United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 160
Chap. CLX.—An Act further to regulate the inspection of flour in the county of Alexandria.
Course to be pursued for the better regulation of the inspection of flour in the county of Alexandria.
Said county to be divided into two inspection districts.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the better regulation of the inspection of flour within the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, the common council of the town of Alexandria, shall be, and they are hereby, empowered and required to divide the said county and town into two inspection districts; that to each of those districts, there shall be appointed a flour inspector, in the mode now authorized by law, to perform alternate duties in the said districts; each of the said inspectors shall be liable to removal from office, at any time within the term for which he shall have been appointed by the court making the appointment; and during his continuance in office, shall enjoy the same rights, and be subject to like duties and restraints, as the present inspector of flour in the said county of Alexandria.
Power vested in the common council.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said common council be, and they are hereby, empowered, to provide for a re-inspection of flour in store, whenever, in their opinion, it may require it, and to regulate the exportation and shipment thereof; to pass laws for the punishment of all persons who shall be guilty of fraud, or otherwise violate their regulations, and to alter or amend the present inspection laws, so far as may be necessary to effect that object.
Approved, May 26, 1824.