New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-08-30
MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, August s, 1851.
Common Council Of the City of New Orleans.
ENo. 5539.

Common Council Of the City OF New Orleans
No. 5T39.]
ths Weight and Inspection Of & Bread d, ,,-.
0w Is II ng s"ss 5Fsd Sr on 6hs @ rs aps
ats after the pTompgson of this ordinance repor; Them
Mayors office and caIse his her, o. their
for that purpose Mayors office and shall in all respects
neson intending undertake tho baking business
any such person persons who be engaged in the
the said tsde business under his her objections
previously to his or her commencing that business make
Of his her ntetsOn at the NsyoeS Office and
and in default shall be e6ie ine twenty doaFs
court Of competent jurisdiction, for the benefit of the city
SEC : Every baker shall all loaf bread whatever
wit The Initial letter his her ss or
he bakers to make known their respective stamp or marx at
the Mayors Office and The said mark shall be designated after
SEC j. All bakers other using carrying the
to BE- made ali ts o bread Of goad and whs ] r n
and they shall give it the weight which be Ned by virtue
Cd retaiSs asreto by the Common Council aud iarhcf al
bakers Or persons using carrying on the tras or business Of
bread Of the yaqe Of two dimes oqe dime or half dime pro
loaf shall have double the said weight
SEC Bakers keepers and other selling bread
or ore 9erp the % for Ss m reao5sd to haSe the weights
OF wegh and measures authorized to proceed item
agreea6!y TO the law :espcctng weights and measures
keRnd Deputy Street Commissioners least ores each
cs Of this city snd the public markets all loaf bread baked
by for of any baker bakers in order
whether the made of the quality -four required
by the present ordinance whether marked herein que
10 ascertain whether the weight thereof conforms the eStub
shed aze and that end said CommisSares and Deputy
Street Commissioners hereby authorized and required
time between sunrise and ene bakery
shop other building enclosure wherein loaf
bread be baked stored deposited kept also any
posted stored kept for sale. And shall further be the duty
of the Leuenan Police Conmissarts of markets and Dep
Street Commissioners dean all bakers other
sves fre carrying bread for sale in baskets carts
wise through the public streets highways,
and examine and weigh such bread and such exsnina
ton shoad they nd such bread in whole in part unwhoe
unstamped wanting in weight not baked agreeaby
to the ordinance he shall conduct the offender offend
before of the Recorders of this city who upon due
proof made shall the seizure AID confScaon of such
bread for the Of the Orphan Asyuns OF the city and shall
further condemn the offender Offenders fine Of not
lass than twenty five dollars than fifty dollars and in
default of payment thereof such offender offenders h be
imprisoned exceeding thirty days Any officer Commssary
Deputy Street Commissioner negecng refusing
the foregoing, shall be dismissed from office.
SEC The Manor shall publish in the official journal of the
city aurday assze of bread for the week
10 this effect he shall estimate barrel of on 10 p0nCe three
thousand seven hundred and thirty Of bread Act
weight and in order ascertain the we' the dime oa
the number of shall be divided by number equal the
the time of fixing the assize and adding the five dollars t
dimes allowed bakers by the law the quoten shall be the
number of ounces a dime loaf shall weigh
SEC T. Wherever according to the preceding operation the
fractional parts less than half ounce they shall be
oil the Loaf and when half an ounce shall be-
added 10 it, The WHOLE in conformity the tar Fl
subioined to the foregoing ordinance: