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CHAP.
XII. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
and for every cask of flour or bread so removed and not branded as aforesaid,
to
be recovered from such miller or bolter who shall neglect to comply with
the
direction of this act, or from the person who brings such bread or flour
to
Baltimore-town aforesaid for sale; and in case a recovery shall be had
against
such person bringing the said bread or flour for sale as aforesaid, for
the said penalty,
such person shall and may have a recovery of the same, with costs, against
the miller or bolter from whom such bread or flour was purchased or received,
upon making it appear that he gave notice to such miller or bolter, that
he intended
to carry the same to the town aforesaid for sale for exportation, and that
he requested such miller or bolter to secure and mark the said barrels
as aforesaid. |
Quantity to be
put into each
cask, &c. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That the said miller and bolters shall put into the
casks number one the full quantity or weight of two hundred and twenty-four
pounds of flour, in the casks number two the full quantity or weight
of one hundred
and ninety-six pounds, and in the casks number three the full quantity
or
weight of one hundred and sixty-eight pounds of flour; and that if any
miller or
bolter shall pack any cask with a less quantity of flour than is directed
by this act
to be contained in the casks of the different sizes and dimensions above
mentioned,
he shall forfeit, if the deficiency be one pound, six-pence current money,
if two
pounds one shilling and six-pence, and two shillings per pound for every
pound
deficient above two. |
Bread casks to
be weighed,
&c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That all casks wherein bread shall be packed shall
be weighed, and the tare marked thereon, and if any person shall put a
false or
wrong tare on any cask of bread, to the disadvantage of the purchaser,
he or she
shall forfeit, for every cask so falsely tared, five shillings current
money; and the
inspectors, or their assistants respectively, upon suspicion, or upon the
request of
the buyers, shall and are hereby required to unpack any such cask of flour
or
bread as aforesaid, and if there shall be a lesser quantity of flour than
is above directed,
or if the cask or casks wherein bread is packed shall be found to weigh
more than is marked thereon, then the miller, bolter or baker, as the case
may
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. |
Baker to deliver
an invoice,
&c. |
IX. 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. |
Flour casks to
be examined
be inspector,
&c. |
X. 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. |
Unmerchantable
flour not
to be branded,
&c. |
XI. 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 |
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