Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-13
Flour Inspectors Notice.

II consequence OF being frequently compelled. in
the discharge OF the duties OF my office, enforce
the penalties OF the law regulating the Inspection of
Flour, against persons Offering flour for inspection
who have Jailed TO comply with It's requistons and
IN consequence also of understanding that the Flour
inspector OF New York ito which city large portion
OF our Hour Is sent is very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense on our flour,
deem proper to call the attention of all concerned
to the following provisions of the law on the subject
and to urge the necessity of their being strictly COM
Piled with; also tn endeavor To induce merchants to
pay particular attention 10 having flour shipped IN good
order, by remedying defects which occur after 1t has
been Inspected.
8 requires tina, all boiled wheat -four brought any
spectou expoItato, shall be mercauabc due nencss.
aud without any mixture OF -FOUR the -four or
other grain than wheat under penalty of condemnation and
ten dollars Tor each BARREL recoverable by motion of the nspec
tor ten days notice of record; the -four he
sold by the Inspector for the benefit of the Commonwealth
Sec j. requires all flour barrels for expectation to we'll
made OF seasoned materials, with hoops nailed with -four
nails in each chine hoop and three nails each bse hoop
under penalty oil ~ cts The barrels be - inches in length
IN the slaves and the head ia inches diameter half barrels
. inches in length, and the diameter the head nchc
See ., requires the bb DE branded with the aud
weight, uader penalty OF ~
Sec 6, requires each barrel of -four 1876 pounds
and each half barrel 80 pounds under penalty of
overs
Sec = requires the barrels to be and the ta marked
thereon IL any person shall PIT false wrong
the disadvantage of the purchaser I've shall forfeit 8jos; aud
the Inspector upon scion or at the request of the purchaser
shall unpack the barrel and # there less quantity OF -four
than above directed, the shall pay the OF
1t will be by ), that if the Inspector as
certains that flour OF other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat -four the is subject a
penalty of ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the flour: Farmers and millrrs should therefore
be particularly careful TO separate lye oats and
all other grain from wheat before grinding ii.
The failure to comply with that part of the law
which requires the barrels to be made of seasoned
materials is the cause of nearly all the other penal
ties that incurred.
Where flour is packed i'm barrels that are not wei,
seasoned, penalty for short weight is almost certain
to he incurred if it is not immediately Inspected for
although the full quantity of flour may have been put
~ them Will be found I'M short time that the bar
rels 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 IT would sustain the loss, on IT'S being einspect
ed in the place TO which he sends it. The interest of
the merchant, therefore, requires the strict enforce
men 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 be careful herea.
ter 10 comply with all the acquisitions Of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail to
do so, 1t Is my imperiuIs duty enforce The penal
lies, whether incurred from fraud, caralessncsS TO-
noronce, the law leaves nc no discretion on the
subject.
would recommend to those who have flour to in
spect, that has lain any time after being packed and
weighed, to weigh IL immediately before submit
ting forinspcction. This would save them in many
cases from mourning penalty, and me from The dsa-
grccable duty of enforcing it,
Merchants who purchase flour for shipping, and
the captains who receive it. seldom pay sufficient at
tenon to the order i'll which the barrels are in when
shipped.
Itfrequenuy happens, when -four comes to be ship
ped that has lain III store time after being IN
spected that the barrels from not being properly sea
soned when the flour put in them are found Ia
have shrunk, and become infrm, that in getting
them out of the STORE transporting them to the vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury, which if not
remedied will subject the merchant To EXPENSES ON he
ing reinspected. The hoops get knocked off-the
heads fall out and spill the flour which is partly lost
and what is put back is mixed with dirt, that NAV
cause 1t to be refused being offered for reinsnec
tIon besides being liable penalty for short veiglt
10 prevent this, merchants shipping flour should be
careful TO have all barrels requiring 1t recouIercd aud
to seeing that the draymcn laborers and sailors han
die the barrels carefully; and they should also be par
tcular having flour that has lam any time i'm Store
for hpnG inspected. weighed before shippinr il
These precautions VIII save fron, no,,,rin 6rr
densome and yeXatious expenses when he flour comes
to be reinspectcd
Captains who sign bills of ladipg for -four as being
shipped IN good order, when it is not IN good order
(Which they frequently do should be held bound or al
damages that may be incurred by Its not being found
IN good order at the port of delivery much as II the
damage had been incurred after they received it. It
Is their duty To refuse signing bills Of ading for flour
as being in good order when it not and the respon-
sibility should fall on them for doing
II Is impossible for the Inspector to prevent -four
being shipped in bad order (even il he had the power
TO do so, which he has not0 where the injury oc-
ours after IT has passed inspection. My duty am
determined strictly to execute; and it the duty OF
the Farmer Merchant, Miller and all Others concern
ed TO aid me in sustaining the character Of our -four
IN every requisite; that those interestedy lea
lous OF the high character it holds, and who seek TO
dePreciate the price by bgSdening it with onerous
expenses, with the view Of enabling their -four better
to compete with IT IN their markets, may seek IN
vain for pretexts to do so.
EDMUND WALLSJ
FiOuT inspector, RjctBond