St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-21
ORDINANCE No. 593.

An Ordinance Appropriating Money to the
Payment of the Claim of Addie b.
Wright, for Personal Injuries Received.
The Common Council of the City of st.
Paul do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That there be. and hereby is,
appropriated out of any money in the City
Treasury of the City of St. Paul not other
wise appropriated the sum of twelve hum
dred Isl, ,200) dollars, to be applied to the
liquidation and payment of the claim OF
Addie B. Wright, for personal injuries re-
ceived and sustained by falling into cavity
surrounding a catchbaSin at the corner OF
Third and Wabasha streets in said city, as
appears from the petition presented to this
Council Sept. 20, 1885, and in pursuance to
the report of the Committee on Claims
thereon made Nov. 8, 1885.
Sec. 2. That upon said Addie B. Wright
executing and filing with the City Comp
troller a full and absolute release for all
claims, dues and causes of action of every
name and nature, either at law or equity as
against said City for said injury or for any
of the consequences therefrom, the City
Comptroller shall make out and deliver to
said Addie B. Wright an order upon the
City Treasury for the above-mention
sum of twelve hundred Isl, ,200) dollars so
appropriated as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its publica
ton.
Yeas-Ald. Cummings, Dowlan, O'Con-
nor, Petsch, Cullen, Sanborn, johnson,
Kahn, Starkey, Minea, Long, Mr. Presi-
dent-12.
Passed Nov. II, 1885.
ROBERT A. SMITH, President of Council
AnoroVad Nov 10 1SSS
EDMUND RICE, Mayor.
Attest:
THos. A. PRENDERGAsT, City Clerk.
Nov. 81, 1885.
ORDINANCE No. 594.
An Ordinance in Relation to Testing the
Meters of the st. Paul Gaslight Com
pany and the Protection of its Lamps and
Posts.
The Common Council of the City of ST.
Paul do ordain as follows:
Section 1. 1t is hereby made the special
duty of the police force of the City of st.
Paul to enforce the provisions of article
thirty-eight 1881, section one Q) of the
ordinances of the City of st. Paul, passed
Oct Z, 1869, relating to the protection of
any lamp post or city lamp in the limits of
said city from damage, injury or deface-
ment by careless or malicious persons; also
to guard and care for said lamps, lamp
posts and the appurtenances thereto, and
to arrest summarily any person or persons
violating the ordinance or ordinances passed
or to be passed in accordance Herewith.
Sec. 2. Whenever customer of gas fur
nished by the st. Paul Gaslight Company
shall apply to the City Clerk to have the
gas meter supplied to him. or her, by said
company, examined to test the accuracy of
such meter. the said company shall be
forthwith notified. and a competent person
shall be chosen by said City Clerk, and the
said company who with written certifi-
cate of authority from said Clerk, and not
otherwise), shall proceed and examine and
test such customers meter, and if said
meter is shown to register too much, then,
and in that case, said meter shall be taken
out and made to register correctly, or re-
placed by new and accurate meter, and
the expense of said examination and test
shall be paid by said company. but in case
such meter is shown to be substantially cor
rect in its registry, then the expense afore-
said shall be paid by the customer request
ing the examination and test to be made.
Anv person or persons not duly authorized
by said company, who shall disconnect, or
otherwise interfere in any manner
with any meter or meters fur
nished by said company to customers,
and any customer or customers of gas who
shall consent to such disconnection or other
interference without the previous consent
being obtained from said company shall
upon conviction pay fine for such offense
not less than SIS nor more than S25, and
shall be further liable for any injury OF loss
sustained by said company by reason of
such disconnection or other interference.
Sec 8. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to cut or otherwise damage
OF interfere with the poles. wires or other
property of any company or corporation
duly authorized to manufacture and furnish
electric lights to the City of st. Paul or to
the citizens or residents thereof in cases
where such poles. wires or other property
have been lawfully located aud placed where
they shall be found at the time of such inter-
ference, and any person or persons who
shall carelessly or maliciously cut or other
wise damage or interfere with the poles,
wires or other property of any such COM
pany or corporation so lawfully located or
placed. shall pay fine for each offense OF
not less than S25 nor more than S100, and
shall be further liable for any loss or injury
sustained thereby by any such company or