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ROBERT EDEN, Esq; Governor.
IX. And,
whereas the insufficiency of flour casks brought to Baltimore-town,
and the inequality of the gauge of the same, have been found detrimental
to
commerce; for remedy whereof, Be it enacted,
That after the first day of January
next, no person shall sell, or offer for sale, any flour for exportation
at Baltimore-town,
of Fell's-point, until the same be packed and put into good substantial
well seasoned casks, of a proper thickness and well coopered, and the staves
thereof shall be of the length of twenty-eight inches, and the headings
of eighteen
inches; and the inspectors of flour are hereby authorised and required
to view and
inspect the cask, and if the same shall be found insufficient or defective,
either in
the thickness and goodness of the staves, or heading or cooperage, or in
the gauge
of the same, the person offering such flour packed into such cask for sale,
shall
forfeit the sum of five shillings current money for each cask found insufficient. |
1771.
CHAP.
XX.
No flour to be
offered for
sale till packed
in cask. |
X. And be it
further enacted, That all and every cask of flour brought to
the said town, or Fell's-point, 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 to be contrived for that purpose,
in
order to prove whether it be honestly and well packed, and also to 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. |
Flour for exportation,
to
be submitted
to the view of
the inspector,
&c. |
XI. And be it
further 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. |
Unmerchantable
flour to
be marked on
the bilge. |
XII. And be
it further 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, 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. |
Persons aggrieved
may
apply to a
justice of the
peace, &c. |
XIII. And be
it further 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 expence 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
reserved, then the said inspector shall forfeit his charge and expence
of the said
storage. |
Inspector's allowance
for
storing flour. |
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