York
ito which city large portion of our flour is
sent Is very strict in imposing every pos.
sihle penalty and onerous expense on our
flour, L deem i: proper to call the attention
OF all concerned to the following provisions
oil the law on the subject, and to urge the
necessity of their being strictly complied
with; also to endeavor to induce mer-
chants to pay particular attention to hav.
ing flour shipped in good order, by RENE
dying defects which occur after it has been
inspected.
Sec. 3, requires that all bolted wheat
flour brought to any inspection, for expor-
tation, shall be merchantable, of due fine
ness. and without any mixture of coarser
hour, or the flour of any other grain than
wheat, under penalty Of condemnation,
and ten dollars for each barrel, recovera-
BILE by motion Of the Inspector, on ten days
notice in any court of record the flour to
be sold by the Inspector for the benefit of
the Commonwealth.
Sec. a, requires all flour barrels for ex-
portation to be well made, Of seasoned ma
terials, with ten hoops, nailed with four
nails in each chine hoop, and three nails
in each bilge hoop, under penalty of AZ
Cts. The barrels to be % inches in length,
In the staves,, and the head I7I-2 inches
In diameter; half barrels 23 inches i'm
length, and the diameter of the head
IL l-2 inches.
Sec. 5, requires the bbls. to be branded
with the tare and nett weight, under pen
atty Of 42 Cts
Sec. q, requires each barrel of flour to
contain 1876 pounds. and each half barrel
W pounds, under penalty cents for every
pound deficient under 3, and of IL cts for
every pound over 3.
Sec. 7, requires the barrels to be weigh
ed and the tare marked thereon. If any
person shall put false or wrong tare on,
to the disadvantage of the purchaser, he
shall forfeit S3 cts; and the Inspector, up.
on suspicion, or at the request Of the pur.
chaser, shall unpack the barrel. g. if there
is less quantity of flour than above directed
the owner shall pay the charges OF unpack.
ing and repacking, over and above the O.
ther penalties.
1t will be seen by sec. 3, that if the In.
spector ascertains that the flour of other
grain than wheat has been mixed with
wheat flour, the owner is subject to PEN
atty Of ten dollars for each barrel, besides
FORGETTING the -four. Farmers and millers
should therefore be particularly careful to
separate rye, corn, oats, and all other
gram from wheat before grinding it.
The failure to comply with that part oil
the law which requires the barrels to be
made of seasoned materials, is the cause
of nearly all the other penalties that are
; incurred.
i Where flour is packed in barrels that
are not well seasoned, penalty for short
: weight is almost certain to be incurred il
it is not Immediately inspected for al.
, though the full quantity Of -four may have
been put in them, it will be found i'm q
short time that the barrels, from the e.
! vaPoration of the sap, have lost severa
pounds.
And should it be inspected immediately
after packing, while the weight holds out
! the merchant who buys it would sustain
8 the loss, on its being reinspectcd in thu
place to which he sends it. The interes
oil the merchant, therefore, requires tht
strict enforcement Of this part of the law
as well as of those which prescribe tn,
Y manner in which barrels are to be hoope,
! and nailed, and their dimensions.
trust that those concerned will b.
. careful hereafter to comply with all tn
9 acquisitions Of the law. Should any per
It son, however, from any cause fail to do SO
p p 1t is my imperous duty to enforce the pen
s alties, whether incurred from fraud, care
= lesness, or ignorance, as the law leaves M
d no discretion on the subject.
l would recommend to those who hay
v flour to inspect, that has lain any time al
: ter being packed and weighed, to re-weiqI
II 1t Immediately before submitting il for in
: spection This would save them in man
Q cases from mourning penalty, and m
i from the disagreeable duty of enforcing il
/ Merchants who purchase -four for shin
ping, and the captains who receive il
a seldom pay sufficient attention to the or
) der in which the barrels are in when shin
IS ped.