254 Assembly Proceedings, October 2-November 30, 1771.

Liber R. G.
1771

& that no Flour shall be passed or branded by him without his re-
viewing & examining the same, & that he will not brand or cause to
be branded any Cask or Casks of Flour that does not appear to the
best of his Skill & Knowledge to be in all Respects sufficiently clean
sweet & merchantable & that he will pass & brand all such Cask or
Casks of Flower, as shall appear to him sufficiently clean sweet &
merchantable according to the Degree thereof to the best of his Skill

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and Knowledge & according to the Directions of this Act & that he
will not wittingly or willingly charge, ask, take, receive exact or
demand any other or larger Fees or Rates for doing his Duty in
his Office, as Inspector of Flower, than is mentioned & directed by
this Act.

[Inspector
not to pur-
chase con-
demned
Flour, &c.]

And be it further Enacted That the said Inspector of Flour is
hereby strictly charged & required not to purchase directly or in-
directly any Flour by him condemned as aforesaid, or any Flour
whatsoever other than for his own Family Use, under the Penalty
of forty Shillings Current Money, for each Barrel.

[Penalty in
Case of
Fraud.]

And be it further enacted That if any Person or Persons shall
after the Mark stamped on any Barrel of Flour by the said Inspector,
or shall mark or brand any Barrel of Flour which hath not been
inspected with any Mark or Brand similar to, or in imitation of the
Inspector's said Mark or Brand or after the said Inspector shall
have passed any Barrel of Flour, as merchantable, shall pack into
the Cask which contains the same, any other Flour or after any
Barrel of Flour shall be branded with a broad Arrow, shall unpack &
repack the same into other Casks or Packages for Exportation out
of this Province, such Person or Persons shall forfeit & pay the
Sum of forty Shillings Current Money for every Barrel.

[Penalty on
Inspector for
neglect of
Duty.]

And be it further enacted That the said Inspector of Flour shall
inspect all Flour as he shall be reasonably requested from Time to
Time under the Penalty of ten Shillings Current Money for every
Neglect or Refusal.

[Penalties to
be recovered
as in Case of
small Debts,
&c.]

And be it further enacted that all & every the Penalties & For-
feitures in & by this Act set & appointed shall be recovered before a
Single Magistrate as in Case of small Debts, in the Name of the
Commissioners of the said Town, & be by them laid out & expended
in mending the publick Wharfs & Streets in the said Town.

[Commis-
sioners em-
powered to
remove said
Officer, if
they shall
see Cause.]

And be it further enacted that the said Commissioners or the
Major Part of them shall be & are hereby empowered at any Time
to displace or remove the said Officer from his respective Office if
the said Commissioners or the Major Part of them shall see Cause &
shall & may nominate & appoint another fit Person to such Office,
during the Residue of the Year who shall have Power to execute the
same Office according to the Directions of this Act on his taking the
said Oath of Office.