New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-11
MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,

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City Hall, August S. 1861.
Common opnneil . Of the City of New Orleans
AN ORDINANCE for ESTABLISHING the Assae and regulating
tht Weight and Inspection of Bread:
engaged IN or doing CARRYING on business as bakers
selves ii the Mayors Office aud cause his her OF their name or
for Eat purpose IN the Mayors ors AID shn Pp IN ali
conform 10 the provisions Of this ordinance and hereafter
any such persons who may be engaged in same
the said bnsess lis o. her dFec G oT his
or her profit within the limits of The city Of New Orleans must
decaraon Of his her inelton the Mayors office, and
and in default shall be liable to fine Of twenty i've dollars
recoverable before Of the Recorders of this city other
E 5a 2s' al fn DE Thteyer
with The initial letter Of his name, names orsny other
particular mark plainly be seen and shall be the duty Of
the Mayors Office and The said mark shall be designated after
their names in the book above mentioned.
SEC g. All bakers other using carrying the
trade business of baker aforesaid shall make
and sy se gys Weight hc en- may be Sss5o ey
relative thereto BY the Common Council and further iii
bakers or persons using carrying on the trade business of
bread of the va ne Of dimes one dime half dime
ds every half a d i'm Loaf shall haze one ha Of the weg
loaf shall have donble the said weight.
offering the for sale required 10 have the weights
and SCALES dn egnaed by the standards and The
agrs ea6ly 70 the law respecting weights and measures
ke and the Deputy Street Commissioners least each
week. inspect and examine within the several Wards Dis
cts of this city and the public markets. all loaf bread baked
by for account of baker bakers order
certain whether the is made the quality Of -four
by the whether marked herein required
shed aSze and tina end said Commissares Deputy
Street Commissioners hereby rzed and required
time between sunrise and to bakery bakehoe
shop orehonse other building enclosure wherein loaf
bread be baked stored deposited kept also any
TAVERN shop store other place wherein loaf bread de-
posted stored kept for sale And il shall further be the duty
Of the Leuepan Police Conissares of markets ard Dep
uty Street and detan all bakers Other
aVes fre carrying bread for sale in baskets carts
wagons otherwise through the public streets highways
ton, should they find such bread in whole part
unsamped wanting in weight baked agreeably
TO the ordinance he shall conduct the offender offend
before Of the Recorders of this city who pon due
shall contscaon
bread for the of the Orphan ylums the city shall
less than twenty-five dollars Than fifty dollars and in
default Of thereof such offender offenders sa be
imprisoned exceeding thirty DAYS Any officer CommSslry
Deputy Street Commissioner negectn refusing enforce
the foregoing shall be dismissed from office.
SEC G. The Man shall publish the official journal Of the
CITY, every Saturday assze of bread for the ensuing week
to this effect he shall estimate barrel Of flour produce three
thousand hundred and hiywo bread Amer
can weg and in order ascertain the weight the dime ea
the number of shall be divided number equal to
the time of fixing the assize and adding the FIVE dollars fifty
dimes allowed TO bakers by the law, the qloen shall the
number Of ounces dime loaf shall weigh
hhereVer, according the preceding
fractional parts less than half ounce they shall be taken
of the Loaf and when half more
added to IT, The whole, in conformity the tariff
subjoined to the for esoing ordinance:
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