New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-08-31

MAYoRALTY OF NEW OuLr4y-
City Hall, 24th day of August, 1857.
The following ordinance will be strictly enforced
from and after SATURDAY, August 81, lsgJ
GEo. 7. CE,LDs Secretary.
MAYoRALIY or NV oE-EAN-,,
City Hall, August = l-sl.
Common Council CT the City Of New Orleans
No. 5739.
AN ORDINANCE for establishing the Assze and
regulating the Weight and Inspection Of Bread
SECTION l. Be it ordained, That all bakers or
other persons now engaged in or doing carry,
ing on business as bakers, or engaged q making
or baking bread for others, shall Immediately after
the PRONUNCIATION Of this ordinance report them elves
at the Mayors office, and cause his, her, or their
name or names and place Of business to be recorded
in book TO be kept tor that purpose in the Mayors
office and shall in ali respects conform 10 the proyis
ions Of this ordinance and hereafter every person
intending to undertake the baking business, or any
same either in person or by employ ug any other per
son to carry on the said trade or business under his
or Aer directions or Tor MS or her proht, within the
limits Of the city OF New Orleans, previously to
decaratI9n OF ms or her intention at the Mayor
office, and have his or her name entered in a book
kept for that purpose and in default shall be liable
to hne OF twenty-five dollars, recoverable before any
of the Recorders OF this city, other court Of com
petent luTi ,diction, for the benefit Of the city.
SEC T. Every baker shall cause all loaf bread what
ever, which he or she shall bake, or cause to be
baked, to be marked with the initial letter Of his
her name or names, or any otne! particular mark,
plainly to be and it shall be the duty Of the
bakers TO make known their respective stamp or
mark at the Mayors office; and the said mark shall
be designated after their names in the book above
mentioned.
SEC 3. All bakers other persons using or carry
ing the trade business Of baker as aforesaid,
shall make or cause to be made all their loaf bread Of
weight which may be fixed by virtue of the present
ordinance, or any other ordinance hereafter passed
relative thereto by the Common Council aud fur
Their, all bakers and persons using carrying the
trade business of baker, shall only be allowed to
sell or expose for sale, loaves OF bread OF the value
of two Dimes one dime, or haltdlme; provided every
halfdne LOAF shall have one half Of the weight fixed
BY the tarh FIR the one dime loaf and every two
dime loaf shall have double the SAID weight.
SEC. J. Bakers, tavern-keepers, and other persons
selling bread, or offering the same for sac, are re,
0uired to have the weights and scales duly regulated
by the standards, and the inspectors of weights and
measures are authorized to proceed to try them
agTeeably TO the law respecting weights and meas
SEC s. 1t shall be the duty of the Commissaries Of
the Markets and the Deputy Street Commissioners,
at least in each week to inspect and examine,
within the several wards districts of this city and
the public markets, all loaf bread baked by, for or
account OF any baker or bakers. order to
tain whether the same is made OF the quality OF flour
required by the present ordinance; whether marked
weight thereof conforms to the established assize;
and totbat end said Commissarles and Deputy Street
Comm ssiOners are hereby authorized and required
al any time between sunrise and sunset 10 enter any
bakery, bakehouse or snOp. storehouse any other
buil5ing Enclosure wherein loaf bread or may be
baked Stored, deposited or Kept a also any tavern
shop store any other place wherein loaf bread is
deposited stored, or kept for sale And il shall fur
Their be the duty of the Iieutenants of Police Com
missaries OF Markets, and Deputy Street Commits
sioners stop and detain all bakers other persons
slaves or free carrying bread for sale in baskets
streets or highways, and examine and weigh such
bread; and upon such examination, should they find
such bread IN whole or in part unwboesqme un-
stamped, wanting in weight, not baked agreea-
bly, TO tae present ordinance, he shall conduct the
offender offenders before of the Recorders Of
this city who, upon due proof made, shall pronounce
the seizure and conscation OF sucn bread for the
Of the Orphan Asylums of the city and shall further
condemn the offender or offenders to pay fine OF
not less than twenty-five dollars more than fifty
dollars and in default of payment thereof such OF.
fender or offenders shall be imprisoned not exceed
ing thirty days Any officer, COmmissary, or Deputy
Street Commissioner HegleCting or refusing to en-.
force the oreEong shall be dismissed from office.
SIC 6. The Mayor shall publish in the Official
journal Of he city, every Saturday, asslZe Of
bread for the ensuing week; TO this effect he shall
estimate barrel of flour to produce three thousand
seven hundred and thirty-two ounces of bread,
American weight, and in order to ascertain the
weight of the dime loaf, the number of ounces shall
be divided by a number equal 10 the number OF
dimes a barrel of flour may be worth the market
a. the time Of fixing the assiZe and adding the five
dollars fifty dimes, allowed to bakers by the law
the duOtient shall be the number OF ounces dime
loaf shall weigh
SEC. !. Wherever, according to the preceding
operation, the fractional parts less than half an
ounce, they shall be taken oil the loaf; and when
half an ounce or more, an ounce shall be added 70
it. he whole, moreover, in conformity 10 the tariff
subIoned to the foregoing ordinance: