Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-24
AN ORD1N NOE
AN ORDINANCE.
Providing for the appointment of Measurer o
Wood, and Regulating the Measurement thereof
PASSED SEPTEMBER IL, 185Ol

Wood, and Regulating the measurement mereQ.
PASSED SEPTEMBER 16, 1862
l. Be it ordained By the Council of the City of Rich
nond That Immediately after the passage OF this Or
dinance, and annually thereafter at its stated meeting
in the month OF May, or as soon thereafter as practi-
cable, there shall be appointed by the Council Mea-
surer of Wood for the City of Richmond who shall be,
and he is hereby authorized, to employ one or more
deputies to be approved by the Council to perform the
duties required Of him, whenever he may be unable
personally 10 attend to the same. Said Measurer and
his deputies SHALL before they enter upon the duties
quired OF them, take before the Mayor, any Alder
man ofthe City OF Richmond, the following oath or
affirmation which shall be certified to the Council OF
said City, to witt do solemny swear (or affirm
that will 10 the best Of my skill and Judgment
der equal Justice to all who may be interested in the
discharge the duties ofmy office" In OF vacancy
in the office of said Measurer by death, resignation
removal, new appointment shall be made by the
Council, at its next succeeding meeting, or as soon
thereafter as practicable.
g. The said Measurer shall give bond with approved
security for the faithful performance OF the duties here
in prescribed, in the penalty OF i've hundred dollars,
payable to the City of Richmond. The Council may
at any time remove the officers appointed under this
Ordinance for ma-administration neglect OF duties.
g. All wood broughrto the City for sale, other than
such as brought by wagons and carts, shall be mea
sured to insure to the purchaser lone hundred and
twenty-eght solid feet to the cord. Tor which purpose
said wood shall be four feet in eng th piled four eet
and four inches in height and at the rate OF eghee in
length to the cord excluding all that crooked rotten.
Any person violating these provisions, shall be fined
i've dollars Tor inc urSt OHeuct, anu le uolalS or le
second and every succeeding offence. The fec Tor
measuring each cord OF wood shall be six cents, be
paid by the seller
A. All retail vendors OF wood, other than those SELL
ing directly from their boats, shall be required TO pro-
and keep stanards, frames to be four feet and
four inches in height in which all wood sold by them
shall be measured, directed in the third section
Any person violating this section shall incur line oil
five dollars for the first offence, and ten dollars Tor each
succeeding one
S. Any wagner, cartman, or drayman, hauling
wood which has been sold to citizen, shall be re-
CURED to have standards to his wagon, dray cart
which will hold hundred and lwenty-eight solid
feet the cord one halt that quantity TO the halt
and in proportion for lesser quantity, piled up four
feet four inches in height named in the third section
OF this ordinance. For any violation OF this section
by any WAGNER cartman drayman, above descri-
bed he shall be fined dollars the to be
to be collected by the Wood Measurer, and paid over
to the Chamberlain: Provided, that any cart or car
rage of any kind, which is owned by the person who
has purchased the wood for his or her consumption at
his or her house, be excepted from the above provision
and provided also, that when pure haser buys wood
for higown consumption, and has it measured iii his
own presence, or in that OF any white agent he may
have hauled in any manner, in any kind OF vehi-
Gle he'may prefer.
to visitweekly all the wood yards in the city and see
that they are kept supplied with the above described
standards or frames.
r. Should individuals sell wood by the cord, or frac-
tons of the same that brought into the city by
or wagons, it shall be optional with the purchaser
whether or not he will have il measured by the City
Measure ifhe choose that it be thus measured and il
be less hastaed by the yender the foe of six cents shall
be paid by the vender, it's stated by the seller then
the fee shall be paid by the purchaser
g. All ordinances, or parts Of ordinances, coming
within the pdryiew OF this Ordinance, are hereby re-
A Copy. VIM. P. SHEPPARD. C. c. r.