| 1771.
CHAP.
XV.
Penalty for
putting a
wrong tare on
any cask of
flour. |
21 FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
VI. And be it
further enacted, That if any person or persons shall be a false
or wrong tare on any cask of flour, more than one pound weight to the disadvantage
of the purchaser, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay, for every
such cask wrongfully or falsely tared as aforesaid, the sum of ten shillings
current
money; and the inspector, upon suspicion, or upon the request the buyer,
shall
uncase or unpack any such cask of flour, in order to try the tare thereof;
and 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 and expence of unpacking
or uncasing,
and repacking or recasing, over and above the sum of two-pence 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 officer or purchaser,
at
whose request such trial be made, shall pay the cost of unpacking or uncasing,
and
repacking or recasing. |
Flour for exportation,
to
be submitted
to the view of
the inspector,
&c. |
VII. And be
it further 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 aforesaid, so as aforesaid
nominated
and appointed, who shall search and try the same, by boring the head,
and piercing it through with an instrument to be contrived for that purpose,
in
order to prove whether it be honestly and well packed, as also to enable
him to
judge of its goodness, and shall afterwards plug up the hole; and if the
said officer
shall judge the same to be merchantable, according to the directions of
this
present act, he shall branch every such cask of flour, on the quarter,
with the word
George-town, Patowmack, 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 and an half of a penny current money, for each cask, and no more. |
Unmerchantable
flour to
be marked on
the bilge. |
VIII. And be
it further enacted, That the said inspector of flour, shall not
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 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; and in case the said inspector should store the flour so
to be re-examined
as aforesaid, then, and in that case, the said inspector shall be allowed
two-pence
current money for each barrel so stored. |
Persons aggrieved may
apply to a
justice of the
peace, &c. |
IX. 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 unmerchantable, 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 herein after directed to be
taken by the
said 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 officer 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 officer is confirmed, then, and in such case, the said owner of such
flour shall
pay the costs of such review. |
Two-pence to
be paid on review. |
X. 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. |
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