Show AN ORDiN7ANiE Establishing Washington Market and for Other Purposes SECTION IBe it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City That the west half of the Public grounds known as Washington Square situate and being in the First Municipal Ward of said city be and the some is hereby designated as the Washington Market for the sale of hay straw coal wood charcoal lumber posts shingles and other articles sold by the load SEC 21he City Council shall appointa City AVeighmaater whose term of office shall be for two years unless sooner removed or until his successor is appointed and qualified lie shall before entering upon the duties of said office take and subscribe sub-scribe an oath and give bonds with approved securities to Salt Lake City in the penal sum of S500 for fenal the faithful performance of such duties said bonds to be approved by the Mayor and with the oath be filed l in the office of the City lie corder SEC 3It shall be the duty of the City Weighmaster to take charge of said market grounds make such regulations re-gulations therefor as he may deem necessary and operate the city hay scales and keep them in good order lie shall keep a suitable book with stubs in which he shall enter the name of etch person requiring his services the kind of loading the gross weight and the weight of the empty yehicle and shall deliver to the teamster a certificate showing the name of said teamster the gross and net weights of his load and the kind of loading Prodded That in no instance shall a certificate issue until tho empty vehicle is first returned re-turned to said scales and weighed And for all such weighing entries and certificate the Veighmaster shall charge and receive a fee not exceeding fifteen cents from the person requiring such service SEC 41t is hereby declared unlawful un-lawful to stand upon the public streets lanes alleys or other public places of said city any wagon cart sled or other vehicle loaded either with hay straw coal wood charcoal char-coal lumber posts or shingles for the purpose of exposing such loading load-ing for sale except at such place or places as are or may be designated by the City Council and any person violating the provisions of this section sec-tion shall on conviction be fined in the sum of five dollars SEC 5Eacli and every load of hay straw or coal offered for sale in said city shall be weighed at the public scales or at the scales of any licensed weigher and sold to the purchaser thereof by weight and the person disposing of such hay straw or coal shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate from the weigher thereof showing the gross and net weights of his I load Any vendor of hay straw or coal within the meaning of this section attempting to defraud the purchaser in weight or quality of the article sold or refusing to comply with the requirements of this section shall on conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding twentyfive dollars SEC OAny person owning or operating private hay scales within the limits of said city for public use and for which fees are charged shall and is hereby required to pay a yearly license of twelve dollars shall be subject to the same requirements require-ments provided for in section three of this Ordinance and shall give bonds in the same amount and in the same manner as is required of the City Weighmaster All vendors of hay straw or coal weighing at such scales shall be subject to the same requirements and penalties provided for in section five of this Ordinance Sec 7Any person who shall practice any deceit or fraud in the sale of wood or coal by selling for a cord of wood less than one hundred hun-dred and twentyeight cubic feet of wood or for a ton of coal less than two thousand pounds of coal shall be liable to a fine in any sum not exceeding ex-ceeding twentyfive dollars for each offense SEC 8 Any vendor of coal selling and delivering coal by his own weights shall when requested by the purchaser weigh every load or part of a load of coal at any of the public scales at the expense of the purchaser and if there be any deficiency defi-ciency in weight the party aggrieved may report the same to the City Marshal giving the name of the seller and the amount deficient and the Marshal shall cause legal proceedings pro-ceedings to be taken against the offender of-fender Any vendor or deliverer of coal refusing or neglecting to comply I com-ply with the provisions of this section sec-tion shall on conviction bu fined in any sum not exceeding ten dollars for each offense Passed February Stli 1831 FERAMORZ LITTLE Attest Mayor JOHN T CAINE Recorder I TERRITORY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY f I ss I John T Caine Recorder of Salt Lake City do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full true and correct cor-rect copy of an Ordiance entitled An Ordinance Establishing Washington Wash-ington Market and for Other Purposes passed bythe City Council Coun-cil of said city the 8th day of February Feb-ruary AJX 1881 as appears of record in my office In testimony whereof I j 1 L s I 1 have hereunto set my 1 < f I hand and affixed theY S the-Y Corporate Seal of Salt Lake City this 19th day of February AD 1881 JOHX T CAINE f3 Recorder |