New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-08-20
.-MAYORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS, ,
City Hall, August s. 1851
Common Council Of the City OF New Orleans.

.MAYORAI,TY OF NEW ORLEANS.
& - City Hall, August S 1851 :
Common Council Sf the City of New Orleans.
AN ORDINANCE for esbishinS The Assze and regulatip
the Weight and Inspection Of Bread: -. -
now engaged IN carrying business as bakers or
IN making or baking bread for oths's su inedi
Mayors oce his her. OF their name or
purpose the Mayors Office shall in ali respects
conform to the provisions Of this ordinance .nd ereatter
sncn person persons who be engaged in same
The said rade 9es ns lis OF er eeons Sea m his
or her profit within she limits of the city Of New Orleans
Declaration Of is Or hsr n,etsop The Mayors oice and
and in default shall he liable fine OF twenty-five dollars
recoverable before Of the Res9rgers Of tbs city other
sEg Every BAKER shall cause al loaf bread whateyer
particular mark plainly seen; be the duty Of
he Mayors ice he shall be after
SEC g. All bakers other persons using carrying the
trade business Of baker aforesaid Shall make
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Cd refaye hereo b the Comman SoHnc and rh s
basrs or persons using or e rypE m the trade business Of
vidsd every halF dime loa shall aTe "e. bsf Of 5e e
xed by the tariff for the one dine i5a md every two dime
loaf shall have donble the said Tasat.,
or ore s5Tg tie I same Or sale are m Feqasd haEe a weights
Of and @ are e auGod nth to oToeeea try e
agreeably to the law espeetng Weights and measures
ke and the Deputy m
week inspect aud within the Wards Dis
rctS of this city and he public markets. all baed
for, baker bakers
certain whether made Of the quality required
by present ordinance;
shed assize and TO That said CommissareS Deputy
Street hereby
time between sunrise any bakery eose
other building enclosure wherein
bread is or may be ba6ed stored. deposited kept aHo
tavern store other place wherein loaf bread de-
posited kept sale And it shall further dug
of the euenantS Police Commssaries markets
Street Commissioners and enn all bakers
(saves carrying bread sale baskets
wagons otherwise through the public highways
ton, should they find such bread in
unstamped wanting in weight baked asreeably
10 the ordinance, he sa offender
before Of the Recorders Of this city upon
proof made shall the seizure and conscaon such
bread the Of the Orphan Asyms shall
further condemn tina offender offenders pay
less than twenty i've dollars than dy dollars, and in
default Of thereof such offender offenders il
imprisoned not eScaading thirty DAYS Any officer, Comm
or Deputy Street Commissioner neglect refusing enforce
the foregoing, shall oe dis missed from office
Sec g. The lay shall publish the official Journal of
city saturday. as:Ee OF bread for the ensuing
10 this effect he shall estimate barrel produCa
thousand seven hundred and thrytVo beSd AmeIi-
can Felg and in weight Of the dime loaf
the number OF snail be divided ena
the time OF fixing the assiIe, and adding the dollars,
dimes, ALLOW ed bakers the law Guotien the
number OF oncaS a dime loaf snail weigh.
SEC Wherever, according the preceding operation
fractional parts less than half they shall be
OF the loaf and when half shall be
added toit The whole in conformity the tariff
sublolned to the foregoing ordinance
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