The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-25
COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
HEALIH fND ORDINANCES IA w
MEETINGS. YES1FRDAY

Various Proposed Measures Considered
EIcctric lights in buildings Require
| ment. OF Boilers and Engineers Strict
Examinations.
Two Council committees met late es-
;trlsy afternoon and their proceedings
are H. follows
HEALTH COMMITTEE.
The IIealth Committee was convened
~ weekly session al he Office OF the
! Board Of Health. 1926 Main street, at
6 30 Yesterday evening.
Present, Nossrs Christian (chairman).
Sn al Garter and TAYLOR
The weekly pay-rolls were audited,
found correct and ordered ID be paid.
ihe CONN ttee decided TO buy pair
Of horses to work to the street sweeper.
VIZ. - Adams WAS selected to take
charge permanently f tine sweeping ma
chloe, subject. however, On the super
,i,.oa of ~ the sanitary officer Of The
respective districts, This Is done in or
Ger tha' the sweeper may hr worked c.-
ciy night
The question OF excluding newspaper
representatives from tha weekly meet
.a1s was mentioned. The committee
being ci opinion. however, that they had
arhllg sgecie. 90 be ashamed Of he
natter was allowed to drop
Adjourned.
OkDISANCfs.
The Committee on Ordinances met In
the Council Chamber yesterday evening
ai 7 O'Clock. Present. Messrs Anderson
(chairmanl. Eowden, Crump, and STRAIT
ton.
The committee had before them the
following from the Council:
Resolved (thc Board Of Aldermen con
curriuL) That the Committee on Ordi-
nances sre requested to provide n law
making il incumbent on al companies
introd cling electricity in buildings to
submit said work to an expert selected
hy the Board OF Fire Commissioner who
shall regulate the cb arge therefor
Mr. Bowden thought il necessary to
have She Ci:y Attorney to look into this
mnttar before an ordinance was reported,
and the further consideration was post
poled until the next meeting. when tie
Citr AttII.ey's opinion vii be Oh
tpi-ei
sIIsM LOILGH, AND ErGIhe5
Tie crmuit.ce hen took into consid-
trsiioL tie 0riinlrcc relative 90 steam
boilers ac1 engine, OF which ,le follow
iar is a substance:
Il provides stat jhe Committee on Po-
liee shall elect three pTacticfl men 70
constitute q Boa-t cf steam Boiler EX-
miaers, said Board to be elected as soon
a.. this ordinance coca into effect
The ordinance also requires that every
owner Of, agent or lessee Of steam
boiler in Use in the city of Richmond,
shall annually report TO the board 50
organized the location Of such
s;eam boiler or boilers, and therefore the
Board or such members as may be desig
mated for the purpose described shall,
proceed 10 inspect each boiler or boilers,
and all appurtanences and APPLIANCES
connected Herewith, and the strength
and security of each boiler shall be tested
by atmospheric hydrostatic pressure,
and every boiler so tested shall be under
control Of said Board of Steam Ex amin.
ers All apparatus as may be necessary
for the limitation of the pressure shall
be provided, and tbey shall limit the pres
sure of steam to be applied upon such
boiler certifying each inspection of such
limit to .he owner of the boiler and the
engineer in charge Of the same, and that
no greater amount Of steam or pressure
than that certified in the case of any
boiler shal. be applied thereto in limiting
the amo Il. or pressure whenever the
boiler under test will bear the same
The limit de, red by the owAers OF the
boiler sha be the one certified
furthe. that the ownersDf sgoh boilers
shall pay g ,he clerk of this Board ap
nuallv the -um OF three dollars. and they
shall rece We a certificate from the B0aru
AID then l. shall not be lawful for any
person or corporation 10 have in use or
operate within the city OF Ri hmOmd
any steam boiler. except for heating pur-
poses and for railway and locomotive
purposes without having first had such
boiler inspected sud .ested and procuring
from each boiler so IN use or operated
the certificate herein provided for. said
certificates shall be neatly framed and
hang in a conspicuous place near such
boiler.
And an owner Of such boiler failing
70 comply with this ordinance and each
provision Of ii, shall be fined not less than
s. nor more than $40 and in each case
failure to pay tie fine shall result in con
finement in the city Jail for ten days, and
each day of failure 10 comply with the
same shall constitute a separate offence.
Aud that {. shall not be las fal for any
person to operate or use any boiler eX
cep. for railway locomotive engineers
aud for heating purposes in private
dwellings, and boilers averaging not over
ten pounds of steam ami not over ten
horse power. or act as engineer for such
urposes ia The ciy Of Richmond with
out having license o. qualification
therefor from the Board Of Steam Boiler
Examiners The said license 10 be issued
by the Board only after the
examination of the applicant there
for, and only when said applicant has
been found to be Il capable person to hold
said license Said license shall be signed
by the president of the Board and coun-
tersigned by the chairman OF the Com
mittee on Police, and shall continue in
force for one wear from he date of it, lssu-