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 FIFTYJFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 30. 1898. 767 Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. be, and B ¤¤¤a¤¤i¤¤i¤¤2¤r• ¤f they are hereby, authorized to appoint three good and competeutjudges a?J¤iZ]i°P°°°°°’ du` of flour (practical millers, bakers, or flour merchants) as commissioners of flour inspectors, whose duty it shall be on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and monthly thereafter, to select the standard for each grade of flour named in the sixth and tenth sections of this Act; and each commissioner shall keep a standard for each grade for the examination of inspectors and for their government in inspection. Sec. 8. That when any person shall think himself aggrieved by the Appeal frominnpeojudgment of the inspecwr, it shall be lawful for him within six days *°' °°°°““‘“'“*°“°"· to apply to the commissioners of inspection, who shall immediately view and carefully examine the flour in question; and if a majority of the —J¤·1gm¤¤¤. commission declare the quality different from that adjudged by the inspector, the brand of broad arrow shall be erased, and the inspectors shall be required to put such brand as they shall adjudge and determine, the cost of such review to be paid by the inspector; but should -¤¤¤¤¤- the judgment of the inspector be confirmed, then, in that case, the owner shall pay the cost of the review; and each commissioner shall be entitled to receive the sum of nve dollars for his services. Sec. 9. That said inspectors be, and they are hereby, authorized to _¤g¤r¤s¤ of veto: require the cooperage of any wet or light flour which they may inspect, hg ° °"' in order to make it merchantable; and no inspector shall purchase, Inswtm not w directly or indirectly, any flour other than for his own use, under a P""]'""' penalty of ten dollars for each barrel or half barrel purchased. Sec. 10. That in addition to the grades~of flour established by the u§g':h‘:$_“'·g’““* sixth section of this Act, there are hereby established two grades of rye flour, namely, first and second quality; and it shall be the duty of the inspector to braud or mark under his inspection mark the words “rye flour" on all flour made of this grade and packed in barrels or half barrels. · Sec. 11. That any person or persons who shall alter, erase, or deface lmiegfrtgyogrgggthe mark or brand made on any barrel or half barrel of flour by the mg. 8 P ` inspector, or who shall mark or brand any barrel or half barrel of flour which has not been inspected with any mark or brand similar to or in imitation of that made by the inspector, or, after the inspector shall have passed any barrel or half barrel of flour as merchantable, shall add any mark or brand designating the quality different from that determined upon and made by the inspector, or who shall pack into any barrel or half barrel flour which shall have been branded or marked with the broad arrow, or who shall in any manner pack flour into barrels or half barrels already branded, without erasing therefrom the marks or brands, such person or persons shall be liable to a flue of one dollar for each such offense, to be collected in the name of the District of Columbia in the police court of said District. Sec. 12. That before said inspectors shall enter upon the duties of BMG 0* i¤¤r•>·=*<¤‘¤· their office they shall give bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars, with security to be approved by said Commissioners, conditioned for the faithful perfbrmance of their duties. SEO. 13. That all flour blended in the District of Columbia shall not nismxeiam-,t¤¤a. be liable to a second inspection; but the inspectors of Hour shall, free mg °“ of charge, brand barrels and half barrels or sacks of such flour with a mark designating the grade or quality of the same. Sec. 14. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions Repeal. of this Act, and relating exclusively to the District of Columbia, be, c_f’;,’@{°“ S"“*°·· D· and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, December 21, 1898.