Acts. 263

or either of them had been by the said Commissioners regularly
nominated & appointed.

Liber R. G.
1771

And be it further enacted That all bolted Wheat Flour & every
Cask thereof brought to the said Town or Fells Point for Exporta-
tion, from and after the first Day of December next shall by the
Bolters thereof be made merchantable, & of due Fineness without any
Mixture of coarser or other Flour & well packed in good strong
well seasoned Casks with the Tare thereof marked thereon.

[Wheat,
Flour,
brought for
Exportation,
to be made
merchant-
able, &c.]

p. 128

And be it further enacted That if any Bolter shall put a false or
wrong Tare on any Cask of Flour more than one Pound Weight to
the Disadvantage of the Purchaser, such Bolter shall forfeit & pay
for every such Cask wrongfully or falsely tared as aforesaid the
Sum of ten Shillings Current Money, and the Inspector upon his
Suspicion or upon the Request of the Buyer shall uncase or unpack
any such Cask of Flour in Order to try the Tare thereof & if the
said Cask or Casks be found to be tared more than one Pound less
than the true Weight the Bolter thereof shall pay the Charge & Ex-
pence of unpacking or uncasing & repacking or recasing over &
above the Sum of ten Shillings current Money for each Cask as
aforesaid but if the Weight of the same is not more than one Pound
less than the tare thereon marked then the Inspector or Purchaser
at whose Request such Trial be made shall pay the Costs of unpack-
ing or uncasing & repacking or recasing.

And Whereas many Persons carry their Wheat to the Mills to be
ground & manufactured into Flour & packed in Barrels for Sale;

[Bolters put-
ting a wrong
Tare on any
Cask of
Flour, to for-
feit 10 s.]

Be it further enacted that every Occupier of a Mill who shall grind
& manufacture Wheat into Flour & pack the same in Barrels for any
Person or Persons carrying Wheat to such Mill shall make out sub-
scribe & deliver to the Person authorized & empowered to take &
carry away the said Flour manufactured & packed in Barrels as
aforesaid, a Manifest of the Gross, Tare and Nett Weights of such
Flour, & if any Occupier of a Mill shall neglect to make out subscribe
& deliver to such Person authorized & empowered as aforesaid the
Manifest hereby directed shall forfeit & pay five Shillings Current
Money for every Barrel of Flour which he shall neglect to give such
Manifest for.

[Occupiers
of Mills to
make out the
Weights of
Flour pack'd
by them on
Penalty of
5 s. Cur-
rency.]

Be it further enacted that if any Person or Persons shall after the
first Day of January next ensuing sell or offer for Sale at Baltimore
Town or at Fells Point any Flour the Weight whereof upon weigh-
ing the same shall be found under or less than the Weights at which
the Flour shall be offered for Sale or less than the Weights contained
in the Manifest offered & produced by the Seller or Deliverer as
the true Weights of the same Flour he or they shall forfeit & pay
for every Pound Weight of Flour so found under or less than the
Weights alledged or contained in the Manifest four Pence Current

[Persons of-
fering Flour
for Sale less
than the
Weight spec-
ified, to for-
feit 4 d. Cur-
rency per lb
if less than
5 lb &c.]