Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-28
Iaour INSPECTORS Notice

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I'm consequence Of being frequently compelled, in
u tho discharge THE duties of my Office to enforce
the penalties OF the law regulating the Inspection OF
Flour, against persons offering -four for inspection
who have failed to comply with lis acquisitions, and
IN consequence also Of understanding that tho Flour
Inspector OF New York ito which city large portion
OF our Hour 10 sent is very strict in imposing every
possible penalty and oncrous expense on our -four,
deem II proper 10 call the attention Of all concerned
" the following provisions of the law on the subject
and to urge the necessity of their being strictly
plicd with also To ondeovor TO induce merchants to
pay particular attention to having flour shipped in good
order. by rcmcdying defects which occur after II has
becu inspected.
SEC 2, that all boi,ed wheat flour brought 10 am IN
section Tor eSpora,on shall be mcchantab hnencss
and without mixture of four the -four Of an,
other gran than wheat under penalty OF condemnation am
t' dollars for each barrel recoverable by of nspcc
days notice of record tire flour 10 b.
sold y the Inspector for the benefit IF the Commonwealth
Se requires all -four barrels for expectation to be wei
nais in each chime hoop, and three bise hoop
era penalty OF u cts The barrels 10 bc u inches in length
slaves and the head ia inches in diameter hall barrel
Is inches in length and the Diameter the head 2l inches
See ., requres the bls tn be branded with the and
weight uudcr penalty OF Il cts.
Sec &, requires each Of contain 1876 pounds
and each half barrel 70 pounds under penalty of
over g. '''e' D anu u - Cts ''' every pour"
SEC requires the barrels weighed and the orc ,rarkr
thereon If any person shall put false or wrong ,are on
the Disadvantages of the purchaser he forfeit cts; ant
he Inspector upon scon or at the Of the purchases
than above directed, the shall pay the charges of un
packing and rcpacking and above the other penalties
1t will be by 3, that if the Inspector as
cerans that flour of other grain than wheat has bcr
mixed with the wheat -four, the owner is subject 10
penalty of ten dollars for each barrel, besides forf il
ing the flour. Farmers and milleIs should therefore
be particularly careful to separate Iyc corn, oats,
oil other grain from wheat before grinding it.
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
tics that are incurred.
Where flour is packed in barrels that are not wei
seasoned, penalty for short weight is almost CERTAIN
10 incurred if it is not Immediately inspected 70
although the full quantity of flour may have been pu
- them, it will be found in short time that the bar
res rom the evaporation of the sap, have lost severe
pounds,
And should it be inspected immediately after pacl,
ing, While the weight holds out, the merchant VIII
Onyc It would sustain the loss on it's being reinspect
ed N the place to which he sends It. The interest q
the merchant, therefore, requires the strict enforce
Of this part of the law, we'll of those which
VtEcrbe the manner in which barrels are to be hoop
Cd and nailed, and their dimensions.
trust that those concerned will be careful hercaf
.c. to comply with all the acquisitions of the law
Should any person, however, from any cause fail 4
40 So 1t is my nperious duty to enforce the penal
ties, whether incurred from fraud careessness or r
norance, as the law leaves me no discretion on tn
su5lect.
would recommend TO those who have -four 10 in
spcct that has lain any time after being packed anl
weighed, 10 rewcigh it Immediately before submit
cases from mourning penalty, and me from the dsa
grecabc duty OF enforcing it.
Merchants who purchase flour for shipping, ana
Chc captains who receive Il, seldom pay sufficient at
tcnton to the order IN which the barrels in when
shipped.
1T frequently happens, when -four comes 70 ne shin
ped that has lain in store some time after being in
spected that the barrels from not being properly sea
soned when tho flour was put in them are found {,
have shrunk. and become nfrm, that in gettin,
them out of the store, transporting them The vcsse
and shipping them, they sustain INJURY, which if not
remedled viii subject the merchant to expenses be-
ing reinspected. The hoops ret knocked off:-the
heads fall out and spill the flour, which is partly lost
and what is pnt back is mixed with dirt, that NAV
cause il to be refused being offered for renspec-
ton, besides being liable penalty for short weight
10 proven, this. merchants shipping -four should be
careful to have all barrels requiring rccoopered and
10 seeing that the draymen, laborcrs and sailors ham
die the barrels carefully and they should also be par
Jcuar IN having flour that has lain any time in store
after being inspected, reweighed before shipping it.
These precautions will them from incurrng bur
densome and yexatious expenses wbenthc -four comes
10 be reinspected.
Captains Hh0 sign bills ofladng for -four as being
s.TDed IN good order, when it is not in good order,
(which they frequently do should be held bound for al
damages that may be incurred by It's not being found
in good order at the port of delivery much as if the
damage had been incurred after they received it. 1t
IS their duty to refuse signing bills of lading for -four
being in GOOD order when is not and the respon-
slbty should fall on them for doing.
Il 10 impossible for the Inspector 10 prevent -four
being shipped in bad order teven if he had the power
- do so, which he has not,) where the injury oc-
'.urs after it has passed inspection lily duty am
determined strictly execute and it is the duty Of
the Farmer, Merchant, Miller, and all others concern
Cd to aid mo in sustaining the character of our Hour
IN every requisites that those interesedly iea-
ous of the high character il holds, and who seek 10
dcpreciate the price by burdenmE it with oncrous
expenses, with the view of enabling their flour better
10 compete with il in their own markets, may seek in
vain for Yretexts 10 do SO.
EDMUND WALLSJ
EIour Inspector, Richmond.
Nay Isl, 1929
NOTICE