Chap. 80.~—An ACT to Amend and Re enact fection twelve, Chapter
sixty-three, of the Code of Virginia (1860), so as the More Effectually
to Require Millers to Grind for Toll all Grain brought to their Mills
for the Consumption of the Person bringing or sending it, or his
Family.

Approved February 15, 1873.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
twelve of chapter sixty-three of the Code of Virginia (edition of
eighteen hundred and sixty), be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows ;

§ 12. At every mill which grinds grain, whether the same be
established under an order of the court or not, there shall be
well and sufficiently ground all grain brought to the mill for the
consumption, when ground, of the person bringing or sending
it, or his family, and in due turn as the same is brought. All
clean wheat of a merchantable quality, weighing not less than
sixty pounds to the bushel, brought to the mill as aforesaid,
shall be ground as the party bringing the same shall direct, into
so much of the best extra, superfine, or family flour as the
wheat will produce ; and there shall not be taken for the toll
more than one-eighth part of any grain of which the remaining
part is ground into the extra, or family flour, nor more than
one-tenth part of any grain of which the remaining part is
ground into super flour or meal, nor more than one-sixteenth
part of any grain of which the remaining part is ground into
hominy or malt. If, however, any mill cannot, without great
inconvenience, grind wheat into the best flour for toll as afore-
said, the owner of said mill may elect to exchange flour for
wheat at the following rates, viz: one barrel of super flour for
four and a half bushels of wheat ; one barrel of extra flour for
five bushels of wheat, and one barrel of best family flour for
five and a half bushels of wheat—the quality of the flour to be
determined by inspection, if required. If at any mill there be
a violation of this section, in any respect, the proprietor there-
of shall, for every such violation, forfeit to the party injured,
ten dollars—but with these provisions: that the proprietor
shall not be obliged to run more than one pair of stones to
grind grain brought to his mill for the consumption of the per-
sons bringing or sending it, or their families; and that such
proprietor may grind grain for the consumption of his family
in preference to that of others.

2. This act shall be in force from and after the first day of
July, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.