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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
be, shall pay the charges of unpacking and repacking,
over and above the penalties
aforesaid, but otherwise the said charges shall be paid
by the inspector, or by
the purchaser if the trial be made at his request. |
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9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every
baker of bread for exportation shall deliver
with the said bread an invoice of the contents thereof, with his brand-mark
thereon, together with his name signed thereto, under the penalty of forty
shillings
current money for every invoice delivered contrary thereto; and if any
cask
or casks of bread upon trial be found lighter than is set down in the invoice,
he
shall forfeit for every pound deficient in the same proportion as is heretofore
directed
as to flour. |
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10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That
all and every cask of flour brought to the said
town, to be from thence laden and shipped for exportation, shall be submitted
to
the view and examination of the inspector so as aforesaid nominated and
appointed,
who shall search and try the same, by boring the head and piercing it through
with an instrument, not exceeding half an inch diameter, to be contrived
for that
purpose, in order to prove whether it be honestly and
well packed, and also enable
him to judge of its goodness, and shall afterwards plug up the hole; and
if the
said inspector shall judge the same to be merchantable, according to the
directions
of this present act, he shall brand every such cask of flour on the quarter
with the word Baltimore, with a public brand-mark to be provided for that
purpose,
and shall also brand and mark the degree of fineness which he shall, on
inspection,
determine the said flour to be of, which degree shall
be distinguished as
follows, to wit, superfine, fine, middling, ship-stuff; for which trouble
he the said
inspector shall have and receive of the owner of such flour the sum of
one penny
current money for each cask, and no more. |
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11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That
no inspector of flour shall brand any flour
which shall prove, on examination thereof, to be 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
twenty
days, and the 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. |
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12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That
when any person shall think himself aggrieved,
through the judgment or want of skill of the said inspector, in rejecting
the
said flour as unmerchantable, it shall and may be lawful for such person
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 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, menonist,
or dunker,
as by this act is herein after directed to be taken by every inspector
of flour,
and shall carefully 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
inspector shall rase 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 inspector
shall be confirmed, then and in such case the said owner of such flour
shall pay
the cost of such review. |
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13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That
every inspector shall be allowed one penny
current money per barrel for storage, if stored, and if upon an appeal
and review
as aforesaid, the judgment of the inspector shall be confirmed, the person
appealing
shall pay the expense of such storage, and shall also pay the same if an
appeal
shall not be prosecuted; and if the judgment of the said inspector shall
be reversed,
then the said inspector shall forfeit his charge and expense of the said
storage. |
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14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That
the said inspector of flour, for his trouble,
shall and may receive the sum of two-pence current money for each barrel
by
him reviewed. |
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15. AND BE IT ENACTED, That
it shall not be lawful for any person whatsoever,
to export, ship, or lade on board of any ship or vessel
for exportation out of
this state, 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. |
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16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That
every inspector of flour, who shall be nominated
as aforesaid, shall, on his appointment, and before his executing the said
office,
make oath, or affirmation if a quaker, before a justice of 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
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