Chap. 421.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3594 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended and re-enacted, in relation to the grinding of grain. [S B 211]

Approved March 31, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-five hundred and ninety-four of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3594. Grain to be ground in turn; amount of toll; penalty
for violations ; qualifying provisions.—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, super-
fine, 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 of any
grain of which the remaining part is ground into super flour or meal,
nor more than one-sixteenth of any grain of which the remaining part
is ground into hominy or malt. If, however, any mill cannot without
a great inconvenience, grind wheat into the best flour for toll as afore-
said, the owner of the said mill may elect to exchange flour for wheat,
provided that such exchange shall be at the same rate of toll as above
set forth, the quality of the flour determined by inspections, if required.
If, at any mill, there be a violation of this section, in any respect, the
proprietor thereof 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 or rollers to grind
grain brought to his mill for the consumption of the person 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.

Section 2. The State corporation commission is hereby authorized
and empowered upon the complaint of any person or corporation af-
fected by the provisions of this act, or upon information from the
commissioner of agriculture, to cause an investigation to be made of
the practices of persons or corporations engaged in the business of
grinding grain, and, from time to time, to promulgate rules and regula-
tions to govern and control such practices, and to fix and establish
from time to time, such rate, or rates of toll as in the judgment of said
commission may be reasonable and proper.

Section 3. An appeal may be taken from such action of said com-
mission in the same manner as appeals may now be taken to the supreme
court of appeals of Virginia.

Section 4. In the event any part or parts of this act should be
declared unconstitutional, the remaining part or parts shall remain in
full force.