Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-10
Flour Inspectors Notice.

the discharge of the duties of INV Office. to enforce
me penalties Ut the law regulating the Inspection of
four, against persons Offering flour for inspection
who have failed to comply with its reauisitions, and
IN consequence also of understanding that the Flour
Inspector of Now York ito which CITY Iaroe porton
Oh our Hour ~ sent Is very strict in imposing every
Possioie Penaity ana onerous expense on flour,
deen proper TO call the attention &c all concerned
10 the following provisions of the law ON the subect
and TO urge the necessity of their being strictly com
plied with; also TO endeayor induce merchants Il,
pay attention to having -four shipped IN GOOD
order by remedyng defects which occur after il has
! been inspected.
Sc 3 requires that all bolied ,vhes. our brsog to any in
seetion m expectation, shall merchandise OF due fne1
ard without mixture OF four or Tie -four OF ann
Other grain than wheat under psnaIy OF condemnation and
i" on ten days notice any record the -four 10 be
sold by the Inspector FOR the het Comu,onM cath
Hane OF seasoned materials, with hoous nailed with four
NAILS III each chine hoop and three nails in bise hoop
under penalty OF G The barrels to be 27 pches length
m e staVes and te head l7l inches diameter half barrels
- inches in length and the diameter ofie head l.. inches
@ . requires Tie bes To be branded with the and
"stsht under Peaal,y OF ~ eis.-
SEC Iee.es each baIIel OF four ~ contain 1876 pounds
toser D''e' " anu OF IL cts. Tor every Pornd
Sec 7, requires barrels 10 be nd the ,,s
hefon Ii any person shall put false wrong on 10
the disadvantage OF the purchaser ne shah forfeit SO cts and
the Inspector, upon rscion or at the request of the
shall unpack The barrel and there is less quantity OF ao,
man above directed the shall pay the charges of un
packing and rePackns over and above the other penalties
It Will be seen by ), that if the Inspector as.
certans that -four OF other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat -four, the owner is subject to
penalty OF ten dollars fer each barrel besiss forfeit
ing the -four Farmers and Inillcrs should therefore
be particularly careful to separate I'VE, com oats aid
4 all other grain from wheat before grinding H. Is
, The failure to comply with that part of the Law.
winch requires the barrels TO be made of seasoned
materials, is the cause of nearly all the other ra,,,
ties that are incurred.
Where flour is packed in barrels that are not wei.
seasoned penalty tor short weight is almost certain
TO be incurred if it is not immediately inspected for
although the full quantity Of flour may have been put
III them will be found i'll short time that the bar
Ees from the evaporation OF the sap have lost several
pounds.
And should II be inspected Immediately after mack
ing, while the weight holds out, the merchant who
buys It would sustain the loss, on lis being renspect-
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 manner IN which barrels are to be hoop
ed and nailed, and their dimensions.
trust that those concerned Will De careful her,,af
ter to comply with all the acquisitions OF the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail to
do so, 1t is my nperious duty enforce the ncnal-
ues whether incurred from fraud, carelessness or g-
norance, as the law leaves me discretion OH the
subject.
would recommend to those who have -four 10 in.
spect. that has lain any time after beh packed and
weighed, to re-weigh il Immediately before submit
ting for inspection This would them in many
eases from incurTinga penalty, and me from the disa-
sreeable duty of enforcing il;
Merchants who purchase -four for Shipping, and
tIa captains who receive II, seldom pay sufficient at
tention to the order IN which tie barrels sre in when
shipped.
II frequently happens whom flour comes 70 be shin.
ped that has lain in store some time after Lott- i'm,
spected that the barrels from not being properly sea-
soned when the flour was put in them are found ia
have shrunk and become so iniirn that in rettiny
them out OF the store, transporting them to the vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury which if not
rcmeded will subject the merchant to expenses on
ing reinspected. The hoops get knocked oG;-th,
heads fall out and spill the -four which is partly lost
and what Is put hack is mixed with dirt that NAV
cause IT to be refused being offered for reinspec
ton, besides being liable to penalty for short weight
To prevent this, merchants shipping -four sould he
careful to have all barrels requiring it rccooDered and
to seeing that tho dra, men, Iaborers and sailors ham
die the barrels carefully and they should also be
tcuar IN having flour that has lain any time in store
after being inspected, re-weighed before shppnr 10
These precautions will save them from ipcurTnt, bur-
densome and vexaous expenses when the flour comes
to be renspectcd.
Captains who sign bills Of lading for -four as beinp
shipped IN good order when 1t is not in good order
(which they frequently do) should be held bound for All
damages that may be incurred by its not being found
III good order at the port of delivery as much as If the
damage had been incurred after they received it. II
Is ther duty to refuse signing bills of lading for -four
rs being IN good order when is not and the respon-
sbiiity should fall on them for so doing
IL impossible for the Inspector to prevent Aour
being shipped in bad order, (eyen if he had the power
to do so, which he has notO where the n,nfy oc-
ours after II has passed inspection. My duty am
determined strictly TO executes aud it is the duty OF
The Farmer Merchant Miller, and all others concern.
ed, to aid me in sustaining the character Of our -four
in every requisites so that even those nieresedly lea
ous OF the high character it holds and who seek to
ldcprecate the price by burdening it with onerous
expenses, with the view Of enabling their flour better
to compete with it in their own markets may seek in
vain for pretexts TO dose.
EDMUND WALLSd
! Flour Inspector, Richmond