Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-07
LEGAL,

poration j. seiling or offering Tor ssie. a
nasb.nIi,I shUIiJH devices m Ot Whatever kind or
character used by an! person Tor we,fm, ,i,in.
ing measuring or estimating the quahliIls,9, q,
OF any commodity or personal property ~
be Of the standard fixed by the laws OF ,ne
land and the use by any person OF an!
seaIe. measure or device which cheats or
d.frauds any other person buying CON,
modify from the former IN ssld e,'y' a;'
constitute q misdemeanor under tho Pfo''
SECTION 4 WEIGHTS or LEGAL
RT'SUFI s-TON Whenever the articles
hereinafter named shall be sold by tho
bushel. and no agreement az 10 "e'sn"
measures thereof shall be made Dy nv
parties. the bushel shall consist Of ,he hoi
lowing number OF pounds, VIZ; 9ai', u InIo
ssi mineral coal. eighty; corn IN shuos.
seyeniy-two; unshelled corn, se'en'y
Irish potatoes. clover seed, including i aIai'
and alske (or Swedish). sixty ohiohs'
fifty-seven; rye. shelled corn. hassessa,
green peas (unsheIed), ana katn
buckwhest ffty.two; carrots ru'sDssas
corn meal miilet. sorghum seed anu
rape. fifty: barley. apples peaches
pears. cucumbers, Hungarian grass seeu,
beans. foriy-.ir; tomatoes. and timothy
seed, for,y.five: parsnips and hemp seeu'
forty four; common turnips. forty TWO; po'
muda grass seed, forty: malt thlrV-elgh''
Usage orange seed, thlrly SIN "i''u .hI~,y
thirty three; oats and cotton seed, 'hiftyi
two top onion sets, twenty y'elsht uI'eu s
apples twenty four; peanuts, t"ehy''Moi
bran. twenty; the seed OF blue gfass' d Ied
top and orchard grass fourteen foNs eigsty 1tv
cubic inches per bushel. ton shaH coh,
sst OF two thousand pounds Of the article
or commodity named. .Aou.
ton Of hay shall consist oil TWO houa .hou
sand pounds or by measurement: thfee
hundred and forty y-three cubic feet, amer lhe
same shall have been stacked thirty Gays,
or such time as may be agreed upon between
the parties. .. t.
hereby declared TO consist Of twenty-five
SECTION 5. STANDARD WEIGHTS OF
MILL PRODUCTS Mill products herein.
after mentioned shall have the fohowins :
standard weights: Barrel Of flour in WOOD,
one hundred and ninetysix pounds nei
half barrels. in wood, ninety'eight pound 5
net; one.fourh barrels, In sack. ior'y y,eisn'
pounds gross Corn meal, in sacks, thlrty.
five pounds gross: half sacks, seventeen ana
one. half pounds gross; onefourth SACKS
eigh, and three fourth pounds gross. ana
all feed made from cereals of any kind,
whether pure, mixed or adulteraied, one
STAMPED or PACKAGE. The correc,
name and true weight Of the contents oil
\ each and every barrel. box. sack bale, cask
4
whether sold in single packages or lots
| shall be plainly marked, branded or stem
eiled in letters and figures, not less than
two inches in length and not less thah one
eighth Of an inch in width. upon the exter'
ior of such barrel box, sack, bale, cask or
| package in conspicuous place as the head
in case Of barrel, and the front or branded
side In case Of sacks, bales or packages
and II shall be unlawful for any person
| firm or corporation, or the agent, employee
| or represeutative OF any firm or corpora
tion TO sell or exchange any such product
so packed or contained until the provisions
| hereof have been complied with.
SECTION I. The Inspector OF Weights
and Measures shall have the privilege OF
seizing any mill product and commodity
sold In tie City Of Tulsa in violation or
con;rsvention Of the provisions OF tins or
| dinance, and may cause the arrest OF any
person selling or offering the same Tor sale
In violation OF the provisions hereof, and
may use in evidence any commodity SO
| seized, and In case the same is lost, de-
stroyed or deteriorates for any cause, the
! City or the officer making the seizure shall
not in any case be held responsible for the
value thereof provided such officer acts in
good faith
SECTION 3. Any manufacturer, dealer
or other person who shall impede, obstruct
hinder otherwise prevent or assist In
preventing the Inspector OF Weights and
Measures. or any person assisting him. IN
| the performance OF the duties herein speci
fled or while carrying into effect any OF the
provisions OF this ordinance, shall be deem
| ed guilty OF a misdemeanor.
SECTION .. Any person, firm or cor
poration. as manufacturer dealer. merchant
or individual, selling or offering for sal,
any commodity herein mentioned by weight
or measure. and who knowingly violates any
of the provisions Of this ordinance shall b,
deemed guilty of a miSdemeanor and shall
upon conviction thereof, be fined in any
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, ans
each violation shall be deemed separate
offense
SECTION 10 That sn emergency exist,
welfare. by reason whereof this ordinance
shall take effect from and after its pass
age, approval and publication.
! PASSED, and the emergency clause ruled
upon separately and approved this 4th ds!
Of September. 1917.
APPROVED this 4th day of September
1917.
JH. SIMMONS,
FRANK NEwKIRK,
City Auditor.
join b. MEsERvE,
| City Attorney
published in the Tulsa Daily World, Sep
tember 5, and 7th, 1917. World
Publishing Company, Publisher)
! ORDINANCE NO. 1894.
,, An ordinance creating and establishing
the office OF Lodging House Inspector
for the City Of Tulsa Oklahoma; defining
lodgding houses within the contemplation
Of this ordinance. imposing certain regu-
lations on lodging houses and the manner
in which the same shall be conducted;
providing penalties for the violation OF
the provisions hereof, and declaring an
BE # ORDAINED BY THE BOARD o.
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY o.
SECTION /. That there bo and there
herebv created and established the office O