Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-11
Flour Inspectors Notice.

the penalties OF the law regulating the Inspecton OF
fiour against persons Offering flour for iinspecton
VINO nave TAXED to comply with its requsi,ions, 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 onerons expense on our flour
Deem IT pepper TO call the attention Of all
% tue iolowin9 Fr''>isinns of the law on the subject
ana 10 urge TIE necessity OF reir being strictly COM
phed with; also to endeavor to induce 10
pay particular attention to having -four Skinned in cood
order by remedying defects which occur after Il has
been inspected.
speciion Tor expectation shall be nescanablc 6nene
and without any mixture Of four or the four M
oef gram than wheat under penalty Of condemnation ana
ten dollars for each BARREL recoverable 10y motion of the @
o! on ten days notice any record the Gor 10 he
500 by Inc inpecioT for the benefit OF the Commonwealth
Sec d requires all flour barrels for expora;ion 10 be- s
MARIE OF seasoned materials with te hoops nailed with G,
ss VI eaen enne hoop and three nails zach 5fse hoop
"a the slaves and the head ia hes in dinneter ifba,
IS inches IN length and the diameter the head i1t inches
see D. requires the bbl branded with the t,re and ne
weight, under penalty Of - cts 49, U
Sc reqgifes each barrel of our ocon,ain 1876 pounds
ana each half banel SO pounds under penalty OF cents G
over 8. - - Go ''' every Pouh"
Sec 4 requires ts barrels 10 be am, ,,r ave
thereon If any shall PIT false or wrong tae on 10
e asadVanaseoi the purchaser he shall forfeit SO cs and
the Inspector upon suspicion or al tie eoue of the nrcba
shall unpack the barrel and if he is less oanv o9 do
than above directed the shall pay the charges of IN
packing and reracn ard above tine other penalties
y, II s.
certanS that Hour of other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat -four, the owEcr is subject 10
penalty OF ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the -four Farmers and miilers should therefore
De particularly careful 10 separate Iye corn oats and
all other grain from wheat before grinding il,
The failure TO comply with that part of IKE law,
winch requires the barrels to be made of seasoned
materials is the cause OF nearly all the other penal
ties that are incurred.
Where -four il packed in barrels tia: are not wei,
Sc lty f1r
to be incurred If 1t not immediately Inspected: for
although the fu! quantity OF -four may have been pu,
liz them it will be found in short time that the bar
re!s, from the evaporation of the sap have lo several
! pounds ~ -
And should il be inspected Immediately after mex
ing, while the weight holds out the merchant who
buys would sustain the loss, its being reinspect
ed in the place to which he sends it. The interest o.
the merchant, therefore, requires the stict enforce
nent ofthis part of the law as we'll as of those 0ic
prescribe the manner in which barrels are to be hooa
! ed and nailed, and their Dimensions.
trust that those concerned will Ue careful hereaf
ter 70 comply with all the acquisitions of the law
Should any person, however, fro any cause fail tC
10 so, 1t Is my inperious duty enforce the penal
ties whether incurred from fraud carelessness or in
norance, as the law leaves me no discretion on III
subject
/ would recommend to those who have -four 10 in
speet that has lain any time after being packed am
Weighed to weigh Il immediately before submit
ting for inspection. This would save them in man,
cases from mourning penalty and me from the dis
greeable duty of enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase -four fo- shipping, ant
the captains who receive il, seldom pay suffcient NJ
tcmion to the order in which the barrels are in WI
shipped.
It frequently happens, when -four comes TO be shin
lped that has lain Ill store time after beirr in
sPected that the barrels from being properly sea
soned when the flour was put in them are found II
have shrnnk, and become so intrm, that in rettipc
them out ofthe store, transporting them to the vcse
and shipping them, they sustain injury which IL no
Temedled Will subject the merchant oeXpcIses on be
ing remsnected. The hoops get Knocked ofT--th
beads tail out and spill the flour which is rnrtIv Is
and what is put bsck is mixed with dirt, that ma
cause It to be refused being offered for reins,ec
ton, besides being liable penalty ior short weigh,
10 prevent this merchants shipping flour should D.
eareui 10 nave al barrels requiring recoopeTed an
10 seeing That tho draymen, labOres. and sailors han
Ole The barrels carefully; md they should also bc par
ficuar in having flour that has lain anv time in stor
after being inspected. reweighed before shipuinr II
These precautions vill save them from incnripy bur
densome and VeXGtIous expenses wien the -four come
TO be reinspected
Captains who sign bills oflading for flour ms bejp,
shpped IN good order, when it is not in rood order
(which they frequently dol should be held bounJfr al
damages that may be incurred by its not being found
III good order at the port of delivery Us much as if TN
Damage had been incurred nfer they receivedit
is their duty TO refuse signing bills Of ludnr for lou
as being IN good order when It not and tile respon
sibllity should fall on them for so doing.
II 10 impossible for the Inspector to nrcvort 1ou
Deng shipped in bad ORDER (even if he had the powe
TO do so, which hc has not,) where tto in,pIr oc
ours after it has passed inspection. NY duty an
determined strictly to execute; and il is tho duty
the Farmer, Merchant, Miller and all others concern
cd to aid Inc in sustaining the character of our on
every requisite; 50 that even those inerostedy lea
ous OF the high character it holds and who seek /,
dePreeiate the price by burderinr it with operon
expenses, with the view Of enabling their flour bette
TO couPete with il in their own markets NAV seek !,
vain for preteXts 10 DO so.
EDMUND WAII,SJ
Flour E1Spsctoy, Richmond