The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-25
CITY AND THE COAL DEALERS.
Ordinances That Have Been in Ex.
istencc Forty-five Years.

Ordinances That Have Been in Ex-
istencc FOrty-fve Years.
Among the ordinances on the city
statute books is one which has
been there for forty-five years.
regulating the sale of coal, requiring
2,240 pounds for ton and fixing a fine
of $50 for selling less than that weight
for a ton. A weigher of coal is also
provided for who shall weigh all coal
on city scales. Coal wagons must be
stamped with its exact weight. The
ordinance in MacDonelrs Code, Secs.
4S7, ass, 4S9 and 400 provides:
Coal to be Sold by. Weight-From
and after the first day of May 1856, all
coal shall be sold by weight, and that
2,240 pounds shall be demanded for a
ton, and any seller of coal failing to
have the same sold in accordance with
this article, shall be fined the sum of
thirty dollars for each offense. 1t shall
be the duty of all police officers to in
form against all offenders of this ar
| ticle.
Platform of Scales to be Erected by
City.-His Honor the Mayor shall cause
to be selected a suitable site on which
to erect platform and put up scales
the weighing of all coal sold in the city,
except such as is sold from ships or
vessels arriving from foreign ports and
| sold by government measure, and such
other coal as is sold by the cargo to
retailers; which said platform and
| scales shall be put at the expense of the
| city.
Weigher of Coal, Bond Duties and
Fees.-The City Council shall elect a
| Weigher of COAL who shall give bond
in the sum of one thousand dollars
with good security, and be sworn to
the faithful discharge of his duties, as
set out in this article, and also shall
weigh all coal sold by retail TO con-
sumers in the city, on the said plat
| form and scales; for which service the
said weighers shall receive sixteen
| cents for every ton so weighed, one
half to be paid by the seller, and the
other half to be paid by the purchaser;
and II shall be the duty of the weigher
| i'll all cases to furnish to the buyer a
statement, in writing, of each load
weighed, as aforesaid; and that the
weigher may, on ascertaining the
weight of any wagon employed in car
] rying coal, Stamp on such wagon the
true weight as the tare to be allowed
on weighing coal in that wagon, an6
which shall be good for one year, anC
| for which the owner of the wagon shall
pay said weigher fifty cents.
| Coal Wagon, If Altered, to be Re.
Stamped.-When any coal wagon shall
| be so repaired or added to as to change
| it's weight the owner or employer o
! the same shall Immediately have the
same re-stamped-such restamping Il
| be good only for one year from it:
date; and the like provision as to re
| STA mining shall aDDlV TO every WOOD
wagon or rack. where the repairs oil
alterations of the same shall diminish
the capacity of any of the compart
ments; and it shall always be in the
discretion of the purchaser of coal Of
wood, to have such re-weighing of the
coal wagon, and re-measurement o.
the wood wagon or rack, unless the
same be re-stamped Immediately aftel
such repairs or alterations.
With the present weather consum
ers are not worrying much over the
fuel question. They will be interested
hove yer, in the way the city laws re-
| ouire coal to be sold.