448 Assembly Proceedings, May 24-June 22, 1768.

Liber H. S.

No. 1

unmerchantable according to the true intent and meaning of this Act
but shall cause the same to be marked on the Bilge with a Broad
Arrow or secure it for a further Examination if required which
Examination the Owner shall procure to be made within the
Space of forty eight Hours and the said Inspector shall and may
demand and receive from the Owner or Owners thereof the same
Rates and Prices as if the same had been branded.

[Persons
aggrieved
may have
Flour re-
viewed by
3 indifferent
Persons
being
Judges, &c]

And be it further Enacted That when any Person or Persons shall
think him her or themselves aggrieved through the Judgment or want
of Skill of the said Inspector in rejecting the said Flour as unmer-
chantable it shall and may be lawful for him her or them to apply to a
Justice of the Peace who shall at the Charge of the Complainant
issue his Warrant directed to three indifferent Persons well skilled
in the said Manufacture of Flour to review and examine the same
which said three Persons so as aforesaid appointed shall take the
same Oath or Affirmation if a Quaker as by this Act is hereinafter
directed to be taken by the said Inspector of Flour and shall care-
fully view and examine the same and if they or any two of them
shall pass and declare the same to be merchantable then and in such
Case the said Officer shall raze out the Broad Arrow and put such
brand on the said Flour as they or any two of them shall adjudge
and determine and repay to the said Complainant the said Cost but if
on such Review the Judgment of the said Officer is confirmed then
and in such Case the said Owner of such Flour shall pay the Cost of
such Review

[Reviewers
Fee 2 d. each
per Barrel.]

And be it further Enacted That the said three Persons and each
of them for their Trouble shall and may demand and receive the sum
of two pence Current Money for each Barrel by them reviewed

[Flour
marked with
the Broad
Arrow, not
to be ex-

ported; nor

any out of
Patapsco
River not
branded, on
Penalty of
50 s. per
Barrel.]

And be it further Enacted That it shall not be lawful for any
Person or Persons whatsoever to export ship or lade on board of
any Ship or Vessel for Exportation out of this Province any of the
Casks or Barrels of the said Flour so marked with a Broad Arrow
as aforesaid or to export ship or lade on Board of any Ship or
Vessel for Exportation any of the Casks or Barrels of the said
Flour not examined and branded as aforesaid from out of Patapsco
River on Pain of Forfeiture of fifty shillings Current Money for
each and every Barrel so exported or laden on Board of any Ship
or other Vessel for Exportation

p. 605
[Inspector's
Oath.]

And be it further Enacted that the said Inspector of Flour shall
on his Appointment and before his Executing the said Office make
Oath or Affirmation if a Quaker before a Justice of the Peace That
without Fear, Favour, Affection, Malice Partiality or Respect of
Persons he will diligently and carefully view examine and inspect
all Flour brought to the said Town of Baltimore and which he shall
be called upon to view examine and inspect to the best of his Skill
and Knowledge and that no Flour shall be passed or branded by