Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-31
AN ORDINANCE

PASSED SEPTEMBER 16. 1850

PASSED SEPTEMBER l6, lS50)
|. BE IL orddined5u the Council Of Tie City Of Rich
mond, That Immediately after the passage of this Or
dhance, and annually thereafter at its stated meon!
10 the month OF May, or as soon thereafter aspracti
cable, thee 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 NOR
deputies to be approved by the Council to perform tn
duties required OF him, whenever he may be unabb
personally 10 attend to the same Said Measurer and
his deputies shall, before they enter upon the duties re
CURED OF them, take before the Mayor or any Alder
man ofthe City of Richmond, the following oath o.
affirmation, which shall be certified TO the Council q
said City, to witt do soleninIy swear Tor affirm
that will 10 the best Of my skill and Judgment, REM
der equal justice to all who may be Interested, in TIL
discharge fthe duties of my office" In OF vacanc
in the office Of said Measurer by death. resignation d
removal, appointment shall be made by til
Council, at its next succeeding meeting, or as 500
thereafter as practicable
security for the faithful performance Ul tr theee-a
in prescribed, in the penalty of five hundred dollar
payable to the City of Richmond. The Council ma \,
at any time remove the officers appointed under IN
Ordinance for mal-adminstration or neglect OF duiet
g. All wood brought TO the City tor sale, other than
such as is brought by wagons and carts, shall be ea
sured so insure to the purchased one hundfe ana
tweuy.eight solid feet the cord for which purpose
said wood shall be four feet in leng sped tour feet
and four inches in height and at the rate OF eighteet IN
length the cord, excluding all that crooked or rotten
ANY person violating these provisions, shall be nec
five dollars for the first offence, and ten dolals tor te
second and every succeeding offence. The tee tor
measuring each cord OF wood shall be SIX Cents " NC
paid by the seller.
4. All retail vendors OF wood other than those sell
ing directly from their boats, shall be required 10 pro,
cure and keep stanards frames TO be four feet and
four inches ia height, in which all wood sold by them
shall be measured, as directed in the third section
Any person violating this section shall incur tine OF
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 any citizen, shall be re-
ouired to have standards to his wagon dray cart,
which will hold one hundred and twenty eight solid
feet the cord, halt that quantity TO the halt,
and SO in proportion for lesser quantity piled up tour
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 dollars, the same to be reco-
vered before the Mayor or any Alderman OF this city,
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 her consumption at
his or her house. be excepted from the above provision
and provided also, that when purchaser buys wood
for his own consumption, and has it measured i'll his
own presence, in that OF any white agent he may
have it hauled in any manner, or IN any kind OF Veh
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 aud
that thew are kept supplied with the above described
standards or frames
7. Should individuals sell wood by the cord, or frac
tons of the same thai is brought into the city by carts
or wagons it shall be optional with the purchaser
whether or not he will have it measured by the City
Measurer: he choose that it be thus measured, and
be less than stated by the vender the fee OF six cents sba
be paid by the yender if it stated by the seller Their
the fee shall be paid by the purchaser.
8. All ordinances, or parts OF ordinances, coming
within the purview ofths Ordinance, hereby re-
pealed.