Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
OFFICE or WEIGHTS AND IEAsUI

OFFICE OF WEIGHTS hSD MIEEaSUkES.
Eey OF the General Assembly PASSED a, is list session the
uorzed and required toconaer Tor sufficient humber BAL
sScEs WEIGHTS and MEAsrnEs "rsnpryias aar to The
oy ur the his requires that these Standards shall be
manufactured IL Virginia
;, he 5i ay june ISL for furnishing hua!Ge" sets oi
ia IN; .rluic manufactured III Viz
be ias and wnrknln:sc ana to !eat
The contractor sia bn himself 10 iese, The Superintendent
IN or srs the I5, dry August thirty
or before The Isl: lay October 1871 AMI the remaining
same at The 'rer periods spccls provided r articles
rnc ,r shall delivered TO- and approved b tie Super
proposals haud be sealed and endorsed 9s a"sas for
Weights and Measures and De ~ S a"r ana 81
Ie'"'en'e0 ny "'' Ti {, LAWSON supt W and NJ
scHEDrLEo Sc. g ess s i 6; !sas ana Mss' 10 be
yard measure OF brass aud to be one inch wide by
O ss" scales calculated weighing from XIII Of an ounce
80 lbs vernpc with steel beam ana nrl alnSs anu i'1
pound TROY, with steel beam and brass dishes anu eaS
Dry MEASURES i half hlishel: peck hali peck -;
LIQUID MEASURES i gallon, halt gallon quart 'ht'
hall pint gill -, ,,,i.,,o, On H., inside an,
AyERDUros WEIGHTS j each Of 80 lbs. % lbs 20 lbs 10
lbs lbs y lbs. and h. to be made OF ir"n Win
screw tops and slightly followed inside. 49, . ~
each Of lbs lbs, lbs b nz or or or = o.
and TO be made OF brass with screw tops ana SSh "'to"
TROY wEIGnTs.- each of soz or, o. o., Oz,
Udwts ) dws, twts, dws, , dwts., dwt. and y dw
Il grns II Sr 10 gr,9 gr 81, sr g, gr' sf9
All these to be Of brass THOMAS LAWSON,
MAY 5-uW&ct5thIu Superintendent
9She Portsmouth Pilot Wheeling will please insert
tins advertisement Till 9th June and send their bills the Executive
TALLi-HO.
I'EiIS celebrated Nurse ensuing season at
Fairfield commencing
March, and ending the first August lie will mares al So
discharged by the OF sD within s33 TO insure
with iull; with her the insurance 81 IL the
groom Mares will be fed at two shngs day and the greatest
taken OF then but responsibility will incurred r acct
dents u
PERFORMANCESThc splendid performances Tally lo
we'll known throughout the scarcely need recital
ON Of which he whena and only lost
New York Spirit Times and by
the Turf Register 10 be the best America His
Trade
Four in all the
half second than made FASH
the Course Free Trade the first heat 13
1ayo the "a in 743H Bosona the Sd in 1872 and Tayo the
18th in 5 lUI.
This the time that the Pasa of Egyps challenge
English Turf attracting the attention Of the sporting world
Bells Life London (e highest racing
that the challenge should he accepted
ylp should be procured for the conest-ad confidently pre-.
would the best horses IN tile Pa
sla's stud.
SIZE AND APPEARANCE ally.IIo is feet ~ inches high,
color In and make he exhibits great
both endurance and speed In the language
Spirit Times lIs ropeing rosious,
and he appearance which induces casual OBJ.
server u believe that he run all day.
PEDlGREE.-Tayl was got BY Boston out OF Tom Tough
mare her Harry d. by Spread Eagle H. b. King
IIerod by Liays Ranger; genuine Arabian gg:s by
the imported d. by the Imported horse VAMPIRE
out Of Col Carter Blaxlon's Kitty Fisher
is confidently believed that horse the country boast OF
purer pedigree JAMES laLLEi'
Mar oUtf