The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
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The Board then adjourned to meet
Monday, 18th instant, at o'clock p. m.
FIR. ENDOM, Mayor.
TALBOT ST1LLMAN, Sec'y pro tenn.
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY OF MONROE,
May 49, 1878.
The Board met pursuant to call of
the Mayor.
Presently. Endom, Mayor; J. HofI-
man, j. G. Sanders, V. +. Vogh, w.
P. Renwick, F. Cook, A. Harvey.
Absent-T. n. Conner.
The verbal report of J. G. Sanders,
appointed to confer with Board Of
Trade, concerning free ferry, that said
Board declines to further assist finan.
cially the maintenance of the ferry.
was received, and the action of the
previous Council in establishing and
providing for the successful operation
OF said ferry, was unanimously en-
dorsed.
The following ordinance was intro
duced and adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. $50.
Amending Ordinance No. 344 of the
Mayor and City Council of Monroe.
adopted January 9th, 1873.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council OF Monroe, That section
1st of Ordinance No. 344 of the Mayor
and City Council, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read, instead of the
words "betWeen 8 o'clock p. m. and
SUNRISE" as follows: Between sunset
and sunrise, and all revenues derived
from travel within said time shall be
deducted from the compensation of the
ferryman, Sundays excepted, 80
Approved. FIR. ENDoM, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 361, introduced by
Mr.. Renwick, was amended, and then
adopted as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. SCI.
An ordinance regulating the price of
weighing cotton and other produce;
prescribing the duties of the city
cotton weigher and the duties of the
Mayor of the City of Monroe.
Section LIST. Be it ordained by tho
Mayor and City Council of Monroe,
That the city cotton weigher shall not
charge more than 20 cents for each
bale of cotton weiged by him.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
it shall be the duty of the Mayor to
select a suitable lot, as near the centcr
of the business part of the city as poss-
ible; and he shall require the city
weigher to have said lot fenced in and
kept we'll drained to prevent damage
arising from wet or mud and said lot
shall be known rs the city cotton
Weigher lot, where all cotton shall be
weighed by him or sworn deputy.
except that it shall be optional with
the city cotton weigher as to whether
he shall 60 to any other place or places
within the corporate limits of the city
for the purpose of weighing cotton and
then only by consent Of both buyer and
seller, provided; that no cotton shall be
WAiphQ{ hV tho <.ifx, s<r@,
without the city cotton weigher's lot
before sunrise or after sunset of each
day.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That
it shall be the duty of the city cotton
weigher to have printed posters, pasted
up in conspicuous places within the
said enclosed cotton weigher's lot NAM
ing the price for weighing cotton, and
it shall be his further duty not to allow
teamsters or wagoners or other persons
to camp within or keep their live stock
or build fires within said enclosed lot.
Sec. 4. BE it further ordained, That
1T shall the duty of the city cotton
Weigher to make duplicate certificates.
naming dates, weights of the cotton or
articles weighed by him, one of said
certificates to be given to the owner of
said articles and the other retained by
the weigher T.; and it shall be the fur
Their duty of said city cotton weiser to
put a drop mark on all cotton to cor
respond with marks on the certificate
so as to identify the cotton.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That
it shall be the duty of the Mayor of the
city to see that all the provisions of
this ordinance are enforced.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained. That
any failure on the part of the city cot
ton weigher to comply with the pro-
visions OF this ordinance, shall be deem
ed a sufficient cause for his removal
from Office.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this Or
dinance be and they are hereby repeal
ed, and especially Ordinance No. $50
adopted ut the meeting of the CITY
Council on May 9th, 1873.
Approved. FIR. ENDoA1, Mayor.
A bid from G. w. McCranie, ESQ.
Editor OUAC11lTA TELEGRAp11, to do
all city printing for $500 per annum.
was opened, read, and the Mayor was
authorized to enter into contract witt,
him accordingly.
The Council here went into the cleo
ton of a city cotton weigher. The fol-