Proviso. of Boston; provided, that this section shall not Feb. 18, 1857. apply to sand sold for building purposes, unless the purchaser thereof shall request an inspection. SECT. 12. In any case of the sale, by weight, of stones, gravel, sand, or other ballast, to be delivered at any place in the city of Boston, or into any vessel in the harbor of said city, it shall be the duty of one of said weighers and inspectors to go on board of the lighter or other vessel containing the same, and inspect the marks of such lighter or other vessel, before and after the delivery of such stone, gravel, sand, or other ballast; and the person having charge of such lighter or other vessel shall, before such delivery, trim the same so as to make said lighter or other vessel swim at equal marks at stem and stern, if so required by the weigher and inspector, and shall pump all the water out; and in case any person shall wilfully hinder any weigher and inspector acting under this ordinance from going on board such lighter or other vessel, or shall begin to deliver therefrom the stones, gravel, sand, or other ballast sold by weight, before such lighter or other vessel shall be trimmed to swim at equal marks, when so required by the weigher and inspector, and the water pumped out, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for every such offence. ing stones, &C., without inspection, or for altering or counterfeiting SECT. 13. Every person who shall deliver Penalty for deliverstones, gravel, sand, or other ballast sold by weight, when an inspection of the same is required by this ordinance, from any lighter or other vessel, which shall not have been weighed, marked, and inspected, marks or certifi cate April 10, 1854. Feb. 18, 1857. Fees for inspecting Fees for weighing Proviso. as is provided herein, or which shall not have been weighed and marked under previous laws or ordinances, or shall alter or counterfeit the marks or certificate of any lighter or other vessel, as aforesaid, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars for every offence. SECT. 14. The fees for inspecting the weight of stones, sand, gravel, or other ballast, shall be five cents for every ton inspected and delivered, which shall, in all cases, be paid by the vendor of the same, and shall be repaid to him by the vendee. SECT. 15. Every weigher and inspector appointed as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive, from the owner or master of each lighter or other vessel, weighed and marked by him as aforesaid, the following fees, to wit: twenty cents for every ton of such vessel, and four dollars for furnishing marks, nails, and bolts, and other necessary articles, and fastening the same, and giving the certificate; provided, that no lighter or other vessel which has been once weighed and marked according to law, by the weigher of the city of Boston, shall be subject to any charge for a second weighing or marking, unless it shall appear that her former weight or marks are incorrect or have been changed; and all such lighters or vessels shall be subject to the examination and inspection of every weigher or inspector, without charge, for the purpose of ascertaining whether their weight and marks are correct or have been altered. SECT. 16. The accounts to be kept by said weighers and inspectors, and the certificates to be given to the owners or vendors of stone, sand, gravel, or other ballast, as described in the preceding sections, shall specify the name of the vendor, the kind of ballast, sand or gravel, or other stone, the weight and the deduction of lightwater marks, the amount of fees received, and the date of certificate. Accounts of weigh ers and inspectors, what to specify. April 14, 1853. weighers and inspectors. Ibid. SECT. 17. The weighers and inspectors ap- Office hours of pointed as aforesaid shall keep an office, and keep the same open from sunrise to sunset, -Sundays, Public Fast, Thanksgivings, the anniversary of American Independence, and other holidays, excepted,― with liberty to close the same from seven to eight o'clock in the forenoon, during the months of April, May, June, July, August, and September, and from eight to nine o'clock during the other six months, and from one to two o'clock in the afternoon through the whole year. &c., for neglecting to have vessels weighed, &c. SECT. 18. Every owner or master of any such Penalty on owners vessel who shall neglect to have the same weighed, marked, and examined, according to the provis- Ibid. ions of law or this ordinance, or who shall remove any marks or alter his certificate, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars for every offence. SECT. 19. Every such weigher and inspector who shall be guilty of placing any such mark, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall give a false certificate, shall forfeit a April 14, 1853. Master of lighter to report his arrival. Ibid. Certificates to be No officer of city to purchase stones, &c., unless. Ibid. Who shall not be a weigher and in spector. Ibid. sum not exceeding three hundred dollars for every offence. SECT. 20. The master of any lighter or vessel that has ballast for sale, shall, on arrival, report himself to the office of the inspector. SECT. 21. The master of any lighter or vessel that has stones, sand, gravel, or other ballast for sale, shall produce for examination the certificate of marks and measurements of his vessel whenever the same shall be demanded by the inspector, and in case of neglect or refusal to produce them he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars. SECT. 22. No officer or agent of the city of Boston shall purchase any stones, gravel, sand, or other ballast for said city, or make any contract therefor, or accept the delivery of the same, unless the same shall have been, or before the delivery thereof shall be, weighed and inspected according to the provisions of this ordinance, and a certificate thereof given as is hereinbefore provided; and no bill against the city, arising out of, or connected with, any such purchase, shall be approved or allowed by any committee, passed by the auditor, or paid by the treasurer, unless the, said certificate shall accompany the bill for the same. SECT. 23. No person who is owner or agent, in whole or in part, of any lighter or vessel, or who has any interest therein, having stones, gravel, sand, or other ballast for sale, shall be April 14, 1859. chosen, or shall continue to be, an officer under this ordinance. BONDS OF CITY OFFICERS.1 1. What officers give bonds. Penalty of bonds. 2. Form and conditions of bonds. How approved, &c. Effect of death or insolvency of any surety. 3. Bonds of those officers that make contracts, purchases, or sales in behalf of the city. 4. Annual examination of the suffi- 5. City clerk to provide suitable 6. Who to have custody of bonds. ORDINANCE.2 SECTION 1. The several officers named below shall give bond to the city of Boston, with sufficient sureties, as follows, to wit: bonds. Penalty of bonds. July 17, 1860. The auditor of accounts, in the penal sum of What officers give five thousand dollars; the chief of police, five thousand dollars; the city clerk, five thousand dollars; the city registrar, five thousand dollars; the city treasurer, one hundred thousand dollars; the harbor master, two thousand dollars; the weigher and inspector-in-chief of lighters, &c., one thousand dollars; the superintendent of Faneuil Hall Market, ten thousand dollars; the superintendent of health, ten thousand dollars; the superintendent of public buildings, five thousand dollars; the superintendent of public lands, five By the city charter, § 37, the city council " may require of all persons intrusted with the collection, custody, or disbursement of public moneys, such bonds, with such conditions and such sureties, as the case may in their judgment require.” 2 An ordinance in relation to the bonds of city officers, passed July 17, 1860. |