The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-13

RuDpIemeutary TO the Ordinance en-.
titled "An Ordinance in Relation TO
the Election, Duties, md Fees Of the
Weigh. Master ofthe City OF Wheel
ing"
BE it ordained by the Council Of the City Of
Wkeeling:
SEC. l. There shall be within the city
limits three weigh scales, in addition to
the scales at the Second and Fifth
Ward market houses, to be located as
follows: One at the corner OF Washing
ton and Market streets, in the First
Ward; one at the old market space, IN
the Fourth Ward; and one at the corner
of Zane and Walnut streets, in the Sew
enth Ward.
SEC. ,. In addition to hay and other
articles, now required to be weighed
on the public weigh scales, all coal
bought, sold, or delivered within the
city in carts, wagons, or other vehicles,
shall be weighed upon one OF said
scales. and the number of bushels IN
each load ascertained by weight, by
the Weigh master or one of his depu-
ties, at the rate of eighty pounds to the
bushel. And if any person shall o1er
for sale, o. sell, or deliver, or receive
payment for any load of coal which has
not been so weighed, and the number
of bushels thereof ascertaincd, and be-
fore he has obtained 4 certificate there
for: or. having received such certlh-
cate, shall sell or otherwise dispose OF
said load, or any part OF parcel thereof,
contrary to the certificate; or attempt
TO impose a false certificate in the sale
thereof; or, when lie 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 concealing any substance
in the load with view to defraud; he
shall, for e"Scy such offence, 1ortelt ana
nav the sum of five dollars. Aud every
person purchasing aud paying for coal
not previously weighed and certified,
shall likewise forfeit and pay, for every
such offence, the sum OF five dollars.
And if the Weigh h-master or any OF his
deputies shall purchase any coal or hay,
other than for Lis own use, he shall for
felt and pay for every such offence the
sum of twenty dollars. Prorided, That
this section shall not apply to coal de-
livered at the Water Works, or distrib-
uted by order of the Council to the pub
lie Offices, or poor OF the city; nor to
manufacturers or others who purchase
by continuous contract, where the sell
Ter aud buyer agree to waive weighing
under this ordinance.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
Weighmaster and his deputies to keep
a register at each scales, wnich shall
always be open to public inspection,
wherein shall ne entered every load
weighed at said scales; giving the name
of the article weighed, for whom weigh
ed; the weight: date Of weighing, aud,
if coal, the kind thereof, whether clear,
mixed or slack; and the fee received for
weighing. And he shall furnish cer-
Nficate stating the number of bushels
therein contained, the kind, 1t OF coal;
and the number of pounds, If OF other
articles.
SEC. A. For weighing coal the Weigh
master shall be allowed To charge the
following fees, and no more, which
shall be paid at the time the certificate
of measure is given, by the owner of
the coal:
For each lead containing thirty bush
els and under, five cents; for each load
containing over thirty and not more
than fifty bushels, ten cents; for each
load containing more than fifty bushels,
fifteen cents.
SEC. ). All fines imposed by this or
dinance shall be imposed and collected
in the same manner as is prescribed in
Section 80, of an ordinance entitled IAN
Ordinance Defining and Prescribing the
Punishment of Certain Offences"
SEC. 6. The w Weighmaster shall pay
into the city treasury fifty per centum
of all fees received by him and his dep
uties as a rent for the use of said scales,
to be paid to the treasury of the city on
the first Monday Of each month, who
shall settle with him according TO his
registers.
SEC. 7. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances heretofore enacted lnconsist-
ent herewith are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. This ordinance shall gs into
effect on the - day -, 1865.