Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-08
Flour Inspectors Notice.

the discharge of the duties of my Office TO enforce
ine penalties OF the law regulating the Inspection
fiour' against persons offering -four for inspection
VINO have failed TO comply with its requisitions and
IN consequence also Of understanding that the Flour
Inspector OF New York Ito which city large portion
oil our flour IS SENT, is very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and onerous expense on our flour
deem 1t proper 10 call the attention of all
to the following provisions of the law ON the sbiec
and TO urge the necessity of their being strictly
pied with; also TO endeavor To induce merchants To
pay particular attention to having flour shpped in GOOD
ORDER by renedyng defects which occur after II has
been inspected.
SEC 3 requires ha; al hol,ed wheat -four bouh, to anv in
ecton Tor expectation, shall be understandable oil due hnene.
and without mixture OF flour or the nour of
other gran than VII at; under psnaliy condemnation
ten dollars for each bare by motion OF the nspec
TOR on ten days noce IN any of -four to be
SOD oy the inspector Tor the tsnet o the Commonwealth
Sc requires all -four barrels for expectation To be we'll
maze vi seasoned materials, with hoops nailed with fur
nails in each hoop aud three nails 70 each bs -
vndera penalty az cts The barrels to be y H
N tie sages, and the head l7 inches i'll diameter
Il cies 10 iens ad the diameter of the head l2A inches
Sc y Eeqnra the b6is to be branded AHA aud ne
weight unde: Pena!iy of ~ CTS
Sc. b, requires each barrel Of -four 10 contain Iee rI
ann each hall barrel 98 pounds penalty of CENT, tor
es pouHd deficient under 3, and OF Il Cts for every pound
Scr Z requires the barrels weighed and the ,are
heienn 1t any person shall PIT iae wrong ta.e on 10
e disadvantage OF the purchaser, he shall forfeit 83ct and
TIE Inspector upon suspicion the request the purchaser
a unPack the barrel and there less quantity of -four
han ahoVe directed the owner shall pay the charges u-
packing and rePacins and above other penalties
II VIII be seen oy Sec B that if the Inspector as
certains that flour other grain than wheat has been
mixed with the wheat Hour, the owner is subject TO
penalty of ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the flour. Farmers and millers should therefore
be particularly carCic to separate ye corn oats and
all other grain from wheat before grinding it,
The failure to comply with that part of tho law
Which reqnires the barrels to be made OF seasoned
materials, Is the cause Of Aeurly oil the other penal
ties that incurred.
Where flour is packed in barrels that are not well
seasoned, penalty for short weight is almost certain
to be incurred If it is not immediately inspected for
although the iu.i quantity Of -four NAV have been mt
IT, them It will be found in short time that the bar
Te5 from the evaporation Of the sap have lost several
pounds.
And should it be inspected Immediately aee, p,c,,
ing, while the weight holds out, the merchant who
buys 1t would sustain the loss on lis being reinspect
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 We'll as those which
prescribe the manner in which barrels are 10 be loon
ed and nailed, and their dimensions
trust tnat those concerned will De careful hereaf
ter TO comply with al, tie requs;tions of the law
Should any person. however, from any cause tail Ia
do so, It is my inperoUs duty to enforce the penal
ties, whether incurred from fraud careessness or TO-
norance, IFS the law leaves nc no discretion on the
subject
would recommend 20 those who have flour 10 in.
spect that has lain any time after being packed and
weighed to reweigh it immediately before submit.
ting 1t for inspection. This would save them in many
cases from mourning penalty and me from the dsa
gree0b!e duty of enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase -four for shipping and
the captains who receive it, seldom pay sufficient al,
tenton TO the orGcr III which the barrels ire in hrn
shipped.
il frequently happens, when flour comes to be slip
ped that h1s lain in store time after bcinr in
Spectcd that the barrels from not being nroparlv sea
soned when the -four was put in them are found to
have shrunk ind become so iuirIn that in &c tiurr
them out ofthe store, transporting them to the vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury, which il not
remedied will ubject the merchant to expenses ON n
! ing relnsnected. The hoops get knocked otf-tte
heads tll! out and spill the flour. which is partly lost
/ and what IS put back is mixed with dirt that NAV
cause It 10 be refused being offered 70, rejnspec
ton, besides being liable TO penalty for short weight
10 prevent this, merchants shipping -four should be
careful 20 have all barrels requiring it recoopered and
20 seeing that tie draymen aborers and sailors ham
die the barrels carefully and they should also be par
iicuar IN having -four that has lain any time in store
after being inspected, re-weghcd before shipping it.
These precautions will save them from ncuring bur
densome and veXaous expenses when the flour Gomez,
To he rcnspectcd.
Captains who sign bills Of ading for -four as being
shipped IN good order, when it is not in GOOD order
(Which they frequently dol should be held bound for nj
damages that may be incurred by it's not BEING found
IN good order at the port of delivery as much as if the
damage had been incurred after they received IT, II
is their duty to refuse signing bills Of ladng for flour
as being in good order when II is not and the resno1
sibIity should fall on them for so doing
II Il impossible for the Inspector 70 prevent -four
being shipped in bad order (cycn if Inc had the poweT
to do so, which he has not,) where the injury oc-
ours after It has passed inspection. Ny duty am
determined strictly to execute: and il is the duty ol
the Farmer, Merchant, Miller and all othc,s concern
cd to aid me IN sustaining the character Of our flour
IN every requisites that even those intcrestedy lea
Ions OF the high character it holds and who seek TO
depreciate the price by burdening it with oncrous
expenses, with the view Of enabling their oU better
to compete with it in their own markets, rnay~Seek IN
vain for pretexts 10 doso
EDMUND WALLIS
FioVr Inspector, Richmond.
TO PRINTERS.