Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-29
OFFICIAL.

OFFICIAL.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact chap
ter eight of the laws Of the city of Alexan.
dria. 1874.
Sec /. Be it ordained by the City Council
of Alexandria, That chapter eight of the laws
of the city OF Alexandris, 1874, be amended
and re.enacted so as to read as follows:
I. Every year as soon as practicable after
the annual organization of the City Council
tbeie shall be appointed by them a Commit
tee on Light to consist Of five members, one
from each ward and one at large, and
have the superintendent and general gov
ernment of the City Gas Works and Electric
Light Works, said committee to consist of two
members from the Board of Aldermen and
three members from the Common Council.
Sec. 2 The Committee on Light shsll con-
tinue in Office until their successors are ap-
pointed and any vacancy therein shall he
filled by the City Council. Their meetings
shall be held at such times as they shall ap-
point. The Committee on Light may author
lze the employment of men about the works,
and to clean, keep in order and light the pub
lie lamps and may regulate their rate of wages.
They shall prescribe what service pipe shall
be deemed extra and at what rate such pipe
shall be charged and what shall be charged to
consumers for rent of metre, and may pro-
scribe from time to time the duties of the
Clerk Of the Gas Works.
Sec. 3. The Clerk of the Gas Works shall
before entering upon the duties of his Office
give bond to the City Council of AleZan-
dria in the sum of five thousand dollars for
the faithful performance of the duties of his
Office as clerk and for his accounting to and
plying oyer to the City Treasurer any moneys
that nay come into hi, hands. Tho Commit
tee on Light shall regulate the services of the
clerk.
Sec. T. AT the end of every four weeks the
Gle, k shall make report to the Committee on
Light, showing the number of men employed,
their wages, the kind of work they are en-
ployed in, and the total amount payable 10
them for the last four weeks. The said &C.
count shall be made out so as to show what is
chargeable to current expenses aud what TO
construction in its several branches. The ag
gregate of what is payable to the men in each
four weeks, shall, upon the order of the chair
man of the committee, be paid to the clerk by
the Auditor, in a warrant on the Treasurer.
The clerk shall pay the same TO the men.
taking distinct receipt therefor, in a book
provided for the purpose.
Sec. B. All moneys received by the clerk
for gas or for electric lamps, or any article
sold by him under authority of the commit
tee shall be deposited in the treasury within
twenty. flour hours after their receipt by him,
and the Treasurer shall charge and credit the
warrants paid and the money received By him
on account of the Gas Works and Electric
Works, to distinct and separate account.
Sec. 6, No purchase OF disbursement of any
sort shall be made by the clerk without the
written authority of the Commit ee on Light,
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;he Committee on Light and be reported on
by the committee to the City Council quar-
terly, commencing October LIST, 1895.
Sec T. In book to DO provided for that
purpose the clerk or an authorized agent Of
the committee shall at 6 q. m. and 6 p m on
each day, enter the state of the station metre
and the heig of the gasometer, the gas made
and the gas used. In tho same book, entries
shall be made in separate columns to show
the gas made per day and used per night, gas
made per week and used per week, coal and
rosin used per day and per week, and the
number of retorts in use. Said book to be al
ways open to the inspection Of the committee.
He shall prepare and preserve map of the
location OF the main pipes. showing their
cou se distance and size when there is any
extension of the mains, the place of such ex-
tension, and the size Of the pipe used shall be
marked on the map. He shall enter in a
book; to be kept for the purpose, the quantity,
description and cost of material used in such
extension, or in erecting any fixtures author.
lied by the committee and report the same
to the committee whenever they SO desire.
Sec. 8. In every year, not later than the
LIST day of June, and as near that day as pos.
sible, the clerk shall return to the committee
an inventory of materials, tools and other ar
tioles employed in OF about the works, stating
quantity, description and cost of those on
hand, showing also what were on hand at
last return and what obtained since. he
shall also make out accounts to ascertain the
following results:
LIST. Amount expended for the construction
of Gas Works from their commencement.
End. Amount paid for construction during
the past year.
Srd. Amount paid by him to the Treasurer
during the year.
4th. Amount disbursed during the year for
current expenses.
9th. The amount received by him during
the year from ell sources.
9th. Net balance for years income after
paying expenses.
The Committee on Light shall examine the
accounts and return to the City Council, with
the clerks inventory, and any information in
relation to the works which they may deem
interesting or important
Sec. g. Ifany person shall deface or ipjure
any house, wall, lamp, metre or other fixture
connected with or pertaining to the gas or
electric light works, or shall tie to lamp
post any horse or other animal or wantonly
break lamp or glass, or shall without any
authority from the committee, or their author
lied agent, climb post or light lamp or
open communication into, or remove any Of
the pipes, the person SO offending shall, for
each offence, forfeit and pay not less than
five nor more than twenty dollars, to be re-
covered by warrant, with costs, in the name
of the City Council of Alexandria, one-half t,
be paid to the informel and the other into
the City Treasury.
Sec. TO- Any person or persons who shall
open communication into the street gas
main, or other gas pipe of the Alexandria gas
works without authority from the clerk or
other authorized agent of the Committee on
Light. or who shall let on the gas after it has
been stopped by order of said clerk or other
authorized agent, for repairs or any other
purpose, or who shall put up any pipes or
burners in addition to the pipes or burners
originally put up and inspected, or introduce
the gas into them without authority as aforo.
said, shall be subject to penalty of not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars for