Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-22
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE
DREAMING SECTION II. CHAPTER
y. OF THE CITY ORDINANCES, CON
CERNiNG THE WATER-WORkS.

4. Of III = III tfNDiNA4N1f4 S. tt-N-
CERNiNG THE WORKS.
approved April 10. 1881
BE il ordained by the Council of the city
OF Richmond, That section y of chapter
-, Of the City Ordinances, concerning the
water-WOrks. be amended and reOrdained
SO as to read as follows:
Section y. The supply Of water 10 any
person shall be on condition OF ms pay
ing a water rent at certain rates as lol-
lows:
For the purpose OF building: For each
table used for brick making, forty dollars
per annum. When I'm building brick are
laid or stone work or plasterlng done, hNe
90 cents for each thousand .brlcks, TWO "
cents for each cubic yard of stone work,
and ten 0O cents for each hundred yards
Of plastering. \ license shall be obtained
from the superintendent for each Dulld-
ing or other work before such work Is
commenced. for which the city water Is
wanted for any Of these purposes; but no
license shall be issued until the charges
for water shall be paid on the estimated
amount Of work TO be done, ana Wheh the
same shall be completed the said license
shall be returned to the superintendent,
with a statement by a measurement or
the number Of bricks laid, yards OF plas-
tering or stone work. Penalty Tor nom
compliance. ten dollars IN each case.
For a public building. at the following
rate per annum-tO-wit: For the Capitol
and Governors Mansion, one hundred dol
lars; Medical College. iifty dollars; thea
ire. opera-hOuse, &c, thirty dollars d
public hall with water fixtures accessible,
ten dollars: with water fixtures inacces-
sible. five dollars; Henrico county court
house. ninety dollars. custom house, one
hundred and nifty dollars; penltentiary,
1--WE hundred dollars; except that the water
used by the lessees and persons operating
manufactures therein shall be paid Tor
at the rate required by ordinance Tor
other and similar manufactures.
For schools, at the following -ate per
ON l.
twenty-five dollars; for private school,
1--WE dollars.
For depots. manufactures workshops,
and warehouses, at the following Tate per
annum-tO-wit. For a railroad depot one
hundred dollars, or special rates LOT every
locomotive in which the city water Is
used. This shall pay for all the uses OF
water al such depot, except Tor stationary
steam engines, Water-clOsetS, ana DdlHs .
for each stationary steam engine, Tor
each estimated horsepower Of boiler from
one 20 ten-horsc- power, hve dollars, Tor
each estimated horsepower from ten
10 fOrty-hoTse-poWer, three dollars ,
for each estimated horsepower over
horsepower. two and one-haH doi-
lars But no steam engine snail be sup
piled except where the water Is taken
in the building where the engine IS usel
for the usual purposes FOR Wnlch wafer u
used I'm such BUILDING; Ior rolllng-In.ll OF
a foundry. or machine-shOp, or factory,
or stemmery. &c. fifteen dollars. n nor
more than fifteen persons be employed
therein; for each additional person, thirty
cents: for each spike-machine, forty dol
lars: for each manufacturing mill, torty-
five dollars: for a tobacco manufactory,
thirty cents for each hand employed
therein. hut no charge 10 be less than
fifteen dollars for a warehouse, whole
sale tobacco, &c, thirty dollars; storage
warehouse. each ten dollars; for currier-
shop. thirty-seven dollars and nifty cents;
for a rectifying establishment, forty-nye
dollars; for dyeing establishment
twenty-five dollars and nifty cents, eXclu-
siye of the use OF steam boiler; for a
lager beer. porter, soda, or bottling estab-
iishment. one table. twenty dollars: each