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REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH..
Vehicles—Amendment.
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City Weigher.
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shall rake effect from and after its passage and approval.
Adop'ed April 23re,, Igoo,
I WM. FISHER, C. C. P.
Approved April 25th, Igoo.
JAS. M. LANG, Mayor.
City Weigher.
Election or
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$CCllt :n 1• The office of city weigher is hereby creitr-
ed. The city weigher shall be elected b.7 the common
council fit December in each year, :or the term of
one year
and until his sucressor is culy elected and qualified:
Must keep an
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Sec, 2. He shall h&ve and keep an Office convenient
to
the public scales and %,h: never called upon sbaR weigh
any
article and ;;ive to the aplaicant a true certificate of the
weight.
KaaD sca'91 in
guou order
Sec. 3. He shall have charge of the public scales; keep
same in good order and see that the scales and weights are
tested and approved according to law.
Must keep
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Ser. ,f. The city weigher shall keep a suittbl•! book in
which be shall keep a record of each article weighed on
the public scales, the date when weighed, the name of the
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person having same weighed, the weight of such article and
the amount of the fee charged for weighing Fame. This
book
shall be --ubiect to the inspection of any onz having
any article weighed' on said scales, and also to any person
authorized by the common council to inspect the same. The
city
weigher shall every three months report to the common
council, under oath, an abstract from said bjnk showing
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the articles weighed on said scales during the three months
next preceding such reprrt, the date when weighed, the •
name of the owner of the ar'ticles' weighed, and the ires
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charged by the city weigher.
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welghltlg
Sec. S. For weighing on the public scales of the city, '
the city weigher shall charge and collect the following fees
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from the persons having such articles weighed, and no more:
For lead, iron or other metals, five tons or less 25c per
ton.
For lead, iron or other metals, over five tons and less
than twenty, 15 cents per ton.
For lead, iron or ether metals, over twenty tons to
cents per ton.
For hay, corn, fodder, oats, half ton or less 5c per draft.
For hay, corn, fod other' metals, over twenty tons, to
3c each.
For sugar in hogshead toc per hogshead.
For sugar in barr:•Is or boxes Sc per barrel or box.
For lard in kegs or barrels 2c each.
Fe bacon or bulk meat iu casks 2c each.
For bacon or other meat in bulk toc per ton.
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For hides t 1-2 c cacti.
For horses, muls or cattle toc each.
For hogs or sheep 3c each.
For coal 1-2 c per bushel.
For all other merchandise 2oc per ton.
Sec. No. 6 Repealed.
Sce. No. 7. Repea'ed.
Sec. 8. For any violation by hint of the foregoing pro-
pnnahr
visions he shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $too•
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City Whigher's Salary. Wharf and Wharfmaster.
City Weigher's Salary.
An Ordinance fixing the Salary of the City Weigher
of the City of Paducah.
Be it Ordained by the General Council . of the City of
Paducah, Ky.
Section I. That the salary of the City Weigher of the
City of Paducah, Ky., be and the same is hereby fixed at
Seven Hundred and Twenty Lollars per annum, to be pail
to said officer in equal monthly installments out of the
treasury of the city of Paducah, as other salaries are paid,
and this is to be in full pay for his services.
Sec. 2. He shall give bond in the sum of five hundred
dollars for the faithful performance of hi; duties according
to law, but this section shall not apply to the present incum-
bent,, he having already given bond as such officer.
Sec. 3. All ordinances, and parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith, are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall
take effect, from and after its passage and approval.
Approved December 31st, 1902.
D. A. YEISER. Mayor.
Wharf and Wharfmaster.
whartllmlte t.—All that portion of the front of the City of Paducah
which lies between Court and Monroe streets inclusive shall
be a public wharf.
Malntalnance - 2.—For the purpose of creating a fund with which to
fend Is
complete and keel) in
e�WhlIllshad P 1 good repair that portion of said whar,
between C.ntrt and Jefferson streets, including the mouth.
of the same, so a3 at all times to ' have all of the same in
good condition as a pub.ic i wharf, from low water mark u,t
to the front lots, and also, after this shall be accomplished.
for the further purpr-se of continuing the improvement of the
wharf in like manner down to the lower side of Monroe
street, and pay the cost of collection, the following wharf-