Method of testing. Certificates. Inspection in bags. Inspection from store. Posting of inspection. shall be separated from the flax seed, as nearly as practicable, by the use of sieves, one with meshes 3×16, and the other with meshes 16x 16. The percentage of impurity or foreign matter thereby obtained and the weight per measured bushel of pure seed, shall be ascertained, by the use of suitable testing scales. Then the two parts shall be mixed with each other again, and preserved by the Inspector for sixty days, in such manner that the, lot of seed which it represents can be determined. The unused portion of the sample shall be kept two days by the Inspector, subject to the order of the owner. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to issue to the owner, agent, or consignee, a certificate of any seed inspected by him, which certificate shall plainly state the date of inspection, how received or shipped, naming road or vessel, number of car and initial letter, name of warehouse delivering, grade, percentage of impurity or foreign matter, weight of pure seed per measured bushel and if delivered to car or vessel, the quantity of gross seed. SEC. 6. Upon notification of owner or consignee of flax seed in bags, the Inspector shall inspect same in manner as follows: one gill of average quality shall be taken from each bag as emptied, and the whole being thoroughly mixed, he shall take therefrom three pounds, which shall be deemed a fair average sample of the lot. SEC. 7. The inspection of flax seed from elevator or warehouse shall be made by use of a trier such as is commonly used in inspecting grain; a sample shall be taken from the shipping scale hopper, when practicable, of each draught as weighed, and in such a way as shall give a fair average sample of the seed. From these samples so taken, after being thoroughly mixed together, shall be saved an average sample suitable for testing. SEC. 8. The Inspector shall post daily on 'Change a report of all seed inspected within the twenty-four hours preceding. Such report shall state how received or shipped, naming road, number and initial letters of car, name of boat or vessel, test, grade, and if below No. 1, reasons therefor. inspection. SEC. 9. Fees.-The fees for inspecting flax seed Fees for consigned to Chicago, shall be as follows: each car or part of car, of one grade in bulk, sixty-five cents; each two or more grades in same car in bulk, fifty cents; each lot of two hundred bags, not exceeding three hundred and fifty bags of one grade, one dollar; each lot of seventy-five bags, not exceeding two hundred bags, seventy-five cents; each lot of bags, not exceeding seventy-five, fifty cents. The fees for inspecting flax seed, to be shipped or transferred, shall be as follows: for each car load (if per teams, each four loads to constitute a car load), or part thereof, in bulk, thirty-five cents; for each lot of two hundred or more bags, not exceeding one car, seventy-five cents; for each lot of bags less than seventy-five, forty cents; for each one thousand (1,000) bushels inspected from warehouse in bulk to means of transportation, other than as set forth, forty-five cents. inspection. SEC. 10. Any person interested shall have the Appeals from right of appeal from the decision of the Inspector to the Committee on Flax Seed Inspection, by giving notice in writing and paying to the Secretary of the Board five dollars for each and every case appealed. If the inspection is sustained the five dollars shall be paid to the committee; if not sustained, then to be returned. If practicable, the committee shall examine the seed upon which appeal has been taken. If not practicable, the Inspector shall furnish sample taken by him. Board of Trade SEC. 11. The Board of Trade, in establishing the Liability of regulations for the inspection of flax seed, and appointing an Inspector thereof, assumes no liability or responsibility for errors in judgment or otherwise on the part of the Inspector. REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION OF HAY. Requirements. Requirements. Requirements. Requirements. Requirements. Requirements. Hay out of condition. Certificates. Fees. No. 1 TIMOTHY shall be timothy, and not more than one-fifth of other tame grasses, mixed; good color, well cured, and free from must. No. 2 TIMOTHY shall be timothy, and not more than one-third of other tame grasses, mixed; good color, well cured, and free from must. MIXED HAY shall consist of tame grasses, mixed; good color, well cured, and free from must. PRIME PRAIRIE shall be purely upland hay free from swale grasses; good color, well cured, and free from must. No. 1 PRAIRIE shall be upland and midland prairie hay; good color, well cured and free from must. No. 2 PRAIRIE shall be swale or slough hay, either wholly, or mixed with upland; good color, well cured and free from must. NO GRADE HAY; all kinds of hay, badly cured, stained, or in any way out of condition; the certificate of inspection stating whether it is tame or prairie hay. All certificates of inspection shall show the number of bales and grade in each car or lot inspected and plugged; and when for shipment the final inspection and plugging, in order to ascertain the sound condition of each bale, shall take place at the time of shipment. The fees for inspection shall be three dollars per car, to be divided equally between the buyer and the seller. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAIN WAREHOUSES. IN ORDER THAT THEIR RECEIPTS SHALL BE REGULAR, FOR DELIVERY ON GRAIN CONTRACTS. ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. IN FORCE APRIL 1, 1886. must be in good First, The proprietors or managers of such ware- Proprietors houses shall be in unquestioned good financial stand- credit. ing and credit. Second, Such warehouses shall be so situated that Location. they can be conveniently approached by vessels of ordinary draught, and are connected by railroad tracks with one or more of the eastern railway lines. Third, They shall be provided with modern im- Facilities. provements and appliances for the convenient and expeditious receiving, handling and shipping of grain in bulk. with system. Fourth, The proprietors or managers shall hon- Cooperation estly and cordially cooperate with the system of regis- registration tration of warehouse receipts as established by law, and furnish to the Registrar all needed information to enable him to keep a correct record and account of all grain, together with the grade thereof, received and delivered by them daily, and of that remaining in store at the close of each week. grain to be Fifth, The proprietors or managers of such ware- Damage to houses shall promptly, by the proper publication, reported. advise the trade and the public of any damage to grain or flax seed held in store by them, whenever such damage shall occur to an extent that will render them unwilling to purchase and withdraw from store, at their own cost, all such damaged grain. Warehouses may be declared Sixth, Any important change in the conditions of any warehouse, or disregard or evasions of the above requirements, shall at any time be a sufficient cause for declaring any such warehouse no longer a regular warehouse within the meaning of the Rules of the Board of Trade. Seventh, The proprietors or managers of warehouses storing flax seed, are required to do so, subject to the provisions regarding grain of Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 and 17 of the law of the State of Illinois, entitled: "An Act to Regulate Public Warehouses and the Warehousing and Inspection of Grain," etc., approved April 25, 1871. Provided, that so much only of Section 12 as relates to weekly statements shall be applicable to flax seed, and instead of report being made to the Registrar, report shall be made to the Secretary of the Board of Trade. Eighth, In the delivery of flax seed from elevator or warehouse, the quantity of gross seed covered by the warehouse receipt shall be delivered, and any excess or deficiency between the quantity of net or pure seed so delivered, and the quantity of net or pure seed covered by the warehouse receipt, shall be paid for to or by (as the case may be) the elevator or warehouse proprietor or manager, at the average market price of the day of delivery. |