New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-21

8 the city, for services rendered as COrOne
in the month of April, 1870.
p Mr. Emley called up his amended woo'
6 and coal ordinance. The first and seeon'
sections were adopted without debate, a
follows:
: An ordinance dividing the city into tw'
. wood and coal divisions, and appointing
inspectors thereof, and providing penalties
!, SECTION l. BE it ordained by the Council
of the city Of New Orleans, That the city
be and hereby is divided into two wood ant
coal divisions: that all Of that part OF thu
city above Canal street shall be constituted
: and known as the first division, and that par
| below Canal street, including the Fiftl
? District shall be constituted and known al
f the second division.
Sec. 9. Be it further ordained. That in the
month of July, eighteen hundred and
seventy, and annually thereafter, tine Ad
ministratOr of Commerce shall nominate
and, by and with the advice and consent OF
the Council, appoint one Inspector of wood
and coal for each of said divisions. with
such number Of assistant inspectors as may
be necessary.
thus:
SEC 3. Be it further ordained, That it
shall not be lawful, after the adoption and
PRONUNCIATION of this ordinance. for any per-
son to offer for sale or remove any fire
wood at or from any landing or place
where the same may be first deposited
within the city limits, without hay
ing the same measured by one of the
inspectors and having his certificate there
for, which certificate must first be delivered
to the purchaser, before such wood can be
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deposit. if the same shall have been sold.
Mr. West said the provision was inn
possible. man, according to this section,
must first get his wood measured, take his
certificate, find purchaser and deliver to
him the certificate before he could load his
cart
Mr.. Emley said it was the proposition of
the wood dealers themselves.
Mr.. Walton moved to amend by inserting
the words ''by wholesale at the end of the
section.
Accepted.
Mr.. Emley moved to strike out the word
'!tirst" in the sentence which certificate
must first be delivered"
Mr.. West moved to strike out all after
the word therefor because it was all
provided for in the next section.
Adopted.
Section four was adopted. Mr. Bonzano
voting no.
1t was as follows:
SEC. A. Be it further ordained. That it
shall be the duty of such inspector to see
that wood so measured is properly and
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allowance in his measurement for crooked
and uneven wood. All wood shall be meas
ured to the middle Of the kerr only. One
hundred and twentyeight cubic feet shall
constitute cord. The inspector shall issue
his certificate for each and every lot of wood
so measured, setting forth the date of meas
urement and quantity of wood. which GER
tificate he shall deliver to the vendor of the
wood, and for so measuring and issuing his |
certificate he shall be entitled to receive |
from the owner or vendor ten cents for each |
and every cord, and he shall make and re-
tain marginal counterpart of each GER
titicate so issued.
Section five was read as follows
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained. That any
person purchasing a load or loads of fire |
wood at retail, and suspecting the same to
be less i'll quantity than represented by the
vendor thereof, may call upon the inspector
of wood i'll the division in which such wood
may be to measure the same, and for so
measuring such wood the Inspector shall be
entitled to receive from the person demand
ing such measurement fifty cents for the
first cart load or cord and twenty-five cents
per cord for each and every cord above one
cord.
Mr.. West thought the price fixed for sus-
picion was rather hard on the suspecting
person. He moved to lower the charge to
twenty-five cents and fifteen.
Adopted.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained. That any
person in selling tire-wood at retail by the
cart load or loads, or otherwise, who shall
be found guilty of representing the same as
containing larger quantity than it is found
to contain, upon measurement as provided
for in section five, shall, upon conviction
thereof before the Recorder of the district in
which such Otfense is committed, be subject
to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars,
nor more than fifty dollars, together with
costs and inspectors fees for measuring
such wood, One-half of which fine shall be
paid to the infOrmer, if private citizen,
md one-half shall be paid into the city
treasury.
Mr. Bonzano asked if this section was the
Of the wood dealers.
Mr.. Emley said yes.
Mr.. Bonzano remarked: What awful ras-
'als these wood dealers must be to think it :
necessary to impose such fines on each
,ther.
Adopted.
SEC. Z. Be it further ordained, That all fire. ,,
wood brought into this city in carts or wag- :
ms, west of the New Orleans canal, shall | :
'e brought to point on CarrolltOn avenue
It or near some point where said avenue ,
rOsses the New Orleans canal. at which .
'lace an inspector or assistant inspector of :
wood shall be located whose duty it shall :
Re to measure each and every cart or wagon !
Dad of wood brought to that place, and it
hall be unlawful for any person to offer any +
uch wood for sale until the same shall have
een measured by such Inspector; and for :
o measuring each and every load of wood. -
he inspector shall be entitled to receive a l.
ee of fifteen cents from the owner of such i
,oOd.
Mr.. Pierce asked why this point was Sc p
,cted! 1
Mr.. Emley replied that all the wood that q
idn't come by canal or river came this h
ay.
Mr.. West pointed out that load of wood, !,
oming down the levee road, to be sold in o
etferson city, would be obliged to stop at
he halfway house to get measured and
hen go back to Jefferson city to be sold. 4.
On the section being put to the vote, it u
'as lost by five nays to two yeas (Mr. "
haw and Emley). "
Mr. Bonzano moved to reconsider !.
Carried.
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Mr. West moved that the section be Il