The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-04
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AN ORDINANCE

! SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE ORDINANCE
| - entitled An Ordinance in relation to tn
Election, Duties and Fees of the Weishm ste
of the City Of Wheeling"
SIC. |. BE it ordained Jy the Council Of The Cit
Of Whecillg That there shall be within the cit,
limits four weigh scales, lin addition 10 tn
scales at the Second and Fifth Ward Marke
| nuusesl, to be located as follows: One at TIT
! corner of Washington and Market streets, il
the First Ward; one at the Old Market Space
in the Fourth Ward, anO one at the corner o
| Zane and Walnut streets in the Seventh Ward
and one at the corner of Division and Cbaplin
streets in the Sixth Ward.
| SEC. = In addition To haV and other article
now required to be weighed on the public weigl
scales, all coal bought, sold or delivered within
tue city, in carts wagons or other vehicles, shal
be weighed upon one of said scales and thu
number of bushels in each load asccrtained b,
weight by the weIghmaster or one of his depu
ties ut the rate of eighty pounds to the Uushel
And if any person shall offer for sale or sell oil
deliver, or receive payment for any load of Goa
which has not been 50 weighed and the number
of bushels therein ascertaincd, and before ht
has obtained certificate therefor, or having
received such certificate, shall sell or otherw 81
dispose of said load, or any part or parcel there
of, contrary to the certificate, or attempt to i'm
pose false certificate in the sale thereof, Oh
when he has made sale shall not in the delivery
of the coal, also deliver the certificate of its
weight to the purchaser, or shall practice any
deception by conceaiing any substance in the
coal with view To defrsud, he shall for every
such offence forfeit and pay the sum of Eve dol
lars, and every person purchasing and paying
| for caal not previously weig he'd and certified
shall likewise forfeit and pay for every such
offence the sum Of five dollars. And if the
weighmastor, or any of his deputies, shall pur
chase any coal or hay other than for his own
use, he shall forfeit and pay for every such
offence the sum of twenty dollars. Prorided
That this section shall not apply to coal deliv.
cred at the City Water Works, or distributed
| by order of Council to the public Offices hose OF
engine houses, or to the poor of the city, nor "a
manufacturers or others who purchase by con-
tinuo1s contract, where the seller and buyer
agree TO waive weighing under this ordinance
| SIC 3 1t shall b. tue duty of the weighmas
ter to keep a register at each scales, which shall
always he open 10 public inspection, and belong
| to the city, wherein shall he entered every load
weighed at said scales, giving the name Of the
a. tiCle weighed, the owners name, the weight
! the date Of weighing the fee received and ii
| coal the kind thereof, whether clean, mixed OF
slack and he shall furnish a certificate stating
! the bunker of bushels therein contained and
kind ii of COAL and the number OF pounds if OF
other articles.
SEC. For weighing coal the weighmasteI
shall be allowed TO charge the following fees and
no more, to be paid at the time the certificate is
| given, by the owner of said load: For each
load containing thirty bushels and under five
cents. For each load containing over thirty
and not more than fifty bushels, ten cents. Fol
each load containing more than fifty bushels,
| fifteen cents
SEC. 5. If any fine imposed by this ordinance
be not paid upon the rendition of the Judgment
with the costs OF prosecution, by the person
against whom it is adjudged, such person may
| Gf he be male over tifteen), at the discretion
Of the Court be sentenced TO labor withou,
compensation at any OF the public works or i'm
provements undertaken or TO be undertaken BY
the city, until the same is fully paid or for any
period not exceeding thirty days.
SEC. &. The weighmaster shall pay into the
City Treasury fifty per centum of all fees re
ceivea by him or his deputies, as rent for the
use Of said scales, TO be paid to the Treasurer
of the city on the first Monday of each month
who shall settle with him according TO said
register.
SEC :. All ordinances and parts of ordinance
heretofore enacted, inconsistent herewith, are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 9. This ordinance shall 20 into effect on
the first day of September, 1868.
Passed Council April 2sth, 1865.
my4lt h. +. FEENY, City Clerk.
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