Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-29

Ff0Dl0fng J0f Inc Appointment OF IuedSuTef Of
| IVood and Regulating the Measurement thereof
PASSED SEPTEMBER 16 1867
1. BE it ordained by tile Council of the City of Rich
mond That Immediately after the passage Of this Or
dinance and annually thereafter, at its stated meeting
in the month OF May, as soon thereafter as practi-
surer OF Wood for the City Of Richmond, who shall be
| and he is hereby authorized, to employ or more
deputies be approved by the Council to perform the
duties required of him, whenever he may be unable
personally TO attend to the SAID Measurer and
his deputies SHALL before they enter upon the duties
qured of them, take before the Mayor or any Alder
man ofthe City OF Richmond the following oath OF
affirmation which shall be certified to the Council
said City, to witt do solemnly swear (or affirm
that will 10 the best of my skill and judgment, rem
der equal justice to all who may be interested in the
discharge the duties OF my Office In case OF vacancy
in the office OF said Measurer by death, resignation, OF
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 five hundred dollars
payable to the City of Richmond. The Council may
g. All wood brought to the City for sale, other than
such is brought by wagons and carts, shall be mea-
sured as to insure to the purchaser hundred and
weny-eght solid feet to the cord. for which purpose
said wood shall be four eet in leng 9ped Jour fee
and four inches in height and at the rate OF eghtfeet In
length to the cord excluding all that crooked or rotten
FIVE dollars for the first offence, and ten dollars for the
second and every succeeding offence. The fee tor
measuring each cord OF wood shall be six CENTS to be
paid by the seller.
d. Ali retail vendors OF wood other than those sell
ing directly from their boats shall be required to pro-
cure and keep stanards or 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 fine OF
five dollars for the first offence and ten dollars tor each
succeeding one.
S. Any WAGNER carman, drayman, hauling
wood which has been sold to any citizen, shall be re-
CURED to have standards to his wagon dray cart,
which will hold one hundred and twenty eight solid
feet the cord or half that quantity TO the halt
and so in proportion for lesser quantity piled up four
feet four inches in height as named in the third section
OF this ordinance. For any violation OF this section
by any wagner, cartman drayman as above descr-
bed he shall be fined ten dollars the to be
vered before the Mayor any Alderman OF this city,
to be collected by the Wood Measnrer, and paid over
rage of any kind which is owned by the person who
has purchased the wood for his or her consumption, at
bis or her house. be excepted from the above provision
and provided also, that when pure haser buys wood
for his consumption, and has it measured III his
presence, or in that OF any white agent he may
have it hauled in any manner, or IN any KIND OF vehi-
Gle he may prefer
G. 1t shall be the duty of the Measurer or his deputy
to visit weekly all the wood yards in the city and
that they kept supplied with the above described
standards or frames
7. Should individuals sell wood by the cord or frac
tons OF the sama, that is brought into the city by carts
or wagons, shall be optional with the purchaser,
whether or not he will have it measured by the City
Measurer ifhe choose that it be thus measured, and it
be less than stated by the vende the fee OF six cents shall
be paid by the vender If tits as stated by the seller then
the fee shall be paid by the purchaser.
8. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, coming
within the purvew Of this Ordinance, are hereby re-
pealed.
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