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Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser 1807/01-1807/06 msa_sc3722_2_6_1-0267 Enlarge and print image (4M) |
| (BY AUTHORITY.) AN ORDINANCE. To regulate the weiging of Hay hvought to the city of Baltirnoie For sale. I. Be it enacted and ordained by the mayor ity cauueil of Baltimore^ That two or ?Ha of good rupute svnd skill. in ¦in'of In", be nominated ajtid.appbist- df hay brought to the city o: B>1- n, . . for sale, and all hay of whatsoever kind (except in bundles) which, shall hereafter be br night to said city for sale shaft be weigh- ed at the rate of one hundred and twelve prinds to the hundred weight hy the officer pr officers duly appointed agreeably tc> act ot assembly or by this corporation, with such Beales and weights, or machines or engines as the mayor may approve, of, to be bv ihem provided for that purpose, who shall make a reasonable allowance for the moisture of said hay, as well as for any m d or other substance attached to the car- r e ; and the said hay-weighers shall have ;eeive forty cents for each waggon or ad'of hay weighed by them, and no m>re and ten cents for weighing the wag- gon', cart or carriage upon which the same ;ve been so brought to the said city, t be paid the one half by the purchaser and the oilier half by the seller of such hay; and the hay-weigher shall give a certificate stating the,s eight of said hay (,, car* or carriage ; and if any seller ...deity shall neglect or rera^e to have the same wi day of the delivery there.if, he shall md nay for every such neglect or re- fusal orie dollar. ¦ If; And he it enacted and ordained, That if any person or pers \ hay to th<- said city f r safe (except that Which for sale- hy the bundle) shall neglect or re- fuse to have the same weighed in manner as provided, every such' person and pay two dollars for every such offenbe ; ancl the person or persons who shall bring hay to the said city for sale, shall offer tba same to be weighed, clear of all rnbbish, stones, wood or other improper concealed therein, under the penalty of five dollars for every such offence. III. And be it enacted andorSained, That brought to the said city or precincts thereof, for sale by the bundle, shall be not less than fifty-six pounds to the bundle, and any person or persons selling a bundle or bundles of hay weighing less than fifty. six pounds each, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, fifty cents ; and if any bundle of hay, weighing more that! fifty- six pounds, offered for sale, shall Weigh less than the quantity it is said to contain, then and in such case the seller shall forfeit and pay two dollars for every such offence* IV. And he it enacted and 0dallied, That if anyvpeison tr persons after having his or their hay weighed, and having obtained the hay weigher's certificate, Specifying the quantity thereof, shall sell or dispose of any part thereof, or in any other manner whatsoe- ver diminish the same in quantity, therebyto deceive and defraud the purchaser etf such bay, such person or persons so offending, and being thereof convicted, shall forfeit every such offence twenty dol- lars. > V. 4nd be it enacted and ordained, Tivat the said hay Wei eh hay- Daphine and weij e' stand- ard of weights foi the pity of Bah norths, unless the machine or lever e shall, of the mover, relldet such it unnecessary, under th ity dollars for every neglect or t ' i resusal. VI. And be it enacted and ordained, That I every fine or fines imposed by this •.< . shall be recovered with costs, an4 the same 'hen recovered shall be ap- pvpiiaU'd as follows, to wit : One half to the informer and the other half to the use of the city. BALTZER SCHiEFFER, President of the fast Branch of the City CdunciL JAMES CALHOUN, President of the second Branch of the City -Council. Approved March 13. 1807. (L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH, Mayor of the "city of Baltimore. AN ORDINANCE For the appointment of a register of the city and prescribing his duties. I. Be it enacted and ordained by the mayor an,1 city council of Baltimore, That a per- son duly qualified shall be appointed regis- ter .of the city of Baltimore to do and per- form all and every thing required by this or any other ordinance ; and the register shall lake into his care and keeping the cor- porate seal of the city of Baltimore and shall use the same and no other in all such es, as have been or may be hereafter pro- vided for by the laws of tlje United States, the laws of the several stales off the United Slates, or the ordinances of this corporation, fl in. all such cases, a e and custom'of nations, it is necessary to use and affix a corporate seal, and in all other cases, where application shall be made therefor, by any/person or persons ; and in each and e- yery case where an ordinance of this cor- poration shall or may direct the seal ,of the \ corporation to be affixed the regisier shall re- ive for affixing the same for the use of the corporation, the sum of two dollars'; and all other cases, every person requiring the seal of ins corporation to be affixed to any commission or other paper for his bene- fit, snail pay to the register for the use of the corporation, the sum of one dollar ; and c.'cry person except the officers of the city of; Baltimore; requiring For public pur- poses the services of the register, shall pay to him the following-fees on the perform- ance of said services, to wit : For making out and authenticating copies, of records, fif- teen cents for each sheet, containing one d words, and so pro rata ; for every search twenty-five cents, and for every certi- ficate to a,copy, if required, twenty-ajre cents. And the register shall not be entitled to receive for his own use, any commission or fees, but that all monies receivable by him under this, or any othes ordinance shall be received by him for the use of the city. II. And he it enacted and ordained, That the register shah receive and take into bis charge and keeping, all the records,.papers and proceedings of the said corporation, and shall receive and safe keep all the ordinances, and all the votes and proceedings of the city- council, after each and every session, and shall also receive and safe keep each and eve- ry ret nrnof the election of members of theiirst branch and of the electors of the mayor and members of the second branch ; and it shall be his duty to keep in a book in folio, to be provided for that purpose, an exact regis- try of all nominations, appointments and commissions, of erery officer of the corpo- ration. " And he is hereby directed, imme- diately after each and every session, to cause to be printed the ordinances of such session, upon terms the most economical that can be effected, and he is hereby directed to superin- tend the same, and in conjunction with the mayor to examine with care the proof-sheet h aid every ordinance. III. And be it enacted and ordained, That the register shall receive and take in- to his. charge all monies now belonging, or which shall or may hereafter Wong to the corporation, by virtue of any ordinance or otherwise ; and he shall deposit each and every sum of money, immediately after the receipt thereof, in the bank of Baltimore, in the name of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, and shall draw checks for the as register, all whi-h checks .shall be counte^sigfied by the mayor, and he is here- I to make no payrnents but by check:, on the bank, and to draw no check miles.- countersigned as aforesaid, and in fa- vor of some person having a just claim a- gainst the corporation to the amount of such check ; and the register is hereby further directed to keep a bank book, which shall contain regal ; entries of all monies by him deposited, and of all checks by him drawn, with the dates thereof, and with the names of the persons in whose favor the same may be drawn ; and he shall moreover keep fair and regular accounts in a book or books in folio, of all money by him received and expended on account of "the corporation, and he shall annually, or oftener if required by the mayor, lay before him a particular ac- count of his receipts and expenditures, to- gether with ii'.s bank book, his returned crossed checks, and the vouchers whereon such checks were drawn as aforesaid. IV. And be it enacted and. ordained, That the register shall enter into an obligation to this corporation in its corporate name, with good and sufficient sureties to be approved of by the mayor, in the penal sum of twenty \A dollars, conditioned that he will well and faithfully execute and perform every trust and duty prescribed to him by this or- dinance, and also every trust and duty that may hereafter be by ordinance prescribed to him respecting the receipts and expenditures if the monies of the corporation. V. And be it enacted and ordained, That the office of the mayor and of the register shall be under the same roof, and shall be open every day (Sundays excepted) from • clock in the morning until three in 11 ; and the register shall have teive as a compensation for his s'ervi ces the annual salary of sixteen hundred dollars, payable quarter yearly. BALTZEB Scll;EFFER, President of the Frst Branch of the City Council. JAMES CALHOUN, President of the Second Branch of the City Council. Approved March 18, 1807. (L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH, Mayor of-the city of Baltimore. (E) AN ORDINANCE To prohibit the landing of fire-wood on. peirt of Light-street wharf. WHEREAS the objects contemplated by the general assembly of Maryland, in pro viding for the establishment of tobacco in- spection houses, at the head of the basin, are greatly impeded by the landing of fire wood on- part of Light street wharf, in front of said tobacco inspection houses,, and the persons cairying tobacco to, anet taking it from the said inspection houses, are frequent- ly subjected to considerable and improper delays, for remedy whereof, the proprietor of said inspection houses hath petitioned the mayor and city council of Baltimore, to enact some effectual provision ; therefore Be it enacted and ordained by the mayor and city council, of Baltimore, That from and after the first day of July next, no •re wood shall be landed upon that part of Light-street wharf, in front of said inspec- tion houses, beginning for the said part at the south line of Pratt-street, and running thence southerly with said wharf, to the distance of one hundred and five feet, and every person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay one dollar, for each and eve- ry cord of fire wood landed contrary to the provisions of this ordinance. BALTZER SCH^EFFER, President of the first branch of the city Council. JAMES CALHOUN, President of the second branch of the City Council. Approved, March 13, 1807, (L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH, Mayor of the City of Baltimore. (F) AN ORDINANCE To direct the paving of a part of Granby and Wilkes-streets. I. Be it enacted and ordained by the mayor and city council of Baltimore, That the city commissioners be, and they are hereby au- thorised and required, to lay out, open and extend Granby-street, agreeably to an act of the general assembly of Maryland, passed January the third, one thousand eight hun- dred and sevsn, entitled an act to authorise and empower the city commissioners of the city of Baltimore, to alter and extend the streets therein mentioned. ,. II. And be it enacted and ordained, That when Granby-street shall be laid out, opened and extended, agreeably to the pro- visions of the act of asssembly above-men- tioned, that the city commissioners be, and they are hereby authorised and directed to grade, place kerbstones, and r/ave all that part of Granby-street from the north side of Prince-street to Wilkes-street, and all that part of Wilkes-street from the west side of Granby-street ta the east side of Eden- street. HI. And be it enacted and ordained, That the city commissioners be, and they are here- by required to issue their warrant to the city collector, (who is hereby required to collect the tax for paving the same) agreea- bly to the provisions of an ordinace, enti- tled " an ordinance to appoint city commis- sioners, and prescribing their duties." IV. And be it enacted and ordained, That the city commissioners he, and they are hereby authorised, as the work progresses, to draw on the register of the city in antici- pation of the funds arising from the paving tax, for such sum or suras of money as may be found necessary to complete the paving before mentioned. BALTZER SCH^FFER, President of the fast Branch of the city Council. JAMES CALHOUN, President of the second Branch of the city Council. Approved, March 20. 1807. (L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH, Mayor of the city of Baltimore. (G) AN ORDINANCE, Authorising James Biays to build a wharf on the south side of Allisanna-street, in the eighth ward. Be it enacted and ordained by the mayop and city-council of Baltimore, That per- mission" be, and the same is hereby grant- ed unto James Biays, his heirs and assigns, to fill up and erect a wharf, in front of his property, and south of Allisanna-street, in the eighth ward of the city, to be contained within the following distances, and subject to the following proviso—beginning on the south side of .Uisanna street, at the distance of fifty-four feeVeast,' from the southeast corner of Washington and Allisanna-stn ets and extending thence eastwardly en Allis- anna-street one hunched feet, and from that front to be extended with equal width south- ward and parrallel with Washington-street, sixty six feet: Prwoidcd, that the said James Biays, his heirs or assigns, shall in the pro- gress of the said work, fill up with the sur- face of said wharf, ah that part of Allisan- na-street situated iu front of rf. BALTZER SCH/BFFRR, President of the frst branch if the city- council. JAMES CALHOUN, President of the second branch of the city- council. Approved, March 13, lgp7; (L. S. C.) THOftOWGOOD SMITH, Mayor of the city of Baltimore. £> AN ORDINANCE, Respecting the election of the mayor and the city council of Baltimore. I. Be it enacted and ordained by the may- or and city council of Baltimore, That in case of any vacancy happening in the lirst branch of the city-council, or electors of the mayor and members of the second branch of the city-council, the mayor is hereby authorised and directed, upon either of such vacancies happening, immediately to issue his war- rant to the judges of election in the ward where such vacancy shall happen, authoi is ing and directing them, or a majority of them, to hold an election in said ward, for a member of the lirst branch of the city-coun- cil, or an elector of the mayor and second branch of the city-council, for said ward, as the case maybe, -to fill upsuch vacancy ; and the said nidges shall give three days public no tice previous to said election, of the 1 ime and place in said ward ot U< lding such election. II. And be it enacted and ordained. That the election for the several wards shall be held at such place in each ward as the judg- es in their discretion shall deem convenient for the purpose of holding the same, and the judges and clerks shall have and receive for their servioes, in lieu of all other ex- pellees attending said elections and exclus- ive of the sum they may receive from the county, two dollars each, which the regis- ter of the city is" hereby authorised to pay. III. And be it enacted and ordained, That the judges of elections, shall, within three days after such election make return thereof and deposit their polls with the register of the city, to be by him safe kept with the re- cords of his office, whose duty it shall be to attend the first branch of the city council, and the electors of the mayor and second branch of the city council with the said re- turns and polls if required, and the same a- gain to receive and deposit in his office ; and the register neglecting to comply with the duties herein directed, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, for eaeh and every such neglect. BALTZER SCHJEFFER, President of the fast Branch of the City Council. JAMES CALHOUN, President of the second Branch of the City Council. Approved March 18, 1807. (L. S. C.) THOROWGOOD SMITH, Mayor of the city of Balti more. ___________, ffi son' and Smith Have just received by the schooner Sover, captain Golem artffrom Nanntct-ct, 100 chests Hyson Tea, imported the pre sent year, 130 boxes Spermaceti Candles, On hand, loo chests Young Hyson Tea, 5o chests Hyton Skin ditto. March 1&. ' e |