New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-21
Ordinance No. 40.

An ordinance relating to the Inspection Meas
urement or Weight Of Fuel Hay or Straw and
fixing Market therefor.
Be it ordained by the Council of the City Of
sec.1. There shall be appointed by the City
Council of the city Of New Ulm, from time to
time as they may deem necessary, one or more
suitable persons to be called City Scalers, who
weighing of fuel, hay or straw which may be
offered tor that purpose by any person in the
city of New Ulm. All persons soappointed shall
ment until the first day of May following and
shall take and file their oath of Office and may
be required to give bond for the faithful perform
ance oftheir duties in such amount as the City
Council may direct.
Sec In making such measurements weigh.
ing any fuel, hay straw it shall be the duty Of
the officer in case of wood, to examine carefully
the manner in which the wood is piled in the We
hicle, and make suitable deduction for loose
and improper piling and for crookedness and IN
evenness of the wood In all measurements, a
cord shall be computed as containing 12S cubic
feet Of wood, We'll slowed and packed, and all ar,
ticles provided for in this ordinance shall be ex-
amined and weighed or measured with accu-
racy.
Sec. 3. Any person who offers to aCity Scaler a
load ofwood other fuel hay or straw for meas
urement or weighing, shall receive from such
officer acertitcate, blanks for the same to be pro
vided by the City Council, which shall bear
date on the dayofits issuing, the name Of the
person to whom the same is given and shall state
the kind, number Of cords or parts of a cord or
weight, which the measured or weighed quantity
constitutes.
Sec. 4. No person, after having q quantity of
wood, other fuel, hay or straw, measured or
weighed and receives a Scaler's certificate as
aforesaid shall before the sale and delivery there
or measured; nor shall any person alter, change
or forge any City Scalers certificate provided for
herein and the holder of any such Scaler's GER
ttcate shall in all cases deliver the same to the
purchaser ofthe article described therein, who
shall retain the same and in no case deliver the
same to the vendor.
Sec. s. Every City scaler shall be entitled to
charge and receive for each certificate Of meas
urement or weight delivered by him as aforesaid,
the sum of ten cents wich shall be paid upon de-
livery thereof by the person receiving the same.
Sec. g. That no person shall keep or stand in any
street, alley, on public or private grounds. or
at any other place than hereinafter described, a
team or vehicle with hay. straw. wood or other
fuel for the sale thereof or other purpose. but
shall proceed at once to the locality prescribed
in the next section, which shall be known as the
Hay and Wood Market"
Sec. Z. That part of First North Street lying
between Minnesota Stree: and German Street, and
also that part of Second Street lying between
Minnesota Street and German Street all in the CT
ty of New Ulm the former for hay and straw, and
the latter for fuel of all kinds hereby so des-
ignated and declared to the stands and markets
and shall be known as the Hay and Wood Mar
ket
Sec. s. Nothing in this ordinance contained
shall be construed as authorizing in any manner
the obstruction or encumbering of any sidewalh
or walk within said city, nor as authorizing
| the encumbering or obstruction of any portion
Of the streets above named as places or stan(
for the sale of such commodities, except in SO ia
/ as may be reasonably necessary, nor so as to ex
clude the free passage Of such street.
Sec. 9. Any person vialotng any OF the proyls
4 ions of this ordinance shall be punished by fin
4 of not less than five dollars nor more than TWEEN
/ ty-tive dollars and costs to be recovered summal
lily before one of the City Justices
4 in force from and after publication.
j Approved April sth, \. D. 1856
4 c. WESCHCKE,
Attest: Mayor
JACOB NIX, Clerk.