Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-09

TIVE Citizens Of Richmond will please nav DaTic1Iar
attention. To the injunction contained in the 9TH Sec
ton OF an Ordinance entitled can Ordinance for the APP
pOutment and duties of principal Engineer relative 10
hfe for the City OF Richmond and for other PURPOSES
Passed December 29h, 1870 aud also to part the
dents by ife. Passei January lSth y as the ne
cessary steps will be taSen enforce the fine imposed
ny tue said 5ih Section, unless 1t is strictly complied
WIN. Inc sections above alluded to, are as follow
Sect. 9TH. Inn he fif1fher Ordained That so much
at the 10th Section of the Ordinance entitled An Ord
nance providing against accidents by fre" PASSED on
Inc i5h DAY Of January one thousand eight hundred aud
thirteen, requires the Master Of Police 10 furnish Are
buckets TO Che Citizens, be, and the hereby re-
ccdled; d"d DC NfHTfheJ ordained, That inlned ate.y
a'er the passage OF the present Ordinance the Master Of
Police shall give notice TO the Citizens four Calender
months thereafter by publication in the newspapers 10
furnish themselves with fire buckets as in lie said Sect
on regured-And the said Police Master shall apuiy az
each house in the City, after the expiration of The said
montls-and every person bound TO furnish snch fire
buckets and who shall omit to 90 So to produce the
buckets required which shall be considered amount
ing to refusal, shall ne liable be fined or a warrant
by any Magistrate Of the Corporation, three doiars fr
each bNckcf he ought have furnished and costs offe
wafrantand similar application shall be made ia the
Honth o OCTOBER III every year hereafter, aud pers
emitting to furnish buckets aforesaid shall he liable 10
similar fines which fines shall be applied to defraying tc
eXpences of the present Ordinance.
Sect. 10th. mn he IL Isriher Oydained, That within
one month from the passage Of this Ordinance each aud
every person Occnpying any dweiB bouse sforabouse
or other building, shall be, and hereby required Ga pro-
vide and keep hung up IN conspicuous part Of such
building, ledihern buckets containing each and an
- "''n 'hp he"l' 81 s"Cn "cchplel written on
each bucket IN ie proportions and following that
Is To say every not being tsverkeepeF occii-
Pyu" building or tenement, the valuation whereof &C
c"uu 20 ic return ot the assessor Of the City taxes
shall not exceed two thousand dollars one bucket; every
such person occupying building tenement. the va
lne pf which Aforesaid shall exceed that sum- two
hnchets and every 0fdnarykeeper. cenced to keep
tavern ~ THIS City, shall provide and keep such buckets
~ me following proportion, 10 wit for building
eInen the value whefeofas aforesaid shall not exceed
W thousand dollars two buckets for building or fe
ncincni, the value whereof aforesaid shall exceed
tWo Thousand dollars, and he under four thousand dol
ais, f9ur buckets aud for building tenement
The value whereof shall exceed four thousand dollars six
buckeis Procided, That no owner or Occnper at any
hhdinN ~ tenement which has been rendered freyygC
by being covered vt slate le and having the doors
and windows caei with iron copper shall be subject
iothe regulation fesPecl.ngbuckets.
HENRY ROBINSON
Police Muster.
December u. "a vim