The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-23
CITY ORDINANCES.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND
Ia R~E-OkpAlN CHAPTER FORTl-ONE OF
T THE CITY CITY c4 SGEGGElSkAHFaAEsss ED SSE / lsTH'
1870.
BE 1t ordained by the Council ofMe ChyyRich-
n,ond, That chapter %iorty.one of the ordinances
be, and the same hereby is, amended TO read rs
follows:
| ell IN the month OF May, or rs soon thereafter rs
| may he convenient the Council shall appoint
| City Gaugcr, who shall hold his Office until the
regular meeting oft Council In May of the next
| year, and until his successor Is appointed, unless
sooner removed by the Council. The said Gauger
Shall, before aching In his office, pay 10 the city \
license tax of Sluo,, and shall give bond In tho pc
| nalty of IL 600, with security approved by the
Council, and with condition according to the
ordnance on the subject. and said bond shall
the Office may be filled at any time by the Council.
| When spirituous liquors, wine, Kerosene, or
coal oil, molasses, vinegar, spirits OF turpentine,
ufactured or rectfiied in this city, to be sold there
In either by wholesale or retail, The same before
being sold shall DE submitted to the gauger, VINO
| shall gauge and inspect each cask ascertain the
proof Oftlle spirits ; the fire test OF the OIL the Ga
pacity or each cask; and shall, with irons 70 ne
kept ny him for tho purpose, mark on each SasK
lions Of gallons the proof OF the spirits or the fire
test OF the oil. and on the head, with chalk, the Gu
pacity and uIlage. Andif the gauger deem 1t ne,
cessary, he shall stop up the hung OF the cask and
make q new one IN such part as shall appear 70
him most likely to obviate the malconstruction OF
2. II any person violate the preceding section,
or II any person shall alter the mark put on the
cssk by Inc gallger, or shan on any cask which has
not been sausSi and inspected put u mark similar
to orlu Imitation OF the gaugcr's mark, every such
person shall for each offence pay . fnc Of not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars.
,. No person shall keep, offer for sale. or store
any refined coal, kerosene, or pctroIeum OIL tho
fire test Of which is less than one hundred and ten
degrees Fahrenheit, under q penalty OF not less
than tfly dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars for each offence. }7T
A Tbfr prHInonc chan not n .-al-
from sell Selling in this city sty any Of Inc see said 1 Iiqaers as
heretofore after the same shall have been once
snail sell or refill any empty cask on which the ean.
ger has pnt his mark until the mark denoting the
proof or test shall be completely obltterated. ANY
not less than two nor more than ten dollars. ~
S. The gauger shall not, during his continuance
In Office, vend any Of the articles required by this
9. The gauger may appoint one or more depu-
ties, who, after being ap RI ,e d 6y tine e9 fSa eia.
Ties OF the Office, may discharge any Of the dnties
OF hts principal. But the principal shall! be liable
therefor, and such deputy. ruay be remover rom
office a. any time by his principal or by the
7. For the purpose of more accurately ascertain
Ing the capacity Of IS every YER s Gask se e9naala ahe r as q
and his deputies shall make use ofthe scale known
IS Gunter's scale and for the purpose OF acser-
! petroleum oil, they shall make use OF g. Tagfta-
| bue's or other improved instrument.
/ B.. The person submitting any GaSk OF spHituoh'
! liquors to the ganger shall pay him Tor assertslh.
twenty I've cents for each cask; and Tor Eau2iDg
| aud marking wine, kerosene or coal OIL moiassss'
| vinegar, spirits OF turpcnttne, and burning nul0,
| fifteen cents for each cask 3nd for each cask o.
| kerosene or coal oil the sum OF Twenty-Five cents
4 additional for determining and marking the Ire-
test. rorv
and the first day OF July, the gaigei saai !, Ietn nr ib ~
| number and description OF casks gaugca ny Him
| within the preceding SIX months ana OF .ias iI =
Icharred or received by him within that tlMc ~
| virtue OF his ofice. He shall also cause 20 pe pm
| lished, at his cost In q newspaper, a statenfenL W
| the number and description OF casks mentsonea'
In said account. II he fail for FIVE days 10 return
| shall pay u fine Of twenty dollars, and every sun,
| sequent I've days That the failure continues shaii
be a distinct offence. 5 II
published by authority Of Cou1cil. 81
ty9l-5t X. {. HOWARD,C CITY CIerk.-
al ORDINANCE To PROHIBIT
N MEMBERS OF. TIE III III,
CITY OFFICERS FROM CONTkACTiNG IT,
FURNIsH sUPPLIEsTo THE CITY. PASSED
e Il ordained by The Council Of The cityof Rfea.
! mOud. !. That t Shall not be lawful for q nleInocso 81
| the said Council, or an officer or TIC CIV HoseLn-
| ment, to contract for furnishing supplies OF ioon,
imachiAery, OF. any other articles for the use 81
| said city, or to be Interested In any such c0ntrast.
2. That any person who shall violate TINS oid,-
| nance shall be fined not hess than one hundfe0 aot.
lars nor more than one thousand dollars; and, y
| amember OF the Council, shall be deemed guHtySi
| malfeasance in Office and expelled, " = Fpte ~
city government, shall be liable toa ike hae ano
4 10 sstno,n All gnfItv of mfsccnfncE. IN office and re-