The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-21
ANORDINANCE

Supplementary to the ordinance entitled a"
Ordinance IN relation TO the Election
duties and fees Of the WeighmdSter Of
the City Of Wheeling:
CSEC. |. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
10 Council Of the City of Wheeling, that there
shall be within the city limits four ~ weigh
scales aud so many as the public convenience
may hereafter require, in addition to the scales
| at Fifth and Second Ward Market Houses to
be located rs follows: One at the corner of
Market and Washington streets LIST Ward one
at the corner of John and Seventh streets, 4th
Ward; one at the corner of Zane and Walnut
streets, 7th Ward, and one ut Division and
| Chaplne streets 9th Ward.
SEc.2. In addition to hay and other articles
now required to be weighed on the public
wei scales, all coal bought, sold or delivered
within the city in carts, wagons or other We.
hicles shall be weighed upon one OF said scales
and the number of bushels of each load ascer.
| tanned by weight by the Weighmaster or one OF
his deputies, ut the rate of eighty (sOl pounds
| TO the bushel, the Weighmaster and his dePu.
ties Giyipg . sertiaSass .sgsctlylng the quantity
slack; and if any person shall offer for sale, sell
or deliver or receive payment for any coal
which has not been 50 weighed and the number
| of bushels therein ascertained, and before he
| has obtained certificate thereof, Or having re-
Geived such certificate, shall sell or otherwise
dispose of said load, or part or parcel thereof,
contrary to the certificate, or attempt TO impose
a false certificate in the sale thereof or when he
has made sale shall not in the delivery of the
| go1I also deliver tho certificate of its weight to
| the purchaser, or shall practice any deception
! by cnucealing any substance III the load with
view to defraud, he shall. Cor every such offence,
| forfeit and pay to the city the sum Of not less
than live 81 dollars and no moro than ten QW
dollars And every person purchasing aud pay
| ing for coal not previously weighed aud ccrtl.
| fed shall forfeit and pay to the city for every
such offence the sum of not less than two ~
dollars and not more than i've 90 dollars And
if the Weighmaster or any of his deputies shall
purchase any coal or hay, otherwise than pre-.
scribeG by this ordinance, he shall forfeit and
nay for every such offence twenty (2nJ dollars
This ordinance shall apply TO all coal delivered
to the Water Works or distributed by order OF
Council to public Offices, hose or engine hOHs0s,
or the poor of the city; provided, this section
shall not apply to manufacturers owning their
own coal bank and supplying their factories
thereirom, or of necessity having TO purchase
coal by contract.
Sea 1t shall be the duty of the Weigh.
master or his deputies to keep register at each
scales, which shall always be open to publc in.
spectiun and belong to the city, wherein shall
be entered every load weighed ON said scales
giving the name of the article weighed, the
owners name, the weight, the date of weighing
the fee received, and shall furnish a certificate
stating the number of bushels therein contained
If OF coal, and the number of pounds if of other
| articles.
SEC. 4. The City Weighmaster shall have
power to appoint deputy for each of the
| scales said appointment to be approved by the
Council. The Weighmaster and deputy shall
before entering upon the discharge Of their du.
ties, be sworn by the Mayor to honestly dis.
charge the duties of Weighmaster, and the
Weighmaster give bond, with good and suii
| cient security in the penal sum Of $4,000 two
thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of
same.
| He shall make monthly returns to the Treas
urer of the amount of fees received, and shall
pay over to said Treasurer, for the use of the
city, on the first Monday of every month, the
per centage to which the city is entitled under
their respective contracts.
SEC. s. For weighing coal, each Weighmastcr
shall be allowed to charge the following fees;
and no more, which shall be paid at the time
the certificate Of weight or measure is given:
For each load containing thirty.three 1881
bushels or under, FIVE t5) cents
For each load containing thirty.three 1897
bushels, and not more than ifty.tive (55) bush
els, ten cents.
For each load containing more than fifty five
(55l bushels, fifteen Q5) cents.
SEC 6. The Weighmaster shall pay to the
City Treasurer fifty per centum of all fees re.
ccived by him and his deputies US rent for the
use Of said SCALES.
SEC. :. All ordinances and parts OF ordi.
nances heretofore enacted inconsistent here
with, are hereby repealed.
SIC G. This ordinance shall go into effect Oh
and after the 18th of November. 1868.
Passed Council November 18th, 1868
II. +. FEENY,
ICity Clerk.