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may be designed to be offered for sale, and carry the same to the
office of the inspector general.
S78. One of the said samples shall be delivered to the owner
or his agent, and the other shall be retained in the office of the
inspector general, in such place and condition to prevent it as
far as possible from improving or deteriorating in quality, until
after the sale or delivery of the grain.
379. If any controversy shall arise between any buyer and
seller in relation to the quality of any grain, or in relation to a
difference between any sample and the bulk of any grain sold in
said city, either party may apply to the inspector general, who
shall compare* the sample retained by him with the bulk, and
decide thereupon, whether they correspond, or whether the bulk
is as good or better than the sample, and whether the purchaser
or seller shall be released from the contract, and his decision
shall be final.
380. If either buyer or seller shall refuse to comply with the
terms of sale after such decision shall be made against him, the
party aggrieved may recover in a suit at law double the damages
he may prove he has sustained by the said refusal; or in the
event of a purchaser refusing or neglecting to comply with the
terms of sale after a decision of the inspector general, the owner
or his agent may either retain the grain and sue for damages, or
may re-sell the same and then sue for the difference-in price be-
tween the first and last sale, and for the delay and detention, and
recover in either case double the amount of damage that shall
be proven to have been sustained.
881. The inspectors shall also carefully weigh and determine
the weight of all grain inspected by them, and for that purpose
Bhall procure at reasonable and proper cost suitable weights and
scales for that purpose.
382. No inspector shall weigh or inspect any grain after it has
been once sold and delivered on its arrival in 'said city, nor shall
he during his continuance in office buy or sell, either directly or
indirectly, or receive any grain by way of barter, loan or ex-
change, or in any way intermeddle with or busy himself in pro-
curing to be sold or consigned to any merchant, or in loading
any ship or vessel with grain, except the proper grain that may
haVe been gr.own by the said inspector, under the penalty of two
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