Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-30
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 80, 1876.

The BREAD LAWS -Onc Of the subjects
which earliest ccgascd the attention OF the
municipal authorities s!uce the organization
Of this city into lis present shape, 10 lieO, Is
the assize Of bread-a most important matter
for the consumed When there Was but one
grade of -four suitable for making bread, 1t
was easy 10 fix the price, as we'll as The weight,
aud accordingly this was done. Even then
much difficulty was experienced in arriving at
a rate which would satisfy both the baker aud
the consumer, aud one of tue local issues OF
oldeu times was the 'a,ozc OF bread. The
o,riv r,rov.,ion OF law on tus subject was as
follows
The mayor and commonalIy shall, from
time to time, often - taey lhink necessary,
reg uiate the a,sze AMI wei ght OF bread Ine
regulations SO made shall DC entered Oh the MIN
utes of council, and Vii persons baking bread LOT
sale wilhif. the mi!s Of the corporation shall be
governed thereby. Ali Dread exposed or offered
for sale WITHIN tho corporation winch shall be
less than tae weight required by the regulation
then in ice shall Ue =lzad by the clerk OF the
market or any sworn cthUer Of the corporation,
who shall nevertheless make Il reasonable aliCW'
ancc for any deficiency IL the weight OF Old Or
stale bread. When any matellal alteration snail
the duty OF the clerk OF the market 10 apply to
three respectable purchasers within the corpo-
ration for certificate OF the Cash pTlce Thereon,
AMI TO publish the weight bread ought to be IN
conformity with the rcA u!sllons VI the mayor
and commonaity.
Every mouth or SO the clerk of the market
made publication of the rate at which bread
should be sold uutil further order. We copy
one of these notices from the Gazette flies:
AssIZE OF BREAD M:DE OF SUpERF1NE BURR
-FOUR
The pouad loal...... .....'.'...4V cents
a. " Observation-Disclosures. ....2O cents
............... ...........lU ceHts
!: Observation-Disclosures. 5 cents
JAMES HARRIS,
Murch - 1910. Clerk Ut the Market.
AS, however, che grades Of -four capable OF
producing Wholesome bread began to multiply,
the difficulties OF fix:gg the rate Increased, and
all attempts in that lloc were abandoned and
free trade in bread allowed more than thirty
years ago. The regulation OF the price Of bread
10 Washington and Georgetown contioucd ID
force until much later period. The super
vision now exercised by the municipal authori.
ties over the sale Of bread is confined entirely
to the weight OF the loaves, aad is IS follows :
Cali bread exposed or offered for sale, within
the limits Of the city OF Alexandria, shall be ir
loaves Of the weight OF eight pounds, tour
pounds, two pounds or one pound. ANY person
offering f,r sale any bread short Of the weight
it purports to be shall forfeit and pay i've dol
lars for each o1ence. and it shall! be- the duty
of the clerk of the market, or any sworn Chcer
the corporation, to seize all dread which SHALL
be- of less weight than that which it purports to
be; but such clerk o. other ,tlicer shall make
hi, ay,naf fart Ip lItI
of ola or stale bread And all bread or other
provisions forfeited and seized under any clause
of this chapter snail Oe sent to the aims house
under the direction OF tee mayor. In all cases
Of seizures made under this chapter the party
affected thereby may appeal from the decision
OF the clerk OF the market or person making the
seizure 10 the MAYOR or any other magistrate
WITHIN the corporation. The clerk of tie mar.
ket OF the person making the seizure shall inn
mediately, or iii the seizure be made during
market hours upon the close OF the market taEe
the articles seized before the magistrate to
whom such appeal shall be made"