Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-08
Flour Inspectors Notice

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the discharge ofthe duties of nv Office To enforce
the penalties Ut the law regulating the Inspection OF
fiour, against persons Offering flour for inspection
VINO nave failed to comply with It's acquisitions and
IN consequence also of understanding that the Flour
Inspector of New York Ito which city larrc portion
OF our flour Is sent, is very strict il Imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense OH our flour
deem proper TO call the attention of oh concerned
to the following Provisions OF the law on the subject
ana TO urge the necessity OF their being strictly com
Phcd with; also to endcavor TO induce mcrchants To
particular attention to having flour Skinned i'm rood
order, by renedyng defects which occur after Il has
been inspected. ~
Se 3 requires tina, all holte whra, -four brought 10 eny in
sVVuo "r cNFoa,on, shall Uc mcchanabc due fneness
and without mixture of four or tie -four Of my
o'ne. g,an than wheat under penalty OF oondemao and
en uos Tor each barrel recoverable the Instc.
oI ON ten days notice in any of vcori the flour 90 t
tou ny the Inspector for the bcet tho Commonwealth
NC !, P'lrs all -four barrels for eNIr,rtaon 90 w. ucil
ad OF seaonc maeria!s, ten hoops nailed with mr.
Under penalty of ~ % "r b, Ir mans IN each bsG hoop
m the slaves and the head ia inches in dia,c fiaT,,
- inches IN length aud the diameter of the ~ inches
D requires The bbs to lie branded with the and net,
weight, under peralty Of -
Sc g. requires each barrel of -four contain I96 rounds
eac nan sarre ~ pounds, under penalty Of for
eaey pound deficient under j. and Of II for every pound
Sec y requires the aris he weighed and the re marx
@ Si" IL any person snail put fle wrong ,arc
the Inspector upon suspicion, the request
shall unPaek the barrel. and if there is quantity OF AIr
nan above directed the shall pay the charges of un.
packing and epackng, aud above other penalties
1t Will be seen by sec. ), that if tie Inspector as.
cerans tnat hour OF other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat flour the owner is subject TO
penalty of ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the flour. Farmers and millcrs should therefore
DC particularly careful TO separate rye, corn, OATS and
all other grain from wheat before grinding it.
The failure to comply with that part of tho law
which requires the barrels to be made of seasoned
materials, Is the OF nearly al the other penal
ties that are incurred.
Where flour is packed in barrels that are not we
seasoned, penalty for short wei gt is almost certain
to be incurred if 1t is not Immediately inspected for
although the full quantity of -four may have been nut
III them, 1t will be found i'll short time that tho 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 would sustain the loss being reinspect-
ed IN tue place to which he sends it. The interest of
tie merchant, Therefore, requires the strict enforce
ment o Tins part OF the law, well of those which
prescribe the manner in which barrels TO be hoop
ed and mailed, and their Dimensions.
trust that those concerned will be careful LcrrnE
ter TO comply with all the acquisitions OF the law
should any person, however, from any cause fail 10
do so, 1t II ny irnperious duty to enforce the pcnol
ues whether incurred from fraud, carelcssness or TO-
norance, as the law leaves no discretion OH tho
subject.
l would recommend to those who have flour to In
spcct, that has lain any time after being packed and
weighed, to rc-weigh 1t Immediately before submit
ting IL tor Inspection This would save them in mrty
cases from mourning penalty, and ne from the disa-
greeable duty of enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase flour for elippinr and
Tie captains who receive it, seldom pay sufficient at
ention to the order in which tho barrels arc in when
shipped
IT frequently happens when -four comes 10 pe ship
pea That has lain IN store some time AFTER being in
spected that the barrels from not being propcry sea-
Soned when the -four wns put in them ire found TO
have shrunk, and become so infirm that in pettinu
them out OF the store transporting them to The vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury which If not
rcineded will subject the merchant 10 expenses on he
ing relnspected. The hoops get knocked ofF-the
heads fall out and spill the -four which is partly lost
and what IS put back 10 mixed with dirt, that NAV
cause 1t TO be refused being offered for reinspec-
ton, besides being liable penalty for short wepbt
To prevent this merchants Shipping -four SHOULD be
careful to have all barrels requiring Il recoopcred and
to seeing that the draymcn, abOreTsand snors han
die the barrels carefully; and they should also be mar
cular in having flour that has lain any time in store
after being inspected Yc-wenhed before SHINING IL
These precautions will save them from incufrnp bur.
deIsome and vcxatious expenses whcnthe -four comes
10 be rcinspccted
Captains who sign bills Of iadngf for flour ns lripp
shipped in good ORDER when il is NOT in rood order
(which they frequently do) should be held bound for ali
damages that may be incurred by it's not being found
IN good order Mt the port Of delivery as much ne IL tho
damage had been incurred after they received H. II
is their duty TO refuse signing bills Of ading for flour
as being IN good order when Il is not and IT, rcspon
ability should flll on them for so doing
It's impossible for tue Inspector 70 prevent nour
oeing shpprd IN bad ORDER evcn il hc bad the power
To do so, which no has nOt,) whcro the injury oc-
ours alter u has passed inspection. Ny duty om
determined strictly to execute; and il Is tho duty Of
the Farmer Merchant, Miller and all Others concern
"a 70 AID me ~ sustaining the character OF orr -four
IN every requisite; that those iutcrcstcdy ca
ious OF the high character IL holds, and who seek TO
deprecatc tho price by burdening It with onerous
expenses, with the view Of enabling their -four better
to compete with IL in their markets. may seek in
win 10y P''t'H'a % 'oSo' rnNrTtr5D WALLS,