The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-22
April 2. 1859.
mo. 179.1 AN AC'

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mo- 179.] AN ACT
To authorize city councils in cities of the first
class having population of less than eighty
thousand and more than thirty-fve thousand
| to appoint inspectors of provisions and other
articles.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the General As-
sena6Iy of the State of Ohio, That in every
city in the State of Ohio of the first class, now
having population of less than eighty thou
sand and more than thirty-Gve thousand, the
the city council shall have exclusive power to
appoint any citizen or citizens of said city,
whom said city council may deem suitably
qualified to act within and for said city as in
spector of such articles as are specified in the
act, entitled can act for the inspection of GER
tain articles therein named" passed March 9,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and
the act to amend the same, passed February
eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty -two which said inspectors shall within
and for said city, have the as--powers, per-
form the same duties,-take the same oaths OF
affrmations, be governed by the same rules,
and liable to the same penalties as are prescrl-
bed in the acts above mentioned.
Sec. 2. The appointment, with the license
hereinafter provided for, may authorize said in
spector or inspectors, or any one or more OF
them, to inspect any one or more of the arti-
cles named in the action above mentioned.
Sec. 8. Every person appointed by said
council, as an inspector under the provision of
this act shall, before entering upon the duties
of his Office enter into bond with sufficient Sc
curty, to be approved of by the said council
| in the penal sum of three thousand dollars,
for sthe iBspaeti5u heel, pork, butter and
lard, one thousand dollars for the inspection of
| fish, and one thousand dollars for the inspec-
ton of foreign and domestic spirits and linseed
oil, conditioned for the faithful performance of
the duties Of his office; which bond shall be
filed and made payable to the treasurer of said
city, and shall also, if the council shall deem 1t
necessary, renew said bond from year to year
! Sec. 4. Any person who may claim himself
injured by the misconduct, neglect, or incapae-
| ity of said inspectors, may institute suit on
! copy of the bond of such inspector, certified
by the treasurer of said city, for the use of the
person suing; and the same proceedings shall
| be had thereon, with the same provisions as are
contained in the third section of the act, enti-
tied ''an act for the inspection of certain artl-
cles therein named" passed March NINTH enc
thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
See. 5. The said city council are hereby au-
thorized to require each and every percon ap-
pointed under the provisions of this act, be-
fore entering upon the duties of said office,
to pay to the treasurer of said city, for
the use of said city, such sum, not less
than fifty nor more than one hundred dol
lars, for the license to inspect beef, pork, but
ter and lard, not less than two hundred and
fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for the
license to inspect fish from year to year, and
not less than seventy-fve nor more than one
hundred dollars for the license to inspect and
guage foreign and domestsc spirits and linseed
oil, as the said council may from year to year
deem proper; and ON such payment, shall be
Il II ba cla Of said nitu
license authorizing the person therein named
to act as such inspector until the first day of
April next after the date thereof; and in case
of vacancy occurring by death, or otherwise,
during the term for which any inspector shall
have been licensed, as aforesaid, the council
may fill said vacancy by granting license for
such sum they may deem proper.
Sec. 6. That the persons appointed inspec-
tors by the court of common pleas of any coun-
ty having within its limits city of the first
class as described in this act, shall not exercise
their offices within the limits of any city of the
first class as described in this act, after the
terms for which they shall have severally given,
bonds shall haeve xpired,
Sec Z. The said city council shall have full
power and authority, on complaint and sufficient
cause shown, to remove from Office any inspect
or appointed under this act; provided, always,
that no inspector shall be removed from his
said office unless two thiras OF all the members
of the council shall vote for such removal.
Sec s. That the inspectors to be appointed
under this act shall be entitled to receive the
following fees for their services, viz: Forpack-
ing and inspecting every barrel of pork or
beef, eighteen cents; for every half barrel,
thirteen cents; for packing, examining and in
specting every barrel of fish, twenty cents; for
every half barrel, fifteen cents; for inspecting
and gagueing less than twenty packages of for
eign or domestic spirits linseed oil, ten cents
each; over twenty packages, five cents each.
Sec 9. This act shall be in force from and
after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives..
MARTIN WELKER,
President Of the Senate.
April 4, 1859.