Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-23
CRY ORDINANCES.


AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-
DREAMING SECTION TWE ELL, "a =,
CHAPTER TWENTY IT., -Sh 1v'bsSct,s, ~ y
iN Hs rib niff wRx at1anfSoRfis AND RE.
f3URTEEN OF CHATTER TT E 4, 7 !! 8
SEVEN or THE Is ctT rs.ss oR woRKs as
PROVIDES FOR AN ANNUAL
cHARGE For THE RENT OF A ME-
(Approved January II. 1859
BE i ordained by. the Council ., tn Ise
chapter twenty-seven, OF the City Orei-
hances concerning the water-wofks, &c
amended and reordained so as to reaa as
follows:
Section u. The supply Of water to any
person shall be on condition OF his paying
water rent at certain rates, as tQilows,
For the purpose OF building-for eacn
table used for brick-making, forty a9iiar 10
per annum. When in building BRICK LAR are
laid. or stone work or plastering Done
nve CD cents for each thousand pricks,
two C) cents for each cubic yard OF stone
yards OF plastering. A license shall De
OBTAINED from the superintendent Ior easn
building or other work before sucn wVrk
u commenced. for which the CITY water
no license shall be issued until the
charges for water shall be paid on tne
estimated amount OF work TO pc aone,
and when the same shall be completed me
Superintendent with a statement by a
measurement of the number or bricks
laid, yards OF plastering or stone work:
PENALTY for noncompliance. ten aohars
For a public building, at the following
rate per annum-to wit: For the. Capitoi
and Governors Mansion, one nundred
dollars; Medical College. fifty dollars;
frn
a public hail. with water fixtures access
sible. ten dollars; with water nxtureS
inaccessible five dollars; Henrico county
fRU house. one hu nldeS and fty dol
lars; penitentiary, five hundred dollars.
except that the water used by the lessees
ana persons operating manutac,oI.es
therein shall be paid for at the. rates
required by ordinance for otner and SINH
lar manufactures.
For schools, at the following rate. per
annum-to wit: For a boardlng-schcoi,
twenty-five dollars; for a private school,
five dollars.
For depots. manufactures. workshops,
and warehouses, at the following, rate
per annum-to wit: For railroad depot.
one hundred dollars, or special rates LOT
every locomotive in which the city water
Is used. This shall pay for al the uses
or water at such depot. exne'- or sta
tionary steam-engines, water-closets, ana
baths; for each stationary steam-engine,
Tor each estimated horsepower OF boiler
from one to ten-hOrse power, i've dollars
for each estimated horsepower from ten
TO forty-horse power. three dollars; ior
each estimated horsepower. over forty
horse power. two and one-half donarS.
But no steam-engne shall be supplied,
except where the water Is taken In the
building where the engine Is used t0r the
usual purposes for which water Is used
In such buildng for a rolling-mill, or
boundary, or machine-shop, or a factory,
or stemmery, &C., fifteen dollars. II not
more than fifteen persons be empioyed
cents; for each spike-machine, forty dol
lars; for each manufacturing mill. forty
five dollars; for a tobacco mandatory,
hbry cents mt, for aGs a1 be eSa tsa
fifteen dollars: for q. warehouse, Wnoie-
sale tobacco Sc, thirty dollars; storage
warehouse, each. ten dollars; for a cur
rier-shop, thirty-seven dollars ana n1ty
cents; for a rectifying establishment,
forty-five dollars; for a dying establish
ment, twenty-five dollars and fifty cents.
exclusive Of the use Of steam boiler; FOR
establishment. one table, twenty dollars;
each additional table, ten dollarsi Tor a
blacksmith-shop four dollars for the hrst
forge and two dollars for each additonai
one; for a daily newspaper printing-oiilce,
| twenty dollars; other printing offices, ten
dollars, or using motors or meter, special
rates; for a barber shop, six dollars for
/ the first chair, and one dollar ana nIty
| cents Tor Gdcn aQUiUOUdi one, lOt Col :
penter, paint shop &C.. FIVE dollars; for
a coach and wagon shop. fifteen dollars;
for q candy-factory, ten dollars.
Bakeries, restaurants, hotels stables.
billiard saloons &C. at the following rate
per annum--to wit: For bakery. twelve
dollars. for a private clearinghouse Ave
dollars. and for each bedroom, used or
not. one dollar; for hotel or house or
public entertainment. five dollars and Tor
each bedroom. used or not, one dollar;
restaurants, fifteen dollars; for a snack
house or lunch-counter, ten dollars; Tor
each bar. whether kept in hotel or
| fifteen dollars, and for each additional
| faucet. three dollars, and without a Faucet
| In the bar-room ten. dollars; for eacn
beer-pump, three dollars; for public
stable, soventy-hye cents for each stall,
whether used or not; for a private stable,
one dollar and twenty-five cents for each
horse or mule, one dollar for each cow
and one dollar and nifty cents for pri-
vate carriage. or buggy. &C.; for. a stable
where hacks or carriages are kept for
hire. four dollars and fifty cents for each
hack, carriage, hearse. omnibus, &c, ana
one dollar and fifty cents for each buggy.
or wagon, whether kept for hire or in
livery; for each mule or wagon lot thirty
dollars; for each stable where wagons,
drays, or carts are kept for hire one dol
lar and twenty-five cents for eacn horse
or mule; for a billiard saloon with water
fixtures convenient twelve dollars, or
without water fixtures, FIVE dollars.
Stores. shops. and offices az the follow
ing rate per annum-to wit: For a store,
ten dollars; for a shop i've dollars; green
grocery five dollars; each fish stand, five
dollars; IL besides being used as store
or shop the house be also occupied as a
dwelling for one or more families, then
three dollars for each family: and In each
case where store or shop may have been
rented by the owner or agent to different
tenants and so occupied, the bills shall
be made out and presented 10 the owner
| or agent of said store or shop, who shall
| be responsible for their payment for each
office. not otherwise provided for, four dol
lars and fifty cents.
Dwellng-houses at the following rate
| per annum-tO wit: For each dwelling
| house, five dollars, and for each additional
Gets counted as one faucet, one dollar
| and fifty cents; where one supply fur
| nishes more than one lot or premises,
there viii be made like. charge for the
| parties having access to the fixtures; and
whenever any lot or premises shall be
| occupied by more than one family, @
meter may be placed, subject 70 the APP
prevail OF the Committee on Water. and
meter rates charged, and the bill rendered
| against the person who sub-rents 10 other
| tenants.
Baths. water-ciosets, urlnals, fountains
| hose, yard and street-sprinkling, at the
| following rate per annum-to- wit: Fol
each public bath-tub, nine dollars; fol-
each private bath-tub. three dollars and
! fifty cents; each public water-closet, six
| dollars; for a private water-closet. three
dollars: for each additional water-cl0se'
| on the premises, two dollars; for a closet
! trough, or sink-closet, one dollar per Inca
| foot; for each private urinal, one dollar
| and fifty cents; for public uTinal. five
to ten dollars; but no bath water-closet
the water is taken IN the premises where
| such bath, water-ci0set, or urinal is fol