The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-06
proved the following bin In relation to the

WEIGHING OF LIVE SToCR-IKroRTANf
CHANGE IN THE LAw.--The Governor has ap-
proved the following bill Ia relation to the
weighing Of live stock: '''5 = 2.sHs s'..f
l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly,
That sections 3, CTS. 9, aud 10 Of chapter
SO Of the Code OF 1873 be amended and re.
enacted so as to read as follows: /
"3. The weichmaster shall give. q bond IN
the penalty of 81, 900, to be approved by the
Governor and filed in the Office of the Secre-
tary OF the Commonwealth. !
90. The Weighmaster, By himself or o
deputy. shall weigh without unnecessary
delay all live cattle, hogs, and sheep brought
to him to be weighed, and ascertain the
gross weight thereof. He shall enter In o
well.bound book list Of live stock weighed
by him, the kind and weight thereof, the
time when weighed, and the charges there
for. i; 81; .,Ets s-.s.'; ..- :. /
81. RI the weighmsster delay for six hours
to weigh any such live stock he shall pay to the
owner thereof ten cents on every head Of
such stock for each hour OF such delay be.
yond six hours Sunday excepted), to be re.
covered by warrant before justice Of the
peace, with costs. i, .,,s ss.,.,..-.
$50. If any person shall sell or buy, unless
for certain price per head, any beefcattl e,
hogs, or sheep for the shambles within the
corporate limits Of the city of Richmond, or
within five miles Of the same, which have
not been raised or grazed three months
within said limits, or within five miles Of
the same, aud which have not been weighed
by said weighmaster, the seller and buyer
shall each forfeit and pay fine of not less
than one nor more than i've dollars for each
and every head Of cattle, and for each and
ul % ,ne nf
less than fitty cents nor more than
one dollar. Ali beef cattle shall be sold at
the State scales Oh Thursday and Friday of
each week (unless another day shall be ap.
pointed by proclamation Of the Governor,
who is hereby authorized to fix another day
If it shall! be found best to do so), and any
person who shall sell or buy beef cattle at
any other place or time shall be liable to the
fines imposed for negecting to weigh on the
State scales us aforesaid, one-haii Of which
penalties shall be to the informer.
go. There shall he paid TO the weighmaster
two cents per hundred pounds gross weight
on all cattle or hogs, and on each sheep, per
head, one cent, for the first time of weigh
ing; for every second aud subsequent weigh
ing, for cattle and hogs, two cents for every
thousand pounds, and for sheep one cent for
every thousand pounds. And said weigh
master shall give certificate setting forth
the actual gross weight of any number of
live stock weighed by him to their owner or
his agent. ...s;
"1O. The weighmaster shall monthly re-
turn to the Auditor Of Public Accounts an
abstract from bis books oil the stock weighed
by him, and an account of the charges there
on. He may retain fifty per centum on such
charges for bis own compensation, and shall
pay the remainder forthwith into the trea-
sury. And if ne violate this section he shall
forfeit fifty dollars for each offence"
2. Be it further enacted, That hogs and
sheep may be weighed at the private scales
of brokers', by the weigbmaster or his
deputy, subject to the same terms and pen.
altles as prescribed for stock weighed at the
State scales.
8. Nothing in this act shall be construed
to include veals or lambs.
4. This act shall be in force from and after
the 1st day of May, 1874.