True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-06-20
AN ORDINANCE.
To Regulate the sale and purchase

10 Regulate the sale and purchase OF
Coal. ,'.a n e. ...a4@, a'
Be it ordained by the town council of
the town Of Smithfch,
Sec. 1st That the bed Of every Wagon,
Cart or otheFyehicle,used for the transpor-
tatiOn of stone coal to the Town, for sale
or barter, shall be measured; marked, and
branded, rs follows. Go,
The Weighmastcr on the application Of
the propsiqtq Of any such wagon, cart.
or other vehicle, his or her sgept shall. as
certain BY actual measurement the ecapaci-
tyothefeOs, estimating twenty-six hundfed
and eighty.eigRtlagbic iHehes to tho bush
el; and the number of bushels wliciiit is
found to contain shall beabrandod in fig
uFcs in a plain, durable manner, upon the
outside of the ends and sides of the bed
near the upper edges thereof and when
the capacity ofsa bed Is sobet@eep forty
and fifty bushels, the precise lines or levels
indicating, twenty, thirty, and forty bush
els respectively, shallbe plquely and dis
tinctly marked by horizontal lines, not
less than one foot in length, upongthe in
sides of the ends and sides of the bed,
with the proper figures placed above and
extending -tosaid lines and when a bed
shall be Of the capacity of fifty bushels
and upwards, the lines or levels indicating
thirty bushels, and every ten bushels ex-
ceeding thirty, shall in like imanncr be
marked, and the. proper figures branded
above the name as aforesaid, .,.4 .s.sg
Sec. I'd If any person shall sell and de-
liver any coal in the Town, without hav-
ing lis or her wagon, cart, or other ve-
hicle measured and branded, as required
by the first section Of this ordinance, or
if any person shall wilfully, deface, oblit-
crate, or alter, any brand or mark, made
according to the requirements of the first
or second sections OF this ordinance or in
the case of wagon, cart, or other vehicle
usedfor conveying coal, shall, after the
same has been measured and branded,
fraudulently cllangeo or alter the bed there
of, 50 as to reduce its size and capacity,
he shall be liable tc q fine, for any of said
offences, not exceeding twenty, and not
less than two dollars, together with the
costs Of prosecution. .'' p -."
Sec. Sd 1t shall be made the especial
duty of the marshall to see that tho proyis-
ious Of this ordinance are carried into cf-
feet, ard on view or complaint, to institute
prosecutions for violations of the same.
See. 18th This ordinance to take effect
from and after the fourth dayof July next,
and from and after the fourth day of July
next, and from and after that date, all or
dlnances heretofore passed, coming within
the parview of this ordinance are declared
to be repealed.
Passed in Council, April Goth, 1855.
'WNI. MATTHEWS, Mayor.
Attest: r. G. SMILE, Recorder.
Weigh Master fees for services, under the
= ordinance to regulate the sale and pur.
chase of Coal '' @'' .'j.~F .
For measuring, marking and branding
a coal wagon, where the contents do not
exceed thirty bushels, so cents; exceed
ing thirty bushels Is cents Irrft
Passed in Council, June Sth, 1855.
... WM. MATTHEWS, Moyor.
Attest: RoBr G SMILE, Recorder.
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