The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-10-01

follows, VIZ: II
Storage and selling, sixty days, per bale 81 %
Drayage from all depots, per bale ........-. Is
Insurance per ..... 4 c.
Weighers Fees per bale.. 1211s
Storage per month, after sixty days,per
bale. "
commission for buying on orders...-.,-.,... 90
Drayage....... -.......-.-....-..... -
81 A rebate of fifty cents per bale on
storage may be allowed to any person
controlling one hundred bales of cot.
ton, or to merchant or Spectator,
but Planters shall in no instance be
regarded as coming under this proyoso.
For money advanced on..cot- O.. ae.af
ton in store .....................IS cent q month
For money advanced on cot
ton not in store. &c. additional
RULE II. ria ide) %
That we will cause to, be passed by
the City Council, a general license law
for Public Weighers, and that the
Board will appoint those whom We es-
TEEN competent and suitable, to serve
till we get the legal appointees, and
the fees shall be ten cents per bale. :
/ fadi S77sr RULE H. = vsT
That no Cotton man will bid on or
buy bale Of cotton on a wagon or at
depot, (if consigned to the shipper or
owner, nor from any man or house
who will not faithfully second us in
our endeayors to maintain prices; and
further, that buyers who may buy from
wagons or depots, as above, shall be
charged So per bale upon each and ev-
cry bale weighed for him by. ware
house, and that no rebate be allowed
them. ,,e .......-.., 4
no ll sfa RUEEIN .iU st8fetpr .
That it shall be optional with the
buyer to call I'm Public Weigher, and
that buyer and seller pay each one
half of the weigher's fees.
RULE v.
That deduction of two lbs. per tie
or band, may be made upon each bale
having more than six ties or bands.
RULE vi. ~
That all bales weighing under three
hundred pounds, may be rejected by
buyer at his option, and such bales be
regarded as understandable. f
RULE VII. IA
That it shall be required of every
seller to give planters mark in full OF
each bale, and that reclamations will
not be allowed unless said marks can
be fully identified, and sworn certifi-
Gates be shown as to the character OF
the rejected bale, and that six months
only shall have elapsed before claims
for reclamation are made, or they
shall not be allowed by seller.
That deduction of two pounds shall
be allowed upon each and every bale Of
cotton weighed. ,.f- t.l-.4 ~
iUalAahn f.g RULE vIII.p II stur- 'i
That the President appoint COM
mittee of three to collect and collate
sales daily. and furnish to the daily
papers official quotations of the cotton
market from actual sales; said commit
tee to serve one month, and the Presi-
dent shall then appoint three to serve
each succeeding month. .egq -
..-r RULE TX Ti
That a committee. ofthree shall he ap-
pointed to have the Legislature pass a
general lien law, to protect factors in
ad sances, ETC., upon cotton and other
produce. s3 aa IS .4asf- ~.
That these rules shall go into effect
from the LIST of September, 1869, and
continue for one year from that date;
and further, that each house who signs
these rules pledge themselves not to
violate any of the above, and also not
to buy cotton from any member VIC
lating the same, mol. from outside
houses known to violate the same; and
bind themselves to notify the President
of any violation of rules coming under
their knowledge. 81
| = i-sar.r RULE xI.
That these rules, after having beer
signed by, the respective cotton houses
shall be printed, and each member
signing shall have a copy, and pay thu
pro-ratu cost of the printing of same
to the Secretary when delivered o.
THos. PARKEs & Co. q
SAMPLE, ORDwAY & Co, "a
MCCREA & Co. r.
- GILBERT, PARKEs & GORDON
| G. r. PARSONS 4 Co. .an
RIED, CHADBURN & Co.
8. B. SPURLoCK & Co..
| JAMES WIRELESS 4 Co.
MCLEAN & Co.
/ .--.E NJ. A. PARRISH d Co. I :
II. GEO. C, ALLEN & Co.
MCALISTER & WIRELESS.
-. J, CARsEY, Son & Go. =
SPERRy & MCCRoRY. 1s
MILTON CoCKRrLL.
FRENCH Il BROWN y
We quote from the New York Her