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 THE 
 
 C H ARTEIR 
 
 AND THE 
 
 General Ordinances 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF RICHMOND 
 
 Compiled by the City Attorney by authority of a joint resolution of the 
 Council of the city of Richmond approved March 9, 1908, and adopted as 
 Richmond City Code 1910 by the ordinance approved October 25, 1910, entitled 
 'An ordinance arranging and consolidating into a Code the general ordinances 
 of the city of Richmond in force September 1, 1910." 
 
 PRINTED BY 
 
 CAPITOL PRINTING COMPANY 
 1910.
 
 
 COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND CLAIMS 
 
 CHARLES PRICE DAVIS, Chairman. 
 
 HARVEY E. ATKINSON, Sub-Chairman. 
 
 WM. H. ADAMS, 
 
 JOSEPH M. KAIN, 
 
 J. W. MOORE, 
 
 E. H. FERGUSSON, 
 
 W. H. BOSCHEN, 
 
 G. K. POLLOCK, 
 
 C. H. WILTSHIRE. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES, CHARTER 
 AND REFORM. 
 
 k 
 
 JACOB LMLAUF, Chairman. 
 
 MARX GUXST, Sub-Chairman. 
 
 JAS. A. MONCURE, 
 
 JOS. M. KAIN, 
 
 J. W. MOORE, 
 
 JOHN J. MITCHELL, 
 
 G. K. POLLOCK, 
 
 L. R. BROWN, 
 
 JOHN HIRSCHBERG, 
 
 W. D. BUTLER, 
 
 A. L. VONDERLEHR, 
 
 GEO. H. LUMSDEN. 
 
 * CITY ATTORNEY 
 
 ^ 
 
 H. R. POLLARD 

 
 THE 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF RICHMOND 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 
 THE CITY ATTORNEY 
 
 AND PRINTED BY 
 
 THE COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND CLAIMS 
 
 BY AUTHORITY OF A 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, 
 Approved March 9, 1908.
 
 THE CHARTER 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF RICHMOND 
 
 As Provided by the Act of tha General Assembly oj Virginia, Approved May 
 24, 1870, and the Acts Amendatory Thereof. 
 
 (The references are to the Acts of the General Assembly by which 
 the particular section has been amended. Where there is no reference 
 the section remains as originally adopted.) 
 
 CHAPTEE 1. 
 
 ELECTIONS. 
 
 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the territory con- 
 tained within the limits prescribed by the act passed February thirteenth, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and entitled an act to extend and de- 
 fine the boundaries of the city of Richmond, and by any act hereafter 
 passed by the general assembly of this State, shall be deemed and taken 
 as the city of Richmond; and the inhabitants of the city of Richmond, 
 for all purposes for which towns and cities are incorporated in this Com- 
 monwealth, shall continue to he one body politic, in fact and in name, 
 under the style and denomination of The City of Richmond, and as such 
 shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, and 
 privileges, and be subject to all the duties and obligations now incumbent 
 and appertaining to said city as a municipal incorporation. 
 
 2. The administration and government of the said city shall be 
 vested in one principal officer, to be styled the mayor; two boards, to be 
 called respectively the common council and board of aldermen of the city 
 of Richmond; and in such other boards and officers as are hereinafter 
 provided for. (18-74, p. 229.)
 
 8 THE CHARTEK. 
 
 3. The said city shall he divided into eight wards, which number 
 of wards the city council hereafter may increase as they may deem it 
 expedient. Every such division shall be made in such manner as to in- 
 clude an equal number of voters in each ward as nearly as conveniently 
 may be consistent with the well-defined limits of each ward. Until such 
 revision he made the boundary lines of wards shall remain as now estab- 
 lished, except that Clay ward shall be bounded as follows, namely : Com- 
 mencing at a point on the corporation line at its intersection with the 
 center line of Belvidere street ; thence northwardly along the center line 
 of Belvidere street to its intersection with the center line of Frank- 
 lin street; thence westwardly along the center line of Franklin street 
 io its intersection with the center line of Laurel street; thence south- 
 wardly along the center line of Laurel street to its intersection with 
 
 liter line of Park avenue; thence westwardly along the center line 
 of Park avenue to the corporation line; thence southwardly along the 
 corporation line to the beginning. And except further, that the seventh 
 ward hereby .established, to be called and known as Lee ward, shall lie 
 bounded as follows, namely: Commencing at a point on the corporation 
 line at its intersection with the center line of Park avenue; thence east- 
 wardly along the center line of Park avenue to its intersection with the 
 
 ■■ line of Laurel street; thence northwardly along the center line 
 of Laurel street to its intersection with the center line of Franklin street; 
 thence eastwardly along the center line of Franklin street to its inter- 
 section with the center line of Belvidere street; thence southwardly along 
 the center line of Belvidere street to its intersection with the center line 
 of Main street; thence eastwardly along the center line of Main street to 
 its intersection with the center line of Adams street; thence northwardly 
 along the center line of Adams street to its intersection with the center 
 line of Leigh street; thence westwardly along the center line of Leigh 
 street to the corporation line, thence southwardly along the corporation 
 line to the beginning. (1901-2, p. 73; 190<>, p. 370; Ordinance March 
 5, 1910.) 
 
 4. Whenever any special election shall be ordered by the city coun- 
 cil for an object not provided for in the general election laws of the State, 
 they shall communicate their order for the same to the judge of the cor- 
 poration court, and the same proceedings shall be had as are provided by 
 the laws of the State for special elections to fill vacancies in any muni- 
 cipal office. (1869-70, p. 451.) 
 
 5. The mayor and members of the board of aldermen and of the 
 common council of the city of Richmond shall he eleqted on the second 
 Tuesday in June immediately preceding the expiration of the term of
 
 THE CHARTER. 9 
 
 office of their predecessors, and their terms of office .shall begin on the 
 first day of September succeeding; all other elective officers of the city 
 of Richmond shall be elected on Tuesday after the first Monday in No- 
 vember, and their terms of office shall begin on the first day of January 
 succeeding, except the terms of office of the clerks of the corporation 
 courts of the city of Richmond shall begin coincidently with those of 
 the judges of their said courts. In the event of the adoption of any 
 resolution or ordinance of the council or act of the general assembly of 
 Virginia heretofore or hereafter passed changing the boundary of any 
 ward or wards or establishing a new ward out of the territory id' another 
 ward or wards, by reason of which any member of either branch of the 
 f city council, any lire commissioner, any police commissioner, any magis- 
 trate, or any other city officer, who is required to reside in the ward from 
 which he is elected, becomes a resident of a new ward or some other ward 
 than that from which he was elected, then, in that event, such officer 
 shall continue in office to the end of the full term for which he was elected, 
 just as if there had been no change in the wards of the city ; but the terms 
 of office of all officers whose residence is not changed by the creation of 
 a new ward or change of the boundaries of the old wards shall not be 
 affected, but such term or terms shall continue, expire, and be filled, as 
 if there had been no creation of new wards or change of boundaries of 
 old wards. 
 
 But when, by the change of the boundaries of a ward or the creation 
 of a new ward, or the abolition of a ward, a member of the board of 
 aldermen becomes a resident of some ward other than that from which 
 he was elected, and his term of office does not expire on the first day of 
 September following the ensuing municipal election, he shall become 
 a member of the board of aldermen from the ward from which he, by 
 such change, has become a resident for the last two years of his term. 
 (1904; p. 133.) 
 
 6. In cases of vacancies arising in any office elective by the people 
 when a general election will occur before the expiration of the term of 
 such office, at which an election can be legally held for the purpose, it 
 shall be the duty of the mayor, upon the happening of any such vacancy 
 or vacancies, forthwith to certify the fact of such vacancy or vacancies to 
 the judge of the Hustings Court, who shall issue his writ requiring an 
 •election to fill such vacancy or vacancies, to be held at such general elec- 
 tion in the manner prescribed in the general laws of the State. (1906, 
 p. 78.) 
 
 7. The mayor and the members of the city council, before entering 
 ■upon the duties of their respective offices, shall be respectively sworn in
 
 10 THE CHARTER. 
 
 accordance with the laws of this State. Such oaths may be administered 
 io the mayor-elect by any judge of a court of record commissioned to 
 hold any such court within said city; and the members of the city council 
 by the mayor, being himself 'first sworn as aforesaid, or by any judge of 
 any court of record as aforesaid ; and a certificate of such oaths having 
 been respectively taken, shall be filed with the city clerk, and entered 
 upon the journal of the city council. Every other person elected or ap- 
 pointed to any office under this act or under any law or ordinance of the 
 city council, shall before he enters upon the duties of said office, take and 
 subscribe said oath, and such other oaths as may be required by law or 
 ordinance, before the mayor or city clerk, the said clerk having himself 
 been first sworn by said mayor or a judge of a court of record as afore- 
 said ; and a certificate of the same shall be filed in the office of said city 
 clerk. If any person, elected or appointed to any office in said city, 
 shall neglect to take such oath for forty days after receiving notice of 
 his election or appointment, or shall neglect, for the like space of time, 
 to give such securities as may be required of him by the city council, 
 as hereinafter provided, or as may be hereafter required by any law or 
 ordinance, he shall be considered as having declined such office, and the 
 same shall be deemed vacant; and whenever any such vacancy shall 
 occur, another election shall be ordered or another appointment made, 
 according to the directions of this act. *( 1869-70, p. 452.) 
 
 CHAPTER 2. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 8. The mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of 
 Richmond for a term of four years and until his successor shall he 
 elected and qualify. His salary shall be fixed by the city council, payable 
 at stated periods, and he shall receive no other compensation or emolu- 
 ment whatsoever; and no regulations diminishing such compensation, 
 after it has been once fixed, shall be made to take effect until after the 
 expiration of the term for which the mayor, then in office, shall have 
 been elected. The salary of the mayor when fixed, shall so continue until 
 changed by the city council as aforesaid. (1902-03-0-1, p. 669.) 
 
 9. He shall, by virtue of, his office, possess all the jurisdiction and exer- 
 cise all the powers and authority, in criminal cases, of a justice of the 
 p( ace of said city, in addition to the powers hereby given to him by virtue
 
 THE CHARTER. 11 
 
 of this act, or that may hereafter be given to him by virtue of any other 
 act of assembly; but, he shall receive no fees for his services as such jus- 
 tice of the peace. 
 
 10. It shall be his duty to communicate to the city council annually, 
 as soon as may be after the commencement of the fiscal year, and oftener 
 if he shall deem it expedient, or be required by said council, a general 
 statement of the situation and condition of the city in relation to its 
 government, finances, and improvements, with such recommendations 
 as he may deem proper. 
 
 11. He shall exercise a constant supervision over the conduct of all 
 subordinate officers, have power and authority to investigate their acts, 
 have access to all books and documents in their offices, and may examine 
 said officers and their subordinates on oath. He shall also have power 
 to suspend or remove such officers for misconduct in office, or neglect 
 of duty, to be specified in the order, of suspension or removal; but no 
 such removal shall be made without reasonable notice to the officer com- 
 plained of, and an opportunity afforded him to be heard in his defence. 
 On the removal or suspension of such officer or officers, the mayor shall 
 report the same, with his reasons therefor, to the city council at their 
 next stated meeting. 
 
 12. In case of the absence or inability of the mayor, the president of the 
 board of aldermen shall possess the same powers and discharge the 
 municipal duties of the mayor, during such absence or inability. 
 
 13. In case a vacancy shall occur in the office of mayor, the city coun- 
 cil shall elect a qualified person to supply the vacancy until the first gen- 
 eral election which may be held in the city thereafter, when the vacancy 
 shall be filled by election for the unexpired term. (1869-70, p. 452.) 
 
 CHAPTER 3. 
 
 THE CITY COUNCIL. 
 
 11. The council of the city of Richmond shall be formed of two dis- 
 tinct branches; one of these shall be called the common council, and 
 shall consist of five members from each ward, to be elected every two 
 years; the other shall be called the board of aldermen, and shall consist 
 of three members from each ward, to be elected every four years. The 
 members of the board of common council and aldermen shall be resi- 
 dents of their respective wards, and shall not be less than twenty-one
 
 12 THE CHARTER. 
 
 years of age. They shall be elected by the electors of their respective 
 wards. Upon the assembling of the members of the board of aldermen, 
 so elected, they shall be divided into two equal classes, to be numbered by 
 Lot. The term of service of the members of the first class shall expire 
 with that of the members of the common council elected at the first elec- 
 tion after the passage of this act, and the term of service of the mem- 
 of the second class shall expire with that of the members of the 
 common council elected at the second election after the passage of this 
 act, and this alternation shall continue, so that one-half of the mem hers 
 of the board of aldermen may he chosen every two years. (1869-70. 
 p. 452; 1870-1, p. 326; 1874, p. 229.) 
 
 15. When any vacancy shall occur in either branch by death, resigna- 
 tion, removal from the ward, failure to qualify,' or from any other cause, 
 the branch in winch said vacancy occurs shall elect a qualified person to 
 supply the vacancy for the unexpired term. But in event of any resolu- 
 tion or ordinance of the council, or act of the general assembly of Vir- 
 ginia, heretofore or hereafter passed changing the boundaries of any 
 ward, or establishing any new ward out of the territory of another ward, 
 by reason of which any member of either branch who may have been 
 elected from one ward, and who may. as a result of such change, become 
 a resident of some other ward before the term for which he shall have 
 been elected shall have expired, then, in that event, such member shall 
 continue in office to the end of the full term for which he was elected, as 
 if he were a duly elected member from the new ward of which he may 
 have become a resident by reason of such change. Upon the formation 
 of a new ward, either by resolution of the council or by act of the general 
 assembly of Virginia, the members elected to represent such new :ard 
 in the board of aldermen shall be divided into two classes, to be num- 
 bered by lot upon the assembling of the board of aldermen at its first 
 meeting after the first day of July next succeeding the election of such 
 members. One of said members shall be of the first class, and two of said 
 members shall be of the second class ; and the terms of the service of the 
 said members of the first and second classes, respectively, shall be for 
 such time and expire as provided for in section fourteen. (1901-2. p. 
 139.) 
 
 16. Each branch of the council shall also elect one of its members to 
 act as president, wdio shall preside at its meetings and continue in office 
 two years, unless it be to fill a vacancy, when he shall be elected for the 
 unexpired term. Each branch of the council shall also elect one of its 
 members to be a vice-president, wdio shall preside at such meetings in 
 the absence of the president, and who, when the president shall be ab- 
 sent Prom the city or shall be unable to perform the duties of his office
 
 THE CHARTER. 13 
 
 by reason of sickness or other cause, shall perform any and all duties 
 required of or entrusted to such president under any provision of this 
 (ha iter. When for any cause both the president and the vice-president 
 shall be absent from any meeting a president pro tempore shall be elected 
 by the respective branch, who shall preside during the absence of the 
 president and vice-president. The president, vice-president or presi- 
 dent pro tempore, who shall preside when the proceedings of a previous 
 meeting are read, shall sign the same. The president of each branch of 
 the vice-president, when authorized as above stated to act for the presi- 
 dent, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of his branch of the 
 council; and in case of absence, sickness, disability or refusal to act of both 
 the president and vice-president of a branch of the council, that branch 
 may be convened by the order in writing of any three members of said 
 branch. (1897-8, p. 542.) 
 
 17. Each branch shall have authority to adopt such rules and to ap- 
 point such officers and clerks as it may deem proper for the regulation of 
 its proceedings, and for the convenient transaction of business, to compel 
 the attendance of absent members, to punish its members for disorderly 
 behavior, and by a vote of two-thirds of its members to expel a member 
 for <malfeasance or misfeasance in office. Each branch shall keep a 
 journal of its proceedings, and its meetings shall be open, except when 
 public welfare shall require secrecy. The city council or any of its com- 
 mittees, when authorized by the said council, the board of police com- 
 missioners and the board of fire commissioners may each, in any investi- 
 gation held by them, respectively, within their respective powers and 
 duties, order the attendance of any person as a witness, and the produc- 
 tion by any person of all proper books and papers. Any person refusing 
 or failing to attend may be summoned before the police justice of the 
 city, and upon failing to give a satisfactory excuse to said police justice 
 may be fined not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars or impris- 
 oned not exceeding thirty days ; such person to have the right of appeal 
 as in case of misdemeanor to the hustings court of Eichmond. touch 
 witness may be sworn by the officer presiding at such investigation, and 
 shall be liable to prosecution for perjury for any false testimony given at 
 such investigation. 
 
 18. A majority of the members of each branch shall constitute a quo- 
 rum for the transaction of business, but on all ordinances or resolutions 
 appropriating money exceeding one hundred dollars, imposing or releas- 
 ing taxes or authorizing the borrowing of money, or donating any prop- 
 erty of the city, or increasing any salary or pay of any employee of the 
 city, where the value of such property is one hundred dollars or more, 
 or the aggregate of such increase of salary is one hundred dollars or
 
 14 THE CHARTER. 
 
 more for any one year, a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected 
 to each branch shall be necessary, and the yeas and nays shall be entered 
 on the journal of each branch, respectively. No vote shall be recon- 
 sidered or rescinded at any special meeting, unless at such special meet- 
 ing there lie present as large a number of members as were present when 
 such vote was taken. No ordinance or resolution appropriating money 
 exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars, imposing taxes, or authoriz- 
 ing the borrowing of money, shall be passed by the two branches on the 
 same day; nor shall any such ordinance or resolution be valid unless at 
 least three days intervene between its passage by the said branches, re- 
 spectively. (1899-00, p. 287.) 
 
 19. The council of the city of Richmond shall have power to enact 
 suitable ordinances to secure and promote the general welfare of the 
 inhabitants of the city, by them deemed proper for the safety, health, 
 peace, good order, and morals of the community, and to make and adopt 
 ordinances and resolutions concerning the control and management of 
 the fiscal and municipal affairs of the city, and of all property, real and 
 personal, belonging thereto, deemed proper to secure the selection of 
 honest and competent officers and to promote efficiency and integrity in 
 the discharge el' official duties. They shall, in addition, likewise have 
 power to make such ordinances, resolutions and regulations as they may 
 deem desirable and suitable to carry out the following specified powers 
 which are hereby vested in them : (1908, p. 152.) 
 
 19a. To establish markets in and for said city; appoint clerks and 
 proper officers therefor; prescribe the times and places for holding the 
 same; provide suitable buildings therefor, and to enforce such regula- 
 tions as shall he necessary or proper to prevent huckstering, forestalling, 
 and regrating. 
 
 19b. To erect or provide, in or near the city, suitable work bouses, 
 houses of correction or reformation, and houses for the reception and 
 maintenance of the poor and destitute. They shall possess and exer- 
 cise exclusive authority over all persons within the limits of the city 
 receiving or entitled to the benefits of the poor-laws; appoint officers 
 and other persons connected with the aforesaid institutions, and regu- 
 late pauperism within the limits of the city; and the council, through 
 the agencies it shall appoint for the direction and management of the 
 poor of the city, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties vested 
 by law in overseers of the poor. 
 
 19c. To erect and keep in order all public buildings necessary or 
 proper for said city; to open, regulate the use of, and to ornament pub- 
 lic squares and parks, and may maintain nurseries for the propagation 
 and growth of trees and shrubs to be used for the purpose of improving,
 
 THE CHARTER. 15 
 
 shading and ornamenting such squares, parks and streets of the city, 
 and may authorize the exchange or donation of any surplus stock of such 
 trees or shruhs to be used for a like purpose by other persons within or 
 without the city. 
 
 19d. To erect within said city a city prison, and said prison may con- 
 tain such apartments as shall be necessary for the safe keeping and em- 
 ployment of all persons confined therein. 
 
 19e. To establish, maintain, enlarge or improve water works, gas 
 works, and electric plants within or without the limits of the city of 
 Richmond, and furnish water, gas, and electricity to consumers for do- 
 mestic or commercial purposes, and charge and collect compensation 
 therefor, and to accomplish these purposes, to contract and agree with 
 owners of land for the use or purchase thereof, and for all land, rights, 
 or easements necessary for the construction, maintenance or repair of 
 dams, sluices, conduits, culverts, pipes, basins, reservoirs, poles or wires 
 connected therewith, or any fixture or appurtenance thereof, or may have 
 the same condemned for said purposes and for the supplying of water 
 to any canal, sluice, pipes or other fixture or appliance used in connec- 
 tion with said water works whenever, in their discretion, they may deem 
 the same necessary or desirable : provided, that the natural drainage of 
 any roads, streets, or lands outside of its corporate limits shall not be 
 impeded or illegally interfered with by the city in the erection or con- 
 struction of the works and improvements, or the doing of any other acts 
 authorized by this charter. They shall have power to protect from in- 
 jury by adequate penalties the said works, pipes, poles, wires, fixtures, 
 land and canals, or anything connected therewith, within or without the 
 limits of said city, and to prevent the pollution of water in James river 
 or in any branch or stream flowing into the same by prohibiting the 
 throwing or discharge in any manner of any .filth, offensive and delete- 
 rious matter or liquid therein within fifteen miles above the said works, 
 as to render, or probably to render, the water impure. There shall be 
 no lease nor sale of the city gas, water, or electric works, unless the 
 proposition shall first be submitted to the voters of the city of Eichmond, 
 at some regular election, and receive in favor thereof a majority of all 
 votes cast at such election. 
 
 19f. To establish, construct, keep in order, alter or remove landings, 
 wharves, docks, streets and approaches thereto, and the lands already 
 belonging to the city or acquired by the city by condemnation or other- 
 wise, for such purpose, and to lay and collect a reasonable duty on ves- 
 sels coming to and using the same, or lease the use of such landings, 
 wharves or docks upon such terms and conditions as to them may seem 
 just, and to regulate the manner of using other wharves and landings
 
 THE CHARTER. 
 
 within the corporate limits, to prevent or remove all obstructions in 
 and upon any landings, wharves or docks. The said city shall have the 
 power to improve and keep in good, safe and navigable condition the 
 harbor of James river, within the corporate limits, and to that end to 
 acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, all lands or interests therein 
 deemed by the council necessary for such improvement, and to hold 
 such land as public property, or lease, sell or otherwise dispose of the 
 same, for the better improvement, maintenance or use of harbor. They 
 may also appoint port-wardens for the port of said city, who shall exer- 
 such powers as the council may give them up to the port-warden's 
 lines, as they may be established from time to time by the United States 
 government, and fix their fees and compensation. The city council ofj 
 said city shall have all the powers set forth in sections two thousand and 
 eleven, two thousand and thirteen, and two thousand and fourteen of 
 the Code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, which powers 
 it may delegate to some proper committee of persons satisfactory to the 
 said council. 
 
 19g. To close or extend, widen or narrow, lay out and graduate, pave 
 and otherwise improve streets and public alleys in the city, and have 
 them properly lighted and kept in good order; and they shall have ov< r 
 any street or alley in the city which has been or may be ceded to the 
 city, like authority as over other streets or alleys. They may build 
 bridges in and conduits under said streets, or authorize the construc- 
 tion of conduits, and annex conditions and restrictions to the construc- 
 tion, maintenance and use thereof and they may prevent or remove any 
 structure, obstruction or encroachment over or under or in any street or 
 alley or any sidewalk thereof, and may have shade trees planted along 
 dd streets; and no company shall occupy with its works the streets 
 of the city without the consent of the council. In the meantime, no 
 order shall be made, and no injunction shall be awarded, by any court 
 or judge, to stay the proceedings of the city in the prosecution of their 
 works, unless it be manifest that they, their officers, agents or servants 
 are transcending the authority given them by this act, and that the 
 interposition of the court is necessary to prevent injury that cannot be 
 adequately compensated in damages. And in any action against the 
 city to recover damages against it, for any negligence in the construc- 
 tion or maintenance of its street.-, alleys or parks, where any person is 
 liable wi ity for such negligence, every such person shall be 
 
 ndant with the city in any action brought to recover dam- 
 ence, and where there is a .judgment or verdict 
 *« ains1 ll "' (ilv - as v " n ^ the other defendant, it shall be ascertained
 
 THE CHARTER. 17 
 
 by either the court or the jury, which of the defendants is primarily 
 liable for the damages assessed. 
 
 lUh. To construct and maintain or authorize the construction or 
 maintenance of bridges and viaducts over James river or other stream or 
 creek, or over any ravine, where any portion thereof is within the city 
 limits, and to construct and maintain, or authorize the construction and 
 maintenance of, subways, vaults, areas, or cellars under the streets or 
 other public places, or elsewhere within the limits of the city, and 
 charge and collect compensation for use of same, and to prevent injury 
 to or obstruction of the streets, alleys, or other public places or property 
 of the city ; but any bridge constructed across James river under author- 
 ity of this section shall be free to the public, except that compensation 
 may be required of transmission or transportation companies for the 
 use of such bridge. 
 
 lUi. To authorize the laying down of railway tracks in the streets of 
 the city and the running of cars thereon, under such conditions and 
 regulations as they may prescribe, and also, from time to time, to pre- 
 scribe additional conditions and regulations as to the construction, re- 
 construction, repair, and maintenance of the tracks, road-bed, and cars, 
 and the running of cars on such tracks. The city council may take, 
 under any contract hertofore made, hold, maintain and operate any 
 street railway and fixtures thereto belonging, lying within the city, and 
 the lots and buildings and appurtenances owned by. such company, and 
 the equipment thereof, and maintain and operate the same for the car- 
 riage of passengers or freight, for hire or reward, or, when so taken, 
 the council may grant the same to be operated by some other person ; 
 and, in order to meet the expense of such acquisition, may issue bonds, 
 to be known as "city railway bonds," and secure the same upon the road- 
 bed, tracks, rolling stock, and earnings of such street railway. The city 
 council may likewise construct sewers, culverts, or drains under the 
 streets, alleys or other public places of the city, and may compel the 
 use thereof, and assess the expense of such construction and reconstruc- 
 tion upon the real estate which, in their opinion, shall be benefited 
 thereby, as prescribed by section one thousand and forty-three of the 
 Code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended by an act ap- 
 proved March four, eighteen hundred and ninety-six (acts eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety-five and ninety-six, page seven hundred and ninety- 
 nine), or they may, in lieu of such assessment, assess and collect com- 
 pensation for the use of such sewer?, culverts, or drains and compel the 
 payment of such compensation; and in order to meet the expense of the 
 construction of such sewers, culverts, or drains; may issue bonds, to be 
 known as "culverts bonds," to the payment of the interest on which all
 
 18 THE CHARTER. 
 
 revenue derived from the hire of the use of such sewers, culverts, or 
 drains shall be dedicated. 
 
 And the city council may acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, any 
 -t or righl of any property holder in and to the use of any sewer, 
 
 culvert, or drain already constructed in the city, and when such right 
 shall be so acquired, charge such person for the use of the same. 
 
 19j. To determine and designate the route and grade of any railroad 
 to be laid in said city, and to restrain and regulate the rate of speed of 
 itives, engines, and cars upon the railroad within the said city, 
 and may wholly exclude the said engines or cars, if they please; pro- 
 vided, no contract he thereby violated. 
 
 19k. To regulate and prescribe the breadth of tires upon the wheels 
 . carts, and vehicles of heavy draft upon the streets of said city; 
 but the foregoing shall not apply to vehicles coming into and not owned 
 in said city; and to limit the speed of street cars and vehicles on the 
 ts, and to prescribe the motive power that may be used for their 
 propulsion, and also to prescribe the kind, character, and weight of vehi- 
 cles that may be used in parks and on any particular street or streets. 
 
 191. To require spirituous liquors, wines, oils, molasses, vinegar, and 
 spirits of turpentine, in casks, to be gauged and inspected ; and may 
 Mich provision for the weighing of hay, fodder, oats, shucks, or 
 ether long forage, as will not be in conflict with the act passed the twenty- 
 second of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to prevent the 
 authorities of said city from laying and collecting a tax on the bales of 
 hay sent by the farmers of the State to said city. They may also pro- 
 vide for measuring corn, oats, grain, coal, stone, wood, lumber, boards, 
 . and other articles for sale or barter. 
 
 19m. To require every merchant, retailer, trader and dealer in mer- 
 chandise, or property of any description, which is sold by measure or 
 i. to cause their weights or measures to be sealed by the city sealer, 
 and to be subject to his inspection; and may impose penalties for any 
 violation of any such ordinance. 
 
 19n. To grant aid to military companies and regiments organized 
 within the city; to societies or associations for the advancement of agri- 
 cultural and the mechanic arts; to scientific, literary, and benevolent 
 societies; provided, such societies or associations are located in or near 
 ity, or, in the case of agricultural societies, shall hold their fairs 
 in or near the city; and to provide or aid in support of public libraries 
 and publii 
 
 me the inhabitants from contagious, infectious or other 
 dangerous diseases; to establish, erect and regulate hospitals; to provide 
 for and force the removal of patients to said hospitals; for the appoint-
 
 THE CHARTER. 19 
 
 ment and organization of board of health for said city, with the authority 
 necessary for the prompt and efficient performance of its duties; to 
 authorize the supervision by a city official of the construction and main- 
 tenance of all water and sewerage pipes, traps and other fixtures, and to 
 require the use of such pipes, traps and other fixtures as the city council 
 or its duly authorized official or committee may deem proper as sani- 
 tary measures; for the prescribing of the duties of the coroner of the 
 city of Richmond, who shall be appointed, as provided under the general 
 statutes of the State, by the judge of the hustings court, but who shall 
 receive, instead of fees, a salary, to be determined by the city council, 
 and to be paid by the city; provided, the salary of the said coroner shall 
 not be less than two thousand dollars. He shall be a physician of not 
 less than five years' standing, and shall also be a chemist. He shall hold 
 all the inquests and make all post-mortem examinations without the 
 assistance of any medical experts for whose assistance the city may be 
 liable, without the consent of the mayor. 
 
 19p. To provide, in or near the city, lands to be appropriated, im- 
 proved, and kept in order, as places for the interment of the dead, and 
 may charge for the use of ground in said places of interment, and may 
 regulate the same; may prevent the burial of dead in the city, except 
 in the public burying-ground ; may regulate burials in said grounds, 
 and may require the keeping and return of bills of mortality by the 
 keepers or owners of all cemeteries. 
 
 19q. To establish a quarantine ground for the city; but before said 
 ground shall hereafter be located in any county the assent of the circuit 
 court of said county or the judge thereof in vacation shall be obtained. 
 
 19r. To require and compel the abatement and removal of all nuis- 
 ances, and to raze or compel the proper repair of all unsafe or danger- 
 ous buildings, walls, or other structures or buildings which, by their 
 neglect or otherwise, constitute a menace to health or thereby are liable 
 to originate or spread fire, within said city, at the expense of the person 
 or persons causing the same, or the owner or owners of the ground 
 whereon the same shall be, or the owner or owners of such building or 
 other structure; to prevent or regulate slaughter-houses and soap and 
 candle factories within said city, or the exercise of any dangerous, offen- 
 sive, or unhealthy business, trade or employment therein, and to regulate 
 the transportation of coal and other articles through the streets of the 
 city. 
 
 19s. If any ground in the said city shall be subject to be covered by 
 stagnant water, or if the owner or owners, occupier, or occupiers thereof, 
 shall permit any offensive or unwholesome substance to remain or ac- 
 cumulate therein, the council may cause such ground to be filled up,
 
 20 THE CHARTER. 
 
 raised, or drained, or may cause such substances to be covered or to be 
 removed therefrom, and may collect the expense of so doing from the 
 said owner or owners, occupier or occupiers, or any of them, by distress 
 al]( | F ... same manner in which taxes, levied upon real estate for 
 
 the benefit of said city, are authorized to be collected; provided, that 
 Ice shall be first given to the said owners or their agents. 
 [„ C ase of non-resident owners, who have no agent in said city, such 
 Qotice may be given by publication for not less than four weeks in any 
 newspaper printed in paid city. 
 
 19t. To direct the location of all buildings for storing gun-powder or 
 other combustible substances, and to regulate the sale or use of gun- 
 powder, fire-crackers, or fire-works manufactured or prepared therefrom, 
 kerosene oil, nitro-glycerine, camphene, burning fluid, or other com- 
 bustible material; to regulate the exhibition of fire-works, the discharge 
 of fire-arms, the use of candles and lights in barns, stables, and other 
 buildings, and to restrain the making of bonfires in streets and yards. 
 
 19u. To prevent hogs, dogs, and other animals from running at large 
 in the city, and may subject the same to such confiscations, regulations, 
 and taxes as they may deem proper; and the council may prohibit the 
 raising or keeping of hogs in the city. 
 
 19v. To prevent the riding or driving of horses or other animals at 
 an improper speed; to prevent the flying of kites, throwing stones, or 
 the engaging in any employment or sports in the street or public alleys 
 dangerous or annoying to passengers, and to prohibit and punish the 
 abuse of animals. 
 
 19w. To restrain and punish drunkards, vagrants, mendicants, and 
 street beggars. 
 
 19x. To prevent vice and immorality; to preserve public peace and 
 good order; to prevent and quell riots, disturbances, and disorderly as- 
 semblages; to suppress houses of ill fame and gaming houses; to prevent 
 lewd, indecent, and disorderly conduct or exhibitions in the city, and to 
 expel therefrom persons guilty of such conduct who shall not have re- 
 sided therein as much as one year. 
 
 19y. To forbid and prevent the vending or other disposition of liquors 
 and intoxicating drinks, to be drunk in any canal boat, store, or other 
 no1 duly licensed; and to forbid the selling, or giving to be drunk, 
 any intoxicating liquors to any child or young person without the con- 
 sent of his or her parents or guardian; to grant, or refuse, licenses to 
 sell wine, or spirituous or fermented liquors, under such regulations as 
 it may prescribe; and to limit the number of licenses so granted; and 
 my violation of any such ordinance, may impose fines in addition 
 to t,j laws of the State. "
 
 THE CHARTER. 21 
 
 19z. To prevent the coming into the city, from beyond the limits of 
 the State, of persons having no ostensible means of support, or of per- 
 sons who may be dangerous to the peace and safety of the city; and for 
 this purpose may require any railroad company, or the captain or master 
 of any vessel bringing such passengers to Richmond, to enter into bond, 
 with satisfactory security, that such persons shall not become chargeable 
 to the city for one year, or may compel such company, captain, or master 
 to take them back from whence they came, and compel the persons to 
 leave the city if they have not been in the city more than thirty days 
 before the order is given. 
 
 20. Where, by the provisions of this act. the city council has author- 
 ity to pass ordinances on any subject, they may prescribe any fine or 
 penalty, not exceeding five hundred dollars (except where a fine or pen- 
 alty is herein otherwise provided for), for a violation thereof, and may 
 provide that the offender, on failing to pay the fine or penalty imposed, 
 shall be imprisoned in the jail of the said city for any term not exceeding 
 three calendar months. Such imprisonment may be ordered to be with 
 or without labor; when ordered to be with labor the council may by ordi- 
 nance declare what kind of labor shall be done for the city by such 
 offenders either at said jail or elsewhere in the said city. And the city 
 council may subject the parent or guardian of any minor, or the master 
 or mistress of any apprentice, to any such fine for any such offense 
 committed by such minor or apprentice. From any fine or imprison- 
 ment imposed an appeal lies to the hustings court of the city as in cases 
 of misdemeanor. Whenever any fine or penalty shall be imposed but not 
 paid, the police justice, if he shall not order the party to be imprisoned 
 in the city jail, may, unless an appeal be taken forthwith, issue a writ of 
 fieri facias for said tine, directed to the sergeant of the city. Such writ 
 must be made returnable to the said police justice within sixty days from 
 its issuance. (1897-8, p. 543.) 
 
 21. No ordinance hereafter passed by the city council for the viola- 
 tion of which any penalty is imposed shall take effect until the same shall 
 have been published for five days consecutively in one of the daily news- 
 papers of said city, to be designated by the said council ; provided, how- 
 ever, that the requirement shall not apply to an ordinance merely grant- 
 ing to a person some individual right or privilege, nor to any ordinance 
 re-ordained, or amended or re-ordained in or by compilation or codifica- 
 tion of said ordinances. A record or entry made by the clerk of said eit^ 
 or a copy of such record or entry duly certified by him, shall he prima 
 facie evidence of the time of such publication; and all laws, regulations, 
 and ordinances of the city council may be read in evidence in all courts 
 of justice, and in all proceedings before any officer, body, or board in
 
 22 THE CHARTER. 
 
 which it shall he necessary to refer thereto, either from a copy thereof 
 cert i lied by the clerk of said city, or from the volume of ordinances 
 printed by the authority of the city council. (187-1, p. 230.) 
 
 22. The city of Richmond shall not take or damage private property 
 for the opening or improvement of streets or for any other public pur- 
 poses without making to the owner thereof just compensation for the 
 same, but in all cases where land or other property, or any right, ease- 
 ment or estate therein is needed or will be damaged for any use author- 
 ized by this charter, which cannot, because of the incapacity of the 
 owner, or abaility to agree upon the compensation to be paid or terms of 
 settlement, or because the owner cannot, with reasonable diligence, be 
 found in this State, or is unknown, agree on terms of purchase or settle- 
 ment with those entitled to said lana, property, interest, right, easement 
 or estate, the city of Eichmond may acquire the same or have the dam- 
 ages ascertained by condemnation proceedings instituted in the circuit 
 court of the county in which such land, property, interest, right, ease- 
 ment or estate lies or is situated, or in the hustings court of the city of 
 Richmond if the subject lies or is situated within the city; such proceed- 
 ings to be instituted and conducted as provided by law. And in the event 
 the said city shall proceed to acquire by condemnation a right of way for 
 any bridge or viaduct over the lands of the owner of any toll bridge or 
 viaduct now in existence, the commissioners, in awarding damages, shall 
 be governed by the general law of the State concerning the exercise of 
 the power of eminent domain. (1906, p. 80.) 
 
 23. In every case where a street or alley in said city has been or shall 
 be encroached upon by any fence, building, or otherwise, the city coun- 
 cil may require the owner or owners, if knowm, and if unknown, the occu- 
 pant or occupants of the premises so encroaching, to remove the same. 
 If such removal shall not be made within the time ordered by the council, 
 they may impose a penalty or five dollars for each and every day that it 
 is allowed to continue thereafter, and may cause the encroachment to be 
 removed and collect from the owner all reasonable charges therefor, with 
 costs, by the same process that they are hereinafter empowered to collect 
 taxes; provided, however, that in any case where a street or alley, as 
 originally laid out or established, has been encroached upon by any 
 building for a period of twenty years, the part of the street so en- 
 
 lied upon and actually occupied by said building shall not be re- 
 claimed or taken possession of by said city for the public as a street or 
 alley until said building shall be rebuilt, or destroyed, or removed, or 
 until the fronl of the building shall be removed or rebuilt. Hereafter 
 Hi" -niil city shall have the right to sue in ejectment to recover possession
 
 THE CHARTER. 23 
 
 of land claimed by her as a public highway. (1883-4, p. 494; 1891-2, 
 p. 660.) 
 
 24. Whenever any street, alley, or lane shall have been opened to and 
 used as such by the public for the period of five years, the same shall 
 thereby become a street, alley, or lane for all purposes, and the city 
 shall have the same authority and jurisdiction over, and right and inter- 
 est therein, as they have by law over the streets, alleys, and lanes laid 
 out by it. And any street or alley reserved in the division or sub- 
 division into lots of any portion of the territory within the corporate 
 limits of the city, by a plat or plan of record, shall be deemed and held 
 to be dedicating to the public use; and the council shall have authority, 
 upon the petition of any person interested therein, to open such street 
 or alley, or any portion of the same. No agreement between, or release 
 of interest by, the persons owning the lands immediately contiguous to 
 any such alley or street, whether the same has been opened and used by 
 the public or not, shall avail or operate to abolish said alley or street as 
 to divest the interest of the public therein, or the authority of the council 
 over the same. 
 
 . 24a. That the city of Richmond shall have the control and manage- 
 ment of Gro^e avenue from the western limits of said city to the Sol- 
 diers' Home, and of said boulevard from the Broad street or Mountain 
 road to said Reservoir, and of the city's grounds contiguous thereto, and 
 of a road running East from the corporate limits along P street to 
 Thirty-fourth street extended ; thence northwardly along Thirty-fourth 
 street extended to Oakwood avenue ; thence along Oakwood avenue to Oak- 
 wood cemetery ; and that said city of Richmond shall have the power to 
 make such ordinances, orders and regulations relating to said avenues, 
 roads, and grounds as it may deem proper and necessary; but the citi- 
 zens of the county shall have the same privileges thereon as the citizens 
 of the city of Richmond. (1904, p. 82.) 
 
 24b. That the city of Richmond shaLJ have the control and manage- 
 ment of the Broad street road from its intersection with the boulevard 
 leading to Grove avenue to the western limits of said city, and that said 
 city of Richmond shall have the power to make such ordinances, orders 
 and regulations relating to the said roads as it may deem proper and 
 necessary; but the citizens of the county shall have the same privileges 
 as the city of Richmond. (1895-6, p. 4?0.) 
 
 25. Whenever any new street shall be laid out or graded, or a side- 
 walk paved, or any other public improvement whatever made, other than 
 a culvert, sewer or drain, the city council may determine what portion, 
 if any, of the expenses thereof ought to be paid from the public treasury, 
 and what portion by the owners of real estate benefited, or may order and
 
 2 [ THE CHARTER. 
 
 direct that the whole expense be assessed upon the owners of real estate 
 ted thereby. But no public improvement shall be made, to be de- 
 frayed in whole or in part by a local assessment, until first requested by 
 a petition signed by .at least a majority of the owners of the property to 
 be assessed for such improvement, or unless at least three-fourths of all 
 luncil shall concur in voting any improvement to be expedient, or in 
 mining to make the same after allegations have been heard; in 
 which case no petition or request shall be necessary. The council shall 
 have the same powers to collect such local assessments for improvements 
 as are hereinafter vested in them for the collection of taxes. (1899-00, 
 p. 289.) 
 
 26. The city council shall grant and pay to all city officers, clerks, 
 and assistants, elected or appointed under or in pursuance of this act, 
 such salaries or compensation as the said city council may from time to 
 time deem proper, or shall be fixed by this or any other act of assembly 
 hereafter enacted. 
 
 27. If any person, having been an officer of said city, shall not, within 
 ten days after he shall have vacated or been removed from office, and 
 upon notification and request of the city clerk, or within such time 
 thereafter as the city council shall allow, deliver over to his* successor in 
 office all the property, books and papers belonging to the city or apper- 
 taining to such office, in his possession or under his control, he shall for- 
 feit and pay to the city the sum of five hundred dollars to be sued for 
 and recovered with cost. And all books, records, and documents used 
 in any such office, by virtue of any such provision of this act, or of any 
 ordinance or order of the city council, or any superior officer of said 
 city, shall be deemed the property of said city and appertain to said office 
 and the chief officer thereof be responsible therefor. 
 
 CHAPTER 4. 
 
 CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 There shall be one auditor, one city treasurer, one collector of city 
 
 . one commissioner of the revenue, one city attorney, one city engi-* 
 
 "iic city clerk, and such clerks and assistants as the city council may 
 
 '. by ordinance, to prescribe and furnish. 
 
 ■-"• ) - The council may appoint such officers and clerks as they may 
 
 in addition to those herein provided for, and define their 
 
 powers and pr« tiejr duties and compensation, and may take from
 
 THE CHARTER. 25 
 
 any of the officers, and so forth, appointed, bonds, with sureties, in such 
 penalties as the council may see fit, payable to the city by its corporate 
 name, with condition for the faithful performance of said duties. All 
 officers appointed by the council may be removed from office at its pleas- 
 ure. In case of vacancies occurring in any municipal office, when it is 
 not herein otherwise provided, the city council shall elect a qualified 
 person to fill such office during the unexpired term. (1869-70, p. 453.) 
 
 30. The parties to bonds taken in pursuance of the preceding section, 
 their heirs, devisees, executors and administrators, shall be subject to the 
 same proceedings on the said bonds for enforcing the conditions and 
 terms thereof, by motion or, otherwise, before the circuit court of the city 
 of Richmond, or any other courts held in the city which may succeed to 
 the civil common-law jurisdiction of said court, that collectors of the 
 county levy and their securities are or shall be subject to, on their bonds, 
 for enforcing payment of the county levies. 
 
 31. The city auditor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city 
 of Richmond. He shall hold his office for the term of two years, and 
 until his successor be elected and qualify, unless sooner removed. He 
 shall bold his office in such place as may be designated and prescribed 
 by the city council. He shall give bond, with sureties, to the amount of 
 not less tban thirty thousand dollars, which shall be determined by the 
 city council, before he enters upon the duties of his office; said bond to 
 be approved by the said city council, entered on their record, and filed 
 in the office of the city clerk. The said auditor shall open, and keep in 
 a neat and methodical manner, a complete set of books, under the direc- 
 tion of the city council, wherein shall be stated, among other things, the 
 appropriations of the year for each distinct object and branch of ex- 
 penditure, and also the receipts from each and every source of revenue, 
 so far as he can ascertain the same. Said books, and all papers, vouch- 
 ers, contracts, bonds, receipts, and other things, kept in said office, shall 
 be subject to the examination of the mayor, the members of the city 
 ■council, or any committee or committees thereof. (1869-70, p. 453.) 
 
 32. The said auditor shall be charged with and exercise a general 
 supervision over all the officers of the city charged in any manner with 
 the receipt, collection, or disbursement of the city revenues, and the 
 collection and return of such revenues into the city treasury. He shall 
 have charge of all deeds, mortgages, contracts, judgments, notes, bonds, 
 debts, choses in action, belonging to the said city, except such as are con- 
 fined to the custody of the city clerk, and such other papers as may be 
 committed to his care by the city council, by ordinance or otherwise. 
 
 33. The said auditor shall have power to examine all accounts, claims, 
 and demands for or against the said city; and no money shall lie drawn
 
 26 THE CHARTER. 
 
 from the treasury or paid by the city to any person, except as herein 
 otherwise provided, unless that balance due or payable be first settled 
 and adjusted by the said auditor; and for the purpose of ascertaining 
 the true state of any balance or balances so due, he shall have, and is 
 hereby clothed with, full power, and authority to administer an oath or 
 oaths to the claimant or claimants, or any other person or persons, whom 
 he may think proper to examine as to any fact, matter, or thing con- 
 cerning the corn tness of any account, claim, or demand presented; and 
 the person so sworn shall, if he swears falsely, be guilty of wilful and 
 corrupt perjury, and be subject to punishment by imprisonment in the 
 penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. 
 
 ;i 1. All money found to be due and payable by the said auditor to any 
 person, shall be drawn by said auditor by warrant on the treasurer, stat- 
 ing the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is charge- 
 able and the person to whom payable ; and no money shall be drawn from 
 the treasury except on the warrant of the auditor, as aforesaid. But the 
 auditor is forbidden to issue his warrant for the payment of any money 
 in excess of the appropriation on account of which said money is drawn. 
 
 35. It shall be the duty of said auditor, as nearly as may be, to charge 
 all officers in the receipt of revenues or moneys of the city, with the 
 whole amount, from time to time, of such receipts ; he shall also require 
 of all officers in receipt of city moneys that they shall submit reports 
 thereof, with vouchers and receipts of payment therefor into the city 
 treasury, weekly or monthly, or as often as he shall see fit to require the 
 same by any regulation which he may adopt; "and if any such officer shall 
 neglect to make adjustment of his accounts, when required as aforesaid, 
 and to pay over such moneys so received, it shall then be the duty of 
 said auditor to issue notice in writing, directed to such officer and his 
 securities, requiring him or them, within ten days, to make settlement 
 of his said account with the auditor, and to pay over the balance of 
 moneys found to be due and in his hands belonging to the said city, 
 
 ding to the books of said auditor; and in case of the refusal or neg- 
 lect of such officer to adjust his said accounts or pay over said balance to 
 the treasurer, as required, it shall then be the duty of said auditor to 
 make report of the delinquency of such officer to the mayor, who shall at 
 once ~ him from office, proceed forthwith to institute the neces- 
 
 sary proceedings for the removal of such officer from office, and imme- 
 <h;1,( ' lv "" ilis removal, institute suit in the name of said city against 
 him and his securities to recover the balance of moneys so found to be 
 due and in his hands belonging to said city. 
 
 36. The auditor shall make out an annual statement, as soon as pos- 
 sible after the end of each fiscal year, giving a full and detailed state-
 
 THE CHARTER. 27 
 
 ment of all the receipts and expenditures during the said year. The 
 said statement shall also detail the liabilities and expenditures during 
 the year, the liabilities and resources of said city, the condition of all 
 unexpended appropriations and contracts unfulfilled, the balances of 
 money then remaining in the treasury, with all sums due and outstand- 
 ing, the names of all persons who may have become defaulters to the 
 city, and the amounts in their hands unaccounted for, and all other 
 things necessary to exhibit the true financial condition of the city. 
 
 37. The auditor shall annually submit to the city council, at their 
 first stated meeting after the beginning of the fiscal year, a report of the 
 estimates necessary, as nearly as may be, to defray the expenses of the 
 city government during the current fiscal year. He shall in said report 
 class the different objects and branches of said city expenditure, giving 
 as nearly as may be, the amount required for each ; and for this purpose 
 he is authorized to require of all city officers and heads of departments 
 their statements of the condition and expense of their respective depart- 
 ments and offices, with any proposed improvement, and the probable 
 expense thereof, of contracts already made and unfinished, and the amount 
 of unexpended appropriations of the preceding year. He shall also in 
 such report show the aggregate income of the preceding fiscal year from 
 all sources, the amount of liabilities outstanding upon which interest is 
 to be paid, and of bonds and city debts payable during the year, when due 
 and where payable, so that the city council may fully understand the 
 money exigencies and demands of the city for the current year. 
 
 38. In addition to the other duties of the said auditor, it is hereby 
 made his duty, on the last day of each and every month, to make out a 
 monthly statement, giving a full and detailed account of all moneys 
 received, from what sources and on what account received, and of all 
 moneys ordered to be paid or drawn for by warrant by him, and on what 
 account the same has been paid; and shall deliver said statement to the 
 said city council at their next meeting, to be filed, after the adjournment 
 of said council, by the city clerk with the papers belonging to his office. 
 
 39. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of Rich- 
 mond, in the same manner as is provided hereinbefore for the election 
 of mayor of said city, at the first charter election, and every three years 
 thereafter, one city treasurer, who shall hold his office for the term of 
 four years, and until his successor be elected and qualified, unless sooner 
 removed from office. .He shall give bond, with sureties, to the amount 
 of not less than one hundred thousand dollars; said bond to be ap- 
 proved by the city council, entered on their records, and filed in the city 
 clerk's office.
 
 2S 
 
 THE CHART Kit. 
 
 
 The said treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the city, 
 and shall keep his office in some place designated by the council. He 
 shall have the custody of the corporate seal. He shall keep his books 
 and accounts in such manner as the city council may prescribe, and 
 s UC h ! a accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the 
 
 I any member of the city council, or any committee or commit- 
 thereof. (1874, p. 230.) 
 
 41. No moneys shall be paid out by the treasurer except upon the war- 
 rant of the auditor, issued as hereinbefore provided, and he shall keep a 
 separate accounl of each fund or appropriation, and the debits or credits 
 
 iging thereto. 
 
 42. All moneys to be paid into the treasury of the city, except the 
 hills lor gas and water, and such other assessments as the city council 
 may so ordain, shall be paid by the person liable to pay the same, or his 
 agent, to the treasurer, in the following manner: A warrant shall first 
 
 btained from the auditor, directing the treasurer to receive the 
 sum to be paid, specifying on what account the payment is to be made. 
 Upon the payment of the money to the treasurer he shall give a receipt 
 for the same, which shall be carried to the auditor, and his receipt there- 
 for shall be the acquittance of the party making the payment. Bills for 
 gas and water, and such other assessments as the city council may so 
 ordain, shall be paid directly to the treasurer, who shall keep an account 
 thereof, and make daily reports of such receipts to the auditor. 
 
 43. The treasurer shall, at the end of each and every month, and 
 oftener if required, render an account to the auditor, showing the state 
 of the treasury at the date of such account, and the balance of moneys 
 in the treasury. lie shall also, if required so to do by the auditor, ac- 
 company such account with a statement of all moneys received into the 
 treasury, and on what account, with a list of all warrants redeemed and 
 paid by him during the month. 
 
 44. The treasurer shall also report to the city council, at the end of 
 each fiscal year, and oftener, if required, a full and detailed account of 
 all receipts and expenditures during the preceding year, and the state 
 
 - treasury. He shall also keep a register of all warrants, their date, 
 unt, number, the fund from which paid, and the person to whom 
 paid, specifying also the time of payment; and all such warrants shall 
 be examined, at the time of making such annual report to the city coun- 
 cil, by a committee thereof, who shall examine and compare the same 
 with the hooks of the auditor, and report discrepancies, if any, to the 
 council. 
 
 All moneys received on any special assessment shall be held by 
 the treasurer as a special fund, to be applied to the payment for which
 
 THE CHARTER. 29 
 
 the assessment was made ; and said money shall be used for no other pur- 
 pose whatsoever. 
 
 46. The treasurer may be required to keep all moneys in his hands 
 belonging to the city, in such place or places of deposits as the city coun- 
 cil may by ordinance provide, order, establish, or direct. Such moneys 
 shall be kept distinct and separate from his own moneys ; and he is here- 
 by expressly prohibited from using, either directly or indirectly, the 
 corporation money, or warrants in his custody and keeping for his own 
 use and benefit, or that of any person or persons whomsoever; and any 
 violation of this provision shall subject him to immediate removal from 
 office. In case of his removal, the city council shall elect a qualified per- 
 son to fill said office until the next general election which may be held in 
 the city, when the qualified voters of said city shall, as in other cases, fill 
 such vacancy by an election of a successor, who shall hold his office for 
 the remainder, if any, of the unexpired term of the officer removed. 
 (1869-70, p. 453.) 
 
 47. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of Rich- 
 mond one collector of the city taxes, who shall hold his office for the 
 period of two years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualify, 
 unless sooner removed from office. He shall give bond, with sureties, to 
 the amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars — said bond to be ap- 
 proved by the city council, entered on their records, and filed in the office 
 of the city clerk. (1869-70, p. 453.) 
 
 48. Said collector shall collect all taxes and assessments which may be 
 levied by said city, and perform such other duties as may be herein pre- 
 scribed or ordained by the city council. He shall keep his office in such 
 place as may. be designated and prescribed by the city council, and shall 
 keep in his said office, besides his collection and revenue warrants, such 
 other books, vouchers, records, and accounts as the city council may 
 direct and prescribe; all of which shall be subject to the inspection and 
 examination of the mayor, the members of the city council, or any com- 
 mittee or committees thereof. 
 
 49. The said collector shall make report in writing, under oath, to the 
 auditor, weekly, or oftener if required, the amount of all moneys col- 
 lected by him, and shall pay the same into the city treasury in the man- 
 ner hereinbefore provided. At the end of each fiscal year he shall sub- 
 mit to the city council a statement of all moneys by him collected dur- 
 ing the year, and the particular warrant, assessment, or account upon 
 which collected, and the balance of moneys uncollected on the warrants 
 in his hands or returned to the auditor, and a copy of such statement 
 shall also be filed with the auditor of said city.
 
 30 THE CHARTER. 
 
 50. The said collector is expressly prohibited from keeping the money 
 of the city in his hands, or in the hands of any person or corporation to 
 his use, beyond the time prescribed for the payment of the same into 
 the city treasury, and any violation of this provision shall subject him 
 to immediate removal from office. (1869-70, p. 453.) • 
 
 51. It shall be the duty of the said collector, on the first Monday in 
 July of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and on the first Mon- 
 day in February of each succeeding year, to turn over to the auditor of 
 the city all bills, assessments, and accounts for all preceding years upon 
 which there shall then remain unpaid any part of any tax or assessment 
 due the city; and, thereupon, the said auditor shall turn over same 
 to the officer of the city who shall be chosen by the city council, and 
 known as the collector of delinquent taxes. The said collector of delin- 
 quent taxes shall hold his office for the period of two years, and until his 
 successor shall be elected and qualify, unless sooner removed from office. 
 Be shall perform such duties, and receive such compensation, and give 
 such bond as may be prescribed by the city council, the said bond not to 
 be for a sum of less than five thousand dollars. It shall be the duty of 
 said collector of delinquent taxes to conduct all the proceedings, and 
 render all the service necessary, to perfect the sale and transfer of real 
 estate in said city, where the same shall be sold or advertised for sale, for 
 the non-payment of any tax or assessment imposed by the city council, 
 as hereinafter provided. The said collector of delinquent taxes shall 
 have the same power to collect, by the same means and processes, all bills, 
 
 nient-s and accounts delivered to him as are also conferred by the 
 said charter upon the collector of towns. (1885-6, p. 24-1.) 
 
 52. The said collector may, with the consent of the city council, ap- 
 point a deputy or deputies, who may be removed from office by the said 
 
 by the mayor, or by the city council. During the continuance 
 in office of the said collector, a deputy of his may discharge any of the 
 duties of the office of collector; but the collector and his sureties shall be 
 liable therefor. 
 
 53. If the said collector shall receive any money for taxes or assess- 
 . giving a receipt therefor, for any land or parcel of land, and 
 
 wards sell the same, at any sale for taxes or assessments, for the 
 
 tax ' : m ent which has been so paid and receipted for by himself 
 
 or his deputy, he and his sureties shall be liable to the holder of the 
 
 en to the purchaser at the sale for double the amount on 
 
 of the certificate, to be demanded within three years from the 
 
 of sale, and recovered in any court having jurisdiction of the 
 
 amount; and the city shall in no case be liable to the holder of such 
 
 certificate.
 
 THE CHARTER. 31 
 
 54. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of Rich- 
 mond one commissioner of the revenue, who shall hold his office for the 
 period of two years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualify, 
 unless sooner removed from office. He shall give bond, with sureties, to 
 the amount of not less than five thousand dollars; said bond to be ap- 
 proved by the city council, entered on their record, and filed in the office 
 of the city clerk. In case a vacancy shall occur in the office of commis- 
 sioner of the revenue, the city council shall elect a qualified person to 
 fill said office until the next general election which may be held in the 
 city, when the vacancy shall be filled by election for the unexpired term. 
 (1869-70, p. 454.) 
 
 55. The said commissioner of the revenue shall perform all the duties 
 in relation to the assessment of property for the purpose of levying city 
 taxes that may be ordered by the city council. He shall keep his office 
 in such a place as may be designated and prescribed by the city council, 
 and shall keep therein such books, schedules and records, and in such 
 manner, as the mayor and city council may direct and prescribe ; which 
 books, records, and other papers shall be subject to the inspection and 
 examination of the mayor, the members of the city council, or any com- 
 mittee or committees thereof, and of the collector of city taxes. 
 
 56. To aid the commissioner of the revenue in his duties, the clerks 
 of the several courts of the city of Richmond and of the county of Hen- 
 rico shall, as required respectively, deliver to him such lists as are men- 
 tioned in sections 459 and 460 of the Code of Virginia 1904 and acts 
 amendatory thereof, as far as may relate to lands in said city. 
 
 57. As soon as said commissioner of the revenue shall have ascertained 
 the value of all real and personal 'property taxable in said city, he shall 
 make complete schedules of the same, and leave them in his office open 
 to the inspection and examination of all persons interested therein; and 
 he shall give notice by six days' publication in two of the daily news- 
 papers of said city of the time and place, when and where such inspection 
 and examination may be made. Said schedules shall be kept open for 
 the period of ten days from the time of the first publication of such 
 notice, so that any person feeling aggrieved by the assessment of his or 
 her property may appear and make his or her objection. The said com- 
 missioner of the revenue shall hear and con-ider all objections which may 
 be made, and shall have the power to alter, add to, take from, and other- 
 wise correct and revise his assessment; and he shall have power to ex- 
 amine any person on oath as to the value of his personal property, and 
 also to examine under oath such other persons as witnesses in relation 
 thereto as he may deem proper, and for that purpose may administer 
 oaths and issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses licfore
 
 THE CHARTER. 
 
 him. Anv person feeling aggrieved at the decision of the sard commis- 
 sioner of the revenue may appeal to the city council, whose decision shall 
 be final. Any person who shall refuse to make under oath a full dis- 
 closure of all the facts necessary to enable said commissioner of the 
 me to make a fair and just assessment of his personal taxable prop- 
 erty, when duly called upon by said commissioner of the revenue so to 
 do, or to answer such questions as may be put to him in relation thereto, 
 shall hi' assessed a gross sum, in the judgment of the commissioner of 
 the revenue, double the correct assessment of his personal taxable prop- 
 erty. 
 
 58. The said commissioner of the revenue may, with the consent of 
 the city council, appoint an assistant or assistants, who may be removed 
 from office by the said commissioner, by the mayor, or by the city council. 
 During the continuance in office of the said commissioner, an assistant 
 of his may discharge any of the duties of the office of commissioner; but 
 the commissioner and his sureties shall be liable therefor. 
 
 59. The city council shall appoint a suitable and proper person, who 
 shall be the attorney and counsel for the corporation, who shall hold his 
 office for the 'term of two years unless sooner removed, and until his 
 successor shall be appointed and qualify. He shall receive such com- 
 pensation as the council may determine, to be paid by the city. Said 
 attorney shall have the management, charge and control of all the law 
 business of the corporate and the departments thereof, and of all the 
 law business in which the city shall be interested; shall draw all leases, 
 deeds, and legal papers for the same, and be the legal adviser of the 
 mayor, city council, or any committee thereof, and of the several depart- 
 ments of said corporation; and when required, shall furnish written 
 opinions upon any subjects involving questions of law submitted to him 
 by them. He shall appear as counsel for the said corporation in any 
 civil case in which it is interested, depending in any court in the city 
 of Richmond; and when the constitutionality or validity of any ordi- 
 nance is brought in issue in any penal prosecution, or when the mayor 
 shall direct a prosecution for nuisance, he shall appear for the prosecu- 
 tion when the case shall come into court. He shall perform such other 
 duties as are or may be required of him for the city by any ordinance 
 
 -olution of the city council. (1869-70, p. 454.) 
 
 60. He shall have power and authority, from time to time, during his 
 continuance in office, with the consent of the mayor, to authorize an at- 
 torney or other person to appear for him in his name and on behalf of 
 
 corporation, and conduct and defend suits and proceedings in all 
 courts and places.
 
 THE CHARTER. 33 
 
 61. Said attorney for the corporation shall keep his office in such 
 place as the city council may direct, and shall keep therein a docket of 
 all the cases to which the city may he a party in any court of record, in 
 which shall he briefly entered all steps taken in such causes; and said 
 docket shall at all times be open to the inspection of the mayor, the 
 members of the city council, and the city auditor. 
 
 62. There shall be appointed by the city council one engineer for the 
 city, who shall hold his office for the period of two years, and until his 
 successor shall be appointed and qualify, unl< r removed from 
 office, lie -hall give bond, with sureties, to the amount of not less than 
 five thousand dollars, said bond to be approved by the city council and 
 filed in the office of the city clerk. (1869-70, p. 454.) 
 
 63. The said engineer shall have such assistants and clerks as the city 
 council may allow and approve; but such assistants or clerks may be re- 
 moved at any time by the mayor or by the city council. 
 
 64. The said engineer shall be the general superintendent of the 
 streets, culverts, public buildings, and all public improvements. He 
 shall make such surveys, reports, drawings, plans, specifications, and 
 estimates, needed in any department of the city government, as the city 
 council may require of him, and do, in relation thereto, whatever else 
 they may direct concerning the same. All surveys or other acts, which 
 may be made or done by said engineer, shall be as valid and effectual as 
 if the same were done by a surveyor of a county, and the map or plan of 
 the city, or a part thereof now on file in his office, made in pursuance of 
 the charter of the city or other statute of the State, and approved by 
 resolution of the council of June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and 
 seventy-two, or copy of such map, shall be prima facie evidence in the 
 courts of the Commonwealth of the boundaries and lines of the streets^ 
 alleys and other public places of the city shown thereon, lie shall keep 
 his office in such place as the city council may direct, and shall keep 
 therein all maps, drawings, and papers pertaining to his office. He shall 
 keep a record of all his proceedings, and a set of hooks, in which shall be 
 entered, under appropriate heads, the receipts ami expenditures of his 
 department; and all the books and papers of his office shall be open at 
 all times to the inspection of the mayor, to the members of the city 
 council, or to any committee or committees thereof; provided, however, 
 that the council may assign the powers and duties of said engineer as 
 general superintendent of public buildings, or any of them, and the 
 supervision and control of the same, to some other officer under such 
 regulations as it may prescribe. (1908, p. 158.) 
 
 65. There shall be one city clerk appointed by the city council, who 
 shall hold his office for the period of two years, and until his successoi
 
 34 THE CHARTER. 
 
 shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed from office by 
 
 the city council. 
 
 I city clerk shall attend the meetings of the common coun- 
 ,-il. and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall keep all papers that 
 by the provisions of this act, or by the direction of the city council, or 
 either of its branches, are required to be kept or filed with him. It 
 shall also he his duty to make and present to the mayor a transcript of 
 every ordinance, resolution or order passed by both of the branches of 
 the city council. He shall likewise transmit to the auditor a transcript 
 of all ordinances, resolutions or orders appropriating money, or author- 
 izing the payment of money, the issue of bonds or notes; and to the heads 
 of all departments of the city government, all ordinances, resolutions or 
 orders relating to their departments. He shall likewise give informa- 
 tion to parties presenting communications or petitions to the city council 
 te final action of the council on such communications or petitions. 
 tiall publish such reports and ordinances as the city council are re- 
 quired by this act to publish, and such other reports and ordinances as 
 .id council may direct, and shall, in general, perform such other 
 act- and duties as the city council, or either branch thereof, may from 
 time to time require of him. (1874, p. 231.) 
 
 (ilia. As soon as practicable alter the organization of the new council, 
 on the first day of September, nineteen hundred and four, and as soon 
 as practicable after the organization of each council elected for the city 
 of Richmond every two years thereafter, the president of the board of 
 aldermen shall appoint two members, and the president of the common 
 council three members, from their respective bodies, who, together with 
 itizens (of whom two shall he appointed by the board of aldermen 
 and three by the common council), and the president of the common 
 council (who shall he chairman ex-officio), shall constitute a board, to 
 I'd the board of public interests of the city of Richmond. (181)7-8, 
 p. 305. ) 
 
 66b. It shall be the duty of said board to take into consideration all 
 works of internal improvements in existence, or which may be projected 
 from time to time; to look after the commercial, industrial and manufac- 
 ag interests of the city; to watch over and take care of its con- 
 nections moans of transportation and communication with the rest of 
 the country, and to make such reports and recommendations to the city 
 council a- will in their opinion best subserve the different interests of 
 the city of Richmond. (1887-8, p. 305.) 
 
 66c. There shall be a meeting of this board whenever called by the 
 chairman on Ids own motion, when he deems a meeting necessary, or
 
 THE CHARTER. 35 
 
 phenever three members of the board, in writing, shall request him to 
 -all a meeting of the same. (1899-1900, p. 278.) 
 
 tii id. In case of any vacancy in the board from any cause, it shall be 
 Idled by the board from the class in which the vacancy occurred. (1887- 
 88, p. 305.) 
 
 66e. The board of public interests of said city, as existing by city ordi- 
 nance January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall be and 
 remain as then organized until their successors are elected and qualified 
 as provided by this act. (1887-88, p. 305.) 
 
 CHAPTER 5. 
 
 FINANCES. 
 
 67. The city council may, in the name and for the use of the city, 
 contract loans or cause to be issued certificates of debt or bonds; but 
 such loans, certificates or bonds shall not be irredeemable for a period 
 greater than thirty-four years; provided, however, that they shall not 
 contract such loans or issue such certificates of debt or bonds for the 
 purpose of subscribing to the stock or appropriating money or loans for 
 the benefit of any company incorporated for a work of internal improve- 
 ment, or other purposes, without first being authorized so to do by three- 
 fourths of the legal voters of the city voting on the question; and, also, 
 by a majority of the registered freeholders of the city; and the council 
 shall, when such. debt or loan is created, provide a sinking found for the 
 payment of the same. Neither shall the city endorse the bonds of any 
 such company, without the same authority; provided, however, that the 
 said council may issue, or cause to be issued, bonds for other purposes 
 than that for railroad or internal improvement companies, but the bonds 
 or interest-bearing debt of the city of Richmond shall not, in the aggre- 
 gate, exceed eighteen per centum of the assessed value of the taxable real 
 estate of said city ; and any excess of such bonded or interest-bearing debt 
 over and above the limit herein prescribed, which may be created or issued 
 in violation of this provision, shall be void as to said city ; and provided, 
 further, that the council, if authorized by a majority of the registered 
 freeholders of the city, voting on a day to be fixed by the council, may 
 purchase the property and franchises of the James River and Kanawha 
 Company, or any part thereof, and issue bonds, contract loans, or cause 
 to be issued certificates of debt or bonds to an amount sufficient to raise 
 the money to pay for the same; and the amount of debt which may be
 
 3(3 THE CHARTER. 
 
 contracted for that purpose shall not be included in the said aggregate 
 debt limited to eighteen per centum of the assessed value of the taxable 
 state of the city. And in case such purchase shall be made of the 
 entire property/ rights and franchises which would pass on the fore- 
 closure of any mortgage on the same, the city of Richmond shall not only 
 succeed fc< anchises, rights, and privileges provided for by the 
 
 forty-fourth and forty-fifth sect* ns ol chapter sixty-one of the Code of 
 . it hundred and seventy-three, and Deregulated thereby, but shall 
 also, have the right to exercise all the franchises, rights, and prr i 
 which may have been granted at the date of such purchase to any internal 
 improvement company, with a view to the construction of a .railroad 
 along the lines of the .lames river and Kanawha canal to Clifton Forge' 
 and Lexington; and, in any organization which may follow such pur- 
 chase, the city shall be at liberty to retain as her own such part of said 
 property, rights, and franchises as she may deem advisable. (1872-3, p.- 
 265: ISM, p. 231; 1874-5, p. 368; 1878-9, p. 92.) 
 
 (is. There shall he set apart annually, from the accruing reveni; 
 the city, a sum not less than one per centum of the city debt existing at 
 the commencement of this act. The fund thus set apart shall be called 
 a sinking fund, and shall he applied to the payment or purchase of thd 
 principal of the city debt. If no part be redeemable, then the residra 
 of the sinking fund shall be invested in the bonds or certificates of debt 
 of the city, and applied to the payment of the city debt as it shall .be- 
 come redeemable. Whenever hall be eontractd by the 
 city any debt nut payable within the next twelve months, there shall be 
 set apart annually for thirty-four years, or until the debt is paid, a sum 
 exceeding by one per centum the aggregate amount of the annual interest 
 agreed to be paid thereon at the time of the contract, which sum shall 
 be applied and invested towards the payment of such debt in the same 
 manner as hereinbefore provided for the present existing debt of the 
 city. The committee, board, or city officials, having charge of the sink- 
 ing fund under the authority of thi iincil, may invest the funds of 
 the sinking fund not only in bonds of the city, but also in those issu< 
 by the State of Virginia or by the United States. Such committee, 
 board or city officials shall make to the city council quarterly detailed 
 statemi 11 the transactions of the board setting forth the amount 
 and character of their assets, in .. transfers, issues, exchanges 
 or other business of whatever character, including a statement of what, if 
 any, be due by the city. The purchases made of the city bonds may be 
 made directly from the city. (1869-70, p. 455; L897-8, p. 544.) 
 
 69. For the execution of its powers and duties, the city council may 
 raise, annually, by taxes and assessments in said city, such sums of money
 
 THE CHARTER. 37 
 
 as the}- shall deem necessary to defray the expenses of the same, and in 
 such manner as they shall deem expedient in accordance with the laws 
 of this State and the United States; provided, however, that they shall 
 impose no tax on the bonds of said city, nor on any capital invested in 
 real estate or employed in manufacture outside the city limits, although 
 the person or persons engaged in said business or manufacture have a 
 place of business in said city. Neither shall they impose any tax at the 
 same time upon the stock of the corporation, and upon the dividends 
 thereon; nor upon any capital, interest, income, or dividends when a 
 ■cense or other tax is imposed upon the business in which the capital is 
 employed, or upon the principal money, credit or stock from which the 
 interest, income or dividend is derived. Said taxes shall be equal and 
 uniJ'-rm upon all property, both real and personal. The capital invested 
 in all business operations shall be assessed and taxed as other property. 
 iiients upon all stock .-hall lie according to the market value thereof. 
 
 70. The city council may grant or refuse license-, and may require 
 
 paid on such licenses, to agents of insurance companies whose 
 principal office is not located in -aid city; t<> auctioneers; to public, 
 theatrical, or other performances or shows; to keepers of billiard tables, 
 ten-pin alleys, and pistol galleries; to hawker- and peddlers in the city, 
 or persons to sell goods by sample therein; to agents for the sale 'or rent- 
 j real estate; to commission merchants, and all other business which 
 
 cannot be reached by the ad valorem system under the preceding section. 
 They may also grant or refuse such license to all sellers of wine or spirit- 
 ual- or fermented liquors, and require taxes to be paid on such license, 
 in addition to other taxes imposed. 
 
 71. The council may grant or refuse licenses to owners or keepers of 
 wagons, drays, carts, hacks, and other wheeled carriages kept or employed 
 in the city for hire, and may require the owners or keepers of wagons, 
 bays, and carts, using them in the city, to take out a license therefor, 
 and may require taxes to lie paid thereon, and subject the same to such 
 regulations as they may deem proper, and prescribe their fees and com- 
 pensation. 
 
 72. The council may vest in the collector of the city taxes, and of as- 
 sessments for the use of water, gas, or other purposes, any or all of the 
 powers which are now or may hereafter be vested in a sheriff as collector 
 of the State taxes; may prescribe the mode of his proceeding, and the 
 mode of proceeding against him for the failure to perform his duties. 
 
 73. All goods and chattels, wheresoever found, may be" distrained and 
 sold for taxes assessed and due thereon; and no deed of trust or mort- 
 gage upon goods or chattels shall prevent the same from being dis- 
 trained and sold for taxes assessed against the grantor in such deed while 

 
 38 THE CHARTER. 
 
 suc h g I- and chattels remain in the grantor's possession; nor shall 
 
 any such deed prevent the goods and chattels conveyed from being dis- 
 trained and sold for taxes assessed thereon, no matter in whose possei 
 sion they may be found. 
 
 " !. Any payment of taxes made by the tenant, unless under an ex] 
 contract contained in Ins lease, shall be a credit against the person to 
 whom he owes the rent, and where any tax is paid by a fiduciary on the 
 interesl or profit of moneys of an estate invested under an order of the 
 court or otherwise, the tax shall be refunded out of such estate. 
 
 75. There shall be a lien on all real estate and on each and every in- 
 terest therein for the city taxes assessed thereon from the commencement' 
 of the year for which they are assessed. The city council may require 
 such real estate in the city, delinquent for the non-payment of taxes, to 
 be sold for said taxes, with interest at the rate of six per centum per an- 
 num, and such percentage as they may prescribe for charges. Such real 
 estate shall be sold and may be redeemed under the provisions hereinafter 
 made. (1899-1900, p. 944.) 
 
 76. The collector of delinquent taxes shall, under the direction of the 
 city council, cause a notice of the time and place of such sale to be pub- 
 lished in at least two daily newspapers, published in said eity, at [earn 
 ten days previous to such sale; and he shall also cause to be published in 
 one or more of said daily newspapers on some day, net more than twenty 
 days or less than ten days previous to such sale, a list of the several par- 
 cels of real estate so to be sold in the same manner as the same is de- 
 scribed in the assessment rolls in which the said tax or assessment is 
 imposed thereon, together with the name of the persons to whom each 
 parcel is assessed, and the amount of the tax or assessment thereon] 
 (1899-1900, p. 945.) 
 
 77. If such tax or assessment, and the percentage, interesl and ex-i 
 penses aforesaid be not paid previous to the day for which said sale wsi 
 advertised, or on some day immediately thereafter, to which said sale 
 may be adjourned, the collector of delinquent taxes shall proceed to make 
 sale accordingly of the said several parcels of real estate, or so much 
 thereof as may be necessary, to the highest bidder; and the sale may be 
 adjourned Prom day to day until it shall be completed. On such sale the 
 collector of delinquent taxes shall execute to the purchaser a certificate 
 of sale, in which the property purchased shall be described, and the ag- 
 gregate amount of the tax or assessment, with char-- and exp 
 specified; but the collector of delinquent taxes shall net for himself] 
 either directly or indirectly, purchase any real estate so sold (1885-ffl 
 p. -Ml.)
 
 THE CHAKTElt. 39 
 
 78. If at any such sale no bid shall be made for an\ such parcel of 
 land, or such bid shall not be equal to the tax or assessment, with interest 
 and charges, then the same shall be struck off to the city. As soon as 
 practicable after the completion of such sale-, the collector of delinquent 
 taxes shall make out a list of all sales made to the city, in which ihe 
 property purchased shall be described, and the aggregate amount of tax 
 or assessment with charges and expenses specified, and shall deposit the 
 same with the auditor of the city. (1899-1900, p. 945.) 
 
 79. The owner of any real estate so sold, his heirs or assigns, or any 
 person having a right to charge such real estate for a debt, or any person 
 having interest in said real estate by way of reversion, remainder or 
 otherwise, may redeem the same by paying to the purchaser, his heirs or 
 assigns, within two years from the sale thereof, the amount for which 
 the same was sold, and such additional taxes thereon as may have been 
 paid by the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, with interest on the purchase 
 money and taxes at the rate of eight per centum per annum from the 
 time the same may have been paid, or, if purchased by the city, with 
 such additional sums as would have accrued for taxes thereon, if the 
 same had not been purchased for the city, with interest on the said pur- 
 chase money and taxes at the rate of eight per centum per annum from 
 the time that the same may have been so paid, or the same may be paid 
 within the said two years to tin' city treasurer in any case in which the 
 purchaser, his heirs, or assigns, may refuse to receive the same, or may 
 not reside or cannot be found in the city of Richmond, (1899-1900, p. 
 945.) 
 
 80. Any infant, married woman, insane person, or person imprisoned, 
 whose real estate may have been so sold, or his heirs, may redeem the 
 same by paying to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, within two years 
 after the removal of the disability, the amount for which the same was 
 so sold, with the necessary charges incurred by the purchaser, his heirs 
 or assigns, in obtaining the title under the sale, and such additional 
 taxes on the estate as may have been paid by the purchaser, his heirs or 
 assigns, and the appraised value of any improvement that may have been 
 made thereon, with interest on the said items at the rate of eight per 
 centum per annum, from the time the same may have been paid. Upon 
 such payment within two years after the removal of such disability the 
 purchaser, his heirs or assigns, shall at the cost of the original owner, his 
 heirs or assigns, convey to him or them, by deed with special warranty. 
 the real estate sold. (1889-1900, p. 9 t:>. ) 
 
 81. The purchaser of any real estate, sold for taxes and not redeemed, 
 shall, after the expiration of two years from the sale, obtain from the 
 city auditor a deed conveying the same, wherein shall be set forth what 
 appears in his office in relation to the sale. When the purchaser has
 
 40 THE CHARTER. 
 
 his purchase, the deed may, with his assent, evi- 
 ; ii therein, or by a writing annexed thereto, he exe- 
 to his assignee. If the purchaser shall have died, his heirs or as- 
 signs may move the court of hustings of said city to order the auditor to 
 ate a deed to such heirs or assigns. 
 
 When the purchaser of any real estate, sold for taxes, his heirs or 
 
 tall have obtained a deed therefor, and within sixty days from 
 
 the date of such deed shall have caused the same to be recorded, such 
 
 -hall stand vested in the grantee in such deed as wa- I in the 
 
 I with the taxes (on account whereof the sale was made), 
 
 at the commencement of the year for which the said taxes were assessed; 
 
 subject to be defeated only by proof that the taxes for which said real 
 
 estate was sold, were not chargeable thereon, or that the taxes properly 
 
 chargeable on such real estate have been paid. And if it be alleged that 
 
 the taxes, for the non-payment of which sale was made, were not in 
 
 arrears, the party making such allegation must establish the truth thereof 
 
 by proving that the taxes were paid; but nothing in this section 
 
 ' -trued to affect or impair the lien of the city on the real i 
 
 m each and every interest therein, or affect, limit, or impair the 
 
 of the city, when it becomes a purchaser of real estate under the 
 
 next succeeding section. (1899-1900, p. 9-16.) 
 
 83. In case that any real estate, struck off to the city as hereinh 
 provided, shall not be redeemed within the time specified, the city au- 
 ditor shall, within sixty days after the expiration of two years from the 
 sale, cause to be recorded in the clerk's office of the chancery court a cer- 
 tificate of sale with his oath that the same has not been redeemed, and 
 thereupon the said corporation, or its assignees, shall acquire an absolute 
 title in fee to such real estate and every interest therein, for life, in re- 
 '. in remainder and otherwise, subject t only by proof 
 
 that the taxes for which said real estate was sold were nol pro 
 
 ireon, or that the taxes properly chargeable thereon had 
 if the execution of fhi said cer- 
 
 tificate shall be recorded in the said clerk's office in a record book, known 
 "d book, recording conveyances to city, of lands sold for delinquent 
 i recording winch certificate the clerk shall be entitled to a fee 
 payable out of the city treasury. The city council may 
 impose penalties upon its officers for their failure to comply with the 
 »f this section. The said certificate, or the record thereof, 
 copy thereof, shall, in all courts and other places, be evi- 
 of the facts therein stated; provided, however, that the failure to 
 1 or record such certificate shall not invalidate the lien of the city 
 ill taxes assessed against such real estate, but the city may, at any
 
 THE CHARTER. 41 
 
 time, elect to enforce its lien for taxes in a court of equity and release its 
 right as purchaser, or to become a purchaser, of such real estate. (1899- 
 1900, p. 9-16.) 
 
 CHAPTER 6. 
 
 POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 
 
 84. The police department of the city of Richmond shall he under the 
 control and management of a board of police commissioners thereof, 
 which shall consist of the mayor and one commissioner from each ward 
 of the city, each commissioner to be a resident of his respective ward, 
 a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall be ex- 
 officio president of the board, and shall preside at its meetings, and shall 
 have a vote in case of a tie. In his absence the other members may elect 
 a president pro tempore. Each of said commissioners shall hold office 
 for a term of six years from the date of his election; provided, that the 
 term of one commissioner shall expire each year, according to the pres- 
 ent plan, so that the terms of no two said commissioners shall expire in 
 the same year, except that in case the number of commissioners shall 
 exceed six, then in that event the terms of as many as two commissioners 
 may expire in the same year. But it is expressly provided that the 
 sequence of the expiration of the terms of said commissioners from the 
 wards established prior to the twenty-seventh day of February, nineteen 
 hundred and two. shall not be changed; and the terms of commissioners 
 elected from wards established, or which may be established, subsequent 
 to the twenty-sixth day of February, nineteen hundred and two, shall 
 expire one after another, in successive years, in accordance with the in- 
 tention of the present plan. As the terms of the commissioners shall ex- 
 pire the vacancies in the board thus created by this net. or by any act of 
 the general assembly heretofore or hereafter passed, shall be filled by 
 election in the month of July of each year by the two branches of the 
 city council in joint session. But no person shall be elected who does 
 not receive a majority in each branch of the council of all the members 
 elected to such branch. The said board shall adopt rules and regulations 
 for the government thereof; it may establish, promulgate, and enforce 
 rules, regulations and orders for the government of the police force; it 
 may divide the city into such police districts as it may deem proper for 
 the best management of the police force, and the prevention and detec- 
 tion of crime, and mav alter and change the same from time to time;
 
 42 THE CHARTER. 
 
 it shall have authority to investigate all matters pertaining to the police 
 depart md for that purpose to send for persons and papers, and 
 
 by the presiding officer to administer oaths to witness 
 
 members of said board may be removed for good cause at any 
 time by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to the council. If 
 
 member of the board shall remove from the ward in which he lived 
 when elected to said board, cease to he a voter, or be a candidate for any 
 office, Federal, State, or municipal, it shall ipso facto vacate his seat in 
 said board; and when any member of the said board J= named as an 
 applicant or candidate, or as proper to be supported as a candidate for any 
 office, or proper person to receive such office, the president shall, or any 
 ier of the board may notify him that his name is mentioned in con-; 
 Deetion with such office, and if said member does not, within ten days 
 after the receipt of such notice, file with the president of the board his 
 statement in writing that he is neither candidate nor applicant for such 
 office, that he will not serve nor accept if elected or appointed, the said 
 board will declare his place vacant, which will he filled in the manner 
 
 inbefore prescribed. When vacancies are filled for any cause other 
 than the expiration of a term, they shall be filled by the council only for 
 the unexpired term. (1902-3-4, p. 754.) 
 
 85. The said commissioners, after taking the oath of office as such 
 commissioners, shall meet at the office of the mayor, or other suitable 
 place, at such time as may be expedient, and as they shall, from time to 
 time, designate, and on special occasions as the mayor may, in writing, 
 appoint. They shall perform the duties of said office without any com- 
 
 ition, reward, or salary therefor from said city, except that nothing 
 herein shall in any way conflict with the payment of bhe salary elsewhere 
 provided to be paid to the said mayor for his services in his office, and 
 
 pt that the members of the board shall be exempt from all duties on 
 juries. 
 
 86. Members of the police force of the city shall be elected by the 
 board of police commissioners. The said force shall consist of as many 
 members as the city council may by ordinance prescribe, but shall not be 
 reduced below one hundred and one men. and the hoard of commission- 
 shall have full power and authority to elect a chief of police and such 
 
 oth< as jt shall deem necessary for the proper discipline and 
 
 agement of the force for such torn,, not exceeding three years, as it 
 may designate. The said hoard shall elect a surgeon of police, who? 
 term of office shall not exceed three years. The compensation for his 
 Semces snal] ,l " Paid out of a fund in the hands of the chief of police^ 
 Baid fund "' be raised by levying a tax, not exceeding one dollar 
 month - "I , " n each me ™^ of the police force; but in no event shall the
 
 THE CHARTER. 43 
 
 city be liable for the paid compensation or any part thereof. All elec- 
 tions to the force shall be for three years except those to fill vacancies not 
 caused by the expiration of a term, which shall be for the unexpired term 
 only. The chief of police shall he responsible to the board of commis- 
 sioners for the discipline and efficiency of the police force. All orders 
 shall pass through him except so far as the rules, regulations or orders of 
 the board of police commissioners authorize orders to he given direct to 
 any subordinate on the police force. Any officer or member of the force 
 may be lined by- the board of police commissioners for good cause shown, 
 such fine to be deducted from his pay. or he may be removed or sus- 
 pended from the force or reduced in rank, when the same shall be, in 
 the judgment of the board, for the good of the service. (1002-3-4, p. 
 756.) 
 
 87. In time of exigency said commissioners, or a majority of them, or 
 any one of them, if the others should be absent from the city or unable 
 to act, may appoint temporarily without authority from the city council 
 a suitable number of additional policemen for such time as shall appear 
 necessary, not, however, to extend beyond the next meeting of the city 
 council. The mayor may confer police powers upon the clerks of the 
 markets and their deputies, keepers of parks and cemeteries and their 
 
 rdinates, watchmen and custodians of the city reservoirs, and janitor 
 or superintendent of the city hall and his subordinates, and such other 
 
 ers or employees and their subordinates, of the city as shall have 
 custody of any other piece or part of the city's property so as to authorize 
 them to prevent any violation of any law or city ordinance, within or 
 upon such pieces or parts of the city property as may be under their 
 charge or custody, and to prevent any injury or damage from being 
 done to such pieces or parts of the city property; and the bailiff of the 
 police court shall have police powers when acting under the orders of the 
 police justice of the city. (1878-9, p. 365 ; 1891-2, p. 660; 1895-6, p. 
 1S2. ) 
 
 88. The mayor, at any time, upon charges being preferred or upon 
 finding said chief or any other member of said police force guilty of 
 misconduct, shall have power to suspend such member from service, until 
 the board of commissioners shall convene and take action in the matter; 
 provided, however, that such member shall not remain so suspended for 
 a longer period than thirty days without an opportunity of being heard 
 in his defence, and upon hearing the proofs in the case, a majority of 
 said commissioners may discharge, suspend, or fine, or restore such chief 
 or member, in accordance with the decision of the majority of such board 
 thereon ; and the pay or salary of such member shall cease from the time 
 of suspension to the time of restoration to service, unless otherwise
 
 I i THE CHARTER. 
 
 ordered by said board of commissioners in their written decision, which 
 shall be filed with the city clerk; and any violation of the rules, regula- 
 irders of the board or orders of any superior, shall be good 
 sal, suspension, or fine. ( L878-9, p. 365.) 
 
 89. The salary or pay of the officers and members of the police force 
 shall be such as may be prescribed by the city council. It shall be the 
 duty of the hoard of police commissioners, once in each year and oftener 
 
 o submit to the city council, in writing, a detailed 
 estimate of what funds will be needed for the proper maintenance and 
 growth of the police department, and I [uest the council to make ap- 
 
 iation accordingly. If shall be the duty of the city council to 
 approp ins of money as the said i ouncil shall deem sufficient 
 
 for the proper maintenance of the police department for pay-rolls, ex- 
 
 . equipment and construction. 
 The said hoard of police commissioners are authorized and empowered 
 to draw warrants on the auditor of the city to pay claims against the 
 police department, after the same shall have been approved by the b lard 
 in session, each warrant to be accompanied by an itemized bill for which 
 it is drawn, and to be signed by the president of said hoard, or the presi- 
 dent pro tempore. (1902-3-4, p. 756.) 
 
 90. The said chief of police, and every policeman duly appoint) 
 
 ill have issued to him a warrant fintment, signed by 
 
 the president of the board and countersigned by the city clerk, staling 
 
 ■f his appointment, which shall be his commission; and he I ill 
 
 such oath as the city council may ordain, and subscribe thi 
 
 Is to be kept for that purp the said city clerk. (1878-9, p. 
 
 91. The said chief of police and policemen shall generally have power 
 
 c may be necessarj I rood order and peace of 
 
 said city, and to secure its inhabitants from personal violence and their 
 
 property from loss and injury. Such members of the said police force 
 
 1 i i ier ignate, shall, in crimin . have 
 
 the same powers and duties, and be subject to the same penalties that are 
 
 cribed by law as to constables. All fees and allowances arising from 
 
 shall be collected by the chief of police, and 
 
 llf ' 1(1 ' '1 the hoard of police commissioners. (1878- 
 
 9, p. 366.) 
 
 91a. That the jurisdiction and authority of the chief of police of the 
 ritv n [ Richmond and other officers and members of the said city police, 
 aml ' and other judicial officers of said city connected with 
 
 the administration of its police, be, and the same is hereby, extended to 
 and over the -rounds and the property of the Virginia State Agricultural
 
 THE CHARTER. 45 
 
 and Mechanical Society, situated on the extension of Broad street of 
 said city, and to and over the highways and grounds in Henrico county 
 adjacent thereto, not to exceed five hundred yards in any direction; and 
 on the request or with the assent of said Virginia State Agricultural and 
 Mechanical Society, its officers or agents, the said police and other au- 
 thorities of said city shall have and exercise the full and like powers in 
 all respects in and over said extended district as they do now or may 
 hereafter have and exercise within the corporate limits of said city. 
 (1891-5, p. 005.) 
 
 92. The said board of commissioners may prescribe such uniform and 
 badges for the police force as they may deem proper, and change the 
 same after six months' notice and direct in what manner they shall be 
 armed. And if any person, other than a policeman, shall publicly wear 
 such uniform and badges as may be prescribed as aforesaid, he may be 
 subjected to such fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars, as 
 the city council may advise. (1878-9, p. 366.) 
 
 93. Tire lire and fire alarm departments of the city of Richmond 
 shall be under the direction and control of a board composed of citizens, 
 in numbers corresponding to the number of wards in the city, voters in 
 said city, of whom one shall be elected from each ward, and to be a resi- 
 dent thereof, such board to be called the board of lire commissioners of 
 the city of Richmond. Each of said commissioners shall hold office for a 
 term of six years from the date of his election; provided, that the term of 
 one of said commissioners shall expire each year, according to the intent 
 of sub-division two of this section, so that the terms of no two of said 
 commissioners shall expire in the same year, however, in case the number 
 of commissioners shall exceed six. then, and in. that event, the terms of 
 as many as two commissioners may expire in the same year. But it is 
 expressly provided that the sequence of the expiration of the terms of 
 said commissioners from the wards established prior to the twenty- 
 seventh day of Fehruary, nineteen hundred and two, shall not be changed; 
 and the terms of commissioners elected from wards established, or which 
 may be established, subsequent to the twenty-sixth day of February, nine- 
 teen hundred and two, shall expire one after another 4n successive 1 years, 
 so that the intention of sub-division two of this section may be carried 
 out. As the terms of the commissioners shall expire the \aeancies in the 
 board thus created, or created by this act. or by any act of the general 
 assembly heretofore or hereafter passed, shall be tilled by election in the 
 month of July of each year by the two branches of the city council in 
 joint session. But no person shall be elected who does not receive a 
 majority in each branch of the council of all the members elected to such 
 branch. But in event of any resolution or ordinance of the council, or
 
 46 THE CHARTER. 
 
 act of the general assembly of Virginia, heretofore or hereafter pa 
 changing the boundaries of any ward, or establishing any new ward out 
 territory of another ward, by reason of which any one of said com- 
 missioners who may have been elected from one ward and he may, as a 
 result of such change, become a resident of some other ward before the 
 term for which he shall have been elected shall have expired, then, in 
 that event, such commissioner shall continue in office to the end of the 
 full term for which he shall have been elected, as if he were a duly elected 
 ber Prom the new ward of which he may become a resident, by reason 
 of such change. All vacancies, except those occurring from expiration of 
 term, shall be Idled by the council for the unexpired term. (1901-2, p. 
 160.) 
 
 93a. The members of the first board of lire commissioners elected under 
 this act shall hold their offices for one, two, three, four, live and six years 
 respectively, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ei 
 eight, and until their successors are elected and qualified in the month 
 of -Inly, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and in July in each succeeding 
 year thereafter one member of said board of fire commissioners shall be 
 elected in the same manner as above provided, to fill the vacancy which 
 will then he caused by the expiration of the term of one member. All 
 members thus elected to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the 
 term of a member, shall be elected for a term of six years from the time 
 of said expiration. The members of the board of fire commissioners 
 shall not receive any compensation for their servicer as such. They may 
 be removed from office by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected 
 to the council for good cause shown; and any member who shall during 
 his term of office be nominated for any office elected by the people, and 
 shall not decline the said nomination ten days from the time he has 
 notice thereof, shall be deemed ipso facto to have vacated his office. 
 
 I'.'ll). The members of the board of fire commissioners shall meet on 
 the second day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at the head- 
 quarters of the fire department, or other suitable place, and after taking 
 the oath of office, proceed to organize by electing one of their number 
 ident, and by electing a secretary. They shall then proceed to draw 
 Lots, and by numbers, for the term of office that each shall serve — that is 
 to say, i In' member drawing the lowest number shall serve one year; the 
 one drawing next lowest number, two years; and so on until each mem- 
 ber shall have designated his term by the number drawn by him. Four 
 members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
 business. Each member of the board shall be entitled to one vote, and 
 the board may determine the manner in which any vote may be taken on 
 -ubject brought before it. The said board shall have power to elect
 
 THE CHARTER. I T 
 
 a president pro tempore, to serve in the absence, or in case of the tem- 
 porary disability of the president. 
 
 93c. The force of the lire department of the city of Richmond shall 
 be appointed by said board of fire commissioners as herein provided. The 
 said force shall consist of a chid' engineer, one or more assistant en- 
 gineers, and a secretary, and as many foremen, stationmen, hosemen and 
 laddermen as from time to time may lie required, in the opinion of the 
 said board, except that the total number of the force shall not lie in- 
 creased, without the consent of the city council, above its present number. 
 The chief engineer, assistant engineer.-, secretary and other members of 
 the department shall be appointed for a period of three years. The said 
 officers and members of the fire department may be removed by the said 
 board tor cause at any time, or such fines or suspensions may be imposed 
 for cause, as the board may deem proper, as hereinafter provided. In 
 any investigation pertaining to duties the board shall have power to send 
 for persons and papers, and by their presiding officer administer an oath. 
 The board of tire commissioners are hereby empowered to prescribe the 
 duties of the chief engineer, assistant engineers, secretary, as well as of 
 other members or employees of the fire department, assigning to them 
 mch duties in the department as the board shall deem proper. (1897-8, 
 p. 545.) 
 
 !K3d. The board of fire commissioners shall have and exercise fully 
 and exclusively all powers necessary for the government, management, 
 maintenance, and direction of the fire and fire-alarm departments of the 
 city, and the premises and property thereof. All real estate, fire appa- 
 ratus, hose, implements, bells and bell-towers, fire telegraph, and all 
 property of whatever nature in use by the firemen, or fire and fire-alarm 
 departments of the city belonging to said city, shall be under the control 
 of the fire commissioners, and for the use of said departments, but the 
 said property shall remain the property of the city of Richmond, subject. 
 to the public uses of said departments as aforesaid, and for the purposes 
 provided by this act. The said board shall, subject to the other pro- 
 visions of this act, have full power to provide supplies, horses, tools, im- 
 plements, and apparatus of any and all kinds incident to or to be used 
 in the control, prevention, and extinguishment of fires, and for fire-tele- 
 graph purposes; food and provender for horses of said departments; and 
 to buy, sell, construct, repair, and have the care of the same, and to take 
 any and all such action in the premises as it may deem to be reasonable, 
 necessary and proper. The said board may, with the approval of the 
 city council, increase the number of companies in service as from time 
 to time they may deem necessary.
 
 THE CHARTER. 
 
 The said board of fire commissioners shall have exclusive right 
 and power, from time to time, to designate and fix the location of all.- 
 >:i, signal and alarm stations in the city, and shall 
 and the control of the same for the purpose- of the de- 
 partmi 
 
 93f. The said board of fire commissioners shall, subject to the i 
 
 act, provide such offices and business accOmmodationl 
 v be requisite for the transaction of the business of the departments. 
 ommissioners may adopt a common seal and direct its 
 use. 
 
 . shall be the attorney for the board of fire com] 
 . and shall perform such duties, connected with the depart* 
 - under their control, as are prescribed herein or as may be pro] 
 required of him by the board of fire commissioi] 
 
 be the duty of said board of fire commissioners to make 
 
 such suitable regulations for the government ef the officers, men and 
 
 of the fire and fire-alarm departments of said city as it may 
 
 deem necessary and proper -for the control and management of the same. 
 
 93i. No person holding office by appointment of the board of fire 
 
 shall be liable to military or jury duty nor to arrest on-, 
 
 civil | Idle in the actual performance of duty in answer to an 
 
 alarm of fire. 
 
 93j. Every member of the departments herein named shall take an 
 oath for the faithful performance of his duties, and subscribe the same 
 before ber of the board of fire commi- 
 
 93k. The board shall have power, in its discretion, on conviction of a 
 ber of the force of any offence against its >r neglect of duty! 
 
 sdect or disobedience of orders, or inc.:; nee without 
 
 or immoral conduct, or conduct unbecoming an officer, or other- 
 breach of discipline, to punish the offending party by reprimand, forfei- : 
 ture, and withholding of pay for a specific time, or by dismissal from 
 the force. 
 
 i board shall fix the salaries and compensation of the 
 
 officers and E the fire department, but the aggregate of such 
 
 salari* »mpensation shall not be reduced below the sum appro! 
 
 priated by council annually for pay-rolls of the said departments 
 
 the passage of this act, and they may be increased only by 
 
 ouncil after recommendations of the said board. 
 
 aid board of fire commissioners shall appoint a superin- 
 
 i fire-alarms, and such other employees as the proper working 
 
 -alarm departments may require, and shall fix their compen- 
 
 compensation to he not less than that paid such employees. 

 
 THE CHARTER. 49 
 
 at the date of the passage of this act, and may be increased only by the 
 council after recommendation of said board of fire commissioners. 
 
 93n. It shall be the duty of the board of fire commissioners once in 
 each year, and oftener if necessary, to submit to the city council, in 
 writing, a classified estimate of what funds will be needed for the proper 
 maintenance and growth of the fire and fire-alarm departments, and to 
 request the council to make appropriations accordingly. It shall be the 
 duty of the city council to appropriate annually, upon the recommenda- 
 tion of the board of fire commissioners, such sums of money as said coun- 
 cil shall deem sufficient for the proper maintenance of both fire and fire- 
 alarm departments, for pay-rolls, expense, equipment and construction; 
 provided such appropriations shall not be reduced below the sums appro- 
 priated to the said fire and fire-alarm departments for the fiscal year 
 eighteen hundred and eighty-seven-eighty-eight. The said board of fire 
 commissioners are authorized and empowered to draw warrants on the 
 auditor of the city to pay claims against said departments, said warrants 
 to be signed by the president of the board or by a president pro tempore, 
 to be appointed by the said board as hereinbefore provided, after the same 
 shall have been approved by the board in regular session. 
 
 93o. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for the board of fire com- 
 missioners, or any member thereof, to be personally interested in any 
 contract, purchases, or sales made for the department under their con- 
 trol ; or in any way, directly or indirectly, to receive compensation or 
 profit arising from the performance of the duties of their office, and any 
 member of said board who shall be found guilty thereof shall be punished 
 by a fine not exceding one thousand dollars or confinement in the city 
 jail not exceeding six months. 
 
 93p. The said board shall keep, in a book to be prepared by them for 
 the purpose, a detailed account of their expenditures, and shall report 
 said expenditures to the city council at its first meeting in the months of 
 January and July of each year, and they shall be at all times prepared 
 to substantiate such expenditures by proper papers and vouchers. They 
 shall also report to the city council at its first meeting in January in 
 each year the condition of the departments under their control, with all 
 information germain thereto and not prejudicial to the service. 
 
 93q. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere in any man- 
 ner with any contract or agreement that may exist at the date of the 
 passage of this act between the city of Richmond and any railway, tele- 
 phone or telegraph company in reference to the occupancy of the streets 
 by telegraph or telephone wires. 
 
 93r. The fire and fire-alarm departments of the city of Richmond 
 shall remain as at present organized, until July the second, eighteen hun-
 
 50 THE CHARTER. 
 
 dred and eighty-eight, at which time the said board of fire commissioners 
 shall proceed to organize the said departments as herein described, and to 
 assume all the powers and duties conferred upon them by this act. 
 
 94. For the purpose of guarding against the calamities of fire, the city 
 Lcil may, from time to time, designate such portions and parts of the 
 said city as it shall think proper within which no buildings of wood shall 
 be erected. They may prohibit the erection of wooden buildings in any 
 portion of the city without permission obtained from them. They may 
 authorize the board of fire commissioners, and the chief of the fire de- 
 partment to permit the erection of wooden buildings in any portion of 
 the city, except such as the council may have designated as portions 
 within which no buildings of wood shall be erected: provided, however, 
 that no building of wood or addition to such a building shall be erected 
 in any square of the city, when and after the owner or owners of at least 
 one-fourth of the ground included therein shall have petitioned the coun- 
 cil by a petition filed with the city clerk to prohibit the erection in the 
 said square of buildings of wood unless the outer walls of the building to 
 be erected shall be made of brick and mortar, or stone and mortar or 
 some other lire-proof material, and may provide for the removal of any 
 such building or addition which shall be erected contrary to such pro- 
 hibition, at the expense of the builder or owner thereof, and if any 
 building shall have been commenced before said petition can be acted on 
 by the council, or if a building in progress appears clearly to be unsafe, 
 the council may have such building taken down. For the purpose of 
 guarding against fire and of insuring the erection of safe buildings, the 
 council may pass any reasonable regulation as to the manner and mate- 
 rials of construction of all buildings. (1891-2, p. 660; 1897-8, p. 545.) 
 95. Whenever any building in the said city shall be on fire, it shall be 
 the duty of and be lawful for the chief engineer to order and direct such 
 building, or any other building which he may deem hazardous and likely- 
 to communicate fire to other buildings, or any part of such buildings, to 
 be pulled down and destroyed; and no action shall be maintained against 
 any person or against the said city therefor. But any person interested 
 in any such building so destroyed or injured, may, within three months 
 thereafter, apply to the city council to assess and pay the damages he has 
 sustained. At the expiration of the three months, if any such applica- 
 tion shall have been made in writing, the city council shall either pay the 
 said claimant such sum as shall be agreed upon by them and the said 
 claimant for such damages, or if no such agreement shall be affected, 
 shall proceed to ascertain the amount of such damages, and shall pro- 
 \ide for the appraisal, assessment, collection and payment of the same in
 
 THE CHARTER. 51 
 
 the same manner as is provided for the ascertainment, assessment, collec- 
 tion, and payment of damages sustained by the taking of land for pur- 
 poses of public improvement. 
 
 96. The commissioners appointed to appraise and assess the damages 
 incurred by the said claimant, by the pulling down or destruction of such 
 building, or any part thereof, by the direction of the said officers of the 
 city, as above provided, shall take into account the probability of the 
 same having been destroyed or injured by fire if it had not been so 
 pulled down or destroyed, and may report that no damages should equit- 
 ably be allowed to such claimant. Whenever a report shall be made and 
 finally confirmed, in the said proceedings for appraising and assessing 
 the damages, a compliance with the terms thereof by the city council 
 shall be deemed a full satisfaction of all said damages of the said claim- 
 ant. But any party feeling aggrieved thereby, may appeal to the circuit 
 court of the city of Eichmond, which court in taking jurisdiction thereof, 
 shall be controlled b} r the laws regulating assessment of damages to real 
 estate in other cases. 
 
 CHAPTER 7. 
 
 THE JUDICIARY. 
 
 97. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city, at the 
 first charter election, and every eight years thereafter, one clerk for the 
 circuit court, on clerk for the hustings court, and one clerk for the chan- 
 cery court of the city of Eichmond, who shall serve for the period of eight 
 years, and until their successors be elected and qualify. They shall re- 
 ceive, in compensation for their services, the fees and emolument allowed 
 by law to celrks of the circuit courts. 
 
 98. There shall be elected at the first charter election, and every two 
 years thereafter, by the qualified voters of said city, one Commonwealth's 
 attorney for the circuit court, who shall also prosecute in all cases in the 
 hustings court of the city of Eichmond. He shall hold his office for a 
 term of two years, and until his successor be elected and qualify, unless 
 sooner removed, and shall receive such compensation for his services as 
 may be prescribed by law. 
 
 99. There shall be elected at the first charter election, and every two 
 years thereafter, by the qualified voters of said city, one sheriff of the 
 city of Eichmond, who shall before entering upon the duties of his office, 
 give bond, with good security, in a penalty of not less than one hundred
 
 52 THE CHARTER. 
 
 thousand dollars nor more than three hundred thousand dollars, as shall 
 be required by the judge before whom he shall execute the same, whose 
 power and duties, liability, responsibility, emoluments, and term of of- 
 fice shall be, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the 
 same as now provided by law in respect to the sheriff of the city of Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 100. There shall be elected at the first charter election, and every two 
 years thereafter by the qualified voters of the said city, one city sergeant, 
 who shall serve for four years until his successor be elected and qualify, 
 unless sooner removed. He shall keep his office in such a place as the 
 city council may provide and appoint, and shall receive such compensa- 
 tion for his services as the city council shall determine. He shall, as , 
 city jailer, pay the salaries of all the deputies or guards needed and ap- 
 pointed for the safekeeping of the prisoners in the city jail, and the city 
 shall nowise be responsible therefor, except guards appointed by the 
 court when the same are necessary on account of the insecurity of the 
 jail. Before entering upon the duties of his office the said city sergeant 
 shall give bond and security in such amount as the city council shall de- 
 termine, which bond shall be approved by the said city council, entered 
 en their records and filed in the office of the city clerk. (1897-8, p. 546.) 
 
 101. The said sergeant shall attend the terms of the court of hustings, 
 and act as the officer thereof. He shall also in all respects, except as to 
 the collection of taxes, have the same powers and authority, and shall 
 perform the duties, and be subjected to the same liabilities and penalties, 
 and be proceeded against in the same manner as shei 
 
 102. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of Rich- 
 mond, at the first charter election, one high constable for said city, who 
 shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor be, 
 appointed and qualify, unless sooner removed from office. Said high 
 constable shall keep his office in such convenient place in the city as may 
 be designated by the city council, and shall receive such compensation 
 for his services as the said council shall determine. He shall in civil 
 cases have the same powers and duties and be subject to the same penal 
 ties as prescribed by law to other constables, and shall perform such du- 
 ties as the city council may ordain, not in conflict with the provisions of 
 this act, the laws of this State, or the laws of the United States. (1874, 
 p. 232.) 
 
 '■• Before entering upon the duties of his office, the said high con- 
 stable shall give bond and security, in such amount as shall be required 
 by the city council, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office; 
 which bond shall be approved by the said council, entered on their re- 
 cord, and filed in the office of the city clerk. Said high constable may 

 
 THE CHARTER. 53 
 
 appoint one or more deputies to attend to and execute the duties of his 
 office; but the sureties on the bond of the high constable shall be equally 
 liable for the acts of the deputy or deputies as for those of their prin- 
 cipal. 
 
 104. The sergeant of the city of Richmond shall be the officer of the 
 hustings court;, and the sheriff of the city of Richmond shall be the officer 
 of the circuit court, and also of the chancery court. 
 
 105. There shall be appointed by the city council one police justice, who 
 shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor 
 6hall be elected and qualified, unless sooner removed from office. The 
 police justice shall hold a court daily in said city (Sunday excepted), in 
 such place as the city council may provide and appoint. The jurisdic- 
 tion of the court shall extend to all cases arising within the jurisdic- 
 tional limits of the city, of which a justice of the peace may take cogni- 
 sance under the laws of the State, and to all cases arising under the 
 charter or ordinances of the city, or where there is a claim against the 
 city or a person therein, if it does not exceed one hundred dollars, ex- 
 clusive of interest; and the judgment shall be final in all civil cases, 
 where the matter in controversy, exclusive of costs, is not more than 
 twenty dollars. He shall have such other powers and jurisdiction as 
 may be conferred upon him by the city council, not in conflict with the 
 Constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of Virginia. 
 The city council may provide for the appointment of such clerks and 
 officers for said court of the police justice, and make such rules for the 
 government of said court as they may find proper. If any person who 
 has been duly summoned as a witness to attend and give evidence before 
 the police justice, touching any matter or thing under the charter or any 
 ordinance of the city, shall fail to attend in obedience to said summons, 
 he or she shall be fined, at the discretion of the said justice, in a sum not 
 exceeding twenty dollars. 
 
 106. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each ward three 
 justices of the peace for each ward of the said city, who shall be residents 
 of their respective wards, and shall hold office for the term of two years, 
 and until their successors be elected and qualify, unless sooner removed 
 from office. They shall be designated by the city council as first, second, 
 third, et cetera, justices. The said justices of the peace shall be con- 
 servators of the peace within the limits of the corporation of Richmond, 
 and shall have the same powers and duties within said limits as are pro- 
 vided by law in respect to justices of the peace in the counties of this 
 State in their respective counties, except that nothing herein contained 
 shall be construed as vesting in said justices any portion of the jurisdic- 
 tion given by act to the police justice. Whenever the police justice shall
 
 54 THE CHARTER. 
 
 be absent from the city, or unable, from any cause, to hold his court, the 
 same shall be holden by a justice of the peace, to be designated by the. 
 council. And when the said court shall be holden by a justice of the 
 peace six or more days in succession, he shall be entitled to receive there-; 
 for the same compensation, pro rata, that may be prescribed as salary to 
 the police justice. (1869-70, p. 456.) 
 
 107. Any officer, who by the provisions of the charter of Richmond is 
 required to be elected or appointed by the city council, shall be elected or 
 appointed by the two branches in joint meeting. The president of the 
 board of aldermen shall preside at such joint meeting, and each member 
 of the two branches shall be entitled to one vote in all joint meetings of 
 the two branches. 
 
 108. All ordinances, resolutions, and acts of the city council shall be 
 signed by the president of each branch, and shall be presented to the 
 mayor for his approval, who, if he objects thereto, shall, within five daya 
 after it shall have been presented to him for his assent, return it to that 
 branch of the city council in which it originated, with his objection in 
 writing, and if two-thirds of all of the members of each branch shall be 
 of opinion that the ordinance, resolution, or act ought to be passed, it 
 shall, notwithstanding the objections of the mayor, become a law. 
 
 109. The board of aldermen may appoint a clerk, who shall attend the 
 meetings of said board, and keep a record of its proceedings, and shall 
 perform such other acts and duties as the said board may from time to 
 time require of him. 
 
 110. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re- 
 pealed. 
 
 111. This act shall be in force from its passage.
 
 I N DEX 
 
 TO 
 
 Charter of the City of Richmond 
 
 References given are to pages as well as sections of this print. Refer- 
 ences will also be found to Virginia Constitution and the most important 
 general statutes of the State relating to charters of cities and towns. 
 
 CODE REFERENCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 To govern time of election 99 Va. Code 
 
 To control mode of filling vacancies in office 106 Va. Code 
 
 Provisions not repealed by tax laws 580 Va. Code 
 
 by constitution, Va. Const, sec. 116, 117, p. ccxxxviii, 
 
 by act relating to cities and towns 1013a Va. Code 
 
 not affected by provisions for removal of officers 821 Va. Code 
 
 by Code sections 1048 Va. Code 
 
 by liquor law, cl. 141, p. 2261 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 Accounts, to be kept by auditor 31 25 
 
 Administration and government of city vested in mayor, city 
 
 council, etc 2 7 
 
 Aid, to what societies and associations council may grant .... 19n 18 
 Agriculture, council may grant aid to societies for advance- 
 ment of 19n 18 
 
 Almshouse, power of council as to poor of city 19b 14 
 
 its agents to have powers, etc., of overseers of poor 19b 14 
 
 Animals, to prevent running at large 19u 21 
 
 to punish abuse of 19v 20 
 
 Annual reports, to be made by auditor . .* 36 26 
 
 to be made by city treasurer 44 28 
 
 Apprentice, penalty on to be recovered of master 20 21 
 
 Appropriations, what must have two-thirds vote, etc 18 13 
 
 what must have three-fourths vote, etc 67 35 
 
 Ardent spirits, to be gauged 19m 18 
 
 Attorney. (See City Attorney.) 
 
 Attorney for the Commonwealth, officer required by charter 
 
 for the circuit court and to prosecute in the hustings 98 51 
 
 Auditor, officer required by charter 28 24 
 
 term of office, etc 31 25 
 
 what books he shall keep 31 25 
 
 duties, powers, etc 31-38 25-27
 
 56 INDEX. 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 Beggars, to restrain and punish 19w 20 
 
 Benevolent societies, council may aid 19n 18 
 
 Billiard saloons, council may license 70 37 
 
 Board of aldermen, a branch of city council 2 7 
 
 may elect clerk of 109 54 
 
 election, residence, age, term and classification of its mem- 
 bers 14 11 
 
 how vacancy in board filled 15 12 
 
 president; meetings, how called; rules; when two-thirds 
 
 vote required 16-18 12-13 
 
 Board of fire commissioners, how created, its duties, etc 93 45-50 
 
 Board of health, appointment and organization of 19o 15 
 
 Board of police commissioners, police appointments to be un- 
 der its control 84-92 41-45 I 
 
 its composition, powers, and duties 84-92 41-45 
 
 Board of public interest 66a-66e 34-35 
 
 Bonds, of city officers; liabilities of parties to 30 25 
 
 of auditor 31 25 
 
 of high constable 103 52 
 
 of treasurer • • 39 27 
 
 of collector of city taxes 47 29 
 
 of sergeant 100 52 
 
 of sheriff 99 51 
 
 Bonfires (in streets) , to restrain 19t 20 
 
 Boulevard 24a 23 
 
 Bowling alleys, council may license 70 37 
 
 Boys, fines for selling intoxicating drinks to 19y 25 
 
 parents or guardian liable for offence of 20 21 
 
 Bridges, council may build, etc., in streets 19g 16 
 
 Broad street road 24b 23 
 
 Buildings, council may control erection of wooden 94 50 
 
 may regulate construction of all buildings 94 50 
 
 to be destroyed by chief engineer when danger of spread- 
 ing fire, how appraised 94 50 
 
 Burial grounds, power of council to regulate l!)p 19 
 
 Burning fluid, council may regulate sale and use of 19t 20 
 
 Camphene, to regulate sale and use of 19t 20 
 
 Candles, council may forbid use of in barns and stables 19t 20 
 
 Captains of vessels may be required to return vagrants and 
 
 dangerous persons brought to city 19z 21 
 
 Carriages, carts, etc., for hire, council may license 71 37 
 
 Cemeteries, power of council to provide and regulate 19p 19 
 
 Chancery court, sheriff of Richmond, the officer of 104 53 
 
 Chief of police, appointment, powers, duties, etc S6 42 
 
 Circuit court, to have jurisdiction in enforcing terms of bonds 
 
 of city officers 30 25 
 
 clerk of, how elected 97 51 
 
 sheriff to be officer of 104 53 
 
 Citizens' vote, in reference to certain appropriations 67 35
 
 INDEX. 57 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 City attorney, officer required by charter 28 24 
 
 appointment, term, duties, etc 59-61 32-33 
 
 City bonds, exempt from taxation 69 36 
 
 City clerk, officer required by charter 28 24 
 
 certificates of oaths of office filed with him 7 10 
 
 to notify vacating officers, to deliver books, etc 27 24 
 
 appointment, term and duties 65-66 33-34 
 
 City council to be divided into two branches 2 3 
 
 terms of members of each 14 11 
 
 vacancies, how filled 15 12 
 
 president and president pro tempore, duties, meetings of 
 
 bodies, rules, officers, journal, quorum 16-18 12-13 
 
 what ordinances not to be passed by council same day. 18 13 
 
 may contract loans 67 35 
 
 general powers as to markets, workhouses and house of 
 
 correction powers as to specific subjects 19a-19z 14-21 
 
 may raise money by taxation 67 35 
 
 may issue certificates of debt, contract loans, etc 67 35 
 
 may build railroad along James River canal to Clifton 
 
 Forge 67 35 
 
 City debt, limit of 67 35* 
 
 sinking fund; how provided; to be applied to principal of 
 
 city debt 68 36 
 
 how loans contracted and bonds issued 67 35 
 
 City officers, vacation of office by; to deliver books and papers 
 
 to successors 27 24 
 
 salaries of 29 24 
 
 other officers may be appointed by council 29 24 
 
 City prison, powers of council as to 19d 15 
 
 City sergeant, how elected, term, bond, powers, duties '. .100-101 52 
 
 Clerks of courts, election, compensation and term 97 51 
 
 Coal and coke, council may regulate transportation of 19r 19 
 
 Collector of city taxes, officer required by charter 28 24 
 
 his election, term, bond, power and duties 47-53 29-30 
 
 council may vest him with powers of collector of state 
 
 taxes 72 37 
 
 he shall publish sale of real estate for taxes 76 38 
 
 what may be distrained for taxes 73 37 
 
 mode of proceeding against collector for failure to per- 
 form his duties 72 37 
 
 power to collect water and gas bills 72 37 
 
 mortgage, etc., of goods not to prevent distress , 73 37 
 
 Combustible material, council may regulate sale and use of. . 19t 20 
 
 Commission merchants, council may license 19m 18 
 
 Commissioner of the revenue, officer required by charter 28 24 
 
 his election, term, powers, duties, etc 54-58 31-32 
 
 Commonwealth's attorney, required by charter 98 51 
 
 Common council, a branch of city council 2 7 
 
 city clerk to attend its meetings 66 34 
 
 Constable, powers of, may be given what members of police 
 
 force 91
 
 INDEX. 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 1 7 
 
 Corporate name of city 
 
 Culverts, engineer to be superintendent of 64 33 
 
 Debt of city (see City debt), when city may endorse bonds 
 
 of internal improvement company 67 35 
 
 Deed, to purchaser of land sold for taxes 81 39 
 
 to be recorded 82 40 
 
 Deeds, auditor to have charge of 32 25 
 
 Disability, rights of persons under disability to redeem land 
 
 sold for taxes; how saved 80 39 
 
 Diseases, power of council as to infection, etc 19o 18 
 
 Disorderly assemblages, to prevent 19x 20 
 
 Disorderly conduct, power to prevent and punish 19x 20 
 
 Distress for taxes, all goods subject to; trust or mortgage 
 
 no bar 73 37 
 
 Disturbances, to prevent 19x 20 
 
 Docket, to be kept by city attorney 61 33 
 
 Docks, power of council as to 19f 15 
 
 Dogs, to prevent running at large '. 19u 20 
 
 Drawings, to be made by city engineer 64 33 
 
 Drays, power of council as to licenses 71 37 
 
 'Drunkards, to restrain and punish 19\v 20 
 
 Elections, special; how ordered . 4 8 
 
 time of charter elections 5 8 
 
 to supply vacancies 6 9 
 
 by council to fill vacancies 29 24 
 
 of city officers 29, 107 24-54 
 
 special, through whom ordered, by council and how held. 4 8 
 
 of mayor, for what term 8 10 
 
 of members of city council 14 11 
 
 to supply vacancy in council 15 12 
 
 of auditor 31 25 
 
 of treasurer 39 27 
 
 of collector of city taxes 47 29 
 
 of commissioner of revenue 54 31 
 
 clerks of circuit, hustings and chancery courts 97 51 
 
 commonwealth's attorney for circuit and hustings court. . 98 51 
 
 sheriff 99 51 
 
 sergeant 100 52 
 
 high constable 102 52 
 
 justice of peace 106 53 
 
 Employment of persons in jail 19d 15 
 
 Encroachment on streets 23 22 
 
 Engineer of city, office required by charter 28 24 
 
 appointment; term, bond, and duties 62 33 
 
 Evidence, use of ordinances 21 21 
 
 Exhibitions, power to prevent lewd exhibitions in city 19x 20 
 
 Expenses of city government, how funds raised for 69 36 
 
 Fairs, council may aid 19n 18 
 
 Farmers, may send hay, etc., to city not taxed 191 18 
 
 Fast riding or driving, council may prevent 19v 20
 
 INDEX. 59 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 Filth, power to prevent accumulation of 19s 19 
 
 Fines and penalties, limit of penalty to be imposed by council. 20 21 
 penalty imposed on minor, recovered of parent or guar- 
 dian; on apprentice of master or mistress 20 21 
 
 what publication required of ordinance imposing penalty. 21 21 
 forfeiture if vacating officer fail to deliver in time books, 
 
 papers, etc., of the office 27 24 
 
 for not removing fence, etc., encroaching on street when 
 
 ordered by council 23 22 
 
 Firearms, to regulate discharge of • . 19t 20 
 
 Fire-crackers, to regulate sale of 19t 20 
 
 Fire commissioners 93 45 
 
 Fire and fire-alarm department, power of council to organ- 
 ize, etc 93 45 
 
 Fire-works, regulations concerning 19t 20 
 
 Forfeiture of office, by neglect to qualify 7 10 
 
 Forage, may provide for weighing long forage ■ 191 18 
 
 Freeholders, vote required of in certain cases 67 35 
 
 Gaming houses, power to suppress 19x 20 
 
 Gas, council may vest in collector power to collect; for 72 37 
 
 Gas-works, power of council as to 19e 15 
 
 Good order, council to preserve 19x 20 
 
 Grain, council may provide for measuring 191 18 
 
 Grounds and buildings, council may erect, regulate, etc 19c 14 
 
 buildings, parks, and squares 19c 14 
 
 Grove avenue 24a 23 
 
 Gunpowder, powder to regulate storing of 19t 20 
 
 Hacks, council may grant licenses 71 37 
 
 Hawkers and peddlers, council may license 70 37 
 
 Hay, as to weighing of, etc 191 18 
 
 Health, power of council as to board of 19o 18 
 
 to establish quarantine 19q 19 
 
 High constable, election, term, compensation, powers, and 
 
 duties 102-3 52 
 
 Hogs, to prevent running at large, etc., being kept in city. . . . 19u 20 
 
 Horses, to prevent riding or driving at improper speed 19v 20 
 
 Hospital, power of council to establish and move patients to. . 19o 18 
 
 Houses of correction, may be provided by council 19b 14 
 
 Houses of ill fame, power to suppress 19x 20 
 
 Hustings court, clerk of, how elected 97 51 
 
 sergeant to be officer of 101-4 52-53 
 
 commonwealth's attorney to practice in 98 51 
 
 111 fame, power of council to suppress houses of 19x 20 
 
 Immorality, power of council to prevent 19x 20 
 
 Imprisonment, power of council as to 20 21 
 
 Indecent conduct, power to prevent 19x 20 
 
 Infants and insane persons, how may redeem land sold for 
 
 taxes 80 39 
 
 Insurance companies, council may license 70 37 
 
 Internal improvements, three-fourths vote of citizens neces- 
 sary for certain appropriations 67 35
 
 CO INDEX. 
 
 SEC. PJ 
 
 Jail. (See city prison). 
 
 James River and Kanawha company, council may purchase 
 
 franchises of 67 35 
 
 Joint meeting of council, officers to be chosen in such meetings 107 54 
 
 Judges of courts to issue writs of election to municipal office. . 6 9 
 
 Justices of the peace, their election, designation, etc 106 53 
 
 Kerosene oil, council to regulate sale and use of 19t 20 
 
 Kites, to prevent the flying of 19v 20 
 
 Landings, wharves, etc., power of council relative to 19f 15 
 
 Lewd exhibitions, power to prevent 19x 20 
 
 Libraries, council may aid 19n 18 
 
 Licenses, power to issue or refuse 70 37 
 
 Lights, use of in barns, stables, etc 19t 20 
 
 Literary societies, council may aid 19n ±3 
 
 Liquors, license to sell 70 37 
 
 Markets, council may establish, etc 19a 14 
 
 Married women, right to redeem land sold for taxes 80 39 
 
 Mayor, office created by charter; head of government 2 7 
 
 how elected; powers and duties 8-11 10-11 
 
 communication to city council; vacancies, how filled. .. .10, 13 11 
 
 duty as to ordinances and joint resolutions 108 54 
 
 who shall act as mayor, etc., in his absence 12 11 
 
 may suspend member of police force 88 43 
 
 to be president of board of police commissioners, etc 84 41 
 
 powers over subordinate officers 11 11 
 
 Map of 1872 made prima facie evidence 64 33 
 
 Measuring, council may provide for grain, etc 191 18 
 
 Mechanic arts, council may grant aid for advancement of . . . . 19n 18 
 
 Mendicants, to restrain 19w 20 
 
 Merchants, sealing weights and measures 19m 18 
 
 Military companies, council may grant aid to 19n 18 
 
 Minors, council may impose fines for selling liquor to 19y 20 
 
 Molasses, council may require to be gauged and inspected. ... 191 18 
 
 Newspapers, commissioner's schedule to be published in 57 31 
 
 Nitro-glycerine, council may regulate sale and use of 19t 20 
 
 Nuisances, power to abate; assessments for removal of 19r 19 
 
 power of council as to stagnant water 19s 19 
 
 Oaths of office, of mayor and members of council; neglect to 
 
 take, etc 7 10 
 
 Officers, required by charter 28 24 
 
 additional officers and clerks 29 24 
 
 Oil, council may require to be inspected and gauged 191 18 
 
 Ordinances, etc., how passed, signed, etc '. . . . 108 54 
 
 what requires two-thirds vote 18 13 
 
 what must not be passed same day by both branches. ... 18 13 
 
 penalty-ordinances to be published 21 21 
 
 use of in evidence 21 21 
 
 Overseers of poor, powers of officers managing poor of city. . . 19b 14 
 
 Parks. (See grounds and buildings). 
 
 Peddlers, council may license 70 37
 
 INDEX. 61 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 Penalties, power of council as to 20 21 
 
 Pistol galleries, council may license *. 70 37 
 
 Plans and specifications, to be made by city engineer 64 33 
 
 iPleasant's map made prima facie evidence 64 33 
 
 Police department, controlled by board of commissioners.... 84 41 
 
 how composed 84 41 
 
 powers and duties of 84-88 41-43 
 
 classification and grading of men of force 84 41 
 
 authority of chief of police 91 44 
 
 additional policemen '. . . 87 43 
 
 suspension of officers and men by mayor 88 43 
 
 pay and duties of officers and men 89-91 44 
 
 uniform and badges for the force 92 45 
 
 Police justice, appointment, term, powers and duties 105 53 
 
 Poor, council may provide for, etc 19b 14 
 
 Fort-wardens, power of council for appointment of 19f 15 
 
 Powder. (See powder magazines.) 
 
 Powder magazines, council may regulate location of 19t 20 
 
 President of board of aldermen, powers, etc., in absence of 
 
 mayor 12 11 
 
 election, etc 16 12 
 
 to preside in joint meeting of the two branches 107 54 
 
 President of city council. (See president of board of alder- 
 men.) 
 
 President of common council, powers, duties, etc 16 12 
 
 Prison, council may erect a 19d 15 
 
 Private property; how taken for streets, etc 22 22 
 
 Public buildings, engineer may be superintendent of 64 33 
 
 council may erect, etc 19c 14 
 
 Publication, of penal ordinances 21 21 
 
 by commissioner of revenue of his schedule 57 31 
 
 Public free schools, council may aid 19n 18 
 
 Public libraries. (See libraries.) 
 
 Public peace, council to preserve 19x 20 
 
 Public squares, power of council as to 19c 14 
 
 Quarantine, power to establish 19q 19 
 
 Railroad, council may build along line of James river canal to 
 
 Clifton Forge 67 35 
 
 council may authorize laying down of tracks 19i 17 
 
 power of council as to railroad in city 19j 18 
 
 requirements as to vagrants and thieves brought to city. . 19z 21 
 
 Real estate, lien on for taxes • 75 38 
 
 to be sold for non-payment of taxes 75 38 
 
 when city may become purchaser 78 39 
 
 Redemption of land sold for taxes 79 
 
 Reformation, council may provide houses of 19b 14 
 
 Removal of officers by city council 29 
 
 Resolutions, how signed, etc 108 
 
 Riots, council may prevent and quell l 9x 
 
 Salaries, to be fixed by council or act of assembly 26 24
 
 62 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 SEC. 
 
 Sale of land for taxes 75-78 
 
 Sale ro barter, council may provide for certain articles 191 
 
 Sample merchants, council may license 70 
 
 Schools, council may aid public 19n 
 
 Seal of city, treasurer to be keeper 40 
 
 Sergeant of city, election, term, compensation and bond 100 
 
 to have same powers of sheriff, except as to collection of 
 
 taxes 101 
 
 to be officer of the hustings court 104 
 
 3, culverts, etc., council may construct under streets. . . 19g 
 
 Sheriff, how elected, term, etc S9 
 
 Shows, exhibitions, etc., council may license, etc 70 
 
 Sinking fund, how to be created, etc 68 
 
 Slaughter-houses, council may prevent or regulate 19r 
 
 Soap and candle factories, council may prevent or regulate. . . 19 r 
 Spirituous liquors, council may require to be gauged and in- 
 spected 191 
 
 may license sale of 70 
 
 may forbid sales to children and young persons l&y 
 
 may require additional taxes on 70 
 
 Sports, dangerous to passengers; council may prevent 19v 
 
 Squares (public), council may lay out, ornament, etc 19c 
 
 Stagnant water, as to abatement of 19s 
 
 Stones, throwing of 19 v 
 
 Street railroad, power of council relative to 19j 
 
 Streets, power of council as to 19g, 
 
 work on not to be stopped by injunction 19g 
 
 council may prevent cumbering of 19h 
 
 as to railway tracks through 19i 
 
 as to encroachments on • . 19g 
 
 what use make streets public, etc 24 
 
 how new streets and improvements paid for 25 
 
 superintendent of 64 
 
 to restrain bonfires in 19t 
 
 obstruction of by persons engaged in sports l.°»v 
 
 private property, how taken for 22 
 
 Surveys, to be made by city engineer 64 
 
 Suspensions and removals by mayor 11 
 
 Taxes, charter provisions as to 4S, 57 
 
 68,80 
 
 real estate to be sold for payment of 75 
 
 goods and chattels liable for 73 
 
 Ten pin alleys, council may license 70 
 
 Tenant, when to be credited on rent for taxes paid 74 
 
 Theatrical performances, council may license 70 
 
 Three-fourth vote of citizens as to appropriations by council 
 
 for internal improvements 67 
 
 Throwing stones, council may prevent 19v 
 
 Tires, council jnay regulate breadth of 19k 
 
 Treasurer, officer required by charter 28
 
 INDEX. 63 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 his election, term, bond, powers and duties 39-46 27-29 
 
 Unhealthy business, power to prevent or regulate 19r 19 
 
 "n.vholesome substances, power to remove and destroy 19s 19 
 
 Vacancies, how filled 6 9 
 
 [vacation of office, requirements of officers as to 27 24 
 
 Vagrants, etc., power of council as to 19 w 20 
 
 l/eto-power, how exercised by mayor 108 54 
 
 and immorality, power to prevent and punish 19x 20 
 
 l/inegar, council may require to be gauged 191 18 
 
 ."irginia state agricultural society 91a 44 
 
 fate of citizens, three-fourths, and majority of freeholders re- 
 quired in certain cases 67 35 
 
 Wagons, drays, carts and hacks to be licensed 71 37 
 
 council may prescribe breadth of tires 19k 18 
 
 Wards of city, division into required by charter 3 8 
 
 to contain equal numbers of voters, etc 3 8 
 
 Water works, powers of council relative to 19e 15 
 
 as to pollution of water 19e 15 
 
 council may vest in collector power to collect water rent. . 72 37 
 
 Weighing long forage, council may provide for 191 18 
 
 IWeights and measures to be sealed 19m 18 
 
 Wharves, powers of council as to 19f 15 
 
 Wine, etc., council may license sale of 70 37 
 
 Wife's property, redemption of land sold for taxes; how saved. 79-SO 39 
 
 Wooden buildings, council may control erection of 94 50 
 
 Workhouses, council may establish 19b 14 
 
 Yeas and nays, requirements of charter as to council 18 13
 
 THE 
 
 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 City of Richmond 
 
 AS CONTAINED IN 
 
 THE CODE OF 1899, 
 
 AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY THE 
 
 Ordinances of the City Council to September 1, 1910, 
 
 WITH REFERENCES TO DATE OF APPROVAL, AND GENERAL INDEX OF SAME. 
 
 
 Printed by Authority of the Ordinance 
 Approved October 25, 1910.
 
 CONTENTS OF THE ORDINANCES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF RICHMOND 
 
 (For General Index of Details, see end of Ordinances.) 
 (For Index to Charter, see end of Charter.) 
 
 CHAPTER 1. page. 
 
 Concerning the Consolidation of the Cities of Richmond and Manchester, 
 
 and Fixing the Boundaries of the City of Richmond 11 
 
 CHAPTER 2. 
 Concerning the Wards of the City of Richmond 31 
 
 CHAPTER 3. 
 Concerning Election Precincts in the Several Wards 35 
 
 CHAPTER 4. 
 Concerning the Mayor 45 
 
 CHAPTER 5. 
 Concerning Annual Reports; Terms of Officers; Ineligibility and For- 
 feitures of Office 47 
 
 CHAPTER 6. 
 Concerning Official Oaths and Bonds, and the Seal of the City 49 
 
 CHAPTER 7. 
 Concerning the Several Departments of the City Government and the 
 
 Committees Thereof 53 
 
 CHAPTER 8. 
 Concerning the Salaries of Officers and the Compensation or Wages of 
 
 Employees • 61 
 
 CHAPTER 9. 
 Concerning the City Clerk and the Enrollment of Ordinances 69 
 
 CHAPTER 10. 
 Concerning the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Common Council and Board 
 
 of Aldermen 7S
 
 1 CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS. 
 
 CHAPTER 11. page. 
 
 Concerning the Public Printing and the Purchase of Stationery Supplies, 75 
 
 CHAPTER 12. 
 Concerning the Auditor and Treasurer of the City 77 
 
 CHAPTER 13. 
 Concerning the Receiving and Paying of Money at the Treasury 89 
 
 CHAPTER 14. 
 Concerning the Assessment of Property for Purposes of Taxation 93 
 
 CHAPTER 15. 
 Concerning the Levying of Taxes 103 
 
 CHAPTER 16. 
 Concerning the Collection of Taxes 115 
 
 CHAPTER 17. 
 Concerning Local Assessments for Public Improvements 127 
 
 CHAPTER 18. 
 Concerning the Sale of Land for Taxes 137 
 
 CHAPTER 19. 
 Concerning the Debt of the City 145 
 
 CHAPTER 20. 
 Concerning the Sinking Fund Commissioners and their Duties 151 
 
 CHAPTER 21. 
 Concerning the Grounds and Buildings of the City 155 
 
 CHAPTER 22. 
 Concerning the City Cemeteries 165 
 
 CHAPTER 23. 
 Concerning St. John's Burying-Ground 185 
 
 CHAPTER 24. 
 Concerning the Poor of the City 187 
 
 CHAPTER 25. 
 Concerning the Organization, Powers and Duties of the Board of Health 
 
 and its Officers and Employees 192 
 
 CHAPTER 26. 
 Concerning Quarantine 222 
 
 CHAPTER 27. 
 Concerning Various Nuisances 226 
 
 CHAPTER 28. 
 Concerning Powder, Dangerous Liquids, Nitroglycerine, Fireworks, etc. 236 
 
 CHAPTER 29. 
 Concerning the Markets 241 

 
 
 CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS. 
 
 CHAPTER 30. page. 
 Concerning the Gas Works 252 
 
 CHAPTER 31. 
 Concerning the Water Works 265 
 
 CHAPTER 32. 
 Concerning the City Electric Light and Power Plant; Committee on 
 Electricity; City Electrician and the Examination and Licensing 
 of Electricians 287 
 
 CHAPTER 33. 
 Concerning the Fire Department and the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph, 294 
 
 CHAPTER 34. 
 Concerning the Proper Construction, Maintenance and Use of all Build- 
 ings Used or Intended to be Used for Assemblages of any Character, 298 
 
 CHAPTER 35. 
 Concerning Streets 301 
 
 CHAPTER 36. 
 Concerning Wagons, Drays, Carts and Hacks 321 
 
 CHAPTER 37. 
 Concerning Bicycles, Automobiles, Locomobiles and Other Like Vehicles. 328 
 
 CHAPTER 38. 
 Concerning Street Railways 332 
 
 CHAPTER 39. 
 Concerning the Maintenance and Management of Steam Railways and 
 
 Steamboat Wharves 352 
 
 CHAPTER 40. 
 Concerning Wires, Poles, Conduits, etc., in, over and under the Streets of 
 
 the City 355 
 
 CHAPTER 41. 
 Concerning Street Cleaning 368 
 
 CHAPTER 42. 
 Concerning the Improvement of James River 37S 
 
 CHAPTER 43. 
 Concerning Port Wardens and the Speed of Steamboats 381 
 
 CHAPTER 44. 
 Concerning Weights and Measures 385 
 
 CHAPTER 45. 
 Concerning the Appointment, Duty and Salary of the Analytical Chemist, 393 
 
 CHAPTER 46. 
 Concerning the City Government Library and Authorizing the Establish- 
 ment of a Public Library in the City of Richmond 394
 
 6 CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS. 
 
 CHAPTER 47. page. 
 Concerning the Public Free Schools 397 
 
 CHAPTER 48. 
 Concerning the regulation of Pawn-shops and Pool-rooms 398 
 
 CHAPTER 49. 
 Concerning Animals Going at Large and Cruelty to Animals 400 
 
 CHAPTER 50. 
 Concerning Vagrants 402 
 
 CHAPTER 51. 
 Concerning the Sale of Liquors and Gambling : 405 
 
 CHAPTER 52. 
 Concerning the City Attorney 409 
 
 CHAPTER 53. 
 Concerning the Police Justice, the Civil Justice and Justices of the Peace. 412 
 
 CHAPTER 54. 
 Concerning Fines and Penalties 418 
 
 CHAPTER 55. 
 Concerning the Hustings Court 419 
 
 CHAPTER 56. 
 Concerning Pay of Jurors and of Registration and Election Officers.... 421 
 
 CHAPTER 57. 
 Concerning the Coroner of the City 423 
 
 CHAPTER 58. 
 Concerning the Police Department 424 
 
 CHAPTER 59. 
 Concerning the Appointment, Compensation and Duties of the Building 
 
 Inspector and the Employees in his Office 429 
 
 CHAPTER 60. 
 Concerning the Construction, Equipment, Alteration and Repair of Build- 
 ings, and their Removal or Demolition when Unsafe, and Creating 
 and Defining the Duties of the Board of Public Safety 431 
 

 
 NOTE BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
 
 In obedience to the resolution of the city council approved March 9, 
 1908, instructing the city attorney, under the direction of the commit- 
 tee on ordinances, charter and reform to prepare with a proper index a 
 revised Code of the ordinances of the city of Richmond, effective upon 
 the date at which said compilation should be completed, I proceeded with 
 all dispatch possible under the stress of other important official engage- 
 ments which could not be postponed, and completed as of September 1, 
 1910, the following revised Code of the ordinances of the city of Rich- 
 mond, effective as of that date, and submitted the same to the committee 
 on ordinances, charter and reform at its meeting held September, 1910, 
 when the same was by them approved and sent to the council with the 
 recommendation that it be adopted as Richmond City Code, 1910, which 
 recommendation was approved by the council of the city of Richmond 
 by its ordinance approved October 25, 1910. 
 
 I am conscious of the probability that errors or omissions may be 
 found in the work, but they have been reduced, I hope, to a minimum, 
 considering the many interruptions during its preparation. 
 
 The intelligent and efficient work done by the Honorable Carlton 
 McCarthy, in the consolidation of the ordinances prior to the year 1899, 
 into the Code of 1899. greatly facilitated the preparation of the new Code, 
 which, it is hoped, may be helpful in the administration of the affairs of 
 the city, and at the same time give the public easy access to ordinances 
 which vitally affect their interests in their multitudinous relations. 
 
 P^t/^e^^4> 
 
 City Attorney.
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF RICHMOND 
 
 (Approved October 25, 1910.) 
 
 Arranging and Consolidating into a Code the General Ordinances of the 
 City of Richmond in force September 1, 1910. 
 
 Whereas., by a resolution approved March 9, 1908, the city attor- 
 ney of the city of Richmond, under the direction of the committee on 
 ordinances, charter and reform was instructed to prepare and com- 
 plete, with a proper index, a revised Code of the ordinances of the city 
 of Richmond, effective upon the date that the said compilation shall be 
 completed; and 
 
 Whereas, said compilation has been completed as of September 1, 
 1910, and is now ready for publication; therefore 
 
 Be it ordained by the council of the city of Richmond — 
 
 1. That the ordinances embraced in the following chapters and sec- 
 tions, accompanying the draft of this ordinance, shall constitute and be 
 designated and cited as "Richmond City Code, 1910/' and the committee 
 on printing and claims, in conformity with said resolution of March 9, 
 1908, is hereby directed to have printed and bound said chapters and 
 sections, together with the charter of the city of Richmond. 
 
 2. The enactment of this ordinance shall not affect any ordinance 
 which shall become effective after the first day of September, 1910, but 
 every such ordinance shall have full effect, and, so far as the same varies 
 from or conflicts with any provision contained in the code hereby adopted, 
 it shall have effect as a subsequent ordinance, and, if necessary, to give 
 effect to the same, as repealing any part of the said Code inconsistent 
 therewith.

 
 CHAPTER 1. 11 
 
 CHAPTER 1. 
 
 CONCERNING TILE CONSOLIDATION OF THE CITIES OF 
 RICHMOND AND MANCHESTEE AND FIXING THE 
 BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF RICHMON I>. 
 
 (Decree of the Corporation Court of the City of Manchester.) 
 
 VIRGINIA— 
 
 In the Corporation Court of the City of Manchester: 
 
 April 15, 1910. 
 
 The City of Richmond, a municipal corporation, created 
 
 under the laws of the State of Virginia, Plaintiff, 
 
 vs. 
 
 City of Manchester, a municipal corporation, created 
 
 under the laws of the State of Virginia, Defendant. 
 
 This day came again the parties by their attorneys and it appearing 
 to the court from the certificate of the commissioners of election of the 
 city of Manchester that the special election ordered to lie held in the 
 city of Manchester on Monday, the 4th day of April, 1910, for the rati- 
 fication or rejection of the ordinance of the cities of Richmond and Man- 
 chester providing for and ordaining the consolidation of the said two 
 cities into one municipality to be known as the city of Richmond and to 
 determine whether such consolidation or annexation should take efl 
 was held on the said day, and that oil votes were cast for consolidation 
 or annexation, and 223 votes were cast against consolidation or annex- 
 ation; and the court being satisfied that the said ordinance was publisl 
 once a day for five successive days in a daily newspaper, according to 
 law, and was conspicuously posted throughout the said city of Man- 
 chester in at least one hundred public places in the manner prescribed 
 by law. as is shown by the certificates of the editor of the Evening Journal 
 and of the clerks of the respective councils of the cities of Richmond and 
 Manchester, and the time allowed by law having expired within which
 
 12 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 complaints of such (-lection were subject to inquiry and determination, 
 and no such complaint having been made, it appears to the court that 
 the said ordinances and the said consolidation or annexation have been 
 ratified in the manner prescribed by law, the court doth therefore declare 
 that the cities of Richmond and Manchester have effected the consolida- 
 tion or annexation provided for by said ordinance in the manner pre- 
 scribed by law, which ordinance is in the words and figures following, 
 to-wit : 
 
 AN ORDINANCE. 
 
 (Approved March 5, 1910.) 
 
 To provide for the Annexation of the City of Manchester, of the State of 
 Virginia, to the City of Rich won J, of the said Stair, and for the 
 Consolidation of the said two cities, in pursuance of an Act of the 
 General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 15, 1906, entitled: 
 "An Act to provide for the Consolidation or Annexation of Cities." 
 
 Whereas, the council of the city of Richmond, of the State of Vir- 
 ginia, by an ordinance adopted by a recorded affirmative vote of a majority 
 of all of the members elected to the said council, and to each branch 
 thereof, approved April 19, 1909. declared the annexation of the city of 
 Manchester, of the State of Virginia, by the city of Richmond, of the 
 said State, to be desirable, and in said ordinance set out all the declara- 
 tory provisions required to be set out by section two of an act of the 
 general assembly of Virginia, approved March 15, 1906, entitled, "An 
 act to provide for 'the consolidation or annexation of cities," and ap- 
 pointed a committee, composed of Messrs. Barton II. Grundy and Wil- 
 liam H. Adams, of the board of aldermen, and Messrs. E. TT. Spence, 
 A. S. Buford, Jr., and John F. Don Leavy, of the common council, 
 charged with the duties specified in said act of assembly; and 
 
 Whereas, the said committee in discharge of said duties did, on the 
 27th day of April. 1909, present a certified copy of the said ordinance to 
 the council of the said city of Manchester: and 
 
 Whereas, the council of the city of Manchester, by a like recorded 
 affirmative vote of a majority of all the members elected to each branch 
 of said council, adopted an ordinance approved May 11. L909, which 
 contained" the provisions required by section three of the said act of 
 assembly and appointed a committee, composed of Messrs. A. R. Hooker 
 and John Moore, of the board of aldermen, and Messrs. M. A. Campbell, 
 Leroy Brown and C. C. Jones, of the city assembly; of the said coun-
 
 CHAPTER 1. • 13 
 
 eil, which committee was of the same number as the committee ap- 
 pointed by the council of the said city of Richmond, and charged with 
 similar duties; and 
 
 Whereas, the two committees thus appointed met in joint session, 
 as required by section four of the said act of assembly and proceeded 
 as required by law to adjust and settle the terms and conditions of the 
 proposed annexation or consolidation, and to prepare and perfect an ordi- 
 nance designed to be adopted by the councils of the two cities named, 
 providing for such annexation or consolidation in accordance with such 
 terms and conditions; and 
 
 Whereas, their labors in this regard were interrupted by the death 
 of E. H. Spence, Esquire, a member of the committee appointed by the 
 council of the said city of Richmond ; and 
 
 Whereas, the council of the said city of Richmond, did thereupon, 
 adopt by the said recorded affirmative vote an ordinance, approved 
 August 21, 1909, amending and re-ordaining the fourth provision of 
 section one of the aforesaid ordinance, approved April 19, 1909, con- 
 cerning the annexation or consolidation of the said cities of Richmond 
 and Manchester, which fourth provision of section one of said ordinance 
 was re-ordained in ipsissimis verbis and in extenso, except that the name 
 of H. R. Pollard, Jr., was substituted for the name of E. H. Spence, de- 
 ceased, as a member of the aforesaid committee, of the council of the 
 city of Richmond; and 
 
 WHEREAS, the said committees, as thus constituted, meeting in joint 
 session, and a majority of each committee being present and acting as 
 separate units, have adjusted and settled the terms and conditions of the 
 proposed annexation or consolidation, and prepared and perfected this 
 ordinance, providing for such annexation or consolidation upon the said 
 terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and 
 
 Whereas, the said committee of the council of said city of Richmond, 
 have reported this ordinance to the council thereof; now. therefore, 
 
 Be it ordained by the council of the city of Richmond— 
 
 That the city of Manchester, of the State of Virginia, be, and is, 
 hereby annexed to and consolidated with the city of Richmond, of the 
 State of Virginia, upon the following terms and conditions: 
 
 1. The united or consolidated municipality constituted by the con- 
 solidation of the said cities of Richmond and Manchester, shall be named 
 "The City of Richmond." 
 
 The metes and hounds of the united municipality— which are the 
 same as the metes and bounds of the present cities of Richmond and
 
 1 i RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Manchester, when united— shall be as follows, unless and until changed 
 in the manner provided by law, thai is to say: 
 
 Beginning al a point on the west shore of .lames river at the inter- 
 section of the corporation line of the city of Richmond, with east cor- 
 poration line of the city of Manchester; thence along the said line in a 
 southerly direction along the west margin or hank of -lames river, ap- 
 proximately 730 feet, thence S. 77° VV. approximately 350 feet, thence 
 following a lin hundred (300) feet, from and parallel with the 
 
 natural margin or bank of James river, to the southern boundary line of 
 Maur ; i hence along said line of Maury street, to its intersection 
 
 with the west rail of the Richmond and Petersburg railroad (Atlantic 
 Line railroad) ; thence to the point where the Richmond and Dan- 
 ville (Southern railway) crosses Canoe run: thence to a point opposite 
 said crossing on the southern shore or margin of James river, on the 
 corporation line of the present city of Richmond; thence in a west- 
 wards direction along the southern margin of James river to a point 
 opposite the western line of Mount Calvary cemetery property if pro- 
 jected, or the eastern line of Florida avenue (River View tract) if pro- 
 jected; thence across .'nines river in a northwardly direction following 
 the projected line of the western line of Mounl Calvary cemetery prop- 
 erty; thence continuing in a northwardly direction along the western line 
 of said Mount Calvary cemetery to a point distanl 365 feet south of the 
 northern line of Colorado avenue, projected; thence in a westwardly di- 
 rection parallel with and 265 feet south of the northern line of Colorado 
 avenue to the western line of Virginia avenue; thence continuing in a 
 west ward I v direction parallel with and 15 ith of the stream upon 
 
 the property of Mrs. S. M. Dooley.; thence in a southwardly direction 
 el with and 25 feet east of the said stream upon the -aid property 
 of Mrs. S. M. Dooley and across tin 1 old James river and Kanawha canal 
 northern margin of .lames river; thence in a vvestwardly direction 
 following the northern margin of .lame- river to a point opposite the 
 E tli" old canal lock No. 2; thence on a course X. V-'! 30' E. 
 1,1 ;l I 1 "'"' "'i the southern line of Hagan's addition, in the middle of the 
 Spruce and Magnolia thence along the southern 
 
 line of said Hagan's addition in a southwardly direction to the western 
 : thence in a northwestwardly direction parallel 
 with Bellevue street, Blanton avenue and Tabb road to a point 150 feet; 
 " r 11|r south line of Beverly street: thence in a vvestwardly diree- 
 tion parallel with and 150 feet south of Beverly street to a point 150 
 of Tabb road: thence parallel with and L50 met wesi o\' Tabb 
 road in a northwardly direction to the north line of Beverly street ; thence 
 ■■don- a line parallel with and distant about 150 feet west of Foushee or
 
 CHAPTER 1. 15 
 
 Sheppard street to a point 150 feet south of Westham road, or Cary street 
 continued; thence in a westerly direction on a line parallel with and 
 distant 150 feet south of the said Westham road, or Gary street con- 
 tinued, to a point 150 feet west of Crenshaw avenue; thence in a north- 
 wardly direction along- a line parallel with and distant 150 feet west of 
 Crenshaw avenue to the center of the present public alley midway of the 
 block between Grove avenue and Hanover street; thence in an eastwardly 
 direction along the center line of said present public alley to a point 150 
 feet west of Eoseneath road; thence in a northwardly direction along 
 a line distant 150 feet west of and parallel with the said Eoseneath road 
 to a point on the northern line of the Deep Eun turnpike, or Broad street 
 continued; thence in an eastwardly direction along the northern line of 
 Deep Eun turnpike, or Broad street continued, to the eastern line of 
 the property owned by the E., F. & P. E. E. Co. (formerly the fair 
 grounds) ; thence in a northwardly direction along the eastern line of 
 the property owned by the E., F. & P. E. B. Co. (formerly the fair 
 grounds) to the northern line of Leigh street; thence in an eastwardly 
 direction along the northern line of Leigh street to the western line of 
 Spottswood avenue ; thence in a northwardly direction along the western 
 line of Spottswood avenue to the northern line of the right of way of the 
 Seaboard Air Line railway; thence in an eastwardly direction along the 
 northern line of the right of way of the Seaboard Air Line railway to a 
 point 150 feet east of the eastern line of Allen street; thence northwardly 
 parallel with and 150 feet east of the eastern line of Allen street to the 
 alley about 120 feet south of Fritz street; thence eastwardly parallel 
 willi and 120 feet south of the south line of Fritz street to the west line 
 of Virginia street; thence northwardly along the western line of Virginia 
 street to a point in line with the northern line of Powell Street projected 
 which line is about 75 feet south of the south line of Fritz street; thence 
 eastwardly parallel with the northern line of Powell street to a point 
 150 feet west of the west line of Mitchell street or Lamb avenue; thence 
 southwardly to the northern line of Bacon Quarter branch ; thence along 
 the northern line of said Bacon Quarter branch in an eastwardly direc- 
 tion to the western line of Seventh street; thence in a dired line to a 
 point 150 feet north of the present corporation line; thence eastwardly 
 parallel with and 150 feet north of the present corporation line to a point 
 150 feet east of the eastern line (.1' Seventeenth street; thence south- 
 wardly parallel with and 150 feel east of the eastern line of Seventeenth 
 street to a point distant 150 bet north of Fairfield avenue; thence in an 
 eastwardly direction parallel with and 150 feet north of Fairfield avenue 
 to a point in line with the eastern line of a 40-fooi street (net named) 
 parallel to and east of Buchanan street; thence in a southwardly direc-
 
 16 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 tion to a point 1 50 feet south of Accommodation street; thence in an 
 eastwardly direction 150 feet south of Accommodation street extended, 
 to a point L50 feet north of Eedd street, projected; thence in a south- 
 eastward!}' din ction parallel with and 150 feet north of Eedd street to the 
 east line of Mechanicsville turnpike; thence in a northwardly direction 
 along the eastern line of Mechanicsville turnpike to the north boun- 
 dary line of town of Fairmount; thence in an eastwardly direction fol- 
 lowing the said northern boundary line of town of Fairmount to the cen- 
 ter of Twenty-second street; thence in an eastwardly direction parallel 
 with and 150 feet north of "V" street to a point 150 feet east of Twenty- 
 third street; thence in a southwardly direction parallel with and 150 
 feet easl of Twenty-third street to a point 150 feet north of that section 
 of "T" street east of Twenty-sixth; thence in an eastwardly direc- 
 tion parallel with the eastern section of "T" street to a point 150 feet 
 north of "T" street and to a point 150 feet north of the Nine Mile road; 
 thence in an eastwardly direction parallel with and 150 feet north of the 
 Nine Mile road to a point 150 feet north of "TJ" street, projected; thence 
 in a scmtheast\vardly direction parallel with and 150 feet north of "TJ" 
 street to the west line of Thirtieth street (designated on the accompanying 
 ma]) as S. 48° 25' E. ) ; thence continuing in a southeastwardly direction 
 on a line designated a S. 45° 45' E. for a distance of 2,069 feet to the 
 'line of property of Grimmell's estate; thence following along the line of 
 the said Grimmell's estate on a line designated as S. 44° 02' E. for a dis- 
 tance of 368 feet to the Oakwood cemetery property; thence following the 
 western, northern and eastern lines of the Oakwood cemetery property 
 to the county road in front of the said Oakwood cemetery; thence in a 
 southwardly direction crossing the said county road to the southern line 
 of a street laid down on the accompanying map as McCarthy street; 
 thence in a westwardly direction along the southern line of the said Mc- 
 Carthy sireet to the western line of Canepa street; thence in a south- 
 wardly direction along the western line of Canepa street projected to a 
 point distant 150 feet south of Gillie's creek; thence in a southwest- 
 ward lv direction parallel with and 150 feet south of Gillie's creek to a 
 point on the south line of the National cemetery road; thence along the 
 south line of the National cemetery road in an eastwardly direction to 
 it about 750 feet east of the eastern line of Malone street; thence 
 along a line parallel with and about 750 feet east of Malone street to a 
 point 15ii feci south of Williamsburg avenue; thence in a westwardly 
 direction parallel with and 150 feet south of Williamsburg avenue to a 
 point 150 feet east of the eastern line of Scott street; thence southwardly 
 parallel with and 150 feet east of Scott street to a point 150 feet south 
 of the southern line of Potomac street, projected; thence in a westwardly 

 
 CHAPTER 1. 17 
 
 direction parallel .with and 150 feet south of Potomac street to a point 
 150 feet west of the western line of Tenth street (Fulton) ; thence in 
 a northwardly direction parallel with and 150 feet west of Tenth street 
 (Fulton) to a point 150 feet south of Williamsburg avenue; thence in 
 a northwardly direction parallel with and 150 feet west of Williamsburg 
 avenue to the present corporation line, 150 feet south of Orleans street ; 
 thence following along the present eastern corporation line of the city of 
 Eichmond to the point of beginning. 
 
 2. The charter of the said city of Manchester is hereby surrendered 
 and annulled, and the charter and seal of the said city of Eichmond, is 
 hereby adopted as and for the charter and seal of the consolidated muni- 
 cipality. 
 
 3. The said city of Manchester doth hereby grant and convey, as- 
 sign, transfer, and set over unto the said city of Eichmond, the consoli- 
 dated municipality, all its charter rights, privileges, duties, powers, ob- 
 ligations, properties, interests and jurisdiction; and the said city of 
 Echmond, the consolidated municipality, hereby accepts and assumes the 
 said rights, duties, powers, obligations, properties, interests, claims, de- 
 mands, privileges, and jurisdictions, together with all valid debts and 
 liabilities, of the said city of Manchester, due and to become due up to 
 and including the day on which the said annexation or consolidation shall 
 take effect. 
 
 4. The said city of Manchester shall be, and is hereby, declared and 
 ordained to be a ward of the consolidated municipality with all the privi- 
 leges, or incidents which adhere or appertain to a ward, under the char- 
 ter and ordinances of the consolidated municipality and under the laws 
 of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and shall be known as '-Washington 
 ward, of the city of Eichmond." 
 
 5. The council of the consolidated municipality (each branch thereof 
 acting separately) shall at its first session after consolidation shall take 
 effect, elect from the qualified persons, residing in said Washington 
 ward, members to represent said ward, in each branch respectively, of 
 said council, giving the same representation in each branch of said coun- 
 cil, to said Washington ward, as is or shall be enjoyed by the other wards 
 of the consolidated municipality, determining the long and short term 
 members by lot, and the members so elected shall serve until their suc- 
 
 irs are chosen and shall qualify in due course of law. 
 
 6. The following city officers and officers of the city of Munch 
 
 are hereby abolished, by virtue of section 20, sub-division sixth, of the 
 act of assembly, aforesaid, and the salaries or other compensation there- 
 of, if any there be, are hereby abolished and terminated along with the 
 office or officers, to which the same may be attached; provided, however,
 
 18 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 that the abolition of said offices and the termination of said salaries shall 
 only upon condition that the consolidation herein provided for 
 shall be consummated in the manner prescribed by law, and upon and 
 after the day upon which such consolidation shall legally take effect, to- 
 wn : the office and salary or other compensation of mayor, or councilman 
 (by which term it is intended to include both members of the board of 
 aldermen and of the city assembly) of fire commissioner, of police com- 
 fche board of fire commissioners, and the board of police 
 commissioners, of member of the hoard of health, the hoard of health, 
 and the office of president thereof, of commissioner of. and the commis- 
 sioner James River Bridge Company, water commissioner and 
 board of water commissioners. All other officers of the present city of 
 Manchester, elective or appointive, whose terms of office would otherwise 
 be cu1 off, or interrupted by the consolidation of the said cities of Rich- 
 mond and Manchester, are hereby continued in office and retained as 
 officers of the consolidated municipality until the expiration of their re- 
 spective terms, with the several titles assigned them by section sixteen 
 of this ordinance: and the salaries or compensation now attached to their 
 live offices, as specified in said section sixteen of this ordinance, 
 shall be and are hereby guaranteed to them, and shall be paid them regu- 
 larly in monthly installments until the expiration of their respi 
 terms of office, but said officers so retained are hereby transferred to and 
 shall be employed under the direction and supervision of the heads of 
 ponding departments of the government of the united or con- 
 solidated municipality, to which they nominally, or if classified by the 
 character of their respective duties, naturally belong. Such officers, if 
 any. who are Dot expressly abolished by this ordinance, or whose salaries 
 are not provided for in section sixteen of same, are retained until the 
 end of their respective terms of office, with their respective salaries or 
 i unimpaired. 
 
 There shall be an assistant Commonwealth's attorney for the con- 
 solidated municipality, and the Commonwealth'- attorney of the city of 
 Manchester, who is in office, when consolidation shall take effect is hereby 
 inuetl as such assistant for the term for which he was elected, and 
 until his successor shall qualify. And the city attorney, who is in office 
 when consolidation shall r. shall also he continued in office as 
 
 an assistant to the city attorney of the consolidated municipality for the 
 term for which he was elected. They shall each during the continuance 
 of their term, rei annual salary or allowance prescribed by section 
 
 sixteen of this ordinal' 
 
 ■• The said city of Manchester shall not from the tune when con- 
 dation shall have taken effect, create any further debt, nor levy any 
 lUrl nts or licenses upon person or property.
 
 CHAPTER 1. 19 
 
 8. The transfer of all former funds and the payment of nil outstand- 
 ing dues, revenues, debts and obligations to and by the consolidated muni- 
 cipality, is hereby ordained and required, as the said act of the general 
 assembly provides. 
 
 !). Until the day appointed for the consolidation herein ordained to 
 take effect, the expenses of the said city of Manchester, and of the 
 maintenance of its public schools, shall lie paid in the manner and out 
 of the funds as now provided for in the charter and ordinances of the 
 said city, but on and after -aid day, the said expenses, including all un- 
 satisfied budget or other appropriation-, then unsatisfied, in whole or 
 in part, whether to the school hoard of the said city, the committees of 
 its council, or other, shall fall upon and he paid out of. the treasury of 
 the consolidated municipality, in the manner provided for similar pay- 
 ments by the ordinances id' the said municipality. And if shall he the 
 duty of the finance and other committees of the council of the said city 
 of Manchester, prior to the clay on which consolidation shall become finally 
 effective, to audit all hills, outstanding, against the said city at the time 
 consolidation shall take effect, properly pertaining to their several de- 
 partments, and certify them to the proper officer or department of the 
 iliclated municipality for payment. 
 
 in. The school board of the consolidated municipality, with the 
 superintendent of schools thereof, shall constitute its department of edu- 
 cation and adequate school facilities lor both white and colored children 
 shall he provided, and maintained therein, as well within the present 
 territorial limit- of the -aid city of Manchester, as within those of the 
 city of Richmond. 
 
 The teachers employed in the existing schools of the said city of 
 Manchester, when consolidation take.- ill he and become teachers 
 
 of the school system of the consolidated municipality, and their com- 
 pensation shall he fixed upon the same basis and determined by the same 
 rules as the other teacher- thereof; and their length of service in the 
 schools of the said city of Manchester, shall he reckoned in fixing their 
 grade and compensation as teachers in the schools of the consolidated 
 municipality, as far as under the presenl school system of the said city 
 of Richmond, it may legitimately effect the same, with the same force 
 and effect, as if such service had beon rendered in the schools of the 
 latter city. 
 
 The superintendent of schools and the school trustees of the said 
 city of .Manchester, who are in office when consolidation shall take effect, 
 shall he and are hereby continued in office and in their official duties, for 
 the farms for which they were severally elected or appointed, with the 
 tries and compensation allowed them by law: provided, however, that 
 the superintendent of schools of the -aid city of Manchester shall he sub-
 
 20 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 ordinate to and shall act as the assistant of the superintendent of schools 
 of the consolidated municipality, and shall have no duties or authority 
 except in relation to the schools within the territory of the said city of 
 Manchester; and provided, further, that the school trustees of the said 
 city of Munch. .ill likewise he confined in their duties and au- 
 
 thority to the schools in said territory; and provided further, that upon 
 ,n !i. resignation or expiration of the terms of office of the said 
 superintendent and school trustees of the said city of Manchester, the 
 school system in the said city shall, in all respects, he absorbed in and 
 ilidated with the school system of the consolidated municipality. 
 
 11. 'I'hc char he said city of Richmond, and the ordinances 
 
 made in pursuance thereof, relating to a police force, a 
 fire department, a hoard of health, for the care id' public grounds and 
 buildings, relating in streets and sewers, the maintenance of a depart- 
 ment of water and of light, and for the care of the poor, shall govern the 
 consolidated municipality; provided, however, that an adequate system <>f 
 ■fire protection shall lie established and maintained within the limits of 
 tin' -aid city of Manchester, ami that the members of the police and 
 ipartments of the said city of Manchester, shall upon consolidation 
 of the two cities, he and become members of (ho police and fire depart- 
 ments, respectively, of the consolidated municipality, and entitled to 
 the same compensation, and to all the rights and prhileges of such, their 
 respective rank, titles, duties and powers remaining unchanged, how- 
 ever, until the governing authorities thereof otherwise provide. 
 
 And it is further provided that the age of such retained members of 
 the fire and police departments shall not he a bar to reappointment at 
 the expiration of their terms current, when consolidation becomes 
 tive, unless it would be a har under I of the police or fire depart- 
 
 ment, to all members of similar age, in -aid departments. 
 
 Provided, further, that the present water system of the said city of 
 Manchester, including its filtering plant, shall be maintained in good 
 and si idition. and operated by the municipality and water 
 
 furnished therefrom continuously, as at present, to all takers within the 
 limits of the said city of Manchester, at rates not higher than those 
 charged to other citizens of the consolidated municipality, until such time 
 consolidated municipality shall furnish water of sufficient quantity 
 and of as pure and clear quality from other sources. Should the com 
 solidated municipality at any time empty any portion of its sewage into 
 the dames river, at any point above the intake pipe of the present water 
 system of the -aid city of Manchester, then said pipe or pipes shall he ex- 
 tended sufficiently far up the said river, to protect the water of the sail 
 city of Manchester, from all danger of pollution from such sewage, and 
 such extension of the intake pipe, as herein provided for shall he made
 
 CHAPTER 1. 21 
 
 before the said consolidated municipality shall empty any portion of its 
 sewage into the James river, above the intake pipe of the present water 
 system, as aforesaid; provided, further, that the present territorial 
 limits of the said city of Manchester, shall be supplied upon and imme- 
 diately following consolidation, with not less than one hundred (100) 
 arc-lights, of 1,200 indicated candle-power, each, for street lighting pur- 
 poses, to be located at such points as may be determined by the council of 
 the consolidated municipality, to be permanently maintained at its ex- 
 pense, which number shall be increased as the future growth and devel- 
 opment of said territory may reasonably demand. 
 
 Provided, further, that within two years next after consolidation shall 
 take effect, gas shall be distributed in mains throughout the territorial 
 limits of the said city of Manchester, as far as the council of the consoli- 
 dated municipality deems practicable and reasonable, and furnished to 
 takers at rates charged other consumers within the consolidated munici- 
 pality. 
 
 Provided, further, that until such time as the consolidated munici- 
 pality shall provide a sewer system within the territorial limits of the 
 Baid city of Manchester, capable of taking off the surface drainage as 
 well as house drainage, no sewer-tax shall be imposed upon persons or 
 property within said limits under section thirty of chapter thirty-eight 
 of the Richmond City Code 1899, or other similar ordinances, and that 
 section thirty of chapter thirty-eight of the said City Code 1899, be, and 
 the same is hereby, to that extent, amended and declared of no effect; 
 but as storm or trunk sewers and street catch basins are installed in the 
 streets within said territorial limits, or the present sewers within said 
 limits are made available for purposes of such drainage, as well as house 
 drainage, then, and in that event, the property abutting said sewers, or 
 within the area drained thereby, shall become subjected to sewer-tax, as 
 provided in said section thirty of chapter thirty-eight or other ordi- 
 nances of the consolidated municipality. 
 
 12. The jail of the said city of Manchester shall be converted into 
 and suitably maintained and used as a place of detention of persons ar- 
 rested for offences committed within the territorial limits of the said 
 city, until they have been tried or examined by the police court, Part II, 
 of the consolidated municipality. 
 
 13. The records and papers of the council of the said city of Manches- 
 ter, of the mayor of the said city, all deeds to the said city of Manchester, 
 and such other public records and papers, except records of the present 
 mayor's court, of said city, which shall appertain and belong to the police 
 court, Part II, of the consolidated municipality, and the records of the 
 hustings court, Part II, and its clerk's office, mentioned in section seven- 
 teen, sub-division (g) of this ordinance, and those pertaining to Maury
 
 22 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 cemetery, as may be necessary for the^proper government of the consoli- 
 dated municipality, shall be transferred and delivered to the appropriate 
 officer, or head of department thereof, as soon as may be after consolida- 
 tion shall lake effect, or upon the written request of such officer or head 
 of department. 
 
 1 l. Such justices of the peace and constables as are in office, when 
 lidation shall take effect, shall be continued in office, until the expi- 
 ration of the several terms for which they were elected or appointed, and 
 shall be vested with the same rights, powers, duties and jurisdictions, as 
 if they were severally elected or appointed, in and for the consolidated 
 municipality, and shall receive the same fees or other compensation. 
 
 |.y All registrars and judges and clerks of election of the said city of 
 Manchester are hereby continued in office, for the terms for which they 
 were severally appointed, subjeci to the control of and removal by the 
 er authority, and shall receive the compensation allowed them by 
 law. They shall hold, conduct and certify all elections during their con- 
 tinuance in office, as if no consolidation had taken place, except so far as 
 a change in the name of their city, or of the corporation court of their 
 city or of their respective wards or precincts shall require a change in 
 their official titles, acts or certificates. 
 
 The present wards of the said city of Manchester (four in number) 
 shall lie and are hereby abolished and consolidated into one ward, to be 
 known as "Washington ward*' of the city of Richmond, and until the 
 various precincts of the said several wai'i\> shall be rearranged by the 
 council, the said wards of the said city of Manchester shall he, and are, 
 hereby converted into and declared to be so many precincts of said Wash- 
 ington ward, to be known as First precinct, Second precinct. Third pre- 
 cinct, and Fourth precinct, corresponding both in boundaries and in 
 number to the present wards of said city of Manchester. 
 
 The duties of the electoral board and of the commissioner of elec- 
 tion of the said city of Manchester, shall devolve upon and be performed 
 by the electoral hoard and the commissioners of election, respectively, of 
 •nsolidated municipality, after consolidation; and the returns of all 
 elections shall be made to the clerk of the present hustings court of the 
 said city of Richmond, on and after the day when consolidation shall 
 take effect. 
 
 16. The salaries and the average annual compensation of all officers of 
 the city of Manchester, who are retained in office by this ordinance, and 
 who are paid salaries, or whose compensation is determined in whole or 
 111 l ,arl - ]l missions, allowed by law, are hereby ascertained 
 
 and fixed at the several sums hereinafter set forth, which shall be paid 
 to them by the consolidated municipality, in equal monthly installments
 
 CHAPTER 1. 23 
 
 during the term of office for which they were severally elected or ap- 
 pointed, that is to say : 
 
 (a) Judge of the corporation court as judge of the hustings court of 
 the city of Richmond, Tart II; salary, $2,750.00. 
 
 (b) Clerk of the Corporation court, as clerk of the said hustings court, 
 Pari II; salary, $450.00; fees, $1,350.00, or a total of $1,800.00. 
 
 (e) Sergeant of the city, as sergeant of (lie said hustings court, Part 
 alary, $610.00; fees and commissions, $980.00; total. $1,590.00, 
 
 (d) Treasurer, as deputy of the treasurer of the city of Richmond; 
 salary, $1,100.00; commissions, $1,520.00; total of $2,920.00, which shall 
 include allowance for clerk's hire, it any. 
 
 (e i Auditor, as an assistant to the auditor of the city of Richmond; 
 salary, $925.00. 
 
 ( f) Assistant city clerk, as such assistant, salary of $600.00. 
 
 (g) Special city collector, as special assistant city collector; eom- 
 frrissions, $1,500.00, which shall include allowance for deputy, if any. 
 
 ill) Commissioner id' the revenue, a- deputy commissioner of the re- 
 venue- salary, $800.00; fees, $1,000.00; total, $1,800.00, which shall in- 
 clude allowance for clerk's hire, if any. 
 
 (i) Commonwealth's attorney, as assistant Commonwealth's attorney; 
 salary, $400.00; fees, $260.00; a total of $660.00. 
 
 (j) City attorney, as an assistant city attorney; salary, $900.00. 
 
 (k) City engineer, as an assistant city engineer; salary, $1,200.00; 
 fees. $100.00; total, $1,300.00. 
 
 (I) Superintendent of water works, as assistant superintendent of 
 waier works: salary. $1,080.00. 
 
 (in) Clerk of board of water commissioners, as clerk in the water de- 
 partment: salary, $900.00. 
 
 (n) Superintendent of Maury cemetery, as such $900.00, which shall 
 include compensation for his services ;is superintendent of almshouse, to 
 the end of his present term as such superintendent unless the council 
 abolishes that office sooner. 
 
 (o) City physician, as a district physician; salary, $900.00. 
 
 (p) President of the board of health, as an assistani of the chief health 
 officer of the city of Eichmond : salary, $100.00 ; fees. $7.00 : total, $107.00. 
 
 (<l) Superintendent of schools, as the assistant of the superintendent 
 of schools of the city of Richmond ; salary, $480.00. 
 
 (r) High constable, as a deputy high constable, the U^< now allowed 
 him by law. 
 
 (s) Chief of police as a captain of police, one sergeant of police and 
 five privates of the police force. The compensation of these officers, with 
 that of the firemen, consisting of six call-men, five substitutes, two sta- 
 tion-men, an assistant chief and a chief, shall he as fixed by section eleven
 
 04 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 of this ordinance, the amounts paid the like officials of Richmond forces 
 of corresponding rank; provided, however, that the chief and assistant 
 chief of the fire department shall receive the pay they now receive unless 
 and until assigned to a different rank in that department of the consoli- 
 date] municipality. 
 
 (i) Coroner, as assistant coroner, whose duties shall he confined to 
 iuth side of the dames river, unless otherwise ordered by the coro- 
 city of Richmond, fees allowed by law. 
 
 (ii) Justices of the peace, as such, the fees allowed by law. 
 
 (v) Such assessors of land for the city of Manchester as provided by 
 chapter twenty-three of the Code of Virginia, as are in office at the time 
 of consolidation, shall he retained in office until the completion of their 
 duties, and shall be paid by the city of Richmond for their services such 
 compensation as has been agreed to be paid by the city of Manchester. 
 
 (w) Twelve (12) school trustees, each twenty dollars ($20.00) per 
 annum ; total, $240.00. 
 
 Provided, however, that all such officers shall be entitled to and shall 
 continue to collect such salaries, fees and commissions, as can be charged 
 and collected by them, according to law, and provided that such salaries, 
 fees and commissions so chargeable, and that are collectible by them shall 
 be a credit upon the amount hereinbefore allowed them, as and for their 
 average annual compensation, and the monthly installments of such com- 
 pensation, to be paid them respectively shall be reduced by the salaries, 
 fees and commissions that are so chargeable and collected or collectible, 
 which salaries, fees and commissions, shall be set forth in a written and 
 signed statement showing the salaries, fees or commissions chargeable 
 and collected, or non-collectible, which shall be filed each month with 
 luditor of the consolidated municipality, who shall thereupon make 
 out his warrant upon the treasurer of the said consolidated municipality, 
 for the balance of the said monthly installment, so shown to be due — 
 the intention of this provision being to secure the payment to the said 
 rs of an amount, which shall be at least equal to their average an- 
 nual compensation, as above ascertained in equal monthly installments; 
 provided, however, that all such officers shall account to the auditor for, 
 and pay over to the treasurer of the consolidated municipality, any excess 
 of such fees or commissions, collected or collectible in any month over 
 and above the. monthly installment of the average annual compensation 
 hereinbefore ascertained, thus guaranteed. 
 
 »uld any of the said officers who are transferred or assigned to duty 
 
 in the consolidated municipality as aforesaid, before the expiration of his 
 
 term of office, current when consolidation shall take effect, be removed 
 
 'i in due form, for good cause, personal to himself, then, and in such 
 
 ■ his right to the salary or compensation hereby secured to him,
 
 CHAPTER 1. 35 
 
 shall continue until the expiration of his said term, notwithstanding 
 such removal. 
 
 17. This consolidation ordinance is agreed upon and adopted by the 
 councils of the said cities of Richmond and Manchester upon the follow- 
 in-; terms and conditions, in addition to those hereinbefore set out, 
 to-wit : 
 
 (a) The consolidated municipality shall be governed by the chai 
 
 the city of Richmond, hereinbefore adopted, and by the ordinances of 
 the said cities, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the fact of con- 
 solidation, or with any of the terms or pn of this ordinance, or 
 with the aforesaid act of assembly "of March 15, 1906; provided, however, 
 that in case of conflict between the ordinances of the two cities, the ordi- 
 nances of the city of Richmond shall prevail. And provided further 
 that any of the said ordinances of either of said cities may be amended, 
 or repealed at any time by the council of the consolidated municipality, 
 save in so far as they may be embodied in and made part of the terms 
 or conditions of this ordinance. 
 
 (b) The consolidated municipality shall construct and maintain a 
 modern and up-to-date bridge, either on the site of the present Mayo 
 bridge, across the James river, or so near thereto as to afford direct con- 
 nection between Hull street of the said city of Manchester, and Four- 
 teenth street of the said city of Richmond. The said bridge shall have 
 a roadbed not less than forty feet (40) in width, and shall be free to 
 all persons using the same, except transportation and transn om- 
 panies. The site for the said bridge shall be ai and the work of 
 actual construction of said bridge shall be begun at the earliest practi- 
 cable date, not later than twelve months after consolidation shall take 
 effect, and when so begun shall be pushed to completion with all reason- 
 able dispatch. 
 
 (c) The consolidated municipality shall maintain and keep open, and 
 in suitable and adequate condition for pedestrians, vehicles and street 
 railways the present free bridge between said cities of Richmond and 
 Manchester. 
 
 (d) The ordinances of the said city of Richmond and of the consoli- 
 dated municipality prohibiting the establishment of plant- and the L< i 
 tion of tanks for the storage and distribution of oils and- grease, shall not 
 apply to, and shall be and are hereby so far amended as not to be effec- 
 tive within that part of the territorial limits of the said city of Man- 
 chester, which lies between Porter street on the west, James river on the 
 north, and the present corporation line of the city of Manchester on the 
 east, and Seventh street on the south. 
 
 (e) The consolidated municipality shall establish and permanently 
 maintain within the present territorial limits of the city of Manchester,
 
 26 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 an office, at which all taxes and other public dues, including fines for 
 the violation of ordinances, collectible within the said limits, shall be 
 paid. The taxes and revenues herein provided to be paid at the said 
 office as aforesaid shall include receipts from Maury cemetery, receipts 
 from water and gas used in the city of Manchester, city fines, and all 
 taxes, licenses, receipts, revenues, incomes and moneys, whether arising 
 within or without the limits of the present city of Manchester, which 
 would be collectible by the said city of Manchester, but for such consoli- 
 dation, and which are, actually collected, and including receipts for water 
 and gas payable to the water and gas departments of the city of Rich- 
 mond, in the event that the residents of the territorial limits of the pre- 
 sent city of Manchester are supplied with water and gas by those respec- 
 tive departments of the city of Richmond. And shall designate one or 
 more city ors for municipal funds within the same; provided, 
 
 however, that all taxes, licenses and levies or assessments for the year, 
 in which consolidation is effective, shall be collectible and payable accord- 
 ing to the provisions of existing laws. 
 
 (f) Thirty per centum gross of all incomes and revenues derived by 
 the city of Richmond from persons, property and licenses within the 
 
 it territorial limits of the city of Manchester, that is, thirty per 
 centum gross of all receipts from Maury cemetery, receipts from water 
 used in the city of Manchester, city fines, and all taxes, licenses, receipts, 
 revenues, income and moneys, whether arising within or without the 
 limits of the present city of Manchester, which would be collectible by 
 the said city of Manchester, but for such consolidation, and which are 
 actually collected and including receipts for water, payable to the water 
 department of the city of Richmond, in the event that the residents of 
 the territorial limits of the present city of Manchester, are supplied with 
 water by the said department of the city of Richmond, but not including 
 pts from gas when supplied, shall he annually expended upon ami 
 applied to street improvements within the said limits tor a period of five 
 year- ne\i after the date when annexation shall become effective. The 
 said street improvements shall include curbing, guttering and roadbed 
 improvement, hut shall not include sewers, culverts or catch-basins, 
 such as a majority of the representatives in the council of the city of 
 Richmond, representing the said Washington ward therein, shall pre- 
 scribe and direct, subject in all cas- n\ to the approval of the 
 council of the said city of Richmond. 
 
 (g) The corporation court of the said city of Manchester, shall be 
 an(1 i s heri tnanently retained and continued as a court of the con- 
 solidated municipality, and shall be clothed with and continue to exer- 
 cise ,l "' same powers and jurisdiction, civil and criminal, and as a court 
 of probate and registry, which it now possesses, with the additional pow-
 
 CHAPTER 1. 27 
 
 ers and jurisdiction conferred by the aforesaid act of assembly, and 
 including appellate jurisdiction, as allowed and regulated by law, to the 
 police court, Part II, of the consolidated municipality. The clerk of the 
 said court shall, however, certify each day to the clerk of the chancery 
 court of the city of Richmond — the consolidated municipality, a full and 
 correct index of all matters admitted to record therein, required by law to 
 be recorded, for which, in addition to his other compensation, he shall be 
 paid out of the treasury of the consolidated municipality, the fees al- 
 lowed by law for other certificates. All matters so certified shall be en- 
 tered by the clerk of the said chancery court in appropriate books, prop- 
 erly marked, and designated as records of Part II of the court of records 
 of the city of Richmond, for which he shall receive like fees. The said 
 corporation court shall be designated as "hustings court of the city of 
 Richmond, Part II," and the city §ergeant of the said city of Manchester, 
 and the clerk of the said court shall continue in office as clerk and ser- 
 geant of the said hustings court, Part II, until the expiration of their 
 respective terms of office, and thereafter until the election and qualifica- 
 tion of their successors, as prescribed in the aforesaid act of assembly. 
 A janitor shall also he provided for the said court, who shall also act as 
 janitor of the police court, Part II, of the consolidated municipality, and 
 such deputies also to the said sergeant, shall be provided as the public 
 service may demand. All process issuing from the said court, shall be 
 directed to the sergeant of the city of Richmond, and shall be executed 
 by the sergeant of the said court, with full legal force and effect. The 
 sessions of the said hustings court, Part II, shall be held within the 
 present territorial limits of the said city of Manchester. 
 
 (h) In addition to the number of licenses for the manufacture or sale 
 of ardent spirits allowed by law, at present within the limits of the said 
 city of Richmond, there shall be allowed within the territorial limits of 
 the said city of Manchester upon consolidation, twenty-two such licenses. 
 Should the number of licenses be reduced by the consolidated municipal- 
 ity, then those within .the territorial limits of the said city of Manchester, 
 shall be reduced only in fair proportion to the reduction in the remainder 
 of the consolidated municipality. 
 
 And the ordinances of the said city of Richmond, and of the consoli- 
 dated municipality, so far as they are, or would otherwise be in conflict 
 with the provisions of this section, shall be and are hereby declared not 
 applicable within the said territorial limits of the city of Manchester, 
 and shall be and are hereby amended to that extent. 
 
 (i) The said city of Richmond— the consolidated municipality — hereby 
 assumes, from and after the day when consolidation shall take effect, 
 the bonded indebtedness of the city of Manchester, with all of its other
 
 28 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 debts, liabilities, and obligations of every character, including its budget 
 and other appropriations for the fiscal year current when consolidation 
 . shall take eil'ect, whether to the school board of the said city of Manches- 
 ter, the committee of its council, or other; and from and after the said 
 day, accepts and takes over all property and assets of the said city of 
 Manchester, including its sinking fund or funds; and said property 
 assets, and sinking funds shall be and ipso fori" become the property of 
 the consolidated municipality, and shall thereafter be held in its name 
 and for its account.' The said sinking fund or funds shall remain 
 charged, however, in the hands of the consolidated municipality, with the 
 particular trusts or uses, to which they are devoted at present, and shall 
 be kept separate and apart from other funds of the consolidated munici- 
 pality, as they are now required to be by the ordinances of the said city of 
 Manchester. 
 
 (k) There shall be a police court, which shall he held by a police jus- 
 tier, within the former territory of the city of Manchester, which shall be 
 known as the police court, Part II, of the city of Richmond; provided, 
 however, that the mayor of the pres< of Manchester shall be and 
 
 become the police justice, designated for the trial of cases, civil and 
 criminal, arising within the former territory of his cit} r , to serve as such 
 until the expiration of the term for which he was elected mayor, and 
 during such term shall receive a salary as such justice, which shall not 
 he Less than one thousand dollars per annum. His term of office and the 
 salary of his successors -hall he determined as provided by the said act 
 of assembly, and hi- powers, duties and jurisdiction shall he such as are 
 sd in the police justice by said act, or in the mayor by the existing 
 ordinances of the city of Manchester, as the same may he amended. Such 
 appeals as are allowed by law to the judgments of the said police jus- 
 tice shall he to the hustings court of the city of Richmond, Part II. 
 
 (1) The annexation or consolidation herein ordained shall take effect 
 at twelve o'clock noon, on the eleventh day next after the corporation 
 court of the said city of Manchester, or the judge of the said court in 
 vacation, shall enter the order prescribed in section eighteen of the afore- 
 said act of assembly. 
 
 18. Be it, however, further and finally ordained, that the annexation 
 or consolidation ordained and provided for in and by this ordinance shall 
 take effect only upon condition that this ordinance is ratified by the duly 
 re-jeered and qualified voters of the said city of Manchester, at an elec- 
 tion to he held in that city for the purpose, at the time and in the man- 
 ner prescribed by the aforesaid act of the assembly, or any amendment 
 thereof, that may bo enacted prior to the holding of such election; and 
 in case one-fourth of the qualified voters of the city of Richmond peti-
 
 CHAPTER 1. 29 
 
 tion the council of said city asking that an election be held therein for 
 the purpose, the said consolidation shall take effect only upon condition 
 that this ordinance is ratified by the duly registered and qualified voters 
 of the city of Richmond at an election held therein for that purpose in 
 the manner prescribed by law. 
 
 19. This ordinance shall take effect from its passage. 
 
 Adopted by the common council of the city of Richmond, Va., 
 February 24, 1910. Ayes, 22; noes, 11. Concurred in by the board of 
 aldermen of the city of Richmond, Va., March 3, 1910. Ayes, 12; noes, 7. 
 
 Approved by the mayor March 5, 1910.
 
 CHARTER 2. 31 
 
 CHAPTER 2. 
 
 CONCERNING THE WARDS OF THE CITY. 
 
 1. Marshall ward shall include all that territory within the corporate 
 limits of the city, as established December 6, 1906, lying east of a line 
 beginning at a point in the center of Twenty-seventh street at the cor- 
 poration line; thence southwardly along the center of Twenty-seventh 
 street to the center of Broad street; thence westwardly along the center 
 of Board street to the center of Twenty-sixth street ; thence southwardly 
 along the center of Twenty-sixth street to its terminus ; thence continu- 
 ing southwardly along the same straight line to a point in the corpora- 
 tion line on the southern shore of James river. (January 21, 1907.) 
 
 2. Jefferson ward shall include all that territory within the corporate 
 limits of the city, as established December 6, 1906, lying west of the 
 western boundary of Marshall ward, above described, and east of a line 
 beginning at a point in the center of the old Mechanicsville turnpike at 
 the corporation line; thence southwardly along the center of the old Me- 
 chanicsville turnpike or Mosby street to the center of Carrington street; 
 thence westwardly along the center of Carrington street to a point oppo- 
 site the center of Eighteenth street extended to the center of Carrington 
 street; thence southwardly along the projection of the center of 
 Eighteenth street and across private property to the head of Eighteenth 
 street at Venable street, and continuing southwardly along the center of 
 Eighteenth street to the center of Broad street; thence westwardly along 
 the center of Broad street to a point opposite the center of Fifteenth 
 street extended; thence southwardly along this projection and along the 
 center of Fifteenth street to its terminus; and thence continuing south- 
 wardly by the same straight line to a point in the corporation line on the 
 southern shore of James river. (January 21, 1907.) 
 
 3. Madison ward shall include all that territory within the corporate 
 limits of the city, as established December 6, 1906, lying west of the 
 western boundary of Jefferson ward, as above described, and east of a line 
 beginning at a point in the center of Seventh street or its former exten- 
 sion at the corporation line; thence southwardly along the center of 
 Seventh street or its former extension to the center of Duval street; 
 thence westwardly along the center of Duval street to the center of Filth 
 street; thence southwardlv alone: the center of Fifth street to its termi-
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 mis; and thence continuing southwardly by the same straight line to a 
 
 m the corporation line on the southern shore of James river. 
 
 !L L907.) 
 
 I_ jjonri , shall include all that territory within the corporate 
 
 l imits of 'lished December 6, 1906, lying west of the 
 
 ,, boundary of Madison ward, as above described, and east of a line 
 
 ining at a point in tlie center of St. James street at the corporation 
 
 outhwardly along the center of St. dames street to the 
 
 street; thence eastwardly along the center of Jackson 
 
 to I lie center of First street; thence southwardly along the center 
 
 of Fifth street to its terminus ; and thence continuing southwardly by the 
 
 same straight line to a point in the western boundary of Madison ward 
 
 in the bed of James river. (January 21, 1907.) 
 
 5. Henry ward shall include all that territory within the corporate 
 limits of the city, as established December 6, 1906, lying west of the 
 rn boundary of Monroe ward, as above described, and east of a line 
 beginning at a point in the center of Brook avenue at the corporation 
 line; thence southwardly along the center of Brook avenue to the center 
 of Mi eet; thence southwardly along the center of Monroe street 
 
 to the center of Broad street; thence westwardly along the center of 
 d street to the center of-Henr . thence southwardly along 
 
 the center of Iliim street to the center of Main street; thence westwardly 
 along the center of Main street to the center of Belvidere street; thence 
 southwardly along the center of Belvidere street to its terminus; thence 
 continuing southwardly by the same straight line to a point in the west- 
 ern boundary of Madison ward in the bed gf James river. (January 21, 
 1907.) 
 
 (>. Clay ward shall include all that territory within the corporate 
 limits of the city, as established December 6. 1906, lying west of the 
 n\ boundary of Henry ward, as above described, and south of a line 
 lining at the point of intersection of the center lines of Belvidere 
 and Main streets; thence northwardly along the center of Belvidere street 
 to the router of Franklin street; thence westwardly along the center of 
 Franklin street to the center of Laurel street; thence southwardly along 
 the center of Laurel street to the center of Park avenue; thence west- 
 wardly along the center of Park avenue to the center of Ivy street; 
 thence westwardly along the center of Ivy street in a straight line to a 
 point in the corporation line; the corporation line in the west from Ivy 
 streel to the northern shore of James river being the western boundary 
 of the aforesaid ward, and the corporation line in the south being the 
 southern boundary of the aforesaid ward. (January 21, 1907.)
 
 CHAPTEB 3, 33 
 
 7. Lee ward shall include all that territory within the corporate limits, 
 as established December 6, 1906, lying west of the western boundary of 
 Henry ward, as above described, and north of a Line beginning at a point 
 at the intersection of the center lines of Henry and Main streets; thence 
 westwardly along the center of Main street to the center of Belvidere 
 street; thence northwardly along the center of Belvidere street to the 
 center of Franklin street; thence westward]}- along the center of Franklin 
 street to the center of Laurel street; thence southwardly along the center 
 of Laurel street to the center of Park avenue; th -luardly along 
 the center of Park avenue to the center of Ivy street; thence westwardly 
 along the center of Ivy street in a straight line to the corporation line; 
 the corporation line of the city on the north and west being the oorthern 
 and western boundary of the said ward. (January 21, 1907.) 
 
 8. Washington ward shall include all that territory within the corpor- 
 ate limits of the city of Richmond, annexed thereto by the ordinance 
 approved March 5, 1910, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the west 
 shore of James river at the intersection of the corporation line of the city 
 of Richmond, with east corporation line of the city of Manchester; 
 thence along the said line in a southerly direction along the west margin 
 or bank of James river, approximately 730 feet; thence S. 77° W. ap- 
 proximately 350 feet; thence following a line three hundred (300) feet, 
 from and parallel with the natural margin or bank of James river, to the 
 southern boundary line of Maury street; thence along said line of Maury 
 street, to its intersection with the west rail of the Richmond and Peters- 
 burg railroad (Atlantic Coast Line railroad) ; thence to the point where 
 the Richmond and Danville (Southern railway) crosses Canoe run; 
 thence to a point opposite said crossing on the southern shore or margin 
 of James river, on the corporation line of the present city of Richmond; 
 thence in a westwardly direction along the southern margin of James 
 river to a point opposite the western line of Mount Calvary cemetery 
 property if projected, or the eastern line of Florida avenue (River View 
 tract) if projected; thence in a southeasterly direction along the southern 
 margin of James river to the beginning. (March 5, 1910.)

 
 CHAPTER 3. 35 
 
 CHAPTER 3. 
 
 CONCERNING ELECTION PRECINCTS IN THE SEVERAL WARDS. 
 
 1. The wards in the city of Richmond are hereby divided into election 
 precincts, bounded respectively as follows : 
 
 2. First Precinct, Clay }Yard. — Commencing at a point at the inter- 
 section of Park avenue and Walnut street; thence eastwardly along the 
 center of Park avenue to the center line of Laurel street; thence north- 
 wardly along the center line of Laurel street to the center line of Frank- 
 lin street; thence eastwardly along the center line of Franklin street 
 to the center line of Belvidere street ; thence southwardly along the center 
 line of Belvidere street to the center line of Cary street; thence west- 
 wardly along the center line of Cary street to the center line of Linden 
 street; thence northwardly along the center line of Linden street to the 
 center line of Main street; thence westwardly along the center line of 
 Main street to the center line of Walnut street or Allen avenue; thence 
 northwardly along the center line of Walnut street or Allen avenue to 
 the center line of Park avenue, to the point of beginning. (May 7, 
 1907.) 
 
 3. Second Precinct, Clay Ward. — Commencing at a point on the cor- 
 poration line on the south side of the James river in the center line of 
 Linden street, projected; thence northwardly along the center line of 
 Linden street to the center line of Main street ; thence westwardly along 
 the center line of Main street to the center line of Walnut street or Allen 
 avenue; thence southwardly along the center line of Walnut street or 
 Allen avenue to the center line of Cary street; thence eastwardly along 
 the center line of Cary street to the center line of Carter street; thence 
 southwardly along the center line of Carter street to the corporation 
 limits; thence eastwardly along the corporation limits to the east side 
 of Florida avenue; thence southwardly along the corporation line and 
 western line of Mount Calvary cemetery to the south side of the -lames 
 river; thence eastwardly along the corporation line (southern shore of 
 James river) to the center of Linden street, projected, the point of begin- 
 ning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 4. Third Precinct, Clay Ward. — Commencing at a point in the eastern 
 boundary of Monroe ward in James river where the center line of Belvi- 
 dere street, projected, intersects the said boundary of Monroe ward ;
 
 36 RICH MOND CI/TX CODE. 
 
 e northwardly along the center line of Belvidere street to the center 
 ary street.; thence westwardly along the center line of Cary 
 enter line of Linden si nee southwardly along the 
 
 Linden streel to its terminus; and thence in a straight line 
 e corporation line on the south side of the .lames river: thence east- 
 ward^ along the corporation line and the eastern boundary of Monroe 
 ward to the point of beginning. (May 7. l-»07.) 
 
 :.. Fourth Precinct, Clay Ward.— Commencing at the corporation line 
 in the center line of 1 nee eastwardly along th-, center line 
 
 eet to its connection with Park avenue; thence eastwardly along 
 enter line of Park avenue to the center line of Walnut street or 
 Allen avei outhwardly along the center line of Walnut street 
 
 or Allen avenue to the center line of Gary street: thence eastwardly along 
 enter line of Cary street to the center line of Carter street; thence 
 southwardly along the center line of Carter street to the corporation line; 
 thence westwardly along the southern corporation line to the point of the 
 ting of the western corporation line: thence northwardly following 
 the various direction- of the western corporation line to the point of be- 
 ginning. (May :, 1907.) 
 
 6. First Precinct, Lee Ward. — Commencing at the point of intersec- 
 tion of the center lines of Broad and Henry street- ; thence southwardly 
 along the center lines of Henry street to the center line of Main street; 
 ce westwardly along the center line of Main street to the center line of 
 Belvidere street: thence northwardly along the center line of Belvidere 
 to the center line of Franklin street; thence westwardly along the 
 r line of Franklin street to the center line of Laurel street; thence 
 southwardly along the center line of Laurel streel to the center line of 
 Park avenue; thence westwardly along the center line of Park avenue to 
 its intersection with the center line of Allen avenue: thence northwardly 
 along the center line of Allen avenue to the center line of Broad street; 
 thence eastwardly along the center line of Broad street to the point of 
 tning. (January 15, 1009.) 
 
 </ Precinct, Lee Ward. — Commencing at the point of inter- 
 section of the center lines of Broad and Monroe street-: thence north- 
 wardly along the center line of Monroe street to its intersection with the 
 center line of Brook avenue; thence northwardly along the center line of 
 . avenue to the corporation line; thence westwardly and southwardly 
 along the corporation line to the center line of Broad street; thence east- 
 wardly along the center line of 'Broad street to the point of beginning. 
 (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 8. Third Precinct Lee Ward.— Commencing at a point on the west- 
 ern corporation line at its intersection with the north line of Broad street
 
 CHAPTER 3. 37 
 
 read • thence eastwardly along the north line of Broad street road and 
 Broad street to the eastern boundary of the old Fair grounds; thence 
 southwardly to the center line of Broad street; thence eastwardly along 
 the center line of Broad street to its intersection with the center line of 
 Allen avenue; thence southwardly along the center line of Allen avenue 
 to the center line of Park avenue; thence westwardly along the center Line 
 of Park avenue to its intersection with the center line of Stuart avenue; 
 thence westwardly along the center line of Stuari avenue to the corpora- 
 tion line; thence northwardly along the corporation line to the point of 
 beginning. (January 15, 1909.) 
 
 9. First Precinct, Henri/ Ward. — Commencing at a point in James 
 river where the center line of First street projected, intersects the eastern 
 boundary of Monroe ward ; thence northwardly and along the center Line 
 of First street to the center line of Franklin street; thence westwardly 
 along the center line of Franklin street to the center line of Henry street; 
 thence southwardly along the center line of Henry street to the center 
 line of Main street; thence westwardly along the center line of Main 
 street to the center line of Belvidere street; thence' southwardly alo] 
 center line of Belvidere street to its terminus, and thence in the same 
 straight line to a point in the eastern boundary of Monroe ward in James 
 river; thence northwardly along the eastern boundary of Monroe ward in 
 James river to the point of beginning. (May ?, 1907.) 
 
 10. Second Precinct, Henry Ward. — Commencing at the point of in- 
 tersection of the center lines of First and Franklin streets; thence north- 
 wardly along the center line of First street to the center line of Clay 
 street; thence westwardly along the center line of Clay street to the 
 center line of .Monroe street; thence southwardly along the center line 
 of Monroe street to the center line of Broad street; thence westwardly 
 along the center line of Broad street to the center line of Henry street ; 
 thence southwardly along the center line of Henry street to the i 
 
 line of Franklin street; thence eastwardly along the center line of Frank- 
 lin street to the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 11. Third Precinct, Henry Ward. — Commencing at the point of inter- 
 section of the center lines of First and Clay streets; thence northwardly 
 along the center line of First street to the center line of Jackson street; 
 thence westwardly along the center line of Jackson street to the center 
 line of St. James street; thence northwardly along the center line of St. 
 James street to the corporation line; thence westwardly along the cor- 
 poration line to the center line of Brook avenue; thence southwardly 
 along the center line of Brook avenue to a point opposite the center line 
 of Monroe street; thence southwardly along the center line of Monroe
 
 38 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 street to the center line of Clay street; thence eastwardly along the center 
 if (May street to the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 12. First Precinct, Monroe Ward. — Commencing at a point in the 
 James river in the center Line of First street projected at the intersec- 
 tion with the center line of Fifth street projected; thence northwardly 
 and along the center line of First street to the center line of Main street; 
 thence eastwardly along the center line of Main street to the center line 
 f Fifth si southwardly along the center line of Fifth street 
 
 - terminus; and thence by the same straight line to the point of 
 aing. (May?, 1907.) 
 
 13. Precinct, Monroe Ward:— Commencing at the point of 
 intersection of center lines of Alain and First streets; thence north- 
 wardly along the center line of First street to the center line of Broad 
 
 ; thence eastwardly along the center line of Broad street to the 
 center line of Fifth street; thence southwardly along the center line of 
 Fifth street to the center line of Main streel : thence westwardly along 
 the center line of Main street to the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 14. Third Precinct, Monroe Ward. — Commencing at the point of in- 
 
 the center lines of Broad and First str< ace north- 
 
 wardly along the center line of Firsl street to the center line of Jackson 
 street; thence eastwardly along the center line of Jackson street to the 
 center line of Fifth street; thence southwardly along the center line of 
 Fifth street to the center line of Broad street; thence westwardly along 
 the center line of Broad street to the point jinning. (May 7, 
 
 1907.) 
 
 L5. Fourth Precinct, Monroe, Worth — Commencing at the point of in- 
 tion of the center lines of Jackson and Fifth streets; thence west- 
 wardly along the center line of Jackson street to the center line of St. 
 thence northwardly along the center line of Si. James 
 street to the corporation line; thence eastwardly along the corporation 
 line to a point opposite the center line of Seventh street extended; 
 e southwardly and along the center line of Seventh street to the 
 center line of Duval street; thence westwardly along the center line of 
 Duval street to the center line of Fifth street : thence southwardly along 
 the center of Fifth street to the point of beginning. (May 7. 1907.) 
 16. First Precinct, Madison W ard.-~ Commencing at a point at the in- 
 iion of the center lines of Marshall and Fifl . ; thence east- 
 
 wardly along the center line of Marshal] street to the center line of 
 t; thence northwardly along the center line of Twelfth 
 street to a point opposite the center line of Baker street extended; thence 
 ardly and along the center line of Baker street to the center line 
 of Seventh street; thence southwardly along the center line of Seventh
 
 CHAPTER 3. 39 
 
 street to the center line of Duval street; thence westwardly along the 
 center line of Duval street to the center line of Fifth street; thence south- 
 wardly along the center line of Fifth street to the point of beginning. 
 OMay 7, 1907.) 
 
 17. Second Precinct, Madison Ward. — Commencing al a poinl in the 
 corporation line on the south side of James river in the center Line of 
 Fifth street projected; thence northwardly and along the center line of 
 Fifth street to the center line of Marshall street; thence eastwardly along 
 the center line of Marshall street to the center line of Ninth si reel ; thence 
 southwardly along the center line of Ninth street to its terminus, and 
 thence by the same straight line to the corporation line on the southern 
 shore of James river; thence westwardly along the corporation line to 
 the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 18. Third Precinct, Madison Ward. — Commencing at a point on the 
 south side of James river on the corporation line in the center lii 
 Ninth street projected; thence northwardly and along the center line of 
 Ninth street to the center line of Marshall street; thence eastwardly 
 along the center line of Marshall street to the center line of Twelfth 
 street: thence southwardly along the center line of Twelfth street to the 
 center line of Broad street; thence eastwardly along the center line of 
 Broad street to a point opposite the center line of Fifteenth strei 
 tended; thence southwardly and along the center line of Fifteenth - 
 
 to its terminus, and thence by the same straight line to the corporation 
 line; thence westwardly along the corporation line on the south side of 
 James river to the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 19. Fourth Precinct, Madison Ward. — Commencing at the point of 
 intersection of the center lines of Twelfth and Broad streets; thence 
 northwardly along the center line of Twelfth street to a point opposite 
 the center line of Baker street extended; thence westwardly and along 
 the center line of Baker street to the center line of Seventh street: thence 
 northwardly along the center line of Seventh street to the corporation 
 line; thence eastwardly along and following the various directions of the 
 corporation line to its intersection with the center line of the Mechanics- 
 pile turnpike; thence southwardly along the center line of the Mechan- 
 icsville turnpike to its juncture with Moshy street; thence continuing 
 southwardly along the center line of Moshy street to the center line of 
 Carrington street; thence westwardly along the center line of Carrin 
 street to a point opposite the center line of Eighteenth street extended; 
 thence southwardly and along the center line of Eighteenth street to the 
 center line of Broad street; thence westwardly along the center line of 
 Broad street to the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.)
 
 jo RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 20. First Precinct, Jefferson Ward.— Commencing at a point on the 
 
 south side of James river in the center line of 
 .jeeted ; thence northwardly and along the center line 
 treel to the center line of Broad street; thence eastwardly 
 if Broad street to the center line of Eighteenth 
 11 v along the center line of Eighteenth street to 
 line of ! □ street; thence eastwardly along the center 
 
 i to the center line of Mosby street; thence north- 
 ward Lter line of Mosby street to the center line of 
 ardly along the center line of street to its intersec- 
 E Scott street; thence southwardly along the 
 r line of Scott street to its intersection with the center line of 
 Twenty-second street; I ontinuing southwardly along the center 
 line of T to the center line of Jefferson avenue; 
 thence westwardly along the center line of Jefferson avenue to the center 
 
 nee southwardly along the center line of 
 Twenty-first to ter line of Grace street; thence westwardly along 
 Grace street to ! : line of Twentieth street; 
 ithwardly along the center line of "■ th street to its ter- 
 minus; thence in the same straight line to a point in the corporation line 
 on th : <le of Jan rdly along the corpora- 
 tion ' inning. < May 7, 1907. ) 
 
 21. Second Precinct, Jefferson Ward- Commencing at a point in the 
 corporation line on the south side of James river in the center line of 
 Twentieth street projected; thence northwardly along the center line 'of 
 Twentieth stn I Le center line of Grace street; thence eastwardly 
 
 e center Line of Gr; I to the center Line of Twenty 
 
 hence northwardly along the center line of Twenty-first street 
 
 to the center Line o! Jefferson avenue; thence eastwardly along the center 
 
 on avenue to its intersection with the center line of Leigh 
 
 1 eastwardly along the center Line of Leigh street to the 
 
 ' lmr of Twenty i ventb streel ; thence southwardly along the center 
 
 ""Hi streel to the center line of Broad street; thence 
 
 center line of Broad street to it enter line of 
 
 ; thence southwardly along the center line of Twenty- 
 I to its terminus, and thence in the same straight line to the 
 11 the south side of James river; thence westwardly 
 along the corporation line to the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 Precinct, Jefferson Ward. -Commencing at the intersection 
 lines of the Mechanicsville turnpike and street; th. 
 
 line of street to its intersection with the 
 " lu '' Scot1 str eet; thence southwardly along the center line- of
 
 CHAPTER 3. 41 
 
 Scott street to its intersection with the center line of Twenty-second 
 street; thence southwardly aL center Line of Twenty-second streel 
 
 to the center line of Jefferson avenue; thence eastwardly along the center 
 line of Jefferson avenue to it tion with the center li 
 
 street; thence eastwardly along the center line of Leig i t to the 
 
 center line of Twenty-fourth street; tl rthwardly along the center 
 
 line of Twenty-fourth street to the center line of streel ; thence west- 
 wardly along the cent to the center line of Tulip 
 
 thence northwardly along the center line of Tulip street to its intersec- 
 tion with the center line of Twenty-- northwardly 
 along the center line of Twenty-second street to the corporation line, 
 thence westwardly along the corporation line to the center line of the 
 Mechanicsville turnpike; thence southwardly along the center line of the 
 Mechanicsville turnpike to the center line of street, the point of 1 
 ning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 23. Fourth Precinct, Jefferson Ward. — Commencing at the intersec- 
 tion of the center lines of Twenty-seventh and Leigh streets : thence v 
 wardly along the center line of heigh street to the center line of Twenty- 
 fourth street; thence northwardly along the center line of Twenty-fourth 
 
 et to the center line of street; thence westwardly along the center 
 line of street to the center line of Tulip street; thence northwardly 
 along the center line of Tulip street to its intersection with the center 
 line of Twenty-second street: thence northwardly along the center line 
 of Twenty-second street to the corporation line; thence eastwardly along 
 the various courses of the corporation line to the center line of Twenty- 
 nth street; thence southwardly along the center line of Twen 
 nth street to the center line of Leigh street, the point of beginning. 
 (May 7/1907.) 
 
 24. First Precinct, Marshall Want. — Commencing at a point in the 
 James river where the center line of Pear street intersects the eastern 
 boundary of Jefferson ward; thence northwardly and along the rente. 
 line of Pear street to the center line of Lester or Roeketts streel : the 
 eastwardly along the center line of Lester or R< to its inter- 
 section with the center line of Williamsburg avenue; thence eastwardly 
 along the center line of Williamsburg avenue to its intersection with the 
 track of the Southern railway (York River line) ; thence eastwardly 
 along the track of the Southern railway (York River line) to the cor- 
 poration line; thence southwardly and westwardly along and following 
 the various direction- .if the corporation lii point of beginning. 
 (May 7. 1907.) 
 
 85. Second Precinct. Marshall Ward. — Commencing at a point in 
 James river where (lie center line of Twenty-sixth streel |
 
 42 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 sects the center line of Pear street projected; thence northwardly and 
 along the center line of Twenty-sixth street to the center line of Broad 
 street; thence eastwardly along the center line of Broad street to 
 the center line of Twenty-seventh street; thence northwardly along 
 the center line of Twenty-seventh street to the center line of 
 Leigh street; thence eastwardly along the center line of Leigh 
 street to the corporation line; thence southwardly along and fol- 
 lowing the various directions of the corporation line to its intersection 
 with the track of the Southern railway (York River line) ; thence 
 westwardly along the track of the Southern railway (York River line) 
 to its intersection with the center line of Williamsburg avenue; thence 
 westwardly along the center line of Williamsburg avenue to its intersec- 
 tion with the center line of Lester or Rocketts street ; thence westwardly 
 along the center line of Lester or Rocketts street to the center line of 
 Pear street; thence southwardly along the center line of Pear street to its 
 terminus ; thence in the same straight line to a point in the James river 
 in the eastern boundary of Jefferson ward (the point of beginning). 
 (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 26. Third Precinct, Marshall Ward. — Commencing at the point of in- 
 tersection of the center lines of Leigh and Twenty-seventh streets; thence 
 northwardly along the center line of Twenty-seventh street to the corpora- 
 tion line; thence eastwardly and southwardly along and following the 
 various directions of the corporation line to its intersection with the 
 e< ater line of Leigh street projected; thence westwardly along the center 
 line of Leigh street to the point of beginning. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 ". J 7. The voting places in the election precincts of Clay ward are hereby 
 fixed as follows: 
 
 Ci.ay Ward. 
 
 First Precinct— No. 617 West Main street. 
 
 ond Precinct —No. 219 South Barrison street. 
 Third Precinct— No. 304 South Laurel Street. 
 Fourth Precinct— No. 1826 Wes1 Cary street. (May 7, 1907.) 
 28. The voting places in the election precincts of Lee ward are herebj 
 fixed as follows : 
 
 Lee Ward. 
 
 First Precinct — No. 1201 West Broad street (southwest corner of 
 Broad and Harrison streets). 
 
 Second Precinct — No. 608 West Broad street.
 
 CHAPTER 3. 43 
 
 Third Precinct — No. 1815 West Broad street, between Allen avenue 
 and Meadow street. (January 15, lyuy.j 
 
 29. The voting places in the election precincts of Henry ward are 
 hereby fixed as follows : 
 
 Henry Ward. 
 
 First Precinct — No. 4 South First street. 
 Second Precinct — No. 221 West Broad street. 
 
 Third Precinct — No. 503 Brook avenue (northeast corner Brook avenue 
 and Clay street). (May 15, 1908.) 
 
 30. The voting places in the election precincts of Monroe ward are 
 hereby fixed as follows : 
 
 Monroe Ward. 
 
 First Precinct — No. 207 East Canal street. 
 
 Second Precinct — No. 211 North Third street. 
 
 Third Precinct— No. 407 North Third street. 
 
 Fourth Precinct— No. 800 North Second street. (May 15, 1908.) 
 
 31. The voting places in the election precincts of Madison ward are 
 hereby fixed as follows: 
 
 Madison Ward. 
 
 First Precincts — Building at southwest corner of Clay and Eighth 
 streets. 
 
 Second Precinct — No. 13 North Seventh street. 
 
 Third Precinct — No. 207 Governor street. 
 
 Fourth Precinct— No. 600 North Seventeenth street. (May 15, 1908.) 
 
 32. The voting places in the election precincts of Jefferson ward are 
 hereby fixed as follows : 
 
 Jefferson Ward. 
 
 First Precinct — No. 24 North Seventeenth street. 
 Second Precinct — No. 2205 East Main street. 
 Third Precinct— No. 2306 Church Hill avenue. 
 Fourth Precinct — Masonic Hall, North Twenty-first street. (May 15, 
 1908.) 
 
 33. The voting places in the election precincts of Marshall ward are 
 hereby fixed as follows :
 
 44 richmond city code. 
 
 Marshall Ward. 
 
 First Precinct— No. 3731 .Second street. Fulton. 
 ■!,1 Precinct— No. 2714 East Franklin street. 
 ,,! Precinct— No. 701 North Twenty-eighth street. (May 15, 
 
 1908.) 
 
 34. T!. incts in Washington ward shall be as follows: 
 
 Washing t o n W aed. 
 
 (a) First Precinct — All that portion of Washington ward below or on 
 
 e of Eighth si ween the northern and southern cor- 
 
 poration linos and James river. Voting place located at No. 521 Hull 
 
 (b) i —All that portion of the said ward lying between 
 the western line of Eighth street and the eastern line of Tenth street, and 
 
 outhern corporation line south of Hull street, and all that portion 
 of the said ward lying "between the western line of Eighth street and the 
 eastern line of Thirteenth street and the northern corpora! ion line north 
 of Hull street. Voting place located at the courthouse. 
 
 (c) Third Precinct — All that portion of said ward I I ween the 
 
 of Hull street, the western line of Tenth street and the 
 southern and western corporation lines. Voting place located at B. F. 
 Hamilton's, Eleventh and Hull 
 
 (d) Fourth Precinct — All that portion of said ward lying between the 
 northern line of Hull street, the western line of Thirteenth street and the 
 
 ra and northern corporation lines. Voting place located at J. D. 
 Malone's, 1321 Hull street. (March 5, 1910.)
 
 CHAPTER 4. 45 
 
 CHATTER 4. 
 
 CONCERNING THE MAYOR. 
 
 1. It shall be the duty of the mayor to see that the laws of the State 
 and the ordinances of the city be faithfully executed. He shall <• 
 
 a constant supervision and control over the conduct of all subordinate 
 officers, and receive and examine into all complaints against them for 
 neglect of duty. He shall recommend to the council such measures as 
 he shall deem expedient; and, in general, maintain the peace and good 
 order, and advance the prosperity of the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the mayor to communicate to the city coun- 
 cil annually, as soon as may be after the commencement of the fiscal year, 
 and oftener if he shall deem it expedient, or be required by the city 
 council, a general statement of the situation and condition of the city in 
 relation to its government, finances, and improvement, with such recom- 
 mendations as he may deem proper. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the mayor in all cases, when he shall sus- 
 pend or remove a subordinate officer, under the provisions of the consti- 
 tution of the State, to report the same to the council at their next stated 
 meeting, with his reasons therefor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. The mayor shall exercise all the powers and authority in criminal 
 cases of a justice of the peace, but he shall receive no foes for such ser- 
 vices. He shall also perform such other duties, and exercise such other 
 powers, as are enjoined or conferred upon him by the constitution or 
 laws of the State, or that may be required of him by any ordinance or 
 resolution of the council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. In case of the absence or inability of the mayor, the president of 
 the board of aldermen shall possess the same powers, and ge the 
 municipal duties of the mayor during such absence or inability. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 6. The mayor shall have power to appoint a clerk who shall he a steno- 
 grapher and shall perform such duties as the mayor may require. The 
 said clerk shall receive a salary not exceeding sixty-five dollars per month. 
 (November 18, 1904.)
 
 CHAPTEB 5. 47 
 
 CHAPTBH 5. 
 
 CONCERNING ANNUAL REPORTS, TERMS OF OFFICERS, INELIGIBILITY, AND 
 FORFEITURES OF OFFICE. 
 
 1. The auditor, treasurer, city engineer, superintendent of the 
 works, superintendent of the water works, superintendent of public char- 
 ities, chief engineer of the fire department, superintendent of fire alarm 
 and police telegraph department, collector of city taxes, collector of de- 
 linquent city taxes, board of health, superintendent of street cleaning, 
 chief of police, superintendent of public schools, keepers of the city ceme- 
 teries, commissioner of the revenue, city gauger and city attorney, and 
 other heads »i departments shall each, on or before the loth day of Feb- 
 ruary in each year, forward to the mayor an annual report of the busi- 
 
 i-ansacted in their several departments during the preceding year, 
 together with such recommendations as they respectively deem desirable 
 for the better management and improvement of the business methods of 
 their several departments, and within fifteen days thereafter the mayors 
 shall transmit the same to the city clerk with his annual message, to be 
 laid before the branch of the city council first meeting after the trans- 
 mission of such message, and unless the body to whom the message and 
 reports are so presented shall order otherwise the same shall stand re- 
 ferred to the committee on printing and claims, who shall cause the said 
 message and reports to be printed and bound under contract within sixty 
 days thereafter. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of 
 this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more 
 than fifty dollars, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Rich- 
 mond, each day's failure to constitute a separate offeni [ay 20, 
 1907.) 
 
 2. The official terms of all officers hereafter elected, or appointed by 
 the city council, shall extend from the date of such election or appoint- 
 ment, which shall be made at the first joint meeting in July, or a 
 after as practicable to the first day of July in the second year then 
 
 or until their successors shall have been elected or appointed and quali- 
 fied, respectively; except the clerk in the office of 1 
 whose term shall extend to the first day of duly in the third year I 
 after, or until his successor shall have been elected or appointed and quali- 
 fied; provided, however, that the right of removal from office shall re-
 
 48 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 main, in every case, as set forth in the ordinance reserving such right, 
 
 ;lll( | in ,| H . charter o by. And every vacancy occurring, whether by 
 
 therwise, shall be filled for the unexpired term. (Code 
 
 L899.) 
 
 ,: shall be elected or appointed to any office or employment 
 in the service of the cih who shall be delinquent in the payment to the 
 city of any bill for taxes, water or gas. (October 15, 1906.) 
 
 ]. Any person holding any office or post of profit, trust, or emolu- 
 ment, to which he may have been elected under the city charter, by the 
 city council or otherwise, or appointed by any committee thereof, who 
 may be sentenced for felony by any court of this State or of the United 
 States, shall, by such s< forfeit b and be thenceforth in- 
 
 therein under his previous election or appointment. 
 And though a pardon be afterward granted him, such pardon shall not 
 avoid the forfeiture. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. That if any such post, or the deputation thereof, either in whole or 
 in part, shall be sold or let to farm, oi ted to be sold or let to farm, 
 by any person holding or expecting to hold I i h person, and 
 the person who may buy or take to farm, or contract to buy or ta 
 farm, shall each of them, be forever disabled from holding such post or 
 
 tation. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. II shall not be lawful for any salaried officer o government, 
 nally or through an agent, to contract for, or sell supplies of food, 
 
 machinery, or any other article for the use of said city, or to be in any 
 way i L in any such contract. (Code 1899.) • 
 
 ". . Any officer who shall be guilty of violating the last preceding sec- 
 linn, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred 
 ps, and shall be deemed guilty of misconduct in office, and removed 
 therefrom. (Code 1899.) 
 
 S. That no member of the board of aldermen, or member of the com- 
 
 mon council of the city of Eichmond, after hi- election and during his 
 
 ice in office, and no head of a department, or other officer or 
 
 clerk, of or under the city government, shall receive, or agree to receive, 
 
 an ) compi whatever, directly or indirectly, for any services ren- 
 
 - or in be rendered, to any person, either by himself or another, in 
 
 ioD to any proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusa- 
 
 ion, arrest, or other matter or thing in which the city of 
 
 mond is a party, or is directly or indirectly interested, before the 
 
 it.v of Richmond, or either branch thereof, or any commit- 
 
 department, any municipal board, bureau, or officer 
 
 Every person offending against this section shall be liable to a 
 
 Q twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars, re- 
 
 '■ the police justice of the city of Richmond. (August 13, 
 1910 ' 

 
 CHAPTER 6. 49 
 
 CHAPTER 6. 
 
 CONCERNING OFFICIAL OATHS AND BONDS, AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY. 
 
 1. Every person elected to the office of mayor of the city or mei 
 of the council, shall, in accordance with the laws of this State, tal 
 following oaths before entering upon the duties of hi office: "I, 
 
 , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support 
 
 the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the 
 
 of Virginia ordained by the convention which assembled in the city of 
 Richmond on the twelfth day of June, nineteen hundred and one, 
 that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform al 
 
 - incumbent upon me as according to th 
 
 of my ability. God." (Virginia Code 1904, • 
 
 Such person shall also, at the same time, take and subscribe th 
 lowing oath: "I swear that I have not, while a citizen of this I 
 since the tenth day of duly, nineteen hundred and two, I a duel 
 
 with a deadly weapon, or sent or ai cepted a challenge to fight a duel with 
 a deadly weapon, either within or beyond the bouh 
 knowingly conveyed such challenge, or aided or assisted in any man 
 fighting such duel; and that I will not fight a duel with a deadly weapon, 
 or send or accept a challenge to fight a duel with a deadly wea] 
 within or beyond the boundaries of this State, or knowingly convey 
 challenge, or aid or assist in any manner in fighting such duel during 
 my continuance in office. Lp me God." (Virginia ( L904, sec- 
 
 tion 169.) 
 
 Such oath may be administered to the mayor-elect by ai of a 
 
 court of record, commissioned to hold any such court within said city; 
 and to the members of the city council by the ma; Lf first 
 
 sworn as aforesaid, or by any judge of any court of record, as afore 
 and certificates of such oath having been respectively taken, shall be filed 
 with the city clerk, and entered upon the journal of the city council. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. Every other person elected or appointed to any office under the 
 charter of the city, or under any law or ordinance of the cil 
 
 shall, before he enters upon the duties of said office, take and subscribe 
 said oath, and such other oaths as may be prescribed by law or ordh 
 before the mayor or city clerk, the said clerk having him □ first
 
 50 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Bworn by said mayor, or a judge of a court of record, as aforesaid; and a 
 of the same shall be filed in the office of said city clerk. (Code 
 
 * 
 
 ;;. ! l required to take oath shall declare that he has re- 
 
 the prop] iety of taking an oath, he may make a sol- 
 
 ii, which shall have in all respects the same effect as an 
 
 19.) 
 
 I. If any person elected or appointed as aforesaid to any office in this 
 
 re taking the oath herein prescribed, and 
 
 such i ; ) or oaths as may be prescribed in qualification for such 
 
 iy law or by ordinance of the council, and filing a certificate thereof 
 
 with the city cl shall pay a fine of not less than one nor more than 
 
 twenty dollars for each day on which In so acts. (Code 1899.) 
 
 :,. [f an; i elected or appointed to any office in this city, shall 
 
 ch oath or oaths for forty (lavs after receiving notice 
 of his election or appointment, or shall neglect for the like space of time 
 as may be required of him by the city council, as 
 provided in the charter, or may be hereafter required by any law or ordi- 
 -hall be considered as having declined such office, and the same 
 shall be deemed vacant; and whenever any such vacancy shall occur, an- 
 ion shall be ordered, or another appointment made, according 
 to the direction of the charter. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Every bond required by an ordinance, to he taken or approved by 
 
 the city council, or any body or person acting under the authority of the 
 
 . mt, shall, unless otherwise provided, be made payable to 
 
 "The I Richmond," with surety deemed sufficient by the body or 
 
 whom it is taken. Every such bond, required of any per- 
 
 1 or appointed to any office, post, or trust, shall, unless other- 
 
 1 . be with condition for the faithful discharge by him of the 
 
 duties of his office or trust; and, unless otherwise directed or authorized 
 
 e city council, shall be returned to the city clerk, and preserved by 
 
 him. 
 
 a. Ali city officials or employees required by (he city charter or any city 
 an official bond, shall furnish as surety thereon some 
 either having its principal office in the city 
 tond, or having placed with the proper Slate official under some 
 tion and payment of its liabilities under 
 made in the State of Virginia. Such company shall be satis- 
 factory to the committee or city official required to pass upon such bonds 
 
 '" I"' 1 '-""-, linns or ,- as required by the city charter or 
 
 ''"'• v l ' i,v ordinance to give any bond in excess of five hundred dollars for
 
 CHAPTER 6. 51 
 
 the faithful compliance with any contract made with the city of Rich- 
 mond, shall furnish as surety on such bond some trust or guarantee 
 company, either having its principal office in the city of Richmond, or 
 some such company that has placed with the proper State officials under 
 some statute., a deposit for the protection and payment of its liabilities 
 under contracts made in the State of Virginia. Such company shall be 
 satisfactory to the committee or the city official recpiired to pass 
 such bonds respectively. 
 
 c. AVhenever there is required by any ordinance of the city a bond for 
 the faithful performance of duty or conditioned upon complying with the 
 requirements of the city ordinances that furnishing a bond issued in good 
 faith by any guarantee or surety company licensed to do business in the 
 city of Richmond shall be considered to meet all the requirements of the 
 ordinance or ordinances when said bond is acceptable to the officer desig- 
 nated to receive, hold or pass upon same. (February 10, 1908.) 
 
 d. All official bonds of officers, clerks or employees of the city required 
 by ordinance shall be made in conformity to ordinance, and after com- 
 pletion and execution shall be submitted to the city attorney for his ap- 
 proval, and then filed with the city clerk. 'It shall be the duty of the 
 city clerk before receiving any official bond to require the approval of the 
 city attorney to be endorsed thereon. All bonds received by the city clerk 
 must he by him presented to the common council for reference to the com- 
 mittee on finance for examination and report and final approval or rejec- 
 tion by the council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. From and after the 1st day of October, 1908, the seal of the city of 
 Richmond shall be represented by a design, within a circle one and three- 
 fourths inches in diameter, which shall represent a female figure typify- 
 ing robed justice, bearing scales in the left hand and carrying a drawn 
 sword in the right hand : the inner and upper semi-circle to contain the 
 
 ••'sic ittjk ad asti; v." in Roman characters ; and under the figure, in 
 smaller Roman character, the words "city of RICHMOND, JULY 19th, 
 1789"; being the seal in use by the city previous to October, 1872, and 
 essentially as the impression hereupon now made from the die in the 
 possesion of the city treasurer. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 8. From and after the date named in the seventh section, no other de- 
 sign or seal shall lie used for the city of Richmond, and no paper i 
 with municipal authority, which requires the seal of the city, shall be 
 valid, unless the seal described in the foregoing section shall be a 
 
 to the same. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 7. 53 
 
 CHAPTER 7. 
 
 CONCERNING THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND 
 THE COMMITTEES THEREOF. 
 
 1. The office of tJ 1 departments of the city shall be kepi 
 
 for the transaction of business between the hours of 9 A. M. and 6 P. M. 
 daily, excepting on Sundays and holidays, during which time all officers 
 and employees shall be in attendance at the office unless otherwise em- 
 I in the city's business. This shall not apply 1" I wing 
 
 s : Mayor, city attorney, city auditor, city treasurer. The offices 
 of the water department, and inspector of gas in the city hall, shall he 
 kept open for the transaction of business, between the hours of 8 A. M. 
 and 5 P. M. daily, except on Sundays and holidays (Code 1899) : pro- 
 vided, however, that the offices of the several departments shall close 
 on Saturdays at 1 P. M., and this shall include the hands of all the de- 
 partments so far as it does not conflict with the interest of the city. 
 (December 31, 1901.) 
 
 ]\ T o salaried city officer or employee shall engage in private work or 
 business within the hours prescribed for city work, except under special 
 direction of the city council authorizing service to public or private insti- 
 tutions; provided, this shall not apply to the following: City attorney, 
 president hoard of health, members of board of health and physicians to 
 the poor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. That there shall be elected by the common council and board of 
 aldermen in joint session on the 27th day of May, 1895, or as soon there- 
 after as may he convenient, and in the month of July thereafter every 
 alternate year when the other city officers are elected by. the joint ses- 
 sion, a clerk of the following committees: Relief of poor, cemeteries, 
 ordinances, charter and reform, markets, St. John's burying ground, 
 improvement of James river and electricity, all special committees, board 
 of public interests, and such other committees as may hereafter be de- 
 termined. That he shall attend the meetings of the said committees in 
 per>on. and keep, in hooks provided for the purpose, a written record 
 of the proceedings of said committees, and shall perform such other 
 duties as may he required of him by the committees or chairmen thereof. 
 He shall, also, in the absence or disability of the city clerk, perform the 
 duties of that officer. He shall devote all of his time to the dischai 
 
 said duties, and shall remain daily between the hours of !) A. M. and
 
 g4 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 3 P. M. in room No. 311, third floor, city hall. He shall be paid a salary 
 Q hundred dollars per annum in monthly instalments. (Code 
 
 3. li shall not be lawful for the clerk of any committee of the council 
 tify, or. the chairman of any committee to sign, any warrant on 
 
 the I, in excess of the appropriation to the credit of the com- 
 
 mittee, all not be lawful for the secretary of any board or corn- 
 
 ion or the president thereof to certify or sign any warrant on the 
 try iii excess of the appropriation to the credit of the board or 
 commission. It shall be the duty of the clerk of every committee of the 
 council and of the secretary of every hoard or commission of the city 
 o show accurately on the minutes of each meeting of the 
 committee, board or commission, as the case may be, the amount of the 
 annual appropriation at its command, the amount already expended, the 
 amount of bills approved and the balance to the credit of the committee, 
 board or commission. Code 1899.) 
 
 4. Hereafter before any bids for city work or supplies shall be con- 
 sidered, the committee having charge of the same may require, if they 
 deem it necessary, the person so bidding to accompany his offer with a 
 certified check, payable to the order of the chairman of said committee 
 for five per cent, or more of the amount of the contract. After the 
 award of the committee shall have been made, it shall be the duty of the 
 clerk of the committee to return to the unsuccessful bidders the checks 
 so furnished by them respectively: provided, that this section shall not 
 apply to the committees on relief of the poor and water. (Code 1899.) 
 
 \'o work ordered by the city of Richmond shall be awarded to any 
 contractor (or contractors) who employs convicts to do such work. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 6. The several departments of the city government shall pay for all 
 gas consumed in their respective departments out of the annual appro- 
 priation to the credit of said departments, and these accounts shall be 
 carried on the books of the auditor as all other accounts are now kept. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. That all persons employed by the city as laborers be paid their 
 wages semi-monthly— on the first and fifteenth of each month, or as near 
 that time as possible. That the auditor and head of each department 
 
 ■nd are hereby, instructed not to accept an order for the pay of any 
 
 officer or employee of the city government, for the salary or wages of said 
 
 That any officer or employee who shall sell his 
 
 wages or give an order for the same, shall, for the first offence, 
 
 ended from duty fifteen days. And for the second offence he 
 
 shall be dismissed from the service of the city. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 7. 55 
 
 8. There shall he elected by the committee on finance of the city coun- 
 cil during the month of January, 1896, a person to fill the office herein 
 designated as the office of special accountant, who shall perform the 
 duties attached to that office. He shall hold office until the first 
 
 July, 1897, and until his successor shall duly qualify. There shall he 
 elected in June, 1897, by the committee on finance of the city council, 
 and every two years thereafter, a person to fill said office for a term 
 of two years. Such officer shall, before entering upon the duties of his 
 office, give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, satisfactory to the 
 mayor and city attorney, for the faithful performance of said duties, to 
 be filed in the office of city clerk. His salary shall be twenty-two hun- 
 dred dollars per annum, payable monthly. (July 20, 1910.) 
 
 9. Such officer shall be removable from office at the will of the com- 
 mittee on finance without assigning any cause therefor. In case of a 
 vacancy in said office caused by removal, resignation nr death, the said 
 committee are empowered to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. He shall make and report to the committee on finance, under its 
 instruction or that of its chairman, an examination into the books, ac- 
 counts and affairs of any department of the city government, or of any 
 board, committee or institution to which the city council may make an 
 appropriation, wdienever required by said committee or its chairman. 
 Such report shall always be in writing, and shall be forwarded by said 
 committee to the city council within thirty days after its receipt. Each 
 and every officer in any department of the city government, or of any 
 board, committee or institution sharing in any appropriation, shall al- 
 ways give said accountant full and free access to all books, papers and 
 accounts pertaining to his department whenever said accountant 
 shall have been required by said committee or its chairman to examine 
 into the condition of such department. Said accountant shall attend all 
 meetings of the committee on finance and perform such other duties 
 pertaining to the work of an accountant as said committee or chairman 
 shall require. (January 11, 1895.) 
 
 11. The said committee shall require said accountant, after bis quali- 
 fication, to proceed to examine into the books, papers, accounts and 
 affairs of the different departments of the city government in such order 
 as the committee may designate. Whenever he shall have completed 
 such examinations into the several departments it shall then be the duty 
 of said committee to require him to make further examinations into 
 such departments as said committee may from time to time designate, 
 but in such order, that an examination shall be made into each depart- 
 ment once every six months. (Code 1899.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 12. It shall be the duty of the auditor of the city, and of every clerk, 
 
 □ who disburses money for the city 
 !S , pay-rolls, commissions or other remunera- 
 liv. on the first pay-day of July, 1897, 
 July of each year thereafter, to require each 
 of money on account of salary, wages, corn- 
 remuneration for services, first to exhibit a receipt in 
 the collector of taxes for his or their taxes due the city for the 
 payment until the receipt is exhibited. The 
 auditor, and any clerk, or other person represent- 
 
 partment thereof, or any hoard of commissioners 
 out any money for salaries, wages, commis- 
 Luneration for services rendered the city, without the 
 exliib: I for the :ar, and in violation of 
 
 all be held liable for th ant of the taxes due and 
 
 person or persons who ! ■;■ a paid without the ex- 
 
 ion of their or ipt. The auditor and ierk, secretary, 
 
 • or other person who disbursi r the city shall post and 
 
 :e a printed copy of this ordinance. (Code 1- 
 persons, firm or corporation hereafter applying 
 use the streets of this city for any purpose, shall, be- 
 lication shall be considered 1 unci I. deposit with the 
 
 fche i ity a bond or bonds of the United States, or of the city 
 of Richmond, of the face value of not Less than $10,000, the same to be 
 ity in the event that the party or parties to whom said 
 privil be granted shall not the same and 
 
 within the time fixed by the city council commence and finish the work 
 which may be required to be done by them under such charter; other- 
 urned to Mich depositor. (Code 1899.) 
 14. (A i. That the president of the board of aldermen and the p 
 
 ; m council shall, respe . as soon as practicable 
 
 anization of their respective bodies, appoint the following 
 joint i mittees : 
 
 A ' i ets, which shall consist of a member from each 
 
 branch from each ward. 
 
 •mmittees, which shall each consist of twelve mem- 
 
 bers > board of aldermen and seven from the common 
 
 council : 
 
 a finance. 
 on light. 
 
 tricitv. 
 1 tee on water.
 
 CHAPTER 7. 57 
 
 Committee on relief of the poor. 
 
 Committee on street cleaning. 
 
 Committee on grounds and buildings. 
 
 Committee on ordinances, charter and reform. 
 
 Committee on local assessments. (Rules of Council May, 1910.) 
 
 (B). The following committees, which shall each consist of nine 
 members, four from the board of aldermen and five from the common 
 council : 
 
 Committee on printing and claims. 
 
 Committee on markets. (April 20, 1908.) 
 
 (C). A committee on cemeteries, which shall consist of ten members, 
 four from the board of aldermen and six from the common council. 
 (Eules of Council, May, 1910.) 
 
 (D). A committee on St. John's burying ground, which shall con- 
 sist of five members, two from the board of aldermen and three from 
 the common council. (Xovember 17, 1906.) 
 
 15. The committee on improvement of James river shall be consti- 
 tuted as follows: The president of the board of aldermen shall appoint 
 three members of that body, and the president of the common council 
 shall appoint five members of that body, and these members of the coun- 
 cil, together with the president of each branch of the council, with seven 
 citizens who are not members of the council, who shall be elected for the 
 purpose by the chamber of commerce in the month of July after the 
 organization of the new city council. (June 13, 1902.) 
 
 1G. The board of public interests shall be constituted as follows: The 
 president of the board of aldermen shall appoint two members of that 
 body, and the president of the common council shall appoint three mem- 
 bers of that body; and the board of aldermen shall elect two members 
 and the common council shall elect three members, who are not members 
 of the city council, and the president of the common council. The 
 president of the common council shall be chairman ex-officio. (June 
 13, 1902.) 
 
 17. It shall be the duty of said board to take into consideration all 
 works of internal improvements in existence, or which may be projected 
 from time to time; to look after the commercial, industrial and manu- 
 facturing interests of the city; to watch over and take care of its con- 
 nections, means of transportation and communication with the resl of 
 the country, and to make such reports and recommendations to the city 
 council as will, in their opinion, best subserve the different interests of 
 the city of Richmond. (Code 1899.) 
 
 18. There shall be a meeting of this board at least once a month, and 
 as much oftener as it shall deem proper. (Code 1899.)
 
 58 
 
 mcinroxD city code. 
 
 1!). In case of any vacancy in the board from any cause, it shall be 
 jiH.,,1 by the board from the class in which the vacancy occurred. (Code 
 
 1899.) 
 
 •mi. The committee on ordinances, charter and reform, consisting of 
 g of the city council, whose duty it shall be to inquire into 
 an y ],. i\ h e city service, the duties of officers, and all other matters 
 
 I with the same as expressed in the ordinances, and with the 
 expenditures of the money of the city; and to report as often as they 
 think proper, making such recommendations in the amendment of the 
 ordinances, or in the duties of officers and employees, as they may deem 
 -.try to secure the faithful performance of duties required, or such 
 changes in their requirements as may be beneficial to the city and con- 
 ducive to the economical administration of the government of the city. 
 Le 1899.) 
 
 21. The chairman of the committee on finance shall, ex-officio, be a 
 member of all joint standing committees, entitled to all the privileges 
 of any other member, except the right to' vote; provided, however, that 
 a member of the committee on finance shall not be eligible to appoint- 
 ment on any other joint standing committee. (Rules of Council May, 
 1910.) 
 
 22. To constitute a quorum of any of the foregoing committees, a 
 majority of all the members thereof must be present, except the com- 
 mittee on local assessments, of which committee five members shall con- 
 stitute a quorum, but must include two members of the board of alder- 
 men and three members of the common council. (June 13, 1902.) 
 
 23. That the heads of the various departments of the city govern- 
 ment be, and they are hereby, directed to take an inventory annually of 
 all stocks of supplies, materials, tools, implements, vehicles, animals, and 
 
 assets of the city, appertaining to their departments, and present 
 same to the committee on finance, along with their lists of requirements 
 for the ensuing year. This inventory to be as of January 1st of each 
 year, and is to embrace a'list of contracts made for materials and sup- 
 plies ed for and not actually delivered on that date. (January 
 1 I. 1905.) 
 
 24. That it shall be the duty of the head of each department of the 
 city government to have all ordinances now in force, or that may here- 
 
 sd, and all resolutions that may hereafter be passed relating 
 
 ral departments, filed and indexed so as to be easily accessi- 
 
 to the officers and employees of their department, or 
 
 other officers having business with their department. Any person vio- 
 
 the foregoing requirement shall be liable to a fine of not 
 
 than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, recoverable before 
 
 fche tice of the city of Richmond. (June 18, 1906.) 

 
 CHAPTER 7. 59 
 
 25. That an employee of the city of Richmond who shall fail to pay 
 and satisfy any judgment obtained against him on a debt contracted 
 since he was an employee of the city, and as a result a garnishee sum- 
 mons shall be served upon the city of Richmond, or any officer thereof, 
 to compel the payment of such judgment, shall be, by the committee or 
 other appointing power of such employee, suspended without pay for a 
 period of ten days, and in case of a second failure, which shall cause the 
 service of a second garnishee or notice within the next ensuing twelve 
 months, such employee shall be dismissed from the service of the city. 
 (May 17, 1909.)
 
 CH-APTER 8. 61 
 
 CHAPTEE 8. 
 
 CONCERNING THE SALARY OF OFFICERS AND THE COMPENSATION OR 
 WAGES OF EMPLOYEES. 
 
 1. That in the executive department of the city government the offi- 
 cers shall receive the salaries, and the employees the compensation, as 
 follows : 
 
 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 '(1) The mayor of the city, $3,600.00 per annum. 
 
 (2) Stenographer and typewriter to the mayor, *T80.00 per annum. 
 
 (3) The city treasurer, $2,040.00 per annum. 
 
 (4) The clerk to the city treasurer, $2,000.00 per annum. 
 
 (5) Two assistants to the city treasurer, $1,200.00 each per annum. 
 
 (6) One assistant to the city treasurer, $780.00 per annum. 
 
 (7) The auditor, $2,400.00 per annum. 
 
 (8) Clerk to the auditor, $1,525.00 per annum. 
 
 (9) First assistant to the auditor, $1,080.00 per annum. 
 
 (10) Second assistant to the auditor,.$l,000.00 per annum. 
 
 (11) Special accountant and clerk of finance committer. $2,500.00 
 per annum. 
 
 (12) Clerk of special assessments, $1,350.00 per annum. 
 
 (13) Harbor master, $600.00 per annum. 
 
 (14) Building inspector, $2,500.00 per annum. 
 
 (15) Three assistant building inspectors, $1,200.00 per annum each. 
 
 (16) Clerk in building inspector's office, $1,000.00 per annum. 
 
 (17) Nurse John Marshall high school, $60.00 per month, nine 
 months. 
 
 (18) Inspector of weights and measures, $600.00 per annum. 
 
 (19) City attorney, $5,000.00 per annum. 
 
 (20) Assistant city attorney, $2,400.00 per annum. 
 
 (21) Clerk and stenographer to city attorney, $960.00 per annum. 
 (21a) Superintendent public schools, $960.00 per annum, paid by city. 
 
 Water Worts. 
 
 (22) Superintendent of the water works, $3,000.00 per annum. 
 
 (23) First assistant superintendent of the water works, $1,600.00 per 
 annum.
 
 62 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 (24) Second iperintendent of the water works, $1,080.00 
 
 per aumnii. 
 
 I he pump-house, $1,650.00 per annum. 
 (26) I ,150.00 per annum. 
 
 istant clerk and stenographer, $1,050.00 per annum. 
 
 I clerk?, $900.00 per annum each. 
 . at clerk (Washington ward), $900.00 per annum. 
 
 (30) Four : rs at $2.75 per day each. 
 
 (31) Five ii - and meter read $2.75 per day each. 
 
 (32) Foreman of tapping force at $3.50 per day. 
 
 mi of pump-h '7~> per day. 
 
 i Foreman of pipe-laying force, $4.00 per day. 
 
 (35) Other pumpmen at $2.50 per day each. 
 
 (36) Keeper New Reservoir, $780.00 per annum. 
 
 (37) Tipe laying force at $2.50 per day each. 
 
 (38) Keeper Marshall Reservoir and valveman, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 (39) Plumbers at $3.50 per clay each. 
 
 (40) Laborers at Marshall and Xew Reservoirs, $2.00 per clay. 
 
 (41) I> : n'ng basin and laboratory, $1,500.00 per annum. 
 ( L2) Meter repairers, water department, $2.50 per day. 
 
 Gas Works. 
 
 • 
 
 (43) Superintendent gas works, $3,000.00 per annum. 
 
 (44) Gas inspector, $1,750.00 per annum. 
 
 (45) Meter bill elerl i.OO per annum. 
 
 (46) Ten deputy gas inspectors, $1,080.00 per annum each. 
 
 (47) Ten lamp lighters at $45.00 per month each. 
 
 (48) Foreman lower gas works. $1,500.00 per annum. 
 
 (49) ^Bookkeeper lower gas works, $1,350.00 per annum. 
 ( :,li nan upper gas works, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 (5] ) Clerk to inspector i 1,080.00 per annum. 
 
 (52) Lamp repairer, $2.50 per day. 
 
 ( 53 ) Ed ; " gas works, $3.00 per day each. 
 
 ( 54 ) T a pipe-laying force, $3.50 per day each. 
 
 m and weighmaster, $3.00 per dav. 
 ■ $3.00 per day. 
 '- $2.50 per da 
 (58) Brick I ;.oo per d 
 
 1 Two ,l! re, $2.75 per day. 
 
 ive setters, $2.75 per day. 
 (61) Carpen; | per ( ]av. 
 
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 CHAPTER 8. 
 
 63 
 
 (62) Yalvemen, $3.00 each per day. 
 
 (63) Blacksmith, $3.00 per day. 
 
 (64) Other employees, $2.25 per day. 
 
 (65) Night foreman, $3.00 per day. 
 
 (66) Machinists, $3.00 per day. 
 
 reet Improvt mint. 
 
 City engineer, $-4,500.00 per annum. 
 
 First assistant city engineer, $2,000.00 per annum. 
 
 Second assistant city engineer. $2,000.00 per annum. 
 
 Third assistant city engineer. $4,750.00 per annum. 
 
 Fourth assistanl city engineer, $4,200.00 per annum. 
 
 Clerk in the city engineer's office, $4,500.00 per annum. 
 
 Bookkeeper and clerk of the committee on streets, $1,350.00 per 
 
 Stenographer, $090.00 per annum. 
 
 Rodman, $120.00 per annum. 
 
 Draughtsman, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 
 Clerk to the bookkeeper. $600.00 per annum. 
 
 Inspector of paving. $3.25 per day. 
 
 Inspector of sewers and street paving, $4,200.00 per annum. 
 
 Foreman of sewer repair force, $2.50 per clay. 
 
 Employees in the street department, $2.00 per day each. 
 
 Two engineers and surveyors, $1,500.00 per annum each. 
 
 Extra engineer (Washington ward), $1,300.00 per annum. 
 
 Night watchman street stables, $2.00 per day. 
 
 Grounds and Buildings. 
 
 Two engineers and machinists in the city hall, $1,200.00 per 
 each. 
 
 Two firemen in the city hall, $780.00 per annum each. 
 Three elevator men in the city hall, $720.00 per annum each. 
 Seven janitors in the i $660.00 per annum each. 
 
 Two watchmen in the city hall, - er annum each. 
 
 Janitor at the Howitzers armory, $660.00 per annum. 
 Janitor at regimental armory, $840.00 per annum. 
 Janitor at E. L. I. B. armory, $840.00 per annum. 
 Custodian of the city auditorium, $600.00 per annum. 
 Keeper Eiverside park. $900.00 per annum. 
 Keeper Chimborazo park. $900.00 per annum.
 
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 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 (96) Keeper Jefferson park, $900.00 per annum. 
 ,:i; , Keeper Marshal] park, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 (98) Keeper Gamble's Bill park, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 (99) Keeper Monroe park, $1,020.00 per annum. 
 
 (100) Keeper Reservoir park, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 
 (101) City nurseryman, $900.00 per annum. 
 ( 102) Park emplo; S.00 per day cadi. 
 
 I L03) Keeper Monument avenue grass plots, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 ( 'are of the Poor. 
 
 (104) Superintendent city home, $1,500.00 per annum. 
 
 ( In.",) First assist rintendent qjty home, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 
 ( L06) Second assistant superintendent, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 ( m; | Steward city home, $1,080.00. 
 
 (108) Matron (white) city home, $510.00 per annum. 
 
 (109) Engineer city home, $1,080.00 per annum. 
 (11<>) Baker city home, $740.00 per annum. 
 (Ill ) Cook city home, $180.00 per annum. 
 
 ( L12) Two nurses, $780.00 per annum. 
 
 (113) Four white nurses, $240.00 per annum each. 
 
 (Ill) Two white nurses, $120.00 per annum each. 
 
 (115) Wagon driver. $180.00 per annum. 
 
 ( L16) Matron colored home, $510.00 -per annum. 
 
 (117) Four nurses colored home, $?40.00 per annum. 
 
 (118) Two nurses colored home, $120.00 per annum each. 
 
 (119) Night watchman, $G0.00 per annum. 
 
 (120) Four resident physicians, $240.00 "per annum each. 
 
 (121) Two ambulance drivers. $960.00 per annum each. 
 I L23) Cook, $120.00 per annum. 
 
 (124) Cl< rk outdoor poor, $600.00 per annum. 
 
 (125) Visitor outdoor poor, $45.00 per month from December to 
 April, inclusive. 
 
 
 ( 'emeteries. 
 
 (126) Keeper of Riverview cemetery, $'JO0.00 per annum. 
 
 (127) Keeper Oakwood cemetery, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 (128) Keeper St. John's burying -round. $720.00 per annum. 
 
 (129) Keeper of Maury and Ml. Olivet eemetei -.00 per annum. 
 ( 13 °) C< tei 7 employees, $2.00 per day each. 
 
 (131) Extra employees, $2.00 per da
 
 CHAPTER 8. 
 
 65 
 
 Street Cleaning. 
 
 (132) Superintendent street cleaning department, $-3,000.00 per 
 annum. 
 
 (133) Assistant superintendent street cleaning department, $900.00 
 per annum. 
 
 (134) Clerk in the street cleaning department, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 (135) Night watchman street cleaning department, $2.50 per day. 
 
 (136) Employees in the street cleaning department, $2.00 per day. 
 
 (137) Two foremen at crematory, $2.50 per day each. 
 
 (138) Guards for vagrants, $1.50 per day each. 
 
 (139) Poundmaster, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 Sanitation. 
 
 (140 
 (141 
 (142 
 (143 
 (144 
 (145 
 (146 
 (147 
 (148 
 (149 
 (150 
 (151 
 (152 
 (153 
 (154 
 (155 
 each. 
 
 Chief health officer, $3,000.00 per annum. 
 
 Medical inspector, $1,500.00 per annum. 
 
 Inspector of plumbing, $1,400.00 per annum. 
 
 Chemist, $2,000.00 per annum. 
 
 Assistant inspector of plumbing, $1,000.00 per annum. 
 
 Eegistrar of vital statistics, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 
 Stenographer, $600.00 per annum. 
 
 Clerk to board of health, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 Four sanitary inspectors, $900.00 per annum each. 
 
 Seven district physicians, $900.00 per annum each. 
 
 City bacteriologist, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 Fumigator, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 Food inspector, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 One assistant food inspector, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 One assistant food inspect"!'. $720.00 per annum. 
 
 Two members plumbers' examining board. $50.00 per annum 
 
 Markets. 
 
 (156) Two clerks first and second markets, $900.00 .per annum each. 
 
 (157) Weighmaster first market, $720.00 per annum. 
 
 (160) Market employees, $1.75 per day each. 
 
 (161) Extra employees, $1.50 per day each.
 
 QQ RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 James River Improvement. 
 
 ( L62 i Captain of city tug, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 tug, $600.00 per annum, 
 ig, $1,020.00 per annum. 
 
 I ]. m.OO per annum. 
 
 dredge, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 i ji; ; nfj. 00 per annum. 
 
 (168) Dipp . $600.00 per annum. 
 
 i L69 ) 1 U ck hands tug and dredge, $510.00 per annum. 
 
 Police. 
 
 (170 
 (171 
 
 ( i : 2 
 
 (173 
 (171 
 (175 
 (176 
 (IT, 
 (178 
 (179 
 
 Chief of police, $2,000.00 per annum. 
 Captai 300.00 per annum. 
 
 - and probation officer, $1,100.00 per annum. 
 Privates, per day, $2.75 each. 
 
 tary of board police commissioners, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 Janitors, $600.00 per annum each. 
 Lineman, $900.00 per annum. 
 Patrol drivers, $730.00 per annum each. 
 Matron city jail, $600.00 per annum. 
 Machinists, $900.00 per annum. 
 
 Fire. 
 
 (180) Chief of fire department, $2,200.00 per annum. 
 
 (181) First and second assistants to the chief, $1,500.00 per annum 
 each. 
 
 (182) Secretary of the board of fire commissioners and fire depart- 
 ment, $1,500.00 per annum. 
 
 Machinist, $1,200.00 per annum. . 
 
 at fire alarm and police telegraph, $1,800.00 per 
 annum. 
 
 tant superintendent fire alarm, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 6) Four operators and inspectors fire alarm department, $1,000.00 
 per ach. 
 
 Station captains, $1,100.00 per annum each. 
 (188 I Enginemen, $1,080.00 per annum. 
 
 90.00 per annum. 
 
 (190) Firemen class "B," $924.00 per annum. 
 
 ( 191 ) Firemen class "C," $264.00 per annum.
 
 CHAPTER 8. 67 
 
 (192) City electrician, $700.00 per annum. 
 
 (193) Two electrical inspectors; $1,080.00 per annum each. 
 
 2. That in the legislative department of the cit] government the offi- 
 cers shall receive the salaries and the employees the compensation, as 
 follows : 
 
 I EGISLATF\ E DEP VRTMENT. 
 
 (1) The citj annum. 
 
 (2) Clerk to the board of aldermen, $540.00 per annum. 
 
 (3) Sergeant-at-arms of the city couni i ! . $1,800.00 per annum. 
 
 (4) Clerk of council committees, $1,800.00 per annum. 
 
 (5) Clerk of committee or printing and claim-. $240.00 per annum. 
 
 (6) Clerk to the committee on light, $100.00 per annum. 
 (?) Secretary of electoral board, $100.00 per annum. 
 
 3. That in the judicial department of the city government the officers 
 shall receive the salaries, and the employees the compensation, as follows: 
 
 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 (1) Judge of the hustings court, $2,750.00 per annum ($1,000.00 paid 
 directly by city and $1,750.00 paid into State treasury). 
 
 (2) Judge of the hustings court, part II, $2,750.00 per annum ($1,- 
 000.00 paid directly by the < iiv and $1,750.00 paid into State treasury). 
 
 (3) Judge of the law and equity court, $2,750.00 per annum ($1,- 
 000.00 paid directly by city and $1,750.00 paid into State treasury). 
 
 (I) Judge of the chancery court, $2,750.00 per annum ($1,000.00 
 paid directly by city and $1,750.00 paid into Stair treasury). 
 
 (5) Judge of the circuit court, $500.00 per annum. 
 
 (6) Civil justice, $3,000.00 per annum. 
 
 (7) Police justice, $2,650.00 per annum. 
 
 (8) City coroner, $\V. > r>0.00 per annum. 
 
 " (9) Clerk of the hustings court, $500.00 per annum. 
 
 (10) Clerk of the hustii rt, part II, $1,800.00 per annum. 
 
 (II) Clerk of the law and equity court. $750.00 per annum. 
 
 (12) Clerk of the circuit court, $360.'00 per annum. 
 
 (13) Clerk to the police justice, $1,200.00 per annum. 
 
 (14) Bailiff civil justice court, $900. (to per annum. 
 
 (15) Bailiff to police court, $2.50 per day. 
 
 (16) Commonwealth's attorney, $1,000.00 per annum.
 
 (38 RICHMOND CLTV CODE. 
 
 (17) Assistant Commonwealth's attorney, $660.00 per annum. 
 | L8) Janitors hustings court, law and equity court and circuit court, 
 $600.00 per annum. 
 
 ( lit) Janitor chancery court, $768.00 per annum. 
 
 (20) Judge of police court, part II, $1,000.00 per annum. 
 
 |.. Under the term's of the ordinance of annexation of the city of Man- 
 chester, approved March 5, 1910, the following officers are continued 
 until the expiration of their terms at the salaries as follows: 
 
 I I ) Deputy city treasurer, $2,920.00 per annum. 
 
 (2) Deputy commissioner of the revenue, $1,800.00 per annum. 
 
 (3) Sergeant hustings court, part II, $1,590.00 per annum. 
 ( I ) Assistant city auditor, $925.00 })ev annum. 
 
 5. 'Ilir officers of the city shall he paid monthly, except the commis- 
 r of the revenue, avIio shall he paid as provided by the ordinance 
 concerning the assessment of taxes. (Code 1899.) 
 
 ii. A person elected to any office under the charter of the city, who 
 may lie prevented from qualifying at the usual time, by a contested elec- 
 tion, shall, upon being declared duly elected and qualifying, he entitled 
 e salary from the time when he would have entered upon his office 
 it' there had been no contest. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. All other officers and employes of the city shall receive the sala- 
 ries or compensation provided by the ordinano e city or resolution 
 of the city council. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 9. 69 
 
 CHAPTER 9. 
 
 CONCERNING THE CITY CLERK AND ENROLLMENT OF ORDINANCES. 
 
 1. There shall be a city clerk, who shall he appointed by the city 
 council, and shall hold his office for the period of two years, and until 
 his successor shall he appointed and qualify, unless sooner removed from 
 office by the council. He shall in his office, file all papers, and preserve 
 all hooks and papers which, by the provisions of the ordinances, or by the 
 direction of the city council, or either of its branches, are required to he 
 filed with or kept by him. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. He shall attend the meetings of the common council, and enter 
 correctly its proceedings, and in a hook kept for the purpose, record all 
 the ordinances. The book of such proceedings and the book of ordi- 
 nances, shall be kept by him, with indexes referring to the different mat- 
 ters therein, and they shall he open at all times to the inspection of any 
 member of the city council. He shall act as clerk fco such committees of 
 the council as shall require such service ; and no committee shall appoint 
 any clerk or other assistant without the consent of the city council. 
 He shall make copies of or extracts from anything in said books when 
 and as often as he may he required so to do by either branch of the 
 council, or by either president or any chairman of any committee. He 
 may also make like copies of extracts, upon the request of any oilier per- 
 son desiring the same, and may demand and receive from such other 
 person a reasonable compensation therefor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The style in which ordinances shall be passed shall he: Be it or- 
 dained by the council of the city of Richmond : that in which joint reso- 
 lutions shall lie passed shall he: Be it resolved by the council of the city 
 of. Richmond (the board of aldermen, or the common council, as the case 
 may he, concurring). A joint resolution shall always provide for the 
 concurrence of the other branch of the council from that in which it is 
 introduced; and all other resolutions shall he considered as referring 
 only to that branch in which they originated and arc passed. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 I. As soon as any ordinance or joint resolution shall have passed both 
 branches of the city council, it shall he enrolled by the city clerk, with 
 his certificate of the date of its passage, on large folio record paper, which 
 he shall procure and keep on hand for the purpose, and shall then he 
 signed first by the president of the branch in which il originated, and
 
 70 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 then by the president of the other branch, and every ordinance 
 
 and , lution having the effect of an ordinance so enrolled, cer- 
 
 hall be thou submitted by the clerk to the mayor for 
 
 ],i< s j The return of any ordinance or joint resolution by the 
 
 the clerk of the body in which it originated, within five days 
 
 after it has been thus submitted to him, shall be considered the return of 
 
 to the body itself within five days, as provide] by law. If the 
 
 mayor shall sign the same, the city clerk shall file the same away, and 
 
 communicate i of the signature thereto to the branch in which it 
 
 originated, in writing. If such ordinance or joint resolution be refused 
 
 signature by the mayor, and afterward be passed over his veto, or if it 
 
 ie law by virtue of not having been returned within five days, then 
 
 all be the duty of the city clerk to append a certificate of such fact to 
 
 said ordinance or joint resolution; which certificate shall be signed by 
 
 the presidents of the two branches and the city clerk, and shall be filed 
 
 with the other ordinances and joint resolutions which have become laws. 
 
 (July 19, 1907.) 
 
 5. The city clerk shall keep an index of all such ordinances and joint 
 resolutions as have been approved by the mayor of the city of Richmond, 
 or shall have otherwise become operative during the two years preceding 
 the first day of September, 1910, and shall arrange them according to 
 the dates of their approval, or to their so becoming operative, and shall 
 have them hound in one or more volumes as may be necessaiy, marked 
 "ordinances and joint resolutions from September 1, 1908, to September 
 1, 1910/' and shall thereafter index, collect and have bound the ordi- 
 nances and joint resolutions for every two years up to the first day of 
 ember, biennially, so as to have all the corporation acts of each two 
 - in a separate volume or volumes properly and plainly marked as 
 aforesaid. (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 C. The ordinances and joint resolutions of the council of the city of 
 Richmond, signed, certified and enrolled, shall be taken to be the re- 
 cords of the corporation; and the city clerk shall cause all of the ordi- 
 nal titled, signed and enrolled to be promptly printed for dis- 
 tribution to the committees, heads of departments and others concerned 
 thereby, and with them such oC the joint resolutions as are of a public 
 nature and have a continuing effect and use beyond the immediate occa- 
 sion of their adoption, and shall biennially have printed, indexed and 
 hound in one volume two hundred copies of said ordinances and r< 
 
 ed and bound under the foregoing section. (August 13, 
 1910.) 
 
 i. Whenever any ordinance granting any right or privilege to any 
 'oration, receiver, or private person named therein, shall be published
 
 CHAPTER 9. 71 
 
 in the newspapers of this city, in the manner prescribed by the law the 
 expense of such publication shall be borne entirely by such corporation, 
 receiver, or private person, who shall be deemed to have assumed said 
 expense by the acceptance of the provisions of such ordinance. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 8. Whenever the council passes a resolution or ordinance which appro- 
 priates money it shall be the duty of the city clerk, as sook as the mayor 
 approves the same, or it shall pass, notwithstanding the mayor's veto, to 
 furnish to the city treasurer a certified copy of the resolution or ordi- 
 nance. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to see that the copies men- 
 tioned are promptly delivered to the city treasurer. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. He shall regularly furnish the chairman of each committee with a 
 copy of the resolution constituting it, and of all resolutions referring 
 matters to his committee: I!- shall be his duty immediately after the 
 close of each session of each branch of the council to make and present to 
 the mayor a transcript of every ordinance or resolution having the effect 
 of an ordinance, passed by both branches of the city council. He shall, 
 in like manner, transmit to the auditor a transcript of all ordinances, 
 resolutions or orders appropriating money, or authorizing the payment 
 of money, the issue of bonds or notes ; and to the heads of all departments 
 of the city government all ordinances, resolutions or orders relating to 
 their departments. He shall also give notice to the parties presenting 
 communications or petitions to the city council, of the final action of the 
 council on such communications or petitions. (July 19, 1907.) 
 
 10. He shall publish, in such manner as may be directed, all reports 
 and ordinances which he may be required by the ordinances to publish, 
 and such other reports and ordinances as the city council may direct. 
 And he shall in general perform such other acts and duties as the city 
 council, or either branch thereof, may from time to time require of him. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. That it shall be the duty of the city clerk, in accordance with the 
 requirements of section SI of the charter of the city of Richmond, to 
 cause to be published for five consecutive days in the daily newspapers 
 published in the city of Richmond having the annual advertising contract 
 with the city of Richmond for newspaper advertising, for the year in 
 which such publication is made, the ordinances passed by the council of 
 the city of Richmond required to be published by said .-vet ion of the 
 charter. (March 19, 1910.) 
 
 12. The sum of six hundred dollars shall be appropriated annually, to 
 the credit of an account to be called "city clerk contingent expenses," to 
 be used by the city clerk for incidental office expenses, copying records, 
 etc. Said amount to be disbursed by the auditor upon warrants properly 
 drawn and signed by the city clerk. (June 19, 1907.)
 
 chapter 10. 73 
 
 CI [AFTER 10. 
 
 CONCERNING THE 1STT-AT-ARMS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL AND 
 
 B0AR3 OF ALDERMEN. 
 
 1. There shall be one one sergeant-at-arms for the two branches of the 
 city council. I cted by their joint vote, who shall continue 
 
 for two years, unle moved. He shall attend upon each branch 
 
 during its sessions, and shall execute its commands, together with all 
 such process issued h fchority as shall he directed to him by the 
 
 president. He shall, under the direction of the president, have charge 
 of the police of the council chamber and committee rooms, and shall 
 vent any interruption of the business of the body by disorder within or 
 without. He shall distribute among the members all papers printed for 
 their use, and shall render such assistance during the session of the b 
 as will promote the comfort of the members and facilitate the busi 
 of the body. He shall announce to the president all me mt from 
 
 the mayor or other branch. He shall also attend on the mee the 
 
 committees of the city council, act as the messenger of the city clerk, 
 and deliver in person all and summon- 1 by hie 1 
 
 mbers of either branch of the council, or the committees thereof, lb' 
 shall act as the superintendent of the council chamber and committee 
 rooms, and be responsible for the safe-keeping and proper protection 
 the property contained therein. He shall have the power and authority 
 of a sergeant of police within and around the city hall. He shall haw 
 charge of the library belonging to the board of aldermen and common 
 council, and permit no book belonging to the same to be taken from 
 chandier without the direction of the board or common council. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 2. The sergeant-at-arms of the city council be, and lie is hereby, di- 
 rected to purchase and deliver to each member of the common council 
 and hi ard of aldermen one hundred street car tickets per month for each 
 and every month during the year, and the committee on finance is hereby 
 instructed to provide a sufficient fund for this purpose. (August 26, 
 1904.)
 
 CHAPTER 11. 75 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 CONCERNING THE PUBLIC PRINTING \M> THE PURCHASE OF STATIONERY 
 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 1. The committee on printing shall annually contract for all the print- 
 ing, binding and advertising required to be done for the city or it- < m 1 i - 
 cers. The}' shall see that all printing is neatly .executed upon pap 
 
 the quality prescribed by the committee, and shall examine and approve 
 all bills for printing, binding and advertising, subject to the approval of 
 the city council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. That the committee on printing and claims shall annually, in the 
 month of December, contract for all the stationery to be furnished, and 
 paid for by the city. And it shall be the duty of the head of each de- 
 partment of the city government, and all other persons who purchase sta- 
 tionery to be paid for by the city, to furnish the committee on printing 
 and claims between the first and tenth of December of each year with 
 a detailed statement of the kind and probable quantity of stationery 
 which will be needed by them during the year commencing the first of 
 the following January. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. All bills for stationery to be paid for by the city shall be audited 
 by the committee on printing and claims, and warrants on the auditor 
 shall be issued by the committee for payment of such lulls as arc payable 
 out of the fund to the credit of stationery and printing. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. That the committee on printing and claims shall, from time to 
 time, as the needs may arise, furnish to the city sergeant certain books 
 known as the record book and the index book, which books shall always 
 remain the property of the city of Richmond. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. That whenever any one of such books so furnished to the said ser- 
 geant shall have been so fully used as to be no longer serviceable for 
 further records, then the same shall be forwarded by the said sergeani 
 to the clerk's office for the hustings court of said city, and shall there be 
 preserved. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. That the committee on printing and claims be, and they arc 
 hereby, authorized at the commencement of each term to elect a clerk, at 
 the salary of two hundred and forty dollars ($240.00) per year, payable 
 monthly. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. That all persons, firms or corporations, to whom privileges or fran- 
 chises may be granted by the city council of Richmond, shall pay for the
 
 7(3 EtK HMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 printing of all ordinances granting said privileges or franchises after the 
 
 a pp ro printing of all such ordin; ' all be done by 
 
 the contractor for city printing at contract price, and the bill or bills for 
 
 1 by the city clerk and the clerk of the committee 
 
 ml claims. (April 19, 1902.) 
 
 g. \jj | or corporations shall pay the printing bill for all 
 
 ordina hem privileges or franchises within a period of 
 
 thirty !i ,rl ' same; and. for the failure so to do, shall 
 
 .1 privileges authorized and granted by any such ordi- 
 
 or ordin; d such ordinance or ordinances shall be null and 
 
 !). Thai of the city government, the 
 
 clerks courts and all L's of the city government, 
 
 using : having work done in the preparation of the same, for 
 
 which the shall not purchase such stationery or supplies, 
 
 or ha work done, except by ! n with whom the city has 
 
 the furnishing of j and supplies, and for the 
 
 doing of work in the preparation of the same, without first obtaining the 
 consi mmittee on printing and i hich conseni 
 
 rant on written application ing the quantity, 
 
 quality a] . supplies or needed work. Any 
 
 ii violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of 
 not I nor more than twi -. reeovi rable before 
 
 ity of Richmond. (December 18, 1906.) 
 10. That no officer or employee mond> or other per- 
 
 son authorized by law to order or require printing or binding to be done 
 r other like supplies to be furnished, for which the city of 
 Richmond is obliged to pay, shall order the same except in writing. 
 ! by the officer or person for whom the same is to be done or sup- 
 plied on behalf of the city of Richmond: and the committee on printing 
 and claims shall not order the payment of any bill for the doing of such 
 work or the furnishing of such supplies unless ler accompany the 
 
 bill therefor, together with a ticket or receipt showing the delivery to 
 the person for whose use such work is done or supplies furnished. For 
 a violation of the provisions of this section the person so offending shall 
 be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than five dollars for each 
 offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. It 
 reby made the duty of the clerk of the committee on printing and 
 claims to report to that committee, for prosecution, all violations of this 
 (June 21, 1909.)
 
 CHAPTER 12. 77 
 
 CHAPTER 12. 
 
 CONCERNING THE AUDITOR LND TREASURER OF THE CITY. ' 
 
 1. The person elected to the office of auditor shall, before acting in 
 his office, give bond with security in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, 
 to be approved by the city council and enteri Ls. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 2. The auditor shall open, keep in a neat and methodical manner, a 
 complete set of books, under the direction of the city council, wherein 
 shall be stated, among other tilings, the appropriath ie year for 
 each distinct object and branch iditure, and . ipts in 
 detail from each and every source ol re can ascertain 
 the same. Said books, and all papers, vow bonds, re- 
 ceipts and other things kept in - e, shall be subject to the exami- 
 nation of the mayor, the mi ncil, or any committee 
 or committees thereof. (Code 189! 
 
 3. The said auditor shall be 1 with ami exercise a iiper- 
 vision over all of the officers of the city charged in any manner with the 
 
 (, collection, or disbui he city n collec- 
 
 tion and return of such revenues into the city treasury. He shall have 
 charge of all deeds, moi I , bonds, debts, 
 
 choses in action, belonging I as are confided 
 
 to the custody of the city clerk, and such other papers as may be com- 
 mitted to his care by the city council, by ordinanc (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 4. The said auditor shall examine all accounts, claims and demands 
 for or against the said city; and no money shall be di i m the 
 treasury, or paid by the city to any person, except as herein otherwise 
 provided, unless that balance due or payal 
 
 by the sajd auditor; and for the purpose of ascertaining the true state 
 of any balance or balance- so d 11 have, and i- hereby cl 
 
 with, full power and authority to administer an oath or oaths to the 
 claimant or claimants, or any other person or persons, whom he may 
 think proper to examine as to any fact, matter, or thing, concerning the 
 correctness of any account, claim or demand presented; and the person 
 so sworn shall, if he swear falsely, be guilty of wilful aid corrupt perjury, 
 and be subject to punishment by imprisonment in the penitentiary for 
 not less than one nor more than five years. (Code 1899.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 found to be due and payable by the said auditor to any 
 ill be drawn by said auditor by warrant on the treasurer, stat- 
 ing the [.articular fund or appropriation to which the same is charge- 
 able, and the person to whom payable; and no money shall be drawn 
 from the treasury except on the warrant of the auditor, as aforesaid. 
 Bui the auditor is forbidden to issue his warrant for the payment of any 
 money in excess of the appropriation on account of which said money is 
 drawn, or unless the hill filed in his office shall show for what articles 
 furnished or services rendered, the warrant is issued. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Whenever any person to whom the city is indebted shall apply to 
 the auditor for a warrant in his favor, ami the auditor has in his posses- 
 sion, or has knowledge of bills againsl said person for taxes or other 
 
 e city, it shall be the duty of the auditor to deduct the amount 
 due to the city from that due to the person applying, and only issue his 
 warrant in favor of said person for the excess; and whenever it shall 
 appear that the amount due to the city is the greater, it shall be the duty 
 of the auditor to credit (lie lull of the person with the amount due to him 
 by the city, and not to issue any warrant in his favor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. II duty of said auditor, as nearly as may be, to charge 
 all officers in the receipt of revenues or moneys of the city, with the 
 whole amount, from time to time, of such receipts; he shall also require 
 of all in receipt of city moneys that they shall submit reports 
 thereof w uchers and receipts of paymenl I i into the city 
 treasury, weekly or monthly, or as often as he shall see fit to require the 
 same, by any regulation which he may adopt, and if any such o 
 shall to make an adjustment of his accounts, when required as 
 aforesaid, and to pay over such moneys so received, it shall then be the 
 duty of --,ud auditor to issue notice in writing, directed to such officer and 
 his securities, requiring him or them, within fen days, to make settle- 
 ment of his said account with the auditor, and to pay other balance of 
 moneys found to be <\uv and in Ids hands belonging to the said city., ac- 
 cording to the hooks of said auditor; and in case of the refusal or neglect 
 of such officer to adjust his said accounts, or pay over -aid balance to the 
 treasurer as required, it shall then he the duty of said auditor to make 
 n T" rl of the delinquem h officer to the mayor, who shall at once 
 suspend him from office, proceed forthwith to institute the necessary pro- 
 removal of such officer from office, and immediately on 
 
 hl8 removal, institute suit in the name of said city against him and his 
 er the balance of moneys so found to be due and in his 
 hands belonging to said city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. The auditor shall make out an annual statement as soon as possible 
 after ,l "' ""' l "'' each fiscal year, giving a full and detailed statement of
 
 CHAPTER 12. 79 
 
 all the receipts from income accruing, and disbursements for exp 
 tures incurred, during the preceding calendar year. The said statement 
 shall also detail the liabilities and expenditures during the year, I! 
 bilities and resources of said city, the condition of all unexpended appro- 
 priations and contracts unfulfilled, the balances of money then remaining 
 in the treasury, with all sums due and outstanding, the names of all per- 
 sons who may have become defaulters to the city, and the amounts in 
 their hands unaccounted for, and all other things necessary to exhibit 
 the true financial condition of the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The auditor shall annually submit to the city council, at their first 
 stated meeting after the beginning of the fiscal year, a report of tin 
 mates necessary, as nearly as may be, to defray the expenses of the city 
 government during the current calendar year. He shall in said report 
 class the different objects and branches of the city expenditures, giving 
 as nearly as may be the amount required for each. And for this purpose 
 he is authorized to require of all city officers and heads of departments 
 their statements of the condition of their .respective departments and 
 offices and the probable expense thereof during the current year, and a 
 list of all unpaid expenditures of the preceding } r ear. He shall also in 
 such report show the aggregate income of the preceding calendar year 
 from all sources; the amount of liabilities outstanding upon which inter- 
 est is to be paid; and of bonds and city debts payable during the year 
 when due and where payable, so that the city council may fully under- 
 stand the money exigencies and demands of the city for the current year. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. In addition to the other duties of the said auditor, it is hereby 
 made his duty, on the last day of each and every month, to make out a 
 monthly statement, giving a full and detailed account of all moneys re- 
 ceived, from what sources and on what account received, and - 
 moneys ordered to be paid or drawn for by warrant by him. and on what 
 account the same have been paid : and shall deliver said statement to the 
 said city council at their next meeting, to be filed after the adjournment 
 of said council, by the city clerk, with the papers belonging to his office. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The city council shall, as soon as practicable after the audi! ir and 
 treasurer have qualified respectively, elect one clerk for each officer; hut 
 such clerks shall not enter upon the discharge of their duties until they 
 shall have taken an oath before the city clerk for the faithful perform- 
 ance of the duties required, and shall have given bond in the sum of five 
 thousand dollars each, with sureties approved by the city council. The 
 clerks so appointed may be removed at any time by the city council. The 
 auditor shall have authority to appoint two additional clerks, to be known
 
 RICHMOND CITY COD':. 
 
 •ers, who shall perform such duties as may be 
 tuditor, and shall hold their appointment from the 
 hall be removable at any time, without cause assigned, by 
 r. The salary of the first bookkeeper so appointed by the au- 
 ditor shall be <»ne thousand and eighty dollars per annum, and that of the 
 one thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly; 
 I, uj ! the discharge of their duties they shall each 
 
 give bond um of three thousand dollars for the faithful perform- 
 
 i 25, 1907.) 
 L2. The hours for transacting business in the offices of the treasurer 
 all be as follows: From eight A. M. until three P. M., 
 from the first day of April until the first day of October, and from nine 
 A. M. until three P. M., during the rest of the year, ex* upon the 
 
 Lasl days for the payment without penalty of gas bills or water bills, the 
 urer's office shall remain open until four P. M. And the treasurer 
 the auditor shall be required to be present in the ol signed 
 
 them by the city council,, and attend to their official business dining 
 And if either of these officers shall in any regular 
 
 business which shall require or cause him to neglect b habitually 
 
 during business hours, the city council shall inflict such penalty as to 
 them shall seem proper. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. The auditor shall proceed at once to ascertain the total amount of 
 
 unpaid real estate taxes on the books in his office, known as 'lots sold for 
 
 " from 1S76 to 1898, inclusive, and shall report' the amount thereof 
 
 e committee on finance for record on their minutes, and the report 
 
 be made on or before March 1, 1899. The amoun ported shall 
 
 the next annual report of the auditor as one item of the assets 
 
 Le 1899.) 
 
 ter the auditor charges the city collector with the 
 
 ■ ear, his journal shall show the items separated 
 
 ite, taxes, personal taxes, fiduciary taxes, licenses, 
 
 ay be, and there shall be on the general ledger a 
 
 Lass of taxes for each year, which shall be so 
 
 debite idited from year to year as to show at any time how much 
 
 ch year remains unpaid. (Code 1899.) 
 
 i annually ascertain the amount due the city for 
 
 unpaid real estate tax hills and report the same in his annual statement 
 
 e city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1,; - The :lil,! : make, or cause to be made, every quarter in each 
 
 te dates March 30th, June 30th, September 30th, and 
 
 '- a balance sheet from the general ledger in his office (and 
 
 1 ' : ; ' alance of ev< ry account on the ledger, including
 
 CHAPTER 12. 81 
 
 the account "city of Richmond"), and it shall demonstrate the accuracy 
 
 of the ledger to the date of the sheet. Each balance sheet made as 
 herein required shall be laid before the committee on finance at its first 
 regular meeting after the date of the sheet. (C .'.) 
 
 17. The auditor shall keen in his office a suitabl shall 
 therein enter, at the time of its issue, each and every pay-in warrant, or 
 order on the treasurer to receive money; and the said book shall show in 
 
 i' columns the date, number and amount of the warrant, or o 
 lame of the person, officer or department reporting and p 
 money; on what account the money is paid. (Code 1899.) 
 
 18. The treasurer shall keep in bis office a suitable book, and shall 
 therein enter each and every pay-in warrant, or order, from the auditor 
 to receive money, as they are presented to him, and shall record, in each 
 case, the number, amount and date of the warrant; the name of tb 
 
 son, officer or department reporting and paying the money, and on what 
 t the payment is made, and shall preserve and file all such war- 
 rants or orders so recorded. (Code 1899.) 
 
 19a. That it shall net be lawful for any officer or employee of any 
 department of i to receive mone -rent, 
 
 or for material, pn or products sold, or on any other account ex- 
 
 cept as herein provided. Whenever rent or other money i 
 the proper officer of the department where the money is due shall < 
 the amount to the auditor and he shall direct the treasurer to receive the 
 same from the debtor, spei i tying by whom and on what account the sum 
 is payable. 
 
 19b. Whenever, by order of V\q council or any commit! - >f, or 
 
 by order of any board of commis .' any department, a sale is made 
 
 of any property, products or material owned by the < 
 duty of the clerk of the council or of the committee or board ord 
 sale to report immediately to the auditor a list or descriptio prop- 
 
 erty, products or material sold, with the price of if, the 
 
 total amount due there! name and address of I r, the 
 
 terms and conditions, if any, of the sale, and the said 
 or board shall designate in the o: de the officer or agent authorized 
 
 or instructed to collect the proceeds of the sale. Said officer or 
 shall collect the money due and pay the same to the treasurer in like 
 manner as other moneys are paid to the treasurer. The report < 
 order of sale must, in all cases, be signed by the presiding 
 body ordering the sale, and be made a part of the minutes of I 
 committee or board ordering the sale. 
 
 19c. The auditor, upon receipt of any and every such report from the 
 clerk or agent, shall thereupon enter, in a book provided and arra
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 the purpose, a charge against the purchaser for the items arid for the 
 amount set forth in the report and shall file and preserve all such re- 
 
 i:i,|. Upon the payment of any moneys made in accordance with this 
 ordinance the auditor shall mark the charge paid and pass the amount 
 paid to the credil of the "Receipts*'" account of the department from which 
 the charge was I. and in his annual report show what reduction 
 
 has been made in the expense account of each department hy reason of 
 
 19e. Nothing in this ordinance shall he deemed to apply to the pay- 
 
 gas, water, market rents, taxes or assessments now 
 
 regulated by ordinance and payable directly to the treasurer, city col- 
 
 ir of delinquent taxes, or to the superintendents of city 
 
 cemeti 
 
 191 It shall be the duty of the auditor to report to the council every 
 _■■■ made under this ordinance which remains unpaid for thirty days 
 from the date thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20., The clerk to the auditor shall perform the duties of transfer clerk 
 in the an fice without additional compensation. (Code 1899.) 
 
 21. Whenever it is necessary for the auditor to charge the treasurer 
 with medals, license tins, etc., as required by section twenty-six of chap- 
 ter thirteen of the city ordinances concerning taxes, as amended and 
 May 29, 1897, he shall charge them on the journal of his office 
 directed, and not otherwise, and any entry already made 
 and not in accordance with this section must be immediately made to 
 rm to it. The treasurer shall, on the journal, be made debtor to 
 each class of I or the full number of medals, tins, licenses, etc., 
 
 ty be, and for the full amount of each class of lieens< 
 
 the full term of one year :"and the several classes of licenses duly credited 
 
 etive amount-. Whenever, and as as the treasurer 
 
 ts the payment of any of the said licenses to the auditor, he shall 
 
 also report whether each license is paid for the full term of one year, or 
 
 a portion of the year, and for what portion, and the auditor shall 
 
 thereupon debit the several accounts and credit the treasurer by the cash 
 
 paid and by the proportionate part of the license or licenses unpaid, be- 
 
 ! by the treasurer; the total credit to balance the total 
 
 charge tor each license reported, for one year. The entries herein rc- 
 
 ■ to be in addition to and must not interfere with the present 
 
 id disbursements accounts of the auditor's office, and may. if 
 
 convenient, be kept upon a separate book, the size, form and quality 
 
 iall lie approved by the chairman of the committee on finance. 
 
 399.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. S'A 
 
 22. There shall be in the office of the auditor an account book entitled 
 "Market Clerks" Monthly Settlements," and it shall be made and kepi 
 as hereinafter required. The said book shall be printed and ruled as fol- 
 lows on every page: It shall have a printed heading, "Market Clerks' 
 Monthly Settlement," and shall be ruled in ten columns, with a printed 
 heading for each and as follows: "Month," "Name of Clerk,* 1 "Number 
 of Market," "Number of Daily Certificate Tickets Delivered," "Value of 
 D. C. Tickets Delivered" (in dollars and cents), "Number of D. C. 
 Tickets Returned," "Value of D. C. Tickets Returned" (in dollars and 
 cents), "Cash Paid in for D. C. Tickets Sold" (in dollars and cents), 
 "Total Cash and D. C. Tickets Returned and Paid" (in dollars and 
 cents), "Date of Settlement." The auditor shall monthly charge and 
 credit, by the actual delivery of the tickets called daily certificates and 
 return of D. C. tickets and money, each market clerk as indicated by the 
 several columns provided, and the column "Total Cash and I). C. Tickets 
 Returned and Paid" shall each month balance the column "Value of D. 
 C. Tickets Delivered." The column headed "Date of Settlement" shall 
 show the month and day of settlement. The book and accounts herein re- 
 quired shall be in addition to and shall not interfere with the present 
 accounts of market receipts. The chairman of the committee on finance 
 is hereby authorized and instructed to order and complete the book and 
 to certify the bill for payment to the committee on "Printing and Claims." 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 23. The auditor shall proceed to prepare and complete new indexes to 
 the taxes known as "Lots for Redemption," and shall complete the work 
 by the first day of June, 1899, and as hereinafter required. The present 
 indexes shall be copied, as hereinafter required, upon a book or books 
 known as "Graves' Printed Indexes," made by Hall & McChesney, Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y., and modified, or made to order, as hereinafter set forth. The 
 copy herein ordered shall omit every item previous to the year" 1876, and 
 every item which is unquestionably paid or which has been cancelled In- 
 order of the council, and also any item unpaid if the property upon which 
 it is due is now the property (by deed) of the city of Richmond, or of the 
 Commonwealth of Virginia, but shall otherwise be a full and complete 
 and correct copy of the present indexes from 1876 to 1898, inclusive. The 
 person charged with the work shall proceed as directed in this section and 
 shall also verify the correctness of each item and supply any item hitherto 
 omitted from the index, and where the same name is repeated reduce 
 the several entries to one. The indexes ordered for tin's work described 
 in this section shall have a capacity of not less than ten thousand nor 
 more than twenty thousand items or names and shall be made of Byron 
 Weston's linen ledger paper, double cap. not less than H» pounds to tin-
 
 a | CHAPTER 12. 
 
 ream, and shall be primed and ruled throughout to answer the purpose 
 for which they are made and shall he hound in the best and most durable 
 manner. The chairman of the committee on finance is hereby authorized 
 to purchase, or order to be made, the necessary printed indexes, at a cost 
 qoI exceeding forty dollars, and to certify the bill for payment to the com- 
 mittee on printing and claims. (Code 1899.) 
 
 •>l. The auditor, treasurer and superintendent of the water works 
 shall arrange for the keeping, and continue to keep, the records and ac- 
 counts under their respective control. (November 17, 190G.) 
 
 35. The auditor shall place upon the general ledger all sinking fund 
 accounts and balances of same as are shown by the hooks of the treasurer's 
 office as soon as found to be correct, and in future shall maintain by proper 
 entries the correct balances of said accounts. (November 17, 190G.) 
 
 26. The auditor shall prepare statements showing the total of delin- 
 quent bills for paving and grading, pipe connections, and real estate 
 taxes, as shown by the detailed books of his office, and he shall correct the 
 balance of the respective accounts on the ledger to conform to the figures 
 so obtained; excepting in the case of delinquent real estate taxes, which 
 shall be kept in accordance with section 24 of chapter 10 of the Code 
 1899 Tor a period of five years, after which date any balances remaining 
 unpaid shall he transferred to an account designated ".delinquent real 
 estate taxes." The balance of said account shall at all times be considered 
 an asset of the city, and shall appear in the annual report of the auditor 
 as Mich. (November 17, 190G.) 
 
 •^T. In future in addition to "marking satisfied" any item of paving 
 and grading, pipe connection, or real estate tax bills for authorized 
 credits, the auditor shall require proper journal entries to be made for 
 said credits, and thereby maintain correct balance between the ledger and 
 detail hooks. ( November 17, 190G.) 
 
 28. All balances on personal tax accounts on the general ledger prior 
 to L900 be charged off to the account "City of Richmond"; and that in 
 future the auditor shall carry only five years of delinquent personal taxes 
 upon the general ledger as an asset; one year of the old hills to be charged 
 off annually in future. (November IT. 1906.) 
 
 29. That the auditor charge to the treasurer the total of all gas and 
 water rents monthly as shown by the bill listing books of said depart- 
 ments as the hooks are submitted to his office, and that he credit the ac- 
 counts against the treasurer so charged with daily collections on each of 
 -aid accounts: requiring the collections and the uncollected bills for each 
 " l " lltl1 to balance the accounts charged against the treasurer. And the 
 treasurer shall in future enter the total of all penalties collected on either 
 "'"'•'' '"' S as l,m< 'n the column provided on his desk books for said
 
 CHAPTER 12. S5 
 
 penalties; the total of penalties so collected to be credited by the auditor 
 to an account to be designated "Penalty on Gas and Water Bills." ( No- 
 vember 17, 1906.) 
 
 30. In future the auditor shall credit all interest charges collected on 
 any paving and grading, pipe, or tax bill to an ac< riated 
 "Interest on Tax, Paving, etc., Bills." (November 17, 1906.) 
 
 31. In order to carry out the provisions of section twenty-nine of this 
 chapter, the water department shall add and total the bill listing book fur- 
 nished by that department to the auditor, for the purpose oJ .: pay- 
 ments on account of water rents. (November 17, 1906.) 
 
 32. The auditor shall in his annual report for ea< 
 
 show a baiance sheet of the assets and liabilities of the city; which 
 include all assets and liabilities of every character, and which shall set 
 forth the true financial condition of the city; said balance slavi to he 
 followed by detailed statements sustaining the figures shown therein, in 
 so far as the assets of city property, maturity of bonded del 
 disbursements, amounts expended on account of annual appropriations 
 and balances on account of said appropriations . urj 
 value of real and personal property, and such other information as 
 quired by the charter and ordinances of the city. All of which informa- 
 iall he sui tained bj the I ffice. (N 
 
 33. .'•• I the vnd of each fisi al yi ar the auditor shall, under direction of 
 immittee on finance, increase the book value of the n bi aring 
 
 or salable assets of the city for the amounts expended for better 
 during the preceding year: said increases to be at all times subject to the 
 appraisement of the State hoard of a- and the appraisement of the 
 
 said board shall be considered to be the true value of the pro] 
 
 ed ; and the books of the city shall be corrected to conform to said 
 values. (November IT, 1906.) 
 
 34. In order to cany out the foregoing sections the auditor shall 
 arrange and keep the accounts upon the general ledger of the city 
 in the following order: I, Capital accounts, sinking fund interest and 
 redemption, bonded debt, assets — city property; II, Current accounts, 
 treasurer, city collector, taxes, etc., collector delinquent taxe?, etc., de- 
 linquent accounts with auditor, lulls payable, appropriation; 111, De- 
 tailed appropriation accounts. (November 11, 1906.) 
 
 35. The person elected to the office of treasurer shall, befo 
 
 in In's office, give bond, with security in the sum of one hundred thousand 
 dollars, to be approved by the city council, and entered ir records. 
 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 36. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the city, and 
 shall keep his office in some place designated by the city council, lie
 
 g(3 IMCiniOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Bhall have the custody of the corporate seal, and whenever the seal is to he 
 affixed to any paper, not exempt by law from tax, he shall affix it, on the 
 warrant of the auditor, and shall not deliver such paper, without 
 obliterating the seal, until a tax of two dollars is paid. He shall keep his 
 i ants in such manner as the city council may prescribe, and 
 such books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the 
 mayor and an of the city council, or any committee or commit- 
 
 tees thereof. (Code L899.) 
 
 37. No money shall be paid out by the treasurer except upon the war- 
 rant of the auditor, issued as hereinbefore provided, and be shall keep a 
 separate account of each fund or appropriation, and the debits or credits 
 belonging thereto, corresponding as nearly as possible with those kept by 
 the auditor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 38. All moneys to be paid into the treasury of the city, except the bills 
 as and water and such other assessments as the city council may so 
 
 ordain, shall be paid by the person liable to pay the same, or his agent, 
 to the treasurer, in the following manner: A warrant shall first he ob- 
 tained from the auditor directing the treasurer to receive the sum to be 
 paid, specifying on what account the payment is to he made. Upon the 
 payment of the money to the treasurer he shall give a receipt for the 
 . which shall be carried to the auditor, and his receipt therefor shall 
 be the acquittance of the party making the payment. Bill- for gas and 
 water, and such other assessments as the city council may so ordain, shall 
 be paid directly to the treasurer, who shall keep an account thereof and 
 make daily reports of accurate copies of such receipts to the auditor. In 
 the event of the sale or exchange of any property under control of any 
 committee of the council, officer, or agent of the city, the agreed price or 
 difference in exchange of such property shall be paid into the city treasury 
 by warrant, according to the provisions of this section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 39. The treasurer shall, at the end of each and every month, and 
 oftener if required, render an account to the auditor, showing the state 
 of the treasury at the date of such account, and the balance of moneys 
 in the treasury. He shall also, if required so to do by the auditor, accom- 
 pany such account with a statement of all moneys received into the 
 
 ury, and on what account, with a list of all warrants redeemed and 
 paid by him during the month. (Code 1899.) 
 
 40. The treasurer shall also report to the city council, at the end of each 
 fiscal year, and oftener if required, a full and detailed account of all re- 
 ceipts and expenditures during the preceding fiscal year, and the state of 
 the treasury. He shall also keep a register of all warrants, their date, 
 amount, number, the fund from which paid, and the person to whom 
 paid, specifying also the time of payment; and all such warrants shall be
 
 CHAPTER 12. 87 
 
 examined, at the time of making such annual report to the city council, 
 by a committee thereof, who shall examine and compare the same with 
 the books of the auditor, and report discrepancies, if any, to the city 
 council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1-1. All moneys received on any special assessment shall he held by the 
 treasurer as a special fund, to be applied to the payment for which the 
 assessment was made; and said money shall be used for no oilier purpose 
 whatsoever. (Code 1899.) 
 
 42. The treasurer may be required to keep all moneys in his hands. 
 belonging to the city, in such place or places of deposit as the city council 
 may by ordinance provide, order, establish, or direct. Such moneys 
 shall be kept distinct and separate from his own moneys; and he is hereby 
 expressly prohibited from using, either directly or indirectly, the corpora- 
 tion money or warrants in his custody and keeping for his own use and 
 benefit, or that of any person or persons whomsoever; and any violation 
 of this provision shall subject him to immediate removal from office. In 
 case of his removal, the city council shall elect a qualified person to fill 
 said office until the next general election which may be held in the city, 
 when the qualified voters of said city shall, as in other cases, fill such 
 vacancy by an election of a successor, who shall hold his office Tor the re- 
 mainder, if any, of the unexpired term of the officer removed. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 43. The treasurer of the city is hereby required to keep all'moneys in 
 his hands belonging to the city in the following banks, to-wit : The 
 Planters National Bank, of Richmond; the First National Bank, of Rich- 
 mond; the National State Bank, of Richmond; the City Bank, of Rich- 
 mond; the Merchants National Bank, of Richmond; the American Na- 
 tional Bank, of Richmond; the National Bank of Virginia, of Richmond : 
 the Bank of Richmond, Incorporated, of Richmond; the Broad Street 
 Bank, of Richmond; the Bank of Commerce and Trusts, of Richmond; 
 the Virginia Trust Company, of Richmond; the Mechanics and Mer- 
 chants Bank, of Manchester, and the Manchester National Bank, which 
 are hereby designated as depositories of the city funds in accordance with 
 the foregoing section. (May 17, 1910.) 
 
 44. That the treasurer of the city of Richmond be, and he is hereby, 
 empowered to refund any water or gas bill wdiich has been twice paid and 
 a proper portion of any water bill, when the occupier of the house charged 
 with the bill shall move before the end of the quarter paid for. But no 
 such refunding shall be done unless the city auditor shall issue and de- 
 liver to the person entitled thereto, or his agent, a warrant upon the 
 treasurer stating the amount and the reason of its issuance. In case of 
 water and gas bills twice paid no such warrant shall be issued unless the
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 and surrender to the auditor his bills showing double 
 shall be preserved and filed by said auditor. In 
 portion of a water bill, no such warrant shall he i 
 
 I com the superintendent of the -water works stating 
 •funded and the reason therefor, which order shall be 
 -aid auditor. Said warrants shall be paid by the 
 • money derived from the respective departments. It 
 shall ; of the auditor, within twenty-four hours after the dig- 
 
 s' water bill has been twice paid, to notify the pe 
 o paid, by a postal card addressed to the person 
 and ] amount overpaid will be returned on application 
 
 rider of duplicate receipts. In order to com- 
 ply w iquiremenl the auditor is herein- authorized 
 'rom time to time, the necessary postal card-: and have 
 o a suitable form of notice and to issue his warrant 
 >st thereof and chai it "Conti 
 Fund. 
 
 15. v of the city of ! id is hereby authorized to 
 
 and maintain in suitable a nient places in the city 
 
 nd four sub-stations at which gas and water bills may be paid, 
 
 i r authorized to employ an additional clerk I in his 
 
 ch other work as the treasurer may direct in receiving 
 
 tions hereby authorized to be established. 
 
 the city of Richmond ia hereby authorized 
 
 to employ in h rk to discharge such duties pertaining to his 
 
 office i direct for i! ul discharge of which duties the said 
 
 treasurei shall be responsible. (March 16, 1907.) 
 
 17. That the treasurer of the city of Richmond be, and he is hi 
 authorized to employ an additional clerk in his office to discharge such 
 rtaining to his office as he may direct, for the faithful discharge 
 of which duties the said treasurer shall be responsible. (February 16, 
 1910.) 

 
 CHAPTER 13. 89 
 
 CHAPTER 13. 
 
 CONCERNING THE RECEIVING AND PAYING MOMIY AT THE TREASURY. 
 
 1. All moneys, if over one hundred dollars, received by the treasure:' 
 under section thirty-eight of chapter twelve, up to Wednesday at two 
 o'clock, of each week, shall be deposited by him on that day in one 
 of the banks of this city, to the credit of the city, and so all moneys, it' 
 over one hundred dollars, received by him up to Saturday at two o'clock, 
 of each week, shall be deposited in like manner. (Code 18!)!).) 
 
 2. Any person bound to pay money into the city treasury, who shall 
 pay the same otherwise than according to section thirty-eight of chap 
 
 ter twelve, shall remain liable for such money, ami be subject I ,<t;. 
 
 fine, forfeiture or penalty to which he would have been subject if he had 
 not paid the same. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. All money paid into bank, in pursuance of the first section of this 
 chapter, shall stand on the books of the banks to the credit of the city. 
 But the treasurer shall have no authority to draw any of said money, 
 except by his check, drawn upon a warrant issued by the auditor. If any 
 money in hank, to the credit of the city as aforesaid, shall be paid other- 
 wise than upon his check, drawn upon such warrant, the payment shall 
 not be valid against the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1. The proceedings of each of said officers shall be entered in hooks 
 kept for the purpose, and the books, vouchers and papers properly ar- 
 ranged and preserved. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The committee on finance shall examine the accounts for the neces- 
 sary contingent expense- of each of said officers, and report to the city 
 council for payment such as they may approve. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. When it is necessary for either of said officers in he absent from the 
 city, or from his office on account of sickness, the other shall he informed 
 thereof. During such absence, the duties of the officer so absent shall 
 he performed by the clerk in his office. (Code L899.) 
 
 7. The said officers and their sureties shall he liable for any default 
 or breach of duty of their clerks, respectively, during their absence, in 
 performing the duties of said absent officers. (Code L899.) 
 
 8. The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of February, and 
 end on the last day of January. (Code 1899.) 
 
 !). Any person having a claim against the city of Richmond, for sal 
 arv as an officer of the city, or for interest upon bonds of the city, may
 
 90 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 apply to the auditor, and he shall allow so much on account thereof as 
 may appear to be due. (Code 1899.) 
 
 Ml the claims authorized by ordinance to be paid on the order of 
 a committee, shall be drawn on the auditor, and all other claims against 
 the city shall be presented to the city council, and such of them as shall 
 iwed, for the amount allowed, shall be certified by the city clerk to 
 the auditor, and these claims shall be entered upon his books. (Code 
 1899. ) 
 
 11. After any claim is allowed under this chapter, a warrant shall be 
 auditor for the sum to be paid, which shall be signed by the 
 auditor and attested by his clerk. Every warrant shall express the par- 
 ticular head of general revenue or expenditure on account of which the 
 money is received or paid. (Code 1899.) 
 
 L2. There shall be kept on the books of the auditor's office an account 
 le treasurer; a separate account for each of the subjects on 
 which there are standing committees of the city council; an account 
 with each officer or agent of the city to whom advances may be made by 
 order of any committee; and such other accounts as may be necessary to 
 exhibit plainly the condition of every branch of the revenue and expendi- 
 tures of the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. On the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, the auditor shall 
 compare the books of his office with those in the treasurer's, and strike 
 the balance on his books, showing the amount of money in the treasury ; 
 which balance he shall carry forward to the next quarter. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. All unsettled accounts on the books of the auditor shall be bal- 
 I on the last day of each fiscal year, and the balances brought for- 
 ward on the first day of the new fiscal year. For this purpose there shall 
 be a general ledger of accounts, which shall be kept so as to show all the 
 balances due to or from the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 15. The auditor shall, in books kept for the purpose, keep a register 
 of all city property; and also of all bonds or certificates of debt issued 
 by the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. The treasurer, on his books, shall state the accounts of money re- 
 1 and paid, so as to show distinctly the net produce of each branch 
 
 of the revenue, and the whole amount thereof, and also the amount of 
 disbursements. (Cmh 1899.) 
 
 !7- "'■ shall keep a list of the warrants drawn upon the treasury in 
 
 fiscal year, numbered from one upwards. (Code 1899.) 
 18. The treasurer shall furnish the auditor, at the expiration of each 
 quarter of the fiscal year, with a list of the receipts, and a list of the pay- 
 ments, at the treasury, during such quarter, showing the number, date, 
 1 unt of each warrant, and in whose name the money was re-
 
 CHAPTER 13. 91 
 
 ceived, or the warrant issued, placing in separate columns the amount 
 of each warrant under which money was received or paid in a different 
 year from that in which it was issued. The auditor may, however, dis- 
 pense with such lists at the end of any particular quarter, if he finds that 
 the purpose thereof can be as well attained by examining the treas- 
 urer's books for each quarter. (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. The treasurer shall keep a general ledger of accounts into which 
 he shall post all the receipts and disbursements at his office, arranging 
 the disbursements under the heads to which they properly belong. There 
 shall be opened on the said ledger a general account of receipts and dis- 
 bursements, which, on the last day of each quarter of the fiscal 
 
 he shall compare with the books kept by the auditor. After they are 
 made to correspond, he shall strike the balance on said account, showing 
 the amount at that time in the treasury; which balance shall be carried 
 forward to the general account for the next quarter. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. He shall keep accounts on the books of his office with different 
 banks in which the money of the city is deposited, on which accounts 
 balances shall be struck at the same periods, showing the amount in 
 bank to the credit of the city at the end of each year. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 14 93 
 
 ' CHAPTER 14. 
 
 CONCERNING THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF TAXATION. 
 
 1. The person elected to the office of commissioner of the revenue, 
 slmll, before entering upon the duties of hi i, with sure- 
 ties, in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the city coun- 
 cil, and entered on their records. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. The commissioner may appoint one or more d< puties, and may take 
 ■I each of thorn such security as he may appro, ling the 
 
 sum of two thousand dollars; and liable upon 
 
 his oilieial bond for the acts of >■'.) 
 
 3. The clerk of the chancery court of the city of Richmond, and the 
 clerk of the county court of Henrico, shall be paid annually, the former 
 one hundred dollars and the latter fifteen dollars, and the clerk of the 
 circuit court of the city of Richmond shall he paid annually ten dollars, 
 
 o the certificate of the commissioner of the revenue that they have re- 
 spectively delivered to him sue!) Lists as are mentioned \ ions 459, 
 460 and 4G1 of I inia, edition of ei i tundred and 
 eighty-seven, so far as may relate to lands in this city : provided, that if 
 such lists he not furnished by the clerk of said chancery court on or be- 
 fore the fifteenth day of February, in any year, his compensation therefor 
 shall lie fixed at the sum of fifteen dollars. Any party interested may 
 procure, at his costs, and deliver to the commissioner, an abstract from 
 the land office of any grani issued therefrom for land- i or a 
 statement from the clerk of any court of an\ such e, or 
 order, as is mentioned in said section L60 or of proceedings under chap- 
 ter forty-six B of Code of 1904. accompanied b. the payment 
 required by that chapter to vest title. (Code is 1 .)!).) 
 
 4. The commissioner shall, as soon as may lie after I day of the 
 fiscal year 1899, and of every year tin rtain and. in a book 
 called the Land Book, enter separately each parcel of real estate in the 
 city, and enter in as many columns as may be neces ' the 
 owner of each parcel of real estate, and. if there be a building or build- 
 ings thereon, the number of the house or houses, the nature of his estate, 
 whether in fee or for life, (charging, in the case of a lot leased for a term 
 of years on ground rent, the lot with all improvements thereon, not to 
 the lessee but to the tenant for life, or fee simple owner, under whom the 
 lessee holds,) the number of the square or block in which the lot is sit-
 
 94 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 uated according to the maps of the city in the engineer's office and if the 
 l,,t is in a block or square of any "addition" to the city then the name of 
 the addition also, the number of the lot in the block or square; the name 
 of tlie street on which the lot fronts and the side of the street, whether 
 unit!!. ast or west side, and if a corner lot the names of the two 
 
 reets, and whether the lot is on N". W., S. E., 1ST. E. or 
 S. \v 1 1' between two streets, the names of the streets next 
 
 to (iii either side, whether they are north and south or east and west 
 number of feet that the lot or lots charged front on the 
 streel ; the value of the buildings on the land, the value of the land and 
 the total value of land and buildings; and from whom and when and 
 how the owner derived the land; making transfers on his hand-book ac- 
 cording to the lists, statements and abstracts furnished by the clerks of 
 Richmond city and Henrico county, or any record evidence furnished by 
 ted, or any satisfactory evidence of mistake in previous 
 entries, and making a note and explanation of each alteration made from 
 the preceding book, showing why and upon what authority it was made. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The commissioner of the revenue shall, in making up his land- 
 books for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, conform to the 
 provisions of an act of the legislature of Virginia, approved the twenty- 
 ninth day of March, eighteen hundred a i, and adopt as 
 a basi book the last assessment of real estate made under author- 
 ity of the State of Virgi purposes, and adopt as a basis of the 
 land-books for every succeeding year sue; 1 tents as may have been 
 last i made under the authoritrj of th< said State of Virginia. 
 399.) 
 •'>. The commissioner shall add the value of any old building omitted, 
 and of any addition to or improvement on any old building, and of any 
 new ! When a lot becomes the property of different owners in 
 several parcels, the value at which the whole had been assessed shall be 
 he several having regard to the value of 
 ! compared with that of the whole lot. In assessing the value 
 of all manufacturing establishments, mills, or iron-works, all machinery 
 thereto sha eluded. (Code 1899.) 
 7. When real estate is sold for taxes, the commissioner shall, in his 
 land-book, transfer the land sold to the purchaser, and shall continue 
 in his name until it shall be redeemed. If any land be pur- 
 chased for the city, if shall be entered in a separate list at the end of the 
 . any land so sold is redeemed, it shall be retrans- 
 ferred to the former owner or his grantee. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 1-1 95 
 
 8. The commissioner, in making out his land-hook, shall correct any 
 mistake in the land-book of the preceding year, upon satisfactory evi- 
 dence thereof. But land which has been correctly charged to one person, 
 shall not be transferred to another without evidence as hereinbefore re- 
 quired, except that when the owner dies intestate, the commissioner may 
 ascertain who are the heirs of the intestate, and charge the land to such 
 heirs. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The building inspector shall notify the commissioner of the reve- 
 nue, whenever the erection of any new buildings shall be commenced 
 within the limits of the city. Xew buildings shall be assessed, whether 
 entirely finished or not, at their actual value at the time of assessment. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. Each person of full age and sound mind shall list the personal 
 property in his or her possession or care subject to taxation, situate in 
 the city, and the subjects and persons on account of which he is charge- 
 aide. The property of a minor shall be listed by his guardian, father, 
 mother, or any other person having charge of the property; of a wife, by 
 her trustee, husband, or by herself ; of a deceased person, idiot, or lunatic, 
 by the personal representative or committee; of a person for whom 
 property is held in trust, by the trustee, if in the city, if not, by the cestui 
 que trust, or his or her father or husband; of a corporation whose assets 
 are in the hands of agents, receivers, or factors, by such agents, receivers, 
 or factors; of every company, firm, body politic or corporate, by the prin- 
 cipal accounting officer, partner, or agent thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The commissioner shall, as soon as may be after the first day of 
 the fiscal year, ascertain, by personal application, and in a book (called 
 the personal property-book), enter — 
 
 First. The name of every male inhabitant of the city who has attained 
 the age of twenty-one years, recording in separate columns I! I are 
 
 white an,d those who are not white. (Code 1899.) 
 
 Second. The name of each person, whether living in or out of the city, 
 who. in his or her own right, is possessed of any personal property in the 
 city subject to taxation, showing, in each case, in what character the same 
 is possessed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 Third. The name of every bank, insurance company, or other incorpo- 
 rated company, located or doing business in the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 Fourth. He (the commissioner of revenue) shall ascertain from the 
 clerks of the several courts of record held in the city of Richmond, or 
 otherwise, the value of personal property, moneys, credits, uotes, bonds, 
 stocks, choses in action and other evidences of debt, whether held by any 
 personal representative, committee, trustee, cestui trust, guardian or 
 other fiducial v. living in or out of said city, or held subject to the order 

 
 RICHMOND CITY (ODE. 
 
 of any court, subject to taxation, showing in each case, in what capacity 
 ,i wh.it account the same are so hold, and he shall list and enter the 
 on the persona] book. (June 18, 1910.) 
 L2. Ee shall, at the same time, in said book, enter the names: First. 
 Of eai carrying on the business of merchant, trader or 
 
 shopkeeper. Second. Of every person or firm engaged in the business 
 of a arer, whether of Hour, iron, engines, tobacco, machinery, 
 
 or any other kind of manufacture. Third. Of each banker, stock-broker 
 each agent of a company or corporation located 
 the city. Fourth. Of each person or firm carrying on the business 
 leer. Fifth. Of each practising physician, lawyer, dentist, artist, 
 n, barber, baker, plumber, measurer or in- 
 r of lumber and measurer or inspector of m ' work. Sixth. 
 
 Of all keepers of ordinaries, of houses of private entertainment, of pri- 
 vate boarding-] of cook-shops, eating-houses, and lager beer or 
 drinking Seventh. Of all persons who sell at private sale 
 :i out houses, or procure employment for labor for profit, whether 
 auctioneers or not. Eighth. Of all keepers of livery stables, and the num- 
 ' -tall- in each. Ninth. Of all dealers in horses or mules, or cattle, 
 . or hogs. Tenth. Of all owners of theatres and buildings, or rooms 
 -mows, lectures, or public exhibitions. Eleventh. Of all owners 
 or keepers of wagons, drays hacks, and other wheeled earn 
 kept or employed in the city for hire, and tiers or keepers of 
 its. (\n\y>. and carts not kept for hire. (Code 1809.) 
 13. The commissioner shall state plainly in his book the peculiar char- 
 in which a person or firm is listed; when corporations, or agents of 
 .. the nature of the business of each: when a mer- 
 is listed, whether he sells by wholesale or retail, on his own ac- 
 •mmission, and whether lie sells spirituous liquors; when 
 manufacturers are listed, the nature of their business; and when, auction- 
 listed, whether they do a general business as such, or 
 I I > particular subject, (('ode L899. » 
 1 I. The commissioner shall presume that all persons prosecuting any 
 of a license, are applicants for a continuance of the 
 an d list tl | . If any other person, either before 
 or after th ncement of the license-year, shall desire to engage in 
 for which a license is required, he shall report to the commis- 
 . and through him make application to the committee on finance. 
 ■ shall engage in such business before obtaining a license, in addi- 
 tion to any other penalties to which he may be subject, the city council 
 ln; '. v squire him to pay a double tax as the price of a license to prosecute 
 r the residue of the year. (Code 1899.) 

 
 CHAPTER 14 97 
 
 15. The commissioner shall, from time io time, before the completion 
 of his annual report, return to the committee on finance, partial alpha- 
 betical lists of persons liable to a license tax for the ensuing year, with 
 all fact- necessary to determine their classification, and. with such annual 
 report, shall return to the auditor a complete alp] if all such 
 persons. Thereafter, he shall make similar reports to the commitl 
 finance as frequently as occasion may require, communicating in all such 
 report-,, all violations which ma; to his knowledge, of the require- 
 ments of the revenue law. by persons prosecuting business without 
 
 r. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. Whenever the commissioner shall have reason io doubt w! 
 
 any person carrying on business liable to a tax is permanently 
 located in the city, he shall hand to the collector^ for inn liate collec- 
 tion, the accounl against such person for such tax. (('ode 1899.) 
 
 17. The commissioner shall ascertain from each person or firm the 
 market value, on the first day of the I 
 
 property in the city, except family portraits and private 'library. Si 
 of his capital employed in business and not invested in real estate, or em- 
 ployed in manufacturing outside the city. Third, of all his shares in 
 corporations or other joint-stock companies located in the city, not other- 
 wise assessed for city taxes. Fourth, of all his bonds ■<> < tifica 
 debt of any country, state, county, municipal or other public corporation, 
 ether than the United Slat--, the State of Virginia, o Rich- 
 
 mond, (('ode 1899.) 
 
 18. He shall ascertain, from ea< h p< i on residing in the city, the 
 amount of all solvent bonds, notes, and securities other than those men- 
 tioned in the preceding section, and of all solvent, liquidated and certain 
 demands and claims, however evidenced, or wherever the debtor may 
 live, owing and coming to such person, whether due or not, on the 
 
 day of the fiscal year, deducting from the aggregate amou of the 
 
 amount of all such bonds, securities, liquidated claims and demands 
 owing to others from such person as principal but in ne 
 
 shall unsettled book accounts be included. The aggregate ol 
 and interest shali constitute the amount of a bond or claim dm 
 payable. The present value, after dedud legal interest. 
 
 stit ute the amount of a bond or claim not y< i due and payable, and which 
 bears no interest. (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. He shall ascertain from the pi eers of all corporations ami 
 joint-stock companies, except companies incorporated for the purp 
 internal improvement, and banking associati tnized undei 
 laws of the United States, or incorporated under tin of the 
 Stale of Virginia, the amount of their capital and assets, ma exempt
 
 98 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 from taxation. ug that invested in real estate. * machinery or 
 
 fixtures attached thi in manuf ; outside ofi-the city, and- shall 
 
 rs of all banking associations to report the number of 
 the shares in their ve companies, and the market value of each 
 
 day of the fiscal year. (Code 1899.) 
 doner shall call, in person or by his deputy, upon 
 i the city required to render a list of property, moneys, 
 credil er subjects of taxation; and shall furnish forms for lists 
 
 and valuations. Every such person shall return statements according to 
 i annex thereto valuati the property, verified, if re- 
 
 quired, by oath, ta] scribed before the commissioner or some 
 
 rized to administer an oath, to be appended to every 
 such statement, to the following effect, viz.: "I do solemnly swear that, 
 of my knowledge and belief, the annexed statements are true, 
 and the valuations not below the fair cash value of the property, and 
 that I have not omitted any or persons on account of which I am 
 
 ble with taxes. So help me God." The auditor shall furnish to 
 the co i- many printed copies of such forms as may be neces- 
 
 sary, with the required oath printed on the same. The lists received 
 from the tax-payers shall be filed by the commissioner with the auditor, 
 de 1899.) 
 
 21. 1 1' any person be absent from the city at the time the commissioner 
 
 ! there be no person on the premises authorized to act for him,) 
 
 ner may leave at his residence or place of business, proper 
 
 . to enable him to make out the statem aid; and it shall 
 
 be t!i I such person, within fifteen days thereafter, or as soon as 
 
 'turns to the city, to return to the commissioner such lists, with 
 
 valuations, verified by affidavit, as hereinbefore required. (Code 1899.) 
 
 22. If the commissioner is not satisfied with the tax-payers valuation 
 
 y, he may, upon his own view, or such information as lie 
 in or possess, adopt what he deems a fair and proper valuation 
 led, that where it is practicable, he shall give an oppor- 
 tunity to the tax-payer to be heard before his books are returned to the 
 audi; de 1899.) 
 
 23. If any person or corporation, after being furnished with the pro- 
 
 lil, for fifteen clays after the date of the delivery of the 
 
 forms, to return the lists in the manner prescribed, the person or eorpo- 
 
 failing shall he fined not less than one nor more than twenty- 
 
 >le in the police court of the city of Richmond after 
 
 " 'in in issioner of the revenue, as hereinafter provided. 
 
 I lie expiration of fifteen days after the delivery of any, 
 
 and each, list for personal taxes, the commissioner shall summon each
 
 CHAPTER 14 99 
 
 delinquent befc f*he police justice to show cause why the fine should not 
 be imposed, and _ all add to his assessment of each delinquent the 
 of one dollar for cost of summons. Each summons shall contain notice 
 of the cost thereof, and shall state the minimum and the maximum of 
 the fine which may be imposed. | 1 1. 1899.) 
 
 :!\. No tax shall he assessed upon any real or personal property be- 
 longing to the State of Virginia, the United States, or the county of Hen- 
 rico, or upon any such ng to or held by any church or 
 association of chirp ion ty, orphan thei chari- 
 table institution, or any college, I il seminary, academy, free 
 school, or public library, or ly such property held by any society 
 of Free-Masons, Odd-Fellow,-, So -ranee, Knights of Pythias, 
 or similar benevolent associations, and exclusively used for religious, 
 charitable and benevolent purposes, or upon any private library; and no 
 license tax shall be reqi my tract society or religious organization, 
 for the privilege of publishing and selling religious papers, pamphlets, 
 and books. (Code 1S99.) 
 
 "25. The commissioner shall keep a separate record for each ward, al- 
 phabetically arranged, and o to the name of each tax-payer in the 
 ward of his residence or place of business, shall extend the amount of 
 taxes assessed against him: ! , however, that when any change or 
 rearrangement of the wards of the city of Richmond shall be made, either 
 by the general assembly of Virginia or by 'ordinance, the record and ar- 
 rangement hereinbefore provided for shall not conform to such change or 
 rearrangement until the su< ceeding year. (December 18, 190.';.) 
 
 26. If the commi ertain that any pi r any real 
 
 or personal property which should have been assessed for taxation in pre- 
 vious years, has been omitted, he shall list the same, making a proper as- 
 Lent of value of property omitted; and in ad the taxes for 
 
 the current year, shall c 'or each year, not i 
 
 for which the assessment thereof shall have been omitt Ling thereon 
 
 t at the rate of six per centum from the first day of duly of 
 each year. The real estate upon which any such arrears of taxes may be 
 due, shall not be liable therefor, if tl shall have been i 
 
 for value to a bona fide purchaser without notice o rrears. (Code 
 
 1899.) 
 
 ■r,. When, in cons or refusal of any per < 
 the commissioner an account of his property and state the value thereof, 
 or produce the same to the < ■ ilued by him, as required 
 by ordinance, the list thereof shall have been too late to be 
 
 placed unen the commissioner's honks of personal pro] le year 
 
 'in which it is so obtained, it shall he entered on the I ks of the uext
 
 100 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 r with the list of the next year, and there shall be added to the 
 tax omitted, at the rate of twenty per centum per annum on the amount 
 ,r one or more years, a se may be. (Code 1899.) 
 
 I oJ lui or taxes made by the commissioner under 
 any provision of this d hall be subject to review by the commit- 
 
 Any party Peeling aggrieved, may appeal to the co'mmit- 
 L899.) . 
 
 29. mmissioner shall titer correctly and fully all of 
 
 and all taxes with which he shall be chargeable, he 
 shall I and a fine of not less than fifty nor more 
 
 than five hund (Code L899.) 
 
 30. The commissioner, after completing his land-hook and hook of 
 pi rsonal p . .. ke two fair copies thereof, appending to the 
 originals, and each copy, the following oath: "I, A. B., commissioner 
 
 revenue for the city of Richmond, do swear that, in making out 
 the foregoing hook, I have, to the best of my skill and judgment, faith- 
 fully pursued the ordini in the execution of the duti 
 my office;" with the certificate of some officer authorized to administer 
 i taken and subscribed rim. (Code 1899. ) 
 
 31. ok shall lined in the commissioner's office. The 
 shall, on or I day of due livered to the audi- 
 tor. .Such copies shall he examined by or under the direction of the com- 
 
 > i fman.ee, who shall cause all i erein to be corrected. The 
 
 r shall keep one in his office, and deliver the other to the city col- 
 lector. (Code 1899.) 
 
 No payment shall be made to the commissioner on account of his 
 
 es until by the finance committee to have been satisfac- 
 
 performed. After such certificate, the auditor shall, on the order 
 
 of the chairman of the committee, pay to the commis one-half of 
 
 centum upon the amount of ta ed upon the property as- 
 
 ! and returned upon his real and personal property books and upon 
 
 li'-en , d on merchants, mane I -'.all forfeit, un- 
 
 finance, ten dollars per day 
 ad the first day of dune during which he may fail to 
 deliver tin of the books to the auditor, and the auditor shall de- 
 
 duct isation. (Code 1899.) 
 
 In addition to tb prescribed by this chapter, the commis- 
 
 sr shall perform such other services a luncil or committee 
 
 on finance may require of him, pertaining to the assessment of taxes. 
 le 1899.) 
 
 ■. in person or by one of his deputies, shall attend
 
 CHAPTER 14 101 
 
 at his office each day, except Sundays, from eight till nine o'clock A. ML, 
 for the transaction of business. (Code L899.) 
 
 35. That it shall be the duty of the city clerk to certify to the com- 
 missioner of revenue of the city of Richmond copies of all ordinances 
 which have been already passed and su h as ma} be I passed, 
 which grant the rigid to connect any property located outside of the i 
 limits with any city sewer, water or gas main, on condition that such 
 property shall be assessed with and pay property taxes on the property 
 so connected, though city limits, and thereupon it 
 shall be the duty of the commissioner of the n o enter upon the 
 land-books of the <ji \ of Richmond all such property in the name of the 
 owner and he shall annually assess such property in the name of the 
 owner or owners, in accordance with the provisions of such ordinanc< 
 granting such privilege. ( December 18, 1903.) 
 
 36. The taxes required to be assessed under the foregoing section shall 
 be collected as other taxes arc required to be collected. (December 18, 
 1903.) 
 
 37. That the assessors of real estate for the city of Richmond, in mak- 
 ing the reassessment of real estate, once in five years as required by the 
 constitution and statutes passed in pursuance thereof, are hereby dire* 
 and required, in the same manner to examine, and on the same basis as to 
 value, to assess all real estate owned by the city of Richmond, and to re- 
 port the same in all respects as if such real estat liable to taxat 
 except that the real estate located in each ward shall be grouped at the 
 end of the list of assessments for the ward in which the same is locate. I. 
 It shall be the duty of the heads of I ral departments, or other 
 officers of the city of Richmond, having in their ion or under their 
 control data or information which will aid the assessors in carrying out 
 the foregoing section, to furnish the same on the written application of 
 the assessors. (April 17, 1905.)
 
 CH \rrn; 15. 103 
 
 CHAPTEE 15. 
 
 CONCERNING THE LEVYING OF TAXI 
 
 1. There shall be levied and colled i i for each fiscal year the taxes fol- 
 lowing, to-vvit: (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 2. On all real estate not exempt from taxation, om and four-tenths 
 
 per centum of the value. (February 13, 190G.) 
 
 3. On all personal property except such as is exempt from taxation, 
 one and four-tenths per centum of the value, and herein shall be included 
 money and credits, stock and capital employed, all shares of stock in any 
 bank, and all shares of stock in any corporation doing I in the 
 city upon the capital stock of which no tax is imposed. The taxes upon 
 such shares of stock in any bank, located and doing business in the city, 
 are to be paid by the cashier or principal officer of the company. The 
 taxes upon all shares of stock shall be upon the market value of the same, 
 and shall be assessed as taxes are assessed upon other moneyed capital. 
 The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to the taxes for the year 1906, 
 and every year thereafter. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 4. On each male resident of the city a poll tax of fifty cents, to be 
 applied only to the support of public schools. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 5. All persons desiring to prosecute in the city any business as auc- 
 tioneers, agents for the sale or renting of real estate, sub-agents for the 
 sale or renting of real estate, commission merchant-, traders, brokers, 
 private bankers, keepers of ordinaries, houses of private entertainment, 
 eating houses or cook-shops, city scavengers, surveyors, title examiners 
 (other than licensed attorneys), advertising agents, bill posters and dis- 
 tributors, and such other business as cannot, in the opinion of the com- 
 mittee on finance, be reached by the ad valorem system, shall pay a spe- 
 cial license tax for the privilege of prosecuting such business. Such per- 
 sons shall be divided into thirteen classes, and the tax to be paid by them 
 shall be, if of first class, eight hundred dollars: second, sis hundred dol- 
 lars: third, four hundred dollars: fourth, three hundred dollars; fifth, 
 two hundred and fifty dollars: sixth, two hundred dollars; seventl . 
 hundred and fifty dollars; eighth, one hundred dollars: ninth, seventy- 
 five dollars; tenth, fifty dollars; eleventh, thirty dollars; twelfth, twenty 
 dollars; thirteenth, ten dollars. (December 18, 1906.)
 
 10 1 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 6. The taxes imposed by the preceding - shall not include the 
 
 privilej g, by wholesale or retail, any wines or spirituous 
 
 liquors, or a mixture thereof, except by apothecaries furnishing the same 
 
 d the prescription of a licensed physician. (February, 13, 
 
 L90i 
 
 ;. Junk dealers shall pay a special license tax of one hundred and 
 dollars per annum, but no license shall be granted to any person to 
 condi ink business until he shall file with the commissioner of 
 
 a certificate in writing from the board of police commission- 
 rtifying ood character of the person making such applica- 
 
 tion, thai he is a (it person to conduct such business, and, in case such 
 en previously engaged in such business, further certifying 
 that during the time so engaged such dealer had fully complied with the 
 937a of the Code of Virginia, 190-1, and the cer- 
 by the commissioner of the revenue to such person shall 
 required certificate had been furnished before such certifi- 
 cate was granted. (July 19, L907.) 
 
 8. Pawnbrokers shall pay a special license tax of three hundred dollars 
 per annum. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 9. All La s, artists, architects, contractors, veterinary sur- 
 geons, and mea r. inspectors of lumber, shall be divided into six 
 classes, and shall pay a license tax, if in first class, one hundred dollars; 
 second. e dollars: third, fifty dollars; fourth, thirty dollars; 
 fifth, twenty dollars; sixth, ten dollars. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 10. No person other than a salaried officer acting in behalf of an in- 
 surance com pan; ■ principal in the city, and taxed 
 upon its capita] and assets, shall engage in the business of soliciting or 
 
 ing applications for insurance in any insurance company, or re- 
 ceiving and forwarding directly or indirectly, through any agent thereof, 
 payments of premiums on policies already issued by any insurance com- 
 pany, without obtaining a license. Every person engaged in such busi- 
 ness, and communicating directly or indirectly, through any other than 
 its licensed resident agent, with an insurance company whose principal 
 ot situated in the city, shall be deemed an agent of such com- 
 pany. All other persons engaged in such business shall be deemed sub- 
 its. ( February 13, 1906.) 
 
 11. Agents of insurance companies shall be divided into live classes, 
 and pay a license tax, if in first class, five hundred dollars; second, four 
 hundred dollars; third, three hundred dollars; fourth, two hundred dol- 
 
 ifth, one hundred dollars. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 12. Sub-agents of insurance companies shall be divided into five 
 
 nrl pay a license tax. if in the first class, one hundred dollars; 

 
 CHAPTER 15. lOo 
 
 second, seventy-five dollars; third, fifty dollars; fourth, twenty-five dol- 
 lars; fifth, ten dollars. (February L3, L906.) 
 
 13. Keepers of boarding or Livery stables shall pa\ a license tax of one 
 dollar per stall for each stall in such stable or .-tallies; kee (aides 
 
 in which stalls are >r animals, owners Of said animals i 
 
 or feeding same, or impounding lots or yards shall pay a tax of 
 
 five dollars per annum. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 14 (a). Public theatres, skating rinks and room- n public ex- 
 
 hibitions, shall be divided into six i nd pay a license tax, if in 
 
 first class, four hundred dollars d, three hundi third, 
 
 two hundred dollars; fourth, one hundred dollars; fifth, fifty dollars; 
 sixth, twenty-five dollars. 
 
 (b) Small shows, including what are known as side shows; moving 
 pictures or kinetoscope shows or like shows: ferris wheels; toboggan 
 
 or switch-backs; collections of penny-in-the-slot machi 
 
 s; throwing balls; or cane games, known as I ife or 
 
 cane racks; merry-go-n imming | 
 
 vilions; or any indoor oi r show where any fee or admission charge 
 
 is made for entrane rtainment, when permanent, shall be divided 
 
 into six classes and pay a license tax, if in first cl hundred dol- 
 
 lars ; second, two hundred dollars; third, one hundred dollars ; fourth, fifty 
 dollars: fifth, twenty-five dollars; sixth, ten dollars. When not perma- 
 nent they shall pay a license tax as prescribed in section nineteen oi 
 chapter. 
 
 (c) Any .-how or exhibition mentioned in the preceding paragraphs 
 of this section exhibiting within the jurisdiction i y shall b 
 
 ject to the ab ted license taxes in accordance m ten 
 
 hundred and thirty-two of Virginia ('ode of 1904. ( February 13, I 
 
 15. (a) Express, telegraph and telephone companies having a place of 
 business in the city, for the privilege of doing business within the city 
 of Richmond, but not including any business done to or from points 
 without the State, and not including any hi, , 
 ment of the United States, i all he divided iai 
 
 :s, and shall pay a License tax for such privile I class, five 
 
 bundled dollars: second, four hundred dollars; third, three hundred del 
 bit.-: fourth, two hundred dollars. But nothing in this section shall be 
 construed to affect, impair, or repeal the rights of the city, under section 
 ten of chapter eighty-eight of Richmond City Code of L899, or under any 
 amendment thereof, requiring telegraph and tele-phone compar 
 to the city of Richmond annual compensation for the use of its si 
 parks and alleys in the planting of posts therein and stringing wires 
 
 n, or constructing conduits along or undei and 
 
 and running wires therein.
 
 106 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 (I)) Electric lighting and power companies for the privilege of doing 
 
 business in the city, shall he divided into three classes, and shall pay a 
 
 license tax, if in firsl class, one thousand dollars; second, eight hundred 
 
 dollars; third, five hundred dollars; but nothing in this section shall be 
 
 construed to alter, impair or repeal the right of the city to make an 
 
 annual charge lor the setting of poles, or the laying of conduits in the 
 
 or alleys of the city, for the purpose of running wires thereon or 
 
 in, or for any other charges or special taxes that have been or may 
 
 be agreed upon, between the city of Richmond and the grantee of any 
 
 franchise lights: nor to prevent or impair the right of the city hereafter 
 
 and collect a tax upon the value of any franchise already, now, 
 
 or hereafter granted. (February 13, 1900.) 
 
 10. Building and loan associations shall be taxed as follows: The spe- 
 cific license tax upon every such company or association for the privilege 
 of doing any business in this city shall be fifty dollars, provided the cap- 
 ital of such company actually paid in, whether from paid up stock or par- 
 tially paid stock, is not more than twenty-five thousand dollars; if the 
 capital paid in is more than twenty-five thousand dollars and not more 
 than fifty thousand dollars, the tax shall be seventy-five dollars; if the 
 capital paid in is more than fifty thousand dollars and not more than one 
 hundred thousand dollars, the tax shall be one hundred dollars; if the 
 capital-paid in is more than one hundred thousand dollars and not more 
 than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the tax shall be one hun- 
 dred and twenty-five dollars; if the capital paid in is more than one 
 hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and not more than two bundled 
 thousand dollars, the tax shall be one hundred and fifty dollars; if the 
 capital paid in is more than two hundred thousand dollars, and not more 
 than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the tax shall be one hundred 
 and - ?e dollars; if the capital paid in is more than two bundled 
 
 and fifty thousand dollars, and not more than four hundred thousand 
 dollars, the tax shall be two hundred and fifty dollars: but on capital 
 ding four hundred thousand dollars the tax shall be fifty dollars for 
 each additional one hundred thousand dollars thereof; provided, that as 
 to any non-resident building company or association doing business in 
 this city, it shall pay a license tax equal in amount to that paid to the 
 State under an act of assembly approved March 5, 1894, as to imposing a 
 tax on building and loan associations; and provided further, that any 
 company d on a purely mutual plan, and whose busine 
 
 ted solely to the city or county where organized, the tax shall be fifty 
 dollars. Any association or agent doing business in this city without 
 first obtained a license therefor shall pay a fine of not less than 
 nor more than five hundred dollars. (February 13, 1906.)
 
 CHAPTER 15. 107 
 
 17. Hawkers and peddlers shall pay a license tax of one hundred dol- 
 lars per annum for the privilege of selling on the streets, and when ve- 
 hicles are used, a separate license shall be obtained for each vehicle 
 
 but no more than two salesmen shall accompany any wagon, and each 
 wagon shall be plainly marked with the name of its owner and his street 
 address; in addition to the said peddler's license, the regular wagon 
 license shall be paid; but no license shall be required of persons peddling 
 farm products, grown or produced by themselves, when sold outside of 
 Lot within the limits of the regular market houses and sheds of the 
 city, and it shall be unlawful for any person pi pro- 
 
 visions of this section to allow his wagon to stand in the street, so as un- 
 reasonably to obstruct other persons in the reasonable use of th 
 (January 15, 1910.) 
 
 18. The committee on finance shall classify all persons, firms or corpo- 
 rations prosecuting, or proposing to prosecute any business assessed with 
 a class tax; in performing which duty they may require the attendance 
 and advice of the commissioner of the revenue, the city collector or any 
 city officer. They shall return such classification to the auditor 
 before the fifteenth day of March. He shall promptly give notice, by due 
 advertisement, in two or more of the city newspapers, that such el 
 cation is lying in his office, open to public inspection, and that at limes 
 and places therein to be specified, within the next ensuing ten days, the 
 committee will meet to hear all persons, firms or corporations complain- 
 ing of the license assessed against them. After such modifications as the 
 committee may direct, a copy of such classification shall be immediately 
 furnished to the commissioner of the revenue, who shall at once prepare 
 two full and complete copies of all licenses assessed, one copy of which 
 he shall deliver to the auditor and one copy to the city collector. \" 
 change in such classification shall afterwards be made, except upon the 
 order of the city council. Any person aggrieved by the action of the 
 committee may appeal to the city council at its next regular meeting: but 
 thereafter no application for any change shall be entertained, excep 
 
 the recommendation of the committee on finance. (February 13, L906.) 
 
 19. Keepers of billiard, pool or bagatelle saloons shall pay a li< 
 tax of fifty dollars per year for the first table in each saloon and i 
 five dollars per year for each additional table; bowling alloys, of I 
 dollars per year for the first alley, and ten dollars per year for each 
 additional alley; shooting galleries, of twenty-five dollars per year: fruit, 
 nut or candy stands, of ten dollars per year; but no stand to be located on 
 the public sidewalks; hobby-horse, merry-go-round and other like ma- 
 chines, when transient, of ten dollars per month each, hut 
 
 shall be issued for less than one month; selling medicine or othei
 
 [08 RICHMOND CLTY CODE. 
 
 ,,. jurisdiction of the city by other than a regular 
 dollars per week, no license to be issued for Less 
 March 17. 1908.) 
 
 ion, having on a street, alley or other 
 arding houses, depots, pub- 
 slot machine of any d( 
 into \ : pennies or nickels or coin? of other denomina- 
 
 ticles of merchandi 
 al or other devices that operate on the 
 for gain, except as a pay fceleph 
 liine or musical or other de 1 ices, as the case may he, 
 pay a license tax of one dollar nor year. A separal shall he issued 
 
 t'o!' each a machine, winch shall at all to attached to the 
 
 machine for . ! I >ecember IS. 1906.) 
 
 21. Al! thea rformances, save at a Licensed theatre, or licensed 
 
 room for public exhibitions, shall pay a lax of ten dollars per week: nor 
 
 shall a tied for a pei week'. Cir- 
 
 or kindred exhibitions shall and pay a 
 
 ■ Limits of the city, v 
 he privil* r the streets of the city 
 
 if in first class, three hundred dollars per day; second class, two 
 hundred cl ;, one hundred dollars iwv day. If 
 
 exhibit porate lii i License tax of one 
 
 hundred dollar- shall he charged for the privilege of parading over the 
 streets of i one time; and every other public show, exhibition or 
 
 performam licensed room for public exhibition 
 
 shall pay a tax of ten dollars per week : hut no tax shall he required on a 
 performan ting only of vocal or instrumental music, or from a 
 
 lecturer on any subject of literal ce or art. it from a mechanic 
 
 or an a work, the product of his own invention, labor or 
 
 skill, or a model illustrating such work, or from a farmer or stock-raiser 
 exhibiting prod or stock of his own raising, and that the n 
 
 may, in his di dispense with the tax in th 
 
 ibition or show for a religious or charitable purpose exclusively. 
 (M.v, ';. L909.) 
 
 as or kindred exhibition is had or exhibited beyond 
 
 the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, but within one mile thereof, 
 
 paid to the city of Richmond a license fee of one hundred 
 
 rs tor every day on which such performance or exhibition 
 
 A. to reimburse the city of Richmond for the expense incident to 
 
 ■otection for such circus or exhibition and for persons 
 
 ■ Any person who shall hold such circus or conduct
 
 CHAPTER 15. 109 
 
 such exhibition of a kindred kind, vvithoul first i uch Licen 
 
 to the city of Richmond shall be liable to a fin hun- 
 
 dred nor more than two hundred dollars for i erable 
 
 before the police justice of the city of Richmond. (May 17, L909.) 
 22. License to any circus or kindred exhibition, slid Mery. 
 
 -horse, merry-go-round or like machines and for the privili 
 selling medicine or other commodities on the highways or any open Lot 
 within the city, shall only be issued on permit by the mayor. 
 
 -nary 13, 19< 
 (a) That it shall not he lawful for any person known as a ticket 
 broker to buy and sell or exchange railroad or si in the 
 
 Richmond, until he has obtained a lici i do and paid I 
 
 city of Eichmond a license tax dollars for such privilege, and 
 
 shall also have deposited with the auditor of the city of Richmond a cer- 
 tified check on some Richmond bank for the sum of thri ollars, 
 payable to the auditor of tl Eichmond, which sum shall b 
 feited and paid to the said city in the event that any person shall sustain 
 
 r damage by reason of buying or exchanging any ticket from the 
 person so to be licensed, and to be held by the said city for the beu 
 such person sustaining damage; but the said auditor shall 
 
 not collect said check, and no person shall he indemnified mil of \'n<> same, 
 unless such person shall have within thirty days after I hange 
 
 in he suffered loss or damage filed a written notice of his claim with 
 said auditor; and if no such notice be tiled within one year I't- 
 piration of the time for which such license is granted, the said i 
 be returned to the person deposits ime. 
 
 (1)) Any person who shall violate the provisions of the foregoing 
 
 mall be liable to a tine of no1 less than fifty nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars for each day's default in continuing or coi i busi- 
 ness, without first procuring a lii refor and dep 
 
 iresaid; the fine to be imposed and collected by tl justice of 
 
 the city of Eichmond, and. I tult in the paymen h fine, the 
 
 offender may he imprisoned by order d not 
 
 exceeding thirty days in the city jail. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 24-. Licenses for cart-, trucks, automobiles and other ve 'or the 
 
 privilege of keeping dogs, goats or other animal-, and for the priviL 
 hawking or peddling as provided in section seventeen of th 
 shall he issued by the treasure!- upon payment to him of the amount of 
 tax as prescribed by the ordinances of the city. For every such 1 
 the following tax shall be paid: for every cart, dray or wagon drawn by 
 one horse or mule, -oven dollars; if drawn by two animal -liars; 
 
 if drawn by three, fifteen dollars: if drawn by four, twei tv dollars; mi-
 
 HQ RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 less the body of the vehicle he on elliptic springs, or on wheels with tires 
 not less than four inches wide, in which case the tax shall be seventeen 
 dollars and fil'h cents; for a buggy kept for hire, five dollars; for a hack 
 or any other four-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses kept for hire, 
 ten dollars; for automobiles and other horseless vehicles kept for hire, 
 of seating capacity, in addition to chauffeur, for four persons or less, 
 ten d rora five to eight persons, fifteen dollars; for nine or more 
 
 persons, twenty-five dollars; auto-wagons or other horseless vehicles used 
 for hauling or delivery of merchandise of any description, ten dollars; 
 for a male dug, one dollar; for a female dog, two dollars; for a male goat, 
 two dollars; for a female goat, one dollar. Nothing in this section shall 
 be construed to interfere with the police inspection of automobiles as 
 provided by the ordinances of the city. (December 18, 1906.) 
 
 25. It shall be the duty of the committee on street cleaning to provide 
 annually the tins and medals to evidence the payment of the licenses as 
 
 : ibed in section twenty-four of this chapter, and section three of 
 chapter thirty-six of the Code of 1910, and to deliver the same to the 
 auditor fifteen day- before the beginning of the fiscal year. It shall be 
 the duty of the auditor to charge to and deliver to the treasurer in bulk 
 all dog and goat medals, license tins for vehicles, automobiles and other 
 • ■hides, and hawkers and peddlers, and to list and charge to 
 the treasurer all licenses set out in section twenty-three and to require 
 daily statements and settlements for all moneys received by the treas- 
 urer on account of any of the said licenses; and it shall lie the duty of the 
 
 iter to deliver to every party paying any of the licenses set out in 
 section twenty-four the proper tag or tin to evidence the payment of said 
 . in addition to a receipt for the amount paid. (December 18, 
 1906.) 
 
 26. All raxes and licenses assessed excepting those set out in sections 
 twenty-fpur and twenty-five shall be charged by the auditor to the city 
 
 and the city collector shall proceed to make bills and collect 
 same and make returns to the auditor and treasurer as prescribed by the 
 ordinances of the city. (February 13, 1906. ) 
 
 '-'• Annual i -hall expire with the last day of the fiscal year. 
 
 If the business for which a special license tax is required be commenced 
 after the 1, •-inning of the fiscal year, application shall be made to the 
 commissioner of the revenue, who shall, if such busim hject to a 
 
 class ' :; - llV authority of the committee on finance assign the applicant 
 to their proper class, and report the amount of tax to the auditor and city 
 collector. The tax upon the license shall he abated proportionally to the 
 I of the year which has elapsed; provided, however, that in no case 
 shal] i{ be l "-" fourth of the annual tax. (February 13, 1906.)
 
 CHAPTER 15. HI 
 
 28. Upon the surrender of any license with an assignment on the hack 
 thereof, a new license may be issued without charge for the unexpired 
 term to the assignee; provided, that he shall comply with all the condi- 
 tions upon which such license had been originally issued. (February 13, 
 190G.) 
 
 29. The receipt of the collector, acknowledging payment of the license 
 tax and reciting the character of the business authorized, shall be a suffi- 
 cient license for prosecuting such business. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 30. The collector shall annually upon the receipt of the assessment of 
 license taxes proceed to collect all such license taxes as have not been 
 previously paid. All license taxes shall be paid to the collector on or 
 before the 1st day of May in each year; and any person liable to such 
 taxes who shall prosecute his business after the first day of May in any 
 year, without having paid such license tax shall be liable to a fine of not 
 less than one nor more than ten dollars for every week of default after 
 the said first day of May in each year. The offender upon failing to pay 
 the fine imposed may be imprisoned in the city jail for a term of not less 
 than five nor more than thirty days by the police justice, and unless he is 
 so imprisoned, the said justice shall, unless an appeal be taken forthwith 
 issue a writ of fieri facias for said fine directed to the sergeant of the 
 city of Richmond. Such writ must be made returnable to the police jus- 
 
 •tice within sixty days from its issuance. The clerk of the said police 
 justice shall keep an execution book, which shall be so arranged and kept 
 as to show on a stub, from which each of the executions aforesaid shall be 
 detached, the date of its issuance, the name and address, if known, of the 
 person or persons against whom it is issued, the amount of the fine for 
 which it is issued and the return made thereon by the city sergeant, with 
 the date of such return; and for any failure to do so he shall he liable to a 
 fine of not less than five nqr more than ten dollar-, to lie imposed by the 
 police justice. The said collector shall on the first week day following 
 the said first day of May. and every week thereafter until said license 
 taxes are paid or collected, report to the police justice a li.-t of all persons 
 liable to such taxes, and in default, and for any failure so to do he shall 
 be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each 
 delinquent not reported, to be imposed by the police justice. If any 
 such offender has been duly summoned and fails to appear the trial may 
 be proceeded with by said justice as if the offender had appeared and 
 entered a plea of not guilty to the charge against Mm: and it such of- 
 fender has not been found the said justice may proceed in the manner 
 prescribed by law to summon him and compel his appearance. But 
 nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve the collector from the 
 duty imposed on him by law of collecting the amount due by any person
 
 I ]••> RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 such license tax by levying or distraining therefor or other- 
 I I, L910.) 
 
 31 on who shall r draw for another person any plan 
 
 of any description, and for which compensa- 
 
 lia]] be received, shall be deemed an architect, and shall take out the 
 
 architect. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 ring to sell goods as bankrupt, assignee, trustee, 
 
 . or of like nature, which shall not have been in said city, at 
 
 thirty days before such offer, and upon which no tax shall have 
 
 to: a1 least tl a1 length of time by some person owning said 
 
 a merchant by said city shall pay a license tax of 
 
 twenty dollars per day. A license may be issued under this section for 
 
 the period of 1 onths or any part thereof, not less than one day. 
 
 Any person liable to such tax who shall prosecute his business without 
 
 g paid the same shall be liable to a not less than fifty and 
 
 not more than one hundred dollars, and each day's default shall be made 
 
 a separate offence. Said ii' md collected by the police 
 
 ice of the city of Richmond. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 All venders of goods brought to the city of Richmond for sale 
 at auction or auctioneers of such goods shall, unless the same be sold 
 under the license of an auctioneer, at the established place of busine 
 said auctioneer, and within the space of two days from beginning of such 
 sale, pay a license of not less than two hundred dollars per day. If any 
 ;i or company shall bring to the city two or more quantities of 
 - of goods for sale at auction at different times, but within two 
 months of each other, such person or company shall be deemed to be sub- 
 ject to the provision of this ordinance and shall take out the license above 
 ioned. But nothing in this ordinance shall apply to the sale of 
 second-hand books or furniture, or to the sale of farm products or of 
 animals. A license may be issued under this ordinance for the period 
 of twelve months or any part thereof, not less than one day. Any pi 
 liable to such tax who shall prosecute his business without having paid 
 I be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred and not 
 than two hundred dollars, and each day's default shall be a separate 
 offence. Said fine to be imposed by the police justice of the cit\ of 
 id. ( February 13, 1906.) 
 34. In ;;n\ case the mayor may suspend a license for any performance, 
 exhibition, or show, until the house or room shall have been examined by 
 ublic buildings, or three citizens appointed for the pur- 
 \v his warrant, and until he is satisfied by their report, in writing, 
 1 'oont has doors and openings of such number and so 
 ?ed as, in the case of fire, to afford facilities for escape, and that the
 
 CHAPTER 15. 113 
 
 same is sufficiently strong and safe. Every such report shall be filed by 
 the mayor in the auditor's office. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 35. If any person shall attempl to any privilege mentioi i 
 section twenty-one of this chapter without a license, or contrary to the 
 orders of the mayor, he shall be subject to a penalty of not Less than ten 
 dollars nor more than twenty dollar It offence, and shall also be 
 liable for the license lax. (February 13, 1906.) 
 
 36. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, either publicly or pri- 
 vately, upon any street, alley or other public place of the Rich- 
 mond, horses or mules, within one hundred (100) yards of any place 
 where the sale of horses or mules is being conducted by a duly li< 
 auctioneer at his usual place of business. Any person violating thi 
 tion shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars for each offence, (duly 15, 1004.)
 
 CHAPTER 16. 115 
 
 CHAPTER 16. 
 
 CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES. 
 
 1. The person elected to office of collector of the city taxes shall give 
 bond, with sureties, in an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars, to 
 be approved by the city council and entered upon their records. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 2. The collector, may, with the consent of the city council, appoint 
 one or more deputies, who may be removed from office by said collector, 
 by the mayor or by the city council. During the collector's continuance 
 in office, his deputy may discharge any of the duties of the office of col- 
 lector; but the collector's and his sureties shall be liable therefor. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The collector shall annually give notice in at least three of the daily 
 newspapers of the city, for fifteen days prior to the fifteenth day of dune, 
 that he will attend at his office daily, between the hours of nine o'clock 
 A. M. and six o'clock P. M., from the fifteenth to the thirtieth of dune, 
 inclusive, for the purpose of receiving from any person charged with 
 city taxes, the whole or one-half of the amount of tax charged; and 
 that five per centum will be added to the whole amount of tax charged 
 in every case where the party assessed shall fail to pay the whole or one- 
 half within the time so limited. Whenever any person shall fail to pay 
 on or before the said thirtieth of June of each year the whole or one-half 
 of the amount of tax charged against him or her, there shall he added five 
 per centum upon the whole amount of the tax so remaining due. The 
 collector shall, in like manner, give notice for fifteen days prior to the 
 fifteenth day of December that he will attend at his office daihj 
 
 the above-mentioned hours, from the fifteenth to the thirty-first day of 
 December, inclusive, for the purpose of receiving from any person who 
 has already paid one-half only of the city taxes charged to him. the re- 
 maining half; and that five per centum will be added to (he amount of 
 said remaining half of the tax charged, in every case where the party as- 
 sessed shall fail to pay the said remaining half within the lime so limited. 
 When any person shall have paid, on or before the thirtieth of June 
 one-half of the tax charged I'm- that year, hut shall fail to pay, mi or 
 before the said thirty-first day of December of each .war the remaining 
 half of said tax, there shall be added five per centum upoD the amount 
 of the half so remaining due. (Code 1899.)
 
 HQ RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 !. ] tor shall, daily, from the fifteenth to the thirtieth of June, 
 
 fifteenth to the thirty-firsl of December, inclusive, 
 ived by him for city taxes 
 . said periods. The amount of taxes received by the collector 
 ■ II the thirtieth of June and the fifteenth of December, and between 
 tnber and the fifteenth of June following, he shall 
 iry on "Wednesday of every week. (Code 1899.) 
 ctor shall upon receipt of tin and personal 
 
 I books from the commissioner of the revenue prepare 
 •; bills in the name of th< J showing the 
 
 tax, to-wit: for re;!! . number of feet front- 
 
 balcony tax. and total; for 
 rial property, >h<<\- persona] property assessed and 
 
 al. The collector shall properly list each year 
 in alphabetical order, the names 
 from all and others U^r real estate and 
 
 ately, and he shall properly credit on said books all 
 payments on account of same collected by himself, showing whether one- 
 the whole amount is paid, s1 ash-book < and 
 
 such other information as will furnish an exact record of all payment-, 
 enter niton and properly index all pipe connection and 
 paving lulls placed in his bands for collection, and properly credit the 
 date of payment of each bill on said record so long as the lulls remain in 
 bis bands. (Code 1910.) 
 
 6. The collector shall proceed to collect all of the taxes assessed on the 
 
 wimissioner of the revenue. -a^j\ all taxes or . its, of 
 
 which an account or statement is delivered to the collector under any 
 
 of the city, as long as the same are allowed by the city charter 
 
 and by the ordinances of the city to remain in his bands for collection. 
 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. If all taxes with which any person or any estate of a decedent is 
 
 id before the first day of September, the collector shall 
 distrain, except where one-half thereof has been paid under the third 
 
 pended by order of the committee on 
 financ aS0 n therefor to the next meeting of the 
 
 II. (Code 1899.) 
 
 - or chattel- in the c ity belonging to the person or estate 
 
 ained therefor, and the distress shall be 
 
 for a -urn sufficienl to include all expi i hauling, storage, inuranee, 
 
 -arv costs attending the seizure and sale of the good-: or 
 
 trained. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 16. 117 
 
 9. The goods and chattels of the tenant or other person in j 
 claiming under the party or estate assessed with taxes on land, may be 
 distrained, if found on the premises. But when taxes are assessed wholly 
 to one person on a lot, part of which lias become the freehold of anoth 
 
 a title recorded before the comme of the year tor which such taxes 
 
 I, the property belonging to the owner of thai part shall 
 distrained for more than a due proportion of such taxes. And 
 of such part may redeem that part from any Lien for delinquent taxes 
 in favor of the city charged against lie' entire property by pa 
 proportion of the past-due taxes, penalties, etc., as the commi 
 revenue, chairman of finance commits e, and i it} attorney may deem just. 
 Said commissioner shall. applicati h owner, examin 
 
 determine what amount should be paid, and certify the sam 
 tor of delinquent ta cifying the year- for which such paymi 
 
 allowed, and the collector of delinquent taxes shall receive the amount 
 so ascertained and receipt therefor on a copy of th 
 
 oner. The city auditor shall, upon presentation of 
 make a minute of the same on the delinquent tax-hook for eat h 
 which payment is so made, opposite the entry of the tax against tl 
 tire lot. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. There shall be a lien upon the goods and chattel ing to any 
 
 1 with taxes on personal property on and aftei 
 if February of the year in which said taxes are assessed and for 
 license taxes assessed againsl such person from the date of the a 
 of such license tax, and no deed of trust or mortgage upon goods or chat- 
 Mil prevent the same from being distrained, or levied on, and sold 
 for ta Lst the grantor in such Ace<\, whilst Ls and 
 
 chattels remain in the grantor's | on; nor shall any 
 
 vent 1 - and chattels conveyed from being levied on. or distrained, 
 
 and sold for taxes uo matter in whose posse.-.- ion they 
 
 may be found. (July 10, 1910.) 
 
 11. Any person indebted to or having in his hands estate of the party 
 assessed with such taxes, may he applied to for paym iu1 of 
 such debt or estate, and a payment b} i of the said ta 
 
 in whole or in part, shall entitle him to a charge or credit for so much on 
 account of such debt or estate againsi the party assessed. If the | 
 applied to do not pay so m m to the officer oi 
 
 ■led on account of the debt or estate in his hands, th 
 if the sum due for such tax than three hundred dollars, pr 
 
 from the civil justice a summons directing such person to appear before 
 him at such time as may seem jeasonable, and if the sum due amoui 
 or exceeds three hundred dollars shall procure from the clerk of the law
 
 11$ RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 quity court, or of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, a sum- 
 mons directing such person to appear before said court on the first day of 
 fl ie u ,, x j term thereof. And from the time of the service of any such sum- 
 mons the said taxes shall constitute a lien on the debt so due from such 
 person, or on the said estate in his hands. (July 10, 1910.) 
 
 L2. [f such summons he returned executed, and the person so sum- 
 moned do not appear, judgment shall be entered against him for the sum 
 due for su< h taxes, and for the fees of the clerk and the officer who may 
 execute the summons. ("Code 1899.) 
 
 13. If the person so summoned appear, lie shall be interrogated on oath, 
 and such evidence may be heard as shall he adduced, and such judgment" 
 shall i ed as upon the whole case shall seem proper. "(Code 1899.) 
 
 14. A tenant from whom payment shall be obtained by distress or 
 otherwise, of taxes due from a person under whom he holds, shall have 
 credit for the same against such p at of tie' rents he may owe him, 
 
 I where such tenant is bound to ] ay such tax by an express contract 
 with such person. (Code 1899.) 
 
 L5. Any officer who shall return real estate as delinquent for the non- 
 payment of taxes, when such taxes, or any pari I . have been re- 
 ceived by bim, shall forfeit to the city, if the return was made by d 
 ten times the amount of taxes so actually received, and if the return was 
 by mistake, twice the amount. And if the collector si 
 
 • as delinquent, when he had cither found, or by using due diligence 
 might have found, sufficient property within the city liable to distress for 
 the taxes for which such real estate is returned delinquent, he shall forfeit 
 to the city a sum equal to five times the amount of the said taxes. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 16. For horses or any live stock distrained or levied upon, the co 
 hall provide sufficient sustenance whilst they remain in his poss- 
 Nothing distrained or levied upon shall he removed by him out of the 
 unless where it is otherwise spi rovided. A distress or levy 
 
 shall be reasonable. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1 :. In any case of goods and chattels which the collector of delinquent 
 
 • hall distrain or levy upon for I d which he may be directed 
 
 I] by an order of the court or police justice (unless such order pre- 
 
 a different course), he shall fix upon a time and place for the sale 
 
 thereof, and publish notice of the same, at least (en da; ■ the day of 
 
 ourt-house of the city, and on a court-day. The col 
 
 hall, at the time and place so appointed 
 
 '•' : ,ll( ' '" ler lor cash the said goods and chattels, or so much 
 
 then y be necessary. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 16. 119 
 
 18. If such goods and chattels be mules, work-oxen or horses, they shall 
 be sold at the court-house between the hours of ten in the morn inn and 
 four in the afternoon. The sale shall be on some day of a term of the 
 court, except where the parties shall, at or before the time for advertising 
 the same, in writing, authorize the collector of delinquent taxes to dis- 
 pense with the provisions of this section, in which case the sale shall be 
 according to the preceding section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. Where there is not time on the day appointed for any snob sale, 
 to complete the same, the sale may be adjourned from day to day, until 
 ii shall be completed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. If there be good cause to believe that a person assessed with taxes, 
 not on real estate, intends to remove his property out of the city, or to 
 sell out or close his business therein, the collector may, unless such taxes 
 be paid on demand, distrain therefor, although the first day of September 
 may not have arrived, and although one-half thereof may have been paid. 
 To enable the collector to ascertain the amount of taxes charged to any 
 such person, the commissioner, if his books have not been returned, shall, 
 on the application of the collector, deliver him a statement of such taxes. 
 Whenever taxes are received under this section by the collector before the 
 fifteenth day of June, the collector shall, within one week thereafter, pay 
 the same into the city treasury. Annually, on or before the first Monday. 
 in February, the collector shall render to the auditor an account of all 
 taxes which shall have been in his hands within the year ending on the 
 first of February, except taxes embraced in the lists hereinafter mem- 
 tioned in the twenty-first section; and shall at the same time turn over 
 to the auditor all bills for taxes, assessments or accounts for the said pre- 
 ceding year. (Code 1899.) 
 
 21. The collector, annually, shall make out after the last day of De- 
 cember, and deliver before the first day of February, to the auditor, veri- 
 fied on oath, a list of property on the commissioners book improperly 
 placed thereon, or not ascertainable, stating in such list the names, alpha- 
 betically, of the persons charged with the taxes on such property, and the 
 amount of such taxes ; subjoined to which list the collector shall make 
 a memorandum of any persons or property which he thinks have been 
 omitted on the books, and of any other errors which he lias reason to be- 
 lieve exist therein. (Code 1899.) 
 
 22. The collector shall, annually, make out a list of the taxes, i 
 than on real estate, which remain iim - with the names of thi 
 sons charged with such taxes placed alphabetically; which list shall be 
 verified by his oath, and delivered by him to the auditor on or before the 
 first Monday in February, and a copy thereof shall be by the 
 
 posted at the front door of the city hall (luring the February term
 
 ]•>,, KM HMOXD CITY CODE. 
 
 ;,,,,,;, ; . and shall at the same time turn over to the auditor all 
 
 ne. It shall be the duty of said collector, on the first 
 
 year 1886, and on the first Monday in February 
 
 . to turn over to the auditor of the city all bills, 
 
 ad accounts for all prei ears upon which there shall 
 
 n unpaid any part of any tax o rnent due the city; and 
 
 mi- shall turn over the same to the collector of dc- 
 
 li nqui . who shall proceed to collect the same as required by sec- 
 
 sven, and seventy-eight of the charter 
 dinances, and who shall have the same power 
 i - all tax bills, assessments, and 
 ■d by the charter and the ordin- 
 ity upon the collector - i 3. And the said col- 
 
 li!, on Moncla k, pay into the city 
 
 treasu 1. ( Code 1899.) 
 
 two preceding sections shall be examined 
 
 and laid before the city council. The auditor shall credit 
 
 the collector on account of the taxes mentioned in said lists with such 
 
 amount as the city council may direct; and l1 mentioned in the 
 
 ms practicable, deliver a copy to the 
 commissioner, who shall may appear proper. After 
 
 tccount of any List, the collector shall not re- 
 
 of the taxes mentioned therein, but the lis! mentioned in the 
 
 twent] ion shall be placed by the auditor for collection in the 
 
 hands of the collector of delinquent taxes on such commission as the city 
 
 council may direct. (Code L899.) 
 
 lector receives such credit as the city council may 
 
 under the preceding section and section twenty, any of the i 
 
 ted on account of the ta\< or account- which shall 
 
 have been in his hands remain unpaid, he, or his representatives, shall, 
 
 on being notified thereof by the auditor, pay into the city treasury the 
 
 tnt of such taxi mients hills or accounts. If there be a failure 
 
 to make such payment for three days after such notice, the collector shall 
 
 Q on said amount, and the auditor shall deliver a copy 
 
 of the collector's bond to the attorney for the city, who shall proceed 
 
 on by action. Whenever the collector has distrained upon any -cods 
 
 axes or assessments, he shall pro to a termination, Mich legal 
 
 nay have begun, and collect the amount thereby to he 
 
 realized. The collector shall receive for his compensation five-eighths o| 
 
 am of all money he shall collect and pay into the treasury, 
 
 tne aid him on the warrants of the auditor, as he shall (1 
 
 h I asury. (Code L899.)
 
 CHAPTER 16. 121 
 
 25. The city collector shall on or before the first day of August of each 
 year render to the auditor a sworn statement showing the total amount 
 of the face of all tax bills of die current year placed in his hands I'm 
 lection which have been paid in full or ball' paid up to the first day of 
 July of the current year, and the total amount of the bills of (lie cm 
 year upon which nothing was paid up to July 1st, and the aggreg 
 amount of the statement must equal the total amount of the real and 
 personal taxes assessed for the year. Up6n receipt of the st I re- 
 quired herein, the auditor shall forthwith estimate and charge to the 
 collector five per cent, penalty upon the total amount of the bills upon 
 which no payment was made up to July 1st, and the collector shall stand 
 charged with the said five per cent, penalty until it is paid, or (be bills 
 upon which it is charged are by him returned delinquent as now pre- 
 scribed by ordinance. (Code 1899.) 
 
 26. The real estate and personal tax bills of the city, including fiduci- 
 ary and license taxes, for the year 1899, and subsequent years, shall 
 printed upon Scotch Linen Ledger, buff paper, 19x24, •".'.' 
 pounds to the ream, water-marked throughout "City of Richmond"; 
 and, if at any time the paper above named cannot be bad, then paper of 
 the same weight, color, texture, and quality, similarly water-marked, may 
 be used. Each bill shall have printed on its center, in figures not less 
 than one and one-half inches high, (lie figures of the current year, IS!)!), 
 1900, as the case may be, and so on from year to year, which date shall 
 be printed in some faint tint or color. There shall be also, and printed 
 upon the paper described in this ordinance, a form of receipt for one-half 
 of tax bills which under the ordinance are payable one-half in June of 
 each year. Each receipt shall bear, printed on its center, the figures of 
 the current year, 1899, 1900, and so on from year to year, not less than 
 one and one-half indies high, in some faint tint or color. (March L9 : 
 3900.) 
 
 27. The committee on printing and claims i^ hereby authorized and in- 
 structed to order, supervise, and complete die printing, numbering, 
 binding of the bills, slips, and receipts described herein, in such quant 
 
 as may be necessary, and to deliver them for use to the city collecto 
 (duly 14, 1899.) 
 
 28. The city collector shall provide and keep in bis office a suitable boot 
 to be known as the "Daily General Cash-Settlement Book," and shall from 
 day to day and each day enter therein the cash received in bis office, 
 whether in currency or bank checks accepted at the risk of the collector, 
 and as hereinafter prescribed. 
 
 b. On the debit side of the book described in section 28 shall 1 ntered 
 
 first, the total amount of all money collected (including hank checks, if 
 any), and not yet paid into the city treasury, thus:
 
 122 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 ' 19 . . To balance on hand. $ Next there shall 
 
 be entered, under the proper date of the year, month and day, the receipts 
 ii day in the form of each day's total of each separate cash-book used 
 in the office — say, as follows: 
 
 To receipts as per Cash-Book A $ 
 
 u u a a a j> <j$ 
 
 " " License Cash-Book $ 
 
 " « " " Fiduciary Cash-Book $ 
 
 and the total of any other cash-book which is now, or may be hereafter, 
 used. The debit side of the cash shall- then be footed up and the total 
 shown. If no payment has been made into the treasury the total shall be 
 carried forward as the debit balance for the next day, and if any payment 
 has been made into the treasury it shall be entered on the credit side of the 
 cash-settlement book and the difference, if any, between the two sides of 
 the account, shall be carried forward as the balance for the next day. Each 
 day's work shall be ruled up. 
 
 c. The cash-settlement book herein described shall truly show the total 
 cash receipts of the office, from every source, each day, and shall designate 
 
 lurce of the income by the names of the books on which the several 
 itemized payments are entered as cash but shall give only the total, for 
 the day, of each book, as indicated in section 28-b. 
 
 d. It shall not be lawful to make any credit entry upon the said book 
 except for amounts paid into the treasury and evidenced by the auditor's 
 final receipt and the balance to be brought down the next day. 
 
 e. Once every week, on Wednesday, as prescribed by the charter, the 
 
 side of the cash-settlement book must be balanced by payments into 
 the treasury, entered on the credit side, and evidenced by the' auditor's 
 final receipts and the account ruled up. 
 
 I Whenever the auditor demands, by authority of section forty-nine 
 of the charter, or the city ordinances, a settlement oftener than once a 
 cash-settlement book must be balanced as required by section 
 27e for the regular weekly settlement. (Code 1899.) 
 
 29. Cash-book "A" and "B" in the city collector's office shall have a 
 
 genera] heading, as follows: Cash-Book "A," City Collector's Office, and 
 
 "B/ J < !ity Collector's Office. They shall be ruled from top to 
 
 bottom with columns as follows, and in the order named, from left to 
 
 : I >ate column : Name Tax-Paver: Ward; Eeal and Personal, Whole; 
 
 Real and Personal, Half; Penalty; Total Paid; Total for the Day; Gen- 
 
 I Total.
 
 CHAPTER 16. 123 
 
 (A.) It shall be the duty of the collector to date truly cadi day's en- 
 tries, add up the day's receipts, and extend the amount in the daily total 
 column, and thence in the column "General Total," and also to add and 
 forward each page of "General Total." 
 
 (B.) There shall be cash-books called "C" and "D," for the collation 
 under one head of bills of various persons to be paid by one person or 
 agent, bat they must be lettered plainly "Memorandum ( !ash-Books," ;--^ 
 any entries made therein must be in detail, as in the real cash-books "A" 
 and "B," 
 
 The fiduciary cash-book shall have a printed heading, "Fiduciary 
 Taxes," and each page shall be ruled in columns, as follows, and in the 
 order named, from left to right: Date column; Name column; Wholes 
 Half; Penalty; Total; Daily Total ; and the several columns shall b 
 stantly, page by page, added and forwarded. Tire daily total shall be daily 
 shown and extended into the general total. 
 
 (C.) There shall be a "Supplemental Cash-Book," printed, ruled, 
 added, and forwarded as the other books, "A" and "B," herein described, 
 upon which shall be entered only those bills which are derived from i Terns 
 taken from the "Supplement," or "Supplements," added to \he assess- 
 ment book by the commissioner subsequent to the date when penalty at- 
 taches, and which are therefore not subject to penalty in July. The book 
 herein described shall not be used except during the period from July 1st 
 to December 31st of each calendar year. 
 
 (D.) There shall be a cash-book entitled "Paving, Pipe and Sewer 
 Cash," headed accordingly, and ruled in columns, from left to right, as 
 follows, and in the order named: Date column; Xame column; Date of 
 bill; Amount (with four sub-headings as follows, Sewer, Pipe, Paving, 
 Grading) ; Penalty; Total; Daily Total; General Total. 
 
 (E.) The faint lines of all of the books herein described shall be of 
 alternate colors of red, blue, red, green, red, and so on, to guide the clerks 
 across the page. (March 19, 1900.) 
 
 30. It shall be the duty of the collector of delinquent taxes, on the 
 day of July of each year, when he makes the settlement-in-full required 
 by ordinance, approved May 4, 1896, to make a report to the auditor which 
 shall set forth, as to each particular class of bills in his hand* 
 personal, pipe, paving, fiduciary, etc., etc., the following facts: 
 
 (1.) Amount of bills received for collection. 
 
 (2.) Amount of penalty added and collected. 
 
 (3.) Amount of interest added and collected. 
 
 (4.) Amount of the face of bills collected.
 
 124 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 ( 5.) Amount of penalty collected. 
 
 (6.) Amount of interest collected. 
 
 , ;., Total ol n bates, cancellations, etc., ordered by council. 
 
 (8.) Total amount of bills returned to the auditor. 
 
 bed in this section shall be accompanied by all the un- 
 paid bills to be returned to the auditor, as prescribed by ordinance, and 
 shall be presented as soon as practicable after July 1st, but not later than 
 July L5th, of each year. (Code 1899.) 
 
 31. The collector of delinquent taxes in accordance with sections fifty- 
 one, fifty-two and fifty-three of the city charter, may employ and use in 
 the discha: he duties of his office, one or more deputies who shall 
 
 appointment and pay from him, and be removable by him, 
 at any time and shall also be removable by the city council or by the 
 mayor, for cause. During the continuance in office of the person who ap- 
 pointed him, or them, unless he or they be sooner removed, any deputy or 
 deputies so appointed may discharge any of the duties of the office of 
 collector of delinquent taxes; but the collector of delinquent taxes and 
 bis snreiy or sureties shall be liable for the acts and omissions of the 
 deputies, a* fully and as if they were the acts and omissions of the collector 
 of delinquent taxes. (Code 1899.) 
 
 32. The collector of delinquent tav by authorized to remit the 
 penalty and interest due on any lulls for paving or pipe connections 
 in his bands for collection, excepting those bills which were duly pre- 
 sented, or notice thereof duly mailed to the owner or agent of the prop- 
 erty liable therefor, before the same were declared delinquent. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 33. It shall be the duty of the collector of delinquent taxes to deliver 
 to the auditor, on or before the first day of July. 1896, all delinquent and 
 unpaid bills for taxes on real estate and personal property, for paving, 
 for sewer connections, pipe connections and other unpaid and delinquent 
 
 Lp to and including the year 1894. (Code 1899.) 
 
 34. It shall be the duty of the collector of delinquent taxes to deliver 
 ( " th ', on the first day of duly. 1897, all unpaid delinquent bills 
 for the year 1895, and on the first day of July of each year thereafter all 
 delinquent and unpaid bills which have been in his hands for collection 
 for twelve months. (Code 1S99.) 
 
 35. It shall be the duty of the .r of delinquent taxes to make 
 separate reports to the auditor of bis collections of real estate taxes and 
 his collections of personal taxes, itemizing both statements as to the 
 names, the amount,, the year for which the taxes were due. and separat- 
 ing the principal, interest and the penalty. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTEB 16. 125 
 
 36. It shall be the duty of the auditor to receive the bills mentioned 
 in section 32 from the collector of delinquenl taws, and to close the ac- 
 counts which represent those Mil-, as against any collector of taxes, and 
 
 to carry them on proper open account. 'I he auditor shall have the cus- 
 todyof the said bills, and shall .-lore them in his vauH until they are paid 
 or otherwise disposed of by proper authority. (Code 1899.) 
 
 37. The auditor shall receive from the colle< tor of d 
 
 the first day of July. 1'897, all delinquent and unpaid bills 5, etc., 
 
 for the year 1895, and shall close the accounts representing them, as 
 against the collector of delinquent taxes, and shall carry them upon 
 proper open accounts, and the bills shall remain in the custody of the 
 auditor until paid or otherwise disposed of by proper authority. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 38. On the first day of July of each year the auditor shall receive 
 fyom the collector of delinquent taxes all unpaid delinquent bills which 
 have been in his hands for collection for twelve months, and shall close 
 the accounts representing the bills, as against the collector, and carry 
 them on proper open account, and shall store the lulls in Ids vault, where 
 they shall remain in his custody until paid or otherwise disposed of by 
 proper authority. (Code 181 
 
 39. It shall be the duty of the auditor, annually, when the city col- 
 lector makes his returns of bills delinquent in his office and before turn- 
 ing them over to the collector of delinquent taxes, to ascertain and add to 
 the aggregate amount of the said delinquent bills the total amount of the 
 penalty for delinquency, and charge the collector of delinquent taxes with 
 both the principal and the penalty of all the bills. (Code 1899.) 
 
 40. The auditor shall require the city collector and. the collector of 
 delinquent taxes to pay in the full amount of their collections, principal 
 and penalty (and interest, if any), and then issue his warrant on the 
 treasurer for the amount of the commissions in favor of the city collector 
 or collector of delinquent taxes, as the case may be; and it shall not be 
 lawful for the city collector or the collector of delinquenl taxes to reserve 
 their commissions out of their collections. (Code 1899.) 
 
 41. The vault in committee room. No. 305, third floor, city hall, shall 
 be for the use of the auditor, and he is hereby authorized to assume control 
 of it, make a new combination for the lock, known only to himself and 
 his assistant, and use the said vault for the storage of the tax bills 
 placed in his custody, or to relieve the vault in the auditor's office of the 
 accumulations therein not likely to he needed for reference. ( ( lode '< 
 
 42. All bills for taxes, which under the ordinance have been delivered 
 to the auditor, may he paid through the collector of delinquent taxes as
 
 1.26 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 hereinafter provided, and the commission allowed him shall be as herein- 
 before provided. (January 15, 1904.) 
 
 I.;. Any person desiring to pay a delinquent bill in the hands of the 
 auditor shall apply to the collector of delinquent taxes who shall apply 
 to the auditor for the bill. The auditor shall deliver the bill to the col- 
 ic-tor of delinquent taxes, and immediately charge him with the amount 
 of the bill and penalty (and interest, if any). Upon receipt of payment 
 the collector of delinquent taxes shall receipt the bill, and within thirty 
 days thereafter report the collection to and settle with the auditor. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 1 1 . The collector of delinquent taxes shall not make, or cause to be 
 made, any duplicate of any tax bill in his hands, or in the hands of the 
 auditor, or of any bill made by the city collector and delivered to him 
 for collection. In the event that any original bill is lost or mislaid it 
 shall be the duty of the auditor, when so requested, to make and certify 
 and deliver to the collector of delinquent taxes a duplicate bill, and make 
 proper record of the fact. Any violation of the provisions of this section 
 shall subject the offender to suspension and removal by the mayor, sub- 
 ject to the approval of the council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 45. On July 15, 1909, or within sixty days thereafter, and in each suc- 
 ceeding year, the city collector shall send by mail to each and every party. 
 or firm, who has not paid wholly or in part their taxes for the current 
 year, a postal card stating that .-aid taxes are due and unpaid. Said postal 
 notice to conform at all times to the United Slates mail regulations, and 
 to be worded so as not to make the city in any way liable to damages for 
 defamation of any person's character or business standing. This section 
 shall apply to all real estate and personal tax bills alike. (June 21, 
 1909.)
 
 CHAPTER 17. 127 
 
 CHAPTER 17. 
 
 CONCERNING LOCAL ASSESSMENTS LOU PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
 
 1. The making and improving of walkways upon streets and the im- 
 proving and paving of alleys may be ordered by the council of the city 
 of Richmond and the costs thereof apportioned in pursuance of an agree- 
 ment between the city and all of the abutting land owners, and in the 
 absence of such agreement, improvements, the cost of which are to be 
 defrayed in whole or in part by such local taxes or assessment, may be 
 ordered on a petition from not less than three-fourths of the land owners 
 to be affected thereby, or, in other cases, by a two-thirds vote of all of the 
 members elected to the council; but when no petition is so filed notice 
 shall first be given as hereinafter provided to the abutting land owners 
 notifying them, when and where, they may appear before the committee 
 on streets of the council of the city of Richmond, to whom the matter 
 shall be referred, to be heard in favor of or against such improvement, 
 and the said committee, with at least three members thereof present from 
 the common council and two members thereof from the board of aldermen, 
 after such hearing, shall report to the council whether it deems it ex- 
 pedient to make the proposed improvement, and if so what proportion 
 should be assessed against the abutting land owners, and thereupon the 
 council shall determine by resolution whether it is expedient to make the 
 proposed improvement, and if so what proportion of the expense shall be 
 paid by the city, if any, and what by the abutting owners, and shall, by 
 the same resolution, direct the work to be done under the supervision and 
 direction of the proper committee and the expense, as soon as ascertained, 
 reported to the clerk of special assessments of the council of the city of 
 Richmond. (October 19, 1908.) 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the said clerk of special assessments, as soon 
 as practicable, after receiving such report, and after making personal 
 inspection of the location and condition of each piece of the property to be 
 affected, to apportion the expense of such improvement, exclusive 
 
 part, if any, which may have been determined to be borne by the city, 
 among the owners of the real estate abutting on or contiguous to the 
 street or alley whereon such improvement is made, but in no case shall 
 said clerk apportion or assess to any land owner a sum in excess of the 
 peculiar benefit resulting therefrom to such owner, and said clerk shall,
 
 128 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 racticable, make up a written statement showing 
 
 ments against each pn vner, the locution and 
 
 ml on what account the assessmeni is made; and, 
 
 being completed, certified and signed by him shall be forthwith 
 
 filed with the clerk of the committee on local assessments, where it shall 
 
 in such assessment for 
 riod of ten days. (October 19, 1908.) 
 ;;. The clerk of the committee on local assessments shall, after the ex- 
 piration of said period of ten days, give written notice to each oi 
 owners of the amount assessed against him, citing him to appear before 
 the committee on local assessments at some regular session of said com- 
 mittee not less than ten days after the service of such notice, the time 
 and place to be designated therein, to show cause, if any he can, against 
 such . at. Every apportionment not objected to shall be eon- 
 
 firmed, hut any land owner wishing to make objection to such apportion- 
 ment may appeal' before said committee in person or by counsel, at the 
 appointed time and place and state his objection, orally or in writing, 
 ommittee, after hearing said objections, shall either affirm such 
 apportionmenl or alter or modify the same. If the objections of such 
 owners be overruled, in whole or in part, he may. within thirty days there- 
 after, but not afterwards, have an appeal as of right to the hustings court 
 of the city of .Richmond, making application in writing therefor to the 
 said clerk of the committee, and upon such appeal b taken, the 
 
 clerk of said committee shall immediately deliver to the clerk of the said 
 hustings court the original notice relating to such assessmeni with the 
 judgment of the committee on local assessments endorsed thereon, and 
 id court shall docket the same. Every such appeal shall 
 led by the court or the judge thereof in a summary way without 
 pleading in writing and without a jury, in term time or vacation, after 
 reasonable notice to the adverse party, and the hearing shall be de novo. 
 (October 19, 1908.) 
 
 I. The notices required by this ordinance shall he given by personal 
 service on all persons entitled to such notice, except that notice to an 
 mlant or insane person may be served on his guardian or committee, 
 and notice to a non-resident may be mailed to him at his place of resi- 
 d< nee or served on any agent of his, in any case where the owner is a 
 non-resident, and where the owner's residence is not known; such notice 
 shall be given by publication in some newspaper published in the city of 
 Richmond once a week for two successive weeks, the last publication to 
 be made at Least ten days before the date on which the party is cited to 
 appear. (October 19, 1910.)
 
 cil V.PTER 17. 129 
 
 5. The assessments or apportionments for -which any Land owner is 
 liable under proceedings taken under this ordinance, as well as under 
 any agreement with the city, shall, as soon as the same become final, be 
 charged against each owner on suitable books for the purpose, to be kept 
 in the office of the clerk of special assessments, which shall show the name 
 of the owner, the location and description of the property and the amount 
 assessed against same, and thereupon he shall make oul bills i ame 
 and furnish them to the auditor, who shall make proper entry thereof on 
 his books, and then place them in the hands of Wi>' < tor of taxes, 
 to be collected and accounted for in the manner prescribed for the collec- 
 tion of other city taxes, and the sums so ascertained and charged shall be 
 a lien upon real estate so charged with said assessment from the i one when 
 the work of improvement shall have been completed, and may be enforced 
 by suit in equity: provided, however, that as against, a pun haser for value 
 and without notice, such assessment or tax shall noi be a lien except and 
 until the resolution or ordinance ordering such improvement shall have 
 been recorded by the clerk of spe< ial assessment in a book kept in the 
 office of the city clerk for that purpose only, and designated as "Keeord 
 Book of Resolutions and Ordinances of the Council, Ordering Public Im- 
 provements at Expense of Abutting Owners," showing the ownership and 
 location of the property to be effected by the proposed improvements, and 
 the same indexed in the name of the city and of the owner of the prop- 
 erty, (dune 18, 1910.) 
 
 6. The city engineer shall make a preliminary report to the elerk of 
 special assessments, giving a complete list of all the work of public im- 
 provements ordered to be done, showing the names of the different prop- 
 erty owners having property abutting on or contiguous to the said work 
 of public improvements, the dale of coin met providing for the doing of 
 such work and the time allowed therefor; and the said clerk of special 
 assessments shall enter in a hook to be kept in his office tor the purp 
 open for the inspection of all persons interested, the exact information 
 received from the city engineer, and lie shall also, upon the requesl of any 
 property owner affected thereby, obtain from the city engineer, in ad- 
 vance or as early as possible, the cost of such work abutting such property, 
 and when so requested shall make out and present a bill for same, which 
 charge, however, shall be subject to correction by the committee on local 
 assessments upon the proper presentation of the same to said committee 
 as hereinbefore provided. (October 19, 1908.) 
 
 7. Whenever all of the owners of property abutting on or contiguous to 
 any public alley or street desire to have such alley or street, or any part 
 thereof, graded, paved, or to have the same otherwise improved, or to 
 have a public sewer or culvert constructed therein, and they are willing
 
 [30 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 all of the expense of such improvement in proportion to the num- 
 ber of feet of each, abutting on or contiguous to such improvement, they 
 may present a petition, in writing, to the council, signed by them or their 
 agent, the authority of such agent to be filed with the petition, praying 
 that such improvement be made at their expense, to be apportioned ac- 
 cording to ilic number of feel of each parcel of land abutting on or con- 
 such alley or street in which such improvement is proposed 
 made; and thereupon the council may, by joint resolution accept 
 the proposal of said petitioners and order such improvement to be made 
 under the provisions of this section, and when the same has been com- 
 pleted and the costs thereof ascertained, the said work shall be measured 
 by the clerk of special assessments and the costs apportioned among the 
 owners petitioning the council according to the number of feet abutting 
 on or contiguous to such improvement, and shall make out bills for the 
 and furnish them to the auditor, who shall make proper entry 
 if on his hooks, and then place them in the hands of the city collec- 
 tor, to he collected and accounted for in the manner prescribed for the 
 collection of city taxes, and said sums so ascertained and charged shall 
 be a lien upon the real estate so charged, with said assessment, collectible 
 and i de as other liens for taxes. Any person feeling himself 
 
 .' 'I by the assessment made against him under this section may, 
 within thirty clays after such assessment has been made, apply to the 
 hustings court of the city of Richmond to have said assessment corrected 
 in the mode prescribed by law for the correction of other erroneous as- 
 sessment of taxes. The city attorney, under the direction of the com- 
 1 on streets shall prescribe the forms of petitions to be presented 
 ion, and no petition shall be considered by the council un- 
 less the same substantially conforms to such form. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. Nothing in the foregoing section shall be con-trued to alter, amend 
 or repeal the ordinances now in force, so far as they concern the assess- 
 collection, or commutation of taxes due the city, or to become due 
 the city, for work heretofore done by the city, in opening, grading, or 
 otherwise improving streets or alleys of the city, or in the construction. of 
 public sew< I- or culverts; but the ordinances in force on that subject at 
 
 tne t; " r the approval of this amended chapter shall continue in force as 
 
 ments, taxes, or .lues made thereunder, and all of the duties 
 of the special assessment clerk and other officers, as prescribed by such 
 tances heretofore in force, shall continue to be discharged and per- 
 formed in refi to all such assessments, taxes, or dues heretofore 
 '. M'ode L899.) 
 
 !l - Doors to a cellar shall Dot extend on a sidewalk more than five feet; 
 aJJtl ;l cellar door is made or repaired (whether the cellar be
 
 CHAPTER L7. 131 
 
 old or new), the construction thereof shall be such that the door or doors 
 when closed shall be level with the sidewalk. All hinges, bolts and locks 
 to be on the underside, and in all such cases the door shall be of iron and 
 the cappings, or caps, of granite. No balcony or bay window projecting 
 over a street or alley shall be constructed, nor shall there be used any part 
 of the sidewalk as an entrance to a cellar or basement, or as a coal vault, 
 or area, unless by resolution of the city council or the committee on 
 streets, who are hereby expressly authorized, in their discretion, to grant 
 such permission, and then the doors to said cellar or vault shall be so 
 fiaade and kept in such manner as the resolution may prescribe. And in 
 all cases in which any person shall desire to occupy any portion of a 
 street or public alley for the purpose of getting into a cellar or basement, 
 O!' into a house, or shall desire to construct a coal vault under a sidewalk 
 or alley, or an area on a street or alley, or a balcony or bay window -pro- 
 jecting over a street or alley, he shall apply to the committee on streets 
 by petition in writing, and file therewith a plan showing accurately how 
 much of the walkway he proposes to occupy; and the petition and plan 
 shall be referred to the city engineer, who shall examine the premises 
 and report fully to the committee on streets everything which, in his 
 opinion, should influence the judgment of the committee in their action 
 upon the application. (August 18, 1906.) 
 
 10. Any person owning a house, in the use of which any part of a 
 street or public alley is occupied, by permission of the city council or the 
 committee on streets, for an area, vault, entrance to a basement, cellar, 
 balcony or bay window, or to a house, or for any other permanent pur- 
 pose, shall pay annually therefor, to the city a rent id' six cents for each 
 Square foot. All new work shall be measured by the assessment clerk, 
 who shall report the name of the property owner liable and the amount 
 of the tax to the commissioner of the revenue, who shall charge the same 
 upon the land hooks, to he collected and accounted for in the manner 
 prescribed for the collection of city taxes. Vaults under sidewalks shall 
 be made with a substantial brick or stone arch, which shall extend from 
 the front wall of the house before which the vault is, no nearer than two 
 feet, six inches, to where the inner edge of the curb-stone is. or will be, 
 Avhcn laid down. The openings to the vault shall not be more I ban eigh- 
 teen inches in diameter, and shall be level with the sidewalk, as it then is, 
 but may afterwards be removed, if necessary, when the grade of the street 
 is established or changed. It shall be secured with a cast-iron covering, 
 fixed in a solid frame 1 of stone or iron, which shall rest against the inner 
 side of the curb and be so laid that the upper part of the frame shall be 
 as nearly level with the pavement as it can be, consistently with the turn- 
 ing of the water from the opening: and it shall be secured with such bolt 

 
 132 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 or weigh! as the engineer of the city may direct; and the person obtain- 
 ermissiorj to make a vault shall have the same completed under the 
 
 I' the en; I the city, within thirty days, unless further 
 
 time is allowed by the committee on streets. (August 18, 1906.) 
 
 11. [f any cellar, area, or vault constructed, or that may hereafter he 
 
 id, under permission Prom the council or the committee on 
 streets, shall not conform to the requirements of such permissions, the 
 owner of the house to which the cellar, area, or vault, is attached shall 
 pay a f not than ten nor more than twenty dollars; and each 
 
 day thai the cellar, area, or vault shall not be as hereby required shall 
 be a distin And if the occupier of a house to which an opening 
 
 in a celiac area or vault is attached suffer the same to he open or an 
 ened ni any time oilier than when it is opened lor putting something 
 
 ; ii. or shall then suffer it to he open or unfastened longer than is ab- 
 solutely necessary for that purpose, or if the owner or occupier of a house 
 to which a vault or cellar is attached shall fail, in any respect, to keep 
 in safe and proper order the opening to such area, vault or the doors to 
 such cellar (whether made heretofore or hereafter) he shall pay a like 
 line. The suffering a vault to be opened or unfastened as aforesaid, or 
 the failure to keep in safe' and proper order such opening or doors, shall 
 
 emed a distincl offense for each day or night thereof. (August IS, 
 1906.) 
 
 12. Hereafter, in every case in which assessment has been heretofore 
 made to pay for the construction of a sewer, under the ordinances in 
 
 in regard to such assessment, the owners of lot- which, according- 
 to the plan of the city, adjoin by the front, rear or side, a street or alley 
 in which there is a .-ewer owned by the city, or a sewer hereafter con- 
 structed or acquired by the city of Richmond under any ordinance or reso- 
 lution of the council, into which it is practicable to enter, and where city 
 is available, shall annually pay to the city, as compensation for the' 
 privilege of using such sewer, a sum equal to ten cents per front foot, 
 
 ctively, of such lot, whether such sewer be 'actually used or not; 
 which annual payment may be commuted at any time by the payment to 
 the treasurer of a sum equa] to one dollar and fifty cents for each front 
 foot, respectively, of sueh lot, or of any sub-division thereof, as to which 
 such commutation is paid, shall thereafter have perpetual right of drain- 
 
 into a city sewer without further payment therefor. (February 12, 
 1909.) 
 
 a - " '"' owner of lots, wherever situated, connected with a city sewer, 
 '■ directly or indirectly, through any private or other sewer or cul- 
 shal] be assessed annually ten cents per front foot of such lots, rej 
 . (Code 1899. i
 
 chapter 17. 133 
 
 b. When any lot assessed under this ordinance is subsequently sub- 
 divided into separate lots, with new and additional fronts, such new 
 fronts shall be subject to annual assessment at ten cents per front foot in 
 like manner, and as though they had been fronts originally; provided, 
 that such lots as have secured exemption by commutation, or any con- 
 tract or agreement equivalent to commutation, under any former ordi- 
 nance, and which satisfied every demand of the law in force at the time 
 such exemption was obtained shall be exempt under this ordinance. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 c. There shall be a clerk of special assessments for public imp 
 ments, who shall he appointed by tin 1 committee on finance. The term 
 of the said clerk shall be two years, unless sooner removed by said com- 
 mittee, and he shall receive in compensation for his services a salary of 
 thirteen hundred and fifty dollars ($1,35Q) per annum, payable monthly, 
 and shall give bond in a penalty of $5,000 for the faithful performance 
 of his duties; provided, that the first term of the said clerk app< 
 under this ordinance shall extend only to July f, 1908, or until his suc- 
 cessor lie appointed. The clerk of special assessments shall lie the clerk 
 of the committee on local assessments, and shall perform such other duties 
 as may he prescribed by the committee on finance. April 10, 1910.) 
 
 d. The special assessment clerk shall annually assess the said owners 
 of lots liable to tax under this chapter with the amounts with which 
 they are chargeable, entering the same upon the ledger of his office, and 
 reporting the same to the commissioner of the revenue, who shall charge 
 the owners, respectively, upon the land-boi ks of the city, in the column 
 provided therefor, to be collected in the manner prescribed for the col- 
 lection of city taxes. (Code 1899.) 
 
 e. Any person, the owner of a lot, desiring to connect the same directly 
 with a city sewer, or indirectly through any private or other sewer or cul- 
 UM't, located in a street or alley shall first obtain the permit of the city 
 engineer, endorsed by the special assessment clerk; and any owner of a 
 lot who makes, or causes to be made, any such connection without the per- 
 mit hereinbefore mentioned, or any agent who makes, or causes the same 
 to he made, without the aforesaid permit, or any plumber, bricklayer, or 
 other person, who makes the said connection without tic permit as afore- 
 said, shall he fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25)', nor more than 
 one hundred dollars ($100). (Code IS!)!).) 
 
 f. The special assessment rink shall ascertain from time to time. Imt 
 at least annually, what changes have been made by the subdivision of 
 lm-. or, and by change of fronts, and shall assess the increase of front or 
 reduce the tax of diminished fronts, as it may appear in each case, and 
 shall charge or credit the same upon the journal and ledger of hi- office,
 
 134 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 and also report the same to the commissioner of the revenue, to be en- 
 iipon the land-books. And the commissioner shall enter the extra 
 charges and make the credits so reported upon his books in the column 
 provided therefor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. That hereafter the city engineer shall report to the clerk of spe- 
 cial assessments taute measurements and costs of all ditches and of all ma- 
 terials used in making pipe connections with public sewers made by the 
 city at the expense of the property owner, stating the length, width, 
 depth and material for each connection; and that he shall likewise report 
 the measurements and costs of all sidewalks and alleys paved and graded 
 
 ie city, at the expense of the abutting property owners, giving in de- 
 tail the measurements and extra materials used for each lot separately; 
 and the clerk of special assessments shall make out itemized bills for same, 
 giving detailed information and measurements as set forth in the report 
 of the city engineer, and shall notify the owner of each lot against whom 
 an assessment for public improvements has been made of such bill hav- 
 ing been made against his property, said notice to give all the informa- 
 tion mentioned on said itemized bill. (February 14, 1908.) 
 
 14. Upon the ledger required to be kept by the clerk of special assess- 
 - shall be entered in alphabetical order under the name of owner or 
 
 owners a description of the property assessed, the amount of the annual 
 tax for either or both sewers or areas and vaults, and all payments for 
 commutation of sewer assessments, made in accordance with the city ordi- 
 nances. Upon said ledger he shall enter at least annually all transfers 
 of real estate recorded in the courts of the city where any assessment for 
 sewers or areas and vaults are involved, so as to transfer all assessments 
 charged from the name of the former owner to the name of the new 
 owner, including such lots as have commuted any of said assessments 
 showing opposite the latter the word "commuted'' and year in which payj 
 was made for such commutation. The said record he shall annually 
 compare with the real estate assessment books furnished by the commis- 
 si- of the revenue in order to verify the correctness of each annual asl 
 I Tor sewers and vaults and areas. (February 14, 1908.) 
 L5. Whenever the board of health shall deem it important to the health 
 of any neighborhood or to the cleanliness of any lot, that the said lot 
 should be connected with a public sewer, the president of the board -hall 
 notify the owner of the lot, in writing, to make such connection, and shall 
 such information as will enable the owner to make the connection in 
 the most economical manner consistent with the requirements of the or- 
 dinances of the city, and within thirty days after the receipt of this writ- 
 ten notice the owner shall make such connections and such arrangements 
 and detads of construction within the premises as may be prescribed by
 
 CHAPTER 17. 135 
 
 the board of health. Whenever any lot shall have been connected with a 
 sewer, and shall be sub-divided, each sub-division shall be separately con- 
 nected with a sewer as soon as such sub-division shall be built upon; any 
 person failing to connect his lot with a public sewer in the manner that 
 may be prescribed by the ordinances of the city within thirty days after 
 said notice to do so from the board of health, or shall . ,il to connect with 
 a public sewer any sub-division of a lot by means of a sewer connection 
 as soon as such sub-division is built upon, or shall otherwise fail to com- 
 ply with the provisions of this section, shall be liable to a fine of not less 
 than five, nor more than one hundred dollars, each day of continuance 
 of either of such failures to constitute a separate offense. (January 15, 
 1910.) 
 
 15 a. Branch pipes for connections with the public sewer shall be made 
 by the city at the expense of the abutting property owners. Such branch 
 pipes shall extend from the sewer to the property line, whenever the prop- 
 erty is already built upon; and when the property or lot is vacant or not 
 built upon, the branch pipe connection shall be laid in the same manner, 
 but in such case no bill shall be rendered for said connection until the 
 property or lot is built upon, and application has been made for a sewer 
 connection, when the same shall be charged and rendered as prescribed 
 by ordinance. The cost of making said connections shall he ascertained 
 and certified by the city engineer to the clerk of special assessments, and 
 he shall make proper entry thereof on his books and place them in the 
 hands of the city collector, to be collected and accounted for in the man- 
 ner for the collection of city taxes. But it shall lie the duty of the clerk 
 of special assessments, as soon as the bills are made out. and before they 
 are delivered to the auditor, to notify the owner of each lot liable for one 
 pf the bills, or his or her agent, by mail, that the bill is in the hands of 
 the collector of taxes for collection, and the notice shall state the location 
 of the lot, the kind of work done, the amount of the bill and that the bill 
 will be delinquent and subject to penalty on and after the first day of 
 February next ensuing. And whenever a new sewer is to be laid it shall 
 be placed in the centre of the street or alley; unless to do so will inter- 
 fere with some authorized construction in the centre of the street or alley, 
 in which case it may be placed on either side at the option of the city 
 engineer; but in no case shall a property owner be charged a greater sum 
 for smh connection than he would otherwise have to pay by reason of 
 the fact that the sewer is not placed in the centre of a street or alley. It 
 is further provided, that in cases of indigent persons, or from other cir- 
 pmstances satisfactory to the committee on streets, said committee may 
 •arise said connections to be made and charge the same against the prop- 
 gty, to be charged by the engineer as hereinbefore provided; and the
 
 1:;i ; RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 engineer shal] certify the same to the assessment clerk, who shall make out 
 ;ill ,j ( | ,- the same in lour annual payments, with interest at 
 
 six per centum per annum, to the auditor, who shall make proper entry 
 - and place the hills in the hands of the city collector 
 ,,, | H . , ounted tor in the manner prescribed for the collec- 
 
 tion of city taxes. (January 15, 1910.) 
 
 Id. 1 1 s hal] lie the duly of the special assessment clerk, before en- 
 :i connection granted by the engineer, to as- 
 certain the ownership and the frontage of the lot from which connection 
 is to be made, and forthwith charge the owner with the assessment of ten 
 cents foot of the lot lor the year next ensuing and annually 
 
 ill,, tax i- id, or be is otherwise directed by law. It shall be 
 
 the duty of the city en£ keep a list of all the permits for sewer 
 
 conne anted by bine and to report the same annually on the first 
 
 dav of January of each year to the special assessment clerk, who shall corn- 
 aid list with his books and see that all the parties named in the 
 een duly charged. Any person desiring to commute i\\r tax of 
 ten cents per front fool per annum assessed under this ordinance, may do 
 so at any time by applying to tin; special assessment clerk, who will, upon 
 such application, request the treasurer to receive the necessary sum, and 
 upon view of the treasurer's receipt therefor credit the person, the owner 
 of the property commuted, and report the name of the owner, the loca- 
 tion of the lot, and its frontage to the commissioner as "commuted"; and 
 the commissioner shall thereupon enter upon the land-book of that year, 
 site the description of the lot commuted, the words •"-ewer tax com- 
 muted," followed by the date of the entry, and thereafter omit the sewer 
 tax against that property; but the record, •'sewer tax commuted," with the 
 . must follow the description of the property from year to year con- 
 tinuously, whether the property stands as a whole or is subdivided, and 
 until some further sewer tax is charged against the lot. It shall be the 
 duty of the city engineer, when requested so to do -by the special as 
 meiit clerk, to determine any question which may arise under this ordi- 
 nance as to the practicability of a connection with or the entrance into any 
 r by anv party required by this ordinance to connect with any seweri 
 ■' shall be the duty of the superintendent of the water-works to deterl 
 any question arising under this ordinance as to the accessibility of 
 '- ;|1 "I to report the same, when requested, to the special assessmenj 
 • ode L899.)
 
 CHAPTER 18. 137 
 
 CHAPTER 18. 
 
 CONCERNING THE SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES. 
 
 1. The year for which taxes on real estate? are assessed shall be deemed 
 to commence on the first day of January, and there shall from that day 
 be a lien on all the real estate for the taxes and assessments assessed 
 thereon within the year so commenced, and for interest on said taxes and 
 assessments at the rate of six per centum per annum for the first day of 
 February in the following year, in which the same may have been as- 
 sessed, and for the penalty of five per centum charged thereon. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 2. There shall be elected by the city council a collector of delinquent 
 taxes, who shall hold his office for two years, unless sooner removed, and 
 until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall give bond with sure- 
 ties, in the penalty of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance 
 of the duties of his office, and shall receive for his compensation five per 
 centum on the amount of the bills collected by him, to be paid him on the 
 warrant of the auditor, as he shall deposit with the treasurer the money 
 by him collected. And he shall, on Monday of each week, pay into the 
 city treasury all money by him so collected. (January 15, 1904.) 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the collector of delinquent taxes annually, in 
 the month of February, to receive from the auditor all tax bills, assess- 
 ments and accounts for the preceding year, which may have been turned 
 over to the- auditor by the collector as delinquent. And said collector of 
 delinquent taxes shall promptly proceed to collect the same, including 
 said interest and penalty, in the manner provided by the charter of the 
 city of Richmond and the ordinances passed pursuant thereto. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 4. The collector of delinquent taxes shall, annually, on or before the 
 second Monday in April of each year, prepare a list of the real estate in 
 this city on which taxes and assessments remain unpaid for the last or 
 preceding year, stating the amount due for taxes and assessments on each 
 lot. or part of a lot, and the name of the part id therewith, and 
 describing such lot or part of a lot as ii is entered on the commissioner's 
 books. He shall also, under the direction of the city council, cause to be 
 published in all the daily newspapers of the city, at leasl ten days pre- 
 vious to the day of sale a notice of the time and place of sale of the real 
 estate listed as aforesaid; and on some day. not mire than twenty nor
 
 138 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 han ten days previous to such sale, he shall cause to be published in 
 one or more of said daily papers, to be designated by the committee on 
 finance, the list prepared as above stated of the several parcels of real 
 tesoto be sold. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. To the list and copy so published, he shall subjoin a notice that 
 each lot or part of a lot therein mentioned, or so much thereof as shall 
 ifncient to satisfy the taxes, assessments, interest, costs and charges 
 due thereon, will be sold at*public auction, between the hours of ten in 
 the morning and four in the afternoon at the Broad street front of the 
 city hall, on the first day of the May term of the court of hustings, unless 
 (here be previously paid the taxes and assessments on same, with interest 
 as aforesaid and with the penalty thereon. (Code 1899.) 
 
 (>. If such tax or assessment and the percentage, interest, and ex- 
 penses aforesaid be not paid previous to the day for which said sale was 
 advertised, or on some day immediately thereafter, to which said sale 
 may be adjourned, the collector of delinquent taxes shall proceed to make 
 sale accordingly of the said several parcels of real estate, or so much 
 thereof as may be necessary, to the highest bidder; and the sale may be 
 adjourned from day to day until it shall be completed. On such sale the 
 collector of delinquent taxes shall execute to the purchaser a certificate 
 le, in which the property purchased shall be described and the aggre- 
 gate amount of the tax or assessment, with charges and expenses, speci- 
 fied. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. The collector of delinquent taxes shall not, directly or indirectly, 
 purchase "any real estate sold, except for the city, as required by the sev- 
 enteenth section. If he does, he shall forfeit to the city twenty dollars 
 for every such purchase, and the same shall moreover be void. (Code 
 L899.) 
 
 8. The collector of delinquent taxes shall make out for each purchaser 
 a receipt to the following effect : 
 
 "Memorandum of Real Estate within the city of Richmond sold this 
 day of , 19 , for the non-payment of taxes there- 
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 Which receipt shall be delivered by the collector of delinquent taxes to 
 the purchaser, on the purchasers' paying him the said purchase money. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The collector of delinquent taxes shall make out a list of the sales, 
 with the following caption thereto : List of real estate within the city of 
 
 Richmond sold in the month (or months) of , 19 , for the 
 
 non-payment of taxes thereon for the year (or years, if more than one 
 
 year,) 19 . Underneath shall be the several columns mentioned in 
 
 the eighth section, with a like caption to each column. And there shall 
 be an additional column, showing the date of each sale, unless the sales 
 were all on one day, in which case the day may be mentioned in the cap- 
 tion. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. The collector of delinquent taxes shall take and subscribe the fol- 
 lowing oath : "I, A. B., collector of delinquent taxes of the city of Rich- 
 mond, do swear that I used due diligence to find property within this city 
 liable to distress for the taxes mentioned in the foregoing list, but could 
 find none; that I have received no part of the said taxes in any other way 
 than by means of the sales mentioned in the said list; that the said list is, 
 1 verily believe, correct and just; and that I am not directly or indirectly 
 interested in the purchase of any of the real estate therein mentioned." 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The said list, with a certificate of the said oath subjoined or at- 
 tached thereto, shall be returned to the auditor on or before the last day 
 of May. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. The owner of any real estate so sold, his heirs or assigns, or any 
 person having a right to charge such real estate for a debt, may redeem
 
 140 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 the same by paying to llie purchaser, his heirs or assigns, within two 
 years from the sale thereof, the amount for which the same was so sold, 
 and such additional taxes thereon as may have been paid by the pur- 
 .-, his heirs or assigns, with interesl on the said purchase money and 
 at the rate of six per centum per annum from the times that the 
 same may have been so paid; or the same may be paid within the said 
 two years to the treasurer of the city, in any case in which the purchaser, 
 his heirs or assigns, may refuse to receive the same, or he or they shall 
 not reside, or cannot be found, in the city of Richmond. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. The purchaser of any real estate sold for taxes and not redeemed 
 shall, after the expiration of two years from the sale, obtain from the city 
 auditor a deed conveying the same, wherein shall be set forth what ap- 
 pears in his office in relation to the sale; but in no case shall a deed be 
 made to any such purchaser of any such real estate, until after such pur- 
 i haser has given to the person in whose name the real estate so sold stood 
 at the time of sale and to the person or persons to whom said real estate 
 so sold has been conveyed of record subsequently to the time of said sale, 
 • i if any of said persons be dead then to his or their personal representa- 
 tives, heirs and devisees, and also to the trustees, mortgagees and benefi- 
 ciaries, as shown by the records, in any deed of trust or mortgage on the 
 s;:id real estate, or to their personal representatives, four months written 
 notice of such purchase: provided, that no notice need be given to any 
 trustee, mortgagee, beneficiary in any deed of trust or mortgage which 
 has been recorded, or the lien thereon renewed, more than twenty years 
 prior to the date of such sale, and the person entitled to redeem such 
 real estate shall have the right to redeem the same at any time before the 
 expiration of said four months, although the said time extend beyond the 
 two years first mentioned herein, and in such deed it shall be recited that 
 lhe said notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of this 
 section, and the evidence showing that fact has been filed with the said 
 auditor. When the purchaser has assigned the benefit of his purchase 
 the deeil may, with his assent, evidenced by his joining therein or by a 
 writing annexed thereto, be executed to his assignee. If the purchaser 
 shall have died his heirs or assigns may move the hustings court of the 
 city of Richmond to order the auditor to execute a deed to such heirs or 
 ns. (July L7, 1908.) 
 II. If no such deed or order of court be made under this chapter 
 within one year after the expiration of the said two years, the former 
 owner, his heirs or assigns, may, after such year, and before such de 
 
 is made, redeem the land by paying such amount, with such addi- 
 tional taxes and such interest as is mentioned in the twelfth section. The 
 payment under this sect ion may be to the treasurer. ( ( 'ode 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 18. 141 
 
 15. When the purchaser of any real estate sold for taxes, his heirs or as- 
 signs, shall have obtained a deed therefor under this ordinance, and 
 within sixty days from the dale of such deed he shall have caused the 
 same to be recorded in the clerk's office of the chancery court of this city, 
 such estate shall stand vested in the grantee in such deed as was vested in 
 the party assessed with the taxes (on account whereof the sale was made) 
 at the commencement of the year for which the said taxes were assessed, 
 notwithstanding any irregularity in the proceedings under which the said 
 grantee claims title, unless such irregularity appear on the face of the 
 proceedings. And if it be alleged that the taxes for the non-payment of 
 which the sale was made were not in arrear, the party making such alle- 
 gation must establish the truth thereof by proving that the taxes were 
 paid. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. Any infant, married woman, insane person, or person imprisoned, 
 whose real estate may have been so sold, or his heirs, may redeem the 
 same by paying to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, within two years 
 after the removal of the disability, the amount for which the same was 
 so sold, with the necessary charges incurred by the purchaser, his heirs 
 or assigns, in obtaining the title under the sale, and such additional taxes 
 on the estate as may have been paid by the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, 
 and the appraised value of any improvements that may have been made 
 thereon, with interest on the said items except on value of any improve- 
 ments at the rate of six per centum per annum from the time the same 
 may have been paid. Upon such payment within two years after the re- 
 moval of such disability the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, shall, at the 
 cost of the original owner, his heirs or assigns, convey to him or them 
 by deed with special warranty the real estate so sold. (Code 1899.) 
 
 17. If at any such sale no bid shall be made for any such parcel of 
 land, or such bid shall not be equal to the tax or assessment, with interest 
 and charges, then the same shall be struck off to the city. On such sale 
 the collector of delinquent taxes shall execute to the city a certificate of 
 sale, in which the property purchased shall be described and the aggre- 
 gate amount of tax or assessment, with charges and expenses, specified; 
 and shall deposit such certificate with the auditor within thirty days 
 from the date of such sale. When such certificate is delivered to the audi- 
 tor, he shall credit the collector of delinquent taxes with the amount for 
 which said real estate may have been purchased, but not with any com- 
 mission thereon. There shall be no right to such credit unless the said 
 certificate is delivered to the auditor within the thirty days as aforesaid. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 18. In case that any real estate, struck off to the city as hereinbefore 
 provided, shall not be redeemed within the time specified, the city auditor
 
 142 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 shall, within sixty days after the expiration of two years from the sale, 
 cause to be recorded such certificate of sale, with his oath, that the same 
 has not been redeemed; and thereupon the said corporation, or their as- 
 signees, shall acquire an absolute title to the same in fee. The said cer- 
 tificate may be acknowledged, proved, and recorded in the same manner 
 that the deeds are recorded, and the said certificate, or the record thereof, 
 or a copy of said record, duly authenticated, shall in all courts and places 
 be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated, and of the regularity 
 and correctness of such sale, and of all proceedings prior thereto. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 19. The owner of any real estate so purchased for the city, his heirs 
 or assigns, or any person having right to charge such real estate for a 
 debt, may redeem the same by paying upon the auditor's certificate to 
 the collector of delinquent taxes, within two years from the sale thereof, 
 the amount for which the same was so sold, with such additional sums 
 as would have accrued for the taxes thereon if the same had not been pur- 
 chased by the city, with interest on the said purchase money at the rate of 
 six per centum from the time the same may have been so sold, and with 
 interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on said accrued taxes 
 from the first day of February of the year following that in which they 
 would have accrued if the said purchase had not been made by the city. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. After the lapse of the time mentioned in the preceding section, the 
 r owner shall not have any right to have said property redeemed. 
 
 But if he shall afterwards apply for such redemption, the collector of de- 
 linquent taxes may, upon the written consent of the mayor, the city aud- 
 itor and the city attorney, or any two of them, receive such sums as are 
 required to be paid by the preceding section, and give him a receipt for 
 said money. Upon the presentation to him of such receipt, and of a 
 proper deed of reconveyance of said property from the city to said owner, 
 the mayor shall sign the name of the city thereto and have the seal of 
 the city attached, and deliver said deed to said owner or his agent. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 It the said collector shall receive any money for taxes or assess- 
 . giving a receipt therefor, for any land or parcel of land, and after- 
 wards sell the same at any sale for taxes or assessments for the tax or 
 I which has been so paid and receipted for by himself or his 
 deputy, he and his sureties shall be liable to the holder of the certificate 
 " i m ' n t,! . the Purchaser at the sale for double the amount on the face of 
 i demanded within three years from the date of sale, 
 and recovered in any court having jurisdiction of the amount; and the
 
 CHAPTER 18. 143 
 
 city shall in no case be liable to the holder of such certificate. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 22. All real estate heretofore struck off to the city at sales thereof for 
 delinquent taxes, shall only be redeemed by payment to the collector of de- 
 linquent taxes, upon the auditor's certificate, of the amount due thereon 
 at the time of each sale, with interest on said amount at six per centum 
 per annum from the first day of February, 1897. All real estate sold to 
 the city prior to the first day of July, 1896, upon which the taxes and 
 charges due shall not be paid on or before the first day of February, 189 7, 
 shall be redeemed only as provided in section nineteen of this chapter 
 except that interest shall only be charged from February 1, 1897, on land 
 redeemed under said section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 23. It shall be the duty of the collector of delinquent taxes, to deliver to 
 the auditor, who shall deliver to the city attorney a list of all unpaid de- 
 linquent tax bills assessed upon real estate held by life tenants, which list 
 shall show the name of the party assessed with the tax, the location of the 
 real estate on which the same is assessed, the amount of the tax as 
 
 and the interest and charges thereon ; and it shall also be the duty of the 
 collector of delinquent taxes, on the first day of July, 1901, and on the first 
 day of July of each year thereafter, to deliver to the city attorney a list of 
 all unpaid delinquent taxes which have been in his hands for collection for 
 the period prescribed by law, assessed against life-tenants, which list shall 
 show the name of the party assessed, with the tax, the location of the real 
 estate on which the same is assessed, the amount of the tax assessed, and 
 the interest and charges thereon. Upon the receipt of such lists by the 
 city attorney, he is hereby authorized and directed to institute all appro- 
 priate legal proceedings to enforce the lien of the city for such delinquent 
 taxes and the collection of the same. (July 26, 1901.) 
 
 21. That it shall be the duty of the collector of delinquent taxes, to de- 
 liver to the auditor the list of all unpaid delinquent tax bills in his hands 
 for collection assessed upon real estate which has been sold by the treas- 
 urer of the city of Eichmond and bought in the name of the auditor of 
 public accounts of Virginia for unpaid State taxes, and subsequently sold 
 by the Commonwealth under section 666 of the Code of Virginia and the 
 acts amendatory thereof, which list shall show the name of the party as- 
 sessed with such delinquent city taxes, the location of the real estate on 
 which the same is assessed, the amount of the taxes assessed, and the inter- 
 est and charges thereon and the name of the party to whom such property 
 has been so sold by the Commonwealth, which list the auditor shall forth- 
 with certify and deliver to the city attorney; and annually thereafter, on 
 the first clay of July of each year, the said collector shall deliver to the 
 city attorney a similar list of all such unpaid delinquent taxes where a
 
 ] I 1 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Bale has been made, as aforesaid, which have been in his hands for col- 
 lection for the period prescribed by law. 
 
 Upon the receipt of such lists by the city attorney, he is hereby author- 
 
 niil directed to institute a suit in equity to enforce the lien of the 
 
 city for the (axes mentioned in such list, or take other appropriate legal 
 
 dings to compel the payment of such delinquent taxes. (May 17, 
 
 1902.) 
 
 25. That, whenever it shall be certified by any chancery court that, in 
 a proceeding in such court for the purpose of subjecting real estate to 
 the payment of debts, the said real estate did not sell for enough to pay 
 off the lien for taxes and assessments returned delinquent against it, and 
 thai the whole of the proceeds of the sale of such real estate, after the pay- 
 of the costs of the proceedings in court, have been applied to the 
 payment of the taxes and assessments thereon, in pursuance of an act of 
 the general assembly approved February 15, 1900 (acts 1899-1900, p. 
 391 ), and such certificate shall be filed with the auditor of the city of 
 Richmond, it shall be the duty of the said auditor to mark the lien of the 
 city of Richmond for said taxes satisfied, as to the real estate so sold, on 
 the delinquent tax book on file in his office. October 15, 1900.)
 
 CHAPTER 19. 145 
 
 CHAPTER 19. 
 
 CONCERNING THE DEBT OF THE CITY. 
 
 1. In order to preserve in the office of the treasurer a duplicate record 
 of the accounts of the debt of the city, and the transaction of all business 
 connected therewith, it is hereby provided that the existing certificates 
 of debts and bonds of the city, registered in the office of the auditor, and 
 amounting, on the first day of July, 1871, to the sum .of two millions 
 eight hundred and eighty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-eight 
 dollars and five cents, and all certificates or bonds hereafter issued, be 
 registered also in the office of the treasurer; and the semi-annual interesl 
 accruing thereon, shall be paid by the treasurer, on the warrant of the 
 auditor, until the said certificates or bonds shall be redeemed. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 2. The certificate of debt or bonds now registered in the auditor's 
 office, shall continue registered therein, and all certificates or bonds here- 
 after issued under the authority of the city council, shall be registered in 
 the same office, as well as in that of the treasurer. In the books contain- 
 ing such registry in both offices, reference shall be made to the special 
 act of the city council authorizing their issue. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. Every such certificate or bond shall be signed by the treasurer, and 
 be under the seal of the city, and countersigned by the auditor. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 4. All bonds payable to bearer shall be signed and countersigned as 
 herein provided for the issue of certificates of debt, and coupons of inter- 
 est transferable by delivery shall be attached to said bonds, signed by the 
 treasurer; and the said bonds and coupons attached thereto shall be pay- 
 able upon the warrants of the auditor at the office of the treasurer. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 5. All certificates or bonds hereafter issued for the permanent debt of 
 the city, shall only be in sums of one hundred dollars, or some multiple 
 thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Certificates of debt may, at the option of the holder, be exchanged 
 for coupon bonds of the denomination of one thousand dollars, bearing 
 like interest, and maturing at same date as certificates surrendered, and 
 coupon bonds may be exchanged for registered certificates, bearing like
 
 14G RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 interest and of like maturity. Registered bonds surrendered for conversion 
 into coupon bonds shall be cancelled and coupon bonds in lieu thereof 
 of like date, amount and rate of in1 sued in their stead. "When 
 
 ertible coupon bonds are presented to the auditor for conversion into 
 red bonds, and the bonds so presented are arranged conveniently 
 
 he purpose (and contain the necessary form for conversion into reg- 
 istered bomb), the auditor shall, in the presence of the city treasurer and 
 the mayor of (he city, remove the coupons unpaid, attached to the bonds, 
 and by fire destroy them. He shall then complete and sign the conversion 
 certificate attached to the bond and shall immediately make the necessary 
 cut lies on the bond register and ledger of his office to show the conver- 
 sion of the coupon bond into a registered bond, and shall then deliver the 
 bond so converted to the person entitled, by the records of his office, to re- 
 the same. The treasurer of the city shall also make, on the books 
 of his office, sufficient and explicit entries to show the conversion of the 
 
 on bond into a registered bond, and shall till out the blank printed on 
 the bond with the date of the registration and the name of the registered 
 owner, followed by his own signature as indicated by the printed form on 
 the bond. The requirements above set out shall be understood to refer 
 and extend to the form of bond used in the issue authorized by the ordi- 
 nance, approved May 12, 1904, providing for the issuance of registered 
 01 coupon convertible bonds of the city of Richmond. ( August 16, 1904.) 
 
 7. The person appearing on the books of the office in which any cer- 
 tificate is registered as the owner thereof, shall be deemed the owner as 
 
 jards the city, so as to make valid all payments by the city of Rieh- 
 nioinl on account thereof, to such person, or his personal representative, 
 made before a transfer of the certificate on the books of the said office. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. But if the person so appearing on the owner shall, bona fide, 
 and for valuable consideration, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of such 
 certificate to another, and deliver to him the certificate, with the power 
 of attorney, authorizing the transfer thereof to him on the books of the 
 proper office, the title of the former in the said certificate (both at law 
 and equity) .-hall vest in the latter for the whole amount of the certifi- 
 er so much thereof as may be necessary to effect the purpose of the 
 
 sale, pledge, or other disposition, and it shall so vest not only as between 
 slves, but also as against the creditors of, and subse- 
 quent purchasers from the former, subject to the preceding section. (Code 
 L899.) 
 
 9. I'pon the delivery of the said certificate a transfer may be made on 
 the books of the city, either of the whole amount or any part thereof, by
 
 ciiArTER 19. 147 
 
 the person appearing on the said hooks as the owner, or by another hav- 
 ing a power of attorney from him, duly authenticated, authorizing such 
 transfer. Upon a transfer the former certificate shall be cancelled, and 
 one or more new certificates shall be issued (according to the provisions 
 of this chapter), not exceeding together the amount of that cancelled. 
 But no transfer shall be made on the said books within ten days next 
 preceding the first day of January and the first day of July. (Code 
 18!).).) 
 
 10. Every cancelled certificate shall remain filed in the treasurer's 
 office. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. When any certificate shall be lost by the holder thereof, he may 
 produce to the auditor proof of his having advertised the same once a 
 
 ! week for throe months in a newspaper published in the city of Kichmond, 
 file in the office of the auditor an affidavit setting forth the time, place, 
 and circumstances of the loss, and execute a bond to the city, with one or 
 more sureties, approved by the committee on finance, conditioned to in- 
 demnify all persons against any loss in consequence of issuing any new 
 iertifieate in place of the one so lost, and thereupon a new certificate may 
 be issued and registered. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. Notes for a temporary debt of the city shall be signed by the aud- 
 itor and the treasurer, and recorded in both offices. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. All bonds of the city of Eichmond hereafter issued, including all 
 bonds heretofore ordered by the council but not yet issued, may bear such 
 rate of interest as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing such 
 issue. 
 
 (a) The registered bonds of the city of Eichmond shall be in form, as 
 follows : 
 
 Know all men by these presents: That the city of Eichmond, in the 
 
 State of Virginia, promise to pay or order 
 
 dollars on the first day of one thousand 
 
 nine hundred and bearing interest at the rate of 
 
 per cent, per annum from the first day of one 
 
 thousand nine hundred and payable semi-annually on the 
 
 fust of January and first of July in each and every year until the maturity 
 of the principal sum, at the office of the treasurer of the city. 
 
 This bond is given in pursuance of an ordinance of the council pi 
 
 Transferable only at the auditor's office. 
 
 In witness whereof the seal of the said city is hereunto affixed and 
 the auditor and treasurer of the city have subscribed their names this
 
 Ms RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 ,l av f A. D., one thousand nine hun- 
 dred and 
 
 Auditor. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 (March 21, 1905.) 
 
 (b) That the coupon bonds of the city of Richmond shall be in form 
 as follows : 
 
 Know all men by these presents: That the city of Richmond, in the 
 county of Henrico and Slate of Virginia, a municipal corporation char- 
 tered under the laws of Virginia, for value received, hereby acknowl- 
 
 itself indebted and promises to pay to bearer the sum of 
 
 ($ ) on the first day of 
 
 1!) , with interest thereon at the rate of four per centum per an- 
 num, payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July, both 
 principal and interest being payable in lawful money of the United States 
 of America, at the office of the auditor of the city of Richmond, State of 
 Virginia, or (at the option of the coupon-holder) the interest shall be 
 payable at the office of the fiscal agent of the city of Richmond in the city 
 of New York, State of Xew York, upon the presentation and surrender 
 of the coupons hereto attached as they severally become due, unless this 
 bond shall be registered, in which event all unmatured coupons on this 
 bond shall be cut off and cancelled by the officer who issued the same and 
 the name of the registered owner of this bond be placed in the conver- 
 sion clause on the back of this bond, together with the signature of the 
 auditor of said city, and thereafter both principal and interest of this 
 bond shall be payable to such registered owner or to his legal representa- 
 tive- or assign.-, and this bond shall thereafter be transferable from time 
 to time only by the registered owner in person, or by an attorney, upon 
 the books of the auditor of the said city. 
 
 This bond is issued pursuant to, and in strict conformity with, the 
 provisions of the statutes of the State of Virginia, and by authority of 
 
 an ordinance approved ,19 A sinking fund has 
 
 been created on the issuing of this bond, for its redemption, by raising 
 annually a sum which will provide an amount equal to its principal and 
 interest at maturity. 
 
 It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and 
 things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in 
 the issuance of this bond have existed, happened and been performed in 
 full and strict compliance with the constitution and laws of the State of 
 Virginia, and that the amount of this bond together with all other in- 
 dness of said city does not exceed any limit prescribed by the consti- 
 tution and laws of said State. For the punctual payment of the principal
 
 chapter 19. 149 
 
 and interest of this bond the full faith and credit of the city of Rich- 
 mond are hereby solemnly and irrevocably pledged. 
 
 In witness whereof, the said city of Richmond has caused this bond to 
 be executed by its auditor and treasurer and its corporate seal to be here- 
 unto affixed, and the coupons hereto attached to bear the fac simile sig- 
 nature of its treasurer and this bond to be dated 
 
 19 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Auditor. 
 
 To which bond there shall be attached, in proper form, a coupon pro- 
 viding for the payment of each installment of the semi-annual interest 
 on said bond from the date of issue to the date of maturity, and there 
 shall be printed upon the back of the said bond, another form of certifi- 
 cate providing for the conversion of said bond into a registered bond, 
 which last-named form shall be as follows: 
 
 STATE OF VIRGINIA,) 
 
 ss 
 City of Richmond:] 
 
 It is hereby certified that the holder of the within bond having, pur- 
 suant to the ordinance of. the city of Richmond in such case made and 
 provided, presented to the undersigned a written request for its conver- 
 sion into a registered bond, I have this day cut off and destroyed the 
 
 coupons attached thereto, said coupons being in number and 
 
 of the value of dollars ($ ) each, and that the in- 
 terest at the rate and on the date, as was provided by said coupons, as 
 well as the principal, is to be paid to such owner, his legal representatives, 
 successors, or assigns, at the office of the auditor of the city of Richmond, 
 Virginia. 
 
 Auditor. 
 Dated 
 
 (August 21, 1909.) 
 That the form of bond prescribed by this section shall be used in the 
 issue of bonds not actually issued, but heretofore ordered to be issued and 
 actually sold by virtue of any ordinance now in force. ( August 21, 1909.) 
 (c) And there shall be also printed on the back of each bond a tabu- 
 feted form, to contain the date of the resignation of the bond, the aumber 
 of the bond, and the name of the registered owner of the bond, which 
 shall be filled up by the auditor and shall be signed by the treasurer. 
 (March 21, 1905.)
 
 150 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 11. On or before the fifteenth day of January and July in each and 
 every year, the auditor of the city shall he and hereby is required to 
 can* el and destroy by fire, in the presence of the chairman of the flnan e 
 committee, all matured coupons on city coupon bonds unissued and in the 
 custody of the auditor; the said cancellation and destruction to be re- 
 ported in detail to the finance committee by the auditor, in writing, at 
 the meeting of said committee next succeeding the above-named dates. 
 (Code 1899.)
 
 CIIAITKU 20. 151 
 
 CHAPTEK 20. 
 
 CONCERNING THE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS AND TIII.1K DUTIES. 
 
 1. For the purpose of managing, preserving and applying the sinking 
 fund required by the charter of the city to be created, the mayor, the 
 treasurer, the chairman of the committee on finance, for the time being, 
 and one member of each branch of the city council, shall constitute a 
 board to be called "The Commi of the Sinking Fund." Each 
 branch of the city couni il, at its first meeting after the approval of this 
 ordinance by the may:', shall elect one of its members to serve on said 
 board until June 30, 1898, and in the event of the death or the removal or 
 
 ation from the council or the board of any member so elected, a suc- 
 cessor shall be in like manner elected, but for the unexpired term only. 
 the month of ber, L904, and Q\cry two years thereafter, 
 
 eacli branch of the city iall elect one of its members to serve two 
 
 yea;:, or during his term in the council, on the board of sinking fund 
 
 dssioners, and in tl t of the -death or the resignation or removal 
 
 >■■ cil or the t any member so elected a successor shall 
 
 in like manner be elected, but for the unexpired term only. (September 
 
 i i . 
 
 2. Any three of the commissioners may form a board for the transac- 
 
 iness ; provided, that one of the three shall be a commissioner 
 I from one of the branches of the council under this ordinance, and 
 the mayor, or, in his absence, the chairman of the committee on finance, 
 shall be president of the board. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The auditor shall he the secretary of the board, and shall keep a full 
 
 t journal of the proceedings of every meeting, to be signed by 
 limself and the president, and shall preserve the books and papers and 
 securities of the board in his office. The meetings of the board, unless 
 Otherwise ordered, shall be held in the auditor's office. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. The board shall meet at least twice a year — as soon as practicable 
 after the fifteenth day of June and December, and as much oftener as 
 the public interest may require. At each semi-annual meeting, the aud- 
 itor shall present a full statement, showing the amount of the outstand- 
 ing public debt, and the interest already due or to become due thereon, 
 within the ensuing half year; and the amount with which the board is 
 chargeable on account of advancements previously made to satisfy any
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 interest then overdue and unpaid. The board, after exami- 
 nation of the said statement, shal] direct the auditor to have deposited 
 to their credit such sum. specifying the amount, as in addition to advance- 
 ments already made, shall appear to be necessary to enable them to sat- 
 off all claims for interest then due, or to become due within 
 the ensuing half year, and in addition thereto, one-half of one per cent, 
 of the principal of the outstanding debt of the city. The auditor shall 
 forthwith issue his warrant to the treasurer, in accordance with such 
 order, and the treasurer shall thereupon deposit such amount to the credit 
 board out of any funds in the treasury, to the exclusion of any and 
 all other claims upon the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. \\ hen payments are to be made to the city of moneys arising from 
 the j< sales of real estate and from persons paying commutation 
 
 of culvert taxes, the auditor shall by his warrant direct the treasurer to 
 receive the same and deposit it to the credit of the commissioners of the 
 sinking fund. (Code 1899.) 
 
 fi. After providing for the payment of the interest, the board shall 
 apply any residue of funds to their credit to the redemption of such part 
 of the principal of the city debt as may be redeemable. If no part be re- 
 deemable, such residue shall be devoted to the purchase, at market value, 
 of any outstanding certificates of debt or coupon bonds of the city. Any 
 coupon bonds, or other evidences of city debt, purchased or redeemed, 
 shall be immediately cancelled in the presence of the president of the 
 board, and certificates of debt to the said board, corresponding in amount, 
 i. and date of maturity, be issued in lieu of any such bonds 
 purchased. If no bonds or certificates of debt of the city can be pur- 
 d, investments may be made in registered bonds of the State of Vir- 
 ginia, or of the United States, the accruing interest whereon shall, when 
 due. he collected by the treasurer, on the order of the auditor, and depos- 
 ited in the credit of the board. All such bonds or certificates, whether of 
 i- State of Virginia or of the United States, shall be held by the 
 me part of the city debt shall become due, when, so far as 
 m ay become necessary, they shall be sold, and the proceeds applied to the 
 redemption of the city debt. For the purposes contemplated by this sec- 
 tion, the board may apply any funds to their credit: provided, that there 
 be always retained a sum at least ecpial to ninety per centum of any in- 
 I upon the city debt due, or to become due, prior to their next semi] 
 Lial demand upon the city treasury. (Code 1899.) 
 '• Pa >' ] of any funds to the credit of the hoard shall only be 
 
 upon checks signed by the city treasurer, upon the face of which 
 be printed in conspicuous characters, the words: "Sinking Fund." 
 he issued by the treasurer, upon the hack of war-
 
 CHAPTER 20. 153 
 
 rants signed by the auditor, as auditor and as secretary of the board, and 
 specifying upon their face that the same is payable on account of interest 
 due, or principal of the city debt, or investment ordered by the board; 
 and unless the warrant specify that the amount to be paid is due on ac- 
 count of interest, the same shall be also signed by the president of the 
 board. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. The auditor shall issue his warrant for interest on the city debt as 
 it becomes due, and shall mail proper warrant to the individual add] 
 
 of every registered holder of city bonds, on June 30th and December 
 31st, of each year, or the interest may be paid upon application in person 
 or by attorney of any party appearing upon his books to be the owner of 
 any certificate of debt, or upon the presentation of any matured coupons,, 
 every such coupon to be cancelled in the presence of the party present- 
 ing it, before the delivery of the warrant, unless there be some reason to 
 doubt the holder's title, in which event he may call a meeting of the board 
 and require their instructions. (February 12, 1909.) 
 
 9. The auditor and treasurer shall each keep books specially labeled, 
 and reserved for accounts of the board, in which they shall retain receipts 
 for all warrants or checks issued upon account of the board. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 10. As soon as practicable after the first day of January the treasurer 
 shall render to the board a full account of the amount standing to their 
 credit in the several depositories of the city, showing, in detail, the sev- 
 eral items of credit during the previous } 7 ear; and the auditor shall fur- 
 nish a full statement of the outstanding city debt, setting out the 
 amount of interest due and unpaid, or to become due during the ensuing 
 year, and of the principal thereof maturing for payment during such 
 year. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The auditor, with his January report, as required in the fourth 
 section of this chapter, shall return a full statement of all disburse- 
 ments ordered by him as secretary of the board, during the previous 
 year, distributing the same between the three several heads of interest, 
 redemption, and investment: The interest account shall show how much 
 has been paid on account of the registered debt, and how much on ac- 
 count of matured coupons. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. After the receipt of the January reports of the auditor and treas- 
 urer, the board shall carefully examine the same and require the auditor 
 lo produce before them all coupon bonds and coupons cancelled, and all 
 matured coupon bonds paid during the preceding year. Upon careful 
 review of such accounts, the board shall cause all such coupon bonds and 
 coupons to be burnt and destroyed in their presence, preserving a full 
 record thereof. (Code 1899.)
 
 154 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 13. On or before the first regular meeting of the city council in Feb- 
 ruary of each year, the board shall make a report to the city council of 
 their proceedings during the previous year, forwarding therewith copies 
 of all reports made to them during such year by the auditor and the 
 treasurer. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. Thai from and after April 19, 1909, the city of Richmond shall 
 provide a fund for the purpose of assuming and carrying the risk of loss 
 by fire on all public buildings and property owned by the municipality. 
 For the purpose of creating and fostering said fund, hereafter there 
 
 placed semi-annually, in the months of January and July of 
 each year, to the credit of the "Board of Sinking Fund Commission- 
 Fire Insurance Fund" the sum of two thousand dollars, which sum 
 shall be In Id and invested as a distinct fund by that board, together with 
 any intere i receipts derived from said appropriations or investments of 
 and, until such time as the amount so accumulated shall justify the 
 city in carrying its entire insurance risks, which amount shall not be less 
 than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). In the event of 
 b aid of pinking fund commissioners shall, from the fund 
 hereby created, pay to the city treasurer for the use of the depart- 
 ment sustaining loss, the amount necessary, after deducting amount 
 paid on policies carried on the same property in insurance com- 
 panies, to repair or replace the property destroyed, when claim has been 
 filed with the said board properly authenticated showing the loss. (April 
 19, 19 
 
 L5. The committee on finance are hereby charged with the placing of 
 all insurance and are instructed to continue such insurance on the prop- 
 erty as now exists, or increase or diminish the same as they may deem 
 1 i interests of the city, and to insure other properties if 
 I, charging the premiums paid to the expense account of the de- 
 partment having charge of or using the building or propertv. (April 
 909.) 

 
 CHAPTER 21. 155 
 
 CHAPTER 21. 
 
 CONCERNING THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS OF THE CITY. 
 
 1. The committee on public grounds and buildings shall be charged 
 wiih, and have the care and management of, all the grounds and other 
 real property of the city, both within and without the city, except as 
 hereinafter mentioned, so far as relates to the improvements and repairs 
 thereof. No improvements or repairs shall be made or done to or upon 
 any of the said property by the committee, at a cost exceeding one hun- 
 dred dollars per month, in any one year without authority from the city 
 council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. The said committee shall report to the city council annually, or 
 oftener, as they deem it proper, the state and condition of all the lands 
 and buildings belonging to the city, and all such improvements and re- 
 pairs as they may deem proper to have made or done to or upon any 
 portion of the said property, or to the streets or other highways adjacent 
 thereto, and at the same time render an account of all moneys received 
 and expended by them; which said report shall be accompanied by an 
 estimate of the costs of such improvements or repairs to be made by the 
 superintendent of public grounds, as well as of all money expended by 
 them or under their order in the improvements or repairs of the same. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The building inspector shall be superintendent of all buildings, 
 within and without the city, belonging to the city, except buildings 
 located in any park, which buildings, so located, shall be under the con- 
 trol of the engineer of the city. The said inspector or engineer, as the 
 case may be, shall, once in every three months, or oftener if he deem it 
 necessary, report to the said committee the state and condition of (he 
 property under his control, the repairs done or necessary to he dene upon 
 or to the same, and the cost thereof, and make such suggestions as he 
 may deem proper for the improvement of such propert}', or any part 
 thereof. Under the control and direction of the said committee, the 
 superintendents, respectively, shall, as far as practicable, keep all said 
 property in good order and prevent injury to any part or portion thereof, 
 and for that purpose they are respectively hereby given and vested with 
 the powers and authority of a police officer of the city, and shall report 
 promptly to the police justice all violations of any ordinance of the city
 
 156 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 or of the law of thi immitted in, to, or upon said property; and 
 
 a ll ]- ( , and buildings are hereby vested with the 
 
 power and authority of police officers while in the discharge of their 
 L908.) 
 superintendent may. under the direction of the commit- 
 dgn any contract for the execution of work ordered by 
 them und ordinance, or under authority from the city council; 
 
 an d \; d, when executed, shall be paid for by a 
 
 draft upon the auditor, slating the amount to be paid, and for what; 
 which draft shall be signed by the chairman of the committee, after ex- 
 amining and approving the same. (Code 1899.) 
 
 .",. Ii the city council shall at any time authorize any buildings or 
 other real estate owned by the city, to be rented out, the superintendent 
 shall, und- trol and direction of the committee, rent out the same, 
 
 and shall report to the auditor of the city all such contracts, stating the 
 property rented, and to whom, what rent is to be received, when it com- 
 menced and when it is to terminate. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. This chapter shall not apply to the almshouse and the grounds at- 
 tached to it, the old reservoir, the gas works, the burying grounds, mar- 
 ket houses, school houses or the engine, hose and truck houses of the fire 
 department and the grounds belonging thereto. But it shall apply to all 
 the land, houses and roads included in what is known as the grounds of 
 tiie new reservoir and new pump house, except the said pump houses 
 and the yards thereto attached, the race-ways thereto pertaining, the 
 valve vault-, and the new reservoir itself to the bottom of the outer slope 
 of its banks; all of which land and houses, so excepted, shall remain 
 subject to the control of the committee on water. The power is hereby 
 reserved to the committee on water to make from time to time any neces- 
 sary repairs in the pipe-lines situated in any part of said grounds and 
 
 -. and to construct necessary extensions of the present lines therein, 
 and such blanches therefrom as may be needed in the future. The com- 
 mittee on water shall also have power to dig and remove from such 
 points, as may be from time to time designated by the city engineer, 
 such clay and gravel as may be needed for the race-ways thereto per- 
 taining, the valve vaults, race-ways, and pipe lines. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. That the city hall, when completed, shall be under the care and 
 management of the committee on grounds and buildings. (Code 1809.) 
 
 8. The following shall be the number and designation of the persons 
 employed in the said building: 
 
 Two " !i "1 machinists, two firemen, three elevator men, not 
 
 more than seven janitors, and two watchmen. (July 19, 1007.) 
 
 9. It >hall lie the duty of the committee on grounds and buildings, as 
 
 after the first day of January, 189-1. and the first day
 
 CHAPTER 21. 157 
 
 of January of every even year thereafter, to elect a suitable person for 
 each one of the places above mentioned. Such persons shall hold their 
 respective positions for two years unless sooner removed by the city 
 council of Richmond, or by said committee. The said council may re- 
 move any one of said employees ai any time with or without cause. The 
 said committee-may at any time remove each of them for good cause after 
 notice given. The building inspector may at any time for rea- 
 sons satisfactory to himself, suspend any one or v of said 
 
 employees until the next moiling of said committee, at which he 
 shall lay before said committee the reasons for his action. The com- 
 mittee may then restore said emploj^ee or employees, or continue said 
 suspension for a length of time not to exceed one month, or may remove 
 said employee. If he should be restored, the said committee shall deter- 
 mine whether he shall be paid lor the time of said suspension. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 10. The watchmen and janitors employed in the city hall shall pre- 
 vent dogs from entering said hall and eject any dog found therein; and 
 the said committee shall have suitable placards printed and displayed in 
 the said hall informing the public that dogs will not be allowed to enter 
 said building. (September 15, 1899.) 
 
 11. It shall.be unlawful for any officer or occupant of any room or 
 quarters in the city hall to make repairs, changes or alterations to rooms, 
 locks, keys, furniture or other equipment of the city hall without first 
 obtaining the consent of the committee on grounds and buildings. Any 
 person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of 
 not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, recoverable 
 before the police justice of the city of Richmond. (October 25, 1907.) 
 
 12. The said committee shall determine the duties to he performed 
 by each of said employees, and shall prescribe such rules and regulations 
 for their respective guidance as may be deemed best by said committee.' 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. That the keepers of parks and the city nurseryman shall lie at 
 work and in attendance at the parks and nursery daily as follows: 
 
 In December, January and February, from 7:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M. 
 
 In March and November, from 7 A. M. to 7 P. M. 
 
 In April, May, September and October, from 6:30- A. M. to 8 P. M. 
 
 In June, July and August, from G A. M. to 11 P. 3.1. ami as long there- 
 after as may be necessary. 
 
 Including times for meals. 
 
 At the nursery, in the summer, from 7 A. M. to 6 P. M., and in winter 
 from 7 A. M. to 5 P. M. 
 
 The keepers of parks shall be on duty on Sundays after 2 P. M.
 
 158 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 They shall keep the parks and nursery in proper condition, neat and 
 in thorough repair, preserve order and show proper attention to visitors 
 and prevent depredations of all kinds. For the present theie will be 
 allowed four Laborers throughout the year at William Byrd park and two 
 at the city nursery, one laborer throughout the year at Chimborazo and 
 one laborer throughout the year at Monroe square, one laborer through- 
 out the year at Marshall square, one laborer throughout the year at 
 
 rson park, one laborer throughout the year at Gamble's Hill park, 
 and one laborer throughout the year at Taylor's park. Additional or 
 extra help will be allowed only at the discretion of the committee on 
 grounds and buildings, when from time to time, in their judgment, it 
 may be necessary. The keepers of parks and nursery shall repoit their 
 wants and needs from time to time to the city engineer, who shall report 
 the same, with his recommendations, to the committee for their action. 
 Keepers arc not required to wear uniforms, but must wear their badges 
 at all times. Leaves of absence may be given the keepers and nursery- 
 man for a day at a time by the city engineer, but any longer leave must 
 be authorized by the committee. In all cases of absence the keepers 
 must furnish a substitute, to be approved by the city engineer. The city 
 nurseryman and his help shall be at work at the nursery, except when 
 engaged in collecting trees from the country, planting and trimming 
 in the parks and on the streets of the city. (February 10, 1910.) 
 1 I. That the committee on grounds and buildings be, and they are 
 hereby, authorized, if they shad si e iii so to do, to let the use of the main 
 hall in the first regiment armory for a bicycle school, subject to such re- 
 strictions as the said committee may see proper to impose: provided, that 
 any rent they may obtain for the same shall he paid into the city treasury; 
 and provided further, that any gas used by the person or persons to 
 whom the hall is let shall he paid for by them. Hereafter the us 
 said building shall be restricted to military parades, drills, reviews and 
 tions and similar purposes, except upon the permission of the com- 
 mittee on grounds and buildings. (Code 1809.) 
 
 lo. That the armory located on the east side id' Seventh street, north 
 
 of '-''h- 1 ' i is known as the City Spring lot, shall 1 
 
 (Im ' control and supervision of the commit! ie on -rounds and buildings, 
 and it- use and occupancy may he -ranted by said committee to the Rich- 
 mond Howitzers company for such uses as will be promotive of the dis- 
 ( 'T ,iH * ;1: ' ; ' ( said company, subject, however, to such condi- 
 
 as may seem proper to said committee, but no 
 
 " '"' ex P e] be entailed upon the city of Richmond by reason 
 
 (July L5, 1904.)
 
 CHAPTER 21. , 159 
 
 16. That the property, buildings and grounds appurtenant thereto, 
 situated at the corner of Clay and Twelfth streets, now used and i ccupied 
 by .the Central School of this city he, and the same is hereby, dedicated 
 and transferred to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society foi 
 
 use and occupation; provided, that so much of said grounds as fronts 
 thirty feet on Twelfth street, running hack throughout the depth of said 
 property between parallel line- as may be deemed necessary by th 
 school board for the use of the city for school purposes shall he, a 
 hereby, reserved for the city. That the delivery.of possession of the said 
 property to said Confederate Memorial Literary Si ciety shall he made as 
 soon as proper provision can be made elsewhere for the accommodation 
 of the school now occupying the said building. The transfer of said 
 grounds and building shall be made to said Confederate Memorial Liter- 
 ary Society by the proper authorities cf the city, under the direction and 
 advice of the city attorney. (Code 1899.) 
 
 17. That the property purchased under the resolution of July 7, 1887, 
 known as "Doen's Hill," and all additions thereto, constituting what is 
 commonly called Doen's Hill park, is hereby given the name of "Jeffer- 
 son Park." (Code 1899.) 
 
 18. The committee on grounds and buildings shall have authority to 
 appoint a keeper for Riverside park, who shall hold office subject to the 
 provisions of the city ordinances governing the keepers of the ether city 
 parks. In addition to his duties in keeping the said park in proper con- 
 dition, the keeper of Riverside park shall also care for and keep in a neat 
 condition the triangular square bounded by Beach, Harrison and Cary 
 streets. (May 21, 1906.) 
 
 19. That police power be, and the same is hereby, conferred upon the 
 keeper of Marshall reservoir to extend over the said reservoir and its 
 grounds, and over the neighboring city property known as the "Clarke 
 Spring property/' as well as over all territory in every direction that is 
 within two hundred yards of the limits of the said reservoir -rounds and 
 the said Clarke Spring property, respectively. (March 12, 1909.) 
 
 20. That the committee on ground- and buildings he, and they are 
 hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a suitable person to have 
 charge of and be keeper of Monument avenue and Allen avenue grass 
 plots, Asbury place and Cutshaw place, such appointment to be made 
 in accordance with the ordinance of the city now in existence relative to 
 the appointment of keepers at the other parks, whose duties shall lie, 
 under the supervision of the said committee and the city engineer, to keep 
 said park in a proper condition and prevent trespassing on same. (Jan- 
 uary 15, 1909.)
 
 1(JU RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 v the city and known as Taylor's Hill, located 
 
 »rner of Franklin and Twenty-first streets, is hereby 
 
 : shall hereafter be known as Taylor's park. (November 
 
 : grounds and buildings be, and they are hereby, 
 d to appoint a custodian of the city auditorium located at the 
 corner of Cary and Linden streets, subject to the general pro- 
 ved by ordinance, or which may be hereafter pre- 
 by relating to custodians or janitors of city buildings. It 
 shall be the duty of said custodian to keep said building in proper con- 
 dition, prevent depredations and perform such other services in relation 
 may be prescribed by the committee on grounds and buildings, 
 who are hereby expressly authorized to prescribe additional rules and 
 i ; i mi to the duties of the said custodian, not inconsistent 
 with this ordinance or any other ordinance of the city of Richmond. (De- 
 cember IT. 1908.) 
 
 23. That piece of property now owned by the city of Richmond, 
 
 led on the north by Park avenue, on the south by Ivy street, and on 
 
 the wes! by Meadow and fronting 342 feet on Ivy street, 363 feet 
 
 on Park avenue, and 131 feet on Meadow street, situated in the territory 
 
 rally known as Lee district, is hereby dedicated to the memory of 
 
 I nel Wilfred E. Cutshaw, for thirty-four years the city engineer of 
 
 the city of Richmond. As a memorial of his competency, efficiency and 
 
 faithfulness the above described tract or parcel of ground shall be here- 
 
 known and designated upon the maps and plans of this city as 
 
 haw place." (July 13, 1908.) 
 
 2 !. That the extensive grounds owned by the city, on which is located 
 
 rvoir constructed some years ago for the storage of city water, and 
 
 only known and called Xew Reservoir park, shall be known and 
 
 d as William Byrd park. Said grounds are so named by the city 
 
 in grateful remembrance of its distinguished and honored founder. 
 
 !, 1906.) 
 
 It shall be unlawful for spectators or others present at games of 
 
 tba.ll played on the grounds of the athletic field of William 
 
 Byrd park to interfere in any manner with the players, and in order 
 
 h interference, it shall be the duty of the keeper of William 
 
 park to have designated by plainly marked lines or separated by 
 
 . the boundaries between the portion of such grounds set apart for 
 
 :tators from that portion which shall be devoted to the use 
 
 '-nines. Any person interfering with such players or 
 
 a on or upon the grounds assigned to the persons engaged in 
 
 playing such games, the progress of the game, shall be liable to a
 
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 fine of not less than two nor more Hum ion dollars for each offence, re- 
 coverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. (October 
 17, 1908.) 
 
 26. If any person shall wilfully destroy, injure or in any manner de- 
 face any fence, railing, gate, machinery, any tree, shrub, plant, vine, 
 building or other structure, or other property of the city within the 
 grounds of the William Byrd park, or shall suffer any animal or fowl 
 belonging to him to depredate upon the said grounds, or to injure any 
 tree, shrub, plant, or vine within the said grounds, ho shall ho lined not 
 less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. (Code ISO!).) 
 
 27. That the committee on grounds and build and (hey are 
 hereby, authorized to appoint a custodian of that portion of the combined 
 market and armory building located at the northeast corner of Sixth 
 Marshall streets, occupied, or to be occupied, by the Richmond Light 
 Infantry Blues' battalion, subject to the general provisions now pre- 
 scribed by ordinance, or which may hereafter be prescribed, relating to 
 custodians or janitors of city buildings. It shall he the duty of said cus- 
 todian to keep the portion of said building under Ins care in proper con- 
 dition, preventing depredation, and performing such othei - in 
 relation thereto as may he prescribed by the committee on grounds and 
 buildings, who are hereby expressly authorized to prescribe additional 
 rules and regulations with regard to the duties of the said custodian, not 
 inconsistent with any ordinance of the city of Richmond. Xo com- 
 pensation shall be paid to any custodian appointed until said market 
 and armory building is finally completed and turned over to the city 
 of Richmond, and actually occupied by the Richmond Light Infantry 
 Blues' battalion and until said custodian is authorized by the committee 
 on grounds and buildings to enter upon the performance of his duti 
 (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 28. There shall be appropriated annually to such companies of Vir- 
 ginia volunteer troops, infantry, cavalry and Howitzers, whose headquar- 
 ters are established and maintained in the city of Richmond, such sums 
 as the city council shall deem sufficient for partly or wholly maintaining 
 same. The amounts so appropriated shall be used solely I'm- the main- 
 tenance of the company receiving same in bettering the equipment, dis- 
 cipline, arms, or quarters of the men comp ising said company; and shall 
 be paid upon warrants drawn by the commandant of said company, ac- 
 companied by properly approved bills or vouchers. All such warrants 
 with the approved bills or vouchers to he tiled with the city auditor. 
 (May 25, 1905.) 
 
 29. That it shall be unlawful for any person wilfully to trespass upon 
 any of the grass plots located on Monument avenue or other gra
 
 1(J2 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 similarly located in other sections of the city, or upon triangular grass 
 plots owned or maintained by the city of Richmond, located at the junc- 
 tion or intersection of any of the streets or avenue? of the city, and any 
 I ?sing shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor 
 □ ten dollars Tor each < ffence, recoverable before the police jns- 
 , of Richmond; provided, however, that nothing in this 
 a shall prohibil children under the age of twelve years from playing 
 : ' i - or adult persons attending such children while so 
 ..,'d. (January 21, 1909.) 
 
 unlawful for any person wilfully to injure or de- 
 stroy any grass, shrub, tree, hedge, etc., in the park?, squares, streets or 
 owned or maintained by the city of Richmond, and any person so 
 injuring or destroying shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor 
 i dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police 
 justice of the city of Richmond; provided, however, that nothing in this 
 i shall prohibit children under the age of twelve years from play- 
 ing u' grass plots or adult persons attending such children while 
 I, and it is further provided that the committee on grounds and 
 buildings may, in their discretion, and under the direction of the city 
 eer, permit the playing of any games on such plots or courts laid 
 off an ated for such purpose. (September 18, 1909.) 
 
 31. If any person shall fight or assault another in any place of public 
 
 I in the city of Richmond, or in thi or public alleys of the 
 
 mall he fined not less than five nor more than one hundred 
 
 -: and upon failure to pay such fine, shall he confined in the city 
 
 jail not less than live nor n an thirty days. (Code 1899.) 
 
 Any person who wilfully and without i ause destroys or injures any 
 of the public buildh , mar-, abuses or defaces the walls or 
 
 aid buildings, or any of the furniture contained therein, shall be 
 :ss than live nor more than twenty dollars, and upon failure to 
 ?hall be imprisoned in the city jail not less than two nor 
 days. (Code 1899.) 
 M' any person shall wilfully destroy, injure or in any manner de- 
 ' lurch or other house of public worship, or other public build- 
 in this eit or State, the county of Henrico, 
 r any enclosure thereof, or any tree or plant set on 
 le of any such enclosure appurtenant thereto, or shall wilfully 
 
 1 r b i r other thing within any such 
 
 hall suller any animal or fowl belonging to him to injure 
 
 ball be fined not less than two nor more 
 
 And if any person other than the owner shall wilfully 
 
 °y> in i im ' or deface any house or building, or the enclosure around
 
 CHAPTER 21. 1G3 
 
 any lot not his own, or any tree, shrub or flower within the same; or if 
 any person (without proper authority from the council) shall destroy, in- 
 lure or deface any tree or tree-hox upon the sidewalks or streets of this 
 lie shall lie punished by like fine; and this section, with the assent 
 of the governor, shall apply not only to the Capitol Square and the gov- 
 ernor's house, hut to all other enclosed grounds and buildings in this city 
 Belonging to the Commonwealth and to the enclosures thereof, and the 
 pees, shrubbery and other tilings therein. (Code 1899.) 
 
 34. If any person shall wilfully destroy, injure or in any manner de- 
 face any grave, tombstone or monument in any public or private cemetery 
 in this i it;.', or if any person, other than the owner, shall wilfully destroy, 
 injure or do face any fence or enclosure thereof, or any tree, shrub, flower, 
 
 ^or other thing within such cemetery, he shall he fined not less than two 
 bundled nor more than five hundred dollars: or, if the lino be not paid, 
 imprisoned for not less than thirty nor more than ninety days. And if any 
 lerson, other than the owner, shall pluck, take or remove from such 
 pmetery any flower, wreath,, vine, plant, or other ornament, he shall be 
 fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars; or, 
 if the tine he not paid, imprisoned for not less than thirty nor more than 
 ninety days. (Code 1899.) 
 
 35. The superintendent, assistant superintendent, and steward of the 
 city almshouse, and the keepers and assistant keepers of all cemeteries, 
 public buildings, parks or enclosures within the city, are vested with the 
 powers of policemen of said city, so far as the limits of their respective 
 cemeteiies, building-, parks or enclosures are concerned. (Code 1899.) 
 
 36. If any person shall post or paste any hill or notice of any descrip- 
 tion whatever, upon any wall, building, tree-hox, or enclosure in the city, 
 or paint or chalk, or in any manner deface the same, without the con- 
 sent of the owner or occupier of the premises, he shall be lined not less 
 than ten nor more than twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 37. That the following playgrounds shall he established and main- 
 tained by the city of Richmond: 
 
 (a) On the north line of Williamsburg avenue and east of Gillies' 
 Week, to he known as the "Williamsburg Avenue Playground/' containing 
 
 about three or four acres, now belonging to Mrs. Marshall, the 
 
 said property to be leased for one year with the privilege of leasing it for 
 three years, and for the establishment, equipment and maintenance of 
 the same there shall be provided in the budget for the year 1909 the sum 
 of $1,100.00. 
 
 (b) In the schoolyard of the Marshall school building, between Nine- 
 teenth and Twentieth streets, on Marshall street, to he known as the -Mar- 
 shall Playground," and there shad lie provided in the budget for the year 
 1909 the sum of $100.00 for the equipment of the said playground.
 
 1(34 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 (,.) Od a site to be hereafter selected, to be located between Eighteenth 
 . U1 ,| •; , and Marshall and Franklin streets; for the im- 
 
 ripment and maintenance of the same there shall be pro- 
 ld the budgel for the year 1909 the sum of $2,000.00. 
 (J) I,, the schoolyard of the "Fairmount school building,*' located at 
 ty-flrst and T streets, to be known as the "Fairmount School Play- 
 ground." and in the schoolyard of the "Bellevue school building," located 
 at Tv, md and Broad streets, to be known as the "Bellevue School 
 
 Playground/' and the sum of $200.00 shall be provided' in the budgel fo| 
 for the equipment of said playgrounds. 
 
 (e) Lot of irregular shape located on Tenth street, between Clay and 
 
 ronting one hundred and fifty-nine feet on the east side of ' 
 eel and running back to Eleventh street, a part of which prop- 
 is already owned by the city of Richmond, to be known as "Shoekoe 
 Playground/' and for the purchase of the necessary ground, equipment 
 and maintenance of the same there shall be provided in the budget fur the 
 L909 the sum of $3,100.00. 
 
 (f) Lot of irregular shape fronting on Moore street one hundred and 
 ninety feet and running back to Bacon Quarter branch a distance of three 
 hundred and fifty feet, to be known as "Moore Street Playground*' (for 
 the use of colored children), and for the rental, equipment and mainte- 
 nance of the same there shall be provided in the budget for the year 1909 
 the sum of $700.00. 
 
 (g) To be established on a part of the Clarke Spring property now 
 used by the city of Richmond, to be known as ''Clarke Spring Playj 
 ground." and for the maintenance and equipment of the same there shall 
 
 ovided in the budget for the year 1909 the sum of $100.00. (Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1909.) 
 
 38. That all matters relating to the acquisition, rental, maintenance, 
 
 management, supervision, control and expenditure of all appropriations 
 
 for the purpose shall be under the supervision of the committee on 
 
 grounds and buildings, with the advice and aid of the city engineer: ex- 
 
 ie playgrounds located in the pul ol yard ■ shall, after 
 
 Hation of the equipment, be under the supervision and control of 
 
 1 board. The committee on -'rounds and buildings may 
 
 accept such aid from the civic improvement league as said committee 
 
 deems best. ( February 17, 1909.)
 
 chapter 22. 165 
 
 CHAPTER 22. 
 
 CONCERNING THE CITY CEMETERIES. 
 
 1. The committee on cemeteries shall have the control and manage- 
 ment of the Shockoe Hill and Oakwood cemeteries. So far as the same is 
 not already done, or the ground is not already appropriated, the commit- 
 tee shall have authority to lay off the grounds into sections, half sections, 
 and quarter sections, and to fix the price of each section, half or quarter 
 section, and to divide the grounds so as to appropriate a part for the 
 burial of colored persons. But the burial of colored persons in Shockoe 
 Hill cemetery shall not be authorized in any part thereof which is now 
 reserved for the burial of white people. The committee shall also have a 
 general control over the manner and arrangement of the interments in 
 said cemeteries ; of the preservation, improvement and embellishment of 
 the grounds, and over the keepers and other persons employed about 
 them, and they shall, from time to time, visit and inspect them. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 '?. The keeper of Oakwood cemetery, appointed in the month of July, 
 1900, shall hold office until his successor is appointed, as hereinafter pro- 
 vided. The committee shall, in the month of July. 1902, and biennially 
 thereafter, in the month of July, appoint a keeper for Oakwood cemetery, 
 who shall take charge of the same and keep it in good order. The keeper 
 shall act under the directions of the committee; and the committee shall 
 take care that he performs his duties, and, if he neglects the same, the 
 committee may remove him and appoint another in his place, and shall 
 report to the city council the cause of his removal. If at any time the 
 said office is vacant, the committee may fill the vacancy. The said keeper 
 shall receive, in full compensation for his services, a salary of seventy-five 
 dollars per month, and be entitled to live, free of rent, in the house on the 
 premises; provided, however, that no payments on account of salary shall 
 be made to him until he shall have made all reports or returns that may 
 be required of him by this Ordinance or by the committee on cemeteries. 
 The superintendent of the almshouse, having been also make keeper of 
 the Shockoe Hill cemetery, shall, as such keeper, be tinder the direction 
 of the committee thereon, who shall see that the said keeper performs his 
 duties, and, if he neglects the same, the committee shall report him to 
 the city council, he shall perform all the duties imposed upon him by this 
 chapter, and shall keep an account of all moneys received by him tor
 
 166 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 burial, and of all expended by him in the hire of hands and other neces- 
 
 i spenses of the said cemetery, and shall make monthly reports 
 
 i the committee, which monthly reports shall be consolidated 
 
 quarterly and returned to the auditor. And at the time of returning 
 
 lid consolidated quarterly report he shall pay to the treasurer such 
 sum as shall lane been received by him for burials during the preceding 
 quarter. (November 16, 1900.) 
 
 :;. Any while person, a resident of the city of Eichmond or county of 
 Henrico for one year, may select in the said cemeteries any section, half 
 
 in, or quarter section, to which no other person has acquired title, 
 and obtain from the keeper a certificate of his location. But no location 
 of any person in his own right, or on his own account, shall be of more 
 than a section, or less than a quarter section, unless some military com- 
 pany or some society, with the consent of the committee, purchase 
 one or more sections; and they shall be required to conform to the ordi- 
 nances. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1. Upon such certificate of location being presented to the treasurer, 
 and upon payment being made to him of the price fixed by the committee 
 for the section, half section, or quarter section, as the case may be, the 
 mrer shall issue and deliver to the person making the location and 
 payment a certificate describing the number of the range and the num- 
 ber of the section; and if the location be of less than a whole section, the 
 number of each half or quarter section, and setting forth that the person 
 
 titled to the section, half section, or quarter section so paid for, 
 which certificate shall be in the following form: 
 
 No 
 
 This is to certify that is entitled to the use, as 
 
 a place of burial, of burying ground of the city 
 
 of Richmond, Virginia, at cemetery. The right hereby 
 
 ;,1(1 may be transferred by an assignment 
 
 upon the back of this certificate, signed by the said , or his 
 
 aal representative, attested by two witne 
 
 Given under my hand, as treasurer of the city of Eichmond, this 
 
 ^ a y ol , nineteen hundred and 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Ami said certificate shall have the following form printed on its back: 
 
 , hereby transfer all right, under the 
 
 within certificate to ... .
 
 CHAPTER 22. . 167 
 
 Given under my hand this day of , nineteen 
 
 hundred and 
 
 And in ease of the loss or destruction of a certificate so issued, the 
 treasurer, on proof satisfactory to him of such loss or destruction, shall 
 issue a new certificate to the original holder or to any transferee of him. 
 And where a certificate has bei i ed on the hack thereof, as herein- 
 
 before provided, the treasurer, on the surrender of such certificate by such 
 assignee, shall issue to him a new certificate for the location to which he 
 may be entitled by virtue of such assignment to him. (January 18, 1910.) 
 
 5. The person to whom the I ea arer issues such certificate, or the 
 assignee to whom such | i may in writing on the hack of his certi- 
 
 ficate transfer his rights, shah rth be entitled to the section, half 
 
 section, or quarter section so paid lei, as a burying place for himself or 
 for any white person who is a member of his family, or one of his de- 
 scendants or friends. And when a section, half section, or quarter section 
 shall remain without any interment therein for twenty years, and the 
 purchaser or his assignee shall have died or removed from the city, and 
 no relative of them is known to the committee to reside in the city, the 
 committee may give notice thereof once a week for four weeks in a news- 
 paper published in the city; and if no relative of the purchaser or his 
 assignee appear within thirty days from the last day of said publication, 
 then the said section, or half section, or quarter, as the case may he, shall 
 revert to the city. And whether there he such reverter or not, the city 
 council may, at any and all time-, regulate the interments in said ceme- 
 tery, or any part thereof, as may ^-eem to it proper. (January 18, 1901.) 
 . G. A citizen of this city, or a citizen of Henrico, or any stranger or 
 person visiting the city or county, may be buried in that part of the 
 cemetery appropriated for promiscuous interment, and called the "pub- 
 lie portion," on payment of two dollars and fifty cents to the keeper of 
 the cemetery. The said keeper to make a monthly report to the city 
 auditor of all such interments, and at tjie time of making such report, 
 he shall pay into the city treasury, upon the warrant of the auditor, such 
 sum as shall have been received by him for said interments. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 7. Notwithstanding the provisions hereinbefore contained, a person 
 convicted of an offence, for which an infamous punishment is denounced, 
 shall not be interred within the enclosure of the cemetery, unless a ma- 
 jority of the committee assent thereto. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. The keeper, when informed that a grave is required for the body 
 of any person, if such person is to he buried in a section which has been
 
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 purchased, shall have the grave dug in the section, in the spot designated 
 
 , the deceased who applies to him; and in other cases the 
 
 : be dug in a proper place: and in either case he shall have the 
 
 In. (Code 1899.) 
 
 ive which the keeper has dug, whether for the body of a 
 
 ,| person, shall be at least six feet deep, unless the com- 
 
 .; :i authorize a less depth in the "public portion"; and in no 
 
 i than five feet. And no interment shall be 
 
 aid "public portion" which shall disturb the remains of a dead 
 
 all displace or injure any monument, stone, or slab 
 
 er a grave. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. Under the direction of the committee, the keepers shall plant trees 
 and i ther plants in and through the grounds, and shall improve and keep 
 
 rounds. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. Whenever any person shall die in the city of Richmond, it shall 
 be the duty of the physician who attended during his or her last sick- 
 er of the coroner, when the case comes under his notice, to furnish 
 M six hours after receiving notice of said death, to the funeral di- 
 . or mi her person applying therefor, a certificate, written in ink, 
 
 ar as the same can be ascertained, the full name, sex, 
 
 color, age, residence, place of nativity, occupation, condition (whether 
 
 married, single, widowed, or divorced), the birthplace of father and 
 
 late of birth of the person deceased, and the cause and date 
 
 - rid certificates must be filed at the office of the board of 
 
 : within eighteen hours after they have been received from the said 
 
 ciau or coroner, and a burial or transit permit obtained from said 
 
 board of health. (January 13, 1900.) 
 
 12. No person having charge as sexton* keeper, or otherwise of any 
 vault, burying ground or cemetery within the city, or its sanitary or po- 
 lice jurisdiction, shall be allowed to bury any dead person in any grave, 
 vault or tomb under the charge of said keepers or sextons, until he has 
 been d with a permit from the board of health so to do. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 13. No undertaker or other person shall move the dead body of any 
 n who has died in the city, and has not been buried, to any place 
 
 □aits of the city, or of its sanitary jurisdiction, without pro- 
 curing a permit from the board of health, upon the aforesaid 
 om the attending physician or coroner. Xor shall any 
 person having charge of or attached to any steamboat, 
 - " r e, or any other public or private convey- 
 
 nvev. or allow to be conveyed, the dead body of any person 
 . to any place beyond the limits of the city, or of 
 jurisdiction, without a permit as aforesaid. (Code 1899.)
 
 chapter 22. 169 
 
 14. In case any person shall die without the attendance of a physician, 
 or if the physician who did attend at the time of the death refuses or 
 neglects to furnish a certificate as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the 
 undertaker, or of any person acquainted with the facts, to report the 
 same to the health officer, or the board of health, who shall be authorized 
 to give a certificate as aforesaid, provided, it be not a case requiring the 
 attendance of the coroner. (Code 1899.) 
 
 15. Every sexton or other person having charge of any burying ground, 
 cemetery, or vault, within the city or its sanitary jurisdiction, shall, be- 
 fore twelve o'clock of Monday of each week, make return to the board of 
 health, of the number of bodies of .persons buried since the last return 
 thereof, with the certificate required in section eleven, and in such forni 
 and specifying such particulars as the special regulations of the board of 
 health shall require. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. In case any physician or coroner shall refuse or neglect to furnish 
 such certificate as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dol- 
 lars for each offence; and every undertaker, sexton, or other person re- 
 moving the dead body of any person, or who, having charge of any vault, 
 burying ground or cemetery, steamboat, vessel, car, stage, or any other 
 public or private conveyance, refuses or neglects to perform any of the 
 duties required by this ordinance, shall forfeit and pay for every such 
 offence the sum of twenty-five dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 17. Any person who shall shoot, hunt, or range over the grounds of a 
 city cemetery shall, upon conviction of such offence, he liable to a fine of 
 not less than five" nor more than twenty dollars. And the keepers of city 
 cemeteries are hereby invested with police jurisdiction and authority to 
 arrest any and all persons so offending, and carry him or them before 
 the proper officer, to be dealt with according to this ordinance. And said 
 keepers are directed to post at conspicuous points of the cemeteries, under 
 their charge respectively, due and full notice of this ordinance. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 18. No disinterment of a body shall be made in any cemetery except 
 upon the written consent of the president of the board of health. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 19. That hereafter no enclosure be allowed to be placed around any 
 section in Oakwood or Biverview cemeteries or Shockoe Hill burying 
 ground other than a granite curbing, granolithic curbing, or stone or 
 granolithic post with galvanized iron rods, the post not to exceed twenty- 
 four inches in height and the rod3 not to be less than two inches in di- 
 ameter, in any part of the said cemeteries or burying ground. When any 
 of the wood fences, or chain fences with wooden post-;, now standing come 
 to be in a dilapidated condition, either from decay or want of paint, so
 
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 that it becomes an eye-sore and a nuisance, the owner of said enclosure 
 shall be notified thai if the fence is not put in good condition, after rea- 
 sonable notice, that same will be removed by direction of the keeper, and 
 ji, ,,,, r; , e shall the fence be replaced by any other enclosure than that 
 named in this section. Gardeners, or others employed by lot-owners to 
 . shall remove all rubbish and excavated earth, which they 
 may make, to dumps, which shall be designated by the keeper, and for 
 failure to comply with this requirement shall be subject to a fine of one 
 dollar for e] ce, to be recovered before the police justice, and when 
 
 il H . line i~ ni t paid, the person or persons offending shall be prohibited 
 working in the grounds for a period of twelve months. No person 
 shall It allowed to use hose for watering or sprinkling private section 
 lots. The keeper shall remove all decorations whenever, in bis opinion, 
 it may be necessary or proper to do so. No trees growing within a lot 
 or border, or in or on the side of an avenue, walk or path shall be re- 
 moved, destroyed or mutilated, nor shall any tree or shrub larger than a 
 lily rosebush lie placed on a lot, or border of same, without permis- 
 sion of the committee on cemeteries. If any trees or shrubs situated in 
 any lot shall, by means of their roots, branches or otherwise, become det- 
 rimental to the adjacent lots or avenues or paths, or dangerous or in- 
 mient to passengers they may be removed by order of the committee, 
 am! they shall have the right to enter into the lot and remove the said tree 
 or shrubs, or such parts thereof, as are thus detrimental or inconvenient. 
 '. L904.) 
 I any monument or effigy, or any structure whatever, or any na- 
 tion he placed in or upon any lot, which shall be determined by the 
 ' I of the committee for the time being to be offensive or im- 
 M committee, or a major part of them, shall have the right, 
 their duty, to enter upon such lot and remove the said 
 ive or improper object or objects. Persons who do any work upon 
 or change the grade of same without first getting the 
 1 M '"1 the keeper. The keeper shall reside at the cemetery, 
 
 hall not apply as to the place of residence of the keeper 
 e Hill burying ground, and under the direction of the com- 
 ! power to engage and discharge workmen and to 
 ' their respective duties. No man on the cemetery pay- 
 red to work for any other party than the cemetery. 
 ' d horseback and bicycles will be allowed to pass 
 ro i. ds only on carriage ways, and at a rate not exceeding 
 I >rivers of carriages at funerals are required to re- 
 during the performance of funeral ceremonies, and 
 ra will be held liable for anv violation by them of the rules
 
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 of the cemetery. Employers will also be held liable for any damage to 
 enclosures, tomb or cemetery property by their drivers. (Code 1899.) 
 
 21. Schools and other large assemblies, except in attendance on fun- 
 erals and memorial occasions, shall not be admitted. No horse shall be 
 left unfastened by the driver, nor shall it be fastened where it may do 
 injury. No person having refreshments will be admitted. Dogs will 
 not be admitted. Firearms shall not be discharged on the grounds, ex- 
 cept at military funerals or on memorial day. All persons are prohibited 
 from carrying any flowers from the grounds, either wild or cultivated, 
 or breaking any tree, shrub or plant, and from writing upon or defacing 
 or injuring any monument, fence or other structure in or belonging to 
 the cemetery. All persons disturbing the quiet and good order of the 
 place by noise or other improper conduct, or who shall violate any of 
 the foregoing rules, shall be compelled instantly to leave the grounds. 
 The keeper shall prohibit the entrance of all improper persons. No 
 money shall be paid to the keeper, or any other person in the employ 
 of the cemetery, in reward for any personal service or attention. Chil- 
 dren will not be admitted, except in the discretion of the keeper, unless 
 attended by a competent person, who will be responsible for their con- 
 duct. No grave nor tomb shall be opened for interment or removal by 
 any person not in the employ of the cemetery. Graves shall be dug only 
 by persons in the employ of the cemetery and under the direction of the 
 keeper, and reasonable notice must be given the keeper of the time of 
 burial. (Code 1899.) 
 
 22. All interments will be subject to the following charges, which, in 
 all cases, must be paid in advance : 
 
 For adult— Ground, $2.50; opening, $4.50 $7 00 
 
 For children under twelve years 3 00 
 
 For children under five years 2 00 
 
 For bricked grave for adult 9 00 
 
 For bricked grave for child under twelve years 6 00 
 
 For bricked grave for child under five years 1 00 
 
 For lining grave with white cloth, city to furnish cloth 1 00 
 
 SINGLE GRAVES. 
 
 For adult— Ground, $2.50 ; opening, $4.50 $7 00 
 
 For child under twelve years — Ground, $2.50; opening, $3.00. . . 5 50 
 
 For child under five years— Ground, $2.50; opening, $2.00 4 50 
 
 In case of bricked graves reasonable notice must' be given the keeper, 
 if possible. Whenever a single grave shall become vacant by removal of 
 
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 t | ie body, or b - the land shall revert to the city. Single 
 
 graves are nol transferable. The keeper shall report all violations of the 
 provisions of this ordinance. (Code 1899.) 
 
 The piece of ground purchased by the city as evidenced by deed 
 .laird March li. L887, and recorded in deed-hook 134 B, page 61, shall 
 be known as Riverview cemetery, and the city council shall annually pro- 
 vide such a sum of money for its maintenance and improvement as the 
 .sii.l council may deem besl ; the said sums to be expended by and under 
 the direction of its committee ou cemeteries, unless otherwise ordered. 
 
 ■ L899.) 
 
 24. The said committee shall have control and management of the said 
 cemetery, and. so Ear as has not already been done, the committee shall 
 have authority to lay off the grounds into lots, in accordance with the map 
 and plan of the said cemetery recently prepared by the city engineer, which 
 said map is hereby made a portion of this ordinance. (Code 1899.) 
 
 25. The said committee shall have said map or plan properly framed, 
 and the same when so framed shall he hung up in the office of the city 
 auditor. The said committee shall also have copy of the same made and 
 shall have the same framed, which said copy shall hereafter be hung up 
 in tin 1 office of the superintendent or keeper of said cemetery. The size, 
 locations, or numbers of lots, vault sites, and spaces in the single grave 
 p< rtion, as designated on said map or plan, shall not he altered except by 
 authority of the city council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 '- ,,; . The said committee shall formulate a list of prices to be charged 
 for said lots, vault sites, and spaces in the single grave portion and shall 
 report the same to the city council for approval or amendment. The 
 price- ad( pted by said council shall continue until changed by the same.' 
 de 1899.) 
 '-'■■ The committee shall also have a general control over the manner 
 and arrangement of the interments therein, of the preservation, improve- 
 ment, and embellishment of the grounds, and over its keeper and such 
 other persons as may be employed therein and shall from time to time 
 visit and inspect the same. (Code 1899.) 
 
 The committee shall within sixty days after the passage of this 
 
 ordinance, and again in the month of July, 1891, and biennially in the 
 
 month of July thereafter, appoint a keeper of said cemetery who shall 
 
 charge of the same and keep it in order. The keeper shall act under 
 
 tion of the committee; and the committee shall take care that 
 
 tis duties, and if he neglects the same, the committee may 
 
 »ve him and appoint another in his place, and shall report to the city 
 
 counci] ''"' Cfmse ' noval. If at any time the said office is vacant 
 
 tlH ' committee may (ill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The said
 
 CHAPTER 32. 1?3 
 
 keeper shall receive in full compensation for his services a salary of nine 
 hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly on warrant signed by the 
 chairman of the said committee, and shall lie entitled to occupy the 
 dwelling in said cemetery free of charge'; provided, however, that no 
 payment on account of salary shall be made to him until he shall have 
 made all reports, records or returns required of him by this or other 
 ordinances. (Code 1899.) 
 
 ■J!). The keeper, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall 
 file with the city auditor a bond for five hundred dollars, with surety. 
 for the faithful performance of his duties, but said bond shall first have 
 been approved by the committee on finance. In case of reappointment 
 the keeper shall provide a new bond. (Code 1899.) 
 
 30. The committee shall provide proper hooks in which the keeper 
 shall make such records as may be required by the city council or the 
 committee; the said committee shall also provide such printed blank 
 forms as may be needed to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 31. The committee shall designate a portion of the cemetery as sites 
 for vaults and shall cause to be made a plan of said portion, having such 
 sites numbered, and shall prepare a list of pi ices therefor and shall pre- 
 sent said plan and list to the city council for approval or amendment. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 ;3'3. Without authority from the city council no vault shall be erected 
 or constructed in any part of the said cemetery except such portions as 
 are designated on the last mentioned plan for vault sites. (Code 1899.) 
 
 33. The regulations governing the sale and purchase of vault sites 
 shall be the same as provided in this ordinance for the sale and purchase 
 of lots, unless otherwise ordered by the city council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 34. Vaults shall be built internally in such a manner that but one in- 
 terment can be made in each receptacle, and each receptacle shall be pro- 
 vided with a tablet of stone or marble ready prepared for the inscription 
 desired, so that each receptacle can be, and each receptacle shall lie. per- 
 manently and tightly sealed immediately after an interment be made 
 therein; all such work is to he at the expense of the owner of the vault. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 35. Such walls of vaults as will he exposed to view. shall he constructed 
 of dressed stone or marble, and the other portion of the walls, it built 
 of brick, shall be of good well-burnt bricks properly laid in cement at 
 least thirteen inches in thickness and well locked at the angles. Such 
 pieces of stone or marble as may he used shall be of sufficient >ize to ex- 
 tend from the inner to the .outer surface of the wall, and where angles 
 occur, each alternate course shall be interlocked so as to prevent separa-
 
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 (ion of the walls. The foundations of the front walls shall be set at 
 
 l eas < : below the surface of the ground. Proper means for drain- 
 
 hal] be provided by the owner. All vaults shall be built subject to 
 
 approval of the committee with the advice of the city engineer. 
 
 599.) 
 
 36. Whenever in Hit 1 opinion of the committee the erection or con- 
 struction of any vault shall be in violation of the requirements of this 
 ordinance, the -aid committee shall have power to require that such erec- 
 tion or construction shall cease until alterations or changes satisfac- 
 tory to -aid committee shall be made. (Code 1899.) 
 
 :;;. Builders of vaults shall not allow the material therefor to ob- 
 struci the roadway or walkways to an extent objectionable to said com- 
 mittor, and when the building of a vault has been commenced its erec- 
 tion -hall he pushed to completion with diligence satisfactory to said 
 committee, and all unused material shall be removed immediately after 
 completion, and the roadways and walkways restored to a condition simi- 
 lar to 1 if the roadways or walkways, by the builder of the vault. 
 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 38. Owners of vaults shall not allow interments therein for a remu- 
 neration. (Code 1899.) 
 
 39. The interring or depositing in any vault in said cemetery of the 
 
 E any person, who died of small-pox is forbidden. (Code 1899.) 
 tO. The committee shall designate a portion or portions of the ceme- 
 tery which shall lie known as the single grave portion, and shall have 
 made a, plan of the same. It shall be laid off into spaces of suitable 
 size- for only one interment in each space, and said spaces shall be num- 
 said plan. Interments in said single grave portion shall con- 
 form to the spaces. (Code 1899.) 
 
 II. The said single grave portion shall be divided and laid off so that 
 
 interments of persons under fourteen years of age shall not be made 
 
 le persons over that age. (Code 1899.) 
 
 ''-• Purchasers i ' i such space in the single grave portion as 
 
 they desire, provided, they comply with the foregoing section. (Code 
 
 L899.) 
 
 t3. Any white person who has a father, mother, child, sister or brother 
 
 I""'' 1 '" 1 '" in the single grave portion may purchase not exceed- 
 
 " other spaces contiguous thereto, to have and to hold for future 
 
 purchase must be made in the manner provided in this 
 
 e of lots, and all purchasers -hall he subject to all 
 
 ovided for the sale of lots. The keeper shall keep a record 
 
 "' Said S is provided for sales of lots. (Code 1899.) 
 
 "■ Th( for digging graves in the single grave portion shall
 
 CHAPTER 22. 175 
 
 be the same as provided in this chapter for digging graves in lots. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 45. The keeper shall comply with section twelve of this chapter, 
 and he shall copy from the certificate therein mentioned into a 
 suitable book the name, sex, age, color, residence, place of nativity, 
 and condition (whether married or single) of the person deceased, 
 and the cause and date of death, date of burial, and number of lot, 
 and number of space therein, or number of space in the single grave 
 portion, or number of vault, as the case may be, in which the deceased 
 has been interred, and said entries shall be consecutively numbered. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 40. The keeper shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in his office 
 a printed or plainly written copy of this ordinance, also a list of the prices 
 of lots, vault sites, and spaces in the single grave portion; and of charges 
 for digging graves, for disinterments and for reinterments. He shall see 
 that the provisions of this ordinance are complied with and shall imme- 
 diately report any violation thereof to the chairman of the committee. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 47. The -keeper, under the direction of the committee, shall plant trees 
 and other plants and shrubs in and through the grounds, and shall prop- 
 erlv care for the same. He shall improve and keep in order the road- 
 ways, walks, and unsold grounds. (Code 1899.) 
 
 48. The keeper, when informed that a grave is required for the burial 
 of a person, if such person is to be buried in a lot which has been pur- 
 chased, upon first receiving the sum fixed for digging the same, shall 
 have the grave dug in the spot designated by the friend of the deceased 
 who applies to him; if the spot in the lot be not thus designated, he shall 
 have it dug in one of the spaces into which the lot is divided as shown by 
 the plan of the same, and he shall have the body properly interred therein 
 when brought to the cemetery. If the person is to lie buried in the single 
 grave portion, upon first receiving the sum fixed for the space and also 
 for the digging of the grave, unless otherwise instructed by the com- 
 mittee or by the provisions contained in this ordinance, he shall have 
 the grave dug in the space next a space previously occupied, unless a 
 friend of the deceased selects a different one, and he shall have the body 
 properly interred therein when brought to the cemetery, but no grave 
 shall lie dug nearer the boundary line of any lot than six inches. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 49. The keeper shall record in a suitable book the sale of all lot-, vault 
 sites, spaces in the single grave portion, date of sale, price received there- 
 for and by whom received, and the number of the lot, vault site, or space 
 in the single grave portion, and the name of the purchaser. All such
 
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 entries shall be consecutively numbered. In case of transfer of owner- 
 
 s hip f a ny lot, or vault site, by sale or otherwise, he shall draw a line 
 
 with ink through the record above mentioned, and shall write the words 
 
 transferred to (A. B.), and shall again record the sale with the name of 
 
 the new owner, and with the words transferred from (C. D.) and the date 
 
 of transfer, on ice. But no such change in the record shall 
 
 .,,!,. until proper e of such transfer of ownership has been 
 
 Q ted to i 1 ittee and the change in the record has been or- 
 
 : by the committee. (.Code 1899.) 
 
 50. The keeper shall pay on the first day of each month to the city 
 treasurer, on the warrant of the city auditor, all moneys received by him 
 dining (he preceding month, under the requirements of this ordinance, 
 and shad make monthly reports thereof to the committee. He shall also 
 
 the number of lots, vault sites, and spaces in the single grave por- 
 tion -old, and the number of burials, reinterments and disinterments 
 made, and (he amounts of money received respectively therefor. (Code 
 L899.) 
 
 51. The keeper shall perform such other duties as may be required of 
 him by the provisions of this ordinance and such other ordinances as the 
 city council has or may ordain, and as may be required by the committee. 
 
 le 1899.) 
 
 52. Any while person, a resident of the city of Richmond or county 
 of 1! r one year, may select in this cemetery any lot, vault site, 
 or space in the single grave portion, to which no other person has ac- 
 
 i title and shall obtain from the keeper a certificate and duplicate 
 
 »f of his location, which shall state its price and number on the 
 
 map of I he cemetery. But no location of any person in his own right, or 
 
 011 hi ount, shall be of more than two lots, vault sites or spaces 
 
 in the single grave portion, unless some military company, or some so- 
 
 ci( 1 v. being composed of white persons, shall, with the consent of the city 
 
 il, purchase four or more lots, or vault sites, and they shall' be re- 
 
 I lo conform to the ordinances. ]\ T or shall any person purchase less 
 
 than one lot, or vault site, or space in the single grave portion; provided, 
 
 wnen ;i 3 P ace i' 1 the single grave portion is needed for immediate use, 
 
 ame may he made to the keeper, who shall give to the 
 
 a receipt for the money, which shall state the number of the 
 
 ingle grave portion, and the keeper shall pay said money 
 
 to the city treasurer, a- provided in section fifty of this chapter. 
 
 599.) 
 
 certificate and duplicate being presented to the city 
 
 and upon payment being made to him, upon the warrant of the 
 
 clltor ' of S1 ' en affixed to the location thus selected,
 
 CHAPTER 22. 177 
 
 the treasurer shall issue and deliver to the person making the. location 
 and payment, a certificate describing the said location by number, its 
 area and boundaries, and setting forth that the person is entitled to the 
 location thus described, under the regulations and restrictions and with 
 the reservations contained in this ordinance and such other ordinances 
 as the city council has or may ordain, for use as a burial place for him- 
 self, or for any white persons who are members of his family, or for his 
 descendants, or friends; but no purchaser shall allow a burial in his lot 
 for a remuneration. No title to such lot, space or vault site shall pass 
 until the delivery by the city treasurer of said certificate to the purchaser, 
 or his agent. (Code 1899.) 
 
 51. The treasurer shall endorse on the duplicate mentioned in the 
 foregoing section, the name of the person to whom the said certificate 
 had been delivered, for the location described in the duplicate, and the 
 date thereof, and shall deliver the said duplicate to the keeper on the 
 first day of the month next ensuing. The keeper upon f receiving the 
 duplicate shall make a record of the same as required herein and file 
 away the duplicate. (Code 1899.) 
 
 55. Purchasers shall not erect any enclosure, other than vaults, on 
 the land purchased by them. But purchasers may set stone or marble 
 curbing not exceeding nine inches in height above the surface of the 
 ground, and, also may set stones or marble posts not exceeding eigh- 
 teen inches in height above the surface of the ground nor more than 
 eight inches in cross section, to define the angles of the boundaries of 
 their lots and the entrance thereto, but such curbing or posts must be 
 set entirely within the boundaries of the purchaser's lot, unless by eon- 
 sent of the owner of adjoining lot. (Code 1899.) 
 
 56. Purchasers shall not remove or plant any tree within the boun- 
 daries of their lots, nor allow any plant, shrub or vine to remain in their 
 lots which the committee deems detrimental to the appearance or good 
 order of, the cemetery, and the committee shall notify the owner, if pos- 
 sible, and the owner shall remove the plant, shrub or vine complained 
 of forthwith. Should the owner allow such plant, shrub or vine to con- 
 tinue to remain in his or her lot the keeper shall, if so directed by the 
 committee, remove the same. (Code 1899.) 
 
 57. ISTo person shall plant, trim, or remove any tree in the cemetery 
 except by the direction or with the consent of the committee. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 58. Owners of lots shall remove to such places as the keeper shall, 
 under the direction of the committee, designate all refuse material inci- 
 dental to the improvement or cleaning of their lots, and shall not allow 
 the same to remain in the walks and roadways. (Code 1899.)
 
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 59. No owner of any lot shall allow to remain therein any monument, 
 me, dot any inscription, which the committee deems improper or 
 
 offensive, and the keeper shall, if so directed by the committee, remove 
 ; but the owner shall, if. possible, be first notified to remove the 
 . by the committee, (('ode 189!).) 
 
 60. V' person shall, within said cemetery ride or drive faster than 
 a walk, nor tie any animal to any tree. Nor shall any person ride or 
 
 on any grounds other than the roadways, nor injure the roadways 
 by driving heavily laden vehicles thereon, nor shall any one walk on any 
 ground save his own enclosure, except on the regular walkways and road- 
 ways. The keeper shall report to the police justice any person who 
 -ions of this section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 61. Notice to the keeper to dig a grave shall be given at such time 
 as will allow for such digging at least eight hours of daylight before the 
 liu rial. when the deceased died of small-pox or some contagious 
 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 62. A person who desires to have removed from his or her lot or vault 
 or from a space in the single grave portion the remains of a person in- 
 
 1 therein, shall apply in writing addressed to the keeper for per- 
 
 mission and shall state in writing the name of deceased, the date and 
 
 of death, relationship of deceased to applicant, number of lot, vault, 
 
 or space in which then interred, and number of lot, vault or space (or 
 
 name of cemetery, if elsewhere), in which the remains are to be rein- 
 
 1. and reason for removal. But no such permission for such dis- 
 
 shall be granted, nor shall said disinterment be made until the 
 
 application has been approved by the hoard of health. But the committee 
 
 may allow a receiving vault to be built by a purchaser of a vault site, 
 
 and shall establish rules and regulations which shall be observed by the 
 
 owner in his management of the same. (Code 1899.) 
 
 charges for disinterring the remains, or for removal from 
 
 vault lo another in this cemetery, shall be the same as for digging 
 
 a si' ,: hall ''e paid to the keeper, who shall have such disinter- 
 
 e, and he shall account for the same to the city 
 
 ■'"''■ as provid ion fifty of this chapter. (Code 189!).) 
 
 11 1- The keeper shall keep a record of all disinterments, the name of 
 
 the number of the let or vault, or, space from which the 
 
 E where they are to be reinterred, also the 
 
 name of the person who orders the disinterment, and the date thereof. 
 
 He shal] cord of the interment a note of the 
 
 disi ■ ; ""1 the date thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 65 - A,IV person desiring to have reinterred the remains of a white per- 
 ' another cemetery or burial place, shall furnish the
 
 CHAPTER 22. 179 
 
 keeper with a certificate from the board of health, setting forth, if pos- 
 sible, the name, age, sex, color, condition (married or single), cause and 
 dale of death, and residence of deceased, and name and location of former 
 burial place. The keeper upon receiving the charges fixed therefor, shall 
 have the remains properly reinterred in such place as may be selected by 
 the person having said remains in charge. (Code 1899.) 
 
 66. The keeper shall keep a record of all reinterments similar to that 
 Required for burials; and the charges, and the depths of graves for re- 
 interments, shall be the same as for burials, and the keeper shall account 
 for the said charges to the city treasurer in the same manner that he 
 shall account for other sums received by him. (Code 1899.) 
 
 G7. In case of the death of the purchaser of a portion of this cemeteiw, 
 his widow shall he recognized as the owner thereof, and in case of her 
 death, the heirs-at-law of the purchaser, but should the purchaser of any 
 portion of this cemetery die or remove from the city and no relative of 
 his be known to the committee to reside in the city, and the said por- 
 tion have had no interment made therein for the twenty years following 
 its sale, then the committee shall give notice thereof once a week for 
 four weeks in a newspaper published in the city (designated for the city 
 advertising), and if no relative of the purchaser appear within thirty 
 days from the last day of said publication, then the said portion shall 
 revert to the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 68. The certificate of purchase shall be exhibited to the keeper when 
 ordering a grave, should he deem it necessary to establish the authority 
 of the person giving the order. (Code 1899.) 
 
 G9. The keeper shall have power to compel any person to leave the 
 cemetery who behaves in a boisterous or an imjn'oper manner therein, 
 and, it shall be his duty to report such person to the police justice of 
 said city, who shall have power to impose a fine of not le-s than two 
 nor more than five dollars upon such person for such misconduct, to 
 be collected as are other fines due to the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 70. The city hereby covenants and agrees to keep and maintain per- 
 petually in a neat and proper condition each lot, to keep upright the 
 monuments or stones therein, and to keep and maintain in good repair, 
 so long as the same shall continue intact, any vault in this cemetery 
 pilose owner shall pay into the city treasury the sum of one hundred 
 dollars in addition to the purchase money fur each lot, or for each single 
 vault site owned by him or her. GPpon receiving from the city treasurer 
 a written notice that the sum or sums of money required by this section 
 have been received by him, the city auditor shall i-sue to the person pay- 
 ing the same, a certificate, of like date, setting forth the covenant and 
 agreement which the citv in accordance with this section makes, and
 
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 with the portion of the cemetery, or with the vault site designated therein 
 by number, and it- boundaries properly described, and he shall keep a 
 same. The city auditor shall deliver to the keeper on the 
 firsi day of the month thereafter, a duplicate of the foregoing certificate 
 who shall keep a proper record of the same in his office, and the com! 
 that i'm' keeper performs such duties as are undertaken 
 by the city under this section. (Code ISO!).) 
 
 71. i of portions of this cemetery who desire to avail themselves 
 ■ provisions of the foregoing section shall first notify the committee 
 
 in writing and the committee shall see that the said lot and the monu- 
 .•i' stones therein are in good condition or the said vault is in good- 
 repair, and only upon finding such to he the ease shall notify the city 
 auditor, win,, only when lie has received such notice, shall issue the-^ 
 certificate therein mentioned. (Code 1899.) 
 
 72. That a lot of ground, 2,540 feet of Division 3, Plat B, of Riverl 
 view cemetery, the same being quarter sections twelve, thirteen, fourteen! 
 fifteen, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, and thirty of said divi] 
 
 .md plat of said Riverview cemetery, be, and the same is hereby, do- 
 nated to R. E. Ice Camp, No. 1. Confederate Veterans, to be used for the 
 burial of Confederate women who may die in destitute circumstance-, who 
 
 wise would have to he buried at the expense of the city. The -aid 
 
 loj of ground shall he enclosed by the said R. E. Lee Cam]). Xo. 1. Conj 
 
 i Veterans, and such other organizations as may be associated 
 
 with them, and without any cost to the city of Richmond, with such era 
 
 closures as may he approved by the committee on cemeteries. This ordil 
 
 e -hall he null and void if such enclosures are not erected within six 
 months Prom the date of its approval. (Code 1809.) 
 
 73. That a l< t tOxoO feet in Plat B, in Riverview cemetery, be, and is 
 v. donated io the Virginia Home for Incurables; the said lot shal 
 
 : -aid Virginia Home for Incurables, and without cost 
 
 of Richmond, with such enclosures a- may he approved by the 
 
 i eteries. This ordinance -hall he null and void if such 
 
 within six months from the date of its approval 
 
 ' • 1899.) 
 
 1 '• 1 hat the committee on cemeteries be, and they are hereby, authori- 
 
 rder of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the citj 
 
 of Richm< , in Riverview cemetery for the sum of $150. Said lot 
 
 j " '"' the cemetery as may he agreed upon by 
 
 • and the properly authorized representative 
 said order. (Cod,. 1800.) 
 
 nd is hereby, -ranted YV. Hall Crew to place 
 '"' iron railing around a section in Riverview cemetery. (Code 1899.J
 
 CHAPTER 22. 181 
 
 76. That quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4, in lot 19, Division D, Section D 
 
 in Oakwood cemetery be, and are hereby, donated to the Foundling 
 Hospital for the purpose of the burial of the inmates that die in said 
 institution. This section is donated upon the condition that the authori- 
 ties of the hospital will have it enclosed with a suitable granite curbing, 
 and kept in neat and proper condition. (Code 1899.) 
 
 77. That a lot of ground in Plat "C," Division 12, in Eiverview ceme- 
 tery, comprising 1,997 square feet, the same being sections numbered 96, 
 97, 98, 121, 122, 123, of said division and plat be, and the same is hereby, 
 donated to. the Home for Needy Confederate Women, to be used as a 
 place of burial for the inmates who die in said institution, in exchange 
 for the lot of land and sections donated by the ordinance approved March 
 Hi. 1901. That the ordinance approved March 16, 1901, entitled "An 
 Ordinance donating a lot in Eiverview cemetery to the Home for Xeedy 
 Confederate Women" be, and the same is, hereby repealed. (March 19, 
 1910.) 
 
 78. That the prices of lots and spaces in the single grave portion in 
 Eiverview cemetery, as fixed by the committee on cemeteries, be, and are 
 hereby, approved — said prices being as follows: 
 
 For lots, from ten cents per square foot to fifty cents per square foot, 
 except in section B, where the price shall be fifteen cents per square foot, 
 and in section F, where the price shall be twenty-five dollars for a one- 
 fourth section. 
 
 For spaces in single grave portion, for a single grave for a person 
 under fifteen years of age, five dollars; for a grown person, eight dollars. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 79. That the price for lots in plat A in Oakwood cemetery be, and is 
 hereby, fixed at twelve cents per square foot. (Code 1899.) 
 
 80. That permission be, and is hereby, granted the authorities in 
 charge of Monte Maria Convent, located at the corner of Twenty-first 
 and Grace streets, to bury within the convent grounds the sisters of said 
 convent, subject to the provisions of the city ordinances concerning 
 burials within the city limits. (Code 1899.) 
 
 81. That permission be, and is hereby, granted to the family of the 
 late Eev. George Woodbridge for the burial of one of their colored family 
 servants in Shockoe Hill burying ground, in the section owned by the 
 said family. (Code 1899.) 
 
 82. That the owner or owners of any sections in Shockoe Hill, Eiver- 
 view and Oakwood cemeteries desiring to place bis or their section under 
 the perpetual care of the city of Eichmond, may pay into the treasury of 
 the city of Richmond the sum of one hundred dollars, in consideration of 
 which payment the city of Eichmond shall assume the perpetual care of
 
 182 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 the section of such owner or owners and be obliged perpetually to keep 
 the same in good order, free from weeds and undergrowth and properly 
 turfed. All sums so paid into the treasury shall be placed to the credit 
 of the sinking fund commissioners and by them invested, controlled and 
 used for the redemption of some outstanding indebtedness of the city of 
 Richmond in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the 
 sinking fund created for the redemption of the said debt is required to be 
 invested, controlled and used. (February 22, 1906.) 
 
 83. There shall be annually appropriated in the budget and placed to 
 the credit of the committee on cemeteries a sum equal to four per cent, of 
 all payments made into the treasury under the foregoing section and the 
 amount so placed to the credit of said committee shall be annually used 
 and expended by said committee solely in caring for the section or sec- 
 tions whose owner or owners shall have made payments into the treasury 
 under the foregoing section. It shall be the duty of the auditor annually 
 to certify to the committee on cemeteries the amount appropriated and 
 the number of sections and the owner or owners on account of which such 
 appropriation shall be made. (February 22, 1906.) 
 
 84. That permission is hereby granted the properly constituted au- 
 thorities of the Sacred Heart Cathedral to allow burials to be made in the 
 mortuary chapel of the said cathedral, located on Laurel street, and 
 bounded on the east by said Laurel street, on the north and west by 
 Cathedral place, and on the south by Floyd avenue; such right, however, 
 to extend only to the family and lineal descendants of the Honorable 
 Thomas F. Ryan and any bishop of the Catholic diocese of Virginia, and 
 to be continued only so long as the number of persons buried in said 
 chapel shall not exceed fifty (50), and to be made only after the con- 
 struction and material of the place of burial, and manner of making such 
 proposed burials shall have been approved by the chief health officer of 
 the city of Richmond ; a permit for each of such burials to be required as 
 in case of other burials, as prescribed by the ordinances of the city, ex- 
 cept as hereinbefore modified. (March 7, 1907.) 
 
 85. That part of the cemetery located in Washington ward, formerly 
 known as Maury cemetery, bounded as follows : Beginning at a point on 
 the south line of Maury street one hundred and seventy-three and thirty- 
 five one-hundredths feet west from Perdue avenue, thence westwardly 
 along and fronting on Maury street sixteen hundred and eighty-three 
 feet, thence southwardly along the line of the property of Walker's estate, 
 a distance of twelve hundred and twenty feet, thence eastwardly along a 
 line to a point distant twelve hundred and ninety-seven feet, thence 
 northwardly along the line of city property a distance of sixteen hundred 
 and thirty feet to the point of beginning, shall be continued to be known
 
 
 
 CHAPTER 22. 183 
 
 as Maury cemetery, and shall be used as a burying place for white per- 
 sons exclusively; and the residue of said cemetery, bounded as follows: 
 Beginning at a point on the northern edge of Hopkins' road at its inter- 
 section with the property of Walker's estate, thence northwardly along 
 the line of the property of Walker's estate to a point distant six hundred 
 and sixy feet, thence in a eastwardly direction at right angles with the 
 first mentioned line to a point distant twelve hundred and ninety-seven 
 feet, thence southwardly six hundred and twelve feet along the line of ' 
 city property to the western corner of the almshouse property on the Hop- 
 kins' road, thence westwardly twelve hundred and forty-five feet along 
 the northern line of Hopkins' road to the point of beginning, shall be 
 known as Mount Olivet cemetery, and shall be used as a burying place 
 for colored persons exclusively. The city council shall annually provide 
 such sum or sums of money for the maintenance and improvement of 
 said cemeteries as the said council may deem best, the same to be ex- 
 pended by and under the direction of the committee on cemeteries, unless 
 otherwise ordered. (June 18, 1910.) 

 
 
 CHAPTER 23. 1SI 
 
 CHAPTER 23. 
 
 CONCERNING ST. JOHN'S BURYIXG GROUND. 
 
 1. Whereas the lots on Richmond Hill, on which the old church stands, 
 and which are known in the plan of the city of Richmond hy the num- 
 bers ninety-seven and ninety-eight, were for a long period of time used as 
 a place of burial for the citizens generally; and in 1799 the council pur- 
 chased from John Adams lot number one hundred and eleven, and from 
 Richard Adams, Jr., executor of Thomas B. Adams, lot number one hun- 
 dred and twelve, and obtained deeds conveying the same to the city, which 
 deeds were admitted to record in the county court of Henrico on the 
 eighth of April, 1800 ; and thereupon the council, by an arrangement with 
 the vestry of the said church, caused the said four lots, comprising one 
 entire square, to be enclosed by a brick wall; and the square has thence- 
 forth been used as a place for the interment of the dead of every religious 
 denomination, until the council obtained other cemeteries; and whereas 
 at the time of said arrangement it was understood that the corporate 
 authorities of the city should incur all the necessary expense attend- 
 ing the erection of gates and steps, and keeping the enclosure in good 
 repair; and should at all times have power to establish such regula- 
 tions as they might think proper as to the ground within said enclosure; 
 therefore, in the month of July, after the organization of the new coun- 
 cil, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the president of the common 
 council shall appoint three members of that body, and the president 
 of the board of aldermen shall appoint two members of that body, 
 to act as a committee of the square in which the church is situated. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. The committee on St. John's burying ground shall cause to be kept 
 in good order the whole of said enclosure, with the gates and steps for 
 passing through it, and everything that is within the enclosure and out- 
 side the church. For these purposes the auditor shall pay, upon the order 
 of the committee, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars in any year. 
 The auditor shall further pay. upon the order of the committee, a sum 
 not exceeding seven hundred and twenty dollars, in payment of the salary 
 of the keeper selected to take charge of said burying ground. Nothing in 
 this section shall be construed to authorize the committee to prevent or 
 interfere with the use of the church by the congregation thereof. (Code 
 1899.)
 
 186 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 :;. No body shall be buried in said square except by consent of the 
 committee. Nor shall any body be buried in any place in the city, other 
 than ;il a burying ground owned by the city, except in the burying 
 ground of the Society of Friends, on Gary between Nineteenth, and Twen- 
 tieth strei ts, or that of the Hebrew congregation. Any person who shall 
 bury, or cause to be buried, a dead body in a place in the city not allowed 
 :ll pay to the city a fine of five dollars for every day 
 that Faid body shall remain in such place. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. The police jurisdiction of the keeper of St. John's burying ground 
 shall i west over Twenty-fourth street between Broad and 
 
 Grace si reets ; on the north, over Broad street between Twenty-fourth and 
 Twenty-fifth streets; on the east, over Twenty-fifth street between Broad 
 and Grace and on the south, over Grace street between Twenty- 
 
 fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. (January 8, 1909.)
 
 CHAPTER 24. 1S7 
 
 CHAPTER 24. 
 
 CONCERNING THE POOR OF THE CITY. 
 
 1. The name of the City Almshouse is hereby changed, and shall here- 
 after be known as the City Home. (September 16, 1905.) 
 
 2. The committee for the relief of the poor shall have the government, 
 control, and direction of the city home and grounds, and of any other 
 buildings and grounds which may he acquired or used for the benefit 
 of the poor of the city. It shall likewise have the government, controt, 
 and direction of all the officers, agents, nurses, and other employees con- 
 nected with the institution, and of the poor receiving aid or relief from 
 the city; and except the superintendent of the city home, it shall appoint 
 all such officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties and fix 
 their compensation. And it may prescribe the duties of the superin- 
 tendent. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. To carry out the foregoing powers and duties and to enforce and 
 maintain discipline, the committee on relief of the poor shall have power 
 and authority to adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the 
 ordinances of the city, for the government, direction and control of the 
 institution and of the officers, agents, employees and inmates connected 
 with it. (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 4. The officers of the institution shall be a superintendent of the city 
 home, who shall be elected by the council, and there shall be appointed by 
 the committee on relief of the poor the following additional officers: A 
 first assistant superintendent; a second assistant superintendent; ten (10) 
 doctors, who shall constitute a visiting staff composed of specialists in 
 the different departments of medicine, and who shall serve without com- 
 pensation. The committee shall designate from the visiting staff, up- 
 pointed under this ordinance, a chief practitioner of medicine and a sur- 
 geon, who shall be held responsible for the professional conduct of the 
 hospital in the institution during their term designated by the committee, 
 and who shall be required to visit the institution daily, or oftener if nec- 
 essary. The chief practitioner of medicine and chief surgeon shall have 
 supervision and direction of all that relates to the sick within the insti- 
 tution and the sanitary condition of same; four resident physicians. 
 whose term of service shall be so arranged as to overlap so that there may 
 always be two experienced men as resident physicians in the hospital;
 
 1SS RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 and a matron. Before the superintendent shall have authority to act as 
 ,11 enter into bond to be approved by the city council in the 
 ! dollars ($5,000.00). He shall, by virtue of his 
 office, be superintended of the city hospital, the keeper of Shockoe ceme- 
 tery and superintendent of public charities. His salary shall be fixed 
 by the citj council. (March 17, L908.) 
 
 5. The committee may remove any officer, agent, or employee engaged 
 in the institution except the superintendent, and they may, for any mis- 
 conduct or neglect of duty, suspend him from the performance of his 
 duties and rep<>n the fact to the city council; and for this purpose shall 
 call a meeting of the city council within three days; and the city council 
 shall cither restore him or, dismiss him from his office, as his conduct 
 shall merit. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Any person who has lived in the city for one year at the time may, 
 by himself or herself, or another person, apply to one of the committee 
 of the ward in which such applicant lives, or to the superintendent of the 
 city home, for relief, either for such applicant or his or her family; and 
 if the said member of the committee shall be satisfied that the applicant, 
 or the family, are proper subjects for the city home, he shall give to such 
 applicant an order to the superintendent, directing him to receive the 
 applicant or the Family, as the case may be, into the city home; and upon 
 presentation of such order to the superintendent, he shall receive the 
 person or persons who are embraced in it and provide for them until the 
 physician of the city home shall make his next visit. Me shall then re- 
 port the case to the physician, who shall examine the patties; and if he 
 shall be of opinion that he or they are proper subjects for the city home, 
 
 iall endorse the order to that effect, and the party or parties shall be 
 permitted to remain. But if the physician shall be of opinion that the 
 party or parties are not proper subjects for the city home he shall endorse 
 the same on said order, and the superintendent shall dismiss them; and 
 said party or parties shall not be again admitted to the city home for the 
 
 sai :ause, except by order of the committee. The superintendent of 
 
 the city home shall receive into the city home such foundlings of the 
 city as may be presented to him for admission, and said foundlings shall 
 1h ' cared for during Mich time and under such regulations as the com- 
 mittee on relief of the poor may prescribe. (Code 185)9.) 
 
 N, » outdoor relief, save under general regulations adopted by the 
 committee, or under order or resolution of the council, shall be given, 
 except in the most urgenl cases, in which a physician attending on the 
 person for whom a]. plication for relief is made, shall state in writing, 
 <"• ; > member i committee for the ward, upon his own view, shall 
 
 be of opinion that the person cannot be removed to the city home with- 
 out ei lis life. In such case and npon such statement the
 
 CHAPTEE 2 t. 18!) 
 
 superintendent of the city home may furnish such relief as he shall deem 
 necessary, and shall report the case to the committee al its next meet- 
 ing. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. In cases in which a person who has not lived in the city for a year, 
 is in the city sick and destitute, or not in a condition to provide for him 
 or herself, or his or her children, he, she, or they may be sent to and 
 received and examined and treated at the city home in the mode pre- 
 scribed in the sixth section of this chapter, but shall only remain there 
 until he or she has recovered from his or her sickness, or is in a condition 
 to provide for him or herself, or the children. But the superintendent 
 may, with the concurrence of the physician and the committee, discharge 
 them at any time. And if any person is in the city sick and destitute, or 
 if any destitute female and children, unable to provide for themselves, 
 are in the city, and are likely to become chargeable to the city, the com- 
 mittee may send such, persons in their homes: and the expense of so 
 doing shall be paid by the auditor, upon the order of the chairman. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The committee shall hold regular sessions at such times and place 
 as they may designate except during the months of February, May, 
 August and November when the regular meeting shall be held at the city 
 home, and the day of meeting in each case shall be fixed by them. At 
 each monthly meeting of the committee, the superintendent and any 
 other officer or agent empowered by the committee to make any con- 
 tract which involves the expenditure of money, shall present his account 
 for the transactions of the previous month, with his vouchers; and after 
 the same has been examined by the committee, so far as the same is 
 ascertained to be correct, it shall be approved; and in every case a copy 
 of said account shall be returned to the auditor; provided, that the ex- 
 penses of the institution for the said previous month do not exceed the 
 amount to which the city council may have restricted the expenditure, 
 or which they may have appropriated for the relief of the poor, if a 
 specific appropriation has been made for that purpose. (December 13, 
 1901.) 
 
 10. The committee shall keep a record of its proceedings. The clerk 
 shall certify to the auditor of the city the names of the several officers 
 appointed by the committee under the first section, and the amount of 
 compensation allowed to each. And the said officers may draw the same 
 in monthly instalments, upon application to the auditor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The committee shall report monthly to the city council; in which 
 report they shall state the number of persons admitted, discharged, and 
 died at the city home in the month, showing how many were white and 
 how many colored, and the amount expended by the committee in the 
 month for the support of the poor, distinguishing the amount expended
 
 190 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 for those at the city home or other buildings used for their lodging, 
 from the amount expended for outdoor relief. They shall also state the 
 quantity of corn-meal, fuel, number of burials, and number of prescrip- 
 tions fun, , outdoor reli.-f in the month. They shall also make 
 such recommendations upon any or all of the objects included within 
 phere of their powers and duties, as they shall be of opinion should 
 be acted on by the council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. In respect to all matters not provided for in tins chapter, the 
 committee shall have the power and perform the duties vested in -and 
 required of overseers of the poor by the thirty-eighth and one hundred 
 and fifteenth chapters of the Code of 1904, so far as the same are not 
 inconsistent with this ordinance. And. if in executing any power or 
 duty under the said chapter of the Code of 1904, it shall be necessary 
 to art as i poor, they shal 1 be such for that purpose, and 
 
 they .dial! act with the organization they have as a committee, the chair- 
 man acting as the president of the board. (Cede 1899.) 
 
 L3. All institutions or societies that now, or hereafter may, receive 
 appropriations from the city on account of charity, are hereby required 
 to make such uperintendent of public charities as the 
 
 comr r the relief of the poor may direct. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1 !. The funerals of persons buried at the expense of the city shall 
 nducted in a decent and proper manner, and without undue haste. 
 (Code L899.) 
 
 15. The committee on relief of the poor is herehy authorized and in- 
 structed I -nc communication with Oakwood cemetery per- 
 fected and maintained at the expense of the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. The keeper of Oakwood cemetery shall receive, whenever prac- 
 ticable, from the superintendent of the city home at least twelve hours 
 notier of tlie funerals of persons mentioned in the fourteenth section. In 
 
 ' e allowed to remain at the city 
 home more than forty-eight hours before burial. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1 «. Thi re shall be seven free dispensaries, to be selected and located 
 by the committee on relief of the poor, which shall be compensated as 
 
 Dispensary— first s;n 62 per quarter. 
 
 Dispensary— second district $39 07 per quarter. 
 
 Dispensary— third district $39 0G per quarter. 
 
 Dispensary di trict $3'J 50 per quart 
 
 Dispensary- fifth district $37 50 per quarter. 
 
 "'T'" ixth district $31 50 per quarter. 
 
 Dispensary— seventh district $37 50 per quarter. 
 
 (August 15, 190?.)
 
 CHAPTER 24. L91 
 
 18. The steward of the city home shall give a bond in the sum of one 
 thousand dollars in some guarantee company, acceptable to the com- 
 mittee on relief of the poor, for the faithful performance of his duties. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. There shall be employed at the city home two drivers of the city 
 ambulance, who shall receive for their services a salary of $80.00 per 
 month. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. The said drivers shall he appointed by (lie superintendent of the 
 city home subject to the approval of the committee on relief of the po 
 and shall be governed by the rules and regulations for the government 
 of the city home. (Code 1899.) 
 
 21. That the legacy of one thousand dollars, given to said city by the 
 late A. B. Goodman be, and the same is hereby, accepted. That the audi- 
 tor be, and he is hereby, instructed to issue a bond (if said city for the 
 sum of one thousand dollars, bearing interest at the rate of five per 
 cent., made payable thirty-four years after date to the "city of Richmond, 
 trustee, under the will of A. B. Goodman." That the said one thousand 
 dollars shall be invested in said bond by and with the consent of the 
 executor of said A. B. Goodman. That the said bond, when received 
 from the said executor, shall be securely kept by the auditor of said city 
 until placed elsewhere by ordinance of said city. That the interest 
 accruing thereon shall be annually appropriated by the city council "for 
 the benefit of the poor of said city." That the said sum of one thousand 
 dollars shall be held in perpetuity for the charitable purpose designated 
 in said will. (Code 1899.) 
 
 22. A\ Tienever the city accident ambulance shall be passing along any 
 of the streets of the city in responding to any call, it shall lie the duty 
 of the drivers of all vehicles to give the way nearest to the middle of 
 the street for the unobstructed passage thereof; and any driver of any 
 vehicle failing to do so, shall lie fined not less than two nor more than 
 twenty dollars, and upon failure to pay said fine, he shall be confined 
 in the city jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days. If any 
 person interfere with the physician or the driver of the city accident 
 ambulance in the discharge of their duties, be shall be fined ml less than 
 two nor more than twenty dollar-, and upon failure to pay the said fine, 
 shall lie confined in the city jail for not less than ten nor more than 
 thirty davs. (Code 1890.)' 
 
 23. It shall be one of the duties of the police officers of the city to 
 give to some member of the committee for the relief of thi -noli 
 information in relation to every person going about begging, or staying 
 in any street or other place to beg v , as will enable such committeeman to 
 proceed in the ease according to section 885 of th f Virginia, 1887. 
 (Code 1899.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER 25. 
 
 RNING THE ORGANIZATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF 
 EEALTH, AXD ITS OFFICERS AXD EMPLOYEES. 
 
 1. That a hoard,, to lie known as the board of health, be, and the same 
 reby, created, to he composed of five members, all of whom shall be 
 
 citizens and voters in the city of Richmond, and at least three of whom 
 shall lie doctors of medicine, to be elected by the council of the city of 
 Richmond in joint session, as soon as may be after the passage of this 
 ordinance. The members of said board shall hold office for a term of 
 three years from the date of election, except the members first elected 
 under this ordinance, who shall hold office — two for one, one for two, 
 and two for three years, respectively, from the first day of July, 1906, 
 and thereafter until their successors are eleeti d and qualified, the re- 
 spective terms of whom shall be ascertained at the first meeting of the 
 said board, at which the board shall proceed to ascertain by lot the 
 length of term each shall serve — that is to say, that the two members 
 drawing the lowest numbers shall serve one year, the one drawing the 
 next lowest number two years, and the remaining two members three 
 The members of the board shall not be entitled to any compen- 
 sation. (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 2. The members of said board shall meet as soon as practicable after 
 ordinance is in force in the office of the health department in the 
 
 city hall, and after taking the oath of office, proceed to organize by elect- 
 tie of their number president, and shall elect another president pro 
 tempore, who shall preside and exercise the other duties of the presi- 
 dent in his absence or when otherwise incapacitated to act. (June 18, 
 1906.) 
 
 board of health of the city of Richmond are hereby authorized 
 and required to appoinl the following officers: 
 
 (1) A chief health officer at a yearly salary of three thousand dollars, 
 shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and shall be 
 ineligible to election or appointment to any other position. (March 10, 
 1910.) 
 
 ctor who shall be a physician or a skilled sani- 
 
 > his entire time to the duties of his office, and 
 
 ll;l11 - under the chief health officer, investigate all i igious 
 
 or infecti ous di 111! a view of locating their origin and preventing 

 
 CHAPTER 25. 193 
 
 the spread of contagion, and who shall have special charge of the enforce- 
 ment of quarantine regulations and discharge such other duties as the 
 board of health may prescribe, for which services the said in- shall 
 
 receive the annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. (May 20, 1907.) 
 
 (3) City bacteriologist at a yearly salary of nine hundred dollars. 
 (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 (4) Plumbing inspector at a yearly salary of fourteen hundred dollars 
 (November 16, 1907), and an assistant plumbing inspector at a yearly 
 salary of one thousand (February 14, 1908). 
 
 (5) Fumigator at a yearly salary of nine hundred dollars, (dune 12, 
 1908.) 
 
 (6) Food inspector at a yearly salary of nine hundred dollars (June 
 18, 1906) ; one assistant to food inspector at a yearly salary of nine 
 hundred dollars (February 10, 1910), and one assistant fund inspector, 
 who shall be an analytical chemist at a yearly salary of seven hundred 
 and twenty dollars (June 18, 1906). 
 
 (7) Clerk of the health department at a yearly salary of nine hundred 
 dollars. (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 (8) A registrar of vital statistics at an annual salary of twelve hun- 
 dred dollars. (May 20, 1907.) 
 
 (9) A stenographer at an annual salary of six hundred dollars. 
 (May 20, 1907.) 
 
 (10) Four sanitary officers at a yearly salary of nine hundred dollars 
 each (one of whom shall be a practical plumber). (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 3b. All of which salaries shall be payable monthly upon the warrant 
 of the board of health, and shall not be increased or diminished during 
 their term of office, and all of which officers shall be appointed for a term 
 of two years, or until their sue are appointed and qualified, un 
 
 sooner removed; and the said hoard of health may employ and discharge 
 assistants to such officers and other employees r to make effe< 
 
 the administration of the health department; provided, however, that 
 such force shall not be so increased as to incur any liability on the city 
 beyond appropriations made for the maintenance of said department. 
 All such officers, assistants, and employee- may, at any time, be removed 
 by the said beard for cause deemed sufficient by them, or such fine- or 
 suspensions may be imposed for cause, as the board ma\ deem proper. 
 All fines shall be put in the general fund. The board is hereby authorized 
 to investigate any incapacity, insubordination or other dereliction of duty 
 on the part of any officer or employee, and in any such investigation 
 board shall have the power to send for persons and require their 
 ance and to require the production of papers, and by their presiding "dicer 
 to administer an oath. The said board are hereby empowered to pre-
 
 ;m I RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 scribe, from time to time, the duties of such officers and employees. 
 (June 18, 1006.) 
 
 !. The board of health shall have and exercise fully all powers neces- 
 Fary , the city of Richmond from contagious, 
 
 mgerous diseases, and shall, in addition, have all 
 for the suitable government," management, mainte- 
 and direction of the health department of the city of Richmond, not, 
 er, in violation of the charter and ordinances of the city of Rich- 
 mond. (June L8, 
 
 5. The wards of the city shall be carefully inspected twice a month 
 fr< m April to September, and once a month for the balance of the year* 
 
 ing unhealthy or exposed to disease. 
 
 The I health hall -t to the council such measures as they 
 
 think ,'ii to pre e health of the city, and especially to prevent the 
 
 and spread of contagious and infectious diseases, and to 
 
 i ;it of callings prejudicial to the public health 
 
 or comfort. They shall also consider and report upon all such matters 
 
 be referred to them by the city council, and make annual reports 
 
 of their proceedings. (Code 1899.) 
 
 ii. The members of th ted with police authority 
 
 in the performance of their duties. They may require deleterious mat- 
 er found, to be removed by the occupant of the premises (or 
 by the owner, if the i are unoccupied), and conveyed beyond 
 
 ire city; and they may require yards and premises and the 
 strei I in front of any ; . when they think it important 
 
 'tli of the nei sed and limed by the occu- 
 
 or owner of such premises. The chief health officer shall report 
 ill offences against the health regulations of the 
 city, and all persons who fail, after fi ' notice, to remove deleteri- 
 
 d lime their premises and the gutters in front 
 
 thereupon such person shall be lined, in the discretion 
 
 ice, qi I less than five nor more than twenty dollars, 
 
 tisfied of their inability to comply with the orders of the 
 
 board of healtl ie 1899.) 
 
 ••It shall lie the duty of the city b i jisl to make such examina- 
 
 ble diagnosis of diphtheria, tnbercn- 
 ■ other examinations properly within the 
 
 board of health mav direct. (November 18, 
 1905.) 
 
 rd of health shall make such rules and regulations for the 
 
 ; I' city bacteriologist as it mav deem proper. (No- 
 vember is. L905.)
 
 chapter 25. 195 
 
 9. The salary of the city bacteriologist shall be nine hundred dollars 
 per annum, payable monthly, as other salaries are paid, and the sum of 
 two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the equipment of the 
 bacteriological laboratory to be expended by the city bacteriologist on the 
 approval of the bills by the hoard of health. The running expenses of 
 the laboratory, however, not exceeding thirty dollars per month, shall 
 lie paid out of the annual appropriation to the board of health. ( Novem- 
 ber 18, 1905.) 
 
 10. That it shall be unlawful for any person wilfully to misstate or 
 mislabel the source of any specimen submitted by him to the city bac- 
 teriologist for examination, or to make any other wilful misstatement, 
 verbally or in writing, concerning the specimen so submitted. Any per- 
 son violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not 
 less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, recoverable before the police 
 justice of the city of Richmond. (October 15, 1906.) 
 
 11. The office of inspector of plumbing, created by the ordinance ap- 
 proved December 11, 1895, and the ordinances amendatory thereof be, 
 and the same is hereby, abolished, and all of the duties now imposed upon 
 the inspector of plumbing (under all of said ordinances are hereby im- 
 posed upon the inspector of plumbing) appointed by the board of health 
 in pursuance of this chapter, so far as the same are not inconsistent here- 
 with. (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 ] 2. The office of inspector of milk and food supplies, created by the 
 ordinance approved June 10, 190J, and the ordinances amendatory 
 thereof be, and the same is hereby, abolished, and all of the duties im- 
 posed by said ordinance upon said inspector of milk and food supplies 
 are hereby imposed upon and shall lie performed by the inspector of food 
 authorized to be appointed by this chapter. (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 13. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with the 
 
 cleaning department of the city of Richmond or curtail the duties 
 
 and powers of the committee on street cleaning of the council of the til. 
 
 of Richmond in relation thereto or in relation to the maintenance and 
 
 control of the city crematory. (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 II. The said beard of health is hereby expressly authorized and em- 
 powered to make and prescribe reasonable rules and regulations to carry 
 out the powers hereinbefore conferred upon them, and any person, firm 
 or corporation violating such' rules and regulations shall ho liable to fine 
 of not less than two nor more than twenty-five dollars fur each offence, 
 recoverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond, (dune 18, 
 1906.) 
 
 15. That it shall be the duty of (lie hoard of health, biennially be- 
 tween the first day of October and the first day of November of such
 
 1'Hi RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 year to appoint as inspector of milk and food supplies to serve for the 
 t erm f . . unless sooner removed by the board of health, and 
 
 after until his successor is appointed and qualified according to law, 
 shall within thirty days thereafter qualify before the city clerk by 
 entering into a bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars for the faith- 
 ful discha - duties, and by taking and subscribing the usual oaths 
 for the faithful performance of his duties. It shall be the duty of said 
 etor to report to ae Le control of the board of health, 
 except in so far as any requirement of said board may conflict with this 
 chapter or other ordinances of the city of Richmond. (June 9, 1901.) 
 
 16. The board of health shall he authorized in their discretion to em- 
 ploy from time to time, and for such time as they may designate, one or 
 two assistants to the inspector of milk and food supplies, one of whom 
 shall lie an analytical chemist, to whom -aid board may assign such duties 
 as they may deem expedient, and who. when acting in the place of said 
 inspector, shall have all of the powers and authority vested in him under 
 this chapter, and at all times shall have the powers and discharge the 
 duties prescribed by regulations, to be adopted by the board of health as 
 hereinbefore provided. (June 9, 1904.) 
 
 17. No person shall, within or without the city of Richmond, main- 
 tain or keep a .-table or stables or a dairy farm for the purpose "I' pi'"- 
 ducing milk to be sold or exposed to sale within the limits of the city of 
 Richmond, nor shall any person within the limits of the police jurhdic- 
 tion of the city of Richmond, outside of the public markets of said 
 city, keep a room, stall, store or ether place where any meat, butter, fish, 
 
 ible, intended for human food, are sold or exposed to sale 
 without 6 Ling a permit so to do from the inspector of milk and 
 
 of the city of Richmond. Application for said permit 
 shall he made in writing, upon a form to he prescribed by said health 
 . in winch application it shall be stipulated that the said inspector 
 the city of Richmond may from time to time in- 
 ! i place and premises and the milk produced or food supplies 
 exposed to sale thereat, and also that such applicant will conform to the 
 requirements of this chapter, and such reasonable rules and regulations 
 v be estal ar d of health for the government of such 
 
 place or places. Every person to whom such permit is granted, before 
 titled to carry on business, for which he desires such per- 
 mit, shall pay to the auditor of the city of Richmond a fee of two dollars 
 penses incident to the inspection of milk and other food 
 supplies in the mode prescribed by this ordinance. Before granting such 
 permit it shall be the duty of said inspector to make, or cause to be 
 . an examination of the place and premises, which are intended to
 
 CHAPTER 25. 197 
 
 be used in the maintenance of said dairy farm or stable, and of such 
 place, stall or store, where is proposed to sell milk, meat, butter, fish, 
 fruit, vegetables or other food supplies, and thereafter, from time to 
 time, inspect the same, and if found in an unsanitary condition, such 
 permit may be refused, or if granted, may at any time be revoked or 
 suspended, without notice, by said inspector, if, in his judgment, such 
 dairy, dairy farm or place is found to be in an unsanitary condition. 
 (June 9, 1904.) 
 
 18. It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by his servant 
 or agent, nor for any such servant or agent of any person to sell, ex- 
 change or deliver, or to have in his or their custody or possession, with 
 intent to sell, exchange or deliver or to expose or offer for sale as pure 
 milk, any milk from which the cream or any part thereof has been re- 
 moved, or which has been watered, adulterated or changed in any respect 
 by the addition of water or other substance. (June 9, 1901.) 
 
 19. No dealer in milk, and no servant or agent of such a dealer shall 
 sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his custody or possession with intent 
 to sell, exchange or deliver, milk from which the cream or any part 
 thereof, has been removed, unless, in a conspicuous place above the 
 center, upon the outside of the vessel, can or package from or in which 
 such milk is sold, the words "skimmed milk" are marked in distinct 
 letters not less than two inches in length. (June 9, 190-1.) 
 
 "20. No person shall sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his custody 
 or possession, with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, skimmed milk 
 containing less than nine per cent, of the milk solids, exclusive of butter 
 fats. (June 9, 1901.) 
 
 21. No person shall sell, or offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of, or 
 shall transport or carry for the purpose of sale, or shall have in his or 
 their custody or possession with intent to sell or offer for sale or other- 
 wise dispose of any impure, adulterated or unwholesome milk, and no 
 person shall sell adulterated milk, nor shall any person sell or offer for 
 sale or otherwise dispose of any milk which is produced in whole or in 
 part from cows kept in a crowded or unhealthy condition or fed on food 
 that produces, or is likely to produce, impure, diseased or unwholesome 
 milk, nor from cows fed on any substance in a state of putrefaction or 
 rottenness, or upon any other substance of an unwholesome nature. 
 (March 19, 1910.) 
 
 22. That the addition of water or any other substance or tiling is 
 hereby declared an adulteration, and milk that is obtained from animals 
 that are fed upon any substance in a state of putrefaction or rottenness, 
 or upon any substance of an unwholesome nature, or milk that has been 
 exposed to or contaminated by the emanations, discharges or excrements
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 from persons sick with any contagious disease by which the health or life 
 of am person may be endangered, or milk from tubercular cows, is hereby 
 declared to be impure and unwholesome. (March 19, 1910.) 
 
 23. Thai all prosecutions under this chapter, if the milk shall be 
 shown, upon analysis by the inspector of milk and food supplies, chemist 
 or board of health, or by any chemist or chemists appointed or designated 
 by the board of health to contain more than eighty-eight per cent, of 
 watery fluids, or to contain less than twelve per cent, of milk solids, or to 
 contain less than nine per cent, of milk solids, exclusive of butter fat, 
 such milk shall be deemed, for the purposes of this ordinance, to be 
 adult( rated, (dune 9, 1904.) 
 
 •J I. That if said inspector of milk and food supplies shall have reason 
 to believe the provisions of this chapter are being violated, he shall have 
 power to open any can, vessel or package containing milk, whether sealed, 
 li eked or otherwise, or whether in transit or otherwise; and if, upon in- 
 spection, he shall find such can, vessel or package to contain any milk 
 which has been adulterated, or from which the cream or any part thereof 
 has been removed, or which is sold, offered or exposed for sale, in violation 
 of any section of this chapter, said inspector of milk and food supplies is 
 empowered and directed to take a sample of the same for analysis and put 
 it into a can, vessel or package, to be sealed in the presence of one or 
 more witnesses, and sent to the chemist of the board of health or any 
 chemist or chemists appointed or designated by the board of health; and 
 also to condemn the same and pour the contents of such can, vessel or 
 package upon the ground, or return the same to the consignor, and if, 
 upon analysis, such milk shall prove to be adulterated, shall report the 
 offender to the police justice. (June 9, 1901.) 
 
 ■!■>. That the board of health shall cause the name and place of busi- 
 of every person convicted of selling adulterated milk, or of 'having 
 the same in his possession, to be published in two daily newspapers of the 
 city for five (5) times consecutively. (June 9, 1901.) 
 
 26. That no meats butter, fish, birds or fowl, fruit or vegetables nor 
 any milk, not being then healthy, fresh, sound, wholesome and safe for 
 human food, nor any meat or fish that died by disease or accident, shall 
 be brought within said city, or offered or field for sale in any public or 
 private market, as such food, anywhere in said city. (June 9, 1901.) 
 
 27. That no cattle shall be killed for human food while in an over- 
 ■I. feverish or diseased condition; and all such diseased cattle in the 
 
 Richmond, and the place where found, and their disease, shall be 
 at once reported to the inspector of milk and food supplies by the owner 
 or custodian thereof, that the proper order may be made relative thereto, 
 or lor tin. removal thereof from said city. (June 9, 1901.)
 
 CHAPTER 25. 199 
 
 28. That no meat or dead animal above the size of a rabbit shall be 
 taken to an}' public or private market for food until the same shall have 
 fully cooled after killing, nor until the entrails, heads and feel (except of 
 game or poultry, and the heads and feet of swine), shall have been re- 
 moved. (November IS, 1904.) 
 
 29. That no decayed or unwholesome fruit or ve . no impure or 
 unhealthy or unwholesome meat, butter, fish, birds, or fowl shall be 
 brought into said city, to be consumed or offered for sale for human food, 
 nor shall any such articles be kept or stored therein. (June 9, L904.) 
 
 30. That no meat, butter, fish, fruit, vegetables or unwholesome liquid 
 shall knowingly be bought, sold, held, offered for sale, labeled, or any 
 representations made in respect thereof, under a false name, or quality, 
 or as being what the same is not, as represents wholesomi nndness 
 or safety for food or drink. (June 9, 1904.) 
 
 31. That every person, being the owner. I sssee or occupant of any room, 
 stall or place where any meat, butter, fish, fruit or vegetables, designed 
 or held for human food, shall put and keep such room, stall and place, 
 and its appurtenances, in a clean and wholesome condition; and every 
 person having charge, or interested or \ d, whether as principal or 
 agent, in the care or in respect to the custody or sale of any meat, butter, 
 fish, fruit, birds, fowl, vegetables or milk designed fur human fond, shall 
 not allow the same, or any part therof, to he poisoned, infected or ren- 
 dered unsafe or unwholesome for human food. (June 9, 1901.) 
 
 32. It is earnestly desired that every person knowing of any fish, 
 butter, meat, fowl, birds, fruit, vegetables or milk being bought, sold or 
 offered, or held for sale as food for human being-, or being in any mar- 
 ket, public or private, in said city, and net being sound, healthy or whole- 
 some for such food, to forthwith report such fact-, and the particulars 
 relating thereto, to the inspector of milk aril food supplies, (dune 9, 
 1901.) 
 
 33. That upon any cattle, milk, meat, butter, birds, fowl, fish or vege- 
 tables being found by the inspector of milk and food supplies in a con- 
 dition which is, in his opinion, unwholesome and unlit for use as human 
 food, or in a condition, or of a weight or quality in this chapter con- 
 demned or forbidden, he is empowered, authorized and directed to imme- 
 diately condemn the same, and cause it to he removed to the crematory 
 for destruction, and repent his action to the board of health without delay. 
 (June 9, 1904.) 
 
 34. That any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the last 
 foregoing twenty sections of this chapter shall he liable to a line of no1 
 less than five nor more than fifty dollars for the first offence, and for the 
 second offence a tine of one hundred dollars and revocation of the license,
 
 200 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 said fine to I;.' recoverable before the police justice of the city of Rich- 
 mond. I L904.) 
 
 alth are hereby authorized and empowered to 
 rulations particularly denning the duties of the in- 
 spector of mi] i d supplies and of any assistants to such inspector, 
 M with the provisions of this chapter, and said board shall 
 likewise be authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for. the manage- 
 i dairy farms where cows are kept for the purpose of pro- 
 ducing milk to be exposed to sale or sold within the city of Richmond, 
 the provisions of this chapter. (June 9, 1904.) 
 
 36. Every mi tore, dairy, cafe, lunch-room, hotel, or other 
 place in the city of Richmond where a food or beverage, or confectionery 
 or other similar article is manufactured or prepared for sale, stored for 
 sale, o for sale, sold or otherwise dispensed, shall, under rules and 
 
 ations to be adopted and promulgated by the board of health, cause 
 such place to be screened or enclosed so as to prevent flies and other in- 
 from obtaining access to such food, beverage, confectionery, or other 
 . (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 37. All meat, dressed poultry or fish, confectionery, bread, pastry, or 
 other cooked food, and berries, vegetables, fruit, or other article which 
 may he used as human food without cooking or peeling, shall not be kept 
 
 sed for sale in any street or public place, or outside of any shop or 
 
 store, or in the open window or doorway thereof, except under like rules 
 
 and regulations adopted and promulgated as aforesaid, requiring the same 
 
 kept covered or screened so that it shall be protected from dirt and 
 
 dies. (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 No article which may be used as human food shall be stored, ex- 
 posed or displayed on the surface of any street or floor of any market- 
 . nor shall such article be placed in any doorway or in front of any- 
 place of business, or in any other place accessible to dogs or other lower 
 animals, but all such articles of food shall be placed upon a table, or other- 
 wise properly supported so that it, and the surface of its container or 
 support, shall be raised at least twenty-four inches above the street, side- 
 platform or landing. (August 13, 1910.) 
 39. All meat, dressed poultry, fish, bread, pastry, confectionery or 
 other provisions which may be used as human food, while being trans- 
 ported through the streets of the city, shall be so covered or screened, 
 under rules and regulations to be adopted by the board of health, as to be 
 from dirt and flies. (August 13, 1910.) 
 tO. Any person violating any of the provisions of the four foregoing 
 or any of the rules and regulations adopted in pursuance thereof 
 Liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five
 
 CHAPTEB 25. 201 
 
 dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city 
 of Richmond. (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 41. The last five foregoing sections shall be in force from August 13, 
 1910, except that no person shall be fined thereunder until ten days after 
 the adoption of the rules and regulations authorized to be adopted by 
 the board of health by said sections, and after the publication of such 
 rules and regulations in the mode prescribed by the charter of the city of 
 Richmond for the publication of certain ordinances imposing a penalty 
 for the violation thereof. (August 13, 19.10.) 
 
 42. That police power is herein- conferred upon the chief health oi 
 medical inspector, sanitary officers, including inspector of milk and food 
 supplies and his assistant, and the inspector of plumbing and his assistant, 
 while in the discharge of their official duties, and any person who shall, by 
 threats or force attempt to intimidate or impede any one of said officers 
 or employees while in the discharge of his duty shall be liable to a fine of ' 
 not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offence, re- 
 coverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. (January 
 20, 1903; June 9, 1901, and December 18, 1908.) 
 
 43. Every person who shall manufacture for sale, or who shall offer or 
 expose for sale, any article or si:hstance in semblance of butter or cheese 
 not the legitimate product of the dairy, and not made exclusively of milk 
 or cream, but into which the oil or fat of animals not produced from milk 
 enters as a component part, or into which melted butter or any oil thereof 
 has been introduced to take the place of cream, shall distinctly and 
 durably stamp, brand, or mark upon every tub, firkin, box, or package of 
 such article or substance, the word "Oleomargarine"' in plain Roman 
 letters, not less than half an inch square, placed horizontally in proper 
 order- — thus: "Oleomargarine"; or in case of retail sale of such article 
 or sifbstance in parcels the seller shall in all cases deliver therewith to the 
 purchaser a written or printed label, hearing the plainly-written or 
 printed word "Oleomargarine," in type or letters as aforesaid. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 44. Every person who shall sell or offer to sell, or have in his or her 
 possession with intent to sell, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, 
 any of the said articles or substances required by the first section of this 
 ordinance to be stamped, marked, or labeled, as therein stated, not so 
 stamped, marked, or labeled, or in case of retail sale without delivery of a 
 label, required by the foregoing section, shall for each such offence 
 forfeit and pay a fine of one hundred dollars, and one-half of such fine 
 shall go to the informer. And upon failure to pay the fine, the party 
 shall be confined in the city jail not less than five nor more than thirty 
 davs. (Code 1899.)
 
 202 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 45. Any person applying to any merchant or merchants of the city of 
 Richmond for a pound, or any quantity, of butter, and if oleomargarine is 
 Bold to them a , that the said merchant or merchants, shall be 
 subject to a fine of ten dollars for the first offence and twenty dollars for 
 
 v violation thereafter. ( Code 1899.) 
 
 46. No part of the contents of any privy, privy vault or box, sink or 
 ol shall be removed therefrom or transported through any street, 
 
 alley or other public place of the city of Richmond except as the same 
 shall be removed and transported in such manner as shall be approved by 
 tin.' board of health of the city of Richmond, and under such rules and 
 shall be adopted by said board of health, so as to prevent 
 intents from being unduly exposed to the open air during the process 
 of removal and to insure regular, prompt and efficient removal thereof. 
 (August 17, 1008.) 
 
 47. For the protection of the health of the citizens of Richmond, the 
 board of health shall adopt rides and regulations governing the construc- 
 tion and maintenance of dry closets in the city of Richmond, and the 
 removal of night soil in such sections as are not accessible to city water 
 and city sewers. Said rules and regulations shall he published once a 
 week for four weeks, immediately after their adoption, in one of the daily 
 papers of the city of Richmond, and the contractor, or contractors, ap- 
 
 ordinance shall distribute printed copies of said rules 
 and regulations to all premises in the city on which are located dry closets, 
 and printed copies to be furnished by the board of health. From and 
 thirty days from the last publication of said rules and regulations, it 
 shall be unlawful for the owner of any occupied house in the city of Rich- 
 mond to i is premises any dry closet not constructed in conformity 
 with and regulations, and it shall further be unlawful for any 
 dd premises to maintain such d ts in a manner*not 
 in conformity with said rules and regulations, and it shall lie the duty 
 of said contractors to report promptly to the chief health officer of the 
 city of Richmond any violation of the provisions of this section, and any 
 m violating any of the provisions of this section shall he liable to a 
 of oo1 less than five nor more than twenty-five dollai erable 
 e of the city of Richmond. (August 17, 1908.) 
 48. The £ health shall thereupon advertise for hid- for the 
 monthly removal of night soil from the whole city, or from such sub- 
 - may determine, for and during the period of one 
 . not to exceed three years; provided, however, that the said 
 ill a< t I'" authorized to accept any bid for such removal in excess 
 gular monthly removal from each privy in the city, 
 ''id lid as the case may he. where the amount so removed is not
 
 
 CHAPTER 25. 203 
 
 in excess of three cubic feet, and ten cents per cubic foot where the amount 
 exceeds three cubic feet; and, where the removal is made at other time 
 than the regular monthly collection, the charge shall n©1 exceed seventy- 
 five cents for the first six and one-half (fl'-V) cubic feet, or fraction 
 thereof, and ten cents per cubic r each additional cubic foot over 
 
 six and one-half cubic i'vvt, all measurements 1 i be made in accordance 
 with the rules and regulations of the board of health, such additional re- 
 moval to be made in every case within three (3) days after notification in 
 writing from the chief health officer. After the receiving of such bids, 
 the work shall be let by the said board to th I 
 
 upon his entering into a contract with the city of Richmond, and into 
 bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), with security 
 satisfactory to the said board, conditioned for the payment of a stipulated 
 and liquidated penalty of twenty-live dollars ($25.00) for each failure 
 fully and completely to comply with his contract, and conditioned further 
 to pay all other costs and damage- which may be incurred by the city of 
 Richmond in case of a forfeiture of the said contract by reason of the un- 
 satisfactory performance of its provisions by the said contractor as here- 
 inafter provided. The person with whom such contract may be made, 
 in full compensation for the doing of the work required in his contract 
 and the furnishing of all the materials, tools, teams and labor nece 
 to carry out the same to the satisfaction of the board of health, shall be 
 entitled to collect from the owner, occupier or tenant of the premises on 
 which the privy or dry closet is located from which such removal is made, 
 the fee or fees stipulated in and agreed upon in the contract authorized 
 to be made as aforesaid, the payment of which sum or sums the cont 
 shall have the right to enforce by legal process after ten days' default in 
 payment from application for payment; and where said contractor shall 
 find it necessary to resort to legal process to enforce the collection of such 
 charges, he shall be entitled to collect an additional sum equal to ten per 
 centum of the amount of such charge, together with the costs of such 
 legal proceedings. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 40. Any contractor .who shall charge against any owner, occupier or 
 tenant for the removal of night soil a greater sum than that fixed in the 
 contract, or shall make out and present a bill in which a greater charge 
 is made than that authorized in the contract, shall be liable to a h 
 not less than five nor more than ten dollars for each offence, excepl 
 the contractor may charge an additional sum, to be fixed by the board of 
 health, in such cases as the night soil shall not have been placed in the 
 box or shall, in whole or in part, have overrun or escaped therefrom, and 
 any person who shall interfere with or impede any contractor of the city 
 of Richmond in the removing of night soil in accordance with the terms
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 an( l provisions apter, or under the contract made in pursuance 
 
 thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty 
 dollars, which fin i shah I rable before the police justice of the city 
 
 f Richmond, and for payment of a fine imposed under this 
 
 n whom such fine is imposed may be imprisoned not 
 less than one nor more than five days. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 .ho shall remove any night soil contained in privies, 
 vau lt-. except the contractor of the city of Richmond, or 
 
 shall employ any person other than the contractor to make such removal, 
 or shall bury or cover lip any night soil on any lot, or on any street, alley, 
 or other public place of the city shall be liable to a fine of not less than 
 five nor more 1 ban fifty dollars for each offence, recoverable before the 
 police justice of the city of Richmond. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 51. The contractor shall in each case immediately after the removal of 
 night i infect the premises from which night soil is 
 so taken, with such disinfectants and in such manner, as he, the chief 
 health officer, shall direct, and all night soil so removed shall be removed 
 to and deposited in such place or places as he shall approve, which places 
 shall at all time- be open to the inspection and approval of the said officer, 
 and shall be so kept at all times as not to become a nuisance. If the con- 
 tractor, or his agents or servants, shall, in the removal of such night soil 
 spill any in the streets, alleys or other public places of the city, or shall 
 fail to disinfect and deodorize the premises from which he has taken 
 night soil, or shall fail to deposit it at the places indicated by the said 
 
 r. or shall fail to keep such places in an inoffensive condition, he 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars 
 for each offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Rich- 
 mond, each day's failure to comply with any of said requirements to be 
 a separate offence. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 52. That the contractors for the removal of night soil from the city of 
 Richmond arc hereby authorized and empowered to construct, at their 
 own | pense, such hoppers and chutes for the disposal of 
 night soil into SI) ekoe creek and Gillies' creek, as may be required for 
 the proper can it of their contract with the city of Richmond. 
 Said hoppers and chutes shall be constructed in accordance with plans 
 an( i specif I I e ed by the city engineer, who is hereby in- 
 structed to prepare such plans and specifications, and shall be approved 
 by the chief health officer of the city of Richmond, and said chute, and 
 hoppers =hall be constructed in such localities as dim ted by the city 
 
 1 by the city attorney and the chief health o 
 (May i;. 1909.)
 
 CIIAPTEE 25. 205 
 
 53. It shall be the duty of the inspector of plumbing, under the direc- 
 tion of the president of the board of health, to sign and issue all notices 
 and certificates; to keep a daily record of his work, including all notice? 
 and applications received, violations of tin ns, and all other 
 matters pertaining thereto; make monthly and quarterly reports to 
 president of the board of health, lie shall also report immediately any 
 matter requiring the immediate attention of the presi the hoard of 
 health to said officer. He shall inspect all hous - i of erection, 
 alteration, or repair, as often as m ary, and shall sec that all 
 plumbing, drainage and sewerage work is done in accordance with the 
 provisions of these regulations. All plumbing work -hall ho inspected; 
 first, when the drain, soil, waste, and vent-pipe are run in the building; 
 they shall be left uncovered, and the plumber shall rep it the same at 
 once to the office of the inspector of plumbing for i m ; and again 
 when the fixtures are placed in position and the work completed. It shall 
 be the duty of the inspector of plumbing, immediately upon written noti- 
 fication by the plumber, to proceed to inspect and pass upon the work; 
 and all inspections shall be made within twenty-four hours after such 
 notification. He shall promptly condemn and order tin' removal of any 
 defective material, or any work done as to plumbing for drainage or 
 sewerage work. Upon a complete and satisfactory inspection of any 
 work he shall grant a certificate of approval, lie shall take and subscribe 
 an oath or affirmation before the mayor or city clerk that he will faith- 
 fully perform the duties of his office, and shall. I upon his 
 duties, execute a bond to the city of Eichmond in the sum of five hun- 
 dred dollars ($500), with surety, to be approved by the city attorney, 
 conditio;; : i the faithful performance of the duties of his office. 
 (Code 18*)!).) 
 
 54. Every person engaged, or about to enga the plumbing busi- 
 ness in the city of Eichmond, as a master or journeyman plumber, or any 
 persons coming from other pi; -dng in the 
 plumbing business in the city of Eichmond, as a master or journeyman 
 plumber, shall appear in poison before the said inspector and receive a 
 certificate of registry, upon satisfactory proof thai be is a master or a 
 practical journeyman plumber; and no other person than a red 
 plumber shall he allowed to carry on or engage in the plumbing bush 
 
 or make any connection with any -ewer, drain, soil, or wa . or any 
 
 pipe connected therewith. No plumber shall be allowed to make a con- 
 nection to any drain, soil, waste, or vent-pipe, or any pip ted 
 therewith, nor shall he make any addition or altei the sanitary 
 arrangements in any house without first having received a written permit 
 from the inspector of plumbing to do so; and it shall be tin- duty of the
 
 206 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 inspector of plumbing to keep a permit-book and a record of all permits 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 55. h shall be the duty of every registered plumber to give immediate 
 Dotice of any change in his place of business for the correction of the 
 
 er . Upon retirement he shall return his certificate to the then 
 inspector. The plumbing and drainage of all buildings, private and 
 public, and all alterations and additions to drainage systems shall be 
 executed in accordance with plans and specifications previously ap- 
 proved in writing by the inspector of plumbing, and that suitable draw- 
 ing- and descriptions of the said plumbing and drainage shall be sub- 
 mittal by the master plumber and placed on file in the office of the board 
 of health. Blank abstracts of the plans and specifications of plumbing 
 and drainage shall lie furnished to the master plumber on application at 
 the office of the board of health. Plans must be drawn legibly in ink, and 
 old work shown in red ink, showing the size and kind of pipes, traps, 
 water closets, fixtures, etc., to be used, and must show the method of ven- 
 tilating water closet apartments. (June 21, 1900.) 
 
 56. The plumbing, drainage and ventilation in every building shall be 
 separate and independent of that of any other lot or building, and shall 
 be si i and independently connected with the public sewer in the 
 sftii t or alley, and in a row of tenement- each tenement shall be deemed a 
 separate house. Each flat, apartment house, hotel, factory, church, opera 
 house and stable shall he construed as one building; provided, that where 
 a fire-wall in any building divi aid building then each part so 
 divided, although there be but one entrance, shall have separate and in- 
 dependent plumbing, and provided further, that private .-tables may be 
 connected with the house drain, that portion of the house drain that is 
 
 walls and underneath the building and three feet outside the 
 area or foundation walls shall be constructed of what is known as extra- 
 iron soil-pipe, to be used as follows: Standard ca^t-iron 
 soil-pipe may lie used where it is in an exposed position: 
 per To. t. 
 
 t-inch, 12 1-2 pounds per foot, 
 5-inch, ]('» 7-8 pou foot. 
 
 h, L9 L-2 pounds per 
 7-inch. 26 L-2 pounds per foot. 
 •■; pound- per 
 10-inch, 11 L-2 pounds per foot. 
 12-inch, 53 1-2 p unds per foot. 
 
 ■ ■ I to be coated inside or out, unless by permis- 
 S10D of ;!l " - ;,i ' 1 inspector; they shall he securely ironed to the walls, laid
 
 CHAPTEB 25. 207 
 
 in trenches of uniform grade, or suspended to the floor timbers by strong 
 iron hangers to be approved by the inspector. In all cases a brass-, lean- 
 out connection shall be placed in main drain near exit from building, also 
 in all branch drains near exit in main drain, each of said clean-outs to be 
 
 placed in an accessible location, unless in some other location by the con- 
 sent of said inspector. The size of each of such clean-outs shall not be 
 less than three inches in diameter. (June 21, 1909.) 
 
 57. All drain and soil-pipes shall have a uniform fall of not less than 
 one-fourth of one inch per foot, toward the sewer, and when such grade 
 cannot be obtained a special permit may be obtained from the board of 
 health for a less fall per foot. (Code 1899.) 
 
 58. House drains, when not running into or underlying a building, 
 may be of glazed vitrified stoneware pipe, laid at a uniform grade of not 
 less than one-quarter of an inch to the foot, the joints to be made with 
 Portland cement mortar composed of one part cement and one part clean, 
 sharp sand ; wiped out carefully on the inside and well pointed on the out- 
 side ; provided, that when terra-cotta pipe is used for drain purposes it 
 shall be carried not less than five feet beyond the wall of any house, 
 cellar, or vault, except by a special written permit from said inspector. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 59. When any drain-pipe passes through or under the walls of a 
 house a relieving arch shall be turned over it with a clearance of two 
 inches on either side to protect it from breakage by the settling of the 
 wall. (Code 1899.) 
 
 60. No privy or cesspool shall be connected with the sewer or house 
 drain. All drains shall be run as straight as practicable. Change- in 
 direction on all horizontal lines shall be made with Y branches and 1-6 
 or 1-8 bends. Sanitary T's may be used on vertical soil-pipe 
 (June 21, 1909.) 
 
 61. Soil-pipes receiving the discharge from one or more water cl 
 shall lie extra heavy soil-pipe, except where a pipe is in an exposed posi- 
 tion, in which case, standard cast-iron pipe shall be used (as specified in 
 section 56), and not less than four inches internal diameter, and shall 
 continue of undiminished size, not less than two feet above the highest 
 roof of building, or contiguous property, and above and away from any 
 window, or ventilating shaft of a living room, and shall he lefi open at 
 the top. (Code 1899.) ' 
 
 62. Xo waste-pipe shall be less than 1 1-2 inches for one fixture and 
 not to exceed three fixtures, except in case of a single lavatory, head 
 waste shall not be less weight than the grade D. In no case shall the 
 waste-pipe from any other fixture connect to the house side or in the seal 
 of a water closet trap. All such connections must he made so jlial tie;
 
 •J08 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 seal of the water closet trap will not be disturbed. As waste-pipes to be 
 of lead, cast-iron, brass or galvanized wrought-iron pipe with recess fit- 
 
 . ' (June vl. L909.) 
 
 gerator or other receptable in which provisions are stored 
 shall be connected with drain, soil, waste, or vent-pipe, or discharge on 
 
 round beneath the building, but in every case there shall he an open 
 trapped (ray beneath the refrigerator or other receptacles, the waste from 
 which must discharge into a sink or other fixture. (Code 1899.) 
 
 64. Where two fixtures connect into one vent, such connection shall he 
 made with than 1 • -.-inch pipe, and for three fixtures not less than 
 
 pipe, for a water closet not less than 2-inch pipe for forty feet or 
 
 over forty feet 3-inch pipe must be used ; provided, that vent-pipes 
 
 of three or more fixtures, with waste three or four inches in diameter, 
 
 shall not be less than 3-inch for twenty feet or less; over twenty feet, 
 
 4-inch. (Code 1899.) 
 
 65. All vent-pipes when not vertical must have a continuous slope to 
 
 1 iping of condensation. Vent-pipes from closets, bath tubs, sinks, 
 
 is and wash trays shall be either lead, brass, cast-iron or galvanized 
 
 on with proper fittings. Every branch or horizontal line of 
 
 soil-pipe 6 feet or more in length to which a wat el is to be con- 
 
 i shall he ventilated by a return vent-pipe connection of not less than 
 
 2 inches in size, taken from the end of the same and extended through the 
 
 to the main soil-pipe above the highest fixture-. Where 
 
 a fixture is put in and discharges by means of a waste-pipe into an 
 
 . a trap, hut no vent, will he necessary, hut the waste-pipe must not 
 ! 15 feet in length unless approved by the inspector. (June VI, 
 l!)ii 
 
 66. No steam exhaust, blow-off pipe, drip, or overflow pipes from 
 
 any water closet, wash basin, bath, or other fixture -hall he con- 
 fer, drain, soil, wa , or rain-wafer pipe when within 
 nit must discharge into an open tank or a condenser, from 
 which a safe connection to the sewer or house drain, may he provided. 
 19.) 
 ,; A Xn sewer, soil-pipe, waste-pipe, or ventilation-pipe shall be con- 
 structed of brick, earthenware or sheet metal excepl as provided in section 
 :l11 chirm be used for such ventilators. (Code 1899.) 
 68. .' I: joints in cast-iron pipe shall he packed with picked oakum, and 
 run willi molten lead well caulked. (Code 1899.) 
 
 (;: '- Connections of lead pipe or bends with thai of iron on all horizontal 
 
 be made with extra heavy brass ferrules or bra- soldering nipes 
 
 of a size net less than the lead pipe, with properly wiped metal joint and 
 
 " nun pipe. Combination ferrules may he used
 
 CHAPTEB 25. 209 
 
 on vertical connection. All lend bends and combination IVrndcs to be 
 made of 8-pound lead. (June 21, 1909.) 
 
 70. Every sink, bath tub, wash basin, urinal and wash tray, and every 
 fixture having a waste-pipe shall be separately and independently trapped 
 with a water sealing trap placed as near the fixture as practicable, and no 
 trap will be allowed to be placed beneath the floor for any fixture, except 
 for hath tubs and other fixture- that may be near the floor level. All bath 
 tubs must have bath traps with clean-outs flushed with the level of the 
 floor, so as to be accessible. Traps shall he protected from syphonage and 
 air pressure by a special vent-pipe carried through the roof or com 
 
 to the main soil-pipe above the highest fixture, of a size not less than the 
 waste-pipe up to and including 2 inches; over 2 inches and not exceeding 
 4 inches and shall extend 2 feet above the fixture it serves before con- 
 necting to other vent-pipes. (June 21, 1909.) 
 
 71. All traps must be placed above floors, in accessible Locations, when 
 practicable, and no trap shall lie placed at the foot of a vertical soil or 
 waste-pipe. Traps with vent couplings must not lie pi: iloors, 
 oi- where they are n< t accessible. "Newton's" sanitary traps or its equal 
 or any non-syphoning sanitary traps, after being tested to the satisfaction 
 of the board of health, may he used on all work in lien of hack vent- 
 pipes, when connected with a wash basin, sink, hath, urinal, or wash- 
 tray, which is not more than 15 feet from a main o] direi I vent. (Octo- 
 ber 15, 1900.) 
 
 72. In no case shall a soil-pipe be used as a rain-wa*te -Ml rain- 
 water leaders shall be trapped and -hall have a handhole for eleanin 
 purposes, and, when placed within a building, shall he cad-iron pipe, with 
 leaded joints. (Code 1899.) 
 
 73. Safe, waste, drip, or overflow-pipes fro,: is shall be 
 run to some place in open sight, but in no case -hall any such pipes 
 connect with drain, soil, waste, vent, or rain-water leader. (Code i 
 
 74. Every water closet within a dwelling shall h 1 iron 
 or earthenware syphon jet closets, or washout < ! vents 
 to be supplied from tanks or cisb rns, through fl - than 
 one and one-quarter inches I diameter. ' '■ shall he 
 allowed to grant special permits for hie use oi' flushing rim ! pp ;rs, with 
 
 voirs, in basements cellars, and ditions'are 
 
 favorable. All closets in yards musl be IV plied with 
 
 anti-freezing valves, reservoirs, flushing rim howl-, and (lush pi] 
 than one and one-quarter inch internal diameter. (October L5, 1900.) 
 
 75. Whenever a whirlpool, pan, or plunger water closet shall b 
 moved for repairs or other causes it shall not be pi by per- 
 mission of the inspector of plumbing. (('<:<\c IS!)!).)
 
 210 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 76. Water closets must not be located in any sleeping apartment, nor 
 in any room or apartment which has not direct communication with the 
 external air. either by a window or air shaft having an area to the open 
 air of at least lour square feet. (Code 1899.) 
 
 77. Direct service of a water closet is always objectionable, and in case 
 a water closet is on the second or higher story of a building, it is abso- 
 lutely prohibited. Wooden wash trays and sinks are absolutely pro- 
 
 I in any building. They must be of non-absorbent material. 
 e L899.) 
 
 78. All materia] used must be of good quality, and free from any 
 I : the work must be executed in a thorough and workmanlike man- 
 ner, and subject to the approval of the president of the board of health 
 and the inspector of plumbing. (Code 1899.) 
 
 79. All work must be left uncovered for examination. Pipes must be 
 
 ed as much as possible, and when placed within walls or par- 
 they must, if practicable, be covered with woodwork, fastened 
 i o, ready access for inspection and repairs, or else 
 ;i heavy pipe shall be used. (Code 1899.) 
 so. The wliw q of drain, soil, waste and ventilation pipes shall 
 
 be tilled with water or subjected to an air pressure of five pounds to the 
 square inch, and in all cases where only a part of the system has been 
 I the inspector shall require an additional test of the whole system, 
 I shall be absolutely tight; and the inspector shall so certify on the 
 permit, and no plumbing shall be used until such certificate is 
 speetor. In all buildings erected prior to January 1, 1896, 
 which may require alterations or additions in drainage, plumbing, or ven- 
 tilation the owner or agent shall have the drainage, plumbing or ventila- 
 ch alterations or additions done in accordance with the require- 
 ments hi forth. (Code 1899.) 
 
 ■ v 1 • >n violating any of the foreg >ing provisions of this chapter 
 
 or any require!] i ade of him by the inspector under the powers of this 
 
 be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than one 
 hundred dollars; every day of failure to conform to such provision or re- 
 quirement, after having been so fined shall be a separate offence. (Code 
 '.) 
 
 rhat the owners and lessees of buildings in which males and 
 
 females are employed for manufacturing, commercial or office purp 
 
 an(| I public entertainment, provided such entertainment last 
 
 than forty-five minutes, be, and they are hereby, required to pro- 
 
 - for the exclusive use of each sex, which shall be so 
 
 •I and maintained as to be private and suitable for such purpose, 
 
 and any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the foregoing
 
 CHAPTER 25. 211 
 
 requirement shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than 
 twenty-five dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police justice 
 of the city of Richmond, each day's continuance of such failure to be a 
 separate offence. (April 19, 1906, and March 19, 1909.) 
 
 83. That it shall be the duty of all owners of houses within the water- 
 shed of the feeder which supplies water to the now pump house, ©r on the 
 watershed of any stream tributary thereto — that is to say. within the 
 watershed drained by said feeder, Tuckahoe creek, Upper Westham 
 creek, Lower Westham creek and other streams tributary to the said 
 creeks and other creeks flowing into said feeder, when said houses are 
 not supplied with a domestic water system, to provide such houses with 
 dry closets, or privies, constructed in accordance with the rules and regu- 
 lations adopted by the board of health of the city of Richmond on. 
 August 17, 1908, governing the construction and maintenance of dry 
 closets in the city of Richmond, and it shall be the duty of the tenants 
 or occupants of such houses to maintain said privies in accordance with 
 said rules and regulations. No such privy shall be located within less 
 than two hundred (200) feet of said feeder, nor within less than two 
 hundred (200) feet of any said streams tributary thereto, nor within 
 less than fifty (50) feet of any ravine, gully or ditch which carries, or is 
 likely to carry, water into said feeder or into said streams after heavy 
 rains. It shall be the duty of the tenant or occupant of such houses to 
 have all deposits in said privies removed at least once a month by the 
 contractor for the removal of night soil, if there be such contractor; and 
 if there be no such contractor, then such deposits shall be removed by 
 the tenant or occupant at least once a month and buried not less than two 
 (2) feet under the surface of the ground and at a point not less than one 
 hundred (100) feet from said feeder or from any of said streams tribu- 
 tary thereto. The tenant or occupant of such - shall keep said 
 privies clean at all times. (July 16, 1909.) 
 
 84. It shall be the duty of all owners of houses on said watershed of 
 said feeder or of any said streams tributary thereto, when said houses 
 are provided with a dome-tic water service, to install and maintain some 
 approved system for the disposal of all sewage from said houses, prefer- 
 ably the system known as the septic tank system, followed by subsoil dis- 
 tribution of the septic tank effluent, and it shall be unlawful for any 
 person, firm or corporation to discharge, or to cause or permit to Ik 1 dis- 
 charged into said feeder or into any stream tributary thereto any raw 
 sewage, septic tank effluent, or otherwise partially purified sewage, or any 
 water from any bath tub, laundry tub or kitchen sink ; or to discharge, or 
 cause or permit to be discharged, on to the surface of the ground on the 
 said watershed any such raw sewage, septic tank effluent or others
 
 t>l2 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 partially purified sewage; but it shall not be unlawful to discharge water 
 from bath tubs, laundry tubs or kitchen sinks on the surface of the 
 ground, provided the point at which such water is discharged is not less 
 than two hundred (200) feet from said feeder or from any stream tribu- 
 tary thereto. (July 16; 1909.) 
 
 i ! .-:!] be unlawful for any person to defecate or to deposit, or to 
 
 i ii to be deposited, any human excrement, dead animal, or 
 
 any i I deleterious substance whatsoever, or any substance 
 
 to become offensive or deleterious, whether solid or liquid, on any 
 
 portii watershed of the feeder or of any stream tributary thereto, 
 
 manner p] in the last two preceding sections of this 
 
 illy 16, 1909.) 
 
 86. Ii shall be unlawful for any person to bathe in the feeder at any 
 
 bier's dam and the new pump house, or in any stream 
 which II tween said point-;. (July 16, 1909.) 
 
 87. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to dis- 
 e, or to cause or permit to be discharged, into said feeder or into 
 
 any stream tril to, or on the surface of the ground in 
 
 place that it will be washed into said feeder or stream, or be likely to 
 be washed thei . the washing of any ore or coal, or other waste 
 
 produ any mine, or waste liquor from any tanner; lid or 
 
 m any industry whatsoever, except under such conditions 
 as may be d by the chief health i the city of Richmond. 
 
 (July 16, 1909.) 
 
 88. It shall 1 i duty of all head- of families residing on the \\ 
 shed of the feeder or on any stream tributary thereto, and of the man- 
 institutions, mines, camps, etc., immediately to send 
 
 ation to the chief health officer of the city of Richmond of 
 . any and all cases of typhoid fever, enteric fever, "con- 
 malarial fever, or ''fever'' of any kind which may develop 
 in their respecti dies, institutions, min< c, and to fur- 
 
 v/ith said notification the certificate of the a ■; physician, if 
 
 there I ;h the nature of the illness, and upon the receipt 
 
 Ith officer shall at mi. 
 
 y of Richmond 
 tie water supply. (Jul :)<).) 
 
 -hall be i I to the chief 
 
 Richmond, under rules and regulations to be 
 ard of health of the city of Richmond, and the 
 
 ized and di to adopt such further rules and 
 
 may he necessary to carry out the p< I -rein coni 
 
 on them, not, however, in violation of the charter and ordinances of the
 
 CHAPTER 25. 213 
 
 city of Richmond. And the chief health officer shall i. port his action 
 to the superintendent of water works, (duly 16, L909.) 
 
 90. It shall he the duty of the conductor of every west-bound train 
 leaving the city of Eichmond over the James river division of the Chesa- 
 peake and Ohio railway to see that the doors of the water closets on said 
 train are locked from the time that said train leaves the Eichmond 
 station until after it has passed Bosher's dam; and on every eastbound 
 train from Lorraine until said train has passed the new pump house. 
 (July 16, 1909.) 
 
 91. Whenever in this chapter the term "feeder'' is used, it shall be 
 understood as designating the canal which takes water from James river 
 at Bosher's dam and conveys the same to the new pump house. (July 
 16, 1909.) 
 
 92. That for the purpose of carrying out the la oing nine sec- 
 tions inspections shall be made semi-annually, said inspections to be made 
 under the supervision of the superintendent of water works and reports 
 of same to be filed with said superintendent of water works and the b 
 
 of health of the city of Eichmond. (July 16, 1909.) 
 
 93. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of 
 the last foregoing ten sections, or any of the rules and. regulations of the 
 board of health adopted under authority thereof, shall be liable to a fine 
 of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, recoverable before 
 the police justice of the city of Eichmond, and each day's violation shall 
 constitute a separate offence. (July 16, 1909.) 
 
 91. It shall be the duty of every physician, accoucher, midwife, under- 
 taker, or superintendent of any cemetery, or other person having charge 
 of the same, practici lg medicine or doing b within the city of 
 
 Eichmond, or its polite jurisdiction, to register his or her name in a 
 book or books to be pro\ ided for such purposes at the office of the board of 
 health of this city within one month after commencing to practice or do 
 such business, giving full name, residence and place of business, and in 
 case of removal from one place to another in this city or it- police juris- 
 diction, to make change in said register accordingly within ten days 
 after such removal. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this 
 section shall, upon conviction thereof by the police justice, be punished 
 by a fine not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for such offence. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 9-3. Every physician practicing in the city of Eichmond, who shall be 
 in attendance upon a patient affected with small-pox or varioloid, ch 
 scarlet or yellow fever, diphtheria, measles, pulmonary or laryngeal tuber- 
 culosis or typhoid fever, shall report the name and location of the patient 
 to the board of health, in writing, within twenty-four hours after he is
 
 Vil RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 satisfied of the existence of such disease, and he shall also report the re- 
 covery or death of every such patient under his charge; and for his 
 failure to comply with either of these requirements, the physician so 
 Ling shall be lined ten dollars for every twenty-four hours he so 
 fails to report concerning- such patient. (August 17, 1906.) 
 
 r a report is made to the office of the health department 
 
 all-pox, varioloid, diphtheria, or scarlet fever upon 
 
 remises, it .-hall he the duty of the chief health officer to have a card 
 
 placed within i out such premises as he may see fit, in a conspicuous 
 
 ting the name of the disease, and with such words of precaution 
 
 -ary by the hoard of health. The board of health 
 
 are hereby expressly authorized, when in their judgment it is proper to do 
 
 so, to extend the operation of this and the last preceding section to other 
 
 than those hereinbefore mentioned, when found upon any prem- 
 
 . (August 17, 1906.) 
 
 hall be elected by the council of the city of Eichmond, 
 biennially, in the month of July, when other city officers are elected, 
 physicians to the poor, to be known as "District Physicians." 
 (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 98. The board of health shall lay off the city of Eichmond into seven 
 compact and conveniently located districts, each of which shall be assigned 
 to one of the said physicians. Each of said physicians shall have a resi- 
 dence and an office in or readily accessible to the district assigned him, 
 and no one of said physicians shall remove his office or residence during 
 
 m of office without the consent of the board of health. It shall be 
 the duty of the said physicians to render, under the supervision and 
 .ion of the chief health officer of the city of Eichmond, and under 
 the rules and regulations now in force, or that may hereafter be adopted 
 e board of health, medical services and attention, in accordance 
 with the provisions of this chapter, to the sick poor in their respective 
 districts. (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 99. Each of said physicians shall promptly respond to every call made 
 upon him by the poor during the night time or day time, as the case may 
 be, in his district, and shall continue to give proper attention to the person 
 
 i vices until satisfied that such services are no longer 
 1. or until ordered by the chief health officer to cease attention. 
 Whenever any of the said physicians shall, upon attending a person re- 
 questing his services, have reason to believe that such person, or the head 
 of the family to which said person belongs, is able to pay for medical 
 attention, he shall immediately report such facts to the chief health 
 and ask advice whether such attention be continued, and the said 
 physician shall obey such advice as may be given by said chief health
 
 CHAPTEB 25. 215 
 
 officer. Whenever the chief health officer shall be satisfied that such 
 person, or his or her parent, guardian or husband, is able to pay for proper 
 medical attention, it shall he his duty immediately to uotify such pei son 
 that he or she will no longer receive the service of said district physician, 
 and he shall also notify the said physician that he need no longer attend 
 such person. The chief health officer shall report to the board of health 
 at their next regular meeting- any action taken by him under this section. 
 (May 15, 1908.) 
 
 100. Each of said physicians shall on each Monday morning report 
 to the chief health officer, on blanks furnished by said chief hi alth ■ 
 
 the name and address of each patient attended by said physician during 
 the preceding week, the time of his first visit to each patient and the 
 number of visits paid, the color, sex and age of each patient, the nature 
 of the disease or injury and the status of each case (cured, improved, un- 
 improved or died) and such additional information as the chief health 
 officer may from time to time require. And, in order to detect and pre- 
 vent the spread of contagious diseases among the school children of the 
 city, it shall be the duty of each of the said physician it daily, as 
 
 soon as practicable during school hours in the morning of each school 
 day, such of the public schools of the city as may be assigned him by the 
 board of health, and there inspect and examine such pupil, or pupils, in 
 attendance upon said schools as may be referred to him by the principal 
 or by any teacher of such school, and upon such inspection and 
 tion to determine whether such pupil, or pupils, should remain at school 
 or be sent home on account of illness or on account of being a menace to 
 the health of other pupils, but in no ease shall said physician give medical 
 advice or render medical service to such pupil or pupils except in emer- 
 gency; provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit such physician 
 from vaccinating a pupil, or pupils, upon the request or with the consent 
 of their parents or guardians. It shall be the duty of each of said phy- 
 sicians to report to the chief health officer on each and eve I day, 
 on forms to be furnished by said chief health officer, a complete lis! 
 cases recommended by said physician for exclusion from each scl iool on 
 account of contagious disease, giving the names of the pupil-, theii 
 address, their sex and age, and the cause of said recommendation for ex- 
 clusion, together with such additional information as the duel' health 
 officer may from time to time require. And it shall further be the duty 
 of said physician to report promptly to the chief health officer any and 
 all conditions in their respective districts which they deem of import- 
 ance as affecting or likely to affect the public health. ( May 1 5, 1 Mi is. ) 
 
 101. Each of said district physicians shall receive in compensation for 
 their services a salary of nine hundred dollars per annum, payable
 
 2\% RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 monthly, on warrants approved by the board of health to be charged to 
 
 ilth pay-roll. (May 15, 1908.) 
 [02. Each district physician shall be entitled to call for and to have 
 for consul in any case, the services of any one or 
 
 ; 1 no charge shall be made 
 mdered. (May 15, 1908.) 
 
 103. Each < : !l1 * shall be under the supervision 
 and direction i health officer, subject to the rules and regula- 
 
 lalth, and it shall be the duty of said chief health 
 officer to i E said physicians renders prompt and proper 
 
 attention I ir needing bis services, and performs faithfully all 
 
 required by this ordinance, and at each regular meeting of the 
 board of health he shall report as to the manner in which each of said 
 physicians is discharging the duties required of him. (May 15, 1908.) 
 
 104. The president of the board of health shall have authority to sus- 
 pend any of the district physicians for failure to properly perforin any 
 duty required of them by this ordinance, or for the violation by them of 
 any of its provisions, and he shall immediately instruct the chief health 
 
 to inform the other members of the board of health of any such 
 suspension. Such suspension shall continue, unless otherwise ordered 
 e board of health, until said board shall have determined whether 
 the physician so suspended shall be reinstated or whether his .removal 
 should be recommended to the city council. During such suspension 
 the said physician shall not receive or be entitled to any com- 
 pensation or salarv, unless the board of health shall determine to rein- 
 him, and shall also expressly determine to allow him the salarv or 
 pay for the time of his suspension. In ease the board shall decide to 
 recommend the removal of said physician they shall immediately forward 
 a report of their recommendations, together with the facts in the case, 
 to the city clerk to he by him laid before the council of the city of Rich- 
 mond for its action. (May 15, 1008.) 
 
 L05. That under the authority of the act of general assembly of Vir- 
 ginia, approved March 10, 1910, the board of health of the city of Rich- 
 mond be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed in their discretion, 
 on the recommendation of the state board of charities and corrections, to 
 issue a lj ' persons proposing to conduct maternity hospitals, or 
 
 lymg-in asylums, and to persons engaged in receiving, boarding, or keep- 
 ing any children not relatives, under five years of ago. without legal com- 
 mitment, such licenses to continue for a period to be determined and pre- 
 scribed b 3 -'1 of health of the city of Richmond, not, however, 
 
 . but at any time to be revocable at the pleasure of the 
 •rovided, however, that such revocation shall he made
 
 CHAPTEB 25. 217 
 
 whenever required by the state board of charities and corrections. Any 
 person conducting such hospital or lying-in asylum or so engaged in re- 
 ceiving, boarding, or keeping any children not relatives, under five yeara 
 of age. withoul legal commitment, without having a license so to do, as 
 herein provided, on and after the iirsl day of August, L910, shall be 
 Liable to a tine of not less than twenty-five nor more I ban one hundred 
 dollars for each offence, recoverable before I he police justice of the city of 
 Eichmond. The board of health of the city of Richmond is hereby ex- 
 pressly authorized to make rules and regulations governing (lie establish- 
 ment, equipment, maintenance and conduct of such hospitals, asylums 
 and places, which rules and regulations shall be printed and published in 
 the mode prescribed by law for the publication of ordinances imposing 
 penalties on persons violating (be same, and any person violating such 
 rules and regulations so prescribed shall be liable to a fine of not less 
 than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence, re- 
 coverable before the police justice of the city of Eichmond. (June 18, 
 1910.) 
 
 106. There shall be vaccination of all persons residents of tin's city, 
 who have not been successfully vaccinated within the past five years, 
 whether adults or children, except in such cases as a regular licensed 
 physician may declare useless or unnecessary by his written certificate. 
 Any adult failing or refusing to be vaccinated or to have his or her child 
 or children or ward vaccinated within five days after a representative or 
 officer or appointed physician of the board of health shall appear for the 
 purpose of vaccinating such inmates or occupants of any house, shall be 
 reported to the police justice, who shall impose a fine of live dollars ($5) ; 
 and every day's failure thereafter on the part of any such person to comply 
 with this section shall be deemed a separate offence, (('ode 1899.) 
 
 107. That there shall not be erected or established any hospital for 
 the reception of patients affected with a contagious, cancerous or tuber- 
 culous disease, without the consent and approval of the board of health. 
 (May 18, 1904.) 
 
 108. The Chesapeake and Ohio railway company shall not hereafter 
 draw off the water from the firsl level of the canal, which terminates in 
 the basin, without first obtaining written permission to do so from the 
 chief health officer of the city for good cause shown. And for every viola- 
 tion of this section, the company shall pay a fine of three hundred 
 dollars for each day or part of a day that the water shall remain drawn 
 off: provided, that if the company shall think itself aggrieved by the 
 refusal of the chief health officer it may appeal therefrom to the council. 
 ("Code 1899.)
 
 218 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 109. Thai a board for the examination of plumbers is hereby created, 
 to be composed of the presidenl of the board of health of the city of Rich- 
 mond, the inspector of plumbing, and two other residents of the city of 
 Richmond, to be circled h\ the city council, one of whom shall be a jour- 
 neyman plumber and the other of whom shall he a master plumber, which 
 two lasl mentioned members shall be licensed plumbers, the term of office 
 of whom shall be from the date of their qualification to the first day of 
 July, 1904, ami thereafter shall he for the term of two years. (Decem- 
 ber 12, 1902.) 
 
 110. As soon as practicable after the election of the two members of 
 aid as provided by the foregoing section, the members of said board 
 
 shall meet for organization in the office of the inspector of plumbing in 
 the city hall, and organize by the election of one of their members as 
 chairman and the adoption of such rides and regulations as they may 
 necessary lor their government and as to the examination of persons 
 applying for licenses. The inspector of plumbing shall be ex-officio secre- 
 tary of the board, and it shall be his duty to keep full, true and correc-1 
 minutes of the proceedings of the board and a record of all licenses issued 
 in hooks to be provided by order of the board and paid for out of the 
 treasury of the city, upon the order of the board, and drawn upon the 
 auditor of the city of Richmond out of any funds in the treasury of the 
 city of Richmond not otherwise appropriated, which hooks and records 
 shall he, during business hours open for free inspection by any of the 
 citizens of the city of Richmond. (December 12, 1902.) 
 
 111. The said board shall have power, and it shall be their duty to 
 ado], i rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the State 
 of Virginia or the ordinances of the city for the sanitary construction, 
 alteration and inspection of plumbing and sewerage connections and 
 drains placed in connection with any and every building of the city, by 
 which rules the board may prescribe the kind and size of material to he 
 used in such plumbing, and the manner in which work shall be done. 
 (December L2, 1002.) 
 
 112. The board shall fix stated times and places of meeting, which 
 shall occui' nol less than once in every two weeks, and special meetings 
 may he hi Id upon the written call of the chairman of the hoard. (Decem- 
 ber 12. L902.) 
 
 L13. Every person desiring to do work at the business of plumbing 
 within the limits of the city of Richmond shall, within thirty days after 
 the passage of this ordinance, make written application to the hoard for 
 examination for a license, which examination shall he made at the next 
 "- " r the hoard or as soon thereafter as practicable. Said examina- 
 tion shall relate to the practical knowledge of the applicant as to plumb-
 
 CHAPTER 25. 219 
 
 ing, house drainage and plumbing, ventilation and sanitation, shall be 
 practical as well as theoretical, and if the applicant shows himself com- 
 petent and qualified to perform plumbing work, the said board shall cause 
 its chairman and secretary to execute and deliver to the applicant a license 
 authorizing him to do plumbing work when his license fee has been paid, 
 as hereinafter prescribed. (December 12, 1902.) 
 
 111. Such license shall continue for one year, subject, however, to re- 
 vocation by the board for good cause shown upon written charges sub- 
 scribed and sworn to, setting forth that the holder of such license is in- 
 competent or guilty of wilful breach of the laws or ordinances relating to 
 sanitary plumbing, or the rules and regulations adopted by the board, or 
 for other causes satisfactory to the board, of which charges the holder of 
 such license shall have written notice of the time and place where the 
 board will proceed to hear evidence in regard thereto. All licenses may 
 be renewed by the board at the dates of their expiration. Such renewal 
 licenses shall be granted, without a re-examination, upon a written appli- 
 cation of the licensee filed with the board and showing that his purposes 
 and conditions remain unchanged, unless it is made to appear by affidavit 
 before the board that the applicant is no longer competent or entitled to 
 such renewal license, in which event the renewal license shall not be 
 granted until the applicant has undergone the examination hereinbefore 
 required. (December 12, 1902.) 
 
 115. The fee for each original license shall be one dollar ($1.00), all 
 renewals thereof fifty cents (50c), which shall be paid into the treasury 
 of the city of Richmond before such license shall be effectual, and any 
 person doing any work in plumbing within the limits of the city of Rich- 
 mond without having first obtained a license, as required by the foregoing 
 last six sections, or any person violating any of the requirements thereof, 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five 
 dollars for each offence. The president of the board of health and the 
 inspector of plumbing shall not be entitled to any compensation for their 
 services as members of the board hereby created, but the other two 
 members of the board shall be entitled to a salary of fifty dollars per 
 annum, payable monthly, out of the treasury of the city, as other salaries 
 are paid. (December 12, 1902.) 
 
 116. The board of health shall exercise a general supervision over the 
 small-pox hospital and recommend to the city council such improvements 
 in or about the premises as they may deem advisable. (Code 1899. ) 
 
 117. The board may employ a person as housekeeper of the hospital; 
 who shall reside therein and keep it and the furniture thereof in good 
 order, and, when necessary, act as nurse; and who shall perform such 
 other duties as the board may require. The board may also, at and for
 
 220 MOM) CITY CODE. 
 
 such times as they may see occasion, employ other nurses and attendant?, 
 who shall respectively perform such duties and under such regulations as 
 the board may prescribe. The board may pay the housekeeper, nurses, 
 and attendants for their respective services such compensation as said 
 board may deem reasonable. (Code L899.) 
 
 lis. The hoard may authorize such vehicles and horses to be pur- 
 chased and kepi for the removal of persons to the hospital, and such other 
 things to be obtained for the comfort or cure of persons in the hospital, 
 or for use and consumption therein, as they may deem proper. The com- 
 pensation mentioned in the preceding section, and the expenses incurred 
 under this section shall be paid by the auditor upon duly audited and 
 certified vouchers of the board of health: provided, what is so paid shall 
 not exceed what may he appropriated by the city council for such com- 
 pensation and expenses. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11!). There shall be received into said hospital all persons affected 
 with small-pox sent there by order of the health officers of the city. 
 Negroes shall he in separate apartments from white persons, and female.- 1 
 in separate apartments from males. (Code IS!)!'.) 
 
 120. The board of health shall be the health officers of the city. They 
 shall have all the powers and perform all the duties devolved upon health 
 officers by the laws of the State. It shall he their special duty to remove 
 to the hospital all persons in the city infected with small-pox, unless such 
 person he sick at his own residence, or cannot he removed without danger 
 of life. (Code 1899.) 
 
 121. All expenses incurred for the removal of any person infected with 
 a dangerous disease and lor maintaining, nursing, and curing him, or 
 incurred in entering any lot. house, or vessel suspected of having persons 
 or things infected with a dangerous infectious disease therein, and remov- 
 ing them to the lio c p't:il, shall he paid to the superintendent of the hos- 
 pital (who shall account therefor quarterly to the auditor) by such in- 
 
 pers< n. or by the owner of such lot, house, or vessel, as the case 
 may he: or if such person or owner be a married woman, by her husband; 
 or if an infant, by his parent or guardian. An account of all such ex- 
 penses not paid to the superintendent shall by him he filed with the aud- 
 itor, who -hall, unless the amount thereof he paid, or the committee on 
 finance otherwise direct, cause the same to he recovered from the person 
 liable therefor, by suit or warrant, as the ease may be. (Code 1899.) 
 
 L22. That the hoard of health of the city of Richmond he, and they 
 are hereby, authorized to lease for a nominal consideration to the Tuber- 
 culosis Camp Society, a corporation, not exceeding twenty-five (25) acres 
 of that tract of land belonging to the city of Richmond, lying in the 
 county of Henrico, and conveyed to the city of Richmond hv Awd made
 
 CHAPTEB 35. 221 
 
 on the 30th day of January in the year I'.mh;. ltd wren J. P. Cocke, special 
 commissioner, party of the first part, and the city of Richmond of the 
 second part. The exact location, metes and hounds of which are to he 
 agreed upon between the said bdard and the said society ; said lease to be 
 for a term not exceeding five (5) years, with the right to the said society 
 to locate, establish and maintain on the said parcel of land so to he 
 leased a tuberculosis camp or hospital, with the right to erect thereon the 
 necessary huildings and structures and make other improvements which 
 may lie needed for the maintenance of the said camp. That the lease 
 hereby authorized to he made shall he revocable at the will of the council 
 of the city of Richmond. (July 1 (i. 1 909.) 
 
 123. The head of every household in the city of Richmond is hereby 
 required, whenever any case of small-pox or varioloid shall occur upon 
 his or her premises to at once hang out on a staff or pole projecting at 
 least three feet from the front of the dwelling a white flag at least one 
 foot square. In case of a failure to put out said flag he. she, or they shall 
 be fined not less than five nor more than ten dollars for each day of the 
 omission to do so, to be collected on complaint before the police justice. 
 (Code 1899.)
 
 222 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER 26. 
 
 CONCERNING QUARANTINE. 
 
 1. There shall be established, by and with the concurrence of the 
 county court of Henrico, a quarantine ground for the city of Richmond 
 between a line drawn across James river, from a point at high-water mark 
 on the Henrico side and a point at high-water mark on the Chesterfield 
 side of said river, so as to touch the lower end of Warwick, and a line 
 drawn from the Henrico side, at a point at high-water mark, one mile 
 below Warwick, to a point at high-water mark on the Chesterfield side, 
 which points shall be designated and marked by the superintendent of 
 quarantine. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. Quarantine shall be performed on the said ground by vessels, per- 
 sons, and merchandise, coming or brought from any port or place whence 
 the city council, by resolution, published in one or more of the news- 
 papers published in the city of Richmond, shall declare it probable that 
 any plague or other infectious disease may be brought during such time, 
 and in such manner as shall be directed by the council, by resolution, pub- 
 lished ns aforesaid; and until they are discharged from such quarantine 
 no such person or merchandise shall be brought on shore, or go, or be put 
 on board any other vessel, but in such case and in such manner as shall 
 be permitted by the orders of the city council, and the vessels and per- 
 sons receiving goods out of such vessels, shall be subject to the orders con- 
 cerning quarantine, and for preventing infection, which shall be made 
 by the city council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The chief health officer shall be the superintendent of quarantine. 
 Any person coming into the city of Richmond by land from any place 
 which the board of health, with the approval of the mayor, shall declare 
 i" be infected with a dangerous or infectious disease may be compelled 
 by the president or any member of the board of health to perform quar- 
 antine at such place or places as the council may from time to time desig- 
 na te, or at such place or places as the hoard of health may designate, with 
 the approval of the mayor. And such person may be restrained, as pro- 
 vided by law, from travelling until discharged. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. The quarantine herein provided, and all persons, vessels, and goods 
 subject thereto -hall, in all things, be governed and regulated by sections 
 1734 to 11 1?. inclusive, of Code of Virginia 1'887, and any acts amending
 
 CHAPTER 26. 223 
 
 the same, and such regulations consistent therewith as the city council 
 may ordain. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The superintendent of quarantine shall, under the direction and 
 approval of the city council, provide, by contract, sufficient buildings and 
 shelters for the safekeeping of the goods or merchandise which it may lie 
 necessary to land from on hoard of any vessel performing quarantine in 
 obedience to this chapter, as well as for the accommodation of the persons 
 superintending or performing quarantine. (Code 189!).) 
 
 6. All vessels subject to quarantine shall, immediately on their arrival, 
 anchor within quarantine anchorage ground, and there remain, with all 
 persons arriving in them, subject to the examinations and regulations 
 imposed by law. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. The mayor, whenever in his judgment the public health shall re- 
 quire it, may order any vessel at the wharves of the city, or in their 
 vicinity, into quarantine or other place of safety; and may require all 
 persons, articles, and things introduced into the city from such vessels 
 to be seized, returned on board, or removed to the quarantine ground. 
 In case the master, owner, or consignee of the vessel cannot be found, or 
 shall neglect or refuse to obey the order of removal, the mayor shall have 
 power to cause such removal at the expense of such master, owner, or 
 consignee; and such vessel or persons shall not return to the city without 
 the written permission of the mayor. Such vessel, when removed to the 
 quarantine ground, shall, in all respects, be subject to the regulations of 
 quarantine. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of quarantine to board 
 every vessel subject to quarantine, or to visitation (if, in the opinion of 
 the superintendent, such vists be necessary,) immediately on her arrival; 
 to inquire as to the health of all persons on board, and the condition of 
 the vessel and cargo, by inspection of the bill of health, manifest, log- 
 book, or otherwise; to examine, on oath, as many and such persons on 
 board of vessels suspected of coming from a sickly port, or having had 
 during the voyage sickness on board, as he may judge expedient, and to 
 report the facts and his conclusions to the mayor. Vessels subject to 
 quarantine shall, under the authority and direction of the superintendent, 
 remain at quarantine at least thirty days after their arrival, and at least 
 twenty days after their cargoes shall have been discharged, and shall per- 
 form such further quarantine as the superintended shall prescribe, un 
 sooner discharged by his written permission. But nothing in this chap- 
 ter contained shall prevent any vessels arriving at quarantine from again 
 going to sea, or returning to the porl of departure before breaking hulk. 
 (Code 1899.)
 
 224 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 9. The superintended shall have power to direct the location, within 
 the quarantine anchorage ground, of any vessels subject to quarantine 
 regulations; to cause any vessel under quarantine, when he shall judge 
 ii necessary for the purification of the vessel or her cargo, to discharge 
 the cargo ;it the quarantine ground, or some other suitable place out of 
 the city : to cavj ucb vessel, her cargo, bedding, and the clothing of 
 persons od board, to be ventilated, cleansed, and purified in such manner 
 and during such time as he may direct; and if he shall judge it necessary 
 to prevenl infection or contagion, to destroy any portion of such cargo, 
 bedding, or clothing which he may deem incapable of purification; to 
 prohibit and prevent all persons arriving in vessels subject to quarantine 
 from leaving quarantine until fifteen days after the sailing of their ves- 
 sel from their ports of departure, and fifteen days after the last case of 
 pestilential or infectious disease that shall have occurred on board shall 
 have terminated, and ten days after their arrival at quarantine, unless 
 sooner discharged by his written permission; to permit the cargo of any 
 vessel under quarantine, or any portion thereof, when he shall judge the 
 same free from infection, to be conveyed to the city of Richmond, or to 
 such place as may be designated by the mayor, after having reported in 
 writing to the mayor the condition of said cargo and his intention to 
 granl such permission, but such permission shall he inoperative without 
 the written approval of the mayor; to permit the cargo of any vessel under 
 quarantine, or any part thereof, if in his opinion it will not be dangerous 
 to the public health, to be shipped for exportation by sea; but the vessel 
 receiving the same shall not approach nearer than the lower edge of 
 Rocketts bar, without the written permission of the mayor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. Every vessel performing quarantine shall be designated by colors 
 fixed in a conspicuous part of her main shrouds. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. No lighters shall be employed to load or unload vessels at quar- 
 antine, without permission of the superintendent, and subject to such 
 
 ! ions as he shall impose. ( Code 1899. ) 
 
 12. All passengers under quarantine who shall he unable to maintain 
 themselves shall be provided for by the master of the vessel in which they 
 shall have arrived ; and if the master shall omit to provide for them, they 
 shall be maintained on shore at the expense of such vessel; and such 
 vessel shall not be permitted to leave quarantine until such expense shall 
 have been repaid. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. The master of any vessel released from quarantine and arriving 
 a1 the city of Richmond shall, immediately after such arrival, deliver the 
 permit of the superintendent to the mayor, or to such person as he shall 
 direct; hut such vessel shall not approach nearer than the lower edge of 
 Rocketts bar without the written permission of the mayor. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTEB 26. 
 
 
 11. No person, without the permission of the superintendent, shall 
 enter within the enclosure of the quarantine ground, or go on board of, 
 or have any communication or intercourse or dealing with, any vessel 
 under quarantine. Any person going on board a vessel under quarantine 
 without license from the superintendent may be compelled to remain 
 there in the same manner as he might have been if he had Keen one of the 
 crew of the vessel. (Code 1899.) 

 
 226 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER 27. 
 
 CONCERNING VARIOUS NUISANCES. 
 
 1. If any person shall put or cause to be put into the canal, locks, or 
 dock or any basin of the James River and the Kanawha Company, or 
 upon the margin of James river, within the corporate limits of this city, 
 or the pond of the water-works, the carcass of any animal, filth or nui- 
 sance of any kind, he shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty 
 dollars. And the like fine shall be imposed on the said company, if it 
 shall suffer or permit any boat with offensive stagnant water or other 
 nuisance therein to remain more than twenty-four hours in said canal, 
 locks, dock, or basin; and the captain or owner of such boat may also be 
 fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. Every such nui- 
 sance, when suffered to remain as aforesaid by the said company shall be 
 removed at the expense of the said company, by an officer of the police, 
 or at the expense of the person so putting or causing it be put, if he be 
 known, otherwise at the expense of the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. If any person shall put or cause to be put into any cellar or house, 
 or upon any other private property not owned or occupied by him, any 
 filth or nuisance of any kind, he shall be fined not less than one nor more 
 than twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. If any person shall employ any person other than those appointed 
 by the city council to remove from any house or lot, or any other place, 
 any filth or other nuisance, and such person shall waste the same in the 
 street or alley, or shall put or cause the same to be put into or upon any 
 lam! or place mentioned in either of the preceding sections, the person so 
 employing such person and the said person shall each be fined not less 
 than two nor more than twenty dollars. (Code L899.) 
 
 '• '' any person shall have or suffer any noxious, unwholesome, or 
 tve mailer, stagnant water, or nuisance of any kind, in any house 
 '"' cellar, or upon any other private property owned or occupied by him, 
 111 be lined not less than one nor more than twenty dollars; pro- 
 vided, however, thai if any such nuisance be caused or arise from the 
 v;inl of propi r and sufficient draining, the occupier of any lot or tene- 
 ment, if he be not the owner thereof, shall not be fined for such nuisance, 
 if immediately after the existence of the same he give notice thereof to 
 the owner: and unless, after such notice, the owner abate or remove such
 
 CHAPTER 27. 227 
 
 nuisance, by proper and sufficient draining or otherwise, within such 
 time as the police justice may prescribe, he shall be fined not less than 
 ten nor more than fifty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. Upon the complaint of any citizen or information given by any 
 police officer to the police justice, that a privy is so placed as to be offen- 
 sive, he may, upon summons returned executed against the owner, order 
 such privy to he removed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. If any person shall erect, have or keep any slaughter-house or dis- 
 tillery in this city, he shall, on proof thereof, be held guilty of a nuisance, 
 and lie fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each 
 day the said nuisance shall continue. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. If a person shall, within two hundred feet of a dwelling-house, 
 without permission of the owner or occupier thereof, burn any lime-kiln 
 or brick-kiln, he shall pay a fine of not less than one nor more than five 
 dollars for every hour the same may he burning. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. On complaint to the police justice that unslacked lime has been 
 stored on premises within fifty feet of any house in this city, he shall issue 
 a warrant, directed to three freeholders, to examine the said premises. 
 If thejr deem it dangerous that the lime should be stored on said prem- 
 ises, the owner or occupier shall remove the same within twelve hours 
 after being notified. If he shall fail so to do he shall pay a fine not ex- 
 ceeding ten dollars; and for each hour thereafter that the same con- 
 tinues to be stored he shall pay a line of not less than two nor more than 
 twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. A stove-pipe passing in or through a floor, partition, roof or side of 
 a house, shall be enclosed the whole of such passage in earthenware or 
 mortar, or tin casing filled with sand ; and, if passing through a window, 
 shall be enclosed with tin or sheet iron; it shall extend two feet beyond 
 the roof or side of the house, and. if through the side of the house, if 
 shall lie capped with a cross-pipe at least eighteen inches long; and no 
 stove-pipe shall project into a street. If any person put up, construct, or 
 use in any building in this city, any stove-pipe otherwise than according 
 to and in conformity with the foregoing directions and regulations, lie 
 shall he fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars; and each 
 day that the same shall continue shall he a distinct offence, and punish- 
 able as such by a line of twenty dollars. (Code IS!)!).) 
 
 Id. If any person shall put fire to a chimney to (dean if. except in the 
 day-time, and whilst the roof of the house to which it is attached is well 
 covered with snow, or whilst it is raining, and I he roof thoroughly wet 
 thereby; or if the chimney of any house shall take fire from not having 
 been properly cleaned, the occupier of ;m\ such house shall he lined not 
 less than two nor more than five dollars. (Code L899.)
 
 228 RICHMOND (I'lV CODE. 
 
 11. If any person shall sell, or expose for sale, in this city, any torpe- 
 popcrackers, squibs, or other fireworks of any kind whatever, ex- 
 cept in packages containing each at leasl one hundred, or shall, with- 
 out permission in writing from the mayor, discharge or set off, in any 
 
 or alley of the city, any balloon, rocket, torpedo, popcracker, fire- 
 works, or any combination of gunpowder, or any other combustible or 
 dangerous material: or if an} person shall, except under the twenty- 
 second section of this chapter, without necessity, lire or discharge in this 
 city any cannon, gun, pistol, or other firearms of any kind, shall make 
 therein any unusual noise, whereby the inhabitants thereof may be 
 alarmed; or rise or fly a kite in the city; or if any auctioneer shall use 
 any hell or herald to notify the public of any sale, except of real prop- 
 erty, every such person herein offending shall pay a line of not less than 
 one nor more than twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. Xo person, linn, or incorporated company shall keep in any house 
 in the city any loaded shell or shot or any explosive material of any sort 
 not authorized by ordinance. And any person, firm, or incorporated com- 
 pany violating the provisions of this section shall he fined not less than 
 twenty no]' more than one hundred dollars; and each day on which the 
 same is so kept in the city -hall he a distinct offence, and punishable as 
 
 such. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. Any person who shall he guilty of lewd, indecent, or disorderly 
 conduct, or who shall exhibit any indecent representation of any subject 
 or thing, or who shall draw an indecent picture, or write indecent lan- 
 guage on any house or enclosure, or post, or other conspicuous object, or 
 who shall keep for sale any obscene picture, book, or pamphlet within 
 this city, shall he fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dol- 
 lar-, and of sucli line, one-half shall he paid to the informer. And upon 
 failure to pay such line, the offender shall he confined in the city jail not 
 less than five nor more than thirty days. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. If any person shall, by swimming, bathing, or in any other way, 
 indecently expose his person, or any pail thereof, to the public view, or 
 cause any person so to do within this city, or the river adjacent thereto, 
 he shad he fined not less than one nor more than twenty dollar.-. (Code 
 L899.) 
 
 15. Upon it- being alleged by a citizen or any officer of police, to the 
 police justice, that ground in the city owned by a non-resident thereof, 
 and not occupied by any person residing thereon, is subject to he cov- 
 ered by stagnant water, or that such owner permits or puffers any offen- 
 sive or unwholesome substance to accumulate or remain thereon, reason- 
 able notice of such allegation shall be given by the said police justice to 
 tll( ' said owner or his agent, if any he has: and in case he has no such
 
 i ii \i'Ti;i; 37. 229 
 
 agent, by publication for nol Less than four weeks in a newspaper printed 
 in said city. The said police justice shall communicate to the city council 
 the fact of such allegation and notice, thai they may cause such ground 
 to be filled up, raised or drained, or cause such substances to be covered 
 or removed therefrom, and collect the expense of so doing from the owner 
 or owners, occupier or occupiers, or any of them, by distress and sale, in 
 the same manner in which taxes levied upon real estate for the benefii of 
 said city are authorized to be collected. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. In every ease arising under the preceding sections of this ordi- 
 nance, except under the fifteenth section, the police justice, in addi- 
 tion to any fine he may impose, may, in his discretion, order the nuisance 
 complained of to be abated or removed, whether specially so directed or 
 not, and shall prescribe the time within which such order shall be exe- 
 cuted; and if any person shall, after notice of such order, fail or refuse 
 to obey the same within the time prescribed (not in any case to exceed 
 ten days), he shall be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty dol- 
 lars for each day that such nuisance shall thereafter exist or remain; and 
 he may moreover cause such nuisance to be abated at the cost of the per- 
 son offending. If such cost shall not exceed one hundred dollars. Ire 
 may issue execution therefor against the goods and chattels of the of- 
 fender, for the use of the city; and when such expense shall exceed one 
 hundred dollars, an account thereof shall be filed by the police justice 
 with the auditor, who shall proceed forthwith to collect the same by suit 
 for the like use. (Code 1899.) 
 
 17. Any person driving on the free bridge over dames river at a speed 
 faster than four miles per hour shall pay a line of ten dollars for each 
 offence, upon conviction before the police justice, one-half to go to the 
 informer; and every violation shall constitute a distinct offence. (Code 
 189!).) 
 
 18. It shall not he lawful for hands of musicians to parade the streets 
 performing on musical instruments between the hours of eleven o'clock 
 in the forenoon and two o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday. Every per- 
 son violating tins section shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
 viction thereof before the police justice, he lined not more than twenty 
 nor less than five dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. No furnace for melting iron or other metals, or making glass, and 
 no stationary steam engine, designed for use in any mill for planing or 
 sawing hoards, or turning wood, or for any other purpose, or in which 
 any other find than anthracite coal is \\<n} to create steam, shall he erected, 
 or put up to he used in this city, unless a permit therefor shall have I. ecu 
 first granted by the city council, prescribing the place where the build- 
 ing in which such steam engine or furnace is to he used, is located, or
 
 230 M< HMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 where the same shall be erected; the materials and construction thereof, 
 with such regulations as to height of stacks or chimneys, as to prevent 
 the use of the same from being offensive to the occupants of adjacent 
 property; and such protection against fire as they may deem accessary for 
 the safety of the aeighborhood. Every person erecting, setting up, or 
 using any such furnace or steam engine without the said permit, or in 
 violation of any of the conditions, provisions, restrictions, or regulations 
 thereof, shad be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon. conviction 
 thereof before the police justice, shall be lined not less than live nor more 
 than twenty dollars, and each day's continuance of such misdemeanor 
 shall be a separate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. Upon complaint, verified by affidavit, that any furnace, boiler, 
 steam engine, or any stack, flue or chimney thereof, is dangerous to the 
 life, person, property, or health of those residing or owning property in 
 the neighborhood, or is otherwise a nuisance, the police justice shall issue 
 an older directing examination upon the premises by the hoard of fire 
 commissioners and the chief engineer thereof into the matter of 
 complain! alleged, a report of which examination shall promptly be made 
 to the police justice; and thereupon the police justice, if satislied of the 
 necessity of further proceeding, shall issue his warrant summoning the 
 owner or person using such furnace, boiler, engine, stack, Hue, or chim- 
 ney, to appear before him at a day to be named therein, not more than 
 ten days after the date thereof; a copy of which shall also he served upon 
 the chief of the fire department, who shall be present at the hearing be- 
 fore the justice. If, upon said hearing, such engine, boiler, furnace, flue, 
 stack", or chimney he adjudged unsafe, defective, dangerous to life, prop- 
 erty, or health, or otherwise a nuisance, the police justice shall direct the 
 same to he discontinued, removed, or rendered free from objection, as 
 the case may require, and shall direct within what time such discontin- 
 uance, removal, or remedy shall be effected; and the failure of the party 
 interested to obey said order shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine 
 of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and each day's con- 
 tinuance in disobedience of the said order shall he a separate and distinct 
 offence; and upon failure to pay every such penalty the police justice may 
 commit the offender to the city jail for a period not exceeding thirty days. 
 (Cod,- 1899.) 
 
 21- 1< shall be unlawful for any person to expectorate upon, or throw 
 fruit-skins or peelings on the sidewalks, or floors of street-cars, public 
 elevators, or public halls. Any violation of this section shall subject the 
 offender to a fine of not less than two nor more than five dollars. It shall 
 be the duty of the chief of police to have copies of this section posted in 
 conspicuous places iu all street-cars, public elevators, and public balls. 
 (Cod,. L899.)
 
 CHAPTER 27. 231 
 
 32. If any person engaged in any military exercise shall fire or dis- 
 charge, in any street or public alley of this city, any cannon, gun, pistol, 
 or any other firearms, except on the Fourth of July, the twenty-second of 
 February, and the nineteenth day of October, or at a military burial, or 
 some extraordinary occasion allowed by the mayor (and by him notified 
 through the newspapers, or by posting handbills, or otherwise), or if 
 any person shall, in any street or public alloy in said city, play at bandy 
 or throw snowballs, stones, or other missiles, or discharge arrows from 
 a bow or crossbow, or blow a horn, he shall be fined not less than one nor 
 more than ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 23. Every person occupying a house or lot shall, as Par as such lot 
 extends, cause the paved gutter or drain in a streel or any public alley 
 opposite thereto, to he constantly kept open and free from obstruction'; 
 and if he fail so to do, may he fined not less than one dollar nor more 
 than ten dollars; and for each day after the first that such obstruction 
 remains shall be lined not less than two nor more than twenty dollars. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 24. Any person may carry from his lot or put in a street or public 
 alley, on any part of the carriageway nearest to the gutter or drain, ashes, 
 dirt, or rubbish; provided, the same be free from offensive matter and be 
 removed by him from said street or alley within twenty-four hours; or, 
 if one of the committee on streets for the ward in which the said lot is, 
 shall, in writing, allow a longer time for the removal, then within such 
 time as may he so allowed. (Code 189!).) 
 
 25. If any filth, rubbish, ashes, dirt, or other things be carried from a 
 lot or other place and put in a street or public alley, or if any nuisance or 
 obstruction be put or caused to be put or remain therein, in any case in 
 which it is not authorized by the ordinances of the city, the person who 
 so puts or causes it to be so put, or is in fault in respect to its remaining, 
 shall, for any such offence, be fined not less than one nor more than ten 
 dollars; and for each day after the first that the same is upon the street 
 or alley shall be fined not less than two nor more than twenty dollars. 
 In construing this chapter, no article taken from or to he shipped on 
 board of, or to be used in or about a vessel in the dock, and deposited in 
 the street not more than thirty feet from the northern margin of the dock. 
 shall be deemed a nuisance or obstruction; provided, the same he re- 
 moved within twenty-four' hours from and after sunrise of the day next 
 succeeding that on which it was deposited. (Code 1899.) 
 
 26. Every person occupying a house or lot on a street or public alley 
 upon which, on that half of the street or alley next to and opposite his 
 house or lot, any filth, rubbish, ashes, dirt, stones, or other thing. 
 or any nuisance or obstruction is put or suffered to remain in any case
 
 232 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 qoI authorized by the last two foregoing sections, shall forthwith remove 
 y ie . s , ,,,,.. or give information thereof to the engineer of the city, or to 
 one f the officers or sergeants of police. And if twelve hours elapse 
 without such removal or information, he may be fined not exceeding ten 
 dollars; and each day that elapses without such removal or information 
 shall be a distinct offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 27. h shall net be lawful for any person to place, or in- any manner 
 use, any wheel-barrow, hand-carriage, hand-cart, or sled upon the side- 
 walk of any public street, nor to slide or skate thereon, except as herein- 
 after provided. Net more than fifteen persons shall skate with roller 
 skates on the sidewalk of any one city block at one and the same time, 
 , scept on the sidewalks adjacent to a public park: provided, however, that 
 the chief of police when satisfied that there is a case of sickness on the 
 front of any block which may be injuriously affected by the noise pro- 
 duced by skating, or when as many as one-half of the residents on the 
 finni of any block petition the chief of police in writing to that effect, 
 he may prohibit skating on such front; but no skating after ten o'clock 
 at nighl shall be allowed on any street. Not more than two persons shall 
 skate abreast, and trailing, or forming a connecting line with one or more 
 skaters following immediately behind another shall be unlawful. Noth- 
 ing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from passing 
 with a wheel-barrow, hand-carriage or cart, across the sidewalk of a street 
 from or to a house or Lot, nor the use on a sidewalk of a hand-carriage to 
 ride or carry infant children. Any person violating any provision of this 
 section shall, for each offence, be liable to a line of not less than one nor 
 more than ten dollars, recoverable before the police justice of the city of 
 Richmond. (December 20, 1909.) 
 
 28. The tenant, occupant, and. in case there shall he no tenant, the 
 owner or any person having the charge of any building or lot of land 
 bordering on any street, lane, court, scpiare, or public place within the 
 city, where there is any paved footway or sidewalk, shall, after the ceasing 
 '" tall of any snow, if in the day-time, within six hours, and if in the 
 night-time, before noon of the following day, cause the same to be re- 
 moved therefrom; and in default thereof, shall forfeit and pay a sum not 
 
 nan two dollars nor more than ten dollars; and for each and every 
 hour thereafter that the snow shall remain on such footway or sidewalk, 
 such party so in default shall forfeit and pay not less than one nor more 
 than ten dollars. (Cute 1899.) 
 
 " j!l - Thai any person or persons loitering or standing on the street, 
 
 sidewalk, or curb, shall move on or separate when required so to do by 
 
 member of the police force, and cease to occupy such position on the 
 
 street, sidewalk, or curb, under the penalty of not less than three nor
 
 CHAPTER 27. 233 
 
 more than fifty dollars for each offence, and, in addition, in the discre- 
 tion of the police justice, may be confined in jail not exceeding thirty 
 days. (April 12, 1909.) 
 
 30. That it shall be unlawful for the owner or any person in charge 
 thereof to permit any cow, horse, mule, goat or swine to go at la] 
 graze or pasture on any street, alley, park or unenclosed lot, within the 
 corporate limits of the city of Richmond, unless such animal be securely 
 picketed to some stationary object, and no person shall keep, drive, or 
 picket any cow within the limits of the city of Richmond with a bell or 
 bells on. Any person violating this section shall lie fined not less than 
 two ($2.00) nor more than five dollars ($5.00) for each offence. (Sep- 
 tember 13, 1902.) 
 
 31. No minor shall have, keep or carry in the streets, alleys, lanes. or 
 parks of the city any toy pistol, or toy rifle adapted to the use of explo- 
 sive caps, cartridges or pellets, or which, by means of explosives, pneu- 
 matic pressure, or mechanical contrivance, expels or discharges any ball, 
 missile or projectile; nor shall any minor have, keep or carry upon the 
 streets, alleys, lanes or parks of the city any firearms of any kind or de- 
 scription whatever. Any violation of any of the provisions of this section 
 shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than five nor more than ten 
 dollars, to be imposed, upon conviction, by the police justice. (April 
 10, 1903.) 
 
 32. No person shall sell, give, present or lend to any minor, in the 
 3ity, any toy pistol or toy rifle adapted to the use of explosive caps, car- 
 tridges or pellets, or which by means of explosives, pneumatic pressure 
 or mechanical contrivance expels or discharges any ball, missile or pro- 
 jectile, nor any firearms of any description whatever. Any person violat- 
 ing the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction in the police 
 court, be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars. (April 
 10, 1903.) 
 
 33. That it shall be unlawful for any person to write, print, paint, im- 
 press or insert any letter, word, sentence or sign upon the roadbed, side- 
 walk or pavement of any street, alley or other public place of the city of 
 Richmond. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars for each 
 offence, each day's continuance of such letter, word, sentence or sign upon 
 such roadbed, sidewalk or pavement to be a separate. offence, in the dis- 
 cretion of the police justice. (September 1<>, 1905.) 
 
 34. That it shall be unlawful for any person to coast on any hand-sled. 
 or other like contrivance, by means of gravitation, down and along any 
 street or alley of the city of Richmond, where the terminus of the line of 
 such coasting approaches, or is likely to approach, within one hundred
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 yards of the tracks of any street or steam railway; but it shall not be un- 
 lawful to coast in the manner above ed along any street or alley 
 of the city of Richmond, where the terminus of such line of coasting 
 roach within less than one hundred yard- of the tracks of 
 any street or steam railway. Any person violating the provisions of this 
 a shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than ten 
 dollars Por each offence. (April 11, 1905.) 
 
 35. That no person shall allow a bulldog, whether male or female, 
 d 0] unlicensed, owned of controlled by him, to go upon any street, 
 alley, park or other public place of the city of Richmond without being 
 led and so muzzled as to prevent such dog from inflicting injury upon 
 any person or animal. Any person violating the provisions of this section 
 shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten nor more than 
 twenty dollars for each offence, the same to be recoverable before the 
 police justice of the city of Richmond. (December 2?, 190-1.) 
 
 •'Hi. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or for 
 the agent of any person, firm or corporation, to throw or place, or cause 
 to be thrown or placed, in any yard, hall, porch, doorway or vestibule of 
 any private residence, boarding or apartment house any sample or sample 
 package of medicine of merchandise of any description whatsoever. Any 
 person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of 
 not less than two nor more than ten dollars, recoverable before the police 
 justice of the city of Richmond. (August 4, 1910.) 
 
 37. No person, under pretext of exercising- his right to be on the public 
 streets, shall loiter near the premises of public free schools or other 
 
 liools lor the purpose of prying therein, or holding surreptitious 
 communication with any of flic inmates thereof; nor shall any one ac- 
 company or follow tlie pupils of said institutions on the public streets, 
 ait the permission of the teacher in charge of said pupils, or other- 
 wise interfere with or annoy said pupils. Any person guilty of the of- 
 
 ices, herein mentioned, upon being duly convicted thereof, 
 
 shall be fined not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for each 
 offence. It shall be the duty of the city police to see that this section is 
 strictly enforced. (Code 1899.) 
 
 38. 'I' he city council shall annually set apart a fixed sum, to be known 
 e fund for the ''Abatement of Xuisances," and the city auditor is 
 
 direc en an account accordingly on the books in his office which 
 
 all credit with the appropriation so made, and said fund shall be 
 ided in the manner hereinafter provided. (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 39. Whenever it shall he reported to or come to the knowledge of the 
 
 chief health officer or the mayor, that a nuisance 
 - liable to affect the health of citizens, exists upon any
 
 CH \itkr 27. 235 
 
 of the public streets or alley-, or on Lands or property owned or controlled 
 by the city, or upon the lands of any person or corporation, and it is 
 alleged that the same was caused by the city, it shall be the duty of the 
 chief health officer immediately to investigate, or have the same investi- 
 gated, and report to the mayor, in writing, all the fact- in relation to 
 said alleged nuisance. If the report of the chief i icer shows thai 
 
 such nuisance exists, or i- ; liable to be creati il. the mayor shall immediately 
 direct the city engineer to ascertain r< to him the best method 
 
 of abating such nuisance, and the probable costs thereof, tog< 
 the probable amount of damages, if any, to abutting property owners by 
 the work necessary to abate such nuisance. On rei aid report the 
 
 mayor may, in his discretion, order that the nuisance be abated, and the 
 work shall be done as soon as practicable under the supervision of the 
 city engineer by the city hands and carts, or under a contract to be 
 awarded by the city engineer; provided such contract price shall not ex- 
 coed the sum first reported by V<\i' city engineer as the cost of doing said 
 work, and shall in no case exceed three hundred dollars. Should the costs 
 of abating said nuisance exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, the 
 mayor shall immediately report all the facts in the case to the chairman 
 of the committee on streets, and said committee shall, as soon as practi- 
 cable, have said work done. All bills for work done under this ordi- 
 nance, by order of the mayor, shall be certified by the city engineer and 
 paid on the approval of the mayor, out of the fund appropriated for the 
 abatement of nuisances. (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 40. That whenever any street shall be wholly, or so materially ob- 
 structed, as to prevent, or seriously impede convenient passage along the 
 same, with the engines, trucks or other apparatus of the fire department, 
 notification in writing shall immediately be given by the person, head of 
 department, or of any committee authorizing or directing such obstruc- 
 tion to the chief engineer of the fire department of the city of Richmond 
 of the location of such obstruction and the length of time that the same 
 will remain in the street. Any person or persons violating the provisions 
 of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than 
 one hundred dollars for each offence. (August 13, 1910.)
 
 236 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTEE 28. 
 
 ERNING POWDER, DANi -, NITROGLYCERINE, FIRE- 
 
 WORKS, ETC. 
 
 1. Xoi more than fifty pounds of powder shall be transported in the 
 city at one tin i by a military company, or in a vehicle con- 
 structed as r of the city shall prescribe. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. Tin' master of a vessel i • r arriving in the port of Richmond 
 with more than fifty pounds of powder on board shall forthwith report 
 the fact to the harbormaster, and take such berth as he shall assign. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The head man of a boat arriving in the city by the canal or river 
 with more than fifty pounds of powder on board, shall forthwith report 
 the fact to a police officer, and take such berth in the basin or canal as 
 he shall direct. Xo fire shall be used on board of a boat having such 
 quantity of powder on board. (Code 1899.) 
 
 \. When any person delivers more than fifty pounds of powder to a 
 vessel, steamer, or canal-boat he shall notify forthwith the harbormaster 
 of such delivery to a vessel or steamer, and a police officer of such delivery 
 to a canal-boat, and the harbormaster shall assign a proper berth to the 
 I or steamer, and the police officer shall do the same to the canal- 
 boat. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. Xo person shall keep in the city, longer than twenty-four hours, 
 more than fifty pounds of powder. Any quanl it v in excess of two pi 
 shall be kept in tin cannisters, and every cannister in excess of one shall 
 be kept in a wooden box covered with sheet iron, and so fixed on rollers 
 as to be easily removed. Any person having fifty pounds of gunpowder 
 in his store, or warehouse, or premises, shall keep it in such a box near 
 the front door of tl floor of such building, and give the chief of 
 
 the fire deparl tiee thereof. And lie shall place a tin 
 
 marked "Gunpowder" in six-inch white letters on a black ground, o 
 front door of such house. But nothing in this section shall apply I 
 Richmond Eowitzers as to powder kept by said company at their armory; 
 provided, the;., j n sa id armory, at one time, more than one 
 
 hundred and twenty-five pounds of powder, which shall be put in 
 pound cartridges and kept in a fire-proof safe. But nothing in this 
 tion shall apply to prevent the keeping of blank and ball cartridges in 

 
 CHAPTEE 28. 237 
 
 infantry and cavalry armories. For any viol;)! inn of this or the four pre- 
 ceding sections the party shall be lined not less than five nor more than 
 fifty dollars; each twenty-four hours shall constitute a separate offence. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Violations of sections on", two. three, four and five, by any person 
 mentioned therein, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five nor 
 more than fifty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. The committee on grounds and buildings shall have super- 
 vision of the powder kept in or near the city, and may prescribe such 
 regulations for the reception, storage, delivery, and transportation of 
 powder, as the public safety requires. The engineer of the city shall in- 
 spect, annually, the vehicles used for the transportation of powder, and 
 report their condition to the said committee, who may require such 
 changes and repairs to be made in the same as the*, deem necessary. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation, to store 
 or keep for sale, within the corporate limits of the city of Richmond any 
 gasoline, naptha, benzine, gamphene, spirit gas, burning fluid, or spirits 
 of turpentine, except as hereinafter provided. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The inspector and ganger shall, at bis own expense, provide him- 
 self with the necessary instruments and apparatus for testing the quality 
 of said articles named in the preceding section; and it shall be his duty 
 to examine and test the quality of ail said oils and products, and if, upon 
 such testing and examination, the oils so tested and examined shall meet 
 the requirements of this chapter he shall brand the same with the date of 
 examination, his name, and this device, "Approved"; but if the oil so 
 tested shall not meet the requirements of this chapter, he shall brand the 
 same "Condemned"; and it shall be unlawful for the owner thereof to 
 offer the same for sale within the limits of the city, for illuminating pur- 
 poses. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. The inspector and gauger may collect from the party so employ- 
 ing him for inspecting and gauging, the fees following, viz.: For every 
 inspection of a lot of ten barrels of oil or less, the sum of twenty cents 
 for each barrel, and for every lot of more than ten barn Is, tin sum of 
 twenty cents per barrel for the first ten barrels, and five cents per barrel 
 for all in excess of that number. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. Nitroglycerine shall not, nor shall any explosive compound of which 
 it is a component part, be brought into the city, or manufactured or kept 
 within the same. Any person offending against this section shall be fined 
 not less than five hundred dollars for every offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. No person or persons shall bring into the city, keep for sale, offer 
 for sale or barter, torpedoes or fire-crackers of an extra size under any
 
 238 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 name whatsoever, nor any fireworks in which nitroglycerine forms a 
 constituent part, under a penalty of not less than twenty nor more than 
 undrecl dollars. The chief of police shall have power to determine 
 w l, a , or fire-crackers may be offered for sale under this 
 
 ordin (Code L899.) 
 
 13. No person, without first procuring a license therefor as herein- 
 after provided, shall, within the corporate' limits of the city of Richmond, 
 transport, have, store, keep, manufacture, use, keep for sale or sell, or 
 keep for use in any trade, art or manufacture, any explosive compound, 
 adaptation or contrivance containing an explosive compound or mixture. 
 or any carbide that will free an inflammable gas on contact with water, 
 or mixture of any chemical element which will Tree an inflammable gas 
 on contact with water; provided, however, that the foregoing requirement 
 shall not apply to any person having, keeping, or using kerosene oil in any 
 quantity, nor to any of the above mentioned combustible, explosive or dan- 
 gerous materials for domestic or manufacturing purposes in quantities 
 not exceeding one gallon at any one time, kept and used in conformity 
 with the rules and regulations concerning combustible, explosive or dan- 
 gerous materials adopted by the hoard of fire commissioners of the city 
 of Richmond. (July 9, 1909.) 
 
 1 I. Any person desiring to keep or otherwise have in his possession, 
 as in tion described, any of the combustible, explosive 
 
 or dangerous materials therein stated, -hall first make application in 
 writing to the chief engineer of the .'ire department of the city of 
 Richmond, and shall, in such application, fully set forth the particular 
 materia] or materials, compound or mixture that he desires so to keep, 
 have i where it is proposed to keep, have or use the 
 
 same, the manner of such keeping, having or using which is proposed in 
 relation thereto, the quantity proposed to be so kept, had or used at any 
 one time, together with an information as may be required by 
 
 rules and regulations to be adopted by the board of fire commissioners, 
 and if the said application shall be in proper form and applicant shall 
 be in n to fully comply with the requirements of this ordinance 
 
 and the rules and regulations adopted by the board of fire commis- 
 eione] ird thereto not in conflict with this ordinance, permi 
 
 f° r thi ! > combustibles, explosives or dangerous materials 
 
 d in .-aid application, shall he grained by said engineer, and 
 le said applicant a proper written permit 
 or license authorizing t] ing, having or using, of the material, 
 
 compound the adaptation or contrivance containing an 
 
 ex P l0 arbide that will free an inflam- 
 
 mable gas on contact with water, or mixture of anv chemical element
 
 CHAPTER 28. 239 
 
 which will free an inflammable gas on contact with water, as the case 
 may be, in the said application specified, and thereupon the same shall 
 be deemed a compliance with the requirements of this ordinance and 
 authorize the holder of such permit or license to keep, have or u 
 combustibles, explosives or dangerous materials in such license men- 
 tioned, and in the manner and \'r.v and during the next twelve months 
 to he therein specified; provided, however, thai no license shall be is- 
 sued for the storage and keeping of calcium carbide except in hermeti- 
 cally sealed iron receptacles and in quantities not exceeding 100 pounds 
 in the aggregate, in the isolated buildings where it will not be an ex- 
 posure to any adjoining property, provided the building is waterproof, 
 well ventilated and drained, with floors raised above the grade upon 
 which it stands. If the building is used exclusively for the storage 
 of calcium carbide and if it is detached at least thirty feet from other 
 buildings, a written permit may be given by the board of fire commis- 
 sioners for the storage in quantities in excess of 100 pounds and not- 
 exceeding 500 pounds, provided the calcium carbide is stored in not 
 exceeding 100 pound packages in sealed iron receptacles. In such build- 
 ing no artificial light or fire, other than incandescent electric shall he 
 permitted, Not more than 100 pounds of calcium carbide, either in 
 bulk or in cartridges, shall be stored or kept in any building used for a 
 dwelling, mercantile or manufacturing purposes, and this amount shall 
 be kept only on a permit or license to be obtained as hereinbefore pro- 
 vided, which shall provide that all quantities in excess of two pounds -hall 
 be in tight metal packages and kept elevated at least six inches from 
 the floor in a fiie-proof safe or vault, located above the street grade or 
 in galvanized iron cans, provided with securely fastened covers set on 
 metal legs at least six inches long. Xo license under this ordinance 
 shall be for a period of more than one year. Any person feeling him- 
 self aggrieved by the determination of the chief engineer of the fire 
 department in the matter of granting a license or permit under this 
 section may appeal from his decision to the board of lire commissioners, 
 who may, in their discretion, reverse the decision of the said engineer 
 and direct him to issue a permit to tire person appealing, hut the de- 
 cision of the said board in the matter shall Ik; final and conclusive. 
 (July 9, 1909.) 
 
 15. But in no case shall any permit or license be issued for the storage 
 oi' keeping for sale or use of gasoline, benzine or naptha in bulk, 
 save in air-tight metal tanks with a total capacity not to exceed sixty 
 gallons, such tanks to be located outside of and at such distance from 
 buildings as may lie designated by the board of fire commissioners on 
 the recommendation of the chief of the fire department, and no license
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 shall be issued for the storage or keeping of gasoline, benzine or naptha 
 in automobile garages in bulk save in underground metal tanks to be 
 drawn from by pumps with no opening for drawing off contents below 
 the level of the ground, such tanks to be provided with outlet pipe ex- 
 tending up as high as the roof of the surrounding buildings, and no such 
 tank or receptacle containing more than 150 gallons shall be permitted 
 within 100 feet of buildings, but tanks containing less than 150 gallons, 
 if properly buried under- round, may be located within ten feet of build- 
 or buried five feet below the surface of the earth beneath the build- 
 ( March 16, 1907.) 
 
 16. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any person 
 conducting a business as wholesalers of lubricating oils or other products 
 of petroleum to come within the provisions of this chapter, but such per- 
 son, firm or corporation shall be subject to regulations by the board of 
 fire commissioners, but in no case shall they be permitted to carry the 
 
 !• products of petroleum on storage, except in accordance with the 
 rules and regulations to be prescribed by the board. (March 16, 1907.) 
 
 17. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, where 
 not otherwise provided, shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten 
 
 nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence, recoverable before 
 the police justice of the city of Richmond, each day's continuance of such 
 violation to constitute a separate offence. (March 16, 1907.)
 
 CHAPTER 29. 241 
 
 CHAPTEE 29. 
 
 CONCEKXIXG THE MARKETS. 
 
 (All sections of this chapter except sections 22, 38 and 39, contained in 
 ordinance approved August 1, 1910.) 
 
 1. Wherever the word "market" shall be used in this chapter it shall 
 be construed to mean all market buildings and mark . together 
 
 with the grounds, buildings and equipments thereof, connected with or 
 appurtenant to the markets, as well as such portions of the streets of the 
 city as are designated for the use of persons trading from wagons, carts 
 or other vehicles. (August 1. 1910.) 
 
 The word "committee" shall be construed to mean "committee on mar- 
 kets of the city council," and the word "•clerk"* to mean "clerks of the 
 markets." The term "farmer or trucker" as used herein shall be held 
 to include all non-residents of the city of Eichmond who are not renters 
 of stalls, stands, or spaces in the markets, but who sell vegetables, fruits 
 and farm products produced or raised by themselves, from wagons, carts 
 or other vehicles. The term "huckster" shall include all persons who are 
 renters of stands or stalls in the markets for the sale of anything, other 
 than meat or fish. 
 
 2a. The first market shall comprise all of that piece or parcel of land 
 with the buildings thereon, in the city of Eichmond, bounded and de- 
 scribed as follows : 
 
 Beginning at a point on the northern line of Main si B f< et west 
 
 of the eastern line of Seventeenth street, thence running in a westerly 
 direction along the northern line of Main street, 42 feet; thence hack be- 
 tween irregular lines to the southern curb line of Franklin street and 
 fronting thereon 60 feet, more or less. 
 
 Also that certain other piece or parcel of land with the buildings 
 thereon bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the 
 northern curb line of Franklin street, 16% feet east of the west line 
 of Seventeenth street, extended: thence running in an easterly din 
 and fronting on the northern curl) line of Franklin street. 39 1 / 4 
 more or less; thence in a northerly direction on a line parallel with the 
 western line of Seventeenth street. 235 feet, more or less; thence at right 
 angles and on a line parallel with the north line of Franklin 
 feet, more or less; thence in a southerly direction on a line parallel with
 
 342 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 t ], ( . western Lini uteenth street, 220 feet, more or less; thence in a 
 
 ,-iv direction on a line parallel with the northern line of Franklin 
 
 ] ;,i :_, feel ; thence in a southerly direction on a line parallel with the 
 
 eastern line of Seventeenth street, 15 feet to the point of beginning. 
 
 Also thai certain piece or parcel of land and the building thereon lying 
 
 en the east and west lines of Seventeenth street, and fronting on 
 
 rn line of Grace street known as the "Scale House," all of 
 
 ircels of land arc shown on a plat of the first market, dated 
 
 March I. 1910, and on file in the office of the city engineer. 
 
 I market shall also comprise the following streets and alleys 
 
 i . ■ used for market purposes as hereinafter provided: 
 
 Easi and west sides of Seventeenth street, from Main to Grace streets; 
 
 and south sides of Franklin street, from Sixteenth to Nineteenth 
 
 streets; east and wesl sides of Eighteenth street, from Main to Grace 
 
 .- 1 n i 
 
 2b. The second market shall comprise all of that piece or parcel of 
 with the buildings thereon in the city of Richmond, bounded and 
 ribed as follows: 
 Beginning at the southeastern intersection of the curb lines of Sixth 
 and Marshall streets, thence running in an easterly direction and front- 
 ing on the southern curb line of Marshall street, 66 feet : thence back 
 between the eastern curl) line of Sixth street and a line parallel therewith 
 1 t0 fee i to an 18-foot alley. 
 
 Also the lot or parcel of land and building thereon near the northeast 
 excei e provided in section four described as follows: 
 
 Beginning al the northeast intersection of the curb lines of Sixth and 
 Marshal] streets, thence running in an easterly direction and fronting 
 on the northern curl) line of Marshal] street, [24 feet: thence back be- 
 tween the eastern curb line of Sixth street and a line parallel therewith 
 165 E 
 
 Also the lot or parcel of land and building thereon near the northeast 
 
 corner of the combined market and armory building, which lot fronts 
 
 lies on the alley extending from Marshall to Clay streets, 
 
 running hack between parallel lines 22 feet, all of which parcel of land 
 
 is shown i e < ond market, dated March 4, 1910, on tile in 
 
 e of the city engineer. 
 
 nd markel shall aiso comprise the foil,, wing streets and alleys 
 
 far as used for market purposi ireinafter provided: 
 
 W< Sixth street from Broad to ('lav streets; north and south 
 
 Marshal] street, from Four!!] to Seventh streets; south side of 
 
 Clay sti i Sixth to Seventh streets.
 
 chapter 29. 243 
 
 3. The streets and alleys hereinbefore designated as a part of the mar- 
 kets shall be used only by farmers and truckers in selling their own 
 products, but only after all vacant stalls have been filled, and so far as 
 so used shall be under the supervision and control of the clerks of the 
 respective market-, and it shall be unlawful for any person In use such 
 streets and alleys except in conformity with the provisions of this section. 
 
 4. The committee on markets of the city council shall control and 
 exercise a genera I supervision over all markets and market spaces, and 
 all grounds, buildings, benches, stands, stalls and equipment connected 
 with or appertaining to the markets, except that in the case of the com- 
 bined market and armory building at the comer of Sixth and Marshall 
 streets, the committee on market- shall have only supervision of the part 
 of the building intended to be used for market purposes, and the re- 
 mainder of said building shall be under the supervision of the committee 
 on grouilds and buildings of the city council. 
 
 The benches, stands and stalls in the market shall be numbered, and 
 the same shall be used exclusively for and in the manner designated by 
 the committee and for no other pin poses, and it shall be unlawful to use 
 the same except in the manner so designated. 
 
 5. It shall be the duty of the committee to supervise the expenditure 
 of all moneys appropriated and set apart by the council for the city mar- 
 kets, and all pay-rolls, bills for supplies, repairs, improvements, and other 
 expenditures shall be authorized and approved by -aid committee. 
 
 For the proper administration of the several markets, the committee 
 shall have the power to make rules not in conflict with this chapter, and 
 to punish any infraction thereof by cancelling the lease or privilege of 
 the offender, which shall include the forfeiture of any and all moneys 
 paid to the city at the date of offence, and by debarring such offender 
 from further doing business in the markets. 
 
 The committee shall likewise have supervision over the clerks of the 
 markets and all employees therein; they may transfer said clerks from 
 one market to another when deemed desirable, and may suspend them 
 without pay for cause. All other employees of the markets shall be em- 
 ployed by the committee, who shall have the pow< r to suspend without 
 pay or to discharge such employees for cause; provided, that the clerks of 
 the several market- shall have the right to employ and discharge such 
 employees of the markets as may be designated by the committ 
 
 6. There shall be elected by the city council a clerk for each market; 
 who shall, before acting in his office, give bond in the penalty of one 
 thousand dollars. Said clerks shall exercise entire supervision over their 
 respective markets, subject only to the control of the committ
 
 244 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 The committee shall appoint a deputy clerk for each of the several 
 market- who shall have like powers and shall perform the duties of clerk 
 i,, case of the failure, refusal or inability of the latter to act and shall 
 be paid al the same rate as the clerk, for the time he is actually perform- 
 ing such duties. 
 
 7. As soon as practicable after the markets are closed, the clerks shall 
 have i peetive markets, together with streets and alleys used for 
 market purposes watered, swept and cleaned. All market premises, in- 
 cluding such ground as may be used for or in connection with the mar- 
 
 3, shall be kept by the several clerks clean and neat. 
 
 8. The clerk of each market shall carefully examine all articles of 
 offered at such market for sale, and shall promptly notify the chief 
 
 health officer of the city of any violation of section 27. The clerks of 
 the markets shall be vigilant to detect any and all violations of section 27 
 of this chapter, and shall promptly notify the chief health officer of the 
 city of any such violation. In case the health department fails or refuses 
 to act promptly upon such information, it shall be the duty of the clerk 
 ize and destroy any unsound food-products ami report the same to 
 the department of health. 
 
 9. The clerk of each market shall, from time to time, examine the 
 
 -, weights, and measures used by persons at such market 
 and determine whether they are sealed according to law, and conform to 
 the provisions of section 30; In- shall examine articles sold or offered for 
 sale by weight or measure to see that they are not deficient. Articles 
 d for sale by weight or measure and found deficient shall be forfeited 
 to the city, or, if sold, I he price paid therefor shall be forfeited to the city 
 by the seller and shall be refunded to the purchaser. In every case in 
 which the clerk of the market shall have good cause to believe that there 
 has keen a violation of this section he shall seize the article deficient in 
 weight or measurement and summon the person selling or offering the 
 for .-ale, and if sold, the purchaser as well, to appear before the 
 police just ice. 
 
 10. The clerks of the markets may order any person having within the 
 limits of or at his market, a car, wagon, dray, or other vehicle, or a horse. 
 or beast of burden, to remove the same; and if such person fail to obey 
 the order he may he fined one dollar for every ite ach failure 
 lll;1 . v continue, and. failing to pay such fine, he shall be imprisoned in the 
 city jail not less than one nor more than five days. 
 
 11. It shall he the duty of the clerk of each market to require all per- 
 sons who offer to sell in the market to produce such licenses as are re- 
 el of them by the city and State law; and any person offering f 
 
 ou1 having obtained a proper license shall he immediately reported
 
 (HATTER 29. 245 
 
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 by the said clerks to the police justice. It shall also be the duty of the 
 clerks to see to the full and faithful compliance with the inspection laws 
 of the State and the health ordinances of the city by every one offering 
 articles for sale. 
 
 12. It shall be unlawful for the clerks or other employees of the mar- 
 kets to traffic in or be concerned, either directly or indirectly, in the sale 
 of articles of any kind offered for sale therein or within the limits of the 
 markets, or purchase such articles for any person or persons, other than 
 for his own use, or his family consumption. 
 
 13. The clerks of the markets shall be empowered, when ' em it 
 necessary, to inspect the receipts, leases or certificai inters of 
 stalls in their respective markets. 
 
 If. In November of each year, the committee on markets shall a 
 all of the stalls, stands ami benches in the, several markct<, which assess- 
 ment shall constitute the rental price of such stand, stall or bench for 
 the year, ] 'ginning January 1st, next, after such assessment, except as 
 otherwise provided in this chapter. 
 
 Copies of such ass< ssment shall be filed with the clerks of the several 
 markets and shall be posted by said clerks in a conspicuous place in each 
 market in which such stand, stall or bench is located. 
 
 Any person who shall desire to lease any stall, stand or bench in the 
 markets or to renew any such lease, shall annually, before noon of the day 
 preceding the last regular meeting of the committee in December, file 
 with the clerk of the market a written application for such lease, made 
 on a form to be furnished by the clerk. The several clerks of the mar- 
 kets shall submit all such applications to the committee at said meeting, 
 and the committee shall consider such applications and execute leases by 
 its chairman for a period of one year to such as are approved. If there 
 shall be more than one applicant for any stall, stand or bench, the prefer- 
 ence for renewal shall be given to the tenant in possession. If neither of 
 the applicants is in possession the committee may direct the clerk to sell 
 the same after advertisement, such sale to be made by public auction for 
 the highest cash premium beyond and in addition to the assessment of 
 the committee. 
 
 15. The committee shall prescribe the form of lease to be executed by 
 each renter of any stall, bench or stand in the markets, and no person shall 
 occupy a stall, bench or stand, or sell anything in the market until be 
 obtains a lease from the committee, which lease shall provide that the 
 same may lie revoked for sufficient cause by the committee, ami which shall 
 stand revoked without action of the committee for any delinquency in 
 rents, or other market charges prescribed by law ; provided, however, that
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 ase from the committee shall be necessary for non-residents or such 
 i,v the day. No lessee of a stall, bench or stand shall be 
 permil same without the consent of the committee, but 
 
 may transfer a lease from one lessee to another person, 
 e the duly of the clerk of each market to furnish to the 
 auditor on or l> tenth day of January of each year a list approved 
 
 1,\ the committee, and so certified by its chairman, of the leases in their 
 markets; which list shall state both the annual and monthly 
 and at tl time, to deliver to the auditor the original leases 
 
 for stalls, es in the several market- for the ensuing year, 
 
 I the chairman of the committee. And the said 
 shall, on I week-day of each month thereafter, furnish to the 
 
 auditor similar lists, showing any changes in the leases that may have, 
 taken place during the preceding month, together with signed leases for 
 nne. The clerk of each market shall, on the last week-day of each 
 month, unless such day fall on Saturday or a holiday, in which case he 
 shall, on the next following business day, render to the auditor a state- 
 ment under oath of all moneys which he may have received during the 
 month, and of all certificates sold, and shall produce all certificates re- 
 maining unsold, whereupon the audita- shall examine the same, and if 
 found incorrect shall require the clerk presenting the same to make the 
 proper corrections; but, if found correct, shall endorse the said state- 
 as correct. When the said statement shall be so endorsed the clerk 
 .shall immediately turn over the said statement and the amount of money 
 appearing thereon as due to the treasurer of the city, who shall give the 
 clerk a receipt therefor; which receipt shall be turned over by said clerk 
 to the committee at its next regular meeting. If either of the clerks 
 shall fail for ten days to fully perform the requirements of this section, 
 as above set forth, the auditor shall report such failure to the committee 
 meeting afterwards, and shall suspend the payment of his sal- 
 ary until the failure is fully rectified. It shall be the duty of the said 
 clerks to keep regular accounts of their daily receipts, and submit the 
 ■lion of the committee on markets whenever required 
 ber of the committee. 
 1 •■ '• he 'Ink of each market shall make out and present to each term- 
 i on the first week-day of each month a bill for one month's rent, in 
 of the stall, stand, bench or privilege rented to him. The said 
 are to be payable, without demand, to the treasurer of the city on 
 or before the tenth day of each month; and if not paid on or before said 
 tenth day of each month a penalty of ten per cent, is to be added to each 
 bill so unpaid. Not more than one stall, bench, or stand shall be rented 
 to or occupied by r person at the same time without the consent
 
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 of the committee, and a renting shall always be for a year at a time, ex- 
 cept as herein otherwise provided. 
 
 18. The auditor shall notify the clerk of each market on the first 
 week-day after the tenth day of each month of all hills due at their re- 
 spective markets and unpaid, and for any and all amounts in excess of 
 one month's rent the clerk of the market in which the delinquency occurs 
 and his sureties shall he liable to the city. Upon receipt of such notice 
 of delinquency from the auditor, the clerk of the market shall "immediately 
 notify the tenant, if possible, and post notice for twenty-four hours in a 
 conspicuous place that he will close the stall or stand so reported delin- 
 quent ; and at the expiration of said twenty-four hours, he shall declare 
 the same vacant and proceed to rent the stall or stand for the remainder 
 of the term of. the delinquent tenant to the party bidding the highest 
 premium, and he shall also proceed on behalf of the city, by warrant or 
 otherwise, against the delinquent tenant for the recovery of the amount 
 of the arrearages and such damage as shall have been suffered by the city 
 by reason of such default. If, for any cause, there be failure for ten clays 
 to supply any stall, stand, bench or privilege with wholesome meat or 
 vegetables, or other supplies allowed to be sold in the market, the clerk of 
 the market shall declare the stall, stand, bench or privilege, as the case 
 may be, vacant, and shall at once proceed to rent the same for the un- 
 expired term of the offending tenant, and shall also proceed by warrant 
 in the manner hereinbefore directed. 
 
 19. jSTo market shall be held on Sunday, or on Christmas day; but on 
 all other days in the week the market shall be held as follows : 
 
 On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 
 daylight until 2 o'clock P. M., and on Saturday from daylight to 11 
 o'clock P. M., provided the committee shall have the right to fix the 
 specilic hours for the opening and closing of the markets within the limits 
 herein prescribed. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any person, after the time prescribed for hold- 
 ing any market to offer any article for sale thereat. 
 
 20. Whenever the streets and alleys of the city shall be used fur mar- 
 ket purposes, as provided in section 2, every person occupying the same 
 shall vacate the place or space so occupied at or before 1 o'clock 1'. M. 
 of each week-day except Saturday, and such place or space shall no! 
 reoccupied by such person or any other person before -f o'clock P. M. 
 of that day, and on Saturdays such spaces shall be vacated by 11 P. M.., 
 and not again occupied earlier than sunset of the following day ( Sunday). 
 
 21. All persons not regularly occupying a stand or stall in the markets 
 who shall sell or offer for sale at any market any fish, fowls, butter, egg-, 
 or other thing, or shall rent for one day any stand, stall, bench or privilege
 
 2 (.g RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 or shall occupy any portion of the streets as provided in section 2 of this 
 chapter, shall pay to the clerk of that market the sum of ten cents as a 
 sanitary tax and shall receive a receipt therefor, which shall entitle the 
 p Urc hi <!.i\ and date only, and shall not be transferable; 
 
 and which said certificate shall be punched in the presence of the pur- 
 chaser. 
 
 m shall, within the limits or precincts of any market of 
 the city of Richmond sell, or attempt to sell, any animal, article, or 
 prodi a, or other vehicle, unless by wholesale, until 
 
 and had designated by the clerk of the respective 
 market the place in which his animal, article, or product shall be sold. 
 No pi ir removh imal, article or product from his w'&gon, 
 
 cart or veil ill within said limits or precincts sell,- or offer for sale, 
 
 such animal, at >r product from any bench, street, alley, or side- 
 
 walk within said precincts without having first paid to the clerk of the 
 market the sum of ten cents to pay for having the place or 
 ipied by him properly swept and cleaned up. (August 13, 1910.) 
 23. H shall be the duty of the clerk of each market to obtain on the 
 last week day of each month from the auditor, who shall deliver them, 
 a sufficient number of the i es mentioned in section 21, to last 
 
 for one month. The said certifii 11 express upon their face that 
 
 they out i ; ilder to the privib ding in the first or second 
 
 market, respectively, for the day upon which they arc purchased, and 
 shall have in figur on numbers from one to thirty-one , and the 
 
 months of the year. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the said clerks to cancel all certificates before 
 delivery to any purchaser by punching the same through the figure 
 correspond ih in which it is sold. 
 
 2'4. No butcher shall place any of the blocks, benches or other fixtures 
 
 of his stall on the walkway outside of his; stall : nor shall any person place 
 
 land, box, bench or anything else within a passageway, nor hang out 
 
 meat, or anythit upon the walkways; nor shall any person occupy 
 
 a stand al line of the curb-stone extending outwardly more than 
 
 f° ur shall any person occupying any stand, place any box, barrel, 
 
 b or other fixture further out on th$ sidewalk than eighteen inches; 
 
 nor s) 1;l n any person place anything in the openings between the curb 
 
 stands, nor between the but -,,i that the butchers in the 
 
 market, between the arch and Main street may place one bench or 
 
 hi " ( ' ,c i " 1 hi the walkway outside of said stall. 
 
 '- : '- x " person shall erect or have at a market-house any box in which 
 
 !; up meats or ether articles unless such box be elevated on legs at 
 
 1 >ve the tin,,,- or pavement of the market-house, and be-
 
 CHAPTER 20. 249 
 
 constructed according to a plan approved by the committee. And every 
 person having at a market-house, a box, shall have it thoroughly cleansed 
 at least once a week. If at any time any article therein become offens 
 it shall, upon the order of the clerk, be immediately removed from the 
 market-house. 
 
 All boxes erected as herein provided shall lie tight and free from leaks. 
 Any waste therefrom shall be caught in suitable receptacles, and if any 
 box be found leaking, or if the waste therefrom be not properly disp 
 of, the clerk may order its removal from the market, which order shall 
 be immediately obeyed by the owner thereof. 
 
 26. No person shall keep within the limits or precincts of the markets, 
 as defined in section 2, any live animal, except fowls for sale therein, for 
 a longer time than one hour. Nor shall he leave in the market or any 
 adjacent street, alley or ground any offal, filth, offensive matter, dirt, or 
 rubbish; nor shall any person pick or clean birds, fowls, or fish, or game, 
 within the markets. 
 
 27. Xo person shall sell or offer for sale at a market any unsound meat, 
 fish, flesh, fowls, eggs, or other article, or any meat which is distempered 
 or blown, raised or stuffed, or which is dressed or garnished falsely or in 
 any way calculated to deceive. 
 
 28. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any weights or measure* 
 within the market precincts which shall not be standard weights or meas- 
 ures, approved by the inspector of weights and measures of the city of 
 Richmond, and all scales, balances and weights shall be kept in a con- 
 spicuous place. 
 
 29. It shall be unlawful for any renter or other person wilfully or 
 maliciously to break any gas or water fixtures or otherwise injure the 
 property of the city used in connection with the markets, or to waste any 
 gas or water furnished in connection with the markets, and all lessees of 
 stalls, stands, and benches, shall replace and repair to th^ satisfaction of 
 the committee any gas fixtures so broken or stolen from his stall, stand 
 or bench. 
 
 30. Every occupant of a stall shall keep and maintain a sign, with his 
 name thereon, painted in letters that can be easily read. He shall be in 
 person neat and cleanly, shall keep clean the benches and all parts of his 
 stall and the pavement thereof, and shall whitewash or paint the same 
 when required by the committee. 
 
 Xo occupant of a stall, stand or bench, in any market, shall leave about 
 the market-bouse after market hours, any loose barrel, box, bench or 
 plank. 
 
 31. Any person occupying any stall, bench or stand without the writte 
 lease provided for by section 14, or any person occuying any space in the
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 •ut the permission of the clerk and the payment of the fee 
 provided for in section 21, shall be reported to the police justice, who 
 B ] ia l] imp, of in! less than five nor mure than twenty dollars for 
 
 each day that he shal] so violate this section; after having been notified 
 and failing to pay said fine shall be imprisoned in the city jail not less 
 than five nor more than twenty (lays. 
 
 hall be unlawful for any person at a market, or within its 
 
 limits or | bscene, profane, or threatening- language, or 
 
 i, the peace; or lie, sit or stand upon any bench or stall; or in any 
 
 way deface or cause the same to be defaced, abused, or misused; or to 
 
 place, or cause to be placed, any nuisance thereon. 
 
 r trucker shall be allowed to unload his products in or 
 on one market space and to stand or store his vehicle in another space 
 without the payment of the sanitary tax imposed by section 21 for each 
 of the spai 
 
 3-1. No stand, stall or bench shall be altered or erected within the mar- 
 ket- without the permission of the committee, and any person desiring 
 Lo alter or erect any stand, stall or bench shall submit a plan showing such 
 change to the clerk of his market for the approval of the commit! 
 
 35. The clerks of the markets shall report to the police justice all 
 offenders against the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances con- 
 cerning the markets, and to enable them the better to execute the duties 
 
 and to preserve order about the markets, they shall have the 
 powers of a police officer, while engaged in the discharge of such duties. 
 
 36. For a violation of any of the foregoing provisions, requirements, 
 prohibitions or restrictions, to which no specific penalty is attached, the 
 
 i so violating shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more 
 than twenty-five dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police 
 
 ■ of the city of Richmond, and for a failure by any person to pay 
 such line the police justice may, in his discretion, order such person to be 
 imprisoned for a term not exceeding thirty days. 
 
 37. In each of the markets there shall be erected and maintained a 
 
 red with glass and provided with a lock and key to be 
 kept by the clerk. 
 
 The clerk shall post thereon for ten days all rules promulgated by 
 mittee, and all ordinance- amendatory of this chapter and when 
 I. I : ons affected thereby shall be conclusively presumed to 
 have notice thereof. 
 
 Whenever the clerk is required by this chapter to give notice to a ten- 
 
 i:Ml of ;l stall, stand or bench, such notice may be given by posting the 
 
 on said bulletin-board for not less than twenty-four hours,, and when
 
 CHAPTER 29. 251 
 
 so posted all persons affected thereby shall be conclusively presumed to 
 have notice thereof and no other notice shall be required. 
 
 38. That the committee on markets be, and they are hereby, required to 
 
 provide suitable receptacles to hold trash and other debris and have the 
 same suitably located in the market-house of the city and at convenient 
 places within the market precincts outside of the market-houses for the 
 deposit of trash and debris, and it shall be the duty of all renters of stalls 
 within the market-houses and all persons occupying places within the 
 precincts of the market for the purpose of selling vegetables or other coun- 
 try produce, to place and deposit in such receptacles, all trash and other 
 debris created by them. But this section shall not apply to persons sub- 
 ject to the regular sanitary fee. Any person violating' the provisions of 
 this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than two dollars nor more 
 than ten dollars for each offence, the same to be recoverable before the 
 police justice of the city of Richmond. (December 22, 1904.) 
 
 39. That it shall be unlawful for any person to loiter in or about the 
 market-houses or precincts of any market of the city of Richmond, and 
 any person who shall so loiter about such houses or places or refuse to de- 
 part therefrom, or cease so to loiter when ordered by the clerk of the 
 market, or any police officer of the city of Richmond, shall be liable to 
 a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than ten dollars for each 
 offence, the same to be recoverable before the police justice of the city 
 of Richmond. (December 22, 1904.)
 
 252 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTEE 30. 
 
 CONCERNING THE GAS WOR 
 
 1. There shall be y the city council a superintendent of the gas 
 tviirks, who shall continue in office for two years, and until his succi 
 
 is appointed and qualifii oner removed. And the committee 
 
 -in light shall appoint au inspector of gas, a clerk to the inspector of gas, 
 a bill clerk, and eight deputy inspectors, whose terms of office, unless 
 nooner removed from cause or otherwise, shall be concurrent with the term 
 of the superintendent, and immediately report to the council the names 
 of the persons so appointed. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 2. The committee shall meet at least twice a month and at such other 
 times as they may see fit. They shall ha\ ieri il ridence and gen- 
 eral government of the gas works and appurtenance-. And the superin- 
 tendent of the gas works and the inspector of gas shall, so far as tuaj he 
 
 -lent with the duties prescribed by this chapter, act according to 
 the directions of the said committee. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 3. Each of the officers before mentioned, to-wit: the superintendent 
 and inspector, shall, before acting in bis office^ give bond, with sureti is, 
 in the following penalty, to-wit: the superintendent in five thousand dol- 
 lars and the in-. ,., two thousand dollars. There shall also be signed 
 
 by each of diem, at the time i eiving his official 1 ks and papers, 
 
 a writing specifying, so tar as can be conveniently done, what are re- 
 ceived by him; and the said writing shall be recorded among the com- 
 mittee's proceeding.. When an officer's term of office expires, his official 
 books and papers shall be delivered by him to his successor, or in such 
 other manner a i may direct. (Code L899.) 
 
 4. Each of said officers shall use for an office such room as the city 
 council may prescribe. The whole time of each shall be devoted to the 
 performance of his official duties. Each of them shall attend in his office 
 certain hours every day, except Sunday, the fourth day of July, and 
 Christmas day, unless such attendance be prevented by sickness or by 
 absence from the city with leave of the committee; and each of them shall, 
 on any of the said excepted days, or at night, perform any service for 
 which there is a necessity, without its being extra service. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The hours for the superintendent so to attend at his office as re- 
 quired by the preceding ,,,11 be from 9 to 1 1 o'clock A. M., unless
 
 chapter 30. 253 
 
 his presence be then necessar} at some other portion of the works. The 
 office of the inspector must be opened; excepl on Sundays and Legal holi- 
 days, for the transaction of business, at 8 o'clock A. M., and shall not be 
 dosed unless otherwise ordered by the committee, until 5 o'clock 1'. M., 
 except on Saturdays, when it shall close at 1 o'clock 1'. M. (April 1(>. 
 1910.) 
 
 6. The superintendent, subjei I control of the committee, shall 
 have a general charge of all the buildings, fixture- mid pipes erected or 
 laid down for the gas works, and of the lands on which the said buildings 
 are erected. He shall have the worl operation, and the 
 gas furnished as pure as practicable, with promptness and regularity, at 
 the city lamps and buildings, and to all persons e under 
 the provisions hen ! . (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. Under the direction of the hall have 
 street mains laid down, lamp-pi ed, and the public lamp- set and 
 kept clean and in good order. He shall preserve a map of the location of 
 the main pipes, showing th . and size of each of them. 
 When there is any extension of the main pipes the place of such exten- 
 sion and size of the pipe used in making it shall, as soon as possible, be 
 marked by him on the map. lie shall enter in a book, to he kept in his 
 office, the quantity, description, and cost of the materials \>^^\ in making 
 such extension, or in e. any fixtures authori the committee 
 and report the same to the commit! i tar iting after 
 such extension is made. ( I '9.) 
 
 8. The superintendent, subjecl to bhe committee's control, may employ 
 such men as he may deem suitable to perform the try work under 
 his supervision, over which, and the subordinate officers in the depart- 
 ment, he shall exercise a controlling influence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. He shall submit to the committee for their approval a; such times 
 as necessary, statements showing what materials and supplies are needed 
 in and about the works, mains, services and plant for the maintenance 
 and extension of same. He shall ha names of 
 the men employed, their kind of work, and the da; or month 
 they work. This account shall be so made out a- to show what is charge- 
 able to current expenses, and whi istruction in its several branches, 
 and other accounts. Semi-monthry, he shall enter the substance thereof 
 on roll-books, showing op] each person'- name hi- rate per day and 
 the sum payable to him for that period. The ate of what i- pay- 
 able to the men for each period of a month shall be paid out of the city 
 treasury on the draft of the chairman of the committee in favor o( the 
 superintendent, who shall, withii ter, go to hi- office 
 at the gas works, between th • 1 2 M. and G P. M., and pa^ to each
 
 •<;,1 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 of the men his part thereof. To each pay-roll the superintendent shall 
 subjoin a synopsis, showing the amount chargeable to each branch of con- 
 gt ruc i irrenl expenses and other accounts. The said pay-roll and 
 synopsis shall be laid before and approved by the committee before the 
 amounl of the sat an be drawn out of the treasury. All parties re- 
 ceiving any sum for salaries or wages shall sign the pay-roll to acknowl- 
 edge the i amount due them. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 10. Subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by the committee, 
 the superintendent may purchase materials, tools and other articles 
 proper for carrying on the operatioi ie works. What may be so 
 purchased shall ho taken care of by him and used as required. All bills 
 for the same shall be laid before the committee I'}' the superintendent at 
 the next regular meeting after they shall have been presented. And what 
 the committee may allow for such purchase's, or for any necessary current 
 expenses of the works, shad be paid out of the city treasury by the draft 
 of the chairman of the committee, attest sd by the superintendent. Such 
 draft, and every order under the preceding section, shall always state 
 whether it is for construction or current expenses; if the amount lie 
 partly for one and [tartly for the other, the portion of each shall be 
 stated. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. In books kept for the purpose the superintendent shall at (i A. M. 
 and 6 P. M of each day have entered the state of the station meter.-, the 
 quant - and oil gas made, and t he height of gasometers. Said 
 book- shall show in separate columns gas made per day. gas made per 
 night, gas made each twenty-four hours, gas used each twenty-four hours, 
 coal, coke and oil used, and the number of retorts and generators in use, 
 and whatever else the superintendent may derm proper to secure a faith- 
 ful record of the operation of the works ; and a summary of the same shall 
 be submitted monthly to (he committee. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 12. Annual! i as practicable after the last day of December, 
 the superintend ill report to the committee an inventory of mate- 
 rials, tools and other articles on band at that date, stating the quantity, 
 description and cost thereof; showing also how much coal, coke, oil or 
 other materials were used during the year just ended, and bow much gas 
 was made during the year, and what was the largest quantity of pis 
 made I largest quantity of gas used in any one twenty-four hours; 
 showing further, the length and the street mains laid during the 
 year, and the length and size of the same laid since the commencement of 
 the works; and showing likewise the number of public lamps, number of 
 
 Private consu rs, a list of officers and number of hands, with their 
 
 duties and pay during the said year, and any other matters which the 
 committee may direct. (April 16, 1910.)
 
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 355 
 
 13. The clerk in the auditor's office shall attend all meetings of the com- 
 mittee and act as clerk, and make and keep a true record of its ]>r 
 trigs unless the committee shall see lit to employ some other person to 
 perform such duties. (Code 1893.) 
 
 Id. A book shall be kept in the inspector's office with a caption im- 
 porting that the owners of the property, whose names are undersigned, 
 request that the gas he introduced into the premises mentioned, opposite 
 their respective names, upon the terms prescribed by the ordinances of the 
 city. "When the owner of any property within the range of the pipes ap- 
 plies for the introduction of gas into his premises, he shall write his name 
 in said hook under said caption, and write opposite thereto the date and 
 number of his application, the number of burners that he will probably 
 recpiire, and the location of his premises. (April 16, 1010.) 
 
 15. As soon as practicable after such application, there shall be fur- 
 nished by the inspector to the superintendent a copy thereof, and there 
 shall also be furnished to the inspector by the applicant, a plan of the 
 tubing and fittings, with the size and length of each piece of tubing, and 
 sition of each burner marked plainly thereon. Such plan shall be 
 furnished, and the tubings and fittings for conveying gas within the 
 applicant's premises, after it has passed the meter, may be put up, by 
 some licensed gas Jitter or plumber employed by the applicant. But the 
 tubing and screw used in putting up must be such as the department 
 allows, and must be consistent with the provisions of section sixteen. 
 (April 16, 1010.) 
 
 1G. The relative size and lengths of tubing, and proportions of meters 
 introduced for consumers, shall he according to the following table: 
 
 Size ol 
 
 Greatest 
 
 Greatest 
 
 Size of 
 
 Greatest 
 
 Tubing. 
 
 Length 
 
 Number of 
 
 Meters. 
 
 Number of 
 
 
 Allowed. 
 
 Burners. 
 
 
 Burners. 
 
 3-S inch.* 
 
 15 feet. 
 
 2 burners. 
 
 3 lights. 
 
 5 burners. 
 
 1-2 " 
 
 2 5 ' ' 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 3-4 " 
 
 50 " 
 
 15 
 
 10 •' 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 1 5 
 
 30 
 
 20 " 
 
 40 
 
 lii - 
 
 100 " 
 
 60 
 
 30 " 
 
 60 
 
 1 V2 " 
 
 150 " 
 
 100 
 
 15 " 
 
 100 
 
 
 200 " ' 
 
 -lilt 
 
 60 
 100 " 
 
 150 
 200 
 
 ^Vertical only. 
 
 (June IS, 1906.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY (CUE. 
 
 17. All tubings, fittings and fixtures must, after they are put up, be 
 examined and approved by the inspector bi - supplied. He 
 shall maki animation as soon as practicable after he is notified for 
 the pi and always within three days after such notification. On 
 such examinati unpare the work done with the plan, and 
 
 iv the gas is sup] e that the work does in all respects 
 
 ! with the plan already furnished, or see that there is furnished 
 another plan c< line' with the work, and must subject the whole 
 
 • tubing and fittings, to trial with an air-pump, under a pressure of 
 nun of mercury ten inches high, ani I they are tight under 
 
 this pressure and put up in a workmanlike manner, as well as in their 
 When in respect to the work done the inspector has as- 
 certained all that is here required, he shall introduce gas into the prem- 
 • superintendent order otherwise, and report his action to 
 at in next regular meeting.' (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 18. The plans shall he legibly marked with the name of the applicant, 
 cation of his premise-, and shall be dated and tiled in the office of 
 
 tor of gas, who may allow them to be copied in his presence; but 
 -hall not be removed from his office ut the i ommittee's order.-, 
 
 or nidi-- it shall be necessary for their safety. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 19. The superintendent shall have laid down street mains and p 
 eiect lam] . and have the public lamps sei and kept clean and in 
 
 r. The inspector shall have made and put on all meter eonnec- 
 - place proper meters on the premises of the respective consumers, 
 shall, at the expense of the city, lay all service pipes to point of connec- 
 tion with pipes inside of house, and perform properly all duties pertaining 
 -■ pniions of the business. Especially shall lie endeavor to render 
 i isy of ace- - iid any injury or inconvenience to the 
 
 building or its occupants, and to avoid exposing the meters to extremes 
 1 Id. he trenches and doing other work requir- 
 
 ing no mechanical skill, there may be employed such lab the super- 
 
 lent may think necessary, always subject, however, to the direction 
 the committee. (April 16, 1910.) 
 \\ hen the tenant of premises using gas is about to remove, he shall 
 ctor at least three days' notice thereof, that the gas may be 
 r he will e for any gas that may pass through the 
 
 >ped off. Any person leaving a house without 
 paying for the gas con- him therein up to that time, shall not 
 
 in the house to which he may remove until the amount 
 in him shall have been paid. A consumer, discovering any 
 ect in : -en ice-pipe, or any escape of gas or deficiency of
 
 CHAPTEE 30. 257 
 
 light on his premises shall give immediate notice thereof at the inspect 
 office, that the defect may be remedied; and it shall be remedied by the 
 inspector as soon as possible after receiving such notice. Should the 
 tenant omit to give at least three days' notice Of his intention to remove, 
 or tn report immediately to the ii on in a meter or 
 
 service-pipe any escape of gas or deficiency <>f light on his premises, he 
 shall be fined not less than five nor more than ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 21. The inspector shall keep a register, showing the dale of proving, 
 date of lighting, number of the meter, state of the meter at lighting, 
 number of lights, number of burners, and number of additional burners 
 introduced afterwards. He shall also keep a book, called the meter-book, 
 showing the name and location of isumer, tin' number of the ap- 
 plication, and number of the meter, lie shall take tl ter of all 
 meters once a month, and he shall inspect every meter once a month, and 
 oftener, if necessary, to ascertain whether the meter is in good working- 
 condition. If it be not, and the defect can he remedied without removing 
 ii, he shall remedy it before leaving the premises; if tin- cannot he done, 
 he shall report the defect to the superintendent, who shall have the meter 
 repaired, or a good one put in its place. (April 16, 1910. ) 
 
 22. For the purpose of convenient inspection of meters and collection 
 of bills for gas consumed, the city is hereby divided into four districts, as 
 follows: That portion of the city eastward of the center line of Four- 
 teenth street continued to the corporation line shall constitute the First 
 District; that portion between the said center line of Fourteenth street 
 and the west side of First street, continued to the corporation line, shall 
 constitute the Second District; that portion between Fii and the 
 west side of Harrison street, continued to the corporation line shall con- 
 stitute the Third District; and that portion westward from Harrison 
 street, continued to, the corporation line, -hall constit Fourth Dis- 
 trict. Before the first day of each month the inspe< I >r shall i [iter in the 
 meter-book the state of the me'ters in the First District; before the eighth 
 day of each month he shall in like manner enter the state rs in 
 the Second District; before the fifteenth day ot of 
 the meters in the Third District ; and before the twenty-thircl day of each 
 month the state of the meters in i rth District. The meter-b 
 shall show the quantity of gas consumed by each person, for which pay- 
 ment is to be made, to be ascertained from the state of tl er. For 
 the respective sums payable by the several p srsons so i or appearing 
 by the meter-hook to he chargeable, the inspector shall promptly make 
 out bills showing the name ami location of each consul the 
 meter at its last reading, its state at the previous settl 
 
 amount chargeable to said consumer, lie shall li-t these hill- in a hook
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 to be known as the "gas-hill listing book/' noting the date of their de- 
 
 livery, and in a column of this hook prepared for the purpose, the auditor 
 
 shall cnicr the dale of payment of each bill as soon as possible after it is 
 
 reported to him by the treasurer. The inspector shall deliver said book 
 
 ai er he may need it for the purpose of making these 
 
 The inspector shall have the hills presented to the persons who 
 
 . pay them (or at their place of business or residence). When from 
 
 sickness or any i ther cause t\\c inspector may be unable to perform the 
 
 duties required of him he .-hall report the same to the superintendent, 
 
 who shall furnish the necessary aid. (May 17, 1909.) 
 
 23. Gas shall never he furnished without the proper charge therefor. 
 The supply of gas to all consumers shall be upon the condition of the pay- 
 efor at the rate of ninety cents for every one thousand cubic feet, 
 ascertained a- prescribed in the preceding section. The minimum 
 !i to be charged dor consumption of gas, though not actually con- 
 sumed, or the rate per annum charged for the use of gas meters, shall be 
 as follows : 
 
 3-light meter, rate per annum $ 2.25 
 
 5-light meter, rate per annum 2.70 
 
 LO-light meter, rati 1 per annum 3.60 
 
 20-light meter, rate per annum 4.50 
 
 30-light meter, rate per annum 5.40 
 
 45-light meter, rate per annum 7.20 
 
 60-light meter, rate per annum 9.00 
 
 L00-light meter, rate per annum 13.50 
 
 200-light meter, rate per annum 27.00 
 
 500-light meter, rate per annum 61.20 
 
 Annually (and oftener, whenever the committee or inspector may deem 
 such precaution necessary) the inspector shall enter upon his meter ledg- 
 er- the difference between the amount of gas registered and the amount 
 registered by each meter, and Tender bills for the same, 
 said hills to be subject to the same penalties as other gas bills. The com- 
 mittee mi- inspector, whenever he or they may deem such precaution proper 
 to secure I may require the deposit of a sum in ad- 
 
 1 security, to secure payment of what will become due for 
 gas; payment for gas shall he made monthly by all customers except 
 the committee or inspector, may be required to pay oftener. 
 The several departn she city government shall pay for all gas con- 
 
 sumed in their res] | f their annual appropriations 
 
 ' ! it of said department, and these accounts shall he carried on 
 ie auditor as all other accounts are now kept ; provided, that 
 li;l11 n °t be subject penalties imposed in section twenty-four
 
 chapter 30. 259 
 
 until after their respective committees or boards have had an opportunity 
 to approve the bills presented by the inspector; provided, further, that the 
 amounts paid for gas each month into the treasury by the market stall 
 renters shall be deducted from the bills rendered their respective markets, 
 said amounts to be furnished the inspectors by the auditor. (April Hi, 
 1910.) 
 
 24. The amounts of hills I'm- gas of a consumer shall be paid without 
 addition, provided such payment be made to the treasurer at his office 
 within five days next after its presentation, and before three o'clock 
 P. M. ; otherwise five per cent, shall be paid in addition to the amount of 
 the hill. If a bill for gas, or anything else which is furnished by the city 
 in connection with the supply of gas, shall remain unpaid for ten days 
 next after that on which it is presented the inspector shall cause the gas 
 to be stopped from the premises in respect to which the default exists, 
 and not allow it to lie used on the premises again until such bill shall 
 have been paid, with five per cent, added, as aforesaid, or ten per cent., as 
 provided in section twenty-seven ; pro\ ided, that the United States govern- 
 ment shall not he liable to have the above penalty imposed, and shall have 
 such time for the payment of bills for gas furnished by the city as the 
 regulations of the department at Washington require; provided that a 
 like exemption shall apply to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and such 
 time be given the State authorities for the payments of bills for gas fur- 
 nished by the city as may be required by the regulation- of the auditor's 
 department; and, provided further, that whenever the auditor shall be 
 satisfied that a gas bill has not been properly delivered or any error has 
 been made in the leading of the meter, or in making out the gas bill he 
 shall redate the bill and relieve the consumer from the penalty prescribed 
 by this section. (Code IS!)!).) 
 
 25. The superintendent shall make such sales of coke and other articles 
 as the committee may authorize, and shall proceed as required by ordi- 
 nance approved. April 17, 1897, except as to the sale of coke, which shall 
 be made as provided in section twenty-six. (Code IS:)!).) 
 
 26. It shall be the duty of the auditor to provide suitable ticket-, re- 
 presenting leads or bushels of coke, which he shall from time to time 
 charge and deliver to the superintendent of the gas work-. Whenever 
 application for the purchase of coke is made the superintendent shall re- 
 ceive tiie price of the coke sold and cancel and deliver io (he purchaser 
 tickets sufficient to represent his purchase; and such tickets | I at 
 the gas w(rrks shall entitle the holder to receive the amount of coke they 
 represent. It shall be the duty of the superintendeni Io -el tic with 
 auditor on this account on the first week day of each month, by produi
 
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 his tickets unsold ai h for those sold, and the auditor shall require 
 
 the settlement made. (Code 1899.) 
 
 27. If any bill remain unpaid for fifteen days after its presentment 
 ispector shall make out another bill for the amount due, with the 
 
 : per centum thereon, properly list it in a book kept in his 
 Vir the purpose, and shall deliver the same to the auditor, who shall 
 bill in (he hands of the collector of delinquent taxes, taking his 
 :. who shall collect the same as if it were due for city taxes, 
 le with the treasurer within one week after the bill is col- 
 lected, and shall receive r cent, of the amount of the hill fur his 
 compensation; and the official bond of said collector shall extend to secure 
 the faithful collection and payment of the said money." It shall be 
 the duty of the auditor to demand from the collector of delinquent taxes 
 weekly settlements of such bills as are placed in his hands, and for failure 
 ike such settlements, the collector of delinquent taxes shall forfeit 
 the percentage which is herein allow,,]. The auditor shall promptly re- 
 inspector of gas the payment or withdrawal of pis hills placed 
 in the hands of the collector of delinquent taxes for collection, and the 
 -hall enter in a hook kept for the purpose all delinquent gas 
 pts exhibited in hi or tic purpose of securing the use of gas, 
 and if any delinquent gas hill so exhibited fail to lie reported by the au- 
 ditor as being paid or withdrawn, he shall report the omission to I he 
 auditor, who shall make or have made the.proper correction. (November 
 1 I. 1902.) 
 
 28. The income derived from the gas works shall be sufficient, after 
 paying all expi refor, to pay the interest on the cost id' the 
 
 3. The cost of the works is hereby IK -1 a1 one million seventy- - 
 .'ind nine hundred and thirteen dollars ($1,077,913.00), which sum 
 shall on the books of the works to the debit of "City (his 
 
 Worl hall be added to annually h< for all expenditures for 
 
 the works for actual enlargement and betterment. In ascertaining the 
 I from the works, the city shall ho charged for the gas used 
 in the streel lamps and public buildings and do I I i private consumers 
 by any ordinance i n olutL a of ; Le council at the same rates charged 
 consumers for like quantities. To carry into effect the above, the super- 
 intendent shall annually, during the month of January, present to the 
 
 ■ Mowing: 
 Cost oi Gas. — To obtain. the cost of manufacturing gas during the pre- 
 ceding year he shall debit the. works with the amount expended in the 
 manufacture of each kind of gas (coal and oil) separately, classified 
 ■ several heads as designated by the form of report adopted by 
 In said account he shall credit each kind of -as
 
 CHAPTER 30. 361 
 
 with the receipts during the year from the sale of any by-products ob- 
 tained in the manufacture of that particular kind of gas, and then add all 
 expenses for storing and distributing, allowing for Loss by leakage and 
 condensation, to obtain the cost a1 the burner; to which shall be added 
 sales, general and s 'ding expenses, to obtain the toal of produc- 
 
 tion. The cost to be figured on cadi one thousand cubic i 
 
 Income from Works. — To obtain the income from operation of the 
 works, he shall debit the works with all expenditures including charges 
 pxed by the preceding paragraph, said charges under sales and general ex- 
 - to include items ■ rent, clerk hire in the auditor's and 
 
 treasurer's offices, legal services, depreciation of one and one-half per 
 cent, on the cost, interest and redemption at current annual rate, and 
 such other items as may be proper; and credit the works with all receipts 
 from sale of gas manufactured or material sold, other than by-products 
 and real estate, during the preceding year. The balance of the account 
 so stated shall show the income derived from operation, and shall be 
 sufficient to cover all costs mentioned and aay other legitimate charges. 
 The present charge for gas shall continue until changed by ordinance, 
 but it shall not be reduced below a price that will produce a sufficient 
 income to meet the charges fixed by this section. 
 
 These accounts shall be furnished to the committee on light, and be 
 printed with the annual report of the superintendent. The committee 
 shall return said account- to the city council with the superintendent's 
 report showing the condition of the works, and any recommendations or 
 plans for extending the works, mains or plant in any particular. All 
 such plans for improvements must be approved by the committee before 
 they are executed. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 29. The auditor and treasurer shall keep their books, accounts of the 
 money expended about, and received, from the works so as to enable the 
 superintendent to ascertain the results required by the preceding section, 
 and the auditor shall annually place to the credit of an account to be 
 called city gas works depreciation the sum ascertained to be the correct 
 amount under the provisions of the preceding section, which credit shall 
 be available for enlargement of the gas works plant upon the approval of 
 the council, but shall not interfere with the annual appropriation for 
 extensions. The amount expended for extensions to be added annually 
 to the cost of the plant in addition to other sums expended for enlarge- 
 ment or betterment. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 30. It shall be the duty of the superintendent, the inspector, and such 
 other men engaged about the works as the superintendent shall from time 
 to time designate, to attend at places where, from fire or other cause, there
 
 ■•{]■> RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 is danger of a 1"- of gas by burning or waste, with a stop-cock key and 
 pliers, to shut off the gas, remove meters, or do anything else proper for 
 
 afety of property belonging to the city connected with the gas works. 
 
 Le L899.) 
 
 31. ll' any person shall deface or injure any house, wall, lamp, meter, 
 or other fixture connected with or pertaining to the gas works, or shall tie 
 to a lamp-post, or any fixture connected therewith, any horse or other 
 
 ,i I or any boat, batteau or other vessel, or shall, without authority 
 from the superintendent, or other authorized agent of the committee, 
 climb a lamp-post, or light a lamp, or open a communication into, or re- 
 move any of the pipes, or shall put up any pipe or burner in addition to 
 
 may have been put up by authority and approved, or introduce the 
 gas into such additional pipe or burner, or leave the end of a pipe or other 
 opening without being secured with a blind cap. secured so as to prevent a 
 
 or in any manner consume or waste the gas, without paying for the 
 same, every person so offending shall pay the whole cost of restoring the 
 property injured (if any), tke amount to be assessed by the superintend- 
 ent or inspector, and also pay a fine of not less than two nor more than 
 twenty dollars for each offence. The whole of the amount received to be 
 paid to the treasurer. If, however, any person shall accidentally injure a 
 street lamp or other property of the city gas works, and shall voluntarily 
 pay to the treasurer, before he has been summoned to appear before a 
 magistrate, the amount of the damage done, he shall be exempt from any 
 further penalty under this section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 32. After gas has been introduced into any premises, no gas-fitter or 
 other person than the inspector, shall disconnect or interfere with any 
 meter without a written permit from the inspector. Nor shall any per- 
 r-on disconnect any of the tubings or fittings or open the same for exten- 
 sion, alteration, or repair, without obtaining from the inspector or one 
 of the other officers, a written permit, whereof there shall be forms in 
 a permit-book, on the margin of which there shall be a copy or sufficient 
 memorandum of every permit that is given. Such permit may be had 
 whenever the o open. When such permit is given, or when there 
 is a leak in or injury to the meter or pipes within the premises, the in- 
 spector may stop the flow of gas at the cock outside said premises. After 
 gas has, for any purpose, been stopped by the inspector or authorized 
 agent of the committee, it shall not be let on until it is authorized by 
 said inspector or such agent. Any person violating this section in any 
 respect, shall pa] a line of not less than five nor more than twenty dol- 
 lars. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 • Every person occupying any lot or tenement into which gas is con- 
 : under this chapter shall permit the superintendent or inspector,
 
 CHAPTER 30. •„'(;:! 
 
 or any authorized agent of the committee, to enter such lot or tenement 
 at seasonable hours to examine the service-pipe, meter, and other gas 
 apparatus, or take up, repair, or remove the same, or to see if this ordi- 
 nance has been violated. Any person refusing so to do shall, for each 
 refusal, pay a fine of five dollars. (Code L899.) 
 
 34. The committee, or the superintendent, subjed to their approval, 
 may at any time have the communication of any service-pipe cut off, if 
 they deem it necessary to protect the works against abuse or fraud. And 
 they, or the superintendent, with their assent, may make from time t > 
 time such further rules and regulations not inconsisteni with this ordi- 
 nance, as may be found necessary or deemed advisable to ensure the 
 proper management of the works, and the faithful performance by the 
 officers and workmen of their duties. (Code 1899.) 
 
 35. Every officer of the gas works shall report to the superintendent 
 every violation that shall come to his knowledge of this or any subsequent 
 ordinance relating to the gas works, and the superintendent shall pro 
 cute all who may he guilty of any such violation, reporting the same to 
 the committee at its next monthly meeting, and shall diligently enforce 
 this ordinance. (Code 1899.) 
 
 36. The agent or clerk receiving coal and delivering coke at the gas 
 works, the several deputies in the inspector's office, the clerk to the in- 
 spector, and the hill clerk shall give bonds with sufficient surety, to be 
 approved by the city attorney, each in the sum of one thousand dollars. 
 conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective duties, and 
 each shall take the oath of office prescribed by law. (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 37. In taking the state of the meters, it shall be the duty of each 
 deputy to note and report in writing to the inspector of gas all meters 
 failing to register, or otherwise out of order, and the inspector of gas 
 shall make a report in writing concerning such to the committee on light, 
 at their first regular meeting in each month. All entries, including 
 figures, upon the meter-books shall invariably he written in ink, under 
 penalty of dismissal of the party offending therein. (Code 1890.) 
 
 38. The inspector of gas, or any deputy, who shall he guilty of any 
 discourtesy or rudeness, or other disorderly conduct towards any person 
 in the transaction or execution of any official business shall he therefor 
 reprimanded by the committee, or dismissed from office, if the aggrava- 
 tion or repetition of such offence shall seem to the committee to make a 
 dismissal proper or necessary. (Code 1899.) 
 
 39. The inspector of gas and his deputies, the clerk to the inspector, 
 and the hill clerk, are strictly prohibited, under penalty of the forfeiture 
 of their office or employment, from collecting any hill of gas consumed,
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 or paying or assuming to pay such bill for any consumer other than them- 
 . 1910.) 
 In. all have the use of any gas at any house or other place 
 
 who is delinquenl for gas consumed by him at any other place or house. 
 99.) 
 1 1. Thai the Spring Street Home shall be allowed to use 50,000 cubic 
 - per annum free of cost, in its building situated at No'. 601 
 Spring in the city of Richmond. (October 17, 1907.)
 
 CHAPTER 31. 265 
 
 CHAPTER 31. 
 
 CONCERNING THE WATER WORKS. 
 
 1. The city council shall, in joint session, in the month of July and 
 every alternate year thereafter, when other city officers are elected, elect a 
 superintendent of the water works, who shall continue in his office for two 
 years from the preceding first day of July, and until his successor is 
 elected and qualifies, unless sooner removed. Before acting in his office 
 he shall give a bond, with sureties, in the penalty of five thousand dollars, 
 which shall be approved- by the council. When his term of o^ce expires, 
 his official books and papers shall be delivered by him to his successor, or 
 disposed of in such other manner as the committee on water may direct. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. The committee on water, as soon as practicable after their organi- 
 zation, shall appoint an assistant superintendent of the water works, 
 engineer in charge of the pumping stations, who shall be a mechanical 
 engineer or a skilled machinist, and a keeper for each of the reservoirs, all 
 of whom shall continue in office for a term of two years from the pre- 
 ceding first day of July unless sooner removed. Before acting in their 
 offices the assistant superintendent of water works and the engineer in 
 charge of the pumping stations, shall each give bond with sureties in the 
 penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to be approved by the city 
 attorney. Upon their appointment of either of these officers the com- 
 mittee shall report to the council the name of the person so appointed. 
 (March 12, 1909.) 
 
 3. The superintendent of the water works, subject to the supervision 
 of the committee on water, shall have charge of the reservoirs, pump- 
 houses, grounds and buildings and everything used in connection with 
 the collection, storage, filtration and delivery of water. He shall by 
 means of frequent inspections and monthly reports from his assistants 
 and the officers of his department, keep himself advised of the condition 
 of all the works, appliances and property under his control, and shall 
 have the same kept in good order and proper repair and operation and 
 see that water is promptly furnished citizens and is as pure and clear as 
 practicable, and he shall also keep himself advised as to the efficiency 
 and faithfulness of the officers and employees in his department. He 
 shall, as far as practicable, attend at his office, accessible to citizens and
 
 266 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 others desiring to transact business with his department, from 9 A. M. to 
 12 M. of each day. (March 13, 1909.) 
 
 4. The committee on water shall have general supervision of the water 
 works and the property and appliances used in connection therewith, and 
 of the officers and employees in said department. The superintendent 
 shall monthly make a detailed report to the committee of the condition 
 of the property and appliances under his control, and as to the efficiency 
 and faithfulness of the officers and employees of his department. (March 
 13, 1909.) 
 
 5. The engineer in charge of the pumping stations and his foreman 
 shall remain in or at the pump-houses, and it shall be their special duty 
 to take good care of the buildings and machinery. But they shall be at 
 all times subject to the control of the superintendent of the water works. 
 (March 13, 1909.) 
 
 6. The superintendent shall employ in and about the pump-houses, 
 reservoirs and on the work of his department such men as he may deem 
 necessary. He shall require to be kept an account of their names and the 
 kind of work done by them and the days of the week or month that they 
 work. He shall monthly present to the committee a pay-roll of the em- 
 ployees of his department, and a statement of all materials, tools and 
 other articles necessary for carrying on the work of his department, to- 
 gether with an estimate of the cost of the same, and subject to such re- 
 strictions as may be imposed by the committee on water, the superin- 
 tendent may purchase for his department all necessary materials, tools 
 and other articles. All materials, tools and articles belonging to the de- 
 partment, not needed for immediate use, shall be stored and kept on the 
 property now belonging to the city at the corner of Canal and Madison 
 streets, which is hereby established as a storage place for the property 
 and materials belonging to the water department, to be known as "Water 
 Department Storehouse." The person in charge of such storehouse shall, 
 under rules and regulations to be established by the committee, properly 
 store and account for all such property and materials as may be com- 
 mitted to his care, and shall keep a detailed and accurate account of the 
 same. All bills for property purchased as aforesaid for the department 
 shall, within one month, he laid before the committee, and when audited 
 and approved by said committee be paid out of the appropriations made 
 for the several expense accounts of the water department, on warrants 
 signed by the chairman of the committee and attested by the superintend- 
 ent of the water works. The superintendent shall, when directed by the 
 committee on water, sell or dispose of all articles or materials no longer 
 needed in the department, collect the proceeds and pay the same into the
 
 
 CHAPTER 31. 267 
 
 treasury of the city of Richmond, making a detailed report of all such 
 transactions to the committee. (March 13, 1909.) 
 
 7. The superintendent of the water works shall preserve a map of the 
 location of the main pipes, showing the course, distance, and size of each 
 of them, and when there is any extension of the main pipes shall, as soon 
 as possible, mark on the map the place of such extension and the size of 
 the pipe used in making it. He shall enter in a book to be kept in his 
 office, the quantity, description, and cost of the materials used, and the 
 cost of labor employed in making such extensions. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. In a book kept in his office the superintendent of the water works 
 shall make an entry of all branch pipes, hydrants, and other fixtures 
 from the main in the streets. The entry shall state the quantity, d«- 
 scription, and cost of the materials used in laying down and fixing the 
 pipes and fixtures, and it shall designate the point of junction of each 
 branch pipe with the main pipe, and the course and distance of the pipes 
 to the premises supplied thereby, so as, in after time, to avoid difficulty 
 in ascertaining the position of any part of the pipe. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The committee on water are hereby expressly vested with power to 
 determine when, upon the application of a property owner or owners, a 
 water main may be run in the street or alley on which such property 
 abuts, and whenever such main shall be introduced into a street or alley, 
 it shall be the duty of said property owners to make connections there- 
 with within thirty days thereafter, and to construct on their premises, 
 if there be a sewer adjacent thereto, at least one closet and cause the 
 same to be suitably connected with the water and sewer pipes. A book 
 shall be kept in the office of the superintendent of the water works, with 
 a caption importing that the owners of the property, whose names are 
 undersigned, request that the water be introduced into the premises 
 mentioned opposite their respective names, upon the terms prescribed by 
 the ordinances of the city. When the owner of any property along the 
 line of the water-mains applies for the introduction of water into his 
 premises, he, or his agent, shall write his name in said book, and write 
 opposite thereto the date and number of his application, the location of 
 his premises, and the purposes for which the water is to be used. The 
 city water shall not be introduced into any premises until there is writ- 
 ten what is here required. (March 13, 1909.) 
 
 10. After there is written what is so required, water from the main 
 pipe in public street or alley shall, without delay, be conducted by the 
 superintendent of the water works to the applicant's premises by means 
 of suitable service pipe and fixtures, the service pipe to be furnished by 
 said applicant, with a separate attachment for his particular house or 
 tenement. No hydrant or cock shall be allowed to be on a sidewalk, or
 
 268 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 in an exposed situation, from which water may be taken without detec- 
 tion : and there shall be placed on the service pipe, near the curbstone, a 
 (with an »ver marked "city water works"), so that the 
 
 supply of water may be stopped at any time when it is proper to do so. 
 The said applicant may have the water introduced into his premises from 
 [•vice pipe, laid down by the superintendent of the water works, 
 as above directed, b of suitable service pipe, hydrant and fixtures; 
 
 provided, sn,eb work be (-(instructed by practical and competent plumbers, 
 who have procured a license, and the materials used in the construction 
 thereof be of the best quality and of such weight and description as the 
 committee may prescribe in the particular case, or may prescribe for 
 such work in the part of the city where the same is located, and provided 
 thai on the completion of the work, and before the water is turned into 
 it, notice thereof shall be given to the said superintendent of the water 
 works or his agent, and the work be by him inspected and approved. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The assistant superintendent shall, subject to the control of the 
 intendent, have general supervision over the outside work of the de- 
 partment, and shall discharge such specific duties as may be directed by 
 the superintendent. He shall, during the sickness, absence or disability 
 of the superintendent of the water works, act in his place and discharge 
 the duties imposed upon him. He shall have made, and if correct shall 
 
 ':y, the pay-lists from the pay-rolls submitted by each foreman, and 
 shall receive the necessary funds and pay each man the amount due him, 
 taking his receipt therefor. (March 13, 1909.) 
 
 12. The supply of water to any person shall be on condition of his pay- 
 ing a water rent at certain rates, as follows : 
 
 For the purpose of building: For each table used for brick-making, 
 forty dollars per annum. When in a building brick are laid, or stone 
 work or plastering clone, five (5) cents for each thousand bricks, two (2) 
 cents for each cubic yard of stone work, and ten (10) cents for each hun- 
 dred yards of plastering. A license shall be obtained from the superin- 
 tendent for each building or other work before such work is commenced, 
 for which the city water is wanted for any of these purposes; but no 
 license shall be issued until the charges for water shall be paid on the 
 estimated amount of work to be done, and when the same shall be com- 
 pleted the said license shall be returned to the superintendent, with a 
 statement by a measurement of the number of bricks laid, yards of plas- 
 tering or stone work. Penalty for non-compliance, ten dollars in each 
 case. 
 
 For a public building, at the following rate per annum — to-wit : For 
 the capitol and governor's mansion, one hundred dollars; medical col-
 
 CHAPTER 31. 2G9 
 
 lege, fifty dollars; a theater, opera house, etc., thirty dollars; a public 
 hall, with water fixtures accessible, ten dollars; with water fixtures inac- 
 cessible, five dollars; Henrico county courthouse, ninety dollars; custom 
 house, one hundred and fifty dollars; penitentiary, five hundred dollars 
 (except that the water used by the lessees and persons operating manu- 
 factories therein shall be paid for at the rate required by ordinance for 
 other and similar manufactories). 
 
 For schools at the following rate per annum — to-wit: For a boarding 
 school, twenty-five dollars; for a private school, five dollars. 
 
 For depots, manufactories, workshops, and warehouses, at the follow- 
 ing rate per annum — to-wit: For a railroad depot, one hundred dollars, 
 or special rates for every locomotive in which the city water is used. This 
 shall pay for all the uses of wad']- at such depot, except for stationary 
 steam engines, water closets and baths; for each stationary steam engine, 
 for each estimated horse-power of boiler from one to t - ti horse-power, 
 five dollars; for each estimated horse-power from ten to forty horse- 
 power, three dollars; for each estimated horse-power over forty horse- 
 power, two and one-half dollars. But no steam engine shall he supplied 
 except where the water is taken in the building where the engine is used 
 for the usual purposes for which water is used in such building; for a 
 rolling-mill or a foundry, or machine shop, or a factory, or stemmery, 
 etc., fifteen dollars, if not more than fifteen persons he employed therein; 
 for each additional person, thirty cents; for each spike machine, forty 
 dollars; for each manufacturing mill, forty-five dollars; for a tobacco 
 manufactory, thirty cents for each hand employed therein, hut no charge 
 to he less than fifteen dollars; for a warehouse, wholesale i, etc., 
 
 thirty dollars; storage warehouse, each ten dollars; for a currier shop, 
 thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents; for a rectifying establishment, forty- 
 five dollars; for a dyeing establishment, twenty-two dollars and fifty 
 cents, exclusive of the use of steam boiler; for a larger beer, porter, soda, 
 or bottling establishment, one table, twenty dollars; each additional 
 table, ten dollars; for a blacksmith shop, four dollars for the first forge, 
 and two dollars for each additional one; for a daily newspaper printing 
 office, twenty dollars; other printing offices, ten dollars, or using mi tors 
 or meter, special rates; for barber shop, six dollars for the first chair, and 
 one dollar and fifty cent- for each additional one: for a carpenter, paint 
 shop, etc., five dollars; for a coach and wagon shop, fifteen dollars; for 
 a candy factory, ten dollars. 
 
 Bakeries, restaurants, hotels, stables, billiard saloons, etc., at the fol- 
 lowing rate per annum — to-wit: For a bakery, twelve dollars; for a pri- 
 vate hoarding house, five dollars, and for each bedroom, used or aot, one 
 dollar; for a hotel or house of public entertainment, five dollars; and for
 
 270 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 each bedroom, used or not, one dollar; restaurant, fifteen dollars; for a 
 Bnack-house or lunch counter, ten dollars; for each bar, whether kept in 
 a hotel or elsewhere, with a faucet in the bar-room, fifteen dollars; and 
 for each additional faucet, three dollars, and without a faucet in the bar- 
 room, ten dollars ; for each beer pump, three dollars ; for a public stable, 
 seventy five cents fur each stall, whether used or not; for a private stable, 
 one dollar and twenty-five cents for each horse or mule, one dollar for 
 each cow, and one dollar and fifty cents for a private carriage or buggy, 
 etc.; for a stable where hacks or carriages are kept for hire, four dollars 
 and fifty cents for each hack, carriage, hearse, omnibus, etc., and one dol- 
 lar and fifty cents for each buggy or wagon, whether kept for hire or in 
 livery; for each mule or wagon lot, thirty dollars; for each stable, where 
 wagons, drays, or carts are kept for hire, one dollar and twenty-five cents 
 for each horse or mule; for a billiard saloon, with water fixtures con- 
 venient, twelve dollars, or without water fixtures, five dollars. 
 
 Stores, shops, and offices at the following rate per annum — to-wit: 
 For a store, ten dollars; for a shop, five dollars; green grocery, five dol- 
 lars; each fish stand, five dollars; if, besides being used as a store or shop, 
 the house be also occupied as a dwelling for one or more families, then 
 three dollars for each family; and in each case where a store or shop may 
 have been rented by the owner or agent to different tenants, and so oc- 
 cupied, the bills shall be made out and presented to the owner or agent 
 of said store or shop, who shall be responsible for their payment; for 
 each office, not otherwise provided for, four dollars and fifty cents. 
 
 Dwelling houses at the following rate per annum — to-wit: For each 
 dwelling house having only one hydrant or faucet, four dollars; for each 
 dwelling house having a hydrant or faucet and closet, eight dollars; and 
 for each additional faucet over one (hot and cold water faucets counted 
 as one faucet), one dollar and fifty cents; wdiere one supply furnishes 
 more than one lot or premises, there will be made a charge against the 
 owner of the lot or premises on which the supply enters from the street 
 for each and every fixture connected with said supply on this or adja- 
 cent premises, and whenever any lot or premises shall be occupied by 
 more than one family, a like charge shall be made for the parties naving 
 access to the fixtures, or a meter may be placed on the service pipe, sub- 
 ject to the approval of the committee on water, and meter rates charged, 
 and the bill rendered against the person who subrents to other tenants. 
 
 Baths, water closets, urinals, fountains, hose, yard and street-sprinkling 
 at the following rate per annum— to-wit : For each public bath tub, nine 
 dollars ; for each private bath tub, three dollars and fifty cents ; each pub- 
 lic water closet, six dollars; for a private water closet, three dollars; for
 
 CHAPTER 31. 271 
 
 each additional water closet, on the premises, two dollars; for a closet, 
 trough, or sink-closet, one dollar per lineal foot ; for each private urinal, 
 one dollar and fifty cents; for a public urinal, five to ten dollars; 
 but no bath, water closet, or urinal shall be supplied except when 
 the water is taken in the premises where said bath, water closet, 
 or urinal is for the usual purposes for which water is used on said 
 premises; any premises having water closets, bath, or other fixtures con- 
 nected with the water pipes shall pay for the same, or have the pipes sup- 
 plying them disconnected from the supply of said premises; for a foun- 
 tain in a yard or store, having a one-sixteenth inch jet, six dollars ; a one- 
 eighth inch jet, ten dollars; a one-quarter inch jet, twenty dollars; a 
 three-eighths inch jet, thirty dollars; a one-half inch jet, fifty dollars; a 
 three-quarter inch jet, eighty dollars; a soda or mineral water fountain, 
 ten dollars; all fountains to be used at the discretion of the committee 
 on water. In such cases as the superintendent of the water works, under 
 the regulation of the committee, may allow the use of small hose for the 
 purpose of yard or street sprinkling, no use of hose will be permitted 
 without a nozzle, and no larger nozzle than one-eighth of inch ; for yard 
 and sidewalk or street-sprinkling, for each thirty feet front or less, 
 three dollars and fifty cents ; and for each additional foot over thirty feet 
 front, five cents; for yard, sidewalk, and street-sprinkling (including 
 one-half the width of the road-bed), for each thirty feet front or less, 
 eight dollars; and for each additional foot over thirty feet front, eight 
 cents per lineal foot. Yard or street-sprinkling not to exceed three hours 
 each day for any one lot. In the event of the use of lawn sprinklers or 
 jets, fountain rates will be charged. No bill issued for less than one 
 quarter. For the purpose of street-sprinkling any person wishing to en- 
 gage in this business, for each block or square, fifteen dollars per month; 
 or for the use of each cart of two hundred and fifty gallons capacity, 
 eighteen dollars per month. Any person wishing to engage in the busi- 
 ness of sprinkling the streets or public grounds of the city shall, before 
 taking any water from the fixtures provided for that purpose by the 
 water works, obtain a permit from the superintendent of water for this 
 purpose, and a list of the fixtures from which he can get the water for 
 this purpose. Each cart or wagon used for this purpose shall be num- 
 bered to correspond with the number given on the permit, and marked 
 
 street-sprinkler No. , which shall be painted on the cart or on a plate 
 
 attached in a conspicuous position. No person holding such a permit 
 will be allowed to transfer it to another without the written permission 
 of the superintendent. All the tubes attached to the carts for discharg- 
 ing or sprinkling shall be well and securely made of proper material, 
 and the orifices in the tube shall not exceed one-sixteenth of an inch in
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 diameter, or sixty orifices to the running foot of tube. Leaky casks, 
 or couplings will not be permitted, nor shall there be any unneces- 
 sary waste of water while filling or emptying the casks. All fixtures 
 from which the water is taken to be carefully used and any injury re- 
 sulting from careless or improper use will be repaired by the superin- 
 tendent, who shall charge cost of the repairs to the party who has the 
 permit for sprinking. All sprinkling carts shall be inspected at any or 
 all times by the superintendent or his agent. There shall be a fine of ten 
 dollars on any person who shall for any purpose or in any manner vio- 
 late any of the above-mentioned conditions. 
 
 Photograph gallaries, milk depots, public laundries, etc., at the fol- 
 lowing rate per annum— to-wit : For each photograph gallery, fifteen dol- 
 lars; for each milk depot or dairy, ten dollars; for each public laundry, 
 twenty dollars;, for each soap factory, ten dollars; for each public green 
 or flower garden, twenty-five dollars; for each private green house 
 or conservatory, five dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. All buildings occupied by assemblies, of whatever name or denomi- 
 nation, and used for religious services or public worship exclusively, shall 
 have the use of city water I . (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. In any case not herein. provided for, the water rent shall be at such 
 
 Lay be fixed by the superint i E the water works, subject 
 
 to the committee's approval. The committee on water may place a water 
 meter on ervice pipe or pipes to such premises, as it may deem ad- 
 
 visable ; and whi never a met m so placed, by the 
 
 order of the committee on water, the following rates shall be paid by the 
 water-taker, or by the owner of the premises, if the premises be rented or 
 I by more than one tenant; and if, in any case, a tenant shall aban- 
 don or vacate the premises, leaving an unpaid water bill, the owner of 
 the premises on which the water has been used shall be responsible for 
 the water bill left unpaid, to the amount of one quarter's bill; and the 
 water shall not be turned on said premises until the said bill has been 
 paid. (Jum ,.) 
 
 a. For each and every lot or premise having one or more hydrants or 
 
 service pipe, the charge shall he four dollars ($4.00) per 
 
 ivable i i the city treasurer monthly or quarterly in advance, 
 
 and for this amount, so paid, the lot or premise shall be entitled to the 
 
 ! ") cubic feet of water per day. (dune 34, 1907.) 
 
 &• I : ery lot oi premise having one or more hydrants, 
 
 faucet-, closets, or other fixtures on the service pipe, the charge shall be 
 
 dollars ($8.00) per annum, payable to the city treasurer monthly 
 
 or quarterly in advance, and for this amount so paid, the lot or premise 
 
 shall be entitled to the use of twenty (20) cubic feet of water per day.
 
 CHAPTER 31. 273 
 
 If, however, at the end of the months or quarter, water in excess of the 
 fixed quantities named above has passed through the meter, a charge for 
 this excess quantity, at meter rates, shall be made, and the bill for the 
 same paid to the city treasurer, within five days after presentation. 
 (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 c. For public hospitals, charitable institutions, and churches, the rate 
 by meter shall be .0375 cents per one hundred (100) cubic feet. (June 
 21, 1907.) 
 
 d. Cemeteries shall have the use of water free, subject to such rules and 
 regulations as may be adopted by the committee on water. (August 8, 
 1908.) 
 
 c. The several departments of the city government shall pay for all 
 water consumed in their respective departments at meter rates, where 
 meters have been placed, and if no mete] m placed in i : 
 
 inent, the quantity of water consumed by such department shall be esti- 
 mated by the superintendent of the water works, and the charge therefor 
 shall be in accordance with meter rate-, and their accounts shall be car- 
 ried on the books of the auditor, as all other accounts are now kept, and 
 that this charge for water used by the different departments shall take 
 effect from adoption of this ordinance. No charge shall be made against 
 any department for the water used in extinguishing fires, (dune 24, 
 1907.) 
 
 /. For manufactories, warehouses, machine shops, foundries, d 
 theatres, balls, places of amusements, and all buildings or premises not 
 otherwise specified, having a meter on the service pipe, the charge for 
 water shall be at meter rates. Meter rate- ase as EolL 
 
 For 3,000 cubic feet or less per month 11 cent- per hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 3,100 to 4,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 10.5 i hun- 
 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 4,100 to 1,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 10 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 4,600 to 5,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.9 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 5,100 to 5,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.8 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 5,600 to 6,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.7 per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 6,100 to 6,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.6 cent- per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 6,600 to 7,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.5 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet.
 
 274 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 From 7,100 to 7,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.4 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 7,600 to 8,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.3 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 8,100 to 8,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 9.2 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 9,100 to 9,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 9 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 9,600 to 10,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.9 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 10,100 to 10,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.8 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 10,600 to 11,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.7 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 11,100 to 11,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.6 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 11,600 to 12,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.5 cents per hun- 
 dred cubic feet. 
 
 From 12,100 to 12,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.4 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 12,600 to 13,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.3 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 13,100 to 13,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.2 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 13,600 to 14,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 8.1 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 14,100 to 14,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 8 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 14,600 to 15,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.9 cents por 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 15,100 to 15,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.8 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 15,600 to 16,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.7 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 16,100 to 16,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.6 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 16,600 to 17,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.5 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 17,100 to 17,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.4 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 17,600 to 18,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.3 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet.
 
 CHAPTER 31. 275 
 
 From 18,100 to 18,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.2 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 18,600 to 19,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 7.1 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 19,100 to 19,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 7 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 19,600 to 20,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.9 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 20,100 to 20,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.8 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 20,600 to 21,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.7 cents per- 
 hrmdred cubic feet. * 
 
 From 21,100 to 21,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.G cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 21,600 to 22,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.5 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 22,100 to 23,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.4 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 23,100 to 24,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.3 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 24,100 to 25,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 6.2 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 25,100 to 26,000 cubic feet inclusive epr month 6.1 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 26,100 to 27,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 6 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 27,100 to 28,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.9 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 28,100 to 29,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.8 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 29,100 to 30,000 cubic feet inclusive per month. 57 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 30,100 to 31,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.6 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 31,100 to 32,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.5 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 32,100 to 33,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.4 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 33,600 to 35,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.3 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 35,100 to 36,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.2 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet.
 
 276 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 From 36,600 to 38,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 5.1 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 38,100 to 39,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 5 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 39,600 to 1 1 .000 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.9 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 41,100 to 42,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.8 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 42,600 to 44,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.7 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 From 44,100 to 45,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.6 cents per 
 hundred cubic 
 
 From 45,600 to 47,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.5 cents per 
 bundled cubic feet. 
 
 From 17,100 to 18.500 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.4 cents per 
 bundled cubic 
 
 From 18,600 to 50,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.3 cents per 
 hundred cubic feet. 
 
 to 51,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.2 cents per 
 bund; I feet. 
 
 From 51 53,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 4.1 cents per 
 
 hundred ci 
 
 From 53,100 to 51,500 cubic feet inclusive per month 4 cents per 
 bund red cubic feet. 
 
 From 54,600 to 56,000 cubic feet inclusive per month 3.!) cents per 
 bund i 
 
 From 56,100 i - 58,900 cubic feet inclusive per month 3.8 cents per 
 hundred cubic 
 
 000 cubic feet and over per month 3.75 cents per hundred cubic 
 feet. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 g. In the event of the water meter being choked, or for any other 
 cause having failed to register, and the water-taker has received the 
 usual or - supply of water during such time of failure of the 
 
 tl i it shall be lawful for the superintendent of water 
 to make a Kill against the water-taker for such amount as is shown to 
 be the average consumption of water on the premises for the preceding 
 six months or for a shorter period, if deemed proper by the superintend- 
 ent. (June 24, 1007.) 
 
 //. A\ henever more than one service pipe shall enter into any one lot or 
 
 and the said committee shall have placed on one of said pipes a 
 
 then another meter and box shall he furnished by the owner 
 
 for each additional service pipe, and the cost of setting same charged to
 
 CHAPTER 31. 277 
 
 the owner of such lot or premise, who shall pay the same before the water 
 shall be turned on said pipe: unless the owner of said lot or premise 
 remove or cut off from his lot or premise said extra service pipe. All 
 such additional meters shall be under the supervision of the superin- 
 tendent of water works, and if such additional meters require repairs, or 
 renewals, the cost of said repairs or renewals shall be paid by the owner 
 of the premises. Whenever a single service pipe supplies more than one 
 lot, premise, or apartment, occupied by different tenants, and the water 
 meter has been placed on the service pipe the water bill for each premise 
 shall be charged to and paid by the owner of the lot, premise, or apart- 
 ment so occupied ; but where a dwelling house is occupied by two famil 
 the charge shall be as if there was but one family on the premises; 
 vided, however, that if the dwelling is arranged for flats or apartments 
 having separate water facilities for each flat or apartment, then the 
 water shall be charged for as if supplied to separate premises. (April 
 20, 1908.) 
 
 i. In the event a single service pipe supplies more than one lot or 
 premise, and a meter is placed thereon, the water bill shall be charged to 
 and paid by the owner of the lot or premise into which the pipe enters 
 from the street, and said owner shall be held responsible for the water 
 consumed on each of the lots or premises using water from this service 
 pipe. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 j. Meters, when located on premises (and not on the street), shall iv 
 all cases be set in places accessible to the agents of the water works, ana 
 no connections shall he made for the conveying of water for any purpose 
 outside or beyond the meter. The location of the meter, if on the prem- 
 ises, is to be approved by the superintendent or committee on water. 
 Should the meter be changed, at the request of the owner, from one loca- 
 tion to another, the whole cost of making said change shall he paid by 
 said owner. (June 21, 1907.) 
 
 fc. A consumer of water by meter may use water for any and all pur- 
 poses on his premises, but will not be permitted to supply the premises 
 of any other person, except as above stated. No private pipe shall he laid 
 into, across, or through any adjacent premises. 
 
 All water passing through a meter, except the fixed quantity before 
 stated, for certain fixtures, will be charged for whether used or wasted. 
 (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 I. No person shall be entitled to damages, or to have any portion of a 
 payment refunded for any stoppage of supply of water occasioned by chok- 
 ing or accident to either the service pipe or meter, or for the stoppage of 
 water, for the purpose of additions or repairs, and the superintendent 
 shall have the right to shut off the water to make repairs or additions to 
 pipes and meters. (June 24, 1907.)
 
 278 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 in. No meter shall be disconnected from the pipe, moved, or disturbed, 
 without the permission of the superintendent or committee on water who, 
 when necessary, shall send the properly authorized person to attend to any 
 changes needed. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 n. Alter a meter shall have been placed on the pipe or pipes supplying 
 any premise, the owner of the premise shall be responsible for any dam- 
 age which said meter may sustain, resulting from the carelessness of the 
 owner or tenant, or for any damage which may result from hot water or 
 steam setting back from a boiler, and the cost of renewals or repairs shall 
 be paid by said owner to the city treasurer ; and in the event said bill for 
 da in age is not paid within five days after presentation, the superintend- 
 ent shall cause the water to be turned off the premises, and shall not turn 
 it on again until the charges shall have been paid. It shall be the duty 
 of the superintendent to investigate and determine in each case the re- 
 sponsibility for the damage, and the cost of the renewal or repairs. 
 (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 o. The expense of purchasing and placing meters upon the service pipe 
 of premises for all premises having only one service pipe shall be borne 
 entirely by the city (except where persons furnish or have furnished their 
 own meters), and all meters so placed shall remain the property of the 
 city, and all meters, by whosoever furnished, shall be under the super- 
 vision and control of the superintendent of water works and the com- 
 mittee on water. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 p. The superintendent or his subordinates, under his direction, shall 
 have the right to inspect any and all meters, and repair the same when 
 necessary. All repairs to meters, whether chargeable to the city or 
 owner of the premises, shall be made under the supervision and to the 
 satisfaction of said superintendent. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 q. Whenever any bills for repairs of meters, or bills for water used, 
 shall remain unpaid for five days after presentation, the auditor shall 
 notify the superintendent, who shall have the water turned off the prem- 
 ises, and it shall not be turned on again until the bill or bills have been 
 paid. All amounts received by the city treasurer or collector of delin- 
 quent taxes for the repairs or renewals of meters shall be certified by the 
 respective officers to the auditor of the city, and it shall be the duty of 
 said auditor to place all such amounts to the credit of the committee on 
 water for the purchase and repairs of meter. The auditor shall place 
 all delinquent bills in the hands of the collector of delinquent taxes, who 
 shall proceed to collect them in any manner in which any other delin- 
 quent tax bills may be collected. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 r. Any person who shall violate any of the conditions and requirements 
 as set forth in this section, or who shall wilfully or negligently injure or
 
 CHAPTER 31. 279 
 
 deface a meter, or any of its appurtenances, or shall in any manner at- 
 tempt to interfere with its mechanical parts and connections, so as to 
 prevent its performing its full work with accuracy, shall be subject to a 
 penalty of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars for each 
 offence. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 15. Water rents and meter bills, except where otherwise expressly pro- 
 vided, shall be payable quarterly in advance. In the first district (that 
 portion of the city east of Seventeenth street), on the first day of Feb- 
 ruary, May, August and November, respectively, of each year; in the 
 second district (that portion of the city, including both sides of Seven- 
 teenth street, between corporation lines westward to and including both 
 sides of Belvidere and Munford streets and Brook avenue north of Mun- 
 ford street between corporation lines), on the twelfth day of March, June, . 
 September and December, respectively, of each year; and in the third 
 district (that portion of the city not included in the first and second dis- 
 tricts) on the nineteenth day of January, April, July and October, re- 
 spectively, of each year, except when the supply of water is commenced 
 in the district between the days above fixed for payments of rent in that 
 district, the person supplied shall, at the time of such commencement:, 
 pay at the rate before mentioned up to the next ensuing day for payment 
 of water rent in that district. (May 17, 1909.) 
 
 16. When, upon such application as is before mentioned, a hydrant is 
 erected on any premises, and water commenced to be supplied at such 
 hydrant, rent for such water shall be payable quarterly. When there are 
 two houses or tenements, and payment for water supplied at the hydrant 
 of each has been made for not less than a quarter, a water-taker removing 
 from the one to the other shall give notice of such removal to the super- 
 intendent of the water works, who shall thereupon stop the supply of 
 water at the one and furnish it at the other, and payment shall be made 
 accordingly. And if any person who is taking water at a house removes 
 therefrom he shall give notice thereof on or before the day of his removal ; 
 and if he shall fail to do it, he shall pay a fine of not less than five nor 
 more than ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 17. All water bills shall be payable quarterly, unless otherwise ordered 
 by the committee on the written application of the water-taker, owner 
 or agent, and bills for the same shall be made out showing the quantity 
 of water consumed by the taker, and shall be presented to the person who 
 is to pay it at his residence or place of business, stating at the foot of the 
 bill the date on which it is presented. Before the day of payment of 
 water rents the auditor of the city of Eichmond shall be furnished with 
 a correct list of all persons to whom water has been supplied and the sum 
 payable by each for water rent. (March 13, 1909.)
 
 280 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 18. The amount of the bill for water shall be paid to the treasurer, at 
 (fice, within five days next alter its presentation and before three 
 o'clock P. M. Five days after the date of presentation of water bills the 
 superintendent of the water works shall examine or cause to be exam- 
 ined liv his assistants, the list of bills made in his office, and furnished 
 to the auditor, and ascertain and list therefrom all the bills thereon 
 which arc not, by the auditor, marked paid, and shall cause the water to 
 i til mi the premises in respect to which the default exists (if 
 the same can be done without stopping the water from the premises of 
 others who have paid); and he shall not allow it to be used on these 
 premises again by the same party until the bill is paid; the bill not to 
 inclucl water for the time it was shut oil; provided, how- 
 
 ever, that water shall not be stopped or shut off from any lot or premises 
 on which there is any contagious or infectious disease, which in the opin- 
 ion of the board of health is of a character such that the risk of com- 
 municating the disease to others would be increased by such shutting off 
 of the water, and in such case the water shall not be shut off until the 
 owner pier of such premises shall have continued in default in 
 
 the pj if his water rent for a period of thirty days after recovery 
 
 from said case of contagious or infectious disease. The list of delin- 
 quents made by the superintendent as herein required, shall be made 
 upon a book suitably ruled and bound, and shall contain at least columns 
 for the number of the bill, the name of the water-taker, the number of 
 the district, the amount of the bill, the date of final payment and other 
 spaces, including a column to indicate the execution of the 
 order to "shut off"; and may be used by the water office in the work of 
 shutting off, hut shall be daily returned to the auditor in time for use 
 in checking the treasurer's receipts from bills thereon listed. (June 21, 
 1909.) 
 
 1!). If any person other than the superintendent of the water works, 
 
 or his agents, shall introduce into any lot or tenement water from the 
 
 city pines, or introduce any ferrule or other fixture into any of said pipes, 
 
 or construct or lay down, or have constructed or laid down, any pipes or 
 
 other works for the purpose of introducing water into a lot or tenement, 
 
 or break up any street, lane, alley or road for the purpose of constructing 
 
 or laying down any such pipes or works, every person so offending shall 
 
 a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and every 
 
 twenty-four hours during which such work or fixture shall continue shall 
 
 distinct offence. But after water has been introduced into a lot or 
 
 ent, as provided in section nine of this chapter, the fine shall not 
 
 e incurred by the owner or occupier of such lot or tenement, when he, 
 
 by permission in writing of the superintendent of the water works, or
 
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 (if he refuse) by permission of the committee, causes to be attached to 
 the said pipes, fixtures for water closets, boilers, bath, wash basins, or 
 other things for which water is required; provided, the pipes p 
 kind of faucets and other fixtures, their protection against freezing, and 
 the general arrangement of the work in reference to the security, sal 
 and proper use are subject to the approval of the superintendent or com- 
 mittee on water, and are constructed by practical and competent 
 plumbers; and provided, that on the completion of the work notice 
 thereof be forthwith given to the superintendent of the water works, or 
 his agent, and the work be by him inspected and approved. (Code 1899.) 
 20. No plumber shall make any addition to or alteration of any fix- 
 tures connected with the water works without first bavin id a 
 written permit from the superintendent of the water works or the com- 
 mittee to do so. Nor shall any attachment be made for any purpose 
 whatsoever from any pipe, except it be the pipe supplying the premises 
 for which such work is to be done, and all pipes put in by plumbers shall 
 have separate stop-cocks to each branch thereof at points easily acce -i- 
 ble, so that no difficulty may occur in shutting off the water when it is 
 necessary to do so, under penalty of ten dollars for each violation. All 
 pipe laid in the ground shall be not less than two feet in depth, and when 
 conducted through houses or extended outside in exposed positions, 
 where they are liable to freeze, shall be carefully cased in and packed 
 with mineral wool or some other non-conducting material, to be ap- 
 proved by the superintendent of the water works; and all water closets 
 and baths in exposed places supplied with water, shall have water pipes 
 thoroughly cased in and packed as above described, and shall be pro- 
 vided with automatic shut-off cocks and waste cocks at a point two feet 
 below the surface of the ground, so that the water can be cut off and 
 drawn from the pipes, proper provision being made to get rid of the 
 waste water; and all hydrants, stop and waste cocks and oilier fixtures 
 for supplying water used to be subject to the approval of the superin- 
 tendent or committee on water, and all stop-cocks in the ground to be so 
 located with iron or terra-cotfa boxes not less than four inches internal 
 diameter, with a cast-iron top, with the plumber's name and place of 
 business in letters on the top, and put in such places as always to make 
 them accessible. All plumbing work shall be inspected and approved 
 by the superintendent of the water works or his agent, or any agenl 
 committee on water may appoint for this purpose, before connection shall 
 be made with the water mains in the street, unless by special written 
 permit. All service pipe used in connection with water works shall be 
 lead and of the following weights per foot:
 
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 inch diameter — 1 pound 8 ounces per feet. 
 i/>-inch diameter — 2 pounds per foot. 
 
 rich diameter — 2 pounds 8 ounces per foot. 
 %-inch diameter — 3 pounds per foot. 
 1-inch diameter — 4 pounds per foot. 
 
 No plumber will be allowed to put in any lead pipe, except in con- 
 formity with tins schedule of weights, nor shall any other be used except 
 bv special permission of the superintendent of the water works or com- 
 ; and with the further exception that the pipe supplying hot water 
 from the boiler to the hot-water faucets may be of galvanized iron or 
 brass; and whenever a water meter may be set on the pipe or pipes sup- 
 g the premise?, iron pipe may be used on the premises; provided, 
 the owner or agent of the property has submitted a written request to the 
 superintendent or committee on water for permission to use iron pipe, 
 and said permission has been granted. Each plumber, previous to un- 
 dei taking any of the above work, shall receive a general license, without 
 charge, from the superintendent of the water works. No license will be 
 granted to other than practical plumbers, or to those wdio employ practi- 
 cal plumbers to do their work; and satisfactory evidence of their being 
 practical plumbers will be required before the superintendent shall issue 
 said license. jSTo licensed plumber will be permitted to take out a permit 
 for work to be done by a person not in the employ of such plumber, nor 
 shall a license be granted to any person who the superintendent shall be 
 : . Prom his violations of the requirements of the city ordinances 
 plumbing work, should not be trusted with a license; nor shall a 
 e he granted to any person who shall thereafter employ such 
 er. For repeated violations of the regulations and requirements 
 lid ordinances as to plumbing by any licensed plumber, the said 
 superintendent is authorized to revoke any license then held by said 
 plumber. Any plumber dissatisfied with the decision of said superin- 
 tendent in either refusing or revoking a license may appeal to the com- 
 mittee on water for redress. All licenses now in force shall expire on 
 thirty-first day of December, next ensuing; and all licenses issued 
 hall be for the term ending December thirty-first next follow- 
 e, unless said license shall have been cancelled or revoked. 
 Any person violating any of the foregoing rules, regulations or condi- 
 set forth in this section shall be liable for each offence to a fine 
 - than ten or more than fifty dollars, to be imposed by the police 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 occupying any lot or tenement into which water is 
 eonv< I permit the superintendent of the water works, or his agent,
 
 CHAPTER 31. 283 
 
 cr any outhorized agent of this city, to enter such lot or tenement, at sea- 
 sonable hours, to inspect the works therein, or to see if the provisions of 
 this chapter have been violated. Any person refusing so to do shall, for 
 each refusal, pay a fine of five dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 22. If any person shall deface or injure any house, wall, cock, wheel, 
 fire-plug, or other fixture connected with or pertaining to the water 
 works, or shall bathe in the reservoirs, basin, or canal thereof, or deposit 
 any offensive matter, or any stick, mud, or rubbish in said reservoirs, 
 basin, or canal, or shall, without lawful authority, climb over or get 
 through the fence or enclosures of the reservoirs, or place any building 
 
 * material, rubbish, or any other matter on the stop-cock of a street main 
 or service pipe, or obstruct access to any fixture connected with the water 
 works, or remove or injure any pipe, fire-plug, hydrant, or cock, or open 
 any of them so as to waste the water; or if any person shall use the city 
 water for a purpose for which he has neither paid nor obtained a license 
 to use it, every such person shall, for each offence, pay a fine of not less 
 than five nor more than twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 23. When the occupier of a lot or tenement on which has been erected 
 or placed a hydrant, cock, or other fixture to supply water, shall permit 
 the water to run from the hydrant, cock, or fixture without proper care 
 to prevent waste, or fail to keep their water pipes and fixtures in good 
 repair and protected from freezing, or shall permit the water to be used, 
 taken, or received by any person other than the said occupier, or a mem- 
 ber or visitor of his family, there shall in each case be a fine on the said 
 occupier of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars; and there 
 shall be a like fine also on the person so using, taking, or receiving the 
 water; and in either case the superintendent of the water works shall stop 
 the water from the tenement, and not turn it on again until a satisfac- 
 tory assurance is given him that the like case will not happen again; and 
 in all cases where there are two or more premises supplied by a single tap, 
 and the fixtures accessible to each, a like charge shall be made for each 
 of the premises having access to the fixtures, and a bill presented to the 
 owner or agent of the premises on which said fixtures exist, unless one 
 tenant assumes the responsibility for the whole charge, or unless proper 
 enclosures or barriers are put up and maintained to prevent access from 
 the others ; so, likewise, if any hydrant, cock, or other fixture be found 
 leaking, or left running when not in actual use, and the owner or occu- 
 pier of the premises shall refuse or fail, after due notice, to have the 
 necessary repairs made, the superintendent of the water works shall stop 
 the water from said lot or tenement, and there shall be a fine of ten dol- 
 lars on any person who shall turn on the water before such repairs are 
 made. If any person, not acting under the authority of the superin-
 
 gg^ • RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 tendeni of the water works or the committee, shall turn the city water on 
 
 anv |M i. or if any person shall take, receive or use the 
 
 ore having first paid the charges for the same, he shall pay 
 a fi n e lollars for each offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 Notwithstanding the preceding provision, the committee may 
 to any poor person, without charge therefor, the use of water from 
 a hydranl on a -i or tenement with the permission of the occupier 
 
 ]': or they may grant any such person water for family use free; 
 provided, he shall pay all other charges against him for water on such 
 premises. The superintendent of the water works shall keep a separate 
 lid of licenses granted under this section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 25. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the occupier of a lot or tene- 
 supplied with city water from having, when his hydrant or pipe is 
 
 out of order, the use of water from a hydrant on another lot or tene- 
 ment, with the permission of the occupier thereof; nor prevent any per- 
 son from taking city water to extinguish fire; nor prevent city water from 
 being used by a lire company in examining or practicing or cleaning or 
 putting in good condition their engines and hose. (Code 1899.) 
 
 26. The superintendent shall diligently enforce all ordinances relat- 
 ing to the water works, and prosecute ad who may violate any of their 
 provisions; and it shall be the especial duty of the police to report viola- 
 tions of this chapter which come within their knowledge. (Code 1899.) 
 
 27. That the pay of the keeper of Marshall reservoir be, and is hereby, 
 fixed at sixty ($60.00) dollars per month as keeper, and Ik; shall be 
 paid a further sum iixed at fifteen ($15.00) dollars per month for and 
 conditional upon the doing satisfactorily of any and all other work hereto- 
 fore performed by an assistant during the night, necessitated by the 
 operation of valves for feeding Marshall reservoir from the new reservoir 
 and the said keeper shall be allowed two ions of coal per year, and use 
 of the keeper's house on the premises free of charge and lights. (Febru- 
 ary 18, 1910.) 
 
 28. That all consumers of water outside of the corporate limits of the 
 city of Richmond, using water from the stand-pipe sen ice. shall pay for 
 city water at the rate to be prescribed by the committee on water and 
 that the minimum rate applied to all such consumers shall not be less 
 than ten cents per thousand gallons. That all sections of ordinances or 
 resolutions granting water to parties outside of the corporate limits of 
 
 dty of Richmond which are in conflict with these rates, are hereby 
 
 repealed, and said parlies shall hereafter pay for water at such rates as 
 
 ! "' prescribed by the committee on water, (he minimum rate in all 
 
 ■■ to be no thousand gallons where water is 
 
 taken from the stand-pipe service. (August 17, 1906.)
 
 CHAPTER 31. 285 
 
 29. That each separate house or tenement, although more than our ad- 
 joining house or tenement may be owned by the same person, shall have 
 a separate connection with the water main or pipe Located in the street 
 or alley adjacent to such tenement or house, and where there is now one 
 or more tenements or adjacent houses with a single connection the owner 
 or owners thereof, shall, within thirty days from the passage of this ordi- 
 nance, make separate connections for each of said tenements or houses as 
 hereinbefore required. Any person violating the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars 
 for each offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Rich- 
 mond, each day's failure to make such connection to constitute a sepa- 
 rate offence. (June 24, 1907.) 
 
 30. That it shall he the duty of the owners and occupants of lots with 
 occupied houses on them, to which city water is accessible, and which 
 adjoin by the front, rear or side, a street or alley in which there is a 
 sewer owned by the city, into which it is practicable to enier, shall, upon 
 notice in writing from the board of health, so to do, make application 
 under section 9 of this chapter for the introduction of water into their 
 premises, and as soon, as water .-hall have been introduced into the 
 premises such occupant shall use city water on the premises to flush all 
 closets and to carry all waste water and sewerage into the, city sewer. 
 Any person failing for thirty days to comply with said notice or to use 
 city water for said purposes, when the connection shall have been made, 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars 
 for each day's failure to comply with the foregoing requirements. 
 (January 12, 1906.) 
 
 31. That any person or company engaged in the business of sprinkling 
 the streets of the city of Richmond by means of sprinkling carts or 
 wagons shall pay for the water used in sprinkling the streets the rare 
 of three (3) cents per thousand ( 1,000) gallons, and shall he subject to 
 all rules and regulations of the city ordinances governing the use of city 
 water, with the exception that the rate shall be three (3 ) cent - per thous- 
 and (1,000) gallons for all water so used. (June 16, 1905.) 
 
 32. That water and gas used at the city jail shall he charged to and 
 paid for by the city sergeant at the rates at which gas and water are fur- 
 nished to other "takers of the same in like quantities. (August 8, 1908.) 
 
 33. Hereafter all gas mains, water mains and sewers shall he laid in 
 the alleys of the city, rather than in the streets, whenever and wherever 
 the alley is a practicable route, and in the streets only when there is no 
 available alley route. (April 20, 1903.) 
 
 31. That, subject to the control of the committee on water, the super-
 
 286 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 intendent of the water works be, and he is, hereby authorized to employ 
 in the general office of the water works department the following em- 
 ployees : 
 
 One chief clerk. 
 
 One assistant clerk and stenographer who shall act as clerk to the com- 
 mittee on water. 
 
 Two bill clerks. 
 
 Four messengers. 
 
 Five inspectors and meter readers. 
 
 All of said employees shall be subject to, and receive orders from the 
 superintendent, or any officer designated by the superintendent. (Sep- 
 tember 18, 1909.)
 
 CHAPTER 32. 287 
 
 CHAPTER 32. 
 
 CONCERNING THE CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT AXD POWER PLANT, THE COMMIT- 
 TEE ON ELECTRICITY, CITY ELECTRICIAN AXD THE EXAMINATION 
 AXD LICENSING OF ELECTRICIANS. 
 
 1. That there shall be established, constructed, equipped and main- 
 tained, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, an electric light 
 and power plant for the generation of electricity for municipal purp 
 only, on the property belonging to the city of Richmond, known as the 
 Old Pump House, which property was conveyed to the city of Richmond 
 by J. B. Harvie and wife and others, by deed dated April 23, IS 10, and 
 recorded in the clerk's office of the county court of the county of Henrico, 
 deed book 42, p. 203, and, as soon as needed for that purpose, the com- 
 mittee on water shall, subject to the limitations hereinafter mentioned, 
 turn over to the said committee on electricity, so far as in their judg- 
 ment is practicable, all of the lands, buildings, machinery, dams, race- 
 ways, rights and privileges now constituting the plant known as the Old 
 Pump House, reserving only such control thereof as the committee on 
 water may deem necessary, and which, in the opinion of the superintend- 
 ent of the water works, will not unduly interfere with the operation of his 
 department, and upon the completion and equipment of the said electric 
 plant, to surrender entire control thereof, it being the intention of the 
 city of Richmond to abandon the said pumping station now located on said 
 plant, and in lieu thereof, to provide for additional pumping facilities at 
 the New Pump House, such additional pumping capacity to be oper- 
 ated and propelled by electricity generated at its said electric plant and 
 transmitted to the New Pump House, the supply of water at the Old 
 Reservoir to be provided and delivered by a pipe from the New Pump 
 House or New Reservoir. (April 23, 1907.) 
 
 2. That the main generating station of said light and power plant shall 
 be located on the said property hereinbefore particularly described, which 
 water power, so owned by. the city of Richmond, shall be developed and 
 improved, in connection with the said plant, in such manner as may ap- 
 pear to the best interest of the city; and subject to the approval of the 
 city engineer and city electrician, there shall be erected poles, wires 
 strung thereon, and conduits built under the streets, alleys and other pub- 
 lic places of the city of Richmond and wires placed therein for the trans- 
 mission of electricity, and other necessary electrical apparatus and ap-
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 pliances shall be equipped in connection therewith, in order to furnish 
 
 only, and light for lighting the streets, 
 - and other public places of the city of Rich- 
 far as practicable, the poles and conduits of any person,. 
 j\ yu] ation having poles or conduit? in the streets, alleys or other 
 
 public places of the city of Eichmond, shall be used on the terms and 
 Ions set forth and provided for in chapter 40 of Eichmond City 
 ID 10, and any amendments thereto. (April 23, 1907.) 
 
 3. And in order to establish, construct, equip and maintain such plant 
 the committee on electricity are hereby authorized and empowered to re- 
 ceive bids for the necessary work, and for the purchase of the necessary 
 equipment, but no contract for such work or equipment shall be made or 
 
 e binding to any extent whatsoever until the same shall have been 
 reported to and expressly authorized by the council of the city of Eich- 
 mond. (April 23, 1907.) 
 
 4. That there shall be erected at the Xew Pump House a stone build- 
 ing, corresponding in style and architecture to the Xew Pump House 
 building, and to be of sufficient area and ample capacity for the install- 
 ment and operation of electrically operated pumps, all the nece 
 pump connections, motors, switches, etc., of every description, said pumps 
 to have a capacity to deliver twelve million gallons of water into the 
 Xew Reservoir each twenty-four hours, and there shall also be constructed 
 and laid a thirty-six inch cast iron water main with the necessary valves 
 and connections from the electric pumps to the new reservoir* and said 
 
 ic light and power plant shall be sufficient to provide a constant and 
 sufficient electric power, whether generated by water or steam, to operate 
 said pumps running continuously during the twenty-four hours and 
 pumping at a rate of five hundred thousand gallons of water per hour or 
 twelve million gallons in each twenty-four hours into the Xew Reser- 
 voir, all electric power for such purposes to be free of any cost or charge 
 against the city water works in consideration of the fact that the city 
 water works turns over for an electric light and power plant all grounds 
 and buildings, water power right? and property of every kind now owned 
 by and pertaining to the Old Pump House site, the estimated value of 
 which is three hundred thousand dollars. That all constructions of every 
 
 iption of the proposed pumps and connections and the pump main 
 leading to the Xew Reservoir, when made, shall be done under the super- 
 satisfaction of the superintendent of the water works 
 on water. That none of the old pumps now being 
 operated at the Old Pump House by the city water works for supplving 
 water to the city shall be removed without the approval of the superin- 
 tendent of the water works. (April 23, 1907.)
 
 CHAPTER 32. 289 
 
 I 
 
 5. That a committee, to be known as a committee on electricity, be 
 and the same is hereby created and shall consist of four members of the 
 common council and three members of the board of ap- 
 pointed by the respective presidents of each branch. (April 12, 1901.) 
 
 6. The committee on electricity shall be authorized bo p or the 
 approval of the council rules and re* ts for the installation of 
 electric wiring and apparatus, to be used by all perso 3 or corpora- 
 tions furnishing or receiving electricity for manufa nical 
 or other purposes within the city of Richmond, and from i time to 
 recommend such alterations, amendments or repeal of 
 regulations. And it shall be the duty of the said co] on elec- 
 tricity to inspect, or from time to time to cause 1 ! by the 
 electrician of the city, all electrical works and appliances used or in- 
 tended for the use of the manufacture or supplying or receiving of 
 electricity within the city of Richmond, and especially such of said works 
 or appliances as are used or intended to be used in making connections 
 for supplying to and receiving electricity in buildings so that all such con- 
 nections and appliances within or without all buildings shall have proper 
 insulation, in order to guard against fires or damage to persons and 
 property by reason of their imperfect construction or insulation. And 
 the electrician of the city shall from time to time make report of all de- 
 fective construction of such works, connections or appliances; and the 
 said committee shall be authorized to require the same to be repaired, 
 rebuilt or removed whenever the same shall not be in accordance with the 
 rules and ordinances of the city council. And any person failing or re- 
 fusing to comply with the requirements of the said committee, as to the 
 removal, repair or rebuilding of such work or appliances, after being 
 notified in writing of such requirements for at least five days, shall be 
 fined not less than five nw more than ten dollars for each day's failure or 
 lefusal so to comply, such fine to be recoverable before the police jus- 
 tice. (July 20, 1901.) 
 
 7. That the committee on electricity, shall as soon as practicable after 
 July 1, 1909, and biennially thereafter, appoint two electrical inspectors 
 whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the city electrician, to in- 
 spect electrical wirings inside of and outside of buildings, and also to per- 
 form such other duties pertaining to the department of electricity as may 
 be required of them respectively by the city electrician or the committee 
 on electricity; such appointments shall be made from a list of not less 
 than six competent electricians to be furnished to said committee by the 
 city electrician. The said inspectors shall receive a salary of one thousand 
 and eighty dollars ($1,080.00) per annum each, payable as other salaries 
 are paid. (January 6, 1910.)
 
 290 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 8. That the city electrician may also from time to time employ, under 
 directj , such other persons as may be 
 
 f or the proper ins or removal of such electrical appli- 
 
 d not in accordance with rules 
 
 of Richmond, and for 
 
 i r can be found ; but in any case where an owner can be 
 
 \\ liich are n< t now in use, such owner shall 
 
 quired to remove such applia I upon his failure so to do, when 
 
 e shall be liable to a fine of not less than 
 t eI] a, L0.00) aor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), re- 
 
 ■ in the p ilice court. ( May I '., 1902.) 
 
 9. That the committee on < by empowered from time to 
 time to purchase such electrical instruments as may be required for the 
 deparl thereof d es not exceed the 
 amount of the annual appropriations which may be devoted to that pur- 
 
 of th fund under the control of the committee on electricity. 
 (May 17, L902.) 
 
 10. The superint of lire alarm and police telegraph shall, by 
 of his office, and with the consent of the board of fire commission- 
 ers, be the electrician of the city. He shall, in compensation for his ser- 
 
 city electrician, receive a salary of seven hundred dollars per 
 annum, payable monthly. (April 15, L904.) 
 
 11. It shall 1 city to look after and 
 keep in repair and proper i ideal apparatus owned and 
 controlled by the city, and shad inspect all overhead street-construction 
 poles, brackets, rms, and all i r outside with 
 Luildi 'v and all electric lights furnished 
 
 ct to the city, and s i ictrical work as may be required 
 
 cf him by the committee on iep a faithful record 
 
 of all applications to string win ts or houses, whether approved 
 
 cf or rejected, and shall imm ct all new work and report the 
 
 same to the committee. (April 12, 1901.) 
 
 12. It shall, with ard of police commissioners, be 
 the duty of the city police, to report to the office of the electrician of the 
 city all electric lights <:■ ! ound not burning, and upon receipt 
 of any such report, the corporation, firm or individual furnishing said 
 
 shall be of the same by the electrician, and the said elec- 
 
 trician shall keep a e same and report to the committee at 
 
 Least once a month. (April 12, 1901.) 
 
 1:3. It shall he unlawful for any corporation, firm or individual to 
 
 string wires or make any electrical connections with buildings, within the 
 
 rate limits of the city of Richmond, without permission to do the
 
 CHAPTER 32. 291 
 
 same from the electrician of the city, subject to the approval of the com- 
 mittee on electricity; and any corporation, firm or individual violating 
 this provision, shall, upon conviction before the police justice, pay a fine 
 cf not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, at the 
 discretion of said justice. Each violation shall be a separate offense. 
 (April 12, 1901.) 
 
 14. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any 
 corporation, firm or individual from liability or moral responsibility in 
 case of accident to life, or damage to property, in the operation of their 
 plant. (April 12, 1901.) 
 
 15. Every person desiring to do work as an electrician within the city 
 of Richmond shall, before obtaining a license as hereinafter provided, 
 make written application to the city electrician for an examination as to 
 his proficiency and capacity to do such work. Said examination shall 
 relate to the knowledge of the applicant as to electricity, and shall be 
 practical as well as theoretical, and if the applicant shows himself com- 
 petent and qualified to perform electrical work, the said city electrician 
 shall deliver to the applicant a certificate to that effect, which certificate 
 shall entitle the said applicant to obtain from the city treasurer a license 
 upon payment of a license fee of one dollar. (May 14, 1906.) 
 
 16. Every electrical contractor doing work in the cit} r of Richmond 
 shall be required to obtain a license for the privilege of doing such busi- 
 ness, and to pay for such privilege at the rate of twenty-five dollars per 
 annum, which sum or the ratable part thereof as the case may be, shall 
 be paid to the treasurer of the city of Richmond before such license shall 
 be effective, who is hereby authorized to issue such license, upon the pay- 
 ment of the sum required. All licenses so issued shall expire on the 31st 
 day of January succeeding their date; provided, however, that no license 
 shall be issued for a period of less than six months. Any person, firm or 
 corporation found doing work in the city without such license shall be 
 subject to a fine of one hundred dollars, and, in the discretion of the 
 court hearing the case, may be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 
 thirty days. (December 19, 1906.) 
 
 17. Every electrical contractor taking out the license required by the 
 foregoing section shall give bond to the city of Richmond in the sum of 
 one thousand dollars in some trust or guaranty company, acceptable to 
 the city attorney, to indemnify and save harmless the city of Richmond as 
 well as any other person from all expense and damage that may be caused 
 by any negligence or defective or inadequate work done under their li- 
 cense, and where any electrical work has been done by an electrical con- 
 tractor under this ordinance which shall be deemed defective by the city 
 electrician, and who, after thirty days written notice from said electri-
 
 292 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 cian, shall fail to revise or put said work in proper condition to the satis- 
 
 eleetrician, then and in that case the principal and surety 
 
 on said bond shall be liable for and shall pay so much on account of said 
 
 bond as may be necessary in order to perfect such work, and shall also pay 
 
 id all damages which may he occasioned to any person by reason of 
 
 e work. (May 14, 1906.) 
 
 18. All electrical construction and all material and appliances used in 
 connection with electrical work, and the operation of all electrical ap- 
 is within the limits of the city of Eichmond, shall conform to the 
 
 "Kules and Requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters" 
 for the installation of wiring and apparatus for electrical purposes as 
 they arc now established, or may hereafter be amended; and the said 
 rules and regulations are hereby adopted and approved and shall have full 
 force ami effect as if set forth in this chapter. (May 11, 1906.) 
 
 19. No repairs, changes or additions shall be made in or to wiring 
 already installed in buildings without a permit therefor from the city 
 electrician, nor shall any change be made in any isolated or private plant 
 without first obtaining a permit from the city electrician. (May 11, 
 
 16.) 
 
 20. It shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, for any per- 
 son or persons erecting scaffolding, putting up signs, altering or chang- 
 ing plumbing, repairing or painting buildings, or in any other way to 
 
 break or in any manner interfere with the arrangement of any elec- 
 trical wires whatsoever inside or outside of any building under a penalty 
 of not less than five nor more than ten dollars, each violation to be a 
 separate offence. (May 14, 190G.) 
 
 21. Whenever builders or persons engaged in repairing, painting, put- 
 ting up signs, repairing or altering plumbing, etc., find it necessary to 
 remove, alter or change the location of wires on or in buildings in prose- 
 cuting their work, the owner of such building or the contractor engaged 
 thereon shall serve the city electrician with written notice at least twenty- 
 four hours before such contemplated work is begun, and it shall be the 
 duty of said electrician to direct the owners of such wires to remove 
 the same, and upon their failure so to do within forty-eight hours after 
 such instructions, the obstructing or interfering wires may be removed 
 by the contractor under the supervision of the city electrician. (May 14, 
 1906.) 
 
 On any pole of any electric light, power, street railway, telephone 
 or telegraph company used jointly by two or more such companies, each 
 company shall be allotted a special zone and shall confine its wires to that 
 zone. Spaces shall be measured from the tops of poles downward, and the
 
 CHAPTER 32. 293 
 
 uppermost zone on every pole shall be at all times reserved for the tree use 
 of city wires. (May 14, 1906.) 
 
 23. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to increase 
 the size of any fuse above the rated capacity of the wire which it is pro- 
 tecting in or on any building in the city of Richmond. (May 11, 190G.) 
 
 21. It shall be the duty of the electrical inspector, at suitable intervals, 
 to make inspection of old work in the city of Richmond, and when de- 
 fects are discovered in such work, to require the removal of the same and 
 the installation to be brought up to a condition of safety within a rea- 
 sonable time, the extreme limit not to exceed twenty days. (May 11, 
 1906.) 
 
 25. In any case of failure to comply with the provisions of this chap- 
 ter the city electrician shall have authority, after due notice, to cut off 
 lights or current in any locality concerned and to enforce discontinuance 
 of same until said requirements are complied with, and any person vio- 
 lating any provision of the last foregoing ten sections, for which no spe- 
 cific penalty is imposed, shall be liable to a fine of not less than two dol- 
 lars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offence, recoverable be- 
 fore the police justice. (May 14, 1906.)
 
 994 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER 33. 
 
 CONCERNING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE ALARM AND POLICE 
 
 TELEGRAPH. 
 
 [Memo— See sections 93 to 94 inclusive of the charter of the city of Rich- 
 mond, concerning the organization, management and duties of the 
 loord of fire commissioners.) 
 
 1. The chief engineer, or in his absence the officer highest in rank, 
 shall command the fire department. During fires and inspections he shall 
 control all fire-plugs, maintain order among the firemen and bystanders, 
 preserve property, command the city police, note and report to the police 
 justice all violations of law or of the city ordinances, and do all things 
 proper for the efficient operation of the department. He shall report an- 
 nually to the mayor in the month of February the names and ages of the 
 firemen, the number and localities of the fires which have occurred dur- 
 ing the year, the cause thereof, if they can be ascertained, the names of 
 the owners of the property destroyed or injured, the amount of such de- 
 struction or injury, the amount of insurance, the names of t\vo, insurance 
 companies, and such other matters touching its operation and organiza- 
 tion as he shall think proper. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. If any person interfere with a fireman in the discharge "of his duty, 
 or loiter about the engine-houses, or if any minor or other person meddle 
 with the engines, hose, or apparatus as hereinbefore mentioned, he shall 
 be fined by the police justice not less than five nor more than twenty dol- 
 lars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The police of the city in the neighborhood of a fire shall obey the 
 orders of the officer in command of the fire department. They shall 
 carry the names and residences of the officers and firemen of the depart- 
 ment in their district, and shall call them on an alarm of fire at night. 
 And the police shall also have the alarm-bells at the police station and 
 engine-houses rung for a reasonable time after an alarm of tiro has been 
 sounded, and occasionally during the ringing strike the number of the 
 fire-station from which the alarm comes with such precision and distinct- 
 ness that the firemen may readily understand the signal. The officer in 
 command of the department in time of riot or insurrection, shall, on the
 
 CHAPTER 33. 295 
 
 requisition of the mayor, assemble his department and assisl the police of 
 the city in restoring order or quelling insurrection. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. Hereafter no person under twenty-one years of age, and who does 
 not list for State or city taxes, shall be eligible to membership in the de- 
 partment, and hereafter no person shall be ele< I imber thereof un- 
 less he is a citizen of Richmond; nor shall any member be allowed to re- 
 move his residence beyond the corporate limits of the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The chief engineer or the officer in command of the fire depart- 
 ment, whenever it is reporttd to him, or comes to his knowledge, that 
 any building is in danger of being fired, either from carelessness of the 
 owner or occupant, defective chimney, or other cause, shall, if he thinks 
 there is good reason so to do, give notice to said owners or occupants, in 
 writing, to connect the same within twelve hours thereafter, and if it is 
 not done within- the time specified he shall report the ease to the police 
 justice. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Should any person knowingly give or cause to be given any false 
 alarm of fire by means of the fire-alarm telegraph., he, she, or they shall 
 be subjected to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two 
 hundred dollars, at the option of the police justice, to be recovered as 
 other fines are recoverable. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. Authority is herein' given to the mayor to offer a reward of one 
 hundred dollars, or less, for the apprehension and conviction of any per- 
 son or persons who shall knowingly give or cause to be given, any false 
 alarm of fire by means of the fire alarm telegraph, or who shall unlaw- 
 fully destroy, damage or deface any fire alarm box or police telegraph 
 signal box. And if any person unlawfully destroy, damage or deface any 
 fire alarm box or police telegraph box he shall, upon conviction thereof 
 before the police justice of tlic city of Richmond, be fined not less than 
 twenty nor more than one hundred dollars or be confined in the city jail 
 not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both so fined and 
 confined, in the discretion of the court. (January 14, 1905.) 
 
 8. Hereafter, until otherwise ordered, all moneys received from the 
 sale of fire alarm boxes and gongs shall he paid into the city treasury 
 under warrant of the city auditor, and that the sun:-- so received shall be 
 put upon the books of both the city auditor and city treasurer to the 
 credit of the board of fire commissioners, and drawn upon by them in 
 payment of other boxes and gongs, when purchased by said board of fire 
 commissioners. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. During the progress of a fire the chief of the fire department he, 
 and he is hereby, authorized to require any company, owning or using 
 wires for the furnishing of electric lights to the city of Richmond, to 
 cut off the electric current passing over said wires during said fire. Any
 
 296 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 eh requirements whenever made shall 
 
 ,„ fifty nor more than five hundred dol- 
 
 iid city; and the failure to 
 
 al I be a separate offence. Upon failure of company 
 
 mptl; the requirements above mentii 
 
 ; chief is he:- orized to have cut any such 
 
 regard them as interfering with the proper man- 
 
 , ^e. Wh< '■ current shall be cut off as above men- 
 
 I | or the \ ■ the city releases the said company from its obli- 
 
 light until said current can be turned on or said wires 
 
 men( ] . nor will the city hold said company responsible 
 
 for any injury or loss to person or property, which may occur while said 
 
 current: may properly remain cut off, or while said wires shall properly 
 
 remain cut, whenever said loss or injury shall be caused by the absence 
 
 of electric lights. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. In all buildings of a public or semi-public character, including 
 churcl ols, factories and office buildings already erected or here- 
 after to be erected in this city, the halls, doors, stairways, seats and aisles 
 shall be so arranged as to facilitate egress in cases of fire or accident, and 
 
 rd the requisite and proper accommodation for the public protec- 
 tion in such cases: and all aisles and passage ways in said building de- 
 ses of a public or semi-public use shall be kept free from 
 camp-stools, chairs, sofas, p tanding in aisles, and other obstruc- 
 
 tions during any performance, service, exhibition, lecture, concert, ball 
 or any other public or semi-public gathering, but the prohibition con- 
 tained in the words, "persons standing in aisles'' in this section shall not 
 apply to persons standing or walking in the promenade space around the 
 ring of the horse show building during the progress of any horse show 
 exhibition. (March 11, 1907.) 
 
 11. The board of fire commissioners is hereby charged with the duty of 
 inspecting, or of having inspected by a competent officer, all such build- 
 ings; they shall serve written notice to any owner or lessee of any build- 
 
 a which any violation of the provisions of the ordinance, or the rules 
 promulgated, or to be promulgated, after the adoption of this ordinance, 
 may be found to exist, and, if within ten days after the service of such 
 notice, proper corrections have not been made in accordance with same, 
 the person or p lilty of the violation shall be reported to the police 
 
 justice of this city. (March 18, 1901.) 
 
 1 '-- fire commissioners is hereby authorized and instructed 
 
 to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as in the judgment 
 of the said board may be deemed proper and necessary to provide for the
 
 CHAPTER 33. 897 
 
 safety of life and limb in buildings in which any considerable number of 
 persons gather. (March 18, 1904.) 
 
 13. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of 
 this ordinance, or who shall fail to correct violations in accordance here- 
 with, after notice has been served by the board of fire commissioners, as 
 required by section 11, shall be fined for the first offence ten dollars, and 
 for the second offence twenty-five dollars, to be imposed and collected as 
 other fines are under the law. Each day the violation exists after the 
 fine has been imposed shall constitute a separate and distinct offence. 
 But in the event that this ordinance is violated to such an extent as to 
 cause the board of fire commissioners to have apprehension for the safety 
 of the public, the said board is required to report the conditions existing 
 to the mayor, who shall be empowered and authorized to close the said 
 building to the public until such corrections have been made, and it is 
 further the duty of the mayor to see that the provisions of this ordinance 
 are carried out. (March 18, 1904.) 
 
 14. No person shall be allowed to open for public or semi-public use 
 any building until a permit shall have first been obtained from the board 
 of fire commissioners, which shall set forth that the terms of this ordi- 
 nance have been complied with and that the building is properly equipped 
 with reasonable and necessary means of escape in case of fire or accident, 
 (March 18, 1904.) 
 
 15. The board of fire commissioners be, and they are hereby, requested 
 to extinguish fires occurring from time to time on dumps located within 
 the corporate limits in order to abate obnoxious and unhealthy odors 
 emanating therefrom, created when any of said dumps are fired, and to 
 prevent and protect property of citizens from possible damage. (Decem- 
 ber 7, 1905.) 
 
 16. The board of fire commissioners are hereby authorized and empow- 
 ered to create the position of an additional operator in the fire alarm de- 
 partment, and to fix the salary for the said office at not more than one 
 thousand dollars per annum. The committee on finance shall annually 
 provide the sum of one thousand dollars for the payment of the salary 
 of this additional operator in the fire alarm department, after the said 
 position shall have been created, which sum shall be available for the 
 purpose on warrants properly drawn and approved by the board of fire 
 commissioners. (February 18, 1910.) 
 
 17. That the board of fire commissioners of the city of Richmond be, 
 and they are hereby, authorized to render aid in the extinguishment of 
 fire occurring beyond the limits of the city of Richmond, and they are 
 hereby authorized and empowered to prescribe the rules, regulations and 
 limitations under which such aid may be rendered. (January 15, 1904.)
 
 298 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER 34. 
 
 CONCERNING THE PROPER CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND USE OF ALL 
 BUILDINGS USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR ASSEMBLAGES OF ANT 
 
 CHARACTER. 
 
 1. All buildings of a public character already erected or hereafter to 
 be built, such as hotels, churches, theatres, school-houses, restaurants, rail- 
 road depots, public halls, and all other buildings used or intended to be 
 used or occupied for assemblages of any character, shall be so constructed, 
 arranged, and maintained as to facilitate egress in cases of fire or accident, 
 and to afford the requisite and proper protection in such cases ; and espe- 
 cially to this end shall all halls, doors, stairways, and aisles be conveni- 
 ently planned and arranged and kept free of persons standing therein, 
 and of camp-stools, chairs, sofas, and other obstructions. And every 
 theatre, public building or hall, used for the purpose of giving any dra- 
 matic, musical, or other entertainment, shall be provided to the satisfac- 
 tion of the chief of the fire department and city engineer with such a 
 number or doors, opening outwards, as will furnish sufficient mea 
 
 in case of fire. All of these doors shall be kept unlocked during the 
 entire time that the building or hall is occupied, and shall be thrown open 
 at the end of each performance to enable the occupants to pass out and 
 familiarize themselves with the location of the various means of e, 
 (May 17, 1907.) 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the city engineer, when required by the 
 police justice, to make an examination as to the strength of any building 
 referred to in the foregoing section, and to ascertain and report whi 
 
 cr not its plan of construction is in conformity with the provisions hereof; 
 and it shall be the duty of the chief of police to see that all the require- 
 and provisions of this chapter are fully complied with, and to re- 
 port any and all violations thereof to the police justice. It shall be the 
 duty of the chief of the fire department to inspect all such buildings 
 with reference to the facilities of egress in case of fire or accident, and to 
 report any insufficiency therein to the police justice. And authority is 
 ■ given to the city electrician t© inspect and condemn any and all 
 ieal wiring or equipment in said buildings. (May 17, 1902.) 
 
 ding the trial on any complaint for a viola- 
 tion of the provisions of this chapter, may direct any or all of the ofl
 
 CHAPTER 34. 299 
 
 mentioned in the foregoing section to inspect the building referred to in 
 such complaint and report thereon in regard to the matter referable to 
 such officer or officers under the foregoing section. (May 1?, 1902. ) 
 
 4. Any owner, lessee, tenant, or manager of any such building or hall 
 failing to comply with each and every provision of this chapter, shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, to 
 be imposed and collected as other fines are under the law. Each and 
 every day's failure to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter 
 shall be deemed a separate offence. (May 17, 190'3.) 
 
 5. The board of fire commissioners and the board of police commis- 
 sioners arc hereby required to see that the provisions of this chapter arc 
 strictly enforced by the chiefs of their respective departments. (May 
 17, 1902.) 
 
 6. It shall be the duty of the proprietor or manager of any public place 
 of amusement or hall of exhibition in which- there are fire-plugs, during 
 performances or exhibitions in these buildings, to keep an employee in 
 position near the fire-plug in readiness to use the hose attached thereto 
 in case of fire. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. The chief of the fire department, or any one of the assistant engi- 
 neers, may enter any public place of amusement or hall of exhibition in 
 this city at any time they may deem proper. The person keeping the 
 door of any public place of amusement shall permit any of these officers 
 to enter the building upon the exhibition of the officer's badge of office. 
 Any person failing to promptly admit such officer shall be fined not less 
 than five dollars nor more than ten dollars, and upon failure to pay said 
 fine, shall be imprisoned in the city jail not less than five nor more than 
 ten days, ft shall be the duty of these officers to make any recommenda- 
 tions that they may deem for the public good concerning places of amuse- 
 ment, to the city council whenever they may think it necessary. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 8. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to furnish the lessee, owner or 
 manager of every public place of amusement or hall of exhibition with 
 a copy of this ordinance, who shall keep the same posted in a conspicuous 
 place near the door. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. That every theatre, public building, or hall, used for the purpose 
 cf giving any dramatical, musical, or other entertainment to which the 
 public is admitted, either upon payment of an admission fee or by invi- 
 tation, shall be provided with a sufficient number of doors (satisfactory 
 to the chief of the fire department), opening outwards, and leading to the 
 ground, as will furnish sufficient means of egress for the occupants in case 
 cf fire. (February 17, 1900.)
 
 300 RICHMOND CITy CODE. 
 
 10. A-U i doors shall be kept unlocked during the whole of the 
 ; hat the building or hall is occupied, and shall be thrown open at the 
 
 en fl , erformance to enable the occupants to pass out and to 
 
 familiarize themselves with the location of the various means of egress. 
 (February 17, 1900.) 
 
 11. Any owner or lessee of any such building or hall failing to comply 
 with each and every provision of the last foregoing two sections shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, to be im- 
 posed and collected as other fines are under the law. Each and every 
 day's failure to comply with the requirements of this ordinance shall be 
 deemed a separate offence. (February 17, 1'900.) 
 
 12. That the proprietor of each and every hotel or apartment house 
 located in the city of Richmond shall install and maintain in good order, 
 in a manner satisfactory to the superintendent of fire alarm and police 
 telegraph, a fire alarm bell in the hallway on each floor, connected so as 
 to be conveniently operated from the office of such building, to be sounded 
 in case of fire occurring, or likely to occur in said building; and it shall 
 be the duty of such proprietors by printed notices posted in each room of 
 such buildings, and also at convenient and suitable places in each hall- 
 way of such buildings, plainly indicating the location of fire escapes; 
 and between the hours of 6 o'clock P. M. and 6 o'clock A. M. of each 
 day to locate and maintain a red light at the doorway or exit to the fire 
 escape on each floor of said building to indicate such location. Any per- 
 son violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not 
 less than $25.00 or more than $100.00. (November 14, 1902.)
 
 CHAPTER 35. 301 
 
 CHAPTEE 35. 
 
 CONCEEXIXG STREETS. 
 
 1. The committee on streets shall convene as soon as practicable after 
 their appointment, and as often thereafter as they may deem proper. A 
 majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
 business, unless otherwise expressly provided by ordinance. The chair- 
 man or any three of the committee may, at any time, call a meeting of 
 the committee. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. There shall be appointed by the city council an engineer for the city, 
 who shall be a citizen of Richmond, and shall hold his office until his suc- 
 cessor is appointed, or he be removed. He shall give bond, with the secur- 
 ity required by ordinance, in the sum of five thousand dollars, with condi- 
 tion that he shall faithfully perform all the duties of his office, and that 
 he will not, directly or indirectly, for himself or others, or by others in 
 trust for him or on his account, have any interest in any purchase, lease, 
 contract, or agreement made by the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. There shall be three assistant engineers in the engineer department 
 of the city, who shall be designated as first assistant, second assistant, and 
 third assistant, and a clerk, all of whom shall be appointed by the city 
 engineer, subject to approval by the committee on streets, who shall per- 
 form all the duties that may be prescribed for them by the engineer of the 
 city. 
 
 a. There shall be in the office of the city engineer one bookkeeper and 
 accountant, who shall be nominated by the engineer and elected by the 
 committee on streets, and shall hold his position at the pleasure of the 
 committee on streets, and shall receive as compensation for his services 
 thirteen hundred and fifty dollars per annum, payable monthly, to be pro- 
 vided for in the same manner as all other salaries. 
 
 6. No one shall be eligible to this position who is not competent to do 
 the work hereinafter required and keep the books and accounts by the sys- 
 tem of double entry, or who. has not filed certificates of competency satis- 
 factory to the city engineer. 
 
 c. It shall be the duty of said bookkeeper and accountant to keep cor- 
 rect accounts of the general and special appropriations made to the de- 
 partment and of all expenditures made by the department, and his books 
 shall always accurately show the expenditures on account of particular 
 wards, and each particular contract or piece of work, or specially ordered
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 it; the subdivisions of the general appropriations which may 
 
 i] or the committee on streets, grounds and build- 
 
 , uuprovemeni James river; the expenditures on account of the sev- 
 
 unts of the three committees above 
 named, and accurately the liability of the department on account of any 
 : contractors or other persons supplying labor or ma- 
 ! tesl the accuracy of all accounts presented to the depart- 
 ment for payment, and shall prepare, issue, and charge up all warrants 
 ed by th i I • and s ••rally per- 
 
 form dutie in connection with the office work as may be re- 
 
 quired of him by the city engineer. lie shall also be the clerk of the com- 
 ets, and shall perform the duties of that position without 
 additional compensation. The said b r and ace I shall give 
 
 bond in the usual form in the penalty of two thousand dollars. (Code 
 
 I. There shall he in the office of the city engineer one assistant book- 
 keeper and accountant who shall be nominated by the city engineer and 
 id by the committee on streets, and he shall perform >\irh duties as 
 er and the committee on streets shall require, and n 
 in compensation for his the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dol- 
 
 lars per annum, payable monthly, as the salary of other city officers. (No- 
 vember I-".. 1909.) 
 
 5. That the city engineer be, and hi i ithorized and directed, 
 
 subject 1" the approval ts, to appoint two addi- 
 
 tional ineers, who shall discharge such duties in connec- 
 
 tion wit!) his department as may he imposed upon them by him or the 
 eomm The salar ts shall b i hun- 
 
 dred d 00) per annum each, payable as other salaries are 
 
 paid. r J I • dining the pleas I » eer. Any 
 
 In said offices for any cause whatever may he filled i' 1 
 one manner as the original appointments are made. (October 1G, 
 1909.) 
 
 rhat the ci id lie is hereby, authorized and directed, 
 
 subject to the approval of the c . | , mp] ■• a compe- 
 
 who shall he known as the 
 
 i such duties as may be 
 
 im P 0Sl committee on streets 
 
 v ' lll,M hundred dollars per annum payable 
 
 monthly, to be provided for in the same manner as other salaries. That 
 
 Efice of the city engineer a stenogra- 
 
 • he nominated by the city engineer and elected 
 
 hy the committee en streets, who shall discharge such other duties as may
 
 CHAPTER 35. 303 
 
 be imposed upon him by the city engineer or the committee on streets, and 
 shall receive as compensation for his services nine hundred and ninety 
 dollars per annum, payable monthly, to be provided for in the same man- 
 ner as other salaries. (March 16, 1905.) 
 
 7. That the city engineer he, and he is hereb)', authorized and directed, 
 subject to the approval of the committte on streets, to employ a compe- 
 tent draughtsman and instrument man who shall be known as draughts- 
 man, and who shall discharge such duties as may be imposed upon him 
 by the city engineer and committee on streets, and whose compensation 
 shall he twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, to be pro- 
 vided for in the same manner as other salaries. (July 17, 1908.) 
 
 8. That the city engineer be, and he is hereby, directed, subject to the 
 approval of the committee on streets, to employ a rodman who shall dis- 
 charge such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the city engi- 
 neer and committee on streets, and shall receive as compensation for his 
 services, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, payable monthly, 
 to be provided for in the same manner as other salaries. (July 17, 
 1908.) 
 
 9. The engineer for the city shall, by himself or by his assistants, for 
 whom he shall be responsible, make all such surveys, plans, and estimates 
 as may be required of him by the city council, or the committee on streets. 
 It shall be his duty, under the direction and control of the committee on 
 streets, to superintend the general state of the streets and culverts, and 
 the laying out and repairing of the same, and report to the police justice 
 all encroachments. He shall also furnish and establish, and it shall be 
 the duty of the committees on light and water, respectively, and their 
 respective superintendents to require of him all necessary profiles of, 
 and grades, and local ions for all gas and water mains laid or to he laid in 
 the city or by its authority; and no gas or water mains shall be laid ex- 
 cept in accordance with the profiles, grades, and locations furnished and 
 decided upon by said engineer. Before the respective superintendents of 
 the water and gas works shall excavate in or break open the road-bed, 
 gutters, or sidewalks of any street for the purpose of laying or repairing 
 water or gas pipes, or any other fixtures or tilings in connection the 
 with, it shall be the duty of said respective superintendents to report to 
 the engineer, in writing, -their intention in regard to the same. And 
 whenever either of said superintendents shall so excavate or break open 
 such road-bed, gutters, or sidewalks it shall be his duty to properly re- 
 store the same to its former condition as soon as practicable, and to keep 
 the same so restored for the twelve months next thereafter. ((' 
 1899.)
 
 304: RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 10. The duties of the city engineer shall be the same within the city 
 as those of a county surveyor in a county, as prescribed by the laws of the 
 State. For any service performed by him in the city, by virtue of his 
 office, he may charge the party at whose instance such service is per- 
 formed, at the rate, for each hour necessarily taken by him, of one dollar 
 and fifty cents for the first hour, and of one dollar for each succeeding 
 hour so taken ; and when he performs a service, the whole fee for which, 
 at this rate, would be less than one dollar, he may charge therefor one 
 dollar, instead of at the rate aforesaid. What is allowed in this section 
 to the surveyor shall be deemed full compensation, not only for his own 
 service?, but also for the services of any chain-carrier or assistants that 
 be may employ. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The engineer shall personally attend at his office a portion of each 
 day, except when leave of absence may be granted him by the committee 
 on streets; and his office shall be open daily except Sundays for the trans- 
 action of business from 9 o'clock A. M. to 4 o'clock P. M. He shall sys- 
 tematically arrange and keep in a fire-proof safe in his office the papers 
 o f his office not otherwise provided for. He shall keep a record of all his 
 proceedings, and a set of books, in which shall be entered, under appro- 
 priate heads, the receipts and expenditures of his department. He shall 
 also attend all meetings of the committee on streets, and have a record 
 kept of their proceedings. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. Annually, as soon as practicable after the last day of December, 
 the engineer shall make a report to the committee on streets, containing 
 a general statement of the expenses of his department during the pre- 
 ceding year; the amount expended on the various streets or other im- 
 provements of each ward; the cost of maintaining the city carts and 
 hands; and such other information and suggestions as he may consider 
 desirable; which report the said committee shall examine and submit to 
 the city council, with such remarks as they may deem proper. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 13. The engineer for the city, with the approval of the committee on 
 streets, shall hire for the city such number of hands and teams and pur- 
 chase such materials, horses, mules, carts, and tools as they may deem 
 proper. Any sum or sums of money payable for any such purpose or 
 hiring shall be paid upon a draft on the auditor, stating the amount to 
 be paid and for what given, certified by the engineer of the city, and 
 signed by the chairman of the committee on streets. 
 
 ^ a. There shall be kept at the city stables, at the expense of the city, 
 five horses and five vehicles for the use of the department of the engineer 
 of the city.
 
 CHAPTER 35. 305 
 
 b. The city shall not be divided into more than two working districts 
 for hands and carts, and there shall not be more than one manager of 
 hands and carts for each working district, who shall be appointed by the 
 city engineer, subject to the approval of the committee on streets, which 
 said committee shall have authority to fix the compensation of said man- 
 agers of hands and carts. 
 
 c. The engineer for the city shall designate an assistant engineer in his 
 department, whenever necessary, to superintend and inspect the con- 
 struction or repair of sewers. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. The committee on streets are authorized to expend all sums an- 
 nually appropriated and placed to the credit of said committee for such 
 improvements or repairs of streets, alleys, or for such construction or re- 
 pairs of sewers as they deem advisable. But whenever any such work is 
 to be done, at the expense in whole or in part of the owner of land abut- 
 ting on such improvements, or when any such work requires any mate- 
 rial change in the grade of any street or alley, no such work shall be done 
 until duly authorized by the city council as hereinafter provided. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 15. All contracts for work authorized by the city council or the com- 
 mittee on streets shall be signed on the part of the city by the chairman 
 oi the committee. The contract shall contain such provisions for security 
 as the city council or said committee may direct. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. The word "street" or "streets"' shall be. understood as including 
 alleys, lanes, courts, public squares, and public places, and it shall also be 
 understood as including the sidewalks, unless the contrary is expressed, 
 or such construction would be manifestly inconsistent. (Code 1899.) 
 
 17. The engineer shall report to the committee on streets, and said 
 committee to the city council, such grades or changes of grades of the 
 streets and public alleys of the city as ought from time to time, in his 
 opinion, or in the opinion of said committee, ought to be established, or 
 made with such profiles thereof as may be deemed proper by himself, or 
 as he may be directed by said committee to make. Any person intending 
 hereafter to build or erect any house or other structure upon the line of 
 any street or public alley, shall first obtain from the engineer for the city 
 a certificate in writing of the line and adopted grade of such street at the 
 place where such house or structure is to be erected; and it shall be the 
 duty of the engineer to file with the city clerk a duplicate of the said cer- 
 tificate. If any person shall hereafter build or erect, or attempt to build 
 or erect, any house or other structure, upon the line of any such street or 
 alley, without having first obtained such certificate, he shall be fined not 
 less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. (Code 1899.)
 
 306 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 18. To designate the corners, widths, and lines of streets there shall be 
 
 put or erected stones or posts at such place or places as the committee on 
 
 may direct for that purpose. (Code 1899.) 
 
 l!i_ \,-, to cross any sidewalk to enter any private 
 
 i her premises, shall first obtain permission so to do from 
 
 immittee on streets, and shall pave the sidewalk with granite, or 
 
 such other materials as the committee on streets may designate, and shall 
 
 the curbing to be placed upon a level with the top of the gutter. 
 
 i shall be allowed to place a bridge or any other obstruction in 
 
 c any paved gutter. Any person violating this section shall be fined 
 
 r more than fifty dollars, each day's failure to remove 
 
 said obstruction to be a separate offence. • (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. All persons owning any lot, stable, carriage house, or place for the 
 keeping, sale, use, or hiring of horses, or vehicles, or any place for the 
 conduct of a business requiring or necessitating the crossing of any walk- 
 way- by horses, wagons, carts, carriages, or other vehicles, shall, upon 
 notice from the city engineer, pave the entrance or entrances to such 
 places with granite, or such other material as the committee on streets 
 may designate, to such a width and in such a manner as may be deter- 
 
 ! by the city engineer; and upon failure for thirty days after the 
 
 aforesaid the said paving may be ordered by the council to be 
 
 done at the expense of the owner of said lot in the mode hereinafter pro- 
 
 for the making of improvements at the expense of property owners. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 21. Whenever any person shall be engaged in excavating in any street 
 II be engaged in paving or other work upon any street for the city, 
 
 he shall place barriers sufficient to prevent a person 
 
 Ming into such excavation or from being injured by 
 
 such work; and at night shall place a sufficient number of red lights near 
 
 such excavation or work to give warning to persons passing near to or by 
 
 ation or work. If he fail so to place such harriers and lights he 
 
 shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars; and every 
 
 which the failure continues shall be a separate offence. And 
 
 in of an office under or a contract with the city, 
 
 do paving or other work, directed or authorized by the city council, 
 
 any public street, lane, or alley in the city, he may erect, set up, or 
 
 n, or bars across any of said streets, lanes, or alleys 
 
 which be is about to amend or repair, or in which he is about to execute 
 
 such other work as may require this protection, to such an extent and for 
 
 suc!l !,f tim e a authorized by the committee on streets. 
 
 ■\ i,(l "' an y Person or persons shall throw down or remove such rope, 
 
 chain, or bars, or ride on, drive upon, or otherwise injure the said work,
 
 CHAPTER 35. 307 
 
 or interrupt the workmen during its progress every such person shall, 
 for every such offence, pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty 
 dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 22. Any person engaged or about to be engaged in buildi] tiring, 
 excavating, or making any improvements on a house or lot on which ma- 
 terials are used, or from which they arc to be removed, may deposit ma- 
 terials in that part of the street or public alley opposite and next 
 premises, on so much of the carriageway and the sidewalk as dues not 
 
 i one-half the width thereof, so that the use of the gutter be not 
 obstructed. But where two persons are building or making other im- 
 provements hereby authorized opposite each other on the 
 each shall occupy but one-fourth of the street. And no such 
 materials shall be made in a street so as to obstruct improvements 
 the city is making in said street. The city engineer may, on being satis- 
 fied of the necessity thereof, grant a special permit in writing, an 
 ing such materials to fo ted in a part of said street or alley oppo- 
 
 site another's premises, on so much of the carriageway as aforesaid, or 
 may authorize the deposit to commence earlier or continue longer than is 
 hereinafter provided. But except by such permission, the deposit shall 
 not be made in any case of small repairs more than one day, nor in other 
 cases more than three days before the work is commenced; and the ■ 
 shall be removed and the street cleaned in case of small repairs, I 
 end of the first day, and in other cases by the end of the third day next 
 after that on which the work is finished. And a person e 
 pairing or building a roof, wall, or chimney of a house on a stn 
 public alley, shall place ent to protect persons using such 
 
 sidewalks and passing such building, roof, wall, or chimne 
 be satisfactory to th mgineer. But no work on nor preparation of 
 
 materials for buildings shall be done within the limits 
 except when the committee on streets shall be of the opinion f 
 should be allowed because of the insufficiency of room on the lot or 
 building being erected thereon. Any person depositing any materials, 
 dirt, or any kind of rubbish in any street or alley under this section, 
 shall, on and during each night that such materi; or other 
 
 hall remain in such street or alley, propi 
 tion sufficient lights to warn or give notice to persons a such street 
 
 or alley of the presence of such materials, dirt, or other rubl 
 person violating any requirement or rest rth in t ! 
 
 shall pay a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars; 
 day's violation to be a separate offence. ( < !ode 1899.) 
 
 23. No person or persons shall break or dig up, t in breaking or 
 digging up, any part of any street, sidewalk, or alley or remove any
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 gravel, dirt, or manure therefrom, without having first obtained the writ- 
 ten permission of the committee on streets, or the engineer of tiie city, 
 or shall any cil ■ employee, or contractor, or any other person, in 
 
 laying gas or water piping, or in repairing the same, or in constructing 
 or repairing culverts, or in making connections with city or private cul- 
 1 nto or break up, or assist in digging into or breaking up, any 
 street or public alley, without having obtained the written permission of 
 the committee on streets or the engineer for the city, and the earth re- 
 moved by such digging or breaking up, shall be returned and thoroughly 
 rammed and consolidated, so as to place the street or public alley in the 
 same condition it was before such digging or breaking up, to the satisfac- 
 tion of the city engineer, and shall maintain such portion of such street 
 or alley in such condition for twelve months. Any person failing to com- 
 ply with this section shall be reported f o the police justice by the city 
 engineer and officers of the police force, and shall be liable to a penalty 
 of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars — one-half to the 
 informer; and in case of such failure by any officer or employee of the 
 such penalty to be deducted from the amount next payable to him 
 for services. (Code 1899.) 
 
 24. Xo person shall obstruct any street, or any part thereof, by plac- 
 ing therein any house, barn, shop or other building; and no person shall 
 remove or draw, through or upon any street, any house, barn, shop, or 
 other building, without the permission of the committee on streets. Any 
 person offending against either of the provisions of this section, and any 
 person who shall aid and assist in so offending, shall be liable to a penalty 
 of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and of a like sum for 
 every twelve hours that the said obstruction shall continue, or that the 
 said house, barn, shop, or other building shall remain in or upon any 
 street. (Code 1899.) 
 
 25. The committee on streets shall not consider the application of any 
 person, firm, or corporation, referred to it by the council, until such per- 
 son, firm, or corporation shall file with the committee a certificate of the 
 auditor of the city, showing that there has been deposited with him a 
 bond or bonds of the United States, or of the city of Richmond, of 
 the face value of not less than five thousand dollars, upon condition that 
 the same is to be forfeited to the city in the event that the privilege or 
 privileges, when granted by the council, shall not be accepted within the 
 time stipulated by the council, but upon further condition that should 
 such privilege or privileges not be granted, or should the same, if granted, 
 be accepted, the said bond or bonds to be returned to the depositor. 
 (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 35. 309 
 
 26. No person shall water any of the streets within the city by or with 
 a watering-cart, except under the direction and supervision of the com- 
 mittee on streets, nor without having first obtained written ion 
 from the said committee, such sprinkling to be in accordance with and 
 under such regulations as the said committee may from time to time pre- 
 scribe, under a penalty of not less than five nor more i llara 
 for each and every offence. No such permission shall be given for a 
 longer period than one year at any one time, and the person or persons 
 obtaining it shall pay the regular license tax imposed on carts, and such 
 rates for the use of water as may be imposed by the direction of the com- 
 mittee on water. (Code 1899.) 
 
 27. That the width of sidewalks unless otherwise expressly ordered by 
 the council of the city of Richmond shall be one-fifth the width of the 
 whole street, as near as may be, and the height thereof shall conform to 
 the grade established by the council of the city of Richmond; but nothing 
 in the foregoing shall be construed to require the improvement of the 
 whole width of the sidewalk, but only so much thereof, as is reasonably 
 necessary for public convenience, considering its location and uses. 
 (August 19, 1905.) 
 
 28. Hereafter when any granolithic pavement is laid, on any sidewalk 
 in the city, all water and gas pipes which may be under said pavement 
 shall be incased in terra-cotta pipe of suitable size, approved by the super- 
 intendent of the water and gas departments. The incasing of said pipe 
 shall be paid for by the property owner or owners. (Code 1899.) 
 
 29. Doors to a cellar shall not extend on a sidewalk more than five 
 feet; and whenever a cellar door is made or repaired (whether the cellar 
 be old or new), the construction thereof shall be such that the door or 
 doors when closed shall be level with the sidewalk. All hinges, bolts and 
 locks to be on the underside, and in all such cases the door shall be of 
 iron and the cappings, or caps, of granite. No balcony or bay window 
 projecting over a street or alley shall be constructed, nor shall there be 
 used any part of the sidewalk as an entrance to a cellar or basement, or 
 as a coal vault, or area, unless by resolution of the city council or the 
 committee on streets, who are hereby expressly authorized, in their dis- 
 cretion, to grant such permission, and then the doors to said cellar or vault 
 shall be so made and kept in such manner as the resolution may pre- 
 scribe. And in all cases in which any person shall desire to occupy any 
 portion of a street or public alley for the purpose of getting into a cellar 
 or basement, or into a house, or shall desire to construct a coal vault 
 under a sidewalk or alley, or an area on a street or alley, or a balcony or 
 bay window projecting over a street or alley, he shall apply to the com- 
 mittee on streets by petition in writing, and file therewith a plan show-
 
 310 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 i uratelv how much of the walkway he proposes to occupy; and the 
 m and plan shall he referred to the city engineer, who shall ex- 
 amine the premises and report fully to the committee on streets every- 
 vvdiich, in his opinion, should influence the judgment of the com- 
 mittee in their action upon the application. (August 18, 1906.) 
 
 30. Any person owning a house, in the use of which any part of a 
 street or public alley is occupied, by permission of the city council or the 
 committee on streets, for an area, vault, entrance to a basement, cellar, 
 1 alcony or bay window, or to a house, or for any other permanent pur-' 
 
 shall pay annually therefor, to the city a rent of six cents for each 
 square foot. All new work shall be measured by the assessment clerk, 
 
 hall report the name of the property owner liable and the amount 
 of the tax to the commissioner of the revenue, who shall charge the same 
 upon the land books, to be collected and accounted for in the manner 
 
 ibed for the collection of city taxes. Vaults under sidewalks shall 
 ie with a substantial brick or stone arch, which shall extend from 
 the front wall of the house before which the vault is, no nearer than two 
 feet, six inches, to where the inner edge of the curb-stone is, or will be, 
 when laid down. The openings to the vault shall not be more than 
 eighteen inches in diameter, and shall be level with the sidewalk, as it 
 then is, but may afterwards be removed, if necessary, when the grade of 
 
 reet is established or changed. It shall be secured with a cast-iron 
 covering, fixed in a solid frame of stone or iron, which shall rest against 
 
 aer side of the curb and be so laid that the upper part of the frame 
 shall be as nearly level with the pavement as it can be, consistently with 
 the turning of the water from the opening; and it shall be secured with 
 such bolt or weight as the engineer of the city may direct; and the per- 
 
 btaining permission to make a vault shall have the same completed 
 under the direction of the engineer of the city, within thirty days, unless 
 further time is allowed by the committee on streets. (August 18, 1906.) 
 
 31. If any cellar, area, or vault constructed, or that may hereafter be 
 acted, under permission from the council or the committee on 
 
 ill not conform to the requirements of such permissions, the 
 
 owner of the house to which the cellar, area, or vault, is attached shall 
 
 fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars; and each 
 
 at the cellar, area, or vault shall not be as hereby required shall 
 
 bi a distinct offence. And the occupier of a house to which an opening 
 
 to a cellar, area or vault is attached suffer the same to be open or un- 
 
 ed at any time other than when it is open for putting something 
 
 in, or shall then suffer it to be open or unfastened longer than is 
 
 tcly necessary for that purpose, or if the owner or occupier of a 
 
 io which a vault or cellar is attached shall fail, in any respect, to
 
 CHAPTER 35. 311 
 
 keep in safe and proper order the opening to such area, vault or the doors 
 to such cellar (whether made heretofore or hereafter) he shall pay a 
 like fine. The suffering a vault to be opened or unfastened as aforesaid, 
 cr the failure to keep in safe and proper order such opening or do 
 shall be deemed a distinct offence for each day or night thereof. (Aug 
 18, 1906.) 
 
 32. No person shall construct or place, or cause to be constructed or 
 placed any portico, porch, door, window, step, fence, or other projection 
 which shall project into any street, or any gate which shall open outward 
 over any sidewalk, under, a penalty of not less than five nor more than 
 fifty dollars for each offence, and a like penalty for every day that the 
 said portico, porch, door, window, step, g'ate, fence, or other projection 
 shall be continued as aforesaid after notice to remove the same. Wherever 
 in any part of said city a street has been or shall hereafter be encroached 
 upon or obstructed by a fence or other enclosure, or by any building or 
 any part thereof, the owner or owners thereof shall remove the same to 
 the proper line of said street when ordered by the committee on streets 
 to do so. If such removal be not made within twenty days after notice of 
 such order the owner or owners thereof shall be liable to a fine of not less 
 than ten nor more than one hundred dollars; each day's failure to he a 
 separate offence; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall 
 prevent the committee on streets from authorizing the placing upon the 
 sidewalk of show cases of design and character satisfactory to said com- 
 mittee, upon condition that said show cases shall not encroach upon said 
 sidewalk more than one-third of the width of said sidewalk, in no ci 
 however, to exceed three feet; such privilege to be recoverable at the will 
 of the committee, and upon the further condition that the applicant for 
 said privilege shall sign an agreement to hold the city harmless for all 
 damages that may result from said encroachment by said show ca 
 (May 14, 190G.) 
 
 33. Hereafter no awning shall be erected in the city except up □ per 
 mission to be obtained from the city engineer in writing. All awnings 
 shall be of movable suspended iron frames, projecting from the house 
 front towards the curb line of the street a distance of six feet, and cov- 
 ered with canvas, extending below the frame not more than six incl 
 and, when erected, shall not be, at the lowest point, nearer than eight 
 feet from the sidewalk, nor higher than the window sills of the second 
 story. Any person putting up an awning in violation of this section 
 shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollar-, 
 and the awning and frame shall be removed by order of the police justice. 
 All awnings heretofore or hereafter erected shall be subject to removal by 
 order of the council of the city of Richmond. (October 13, 1899.)
 
 312 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 34. No person shall, either in a street or upon any lot, put any stone, 
 or brick, or any other solid thing, into a culvert or sewer, or shall in any 
 way whatever injure, impair, or obstruct a culvert or sewer, or fixture 
 
 f. Any | iolating or failing to comply with any pro', 
 
 or requirement of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than 
 five nor more than one hundred dollars; each day's violation of or fail- 
 ure to comply with this section to constitute a separate offence. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 35. All houses within the limits of the city now unnumbered shall 
 have their proper numbers fixed upon their fronts. Any person desiring 
 to have a number put on his house shall first apply to the city engineer 
 for the proper number; and if any person shall have his house num- 
 bered without first applying, as above stated, and shall have the wrong 
 number put thereon, and shall, when informed of the error by the city 
 engineer and notified by him to have the correct number put on said 
 house, fail for twenty days after receipt of said notice to make such cor- 
 rection, he shall be liable to a fine of not less than one or more than ten 
 dollars ; each day's failure to be a separate oli'ence. And any person whose- 
 house /has no number thereon, and who shall, when hereafter notified by 
 the city engineer to put on said house the right number, fail for twenty 
 days after receipt of such notice to make such correction, or put on the 
 said number, shall be liable to a fine as above. (Code 1899.) 
 
 36. That hereafter any person or company applying for a privilege 
 to occupy and use any street or portion thereof for any purpose what- 
 ever, shall, along with the petition asking for such a franchise or privi- 
 lege, file a plan, or plans, and specifications showing the location, char- 
 acter, and extent of the proposed work, and how it would injure or effect 
 the then condition and grade of the sidewalks, gutters, or roadbeds of 
 the street or streets or alley or alleys proposed to be occupied, together 
 with the ordinance which such person or company desires. No such 
 petition, unaccompanied by the required plans or specifications and ordi- 
 nance shall be considered by the council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 37. Whenever the council orders the grade of any street to be raised 
 or lowered it shall be the duty of the city engineer, fifteen days prior to 
 doing such work, to have written notice served on both the superintendent 
 of light and the superintendent of the water-works of his intention to 
 have said work done, and when said work will be begun. 
 
 a. The city engineer, the superintendent of light, and of the water 
 works, respectively, shall report to each other the intended laying or re- 
 pairing of sewers, gas and water-mains and pipes, not less than fifteen 
 days prior to the doing of such work, and in case' of traps not less than
 
 CHAPTER 35. 313 
 
 five days prior to the doing of such work; provided, that in cases of 
 emergency immediate notice only shall be required and given. 
 
 b. Each of the officers, notified as above stated, shall take all proper 
 steps to have the sewers, mains, and pipes under his charge lower 
 raited, or changed, if need he, at the time the work mentioned in such 
 notice shall be done. (Code 1899.) 
 
 38. No person shall, within three feet of any street or alley, put or 
 keep up any barbed or pointed wire as a part of any fence or wall ; pro- 
 vided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any one from 
 putting such wire on the top of a wall or fence five feet high, when no 
 part of such wire shall project over the line of such wall or fence into 
 a street or alley. Any person violating any provision, restriction, or re- 
 quirement of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than five 
 nor more than fifty dollars; each day's violation to be a separate of- 
 fence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 39. No horse-rack shall be erected along the streets or alleys of this 
 city, except of iron ; the location and design of which shall be determined 
 by the city engineer. (Code 1899.) 
 
 40. It shall be the duty of all railroad companies operating within the 
 city of Eichmond to provide and erect vertical arm-gates on such rail- 
 road crossing as the committee on streets may deem necessary; and, 
 in like manner, to erect any other such gate, or gates, as the committee 
 on streets may from time to time require, within ninety days from the 
 date of such requirement; said gates to be of such pattern and erected 
 in such manner as may be satisfactory to the said committee. It shall 
 be the duty of said railroad companies, or any corporation, receivers, or 
 individuals operating the same, to erect and maintain such gates, and to 
 provide for the closing of the same at the approach of engines or trains 
 
 is to prevent accidents, and to have the same immediately opened 
 when the engine or train has passed, so as to interfere as little as pos- 
 sible with public travel over said crossing. Each railroad company hav- 
 ing and using any track, laid upon trestles or bridges across any street 
 of said city, and above the grade thereof, shall, for the safety and se- 
 curity of persons passing, or property being carried thereunder, lay along 
 and upon so much of each of said trestles or bridges as lies across and 
 above any street such close and proper protection as will prevent the 
 falling of ashes, coal, or other material upon such person or property 
 near to or under the said bridge or trestle. Such protection shall be 
 kept at all times in proper repair by the company owning the bridge or 
 trestle. Any company failing itself, or through any of its agents or em- 
 ployees, to observe and perform each and every requirement and pro- 
 vision as to the erection and use of gates, or construction and repairing
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 of such protection to trestles or bridges, shall be liable to a fine of not 
 less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars; each day's failure to 
 be a separate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 41. In any case where a street or alley, as originally laid out or estab- 
 lished, has been encroached upon by any building for a period of twenty 
 years, the part of the street so encroached upon and actually occupied 
 by said building shall not be reclaimed or taken possession of by the city 
 for the purpose of a street or alley until such building shall be rebuilt or 
 destroyed or removed, or until the front of such building shall be re- 
 moved or rebuilt; but whenever a street or alley, as originally laid out 
 or established, has been encroached upon by any building for a period 
 of twenty years, and such building shall be rebuilt or destroyed or re- 
 moved, or when the front of such building shall be removed or rebuilt, 
 the part of the street so encroached upon and occupied by said building 
 shall be reclaimed and taken possession of by the city as a public street 
 or alley. (Code 1899.) 
 
 42. And it shall be the duty of the city attorney, when notified by the 
 committee on streets that a building, which may have encroached upon 
 a street for a period of twenty years, is destroyed or removed, or the 
 front of such building removed or rebuilt, to institute in one of the ap- 
 propriate courts of this city an action of ejectment against the owner 
 or owners of such building to recover possession of the land claimed by 
 the city to be a part of the public highway on which such buildings may 
 have encroached. (Code 1899.) 
 
 43. Any person who, after any such building has been destroyed or 
 removed, or the front of such building rebuilt or removed, which en- 
 croaches upon any street or alley of this city, shall retain possession of 
 any part of a street or alley, as originally laid out or established, shall 
 be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars for each 
 day that such encroachment upon such street or alley, as originally laid 
 out, shall be maintained by him. (Code 1899.) 
 
 44. That public convenience requires that the streets, alleys and pub- 
 lic places dedicated to public use by reservation in a division or sub- 
 division of lots of any portion of the territory within the corporate 
 limits of the city of Richmond by plat or plan of record, or otherwise 
 dedicated, to such use, shall be at once accepted by the city and the 
 same shall be improved and opened to public use as the needs of the 
 public require, and also that all encroachments upon any such street, 
 alley or public place by any fence, building or otherwise shall be removed 
 therefrom, and if such removal shall not be made within thirty days 
 from the approval of this ordinance, the person or persons making such 
 encroachment or allowing the same to remain for his use and benefit
 
 CHAPTER 35. 315 
 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars for eacli and every 
 day that such encroachment is allowed to continue, recoverable before 
 the police justice of the city of Eichmond; and the committee on streets 
 are hereby authorized and directed, upon the failure of any such person 
 or persons to remove such encroachments, to have the same removed and 
 collect from such persons all reasonable charges therefor with costs, by 
 the same process that the city of Richmond is empowered to collect taxes. 
 That the committee on streets be, and they are hereby, authorized to 
 direct the city attorney to institute and prosecute all legal proceedings 
 which may, in his judgment, be necessary or proper to recover posses- 
 sion of any part of a street or alley or other public place of the city 
 which may now be, or which may hereafter be held or encroached upon 
 by any person or persons and to which such person or persons lay claim, 
 or from which street or alley such person refuses to remove any encroach- 
 ment as required by this section. (February 14, 1908.) 
 
 45. That wherever the owners of two-thirds of the property abut- 
 ting on any street shall, in writing, request the committee on streets to 
 establish a building line on the side of the square on which their property 
 fronts, the said committee shall establish such line so that the same 
 shall not be less than five (5) feet nor more than thirty (30) feet from 
 the street line, and upon the establishment of such building line it shall 
 be the duty of the committee on streets to certify that fact to the building 
 inspector of the city of Eichmond, who shall record the same in a book 
 in his office to be kept for that purpose, and no permit for the erection 
 of any building upon such front of the square upon which such building 
 line is so established shall be issued except for the construction of houses 
 within the limits of such line. Any person constructing a building 
 nearer to the street line than the building line established by authority 
 of this section, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor 
 more than five hundred dollars for each offence, recoverable before the 
 police justice of the city of Eichmond. (December 7, 1908.) 
 
 46. That the southern line of Broad street, between the western line 
 of Foushee street and the eastern line of Adams street be, and the same 
 is, hereby defined and established as follows, viz. : 
 
 The southern line of Broad street between the western line of Foushee 
 street and the eastern line of Adams street shall run along and conform 
 to the front line of the existing buildings on Broad street from the west- 
 ern line of Foushee street to the western line of the building owned by 
 Junius B. Mosby, Esq., and from the northwestern corner of the said 
 building of Junius B. Mosby, Esq., the said front line of the said build- 
 ing on Broad street shall be projected to the eastern line of Adams street; 
 and the said front line of the said buildings on Broad street and the said
 
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 projected line shall constitute, and is hereby established as the true 
 southern line of Broad street between Foushee and Adams streets; and 
 ji roa d tween Foushee and Adams streets is narrowed so as that 
 
 luthern line between Foushee and Adams streets shall conform to, 
 end correspond with, the line so defined and established. The line so 
 defined and established is shown on a plat filed in the office of the city 
 engineer, and on a blue-print of said plat filed with the draft of this 
 ordinance. 
 
 If all the buildings on said block between Foushee and Adams streets, 
 on the southern side of Broad street, including those proposed to be con- 
 structed by Mrs. Helen P. Christian on her land at the corner of Adams 
 and Broad streets, shall be hereafter destroyed, remodeled, or removed, 
 fo that a uniform building line can be established upon the entire block, 
 then all the buildings on said block when rebuilt shall be placed upon 
 the southern line of Broad street as originally laid out and established, 
 notwithstanding anything herein contained. (June 18, 1906.) 
 
 47. It shall be lawful for the mayor, in accordance with the provisions 
 of this chapter, in case of serious illness in any house, to authorize ap- 
 plicants to close the streets adjacent thereto by a rope stretched from curb 
 to curb and displaying suitable warnings by day and a burning lamp by 
 right. Upon application for this special privilege it shall be the duty of 
 the mayor before proceeding to authorize the closing of any street, to re- 
 quire from a licensed practising physician a certificate in writing to the 
 effect that the closing of the street is necessary and that the usual noise 
 and confusion in the street would endanger the life of the patient. The 
 applicant shall agree in writing to assume responsibility for any damage 
 rson or property resulting from the closing of the street, and shall 
 bind himself, or herself, by the acceptance of the privilege to save the 
 city harm! any damages which may accrue to any person injured 
 
 ia person or property by reason of the exercise of the privilege. Any 
 ; a accepting a permit for this privilege shall by accepting and using 
 the same be deemed to have agreed and bound himself, or herself, to 
 attach to the rope and maintain, suitable warning signals by day and 
 lights by night to prevent accidents to persons or vehicles using or at- 
 tempting to use the closed street, and any person who shall exercise this 
 pi i\ ilege by permission who shall fail to erect and maintain suitable sig- 
 nals by day and by night, as herein required, shall be liable to a fine of 
 not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, recoverable in the police 
 court of the city of Richmond; each day's failure to be a separate offence. 
 Permits granted under this section shall not be for a greater time than 
 seven days, but may be extended in the discretion of the mayor upon a
 
 CHAPTER 35. 317 
 
 further written certificate from the attending physician and a written 
 request duly filed. (May 14, 1906.) 
 
 48. That no steam railroad company crossing any street of this city 
 at grade shall obstruct such street by the passing or the standing of a 
 train or trains for more than three minutes at any one time, and it shall 
 be the duty of the chief of police to see that this requirement is not vio- 
 lated and to report to the police justice all violations thereof. Any rail- 
 road company violating the provisions of this sect ion shall he liable to a 
 fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for each 
 offence. (April 19, 190?.) 
 
 49. Any person employed in business in this city may put up a sign 
 made in tin, which does not extend over the sidewalk more than three 
 ■feet from his place of business, and is not less than ten feet above the 
 sidewalk, and may in front of his business and next thereto, occupy with 
 his goods one-third of the width of the sidewalk, but in no case to ex- 
 ceed three feet of said sidewalk; but he shall not suspend his goods or 
 other articles so that they shall extend from the front of his house more 
 than one foot tow r ards the street; but nothing herein shall be construed 
 to authorize such person to sell any goods or merchandise on the sidewalk 
 in front of his store, and any person putting^up a sign or occupying the 
 sidewalk, or suspending his goods otherwise than is herein authorized, 
 shall pay a fine of not less than one nor more than ten dollars for each 
 offence, and the sign shall be removed by the police ; and when a mer- 
 chant or other person, after doing business on a street or public alley, 
 declines such business and sells by auction his stock of goods, or when 
 the property of a decedent, who at the time of his death, was a resident 
 of the city of Eichmond or county of Henrico is sold by his representa- 
 tive, or when property is sold under a deed of trust thereon, made by a 
 person who, at the time of executing the said deed was such a resident, 
 or when property is levied on in said city or county, and sold therein by 
 an officer, under a warrant of distress, execution, or other legal process, 
 or when property is sold under the judgment or decree of a court or 
 magistrate, there may, on the day of sale, be occupied with such goods 
 or property, one-third of the width of the sidewalk, but in no case to 
 exceed three feet of .said sidewalk, and a third of the carriage-way next 
 to the house or other place of such sale; and when at the dock or a wharf 
 an auctioneer sells a cargo, half of the sidewalk and a third of the car- 
 riage-way next thereto may be occupied with such cargo for three days 
 and no more, unless the sale be necessarily postponed because of the 
 weather, in which case the sale shall be within three days after the cause 
 for >uch postponement shall cease, and the occupation shall be no longer 
 than half an hour after sunset of the day on which the sale is made;
 
 318 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 and when any auctioneer, or merchant licensed for that purpose has con- 
 signed to him fruit, vegetables, fish or other perishable articles, for sale, 
 which arc damaged by handling, and which can best be disposed of by 
 immediate sale out of doors, half of the sidewalk and one-third of the 
 carriage-way opposite the store of such person may be occupied one hour 
 and a half for the purpose of making .a sale of such perishable articles; 
 provided, that no more than two of these last named sales shall be made 
 by any person on the same day; and, provided, further, that nothing 
 herein shall be so construed as to permit any decayed vegetables or other 
 matter to remain for any time on said sidewalk or carriage-way; and any 
 auctioneer, merchant or commission merchant, whose warehouse or place 
 of business is on East Gary street, between Twelfth and Fourteenth 
 streets, or on Thirteenth street between Main and Cary streets, has con- 
 signed to him for sale fruit, vegetables, fish, poultry and other perish- 
 able articles may occupy one-third of the width of the sidewalk, but in 
 no case to exceed three feet of said sidewalk, and three feet of the car- 
 riage-way immediately in front of his said warehouse or place of business 
 for the purpose of selling said articles; provided, he shall keep at all 
 times a sufficient opening in front of his door for a wagon to load or 
 unload, but the privilege of the use of the carriage-way hereby given shall 
 not be exercised after 2 P. M. If any auctioneer or merchant, or any 
 person in his employment, sell or offer for sale at auction, any personal 
 property, which shall be in. any part (either of the sidewalk or carriage- 
 way) of a street or public alley, when he is not authorized by this sec- 
 lion, he shall for every article there offered for sale by him, pay a fine 
 of ten dollars. (April 16, 1906.) 
 
 50. That any person desiring permission to erect and maintain a r.ign 
 in connection with his business conducted in the city of Richmond, which 
 shall be suspended over or erected on any public street or alley or other 
 public place otherwise than is provided by the foregoing section, shall 
 it a petition in writing to the committee on streets, in which they 
 shall set forth : 
 
 (1.) The exact location, material and character of the sign proposed 
 to be 
 
 (2.) That the owner or any subsequent owner of the property on which 
 
 n is proposed to be erected will at all times keep said sign in proper 
 
 repair, and make such repairs as the city engineer may at any time deem 
 
 reasonable and proper for the safety of persons using 'the highway under 
 
 the same. 
 
 (3.) That the owner or any subsequent owner of the property, erect- 
 ing or maintaining any sign under this ordinance, will pay the city of
 
 CHAPTEE 35. 319 
 
 Richmond the rate fixed by ordinance for the maintenance of areas and 
 vaults under sidewalks or alleys. 
 
 (4.) That the permission granted shall at any time be subject to 
 amendment or revocation by the committee on streets or the council of 
 the city of Richmond, and upon such reyocation or amendment said ap- 
 plicant or any subsequent owner of said house will immediately conform 
 to such amendment or revocation. 
 
 (5.) That the said applicant or any subsequent owner of the property, 
 who shall maintain said sign, will indemnify, reimburse and save harm- 
 less the city of Richmond from any and all damages or costs that the city 
 may be required to pay by reason of any person being injured or dam- 
 aged in any way in property or person by the negligent construction, 
 existence or maintenance of such sign. 
 
 (6.) That before any work is done under the permission hereby granted 
 by said committee, the applicant shall obtain from the city engineer a 
 written permit to do the work. 
 
 (7.) That for any failure to conform fully to the provisions and con- 
 ditions set forth in said application the said applicant or any subsequent 
 owner of said property shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor 
 more than fifty dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police 
 justice of the city of Richmond. (June 12, 1908.) 
 
 51. That the committee on streets be, and they are hereby expressly 
 authorized and empowered, in their discretion, upon the presentation 
 to them of a petition which conforms to the requirements of the foregoing 
 section to authorize and direct the city engineer to grant a permit to the 
 applicant presenting such petition, upon the terms and conditions here- 
 inbefore set forth; provided, however, that the sign so authorized to be 
 erected shall be located and constructed in a manner and with materials 
 satisfactory to the city engineer, and the said applicant shall not be 
 deemed entitled to erect, locate or maintain said sign until the location 
 thereof, manner of erection and material thereof shall have been approved 
 by the city engineer. Any person violating the provisions of this chap- 
 ter or the terms set forth in the petition hereinbefore authorized to be 
 filed with the committee on streets shall be liable to a fine of not lesa 
 than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offence, recoverable be fore 
 the police justice of the city of Richmond. (June 1.2, 1908.) 
 
 52. That the owner of any lot abutting on any alley of the city may 
 construct in the alley on which such lot abuts a manure vault of such 
 dimensions as may be prescribed by the city engineer, the walls ami hot- 
 torn of said vaults to be of brick laid in cement mortar or of concrete 
 construction, with granite coping, and covered with heavy iron doors, 
 the work to be done in accordance with plans filed with the city engineer,
 
 ! MOXD CITY CODE. 
 
 under his supervision and in a manner satisfactory to him, or instead 
 of such manure vault the owner or occupier of any stable located on any 
 alley in the city may locate in such alley immediately adjacent to his 
 stable building a manure box of such dimensions and construction as 
 may be authorized by the city engineer. (July 17, 1903.) 
 
 53. Any person desiring to construct a manure vault shall make ap- 
 plication in writing for a permit to the city engineer, in which the ap- 
 plicant -shall stipulate that he and those claiming under him will in- 
 demnify and save harmless the city from any accident, damage or injury 
 to the property of the city, or damage to any person or property by rea- 
 son of the improper cons truct ion or negligent maintenance of such vault, 
 and also stipulating that when so required by the city, he will remove 
 such vault, and under the supervision of the eity engineer restore the 
 alley to its former condition; and any person desiring to locate and 
 maintain a manure box in an alley shall annually make application in 
 writing to the city engineer for a permit therefor, in which the appli- 
 cant shall stipulate that he will indemnify and save harmless the city 
 any accident, damage or injury to any person or property by reason 
 • location of such manure box in the alley or its negligent mainte- 
 d also stipulate that when so required by the city, he will re- 
 v from the alley. The deposit in such vaults and boxes 
 tid the same cleaned and kept in a sanitary condition 
 under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board of 
 health. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or 
 constructing or maintaining a manure vault or box in any alley of the 
 city otherwise than herein provided, shall be liable to a fine of not less 
 than two nor more than ten dollars, and each day's continuance of such 
 illegal vault or box shall be deemed a separate offence. (July 17, 1903.) 
 5 1. That it shall be the duty of the committee on streets to adopt 
 rules and regulations whereby the hands and carts belonging to the street 
 department may be employed when needed to aid in the removal of snow 
 from the streets of the city of Richmond. (March 21, 1905.) 
 
 That the name of the committee on streets and Shockoe Creek be, 
 and the same is hereby, changed to the committee on streets, and all the 
 imposed by any ordinance or resolution heretofore adopted by the 
 council of the city of Richmond, or the committee on streets and Shockoe 
 , shall be imposed on and discharged by the committee on streets. 
 That the improvement of all water courses or streams within the limits 
 of the city of Richmond, other than James river, shall be under the con- 
 trol of the committee on streets. (November 11, 1904.)
 
 CHAPTER 36. 321 
 
 CHAPTER 3G. 
 
 CONCERNING WAGONS, DRAYS, CARTS AND HACKS. 
 
 1. No wagon, dray, cart, hack, or other wheel carriage shall he kept 
 or employed in the city for hire, directly or indirectly, unless the owner 
 or keeper thereof ohtain a license therefor, as hereinafter mentioned. 
 The time for which the license is issued shall he until the first day of 
 February next following the date thereof. Before such license is issued 
 the applicant shall give bond in the sum of three hundred dollars, pay- 
 able to the city of Richmond, with surety approved by the auditor, con- 
 ditioned that all articles entrusted to the owner, keeper, or driver of 
 any such vehicle, and all persons taken in or upon the same, shall be 
 faithfully transported and delivered. On every such bond suits may be 
 brought, from time to time, in the name of the city, for the benefit of 
 any person injured by any breach of the condition, as often as any such 
 breach may be alleged, until damages shall be recovered for such 
 breaches equal to the penalty of the bond. And a like license shall be 
 taken out by the owner of any wagon, dray, or cart which is employed on 
 any streets of this city in the business, or for the private use or benefit 
 of such owner, unless the same be exclusively employed in transporting 
 fuel, provisions, manure, or other things to be used only at the owner's 
 farm or dwelling. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. Before issuing such license, there shall be paid to the treasurer 
 the tax required by the twenty-fourth section of chapter fifteen. The 
 auditor may issue such licenses for the unexpired portion of the year, 
 at a ratable proportion of the tax: provided, that the same shall not be 
 less than for a license for three months. But no such license shall be 
 issued for a cart or wagon employed in transporting wood, coal, or coke, 
 unless the applicant shall produce a certificate from the inspector of 
 carts and wagons, and the license tax shall he in lieu of general property 
 tax on all vehicles so licensed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The auditor shall furnish to the owner or keeper of every licensed 
 vehicle a painted sign, showing the number of the vehicle and the year 
 for which the license is issued, and the same shall be conspicuously 
 placed by the owner or keeper on each side of the vehicle, or on each of 
 the outer sides of the harness attached to the vehicle. And in case of the 
 loss or destruction of said sign, the said licensed owner or keeper, upon 
 the certificate of the police captain "of the police district in which the
 
 322 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 vehicle is kept, that he is satisfied, after personal and thorough examina- 
 tion, that the said sign is permanently lost or destroyed, may obtain 
 from the auditor a duplicate of the said sign. (Code 1899.) 
 
 I, Any person who shall keep or employ in this city a wagon, cart, 
 dray, hack, or other wheeled carriage without a license therefor, when 
 quired to be taken out for it, or who shall fail to have the 
 painted sign thereon, or on the harness attached thereto, as required by 
 hapter shall pay for every such offence a fine of not less than one 
 nor more than twenty dollars; and each day that the same shall be so 
 kept or employed shall be deemed a distinct and separate offence. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 5. The unexpired term of any license granted under this chapter may 
 he transferred, by alignment on the back thereof by the person to whom 
 it was issued, provided that the assignee of such license shall execute the 
 like bond as was required of the assignor, and then a new license shall 
 be issued to the assignee for the unexpired term of such license, who 
 shall cause a painted sign to be placed thereon, in the same manner and 
 under the same penalty for failing so to do as if the original license had 
 been granted to him. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Whether a vehicle be licensed or not, neither coal nor dirt shall 
 msported therein unless it be so tight and have such a tailboard 
 
 thereon as will prevent the waste of the coal or dirt. For every viola- 
 tion of this section there shall be a fine of ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. The person for whom a load is carried shall be charged therefor no 
 higher rates than are allowed by this chapter, and shall pay these rates, 
 or sign a ticket expressing the place from which and to which the load is 
 to be carried. Any person refusing to pay such rates or sign such ticket, 
 and the owner or keeper of a vehicle who, or whose driver, charges a 
 higher rate, shall for every such offence pay a fine of five dollars. A like 
 fine shall be paid for refusing to carry a load or part of a load, when not 
 engaged ; and the burden of proof of such engagement shall be upon the 
 owner of the vehicle; but in such case the proper charge for carrying 
 shall be paid, if demanded, before taking on the load. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. The charge for a load on a wagon, dray, or cart shall be as follows : 
 For carrying it five squares or less, twenty-five cents; and for each 
 square over five, two cents additional. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The charge for the use of a hack or other wheeled carriage kept 
 for hire, shall be as follows: For carrying a person therein not more 
 than ten squares, fifty cents; and for each additional square, five cents: 
 provided, that the whole charge for carrying one person to any part of 
 the city shall not exceed one dollar. The charge for carrying not more 
 than four persons shall not for the whole exceed one dollar and fifty
 
 chapter 36. 323 
 
 cent?, unless more than one hour be employed, and shall then only be 
 one dollar and fifty cents for the first hour, and fifty cents for each suc- 
 ceeding hour. The charge for a hack to at lend a funeral procession shall 
 not exceed three dollars and fifty cents; and no charge shall he made 
 for children under three years of age. For carrying persons between ten 
 o'clock at night and daybreak, an additional charge of one-half the above 
 rates may be made,, and no more. For baggage, the charge shall be 
 twenty-five cents for each trunk carried outside, and nothing shall be 
 charged for any article carried inside or for any carpet bag or basket. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. A copy of the rates for hacks and other wheeled carriages shall 
 be kept, by the driver of every such hack or carriage, and he shall ex- 
 hibit the same whenever called for by any person employing or using 
 said hack or carriage. And if he shall fail to exhibit the same when so 
 required, or if for carrying a person or baggage there be charged more 
 than is allowed by this chapter, the owner or keeper of the vehicle, for 
 every day of such failure, or for every time of such charge, shall be fined 
 not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. If any person desiring the use of a hack or any public vehicle kept 
 for the purpose of taking persons, for hire or compensation, from one 
 place to'another within this city, shall tender or engage to pay the owner, 
 keeper or driver of such hack or vehicle the proper charge, according to 
 the rates established by this chapter, for the use and service thereof as 
 required, and the owner, keeper or driver shall fail or refuse to render 
 the service so required, he shall he fined not less than ten nor more than 
 twenty dollars, unless the keeper, owner or driver of such hack or vehicle 
 shall, upon summons or warrant, appear and by proof show good cause 
 to the contrary; and no prior engagement of the use or service of such 
 hack or other public vehicle shall he taken as good cause for such failure 
 or refusal, unless upon the trial of the offender he shall make it mani- 
 festly appear with whom the prior engagement was made, and the place 
 to which the said hack or such other vehicle was engaged to go, and 
 there was not, by the use of ordinary diligence, time to render hof>h ser- 
 vices: provided however, that between the hours of (en o'clock P. M. and 
 daylight, when his horses are put up in the stable, he shall not be com- 
 pelled to bring them out: hut if he d< at to carry the person or 
 persons calling upon him, he shall do so at the rates fixed in this chapter, 
 under the penalty aforesaid. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. The mayor shall, from time to time, designate such place or places 
 as he shall deem proper, at which hacks or other carriages may stand 
 waiting for employment. The owner or driver of any hack or other car- 
 riage which shall stand waiting for employment at any other time or
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 than shall have been i ed by the mayor, shall be fined not 
 
 than live nor more than twenty dollars for each offence. (Code 
 
 ».) 
 
 13. The mayor is herein' authorized to make regulations and give 
 tions respecting the places or positions to be occupied by hacks or 
 carriages at the public stands, theatre, or other place of public entertain- 
 when they may he attending for passengers, and the route they 
 shall go when going to or returning from any such place, and every po- 
 an on duty shall be specially charged to enforce this ordinance; or 
 if any owner, driver, or other person having the care of any such omni- 
 bus, hack, carriage, or other vehicle, shall refuse to obey such regulations 
 or directions, or otherwise violate any of the provisions of this section, 
 he shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dol- 
 ach offence. (Code 1899.) 
 1 1. That on and after May 1, 1911, it shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son to drive or permit to be driven by his agent or employee any wagon, 
 dray or other vehicle carrying or designed to carry loads of merchandise 
 Of commodities of greater weight than 2,000 pounds, unless the tires of 
 the wheel of such vehicle shall be of a width of not less than the follow- 
 ing: 
 
 (a) For a four-wheel vehicle, drawn by four or more horses, four 
 inches; 
 
 (b) For a four-wheel vehicle, drawn by two horses, three inches; 
 
 (c) For a four-wheel vehicle, drawn by one horse, two inches; and 
 
 (d) For a two-wheel vehicle (carts), drawn by one or more horses, 
 inches, Any person violating the provisions of this section shall 
 
 be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars for each 
 offence recoverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. 
 (April 16, 1910.) 
 
 15. The load for single carts shall not exceed two thousand pounds. 
 The load of single drays or trucks, shall not exceed two thousand two 
 hundred and forty pounds, and their width of tires shall not be less 
 than two inches. The load for double carts, drays, or trucks shall not 
 exceed four thousand and five hundred pounds, and their width of tires 
 shall not be less than two inches. Three or four-horse wagons or trucks 
 shall carry a load not exceeding six thousand pounds. Railroad cars, 
 unless moved upon permanent or shifting tracks, shall pass over the 
 streets upon eight wheels with flat tires not less than six inches wide, or 
 upon four wheels with tires not less than ten inches. Portable engines 
 ding ten thousand pounds shall be moved on four wheels with tires 
 not less than six inches wide, locomotive and stationary engines and 
 heavy ordnance exceeding five tons shall be moved on four wheels having
 
 CHAPTER 36. 325 
 
 tires not less than six inches wide. Any piece of machinery or other in- 
 divisible article shall be transported upon wheels having tires corre- 
 sponding in breadth to the weight of the piece of mac! 1 cle in 
 the ratio specified for cars, engines or ordnance. The owner of any cart, 
 dra} r , truck, or wagon, and the manufacturer or transporter of any cars, 
 engines, machinery, or other article who shall fail to comply with the 
 restrictions imposed by this chapter shall, for every such offence, be fined 
 not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and, upon failure to pay 
 said fine shall be confined in the city jail net less than one nor more than 
 thirty days: provided, however, that where it appears that the load 
 carried by any cart, wagon or other vehicle though it exceeds the limits 
 hereinbefore prescribed, is not in fact excessive, considering the weight 
 and strength of the team, and the route over which such load is to be 
 carried, no fine shall be imposed. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall apply to the vehicles used by farmers or 
 others living in the country, coming into the city with produce to sell. 
 (November 13, 1909.) 
 
 16. That it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or permit to be 
 driven, by his agent or employee, any wagon, dray or other vehicle car- 
 rying or designed to carry loads of greater weight than 1,000 pounds of 
 merchandise or other material, along or over any part of a street which 
 is paved for a distance of more than three squares with sheet, asphalt, 
 asphalt blocks or other smooth paving material, where the next street 
 parallel thereto is paved with cobble-stones, granite, vitrified brick or is 
 of macadam construction, except for the purpose of receiving or deliver- 
 ing merchandise or other material on the same square so paved with 
 sheet asphalt, asphalt blocks or other smooth pavement, and for the pur- 
 pose of such delivery or reception, such wagon, dray or other vehicle 
 shall not be driven on such street a greater distance than one square. 
 Any person violating the provisions of this section shall lie liable to a fine 
 of not less than two nor more than ten dollars for each offence. (Jan- 
 uary 21, 1907.) 
 
 17. That it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or permit to be 
 driven, by his agent or employee, any four-wheeled wagon or other four- 
 wheeled vehicle carrying or designed to carry commodities of greater 
 weight than two thousand (2,000) pounds along or over any of the streets 
 of the city of Eichmond unless such wagon or other vehicle shall be pro- 
 vided with a suitable and adequate brake, by means of which the driver 
 of such wagon or vehicle can check its headway while descending heavy 
 grades in the streets. Any person violating the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dol-
 
 326 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 lars for each offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of 
 Richmond. (February t8, 1910.) 
 
 18. If any owner or driver of a wagon, dray, or cart, whether li- 
 censed or not, shall permit his horses, mules, or other animals by which 
 the same is drawn, to go in a street or alley, public or private, or in the 
 grounds of any public park or square belonging to the city, faster than 
 a walk (except that any vehicle having springs may be drawn at a rate 
 of speed not exceeding five miles per hour) ; or shall feed or permit his 
 horses, mules, or other animals to be fed in any street or public alley; or 
 if any person run a horse-race, or cause the same to be run, or shall ride 
 or drive a horse or other animal at a greater speed than six miles per 
 hour in any street or alley, public or private, or in the grounds of any 
 park or square belonging to the city, he shall be fined not less than one 
 nor more than fifty dollars, and on failure to pay said fine shall be con- 
 fined in the city jail for not less than five nor more than thirty days. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. Xo person shall tie or fasten a horse or other animal to any tree, 
 or to any box or case around such tree, in any street of the city or upon 
 any sidewalk, or lead or ride a horse or mule or drive a wagon, dray, 
 cart, or other vehicle upon a sidewalk, unless across such part thereof 
 as is or shall be at the time paved with stone or flagging. Any person 
 violating tins section shall for each offence, be fined not less than two 
 nor more than ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. If any owner or driver of a wagon, whether licensed or not, shall, 
 in a street or public alley which is paved, drive such wagon with a wheel 
 locked, or if any owner or driver of any wagon, hack, dray, or cart, 
 whether licensed or not, shall wantonly crack his whip to the annoyance 
 of others, or suffer his vehicle, when not receiving or discharging a load, 
 to pass or stand upon a street or public alley without holding the reins 
 in bis bauds, every such offender shall, for each offence, pay a fine of not 
 less than two nor more than twenty dollars, and upon failure to pay such 
 fine, shall be confined in the city jail not less than five nor more than 
 twenty days. (Code 1899.) 
 
 21. The driver of every vehicle whether propelled by muscular power, 
 or otherwise, meeting another vehicle in a street or public alley shall 
 drive to the right hand, so that each may pass the other without inter- 
 ference, and any such vehicle overtaking another vehicle shall pass to the 
 left of the vehicle overtaken, and in order that all vehicles on each side 
 of the street shall be headed in the same direction, as far as practicable, 
 all drivers are required to turn, if necessary when stopping at the side- 
 walk, so that the sidewalk will be on the right of the driver when the 
 stop is made ; and no vehicle shall stop or be left in front of the entrance
 
 CHAPTER 36. 327 
 
 to an office building, theatre, hotel, department store or other entrances 
 to places of congestion, for a longer time than is sufficient to deliver the 
 occupants or goods intended for such building, and the driver in charge 
 of such vehicle shall move up promptly to permit others to arrive for 
 like purposes. In no instance shall the driver of a vehicle stop the same 
 in the middle of a street or public alley, or opposite an intersecting street 
 or alley, or upon any granite crossing, but he shall always stop the same 
 as near to the sidewalk as he can without being on it. Any driver violat- 
 ing this section, as well as the owner of the vehicle, when such violation 
 is done with the consent of the owner, shall for each offence be liable to 
 a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each 
 offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. 
 (July 19, 1910.) 
 
 22. Any officer of the police of the city may order any vehicle standing 
 in the streets to be removed as may seem to him most convenient for per- 
 sons passing by. If a driver shall fail to obey such order the owner of 
 the vehicle shall pay a fine of five dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 23. For any offence against the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, 
 twenty-first or twenty-second sections of this chapter, committed in the 
 presence of any police officer of the city, he may arrest the offender and 
 take him forthwith before the police justice. Such officer may pay 
 twenty-five cents for the safe-keeping of the vehicle or animal during the 
 absence of the driver or owner, and what is so paid shall be included in 
 the costs, if any, recovered against the offender. (Code 1899.) 
 
 24. Livery-stable keepers shall not be allowed to have exceeding three 
 vehicles at a time in any street for the purpose of washing them — the 
 same to be removed as soon as washed. Said vehicles to be placed par- 
 allel with the street and next to the curbstone, and no vehicles will be 
 allowed to be parked in front of any livery stable. Horses shall not be 
 allowed to be led from livery stables across the walkway to be watered 
 from tubs in front of stables. For every violation of this section the 
 offender shall be subject to a fine, to be imposed by the police justice, of 
 not less than one nor more than ten dollars. (Code 1899.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTERS'?. 
 
 IRNING BICYCLES, AUTOMOBILES, LOCOMOBILES AND OTHER LIKE 
 VEHICLES. 
 
 1. Any person who shall ride any bicycle upon any of the sidewalks 
 of this city, shall be subject to fine of not less than five dollars nor more 
 than ten dollars for each offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. No person shall hereafter ride a bicycle in any park or public 
 square of the city of Richmond except upon the roadways intended to be 
 used by persons riding or driving, and bijen at a rate of speed not to ex- 
 ceed six miles an* hour. Any person violating this section shall be liable 
 to a fine of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. On the front of each and every bicycle ridden in this city, between 
 dark and daylight, there shall be carried a lighted bicycle lamp. Any 
 person violating this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than one 
 dollar, nor more than five dollars, provided that this section shall not 
 apply to the bicycle police of the city. (November 16, 1907.) 
 
 4. No person shall put or place, or cause to be put or placed, in or 
 upon any street in this city, any glass, crockery, scrap iron, nails, tacks, 
 or any other articles which would be liable to injure or damage the tires 
 O)' wheels of bicycles or any other vehicles which have wheels with rub- 
 ber or pneumatic tires, or put or place, or cause to be put or placed, 
 upon any pavement in this city, any banana skins or other fruit skins. 
 Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a 
 fine of not less than one nor more than twenty dollars for each offence, 
 to be imposed by the police justice of Richmond. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. Every person over ten years of age is prohibited from riding a 
 bicycle or tricycle on any sidewalk or footway in any highway in the 
 city, cr in a public park or square of the city, within or without its 
 limits; from riding at a greater rate of speed than eight miles an hour 
 when turning a corner, or more than ten miles an hour at any other 
 time; from riding crosswise or curving to and from on any such highway 
 or footpath ; from riding without having his or her feet on the pedals, 
 and proper control of the machine with his or her hands; from riding 
 with more than two other persons abreast. 
 
 b. Every person shall pass to the right of any vehicle going in an 
 opposite direction, and pass to the left of a vehicle going in the same 
 direction.
 
 CHAPTEK 37. 
 
 c. A person on horseback, or the driver of any vehicle, shall ride or 
 drive to the right when meeting a bicycle or tricycle, and to the left when 
 going in the same direction. _ 
 
 d. The word vehicle, as used in this ordinance, shall be constru 
 include a bicycle or tricycle. 
 
 e. Any person violating any provision or requirement of this section 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. (1) It shall be the duty of any person or persons other than tran- 
 sient tourists not remaining- in the city of Richmond more than forty- 
 eight (18) hours, owning any automobile, locomobile or other like 
 vehicle or carriage which is propelled by steam, electricity, gasoline or 
 any motive power other than animal power, or motor tricycle or motor 
 bicycle, intended to be run along, over or through any street, alley, park, 
 or other public place in or belonging to the city of Richmond, to first 
 secure from the chief of police of the city of Richmond a written permit 
 therefor. (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 (2) It shall be the duty of the chief of police to examine the vehicle 
 for which permit is applied, and, if in his judgment the said vehicle can 
 be run upon the streets, alleys, parks and other places of the city of Rich- 
 mond with due regard to the safety of the public, he shall issue a permit 
 therefor, and shall register such vehicle in a book to be kept by him for 
 that purpose, which registration shall show the name of the owner, the 
 character of the vehicle, as to its capacity, horse power and the motive 
 power by which it is to be propelled, and the number assigned by him to 
 such vehicle. (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 (3) The number so assigned to the vehicle by the chief of police shall 
 be conspicuously displayed upon the front and rear of such vehicle in 
 figures not less than four (4) inches in height, securely fastened thereto, 
 and so lighted at niedit as to be plainly discernable. (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 (4) It shall not be lawful for the owner of such vehicle to allow to 
 be run, or for any person or persons (other than, transient tourists as 
 heretofore described) to run or propel any such vehicle along, over or 
 through any street, alley, park or other public place in, or belonging to 
 the city of Richmond, until said vehicle has been first so registered and 
 numbered as aforesaid. (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 (5) It shall not be lawful for the operator, owner, conductor, driver or 
 occupant of any such vehicle, whether registered or not, to propel the 
 same, or allow the same to be propelled along, over or through any 
 street, alle} r , park or other public place in or belonging to the city of 
 Richmond at a greater rate of speed than fifteen miles per hour. (May 
 17, 1910.)
 
 330 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 7. The operator, owner, conductor, driver or occupant of any such 
 [e, or the rider of any such motor bicycle or tricycle, shall keep a 
 
 careful lookout ahead for the approach of horseback riders or vehicles 
 drawn by horses or other animals, shall check speed, keep his vehicle, 
 bicycle or tricycle, as the case may be, under thorough and careful con- 
 trol, give ample roadway to such rider or occupant of such vehicle, or 
 if requested shall immediately bring his machine or vehicle, bicycle or 
 tricyi iy be, to a full stop and allow ample time to such 
 
 rider or vehicle to pass. (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 8. When the operator, owner, conductor, driver or occupant of any 
 
 r machine, or the rider of any such bicycle or tricycle, as 
 is described in the first section, overtakes a horse or vehicle traveling in 
 1 ction with himself, he shall slow down his speed, signal 
 for the road by bell, horn or gong, and if the other vehicle stops, shall 
 pass at a rate of speed not greater than four miles per hour. Should the 
 vehicle or traveler not stop, and the said operator, owner, conductor, 
 driver or occupant of such vehicle, or rider of any such bicycle or tri- 
 cycle desire to pass, he shall do so at a rate of speed not greater than 
 may be necessary, and shall in all cases use due diligence and care not to 
 frighten the horse or horses. (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 9. Any person violating any of the provisions of the foregoing sec- 
 tions, for which no specific penalty is named, shall be fined not less than 
 ten nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence, the same to be 
 recoverable before the police justice of thecity of Richmond; and upon 
 the third conviction of violation of the section in regard to speed, the 
 
 it of the owner of said vehicle shall be revoked, and no new permit 
 si. all be issued to said person within six months thereafter. (July 22, 
 1905.) 
 
 10. It shall be the duty of the several police officers of the city of 
 Richmond to report all violations of this chapter which may come 
 under their observation, to the police justice of the city of Richmond. 
 (July 22, 1905.) 
 
 11. That all automobiles operated on the streets of the city of Rich- 
 mond, other than automobiles belonging to or used by transient tourists 
 not remaining in the city of Richmond more than forty-eight hours 
 shall be properly equipped with some standard horn or other signaling 
 device to give warning of the approach of such vehicles, to be selected 
 and approved by the chief of police of the city of Richmond; and it 
 shall be the duty of the chief of police to select a suitable horn or sig- 
 
 of which selection he shall give notice by a circular letter 
 addressed to all persons owning automobiles licensed under the laws of
 
 CHAPTER 37. 331 
 
 the State or of the city of Eichmond. It shall be unlawful for the owner 
 of any automobile to allow his automobile to be operated on the streets 
 of the city of Eichmond without being provided with such horn or 
 signaling device, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any driver or 
 chauffeur to operate on the streets of the city of Eichmond any automo- 
 bile not so provided with such signaling device, nor shall any owner allow 
 01 any chauffeur use any horn or signaling device in connection with the 
 operation of any automobile on the streets of the city of Eichmond other 
 than that so to be approved by the chief of police, and the opening of 
 "mufflers" on automobiles while on the public streets is hereby pro- 
 hibited. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each 
 offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Eichmond. 
 (August 13, 1910.)
 
 RI( HMOND < ITV I 
 
 CHAPTER 38. 
 
 CONCERNING STREET RAILWAY 
 
 Contract • privilege of running railway passenger cars on the 
 
 the city of Richmond shall be subject I tng terms, 
 
 provisions, conditii »ns, and limitations, viz.: 
 
 1. T shall pn pecifically the ich the 
 said railways may be laid down and I cars may run, and the 
 termini, in eai said railwa; i which the ears may 
 run; and no part of the said work shall be changed without the coj 
 
 of the cicil. The said contracts shall state what part o1 
 
 ways mentioned therein shall be with a single and what with a double 
 track, and if with a single track, where the sidings shall be located. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. If, after a single or double track has been prescribed for any part 
 of a railway authorizied to be constructed, the company or corpora 
 shall desire to change it, or any part of it, in that respect, they may 
 apply to the city council to be authorized to make the said change. And 
 upon such application the city council shall proceed as is prescribed in 
 the first section; and their act shall, as to the subject to which it refers, 
 have the same binding effect upon the company or corporation, upon 
 their accepting the same, as is prescribed in said section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The said railways and the track thereof shall be constructed on the 
 
 most approved plan, and the same shall be approved by the engineer of 
 
 the city before the construction thereof is commenced. And the said 
 
 railways and tracks tructed under the supervision of the said 
 
 engineer, who shall see that the same is | done; and if he shall 
 
 be of the opinion that the same is not properly done according to the 
 
 plan; by him a ill stop the construction thereof. 
 
 But the said - or corporation may appeal from the decision of 
 
 the engineer to the city council, and the parties shall be governed by the 
 
 decision of the city council upon the question. The said railways and 
 
 tracks shall be and laid down as not to impede or oh- 
 
 * frU( '>!* water across the streets or down the gutters thcre- 
 
 oi > -' >rm to the grades of the several streets through which 
 
 the y re now or may be hereafter established. 
 
 And 
 
 their railway and cars into another street, they shall apply to the city
 
 ciiapteb 38. 333 
 
 council, staling specially the streets or street into and along which they 
 propose to extend their railway and cars, the points at which they pro- 
 pose to connect with their then existing railway, if the same shall con- 
 nect therewith, and in any case the points in each strei I between which 
 they propose to carry their railway and run their cars ; and the city coun- 
 cil, at any of its regular meetings, or at a meeting adjourned or called 
 for the purpose, and of which purpose the members shall have notice, 
 may grant the application to extend the railway and run the cars as 
 specified in the application, or may grant the application in part. But 
 no such application shall be acted on without a reference thereof to the 
 committee on streets, and until the same is reported upon by them, nor 
 shall their report be finally acted on at the meeting of the city council at 
 which it is made. And the city council may prescribe such additional 
 terms, conditions, and restrictions, to the granting of the said applica- 
 tion, as they may deem expedient; and the same shall be binding upon 
 the said company or corporation, if they shall accept the privilege of so 
 extending their railways and running their cars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. Each motorman of a street railway car shall keep a vigilant watch 
 for all teams, carriages or persons, especially children, and shall strike 
 a bell or gong several times in quick succession on approaching within 
 100 feet of such team, carriage, or person. After the striking of such 
 bell or gong, any person in charge or control of such team or carriage, 
 moving or being driven upon tracks used by said car, shall immediately 
 take proper steps, either by lawful increase of speed or by turning off of 
 said tracks, to prevent obstructing or impeding the running of such car. 
 Nor shall any person in any other manner improperly or unreasonably 
 obstruct or impede the running of any such car. Any person loading or 
 unloading a vehicle, so placed as to obstruct or impede the running of 
 any such car upon the railway tracks, shall upon the striking of the bell 
 or gong as aforesaid, remove the said vehicle immediately, unless in the 
 act of loading or unloading, in which case he shall proceed with all. rea- 
 sonable haste to load or unload said vehicle, and remove the same, so aa 
 to allow the passing of said car. All carriages, drays, carts, and other 
 vehicles, while running through any of the streets upon which railway 
 tracks may be laid shall keep to the right in passing or turning out to 
 permit the cars running on the same to pass. Any person violating any 
 provision of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor 
 more than fifty dollars. (August 21, 1909.) 
 
 5. The company or corporation, in laying down the said railway 
 tracks, shall restore all pavements and regrade all earth taken up or 
 disturbed in said construction, and shall at all times, under the super- 
 vision of the engineer of the city, at their own expense and charge, keep
 
 331 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 the streets and pavements upon which the tracks of the railways are laid, 
 to the extent of the portion of said streets covered by said tracks, and 
 for two Uvt on either side beyond the outside of said tracks, in good and 
 complete repair; and should they refuse to do so for the space of ten 
 days, alter having been notified by the engineer of the city that any por- 
 tion of their road needs repairing, as herein provided, then the said com- 
 pany or corporation shall be liable to a fine of five dollars for each day 
 they shall fail to repair the same; and the city council may forbid the 
 running of any car or cars upon said road until the same shall be fully 
 complied with; and the city may in all such cases repair such street 3 , 
 when not done by the company or corporation as herein provided, and 
 the expense thereof shall be a debt against the company or corporation, 
 recoverable as debts are now recoverable by the city of Richmond. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 6. Should the corporate authorities of the city hereafter determine 
 to pave any street or streets in which such tracks may be laid, and which 
 streets shall not have been paved at the time said tracks were laid, then 
 the proprietor of said railways shall at the same time, at their own cost 
 and expense, pave so much of said streets or street as may be covered by 
 said tracks, and for two feet on either side beyond the outside of said 
 tracks, for the same distance and to the same extent as the remaining 
 portion of the street may be paved by the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. The cars running upon the said railways shall be subject to all the 
 police regulations which are now or may hereafter be contained in the 
 ordinances of the city, in regard to railway cars or other vehicles, so far 
 as they may be applicable thereto. The price of transporting passengers 
 from one part of the city to any other shall not exceed the sum agreed 
 upon in the contract for each passenger; but if the passenger, without 
 leaving me cars, shall return to any point nearer to that from which he 
 6tarted than a point which he has passed, he shall pay a second fare, 
 unless this lie occasioned by the line of the route on which he is passing 
 being circuitous. (August 21, 1909.) 
 
 8. The company or corporation shall use cars with suitable brakes 
 thereto, and the cars shall be propelled by such motive power as the coun- 
 cil may prescribe. And if from a want of sufficient number of brakes to any 
 car, or from the carelessness or incompetency of the conductor or driver 
 of such car, the car shall run on said railway track or in the street at a 
 greater speed than is authorized by this or any other ordinance, the said 
 company shall be subject to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, for the use 
 of the city; and such careless conductor or driver may be subjected to a 
 like fine. The said cars shall not incommode the crossings nor stop at 
 corners of any street or elsewhere to solicit passengers. It shall also be
 
 CHAPTER 38. 335 
 
 ihe duty of motormen of the cars to give ample notice to drivers of vehi- 
 cles and pedestrians of their approach, and also to afford all reasonable 
 opportunity for them or either of them to avoid collision or accident; 
 and any neglect by them to comply with the provisions of this section 
 shall be punished by a fine of five dollars, to be recovered before the 
 police justice of the city, for the use of the city. (August 21, 1909.) 
 
 9. It shall be the duty of said company or corporation to employ 
 careful, sober, and prudent agents, conductors and motormen, to take 
 charge of their car or cars when upon the road ; and for violation of any 
 act of assembly or ordinance of the city on the part of such officer or 
 officers or employees upon said road, the company shall be liable to all 
 lines, forfeitures or damages therefrom: provided, that this shall not be 
 taken as an excuse, or free any such officer or employee from penalties or 
 responsibilities for any such violations or other acts committed. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 10. Each car running upon the road shall be numbered, commencing 
 at number one and continuing in regular numerical order ; which number 
 shall be painted in some conspicuous place upon both sides of the car. 
 For any neglect to comply with this provision, the proprietors shall be 
 punishable by a fine of ten dollars, to be recovered on complaint before 
 the police justice of the city, and for the use of the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. After a company or corporation shall have been authorized to con- 
 struct a railway and run their cars in any street of the city, said company 
 or corporation shall not cease to run their cars therein as agreed on, 
 without the consent of the city council, applied for and obtained in the 
 manner prescribed in section three. And uj3on the failure of said com- 
 pany or corporation for six months to run their cars in any street as said 
 company or corporation has been authorized to run its cars, said com- 
 pany shall forfeit so much of its railway on said streets as they have 
 failed to run their ears upon, and the right of said company or corpora- 
 tion to run their cars in that part of the street shall cease; and the city 
 council may grant the privilege to another company or 'corporation to 
 run their cars therein or in any part thereof; or may have the railway 
 taken up and the material thereof sold, and after paying all expense- 
 arising therefrom, pay the balance, if any, to said company or corpora- 
 tion. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. The privilege granted to any company or corporation to construct 
 railways and run cars in the streets, shall continue for such term of 
 years, from the date of the grant, as shall be fixed by the city council, 
 unless the same shall be forfeited under the preceding section. At the 
 expiration of that period the city council may extend the said privii
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 to said company or corporation for another period in accordance with 
 law. (August 21, 1909.) 
 
 13. That the several street railway companies operating lines of street 
 cats upon the streets of the city of Richmond shall cause each car, at 
 the point of transfer to another line, not to depart from its terminus after 
 the arrival of a car approaching such terminus on another line, until pas- 
 sengers have had sufficient time to depart from the car so arriving and to 
 board the departing car. Any company violating the provisions of this 
 Bed ion shall he liable to a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one 
 hundred dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police justice of 
 the city of Eichmond. (April 16, 1906.) 
 
 14. A grant to one company of the privilege of laying down railways 
 and running cars thereon in one or more streets of the city, shall not 
 prevent the city council from granting the like privilege to- another com- 
 pany or companies in other streets. But the privilege shall not be given 
 to two or more companies to run their cars in the same street, except at 
 the crossing of streets, and only for the purpose of crossing a street. And 
 when one company is authorized to lay their railway along a street, so 
 that said railway will cross the railway of another company which has 
 been first authorized to lay down its railway, the company crossing such 
 railway shall, at its own expense and under the direction of the engineer 
 of the city, make the necessary alterations in the railway which is to be 
 crossed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 15. No street car shall be moved or propelled upon or along any of the 
 streets of the city at a greater rate of speed than four miles per hour, 
 when turning a corner, nor at a greater rate of speed than twelve miles 
 an hour at any other time. Whenever any driver or motorman shall 
 drive or propel a street car in violation of the above requirements as to 
 speed, the company owning said car shall be liable to a fine of not less 
 than five nor more than one hundred dollars. (August 21, 1909.) 
 
 16. That the street railway companies operating lines of railway on 
 the streets of the city of Richmond be, and they are hereby, required to 
 stop their cars for the departure and receipt of passengers on both sides 
 of intersecting streets at all points of connection and transfer, except at 
 Eighth and Main streets. Any company violating the provisions of this 
 ordinance shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than 
 twenty-five dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police justice 
 of the city of Richmond. (August 13, 1910.) 
 
 17. That the several street railway companies, operating lines of street 
 cars upon the streets of the city of Richmond, shall cause each one of 
 their cars, before approaching within twenty-five feet of the track of any 
 railroad company, along which cars are propelled by steam, which any
 
 CHAPTER 38. 337 
 
 street car track crosses at grade, to bring their cars to a stand—till at 
 •every such crossing, and, while so standing, 1 the conductor of 
 
 such car to go forward, in order to ascertain whether or not any 1 
 motive or train is approaching such crossing from either direction, and 
 thus to warn the motorman of such approach, who, when so warned, 
 shall keep his car standing until such locomotive or train shall have 
 cleared the crossing. Any street railway company which shall violate the 
 provisions of this section, and any motorman or conductor failing to 
 conform with the provisions of this section, shall be liable to a fine of not 
 less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars; each violation to con- 
 stitute a separate offence. (January 18, 1901.) 
 
 18. That all street car companies operating cars on the streets of the 
 city of Richmond be, and they are hereby, required to equip each of 
 such cars with the most improved life-saving fenders within five months 
 from August 27, 1896, under a penatly of ten dollars per day fine for 
 each car so operating without such fender. (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. That all street railway companies operated in, or companies using 
 the streets of the city, be, and the same are hereby, required to place on 
 sale, for the accommodation of pupils attending any school in the city 
 cf Richmond, going and returning from school, tickets at half rates. 
 (August 21, 1909.) 
 
 20. That, for the privilege of using the streets and alleys of the city, for 
 the laying therein of their tracks and the erection of poles and stringing 
 of wires thereon, by any and all street railway companies now operating 
 street-car lines within the city of Richmond, other than the Richmond 
 Traction Company, each and every such company, for such privilege of 
 so using and occupying the streets of the city, from and after the first 
 clay of January, 1900, shall pay annually to the treasurer of the city, as 
 hereinafter required, until the expiration of the time limited by the ordi- 
 nance granting such right of so occupying the streets, an amount equal 
 to three and one-half per centum on the entire gross receipts from the 
 traffic of the said company until its gross earnings shall reach $200,000; 
 then also an amount equal to five per annum upon all such earnings in 
 excess of that amount up to $300,000 ; then an amount equal to seven 
 per centum upon all such earnings in excess of the last-named amount 
 up to $400,000 ; and then also a sum equal to ten per centum upon all 
 such earnings in excess of $400,000. The said sums shall be paid in 
 semi-annual payments on the first day of July and January of each 
 year, the first payment to be made on the first day of July, 1900, from 
 the gross receipts of said company for the preceding six months, and 
 are to be accompanied by a statement of the amount of such gross re- 
 ceipts, sworn to by the treasurer or secretary of said company. ' The aud-
 
 338 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Richmond and the chairman of the committee on fi- 
 accountant duly authorized by said chairman, shall have 
 mine the books of such company or companies every 
 onths, in order to verify, or, if need be, correct, the returns so 
 AH pavilion i made under this ordinance shall be a lien upon 
 
 any and all tracks and cars of said company or companies laid or used on 
 acb company or companies prior and superior to any other 
 lien or encumbrance upon said tracks or cars. Should any such com- 
 pany fail to make any payment above mentioned within ten days after 
 me due and payable, such company shall become liable 
 to a fine than ten nor more than one hundred dollars; each 
 
 day's failure to be a separate offence. It shall be the duty of the auditor 
 of the city to have any such company summoned before the police justice 
 of the city for the imposition of the fine or fines above mentioned. 
 Should any such company continue for thirty days in default as to any 
 such payment, the city council may require and order any such company 
 ise running any one or more of its cars upon any of the said routes, 
 or any part thereof, until the said payment shall have been made to the 
 and should any such company, after forty-eight hours from the re- 
 ceipt of notice of such requirement, and while so continuing in default, 
 run or operate upon the said track any one or more of its cars, it shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred 
 dollar ch and every car so run: each day's running of such car to 
 
 ace. Any notice required or authorized under this ordi- 
 nance ma i d upon the company by leaving said notice with any 
 clerk of any such company employed at the office of said company within 
 the city of Richmond. The payment of which sums shall be in lieu of 
 any and all license tax; but it is exp tipulated that such payment 
 shall not a liability of the said company or companies to general 
 taxation at the ra1 d on the property of other persons within the 
 which liability for general taxation exp] ssly recognized; 
 the a i of the property of am rnipany to be made upon the 
 valuation of if ty located in the city of Richmond, as made by the 
 board for purposes of State taxation, which valuation, 
 howc I include all of the rolling stock of such company, whether 
 by the board of public works as located in the city or not, which 
 shall likewise be liable to general taxation within the city; and said com- 
 pany shall also be liable for the payment of assessments for street and 
 other improvements. (April 5, 1900.) 
 
 21. That the street railway companies operating their lines within the 
 hmits of the city of Richmond, be, and they are hereby, required, upon 
 the application of a passenger who has paid his fare, to issue to such 

 
 CHAPTER 38. 339 
 
 passenger a transfer ticket without additional charge, winch shall entitle 
 such passenger at the point of intersection with the line on which he 
 desires to take passage to board the first car going in the direction in 
 which he wishes to be transported, and upon such car to ride; and such 
 transfer ticket shall be received by the company operating its ears over 
 such line, whether such car be owned by the company issuing the trans- 
 fer or not; and such. passenger shall be entitled to board the first car 
 passing the point of intersection, going in the direction of the line on 
 which he first took passage, whether it be a car of the line issuing the 
 transfer or not. Any company violating the provisions of this ordinance 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five 
 dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city 
 of Richmond. (May 15, 1908.) 
 
 22. That the points of transfer of passengers from the Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company, and 
 from the Richmond Passenger and Power Company to the Richmond 
 Traction Company and the direction in which passengers shall be trans- 
 ported thereon shall be as follows : 
 
 (1.) At the intersection of Harrison and Broad streets and Hancock 
 and Broad streets, the Richmond Traction Company shall issue trans- 
 fers to passengers coming from the west on Broad street to the Richmond 
 Passenger and Power Company going south on Harrison street, from the 
 west on Broad street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company 
 going north on Hancock street and from the east on Broad street to the 
 Richmond Passenger and Power Company going south on Harrison 
 street ; and the Richmond Passenger and Power Company shall issue 
 transfers to passengers coming from the north on Hancock to the Rich- 
 mond Traction Company going west on Broad street, from the south on 
 Harrison street to the Richmond Traction Company going west on Broad 
 street and from the south on Harrison street to the Richmond Traction 
 Company going east on Broad street. 
 
 (2.) At the intersection of Laurel and Broad streets, the Richmond 
 Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the 
 west on Broad street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company 
 going south on Laurel street and from the east on Broad street to the 
 Richmond Passenger and Power Company going south on Laurel street; 
 and the Richmond Passenger and Power Company shall issue transfers 
 to passengers coming from the east on Broad street to the Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company going west on Broad street and from the south on Laurel 
 street to the Richmond Traction Company going west on Broad street. 
 
 (3.) At the intersection of Laurel and Cary streets, the Richmond 
 Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the
 
 ;; Hi RICH MOND CITY CODE. 
 
 ,nd Passenger and Power Company going 
 
 south on Laurel street ; and the Richmond Passenger 'and Power Company 
 
 shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the north on Laurel street 
 
 Richmo ion Company going west on Cary street and from 
 
 hi Laurel street to the Richmond Traction Company going west 
 
 on Cary street. 
 
 (1.) At the intersection of First and Broad streets, the Richmond 
 Tracti pany shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the 
 
 east on Broad street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company 
 north on First street, from the west on Broad street to the Rich- 
 mond Passenger and Power Company going north on First street and 
 from the south on First street to the Richmond Passenger and Power 
 Company going north on First street; and the Richmond Passenger and 
 Power Company shall transfer passengers coming from the north on First 
 to the Richmond Traction Company going east on Broad street, 
 from the north on First street to the Richmond Traction Company west 
 on Broad street, from the north on First street to the Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company going south on First street and from the east on Broad 
 street to the Richmond Traction Company going south on First street. 
 
 (5.) At the intersection of Main and First streets, the Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the north 
 en First street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company going 
 11 Main street, from the east on Main street to the Richmond Pas- 
 senger and Power Company going west on Main street and from the south 
 on First street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company going 
 east on Main street; and the Richmond Passenger and Power Company 
 shall transfer passengers coming from the west on Main street to the 
 Richmond Traction Company going north on First street and from the 
 east on Main street to the Richmond Traction Company going south on 
 First street. 
 
 (0.) At the intersection of Seventh and Broad streets, the Richmond 
 Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the 
 east on Broad street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company 
 going north on Seventh street, from the west on Broad street to the Rich- 
 mond Passenger and Power Company going north on Seventh street 
 (Chestnut Hill only), from the east on Broad street to the Richmond 
 tiger and Power Company going south on Seventh street (Forest 
 Hill line only), and from the west on Broad street to the Richmond 
 ager and Power Company, going south on Seventh street; and the 
 mond Passenger and Power Company shall issue transfers to pas- 
 sengers coming from the north on Seventh street to the Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company going east on Broad' street, from the north on Seventh
 
 chapter 38. :; 1 1 
 
 street the Eichmond Traction Company going west on Bri it (from 
 
 Chestnut Hill line only), from the south oi th street to the Bieh- 
 
 mond Traction Company going east on Broad street (Forest Hill line 
 only), and from the south on Seventh street to the Richmond Traction 
 Company going west on Broad street. 
 
 (7.) At the intersection of Seventh and Main streets, the Richmond 
 Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers i rom the 
 
 east on Main street to the Richmond Pas 
 going south on Seventh street, from the west on Mai 
 mond Passenger and Power Company going south on S 
 from the east on Main street to the Richmond Pi 
 
 pany going north on Seventh street; and the Richmorj and 
 
 Power Company shall issue transfers to srs coining fn mt-h 
 
 on Seventh street to the Richmond Traction Campan; on Main 
 
 street and from the south on Seventh to the Richmond Traction going 
 west on Main street. 
 
 (8.) At the intersection of Eighth and Broad streets, the Richmond 
 Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the 
 
 ■t on Broad street to the Richmo J/1 Passenger and Power ( 
 going south on Eighth street; and the Richmond Passenger and Power 
 Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the west on 
 Broad street to the Richmond Traction going east on Broad street. 
 
 (9.) At the intersection of Eighth and Main streets, the Richmond 
 Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coining from the 
 east on Main street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company 
 going west on Main street; and the Richmond Passenger and Power Com- 
 pany shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the east on Main 
 street to the Richmond Traction Company going north on Eighth street. 
 
 (10.) At the intersection of Ninth and Main streets, the Richmond 
 Passenger and Power Company shall issue transfers to com- 
 
 ing from the east on Main street to the Richmond Traction Company 
 going west on Main street. 
 
 (11.) At the intersection of Seventeenth and Broad streets the Rich- 
 mond Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers i : - om 
 the east on Broad street to the Richmond Passenger and Pov any 
 going north on Seventeenth street and from the west on reet 
 to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company going north on Seven- 
 teenth street; and the Richmond Passenger and Powei hall 
 issue transfers to passengers coming from the north on S< 
 to the Richmond Traction Company going east on B 
 the north on Seventeenth street to the Richmond Traction ( 
 going west on Broad street.
 
 34.2 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 (1?.) At the intersection of Eighteenth and Main streets, the Rich- 
 mond Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from 
 the west on Mam street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company 
 going east od Main street, from the west on Main street to the Richmond 
 I Power Company going north on Eighteenth street and 
 from !, on Eighteenth street to the Richmond Passenger and 
 
 Power Company going east on Main street; and the Richmond Passenger 
 Power Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming from the 
 cast on Main street to the Richmond Traction Company going north on 
 Eighteenth street, from the west on Main street to the Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company going north on Eighteenth street and from the north on 
 Eighteenth street to the Richmond Traction Company going west on 
 
 Main street. 
 
 (13.) At the intersection of Twenty-first and Broad streets, the Rich- 
 mond Passenger and Power Company shall issue transfers to passengers 
 coming from the north on Twenty-first street to the Richmond Traction 
 Company going west on Broad street. 
 
 (14.) At the intersection of Twenty-third and Venable streets, the 
 Richmond Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming 
 from the east on Venable street to the Richmond Passenger and Power 
 Company going north on Twenty-third street, from the west on Venable 
 street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Company going north on 
 Twenty-third street, from the east on Venable street to the Richmond 
 Passenger and Power Company going south on Twenty-third street and 
 from the west on Venable street- to the Richmond Passenger and Power 
 Company going south on Twenty-third street; and the Richmond Pas- 
 senger and Power Company shall issue transfers to passengers coming 
 from the north on Twenty-third street to the Richmond Traction Com- 
 pany going east on Venable street, from the north on Twenty-third street 
 to the Richmond Traction Company going west on Venable street, from 
 the south on Twenty-third street to the Richmond Traction Company 
 going east on Venable street and from the south on Twenty-third street 
 to the Richmond Traction Company going west on Venable street. 
 
 (15.) At the intersection of Twenty-ninth and Broad streets, the Rich- 
 mond Traction Company shall issue transfers to passengers coining from 
 the west on Broad street to the Richmond Passenger and Power Com- 
 pany going north on Twenty-ninth street and from the east on Broad 
 street to the Richmond Passenger and Power going north on Twenty- 
 ninth street; and the Richmond Passenger and Power Company shall 
 issue transfers to passengers coming from the west on Broad street to 
 the Richmond Traction Company going east on Broad street.
 
 CHAPTER 38. 343 
 
 (16.) At the intersection of Fourteenth and Main streets the Rich- 
 mond Traction Company shall issue transfers to pas rom 
 the east on Main street to the Richmond Passenger and Power < !om] 
 going south on Fourteenth street and from the west on Main street to 
 the Richmond Passenger and Power Company going south on Fourteenth 
 street; and the Richmond Passenger and Power Company shall issue 
 transfers to passengers coming from the south on Fourteenth street to the 
 Richmond Traction Company going east on Main street and from the 
 south on. Fourteenth street to the Richmond Traction Company going 
 west on Main street. (September 16, 1901.) 
 
 (17.) The council expressly reserves the right to fix r different 
 
 points of transfer than those required by this section, and to amend or 
 repeal this section and sub-sections. (September 16, 1901.) 
 
 23. The cars of the Richmond Passenger and Power Company shall 
 have the right of way in their passage over the cars of the Richmond 
 Traction Company at the following points of intersection of the streets, 
 or, at the intersection or crossing of the tracks of the one company with 
 the tracks of the other : 
 
 Robinson and Main streets, Harrison and Broad streets, Hancock and 
 Broad streets, Seventh and Broad streets, Twenty-fourth and Broad 
 streets, Twenty-ninth and Broad streets, Twenty-ninth and Q streets, 
 Eighteenth and Main streets, Ninth and Main streets, Eighth and Main 
 streets, Seventh and Main streets, First and Main streets, Fourteenth 
 and Main streets, Beverley and Cherry streets. (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 21. The cars of the Richmond Traction Company shall have the right 
 of way in their passage over the cars of the Richmond Passenger and 
 Power Company at the following points of intersection of the streets, or, 
 at the intersection or crossing of the tracks of the one company with the 
 tracks of the other : 
 
 Laurel and Broad streets, First and Broad streets, Laurel and Can- 
 streets, Eighth and Broad streets, Ninth and Broad stre . enteenth 
 and Broad streets, Twenty-first and Broad streets, Twenty-third and Amen- 
 able streets, Grace and Eighteenth streets, cross-over in Eighteenth near 
 Main streets. (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 25. The cars of each of the companies at all of the above-named points, 
 except at the cross-over in Eighteenth near Main streets, shall come to a 
 full stop, with the fender of the car within or on the line of the near 
 sidewalk of the intersecting street, before making the crossing or enter- 
 ing the tracks of the other company. At the cross-over in Eighteenth 
 street near Main street, above mentioned, the cars of each company shall 
 come to a full stop within twenty (20) feet of each entry to the said 
 cross-over. (November 16, 1901.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY COD!:. 
 
 the company having the right of way is within one 
 
 I ion, or point of' entry, it shall be per- 
 
 ar of the other company; but, if two 
 
 the right of way are within one 
 
 iiit at the same time, then the car of the 
 
 I of way shall be permitted to proceed after 
 
 the - the ri S nt oL " wa y lia? made the C1 '" ' 
 
 en several cars of each company 
 
 shall, in like manner, proceed alternately. 
 
 1 by both of the companies, no car of either 
 con r of the other company, except for the purpose 
 
 of i tigers and receiving those ready to board the car. 
 
 i01.) 
 28. . anies shall have the right to erect upon con- 
 
 soles or fixtures on its own tracks, subject to the approval of the 
 as it may deem necessary or proper for the 
 carrying inl contained in last foregoing five 
 
 section i . I.) 
 
 company shall violate any provision or requirement of 
 said last six foregoing sections, it shall be liable to a fine of not less 
 thai or more than fifty, doli aoh offence. (.November 16, 
 
 1901.) 
 
 V car approaching another, which is receiving or discharging a 
 
 passenger, shall, when within not less than ten yards of the same, ring 
 
 a bell or gong, and shall slow down so as not to pass the front platform of 
 
 the other car until the latter car shall have gone more than its length 
 
 from the place where its front platform was when it was receiving or 
 
 di ssenger; or, if it shall not so slow down, it shall come 
 
 to full ig the rear platform of the other car. For any 
 
 violation of this section the company employing the driver or motorman 
 
 the same, shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor 
 
 dollars. Each violation shall be a separate offence. (Code 
 
 i9.) 
 
 ;;] - The treet railway companies operating lines of street cars 
 
 the city of Richmond shall keep their tracks in proper 
 
 fienever repairs or renewals are deemed by any one of said 
 
 acks, it shall be the duty of such company, 
 
 h. repairs or renewals, to notify the city engineer, and 
 
 itement showing the extent and character of the 
 
 ds which, in his judgment, are proper and necessary, 
 
 ier and method of construction and materials to be used
 
 CHAPTEB 38. 3 to 
 
 in making such repairs or renewal?, and whenever the committee on 
 streets deem repairs or renewals proper and necessary upon the tra 
 any of said companies, whether such company deems such repairs or re- 
 newals necessary or not, said committee shall forthwith notify such 
 pany of such fact, and likewise furnish such company with a statement, 
 showing the extent and character of the repairs or renewals which, in its 
 judgment, are proper and necessary, and the manner and method of con- 
 struction and material to be used in making such repairs or renewals, 
 and, in either case, should such company fail or refuse to make such re- 
 pairs or renewals in the manner required by the committee, it shall be 
 fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and 
 each day's failure or refusal to make such repairs or renewals shall con- 
 stitute a separate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3"3. All of said railway companies shall keep all cars used by them in 
 the transportation of passengers on the streets of the city of Richmond in 
 proper repair and free from noise produced by defective machinery, and 
 in a neat condition; and, for a failure so to do, any company so offending 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars 
 for each car used in carrying passengers on the streets of the city of 
 Richmond which is out of repair, not free from noises produced by the 
 use of defective machinery, or not in neat condition. (Code 1899.) 
 
 33. That the electric street surface railway companies operating 
 within the limits of the city of Richmond shall be allowed a period of 
 sis (6) months from the date of the approval of this ordinance, within 
 which to improve and as far as practicable perfect the bonding systems 
 in use by said electric street surface railway companies, so as to prevent 
 the presence of currents of electricit}' on the water mains and water pipes 
 of the city sufficient to occasion damage from electrolysis; and to that 
 end, and in connection therewith, the said companies shall, under the 
 supervision and to the satisfaction of the superintendent of the water 
 works, the city engineer, and the city electrician, install and maintain 
 in different portions of the city, not exceeding ten (10) suitable appli- 
 ances and instruments to ascertain what stray currents of electricity are, 
 from time to time, flowing upon the water mains and water pipes of the 
 city. The connection so required shall consist of two wires attached to 
 different parts of one section of water main or pipe, the resistance of 
 which said section between the points of contact of said wire, shall have 
 first been accurately ascertained and agreed upon between the engineers 
 for said companies and the city electrician, and each of said wires shall 
 be brought from the point of connection with said pipe to a convenient 
 point above the surface of the ground to a place provided where meters 
 may be readily attached to said wires, and the ilow of current upon the
 
 3 ] li RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 accurately measured. The number and location of such instruments 
 cr appliances within the limits aforesaid, shall be agreed upon between 
 the engineers tor said companies and the city electrician, said location 
 to be subject to the approval of the city engineer. The said companies 
 shall take daily readings of the flow of current from said reading sta- 
 tions, and report the same to the city electrician on a suitable form to be 
 prepared and furnished by him; provided, that the companies shall have 
 a period of four months from the date of approval of this ordinance 
 within which to install said instruments and appliances and begin said 
 daily readings. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 a. It shall be the duty of the city electrician to make at least weekly 
 readings of said instruments, and after making comparison with the 
 records furnished by said companies, to make monthly reports thereon 
 to the committees on electricity, and water, respectively, showing the 
 electrolytic conditions found by said companies and those found by 
 the city electrician; and in order to insure the accuracy of such readings 
 and reports, the volt meters or other instruments used by the companies 
 and the city electrician in taking such readings shall, from time to time, 
 upon request of either party be tested and compared with each other. 
 (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 h. If at the expiration of the period of six (6) months aforesaid, such 
 readings and tests shall in the opinion of the committee on electricity 
 show the presence of currents of electricity on the water mains and water 
 pipes of the city sufficient to cause damage from electrolysis, or if 
 thereafter it be demonstrated by similar tests which shall be made from 
 time to time on request of the committee on electricity, that said sys- 
 tem is not being maintained so as to prevent the presence of currents 
 of electricity on the water mains and water pipes of the city sufficient 
 to cause damage by electrolysis, the said committee shall report that 
 fact to either branch of the council, with their recommendations as to 
 what action should be taken by the council to prevent further electro- 
 lytic damage to the water mains and water pipes of the city, and the 
 council shall be at liberty, and the right is hereby reserved, to enact 
 such further ordinance or ordinances as they may think best to prevent 
 damage by electrolysis to the water mains and water pipes of the city. 
 (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 c. Any electric street surface railway company now- or hereafter 
 operating an electric surface railway within the limits of the city of 
 Eiehmond, without regard to the company which actually caused' the 
 damage shall, upon demand made upon any such company by the city 
 of Eiehmond, promptly pay to and reimburse the city of Eiehmond 
 for any cost and expense which may have been incurred by the city in
 
 CHAPTER 38. 3-17 
 
 relaying or replacing any water main or water pipe of the city, which 
 the city may hereafter find it necessary to relay or replace by reason 
 of actual breakage of such water main or pipe, or the weakening or partial 
 destruction thereof occasioned by electrolysis ; and any company making 
 such payment to the city on account of such damage as aforesaid shall 
 not, as between itself and any other like company, which may have caused 
 such damage, or any part thereof, be prejudiced by such payment, but 
 such company shall have the right to demand of any other company 
 which may have caused such damage, or any part thereof, the payment 
 of such sum or any part thereof, or to demand contribution by any com- 
 pany causing such damage, or any part thereof, and to establish its de- 
 mands in this respect by legal proceedings, should it so elect; provided, 
 that such right on its part as against any other company shall not affect 
 or limit its obligation to the city of Richmond, as provided in this 
 ordinance. 
 
 In event of disagreement between the city of Richmond and any such 
 company or companies, as to whether an actual breakage, weakening 
 or partial destruction of any water main or pipe, so as to make neces- 
 sary the renewal thereof was occasioned by electrolysis, then and in 
 that event where the amount of such claim of the city of Eichmond 
 be in excess of twenty dollars ($20) the city of Richmond may, upon ten 
 (10) days' written notice of such claim and such motion, move the Law 
 and Equity Court of said city for a judgment for the amount of its said 
 claim, and said motion shall be docketed and heard and determined 
 by said court without a jury, upon such evidence as may be produced 
 by the respective parties, and the judgment of said court thereon shall 
 be final and conclusive upon the parties, from which no appeal shall 
 lie. If the amount of such claim be not in excess of twenty dollars ($20) 
 then the same shall be cognizable by similar proceedings before the 
 court or tribunal in the city of Eichmond authorized to hear and deter- 
 mine civil claims of the amount of twenty dollars and under, and the 
 judgment of such last named tribunal, upon evidence adduced as afore- 
 said, shall in like manner be final and conclusive. 
 
 Any company paying any claim or judgment to the city of Rich- 
 mond, as in this section provided, shall be subrogated to all of the rights 
 and liens of said city as against any other company causing said dam- 
 age, or any part thereof, as to the amounts so paid including costs, 
 or any part thereof, for which such other company may be justly liable, 
 and the court rendering such judgment, or which would have juris- 
 diction to hear said claim under the terms of this ordinance, shall, on 
 motion of the company paying said claim or judgment, on ten (10) 
 days notice of said motion to any other party in interest, hear evidence
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 and apportion the amount so paid on account of said claim or judg- 
 
 or among the several companies then operating electric 
 
 railways within the limits of the city of Richmond, which 
 
 might have caused said damage or any part thereof, on such basis as 
 
 i court, be just and equitable, and the judg- 
 ing said apportionment shall be final from which 
 1 lie; but nothing herein contained shall he construed to 
 rmination of the rights of the city of Richmond, or the 
 payment of any claim or judgment by the company against which said 
 claim is made or judgment rendered. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 Che electric street surface railways now operating in the city of 
 Richmond shall, within thirty (30) d er the approval of this ordi- 
 
 nance, pay to I of Richmond all expense incurred by it, in and 
 
 its inve a, relative to the amount and extent of elec- 
 
 trolytic damage done to the water mains and water pipes of the city, 
 and a incurred in connection therewith, or in asserting its claim 
 
 for such damages: the amount of such payment, however, not to exceed 
 in any event the total sum of ten thousand ($10,000) ; but such pay- 
 ment shall not be construed as any payment on account of damages done 
 or which may hereafter be done to the water mains and pipes of the city 
 occasioned by electrolysis, for the payment of which provision is made 
 in the foregoing sub-section. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 e. The provisions of this ordinance shall be made applicable to, and 
 shall be enforced by the city against each and every company which 
 may now own and operate, or which may hereafter construct or operate 
 an electric street surface railway within the limits of said city. (August 
 17, 1908.) 
 
 /. Nothing in this ordinance contained shall he construed as a waiver 
 of the reservations made in the ordinances under which the existing 
 electric street surface railway companies are operating their lines in the 
 city of Richmond, wherein it is expressly stipulated that the city of Rich- 
 mond reserves the right to put further conditions, restrictions and regu- 
 lations as to the use of electricity, and requirements as to the manner 
 or system by which electricity may be used by said companies. (August 
 17, 1908.) 
 
 g. The said railway companies shall not be entitled to the benefit 
 of this ordinance until each of them, and the receivers now operating 
 the same, shall for themselves and their successors, by written instru- 
 ments filed with the city clerk, and approved by the city attorney. 
 li and every provision, stipulation and requirement hereof; 
 and upon the filing of such acceptance the city attorney is authorized 
 to file a copy of this ordinance before the special master of the circuit
 
 CHAPTER 38. 349 
 
 court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, in the 
 consolidated cause of Bowling Green Trust Company Trustee, versus 
 Virginia Passenger and Power Company and others, pending in said 
 court, and unite with counsel for said railway companies in requesting 
 the special master to report to said court the adjustment of the contro- 
 versies mentioned in said cause, with respect to electrolytic damage to the 
 water mains and pipes of the city of Richmond, in accordance with the 
 provisions of this ordinance and secure a confirmation of said report 
 accordingly. And upon the confirmation thereof by the said court, the 
 city attorney is authorized and directed to promptly dismiss all pro- 
 ceedings of every nature heretofore instituted against the electric street 
 surface railway companies now operating in the city, or against the re- 
 ceivers operating the same on account of damages from electrolysis or 
 in relation thereto, in whatever court or tribunal the same may be pend- 
 ing, at the cost and charge in every instance of the city of Richmond ; 
 but such cost and charge shall be refunded to the city by said companies 
 as a part of the costs and charges to be paid as provided in sub-section "c" 
 of this ordinance. (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 31. That the Eichmond Traction Company shall, at the request of 
 any person, who has paid a cash fare of five cents issue to such person 
 a transfer to the Wcsthampton line of the Virginia Passenger and Power 
 Company, and such transfer when presented to the Virginia Passenger 
 ?nd Power Company, on the said Westhampton park branch of said 
 company's lines shall entitle the person delivering or 1 odering the said 
 transfer to ride the same distance and to the same privileges as if such 
 person had paid a cash fare as required in the said contract of the said 
 Westhampton Park Railway Company. That the said Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company shall receive from the said Virginia Passenger and Power 
 Company, the assignee and successor of the Westhampton Park Railway 
 Company, all persons presenting transfers from said Virginia Passenger 
 and Power Company, assignee and successor as aforesaid, and any person 
 delivering or tendering to said Richmond Traction Company such trans- 
 fer shall be entitled to ride upon the lines of the said Richmond Trac- 
 tion Company the same distamr, and be entitled to the same privileges, 
 as if such person had paid a cash fare of five ce lid Richmond 
 
 Traction Company. If the said companies transferring with each other, 
 in accordance with the provisions of this section cannot agree 
 between themselves on satisfactory terms of settlement of all questions 
 relating to the transfer of passengers, the same shall he fixed by t 
 disinterested persons, one to be appointed by the Richmond Traction 
 Company, one by the Virginia Passenger and Power Company, assignee, 
 and successor as aforesaid, and the third by the two pei selected,
 
 350 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 and the terms and conditions which shall be fixed by such persons, or a 
 majority of them, shall be the terms and conditions upon which such 
 companies shall proportionately receive the revenues derived from pas- 
 rs carried on and transferred between said lines, under the pro- 
 tins ordinance; provided, however, that the settlement of any 
 such matter of disagreement between said companies shall net have the 
 e ff ec j of postponing or delaying the immediate compliance by the said 
 companies with the requirements of this section. Any company failing 
 or refusing to give any passenger when requested a proper transfer ticket 
 as hereinbefore required, or refusing to receive when tendered such trans- 
 fer ticket, upon the terms hereinbefore required, shall, in either case, be 
 liable to a fine of not less than twenty-live, nor more than one hundred 
 dollars for each offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city 
 of Richmond. (May 20, 1907.) 
 
 35. That the various street railway companies using the streets, ave- 
 nues or lanes of the city of Eichmond be, and they are hereby required, 
 to sprinkle with water in a manner satisfactory to the chief of police, the 
 streets, avenues or lanes along the lines of their railways on each and 
 every day of the year, except when the streets are wet from rainfall or 
 snow. The said sprinkling shall be done in such manner and by the 
 operation of a sufficient number of sprinkling cars to lay the dust without 
 rendering the streets muddy, for a width of street occupied by the rails 
 and portion of roadbed between them and for a distance of at least two 
 feet beyond the outside of the outer rails. (April 29, 1907.) 
 
 36. In the event that any street railway company shall use city water 
 for th es of sprinkling, there shall be no charge for the same by 
 the city for street sprinkling within the corporate limits as required 
 
 35 ; and in order to facilitate the sprinkling of the streets by 
 the said street railway companies, the committee on streets shall have 
 powei - to them for sidings or ci at conve 
 
 and necessary points along the lines of the railway companies in the city. 
 The railway companies shall use such fixtures or hydrants as the superin- 
 il of water works may prescribe for the purpose, and shall be re- 
 11 damages to streets, hydrants or fixtures caused 
 by them. (April 29, L907.) 
 
 I any railway company neglecting or refusing to sprinkle the 
 
 along it \ , as hereinbefore required, shall be 
 
 f,n " (1 tn an ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and 
 
 it shall so aeglect or refuse; and any company refusing to pay 
 
 i hydrants or fixtures, caused by it; agents or ser- 
 
 Wll!lin ten da y s af ter I tation of 1,111, for the same, or who 
 
 shall unnecessarily or wilfully waste city water shall likewise be liable to a
 
 CHAPTER 38. 351 
 
 fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offence, 
 such fine to be recoverable before the police justice of the city of Rich- 
 mond. (April 29, 1907.) 
 
 38. It shall be the duty of the several police officers of this city to re- 
 port to the chief of police of this city all violations of the provisions of 
 this chapter, and also to report all complaints made to them by other 
 parties of any violation of the same. (Code 1899.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTEE 39. 
 
 CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF STEAM RAILWAYS 
 AND STEAMBOAT WHARVES. 
 
 1. If any engine or other vehicle be drawn or propelled upon a rail- 
 road or rail-track in a street at a greater rate than four miles an hour, 
 the person who does it or causes it to be done, or assists in doing it, or 
 causing it to be done, shall pay a fine of ten dollars. Every locomotive 
 engine put or placed upon any railroad or rail-track in the city shall 
 have attached thereto a bell of thirty pounds weight at least, and such 
 bell shall be rung whenever the said engine is about to pass the crossing 
 of any two streets, and shall continue ringing until such engine shall 
 have passed such crossing; and if any engine shall pass across any street 
 in this city, without first ringing and continuing to ring said bell, in 
 manner aforesaid, the owner of said engine, as well as the person then 
 Laving the control, conduct, and management thereof, shall each be fined 
 not less than five nor more than twenty dollars; and if any person shall 
 blow, sound, or use, or cause to be blown, sounded, or used, by means of, 
 or with steam, any whistle or other thing, upon any public street or alloy, 
 he shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars; and if 
 any railroad company, or their agents or employees, shall run more than 
 one train at the same time across the places where their tracks intersect 
 the streets of this city, without providing a watchman to "flag" each 
 train, said railroad company, as well as the person or persons in charge 
 of such trains, or directing their movements, shall each be fined not less 
 than five nor more than twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. It shall be unlawful for any agent or porter of any hotel or board- 
 ing-house, for any owner, agent, or driver of any hack or other vehicle* 
 or for any other person, at any terminal station or wharf of any railroad 
 
 imboat in this city, to throng or obstruct the way to any such sta- 
 tion or wharf, or to any car or steamboat thereat, so as to hinder or pre- 
 vent the free and unimpeded access to or departure from such station, 
 wharf, car, or steamboat, by passengers carried or to be carried on such 
 car or steamboat, or of those attending or receiving them at such station 
 or wharf. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. It shall he unlawful for any person at any such station or wharf 
 to make any unnecessarily loud outcry or clamor, , icit custom or 
 employment in a tone louder than a conversational one. or to take hold
 
 CHAPTER 39. 353 
 
 of any passenger's person, clothing, baggage, or property, unless pre- 
 viously requested by such passenger to do so. Nor shall any person solicit 
 custom or employment, except selling daily papers, from any one when 
 in a hotel omnibus, hack, or other vehicle, to be or being conveyed to or 
 from a hotel or a depot, or from any person when within ten feet of the 
 curbing of the sidewalk surrounding a hotel. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. No such porter, agent, or owner or driver of any hack or other vehi- 
 cle, shall go into or upon any such car or steamboat for the purpose of 
 soliciting custom or employment, unless previously authorized to do so 
 by the proper person having charge of the same. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to designate the limits, 
 not less than ten feet from every such railroad station or steamboat wharf, 
 within which it shall not be lawful for any such hotel or other porter, 
 or agent, or owner, or driver of any hack or other vehicle, to come for 
 the purpose of soliciting custom or employment, for half an hour after 
 the arrival of any such railroad train of cars or of any such steamboat; 
 and every policeman on duty at such station or wharf shall be especially 
 charged to enforce this chapter. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. Any person violating any of the preceding provisions of this chap- 
 ter, and the employer of any such person so violating the same, if the 
 keeper of a hotel or boarding-house, or owner of a hack, or other vehicle, 
 shall, on a conviction before the police justice, be fined for each offence 
 not less than five nor more than ten dollars, and upon failure to pay such 
 fine, shall be confined in the city jail not less than five nor more than 
 twenty days; and it shall be the duty of the chief of police, under the 
 direction of the mayor, to have present at each of said stations and 
 wharves, upon the arrival of the passenger trains and steamboats stop- 
 ping thereat, one or more of the city police, as may be needed for the 
 prompt and efficient enforcement of this chapter, and for the prevention 
 and punishment of any violation of the same, which it shall be the duty 
 of the police, as far as practicable, to prevent or report to the police 
 justice. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. It shall be unlawful for any minor to climb on or got upon, or at- 
 tempt to climb on or get upon, any locomotive, stationary engine or other 
 machinery, while standing or in motion, or climb on or get upon or at- 
 tempt to climb on or get upon any railroad or street car, omnibus or 
 other vehicle, while in motion, within the limits of the city; and any 
 minor violating this section shall be prosecuted for such violation, and 
 upon conviction shall be fined not less than two nor more than ten dol- 
 lars for each offence; provided, however, that in the discretion of the 
 police justice, the parent or guardian of any minor who shall 
 
 victed of violating this section shall be required to pay the fine herein
 
 ;;;, ! RICHMOND city code. 
 
 ed, after such parent or guardian has been summoned to show 
 cause, if h ran, why he or she, should not pay said fine. (Feb- 
 
 ruar, 7, L901.) 
 
 8. h shal] be the special duty of every policeman who shall at any 
 time be in any street where railroad cars, street cars, or omnibuses, shall 
 tion, to vigilantly observe them, and to arrest any minor who 
 nolate the preceding section of this chapter, and promptly report 
 such violation to the police justice, before whom the parent or guardian 
 shall be summoned to appear, and show cause, if he or she can, why he 
 or she should not be lined in accordance with this chapter. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 40. 355 
 
 CHAPTER 10. 
 
 CONCERNING WIRES, POLES, CONDUITS, ETC., IX, OVER AND UNDER, TILE 
 
 STREETS. 
 
 1. Hereafter no poles shall be erected, nor any wire or other apparatus, 
 used in connection with the transmission of electricity, be placed in po- 
 sition, in any street or alley of this city, until the city engineer shall 
 have first determined upon the size, quality, character, number, location, 
 condition, appearance, and manner of erection, of such poles, wires or* 
 other apparatus. Whenever at any time the said poles, wires, or other 
 apparatus, shall, in the opinion of the city engineer, need changing in 
 size or location, replacing, repairing, being made safe and secure, or 
 being put in proper and suitable condition and appearance, such one of 
 the persons so using the same (if theie be more than one, as shall be se- 
 lected by the city engineer) shall immediately proceed to do such chang- 
 ing as to size and location, replacing, repairing, making safe and secure, 
 or putting into proper and suitable condition and appearance, as the said 
 engineer shall designate in writing, and all damage done to any street by 
 the erection of any pole shall from time to time be rectified and repaired 
 as required by the city engineer. All expenses arising from any materials 
 furnished or work done under this section, shall be borne in such pro- 
 portions by all persons using such poles, wires or other apparatus as the 
 city engineer may deem fair; unless the parties can agree upon satisfac- 
 tory terms within ten days from the time such changes or repairs shall 
 have been completed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. That all poles now erected in the streets or alleys of the city of 
 Richmond for the support of wires used in connection with the trans- 
 mission of electricity, except such as support wires required by the • 
 ordinances to be removed and run in conduit-, shall hereafter be allowed 
 to remain only upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. Xo pole now erected for the support of telephone wires shall remain 
 on any street in said city after the fifteenth day of December, 1805, un- 
 less the owner or user of such pole shall first have petitioned for and 
 obtained the privilege of erecting and maintaining poles and wires for 
 telephone purposes in accordance with the conditions of this ordinani 
 and such other conditions as the council may see fit to impose. And if 
 such owner, failing to obtain such privilege as above required, shall neg-
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 lect or fail to - ach pole or poles and telephone wires supported 
 
 thereon from the streets or alleys of the city by the twentieth day of De- 
 cember, 1895, and restore the street to a condition similar to the rest 
 of the street or alley contiguous thereto, the said owner shall be liable 
 to a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars for every 
 such pole so remaining in the street or alley, to be imposed by the police 
 justice of the city; each day's failure to be a separate offence. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 4. The committee on streets may hereafter require any person or com- 
 pany owning any such poles, used for telephone or telegraph purposes; 
 to allow any other person or company to place upon its poles and in such 
 ions thereon any telegraph, telephone, or any other light current 
 wire which may be used for the transmission of electricity now belonging 
 to, or that may hereafter belong to, any person or company authorized 
 by the council to run wires in the streets or alleys, as the committee may 
 from time to time deem proper, and which will not, in the opinion of 
 said committee, unreasonably interfere with the business of the person 
 or company owning such poles, and upon such terms and conditions as 
 may be agreed upon by said owner and any person or company desiring 
 to use such poles; and in the event that said owner and the person or 
 company desiring to use said poles cannot agree upon satisfactory terms 
 and conditions, the same shall be settled by three disinterested persons, 
 one to be selected by such owner, one by the person or company desiring 
 the use of said poles, and the third by the two persons so selected ; and 
 the terms and conditions which shall be fixed and determined by said 
 persons, or a majority of them, shall be the terms and conditions upon 
 ' said company or companies, respectively, shall use and occupy 
 said poles. If the said owner shall, for thirty days after having been 
 requested in writing to appoint its representative, fail to make such ap- 
 pointment, then the city engineer shall make such appointment, 'and the 
 person so . ,\ shall have the powers he would have had if he had 
 
 been appointed by the said company. If the two arbitrators. 
 
 he two manners ab all fail for thirty 
 
 lect the third arbitrator, then the city <•<:- 
 g incer " !: < third arbitrator, and when so selected he shall 
 
 Imve ! ie would have had if lie had been appointi 
 
 ■ dd two arbitrators. Or. if after the three arbitrators shall have been 
 appointed in a >ecified, they shall fail to settle 
 
 and determine rms and conditions within thirty days from the 
 
 (lat(1 of 1i: ntment of said third arbitrator, then the city engineer 
 
 shal] have led a person who shall have power to settle and 
 
 and conditions. Should either the said owner,
 
 CHAPTEE -10. 351 
 
 or any person or company that may, under this section, enter upon and 
 use the poles of the said owner, fail to keep and perform each and every 
 one of the terms as to the use of said poles, the company so failing shall 
 be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dol- 
 lars for such failure; each day's failure to he a separate offence. The 
 said committee shall have the power to require said owner to allow any 
 person or company desiring to enter upon and use said poles to so enter 
 and use the same, under such conditions as the city engineer may > 
 scribe, as soon as the said person or company so desiring to enter shall 
 have appointed its arbitrator; but the person or company so entering 
 shall do so under contract and bond that he or it will abide by and con- 
 form to the terms and conditions determined upon by the arbitrators, 
 as soon as such decision shall be announced. And the said committee 
 shall have power, also, to require from time to time the said owner, or 
 any ether person or company using said poles, to afford and furnish such 
 protection or protections to all wires on such poles as the said committee 
 may deem proper or necessary in order to allow such wires to perform 
 the purposes or functions for which they were intended. All work as to 
 placing of wires now upon the poles of any other company shall be done 
 at the cost and expense of the party desiring to use such poles. Each 
 and everyone of the above stated provisions shall respectively apply to 
 poles now earning electric light, electric power, and electric car wires, 
 to the extent of entitling any person or company, authorized by the coun- 
 cil to run wires over the streets and alleys and authorized by said com- 
 mittee in accordance with the terms of this ordinance to place on any 
 such pole any electric light, electric power, electric car wires, or other 
 heavy current wires which may be used for the transmission of electricity. 
 For any failure to perform any requirement ordered under this section 
 within ten days after being notified of such requirement by the city 
 engineer, each party so in default shall be liable to a fine of not less than 
 fifty nor more than five hundred dollars; each day's failure to be a sep- 
 arate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. Hereafter no poles shall be erected until the city engineer shall 
 have first determined upon the size, quality, character, number, location, 
 condition, appearance and manner of erection of such poles. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 6. Each and every permission herein given is granted under the con- 
 dition that the city shall have the right by and through the board of fire 
 commissioners to run all wires needed for the fire-alarm and police tele- 
 graph department on all poles erected or allowed under this ordinance 
 to remain on any street or alley of the cit} r , and in such positions on said 
 poles as shall seem proper to the superintendent of said department.
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Whenever any permission has been granted by the council or the street 
 littee to any person or corporation to erect any pole or poles for 
 upport of wires used for the transmission of electricity, it shall be 
 the duty of such person or corporation, before erecting any such pole or 
 submit to the board of fire commissioners a diagram showing 
 the proposed location of such poles and arrangement of poles and wires, 
 so as to enable said superintendent to elect and require to be reserved 
 such positions on any such pole or poles as he may deem proper and nec- 
 de 1899.) 
 ; . Xo person or company shall use the poles, wires or other apparatus 
 above referred to of any other person or company until he or it shall 
 have filed with the city engineer a written application fully setting forth 
 what poles or other apparatus he or it shall desire to use, nor until re- 
 ceiving from said engineer a written notification that the said committee 
 has given the applicant permission to so use the same in accordance with 
 the provisions of this ordinance. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. The city council hereby reserves the right to put at any time other 
 restrictions and regulations as to the erection and use of said poles, wires 
 and other apparatus used in connection with the transmission of elec- 
 tricity, and from time to time require such poles as it may deem proper 
 to be rdmoved, and the wires thereon to be run in conduits upon such 
 terms as the city may deem proper. (Code 1899.) 
 
 !». All persons and corporations having, using, or maintaining, any 
 aph, telephone, electric light or other poles, in any of the parks, 
 streets, lanes or alleys of the city of Richmond, shall annually, between 
 the fifteenth day of December and the first day of January in each and 
 every year, file with the city engineer a list of all such poles so used, 
 possessed or maintained by him or them, giving the accurate location 
 of each of such poles and of the number and character of wires carried 
 thereon, the names of the owners of said poles and of the persons using 
 the same, and shall at all times keep stamped, painted, or printed thereon, 
 in legible characters, their name as owner upon each of such poles. A 
 copy of such list shall be furnished by said engineer to the city auditor 
 and to the superintendent of fire-alarm and police telegraph. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 10. As soon as may be after the first clay of the fiscal year 1900, and 
 thereafter annually, between the first day of January and the fifteenth 
 day of January, all persons or corporations shall pay to the city treasurer 
 a fee of two dollars for each and every telegraph, telephone, electric light, 
 or other pole used, possessed, or maintained by them respectively, in any 
 of the parks, streets, lanes, or alleys of the city of Richmond, whether such 
 person or corporation be the owner of such pole or not, except trolley
 
 CHAPTER 40. 359 
 
 poles used exclusively for stringing thereon wires for use in the propul- 
 sion by electricity of street railway passenger cars. Upon the receipt of 
 the above fee by the treasurer, the city auditor shall deliver to the person 
 or corporation paying the same a tin plate, with a plain conspicuous num- 
 ber thereon, to be provided in the manner prescribed in the next succeed- 
 ing section, for each and every pole upon which the said license fee is 
 paid, and shall also enter in a book, to be kept for that purpose, the name 
 of the person or corporation to whom the license is issued, and the num- 
 ber of poles for which it is issued, and the number of the tin plates de- 
 livered to the person paying such license fee. He shall also deliver to 
 such person or corporation a certificate, under his own hand, that such 
 person or corporation has paid the required license fee for that year on 
 the specific number of poles, and has received the tin plates of the given 
 numbers therefor. Such person or corporation then shall have one of 
 such tin plates securely fastened in some conspicuous place upon each 
 of the poles used, possessed, or maintained by it or him, as may be desig- 
 nated by said superintendent. (May 23, 1900.) 
 
 11. It shall be the duty of the city auditor, annually, on or before 
 the fifteenth day of January in each and every .year, to purchase a suffi- 
 cient number of tin plates, numbered with plain, conspicuous figures, be- 
 ginning with number one, and so on progressively, to be furnished, as 
 prescribed in the preceding section of this ordinance, to the persons or 
 corporations using, possessing, or maintaining, telegraph, telephone, 
 electric light, or other poles other than trolley poles, used exclusively 
 for stringing wires thereon for use in the propulsion, by electricity, of 
 street passenger, cars ; the city auditor shall cause to be stamped with a 
 proper die or painted on each of such tin plates the year in which they 
 are issued; the said plates to be of suitable size and description, in the 
 discretion of the city auditor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. After the twentieth day of January, 1896, all telegraph, telephone, 
 electric light and other poles in any of the streets, lanes and alleys of the 
 city of Richmond (except trolley poles used exclusively for stringing 
 thereon wires for use in the propulsion of street passenger cars), which 
 shall not have been included in any list filed in accordance with the ninth 
 section of this chapter, with the city engineer, or upon which the name 
 cf the owner is not legibly painted, printed or stamped, or upon which 
 the above-mentioned license fee has not been paid, or on which the above 
 prescribed tin plate is not securely fastened in some conspicuous place, 
 shall be forthwith removed by its owner. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. Any person, or persons, or corporation, using, possessing, or main- 
 taining, any telegraph, telephone, electric light, or other poles, in any 
 of the streets, lanes or alleys of the city of Richmond, who shall fail to
 
 RIC H ODE. 
 
 file with the city engi] 1st as prescribed in section nine of this 
 
 chapter, or wh ^ ' ' il or P ainted in le S il)le 
 
 of such pole,. iribed 
 
 in gai(] i of January of each and every year; 
 
 or wh required to pay a fee of two d 
 
 ten, shall fail to pay the said fee, or shall fail to 
 tirely fastened in some conspic- 
 anuary of each and every year, 
 electric light, or other | i used, 
 
 d by him or them, shall he liable to a fine of not 
 than five nor more than one hundred dollars for each pole upon 
 which he, they or it are so in default; and each day of default to Vib a 
 e. Such hues to be imposed by the police ju Rich- 
 
 mond. (I 99.) 
 
 14. It shall he the duty of the chief of police to require the police cap- 
 tains of each police district to report to him on the last Monday in No- 
 vember of each year that they have had examined each pole in their re- 
 spective districts used for the support of wires carrying electricity, and 
 whether any or all are in a safe condition. The said chief of police shall, 
 upon receipt of such reports, forward the same to the superintendent of 
 fire-alarm and police telegraph, who shall require the person or company 
 owning any such pole reported to he unsafe, and deemed by the said 
 superintendent to he unsafe, to remove the same. Any such person or 
 company who, after being so notified, shall fail to have the same removed 
 within forty-eight hours after being so notified shall be liable to a fine 
 of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars; each day's failure as to 
 each pole so declared unsafe shall be a separate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 15. The chief of the fire department and the superintendent of fire- 
 alarm and police telegraph shall each have power, and it shall be their 
 duty, to examine and inspect from time to time all poles and every wire 
 or cable over the streets, public grounds, or buildings, when such wire 
 is designated to carry an electric current; shall notify the person or cor- 
 poration owning or using such poles, when any such pole is unsafe, or 
 owning or operating any such wire or cable whenever its attachments, 
 
 a, supports or appliances are unsuitable or unsafe, and that the 
 said poles, wires or cables must be properly replaced, renewed, altered 
 or constructed; and shall require the owner of any wire abandoned for 
 use to remove the same. Any person or company failing to perform any 
 requirement made of him or it by either the said chief of fire department 
 id superintendent, under this section, shall be liable to a fine of not 
 less than five nor more than one hundred dollars; each day's failure to 
 he a separate offence. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 10. 361 
 
 16. Airy person or corporation who now has permission from the city 
 council to run wires over the streets or alleys in the city, or may here- 
 after obtain such permission, may obtain additional routes for its wins 
 when his or its business shall demand the same, and when the said com- 
 mittee shall authorize such additional routes subject to the conditions, 
 restrictions, limitations, and charges herein set forth. (Code 1899.) 
 
 17. All wires shall be fastened upon poles or other fixtures with 
 porcelain, or rubber insulators approved by the superintendent of the fire- 
 alarm and police telegraph, and must be stretched tightly and fastened 
 with a tie of the same kind of wire. No wire shall be stretched within 
 four inches of any pole, building, or other object, without being attached 
 to it and insulated therefrom. All wires strung on housetops must be at 
 least nine feet clear of the roof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 18. No wire shall be within twenty-five feet of the pavement at the 
 lowest point of sag between supports, except where required to reach a 
 lamp or other connection, and must then be protected by extra covering 
 and be rigidly fixed and out of the way. No wire shall he run within 
 eighteen inches of a city wire. No tree shall be cut or disturbed without 
 consent of the city engineer. (Code 1899.) 
 
 lit. All electric light and power conductors, except trolley wires, shall 
 be secured to insulated fastenings, and covered with an insulation which is 
 water-proof on the outside and not easily worn by abrasion. Whenever 
 the insulation becomes impaired it must be renewed immediately. All 
 joints must be as well insulated as a conductor, and the insulation of 
 joints must be maintained. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. Every wire, or cable, must be distinguished by a number plainly 
 marked on each cross-arm under the insulator. Day circuits must be 
 conspicuously designated. All arc lamps must be so placed as to leave 
 a space underneath of at least nine feet clear between lamp and sidewalk. 
 Every line for arc light or power entering a building, shall be controlled 
 by a cut-off placed near the entrance, in sight and easily accessible. (Code 
 1S99.) 
 
 21. In the construction of lines the insulation to be used must be ap- 
 proved by the superintendent of fire-alarm and police telegraph in writ- 
 ing, filed with the board of fire commissioners, and the insulation re- 
 sistance must be maintained in accordance with the standard and to be 
 not less than three megohms per mile per 100 volts. And under no cir- 
 cumstances shall underwriters' wire be used. (Code 189!).) 
 
 22. All connections with lines of electric light or power conductors 
 shall be made at right angles to the same; and connections to buildings 
 shall be straight across to the building and then down the trout of the 
 building. The insulation must be preserved throughout the entire circuit,
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 i f any portion of a lamp or fixture is a part of a circuit and can be 
 touched, it must be insulated. All conductors shall have a resistance uni- 
 formly distributed of not more than thirty ohms per mile per ampere, 
 and proportionately less for heavier current. (Code 1899.) 
 
 23. All circuits for electric light or power must be tested every hour, 
 and when a ground comes an effort must be made to remove it at once. 
 Failing in this, the circuit must be discontinued until the insulation is 
 restored. No unused loops from electric light circuits shall be allowed 
 to remain after lamps have been taken away, except in cases where it is 
 positively known that the lamp would be required again within three 
 months, and where there is no underground current for that class of 
 circuits. When allowed to remain, the joint in the loop must be as well 
 insulated as the line itself. (Code 1899.) 
 
 24. Nothing in this chapter is intended to relieve any person or com- 
 pany of any condition, restriction or requirement imposed upon said 
 person or company by the ordinance in which it has been authorized to 
 place in the streets or alleys any poles, wires or other apparatus for the 
 transmission of electricity. (Code 1899.) 
 
 25. Each and every provision of this chapter, unless otherwise pro- 
 vided, shall apply to any pole, wire or other apparatus used in connec- 
 tion with the transmission of electricity hereafter erected in the streets 
 or alleys, whether the same be erected by way of repairs or for additional 
 routes or for any other purpose. (Code 1899.) 
 
 26. Any person violating any restriction, provision or condition im- 
 posed by this chapter, or failing to perform any requirement made under 
 this chapter by the city engineer, the superintendent of fire-alarm and 
 police telegraph department, or chief of the fire department, as to which 
 there is not in this chapter a fine specifically imposed, shall be liable to a 
 fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, to be im- 
 posed by the police justice of said city; each day's violation or failure 
 to be a separate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 27. The telegraph, telephone, and electric light and power overhead 
 wires and cables (other than trolley wires), and all other overhead ap- 
 pliances for conducting electricity, and the poles therefor, heretofore 
 and now being in any street, alley, or public ground of the city, owned 
 and maintained under any existing franchise, are hereby ordered to be 
 removed from the following-named streets, to-wit : On Broad street from 
 the western side of Adams street to the east side of Eleventh street; on 
 Bank street from the western side of Ninth street to the eastern side of 
 
 Main and Cary streets from western side of Seventh 
 
 to eastern side of Fourteenth street; on Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, 
 
 Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and .Fourteenth streets from the
 
 northern side of Broad street to southern side ol Cary street, within 
 twelve months from the date of the approval of this ordinance, and any 
 such wires hereafter installed under any existing franchise, or under any 
 franchise hereafter granted, shall, within the limits of the above-described 
 district, unless otherwise provided by the city council, be placed under- 
 ground within twelve months from the date of permission granted by the 
 city council. Any company, corporation, partnership, or individual, own- 
 ing or controlling any such overhead wires, cables, or appliances, or poles, 
 that refuses, neglects, or fails to remove them from overhead within the 
 time as hereinbefore provided, or which fails to place said wires hereafter 
 installed in the said underground district underground, as hereinbefore 
 provided, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than 
 $500 for each pole so remaining, to be imposed by the police justice of 
 the city of Richmond, and for every week of continued failure and neg- 
 lect to so remove them after the imposition of the fine above mentioned, 
 such company, corporation, partnership, or individual shall be liable to 
 a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, to be imposed as above 
 stated. And any overhead wires hereafter installed within the said under- 
 ground district shall be installed subject to the provisions of this chapter. 
 (March 15, 1902.) 
 
 28. That all telegraph, telephone and electrical light and power wires 
 and cables, including feed (but excluding trolley wires) and all other 
 appliances for conducting electricity, shall be removed from the streets, 
 alleys and public grounds of the city of Richmond within the territory 
 mentioned in the foregoing section within six months after the passage 
 of this ordinance, and every individual, partnership, corporation or com- 
 pany owning such wires within said territory shall within two months 
 after the passage of this ordinance submit to the committee on streets and 
 Shockoe Creek plans and details showing the location, plan, size, construc- 
 tion and material of such conduits. Such plans may be altered or amended 
 by said committee and when satisfactory to it shall be approved, and there- 
 upon it shall be the duty of the owner of such wires to proceed with the 
 construction of such conduits in accordance with the plans so approved 
 and in a manner satisfactory to the city engineer. The pavement of the 
 streets and alleys wherein such conduits are laid shall be properly replaced 
 and shall be kept in proper repair to the satisfaction of the city engineer, 
 and the city shall be saved harmless from any and all damages arising 
 from laying such conduits. Such conduits shall be of sufficient capacity 
 to accommodate the wires in such streets and alleys, and shall provide for 
 an increase thereof to at least the extent of 30 per cent. ; such increase of 
 space is not to be occupied by any such company, corporation, partnership 
 or individual, directly or indirectly, without the consent of the committee
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE 
 
 of the city shall be carried in such conduits 
 d at least one duel shall be reserved for such wires. 
 Lining ,, ent of the committee on streets, any other 
 
 rporation now having wires in the streets, or hereafter 
 ■ub wires therein, may occupy necessary and proper 
 [nits and LipoB such terms as may be agreed 
 upon with the petitioner; and in ease of a disagreement, upon terms 
 to be determined by arbitration as herewith provided: Any such 
 conipan \ , i Hi, pa rtnership or individual so placing its wires under 
 
 ground in any street alley or public ground of said city shall, upon notice 
 from the city or any of its departments that a local improvement or gas, 
 sewer or water main, or branch thereof, is to be constructed or repaired 
 in such manner as will necessitate the moving or altering of its conduit 
 or conduits, or their appurtenances, of *said individual, partnership or 
 corporation, move or alter the same at its own expense so as to permit 
 the construction of the improvement where ordered, and should any com- 
 pany or corporation omit to comply with such notice, the conduit or con- 
 duits, or their appurtenances, may be altered or moved by the city, and 
 the cost and expense thereof recovered from such individual, company 
 or corporation. Man-holes shall at all times conform to the grades of 
 the streets. The location, size, shape, and subdivision of such conduits, 
 and the material of which they shall be made and the manner of construc- 
 tion, shall be satisfactory to the city engineer. The work of laying under- 
 ground conduits, tubes, pipes, electrical conductors, cables and wires 
 shall be under the direction and to the satisfaction of the superintendent 
 ' of fire-alarm and police telegraph, who shall at all times have free and 
 unobstructed access to the conduits, tubes, pipes, electrical conductors or 
 cables for the purpose of inspecting the same or making connection there- 
 with for conduit wires or conductors in use or to be used by the city. 
 (December 18, 1903.) 
 
 29. Wherever any wire or cable run in such conduit shall come out of 
 such conduit for the purpose of being continued and run overhead upon 
 poles, all precautions which may be required from time to time by the 
 committee on streets shall be taken for the protection and safety of all 
 persons and property. (Code 1899.) 
 
 30. The terms upon which any person or company, after obtaining 
 permission from the city council, may enter with its wires and use such 
 conduits shall be as eollows: In the event that said owner and the per- 
 
 ompany desiring to use said conduit cannot agree upon satisfac- 
 tory tenns and conditions, the same shall be settled by three disinterested 
 persons, one to be selected by such owner, one by the person or company 
 desiring the use of said conduit, and the third by the two persons so se-
 
 CHAPTER 40 365 
 
 lected; and the terms and conditions which shall be fixed and determined 
 by said persons, or a majority of them, shall be the terms and conditions 
 upon which said company or companies, respectively, shall use and oc- 
 cupy said conduit. If the said owner shall, for thirty days after having 
 been requested in writing to appoint its representatives, fail to make such 
 appointment, then the city engineer shall make such appointment, and 
 the person so appointed shall have the powers he would have had if he 
 had been appointed by the said company. If the two arbitrators, selected 
 in either of the two manners above specified, shall fail for thirty days 
 after their appointment to select the third arbitrator, then the city en- 
 gineer shall select such third arbitrator, and when so selected he shall 
 have the powers he would have had if he had been appointed by the said 
 two arbitrators. Or, if after the three arbitrators shall have been ap- 
 pointed in any of the modes above specified, they shall fail to settle and 
 determine said terms and conditions within thirty clays from the date of 
 the appointment of said third arbitrator, then the city engineer shall have 
 the power to select a person who shall have power to settle and determine 
 said terms and conditions. Should either the said owner or any person 
 or company that may, under this section, enter upon and use the conduit 
 of the said owner, fail to keep and perform each and every one of the 
 terms as to the use of said conduit, the company or person so failing shall 
 be liable to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dol- 
 lars for such failure; each failure to be a separate offence. The said com- 
 mittee shall have the power to require said owner to allow any person or 
 company desiring to enter upon and use said conduit to so enter and use 
 the same, under such conditions as the city engineer may prescribe, as 
 soon as the said person or company so desiring to enter shall have ap- 
 pointed its arbitrator; but the person or company so desiring to enter 
 shall do so under contract and bond that he or it will abide by and con- 
 form to the terms and conditions determined upon by the arbitrators, 
 as soon as such decision shall be announced. And the said committee shall 
 have power also to require from time to time the said owner, or any other 
 person or company using said conduit, to afford and furnish such pro- 
 tection or protections to all wires in such conduit as the committee may 
 deem proper and necessary in order to allow such wires to perform the 
 purposes or functions for which they were intended. For any failure 
 to perform any requirement ordered under this section, within ten days 
 after being notified of such requirement by the city engineer, each party 
 so in default shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than 
 five hundred dollars; each day's failure to be a separate offence. (Code 
 1899.)
 
 306 IMOXD CITY CODE 
 
 31. No privilege as to the building and owning of said conduits shall 
 last longer than fifteen yeafs, at the expiration of which time the city 
 may put such other restrictions, conditions and charges as it may see fit 
 
 hall be lawful, or may order its removal at the expense of the owner. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 32. For the privilege of using and occupying the streets of the city 
 as herein proposed, each person or corporation owning or using any wire 
 or wires run in such conduit shall each year, until January 1, 1900, pay 
 to the city treasurer a sum equal to $2.00 per wire per mile so owned or 
 used by said person or company. On or after January 1, 1900, the city 
 council reserves the right to charge such larger compensation for the 
 rest of the term of the privilege as it may see fit. Each person or corpora- 
 tion shall, on the fifteenth day of June and January of each year, pay to 
 the city auditor a sum equal to $1.00 par, wire per mile then owned or 
 used by such person or corporation, and shall render to the auditor a 
 sworn statement as to the number and length of each of the wires then 
 owned or used by him or it. The committee on finance may, when it 
 may see fit, have the books of the person or corporation rendering such 
 statement examined by a bookkeeper employed by said committee to 
 ascertain whether such statement is accurate. For failure to allow such 
 examination, whenever requested by the finance committee, the person or 
 corporation owning any wires in such conduits shall be liable to a fine 
 of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each 
 wire of said person or company admitted or proven to be in such conduit; 
 and for failure to pay such semi-annual compensation upon the days above 
 specified, the person or company shall be liable to a fine of not less than 
 ten nor more than five hundred dollars; each day's failure to be a sep- 
 arate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 33. The conduits herein required shall be extended from time to time, 
 whenever required by the city council, to cover streets or alleys upon 
 which the council may determine from time to time that no overhead 
 wires shall be run. (Code 1899.) 
 
 34. None of the obligations, burdens and restrictions of this chapter 
 shall, in any manner, interfere with or destroy the rights and privileges 
 Beem < b companies which have accepted the provisions of the 
 Act ' ' July 24, 1866. (December 16, 1905.) 
 
 35. Every person or corporation maintaining or operating wires along 
 tlM ' - 1 all eys of this city, for the convenience of electric currents, 
 shall construct and operate their respective lines and plants so as to pre- 
 
 ent any electrolytic corrosion or damage to, or any electric current upon, 
 is or water mains of the city or service pipes'or connections thereof. 
 (December 20, 1909.)
 
 CHAPTER 40 367 
 
 36. Every such person or corporation having now in operation any such 
 wires shall conform to the provisions of this chapter; and for each day's 
 failure to do so, each and every such person or company so failing shall 
 be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, the said 
 fine to be imposed by the police justice, and recoverable as are other fines 
 and penalties. (December 20, 1899.) 
 
 37. Every such person or corporation maintaining or operating such 
 electric wires who shall permit or allow or cause any damage to any gas or 
 water main of the city, or to any of their connections, fixtures, or branches 
 thereof, by electrolytic corrosion, or by the passage thereof of any electric 
 current, shall be liable for and pay any resultant damages, and the cost 
 of all repairs or renewals that may be necessitated by such damages or in- 
 jury, and shall also save harmless the city from all damages occasioned, 
 either directly or indirectly, to the property of any person. (December 
 20, 1899.) 
 
 38. The superintendent of the fire-alarm and police telegraph shall 
 from time to time make such examinations, investigations, and surveys as 
 will determine whether any electric current is being carried to and on any 
 gas or water mains of the city or any branches or connections thereof; 
 and, if a current is found to be present or to have existed, then to ascer- 
 tain and determine what person or corporation is responsible for its pres- 
 ence; and thereupon he shall report in writing to the superintendent of 
 the water works, or to the superintendent of the gas works (or both, if 
 both departments are suffering from the presence of the current), the 
 location and extent of the current or currents, and the name of the per- 
 son or corporation responsible therefor. (December 20, 1899.) 
 
 39. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the gas or water 
 works (or both, as the case may be) to make or cause to be made such re- 
 pairs or renewals as may be necessary, and to render a bill for the same to 
 the person or corporation causing the damage, and, if not paid in thirty 
 days from the date of its presentment, to place the same in the hands of 
 the city attorney for collection by suit, if necessary. It shall also be the 
 duty of said superintendent of the gas or water works to i uch 
 person. or corporation so violating any of the provisions of this chapter 
 relative to damage resulting from electrolysis to the police court. ( De- 
 cember 20, 1899.) 
 
 40. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve or release any 
 liability already incurred, under the provisions of the ordinances approved 
 January 23, 1899. (December 20, 1899.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE 
 
 CHAPTEE 1 1 . 
 
 CONCERNING STREET CLEANING. 
 
 1. There shall be elected by the city council a superintendent of the 
 department for the cleaning of street?, who shall enter upon the discharge 
 of the duties of his office on the first day of Juhy, 1901, or as soon there- 
 after as may he, and who shall continue in office until the thirtieth day 
 of June, 1902, or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified; 
 and thereafter, on the first day of July, 1902, or as soon thereafter as may 
 be, the said council shall elect his successor, who shall continue in office 
 for two years, or until his successor shall have been duly elected and 
 qualified. Said superintendent shall give a bond in the sum of twenty- 
 live hundred dollars, with some guarantee company as security, accep- 
 table to the city attorney; he shall receive in compensation for his ser- 
 \ ices a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly. (Feb- 
 ruary 15, 1902; March 11, 1904.) 
 
 2. The superintendent of the street cleaning department shall, under 
 the direction of the committee on street cleaning, and subject to their 
 control, take charge of, manage and direct the hands and carts, sweepers, 
 sprinklers, teams, tools and all other property heretofore used and con- 
 trolled by the board of health in the cleaning of streets and the removal 
 of garbage and ashes, and he shall, subject to the control of the said com- 
 mittee, have the direction and management of "the said force, with power 
 and authority to employ and discharge laborers, drivers and hostlers 
 thereof. He shall superintend and manage the stables and teams, and be 
 
 •r the care and preservation of the property, and shall, un- 
 der the direction of the committee on street cleaning, conduct the opera- 
 tions of the force in the cleaning f the streets of the city and the re- 
 1 of garbage and ashes. (February 15, 1902"; November 17, 1906.) 
 
 3. The said superintendent shall, as far as practicable, ascertain the 
 
 '" and character of all nuisances within the streets, alleys and lanes 
 of the city, and, on thus learning () f the existence thereof, or when any 
 nuisance, shall be reported to him by the hoard. of health, he shall use 
 effi cient means to ab same; and it shall be the duty of the hoard of 
 
 om time to time, to report to the said superintendent the ex- 
 Nvithin the streets, alleys and lanes of the city, 
 which may come to their knowledge. ( February 15, 1902.)
 
 CHAPTER 41 369 
 
 4. The committee on street cleaning may, in their discretion, at the 
 expense of the city, provide a horse and vehicle for the use of the superin- 
 tendent of the street cleaning department, which shall he kept and main- 
 tained at the expense of the department. (February 15, 1902; Novem- 
 ber 17, 1906.) 
 
 5. The department for the cleaning of streets shall he under the con- 
 trol of the committee on street cleaning, and immediately under that of 
 the said superintendent, who shall he responsible for its work and report 
 to the committee as it shall direct, which committee shall prescribe such 
 rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper conduct of said 
 department. (June 17, 1901.) 
 
 6. The clerk of the street cleaning department, with the aid of the 
 superintendent of the street cleaning department, shall make out all pay- 
 rolls, and keep an accurate account of the expenses qf the department, 
 and render semi-monthly statements thereof to the committee on street 
 cleaning, together with a duplicate thereof to the city auditor, which pay- 
 rolls and expense account shall be examined and audited by the committee 
 on street cleaning, and if found correct, shall be certified to the city audi- 
 tor for payment, which payment shall be made by the auditor, and 
 charged to the appropriation made to the street cleaning department. 
 The said superintendent shall, from time to time, report to the committee 
 on street cleaning the condition of the property under his control lie- 
 longing to the city, and he shall also report what new property is needed 
 for the department, and the said committee may provide for the pur- 
 chase of the same, under rules and regulations to be established by it. 
 (February 15, 190V.) 
 
 7. The committee on street cleaning shall have the power to suspend 
 the said superintendent from office for neglect of duty, inefficiency, or any 
 ether misconduct in the management of the department, and shall re- 
 port said suspension to the next meeting of either branch of the city coun- 
 cil with their reasons for so doing, and in the event of suspension, or any 
 disability, preventing said superintendent from discharging the duties 
 of his office, the assistant superintendent is empowered to discharge the 
 duties of superintendent. (June 17, 1901.) 
 
 8. Hereafter the committee on street cleaning shall supervise and con- 
 trol the city pound for dogs and goats and the property used in connec- 
 tion therewith, with power and authority to employ a pound-master and 
 such assistants as may be authorized by ordinance. They shall, annually, 
 secure the necessary number of dog and goat medals and license tin 
 vehicles, and furnish the same to the city auditor at least ten days prior 
 to the first day of February in each year. All moneys appropriate
 
 RI( HMOND CITY CODE 
 
 the purchase of license tins and medals may be drawn on by said com- 
 e with their proper warrant. (November 14, 1908.) 
 
 uiittee on street cleaning be, and they are hereby, 
 authorized, in their discretion, to require all employees of the city govern- 
 in street cleaning to wear a uniform of such character and 
 style i prescribed by the said committee. (January 14, 1905; 
 
 November 17, 1900.) 
 
 10. That the superintendent of the street cleaning department, be, and 
 he is hereby, authorized and directed, under the terms and conditions pro- 
 vide! in the ordinance approved May 25, 1905, entitled: "An ordinance 
 to authorize and regulate the working of persons serving a term of con- 
 finement in the city jail on the streets, alleys and other public places of 
 the city of Richmond," to obtain from the judge of the Hustings Court 
 of the city of Richmond an assignment of as many prisoners as, in his 
 judgment, are necessary for the purpose, who shall be employed by him 
 during the months of May, June, July, August and September in re- 
 moving obstructions from the bed of Shockoe Creek so as to facilitate the 
 flow of water along the bed of said creek, and thus carry off the sewage 
 now partially obstructed and hence deposited on the shores of said creek 
 and against said obstructions. He shall, under the direction of the com- 
 mittee on streets, as to the number, employ the necessary persons to 
 guard such prisoners while so engaged. And the sum of one hundred 
 and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any 
 money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby appropriated, 
 to be placed to the credit of an account to be known as "Payment of 
 Guards for Prisoners Cleaning out Shockoe Creek," to be drawn upon by 
 warrant authorized by the committee on streets, certified by their chair- 
 man and approved by the said superintendent. (July 5, 1907.) 
 
 11. No person shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in any street or 
 public or private alley any filth, garbage, ashes, rubbish, or other such 
 thing under penalty of being fined mi [ess than five nor more than 
 twenty dollars for every such deposit; and each day suah deposit remains 
 shall be a distinct offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. The occupant of any hous shall cause all refuse matter, 
 except garbage, to be put in boxes or barrels, and in the most convenient 
 place on - for removal, under penalty of a fine of not less than 
 one nor more than ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. (No person shall engage in the business of collecting and trans- 
 porting garbage in the city of Richmond without having obtained a writ- 
 ten permit from the superintendent of street cleaning. The collectors 
 of garbage must conform to the rules and regulations of the department. 
 If there he a failure on the part of any collector to comply with the re-
 
 CHAPTER 41 371 
 
 ■quirements of the regulations and rules of the garbage service, his permit 
 shall be revoked, by the committee on street cleaning, and he be pre- 
 sented as committing a nuisance. The superintendent of street cleaning 
 shall recommend, to the committee on street cleaning such measures as 
 appear most advantageous for the removal and destruction of garbage, 
 that it may not be a menace to the public health. The garbage shall not 
 be removed from any house or lot that is not the waste and refuse of pri- 
 vate families. No collection of garbage shall be made from commission 
 houses, green groceries and the like, or from anj^ house where the refuse 
 is the result of the business in which the occupant or owner may be en- 
 gaged. The garbage from all commission houses, green groceries, and 
 like places shall be taken to the crematory and deposited there to be 
 burned. The only deviation from this general law shall be when the 
 amount of garbage is no more than that of an ordinary household; then 
 the said superintendent shall issue orders for its removal or have it re- 
 moved by the garbage carts of the department, as he may deem best. The 
 said superintendent shall district the city for the. collection of garbage. 
 Any person violating this section or any of its provisions shall be fined 
 not less than one nor more than ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. Housekeepers shall deposit their garbage in water-tight vessels, 
 each having a capacity not to exceed thirty-two gallons, and these shall 
 be placed at a point on the premises most accessible to the garbage col- 
 lectors. The vessels shall be placed at said place before eight o'clock of 
 the morning of the day appointed for collection of garbage from that dis- 
 trict. Whenever there are carriage alleys in the rear of dwellings, said 
 vessels shall be placed in immediate proximity to the gates opening into 
 said alleys. Garbage and ashes must be kept in separate vessels on the 
 lot. No slops or dirty water, nor anything other than garbage, shall be 
 placed in the garbage vessels. The definition of garbage is refuse animal 
 and vegetable matter. Any person violating this section or any of its pro- 
 visions shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 15. The committee on street cleaning are empowered and instructed 
 to prepare suitable rules and regulations for the garbage service. They 
 shall also publish in one of the daily papers the boundaries of the dis- 
 tricts and the days on which the carts will call. (Code 1899.) 
 
 16. That the following system be, and the same is hereby, established 
 in pursuance of sections 3932 and 3933 of the Code of Virginia, of 1887, 
 as amended by an act of the general assembly approved December 24, 
 1903 (Acts 1902-3-4, p. 748-749), as a system for the regulation and con- 
 trol of persons confined in the city jail working upon the streets, alleys 
 and other public places of the city. (May 25,. 1905.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE 
 
 i;. Thai the board of health of the city of Richmond shall in writing 
 the Hustings Court to order such number of healthy 
 an d a ble bodied male persons confined in the city jail as may from time to 
 ■ be delivered to the superintendent of the street clean- 
 ing department of the city of Richmond to be by him employed in clean- 
 i( the public sewers, sewer inlets and sewer basins, in such manner 
 perintendent of the street cleaning department may direct. 
 (May 25, L905.) 
 
 18. It shad be the duty of the board of health of the city of Richmond, 
 with the approval of the superintendent of the street cleaning department, 
 to assign to the management and guarding of such prisoners a sufficient 
 number of the employees of said department, who shall be vested with 
 full police authority while in the exercise of said duty; and the said board 
 of health shall prescribe proper rules and regulations not inconsistent 
 with law or the order of the judge of the Hustings Court for the manage- 
 ment and control of the said prisoners while working or engaged in pub- 
 lic work as hereinbefore provided. (May 25, 1905.) 
 
 19. Any prisoner assigned to work as hereinbefore provided and re- 
 fusing to obey the orders or instructions of such person or persons in 
 charge of the gang to which he has been assigned, shall be punished by 
 the infliction of ten stripes, such punishment to be inflicted by the city 
 sergeant in the city jail in private, and each day of such refusal to obey 
 shad constitute a separate offence. (May 25, 1905.) 
 
 20. That the superintendent of the street cleaning department, under 
 the supervision of the superintendent of the water works, be, and he is 
 
 by, authorized to use the fire hydrants id' the city of Richmond for 
 the purpose of cleansing and flushing the streets when the same is neces- 
 for thai purpose, the hydrants to he opened and closed by a member 
 lie fire department. (November 16, 1907.) 
 
 21. There shall he an assistant superintendent of the street cleaning 
 department who shall he elected by the committee on street cleaning as 
 
 as may he alter the approval of this ordinance, and who shall con- 
 tinue in office until the thirtieth day of dune, 1008, or until his succe's- 
 icted and qualified; and thereafter on the first day 
 L908, or as soon thereafter as may he. the said committee shall 
 i shall continue in Office for two years, or until his 
 ill have been elected and qualified. (May 16, 1907.) 
 
 tant superintendent shall be under the direction and 
 
 E the superintendent of the street cleaning department, and shall, 
 
 kness or disability of that officer, act in his place 
 
 with similar authority. The assistant superintendent shall assist the 
 
 I also perform such ether duties as may be required of
 
 CHAPTER 41 373 
 
 him by the committee on street cleaning or said superintendent. He 
 shall receive in compensation for his services a salary of nine hundred 
 dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the pay-roll accounts of the 
 street cleaning department. He shall give a bond in the sum of one 
 thousand > dollars, with some guaranty compan; uity, acceptable 
 
 to the city attorney, for the performance of his duti said bond to 
 
 be filed in the office of the city clerk. (May 16, 1907.) 
 
 ". J 3. There shall be a clerk to the street cleaning department who shall 
 be elected by the committee on street cleaning, and who shall receive in 
 compensation for his services a salary of nine hundred dollars per annum, 
 payable monthly out of the pay-roll account of the street cleaning depart- 
 ment. He shall act as clerk of the committee on street cleaning, and shall 
 perform such duties as may be prescribed by said committee, or the super- 
 intendent of the street cleaning department. (April 33, 1907,) 
 
 'c'i. The employees engaged in street cleaning and the laborers at the 
 crematory shall receive in compensation for their services the sum of two 
 dollars per day each. And the night watchman and harness repairer in 
 the street cleaning department shall receive in compensation for his ser- 
 vices the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per day. (April 23, 1907; 
 April 10, 1908; February 14, 1908.) 
 
 25. Eereafter the committee on street cleaning shall supervise and 
 control the city pound for dogs and goats and the property used in con- 
 nection therewith, with power and authority to employ a poundmaster 
 and such assistants as may be authorized by ordinance. They shall, 
 annually, secure the necessary number of dog and .goat medals and 
 license tins for vehicles, and furnish the same to the city auditor at 
 least ten days prior to the first day of February in each year. All 
 moneys appropriated for the purchase of license tins and medals may 
 be drawn on by said committee with their proper warrant. (November 
 14. L908.) 
 
 26. Thai no person shall have, keep, maintain, or harbor any dog, 
 bitch, or goat within the limits of the city of Richmond, without first 
 having obtained a license from the city, as hereinafter provided. (No- 
 vember 16, 1901.) 
 
 27. The city shall from time to time give and grant license- to such 
 persons as shall apply for the same, to have, keep, possess, maintain, and 
 harbor dogs, bitches, or goats within the city of Richmond, which said 
 license shall continue in force until the 1st day of February next succeed- 
 ing, and no longer; and each person to whom license shall be given shall 
 pay therefor to the said city the sum of one dollar for male dogs, two dol- 
 lars for bitches, and one dollar for female and two dollars for male goats. 
 One license shall permit the keeping or maintaining of not more than
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE 
 
 shall contain the name and residence of the 
 r, the number of the license, the name, breed, sex, age, marks, and 
 ion of the animal for which such license is 
 ti animal so licensed shall have and continually wear 
 around its neck a collar with a metal tag or plate, having attached thereto 
 the number of the license granted for said animal, which said metal tag 
 01 plate shall be furnished to the applicant for such license by the treas- 
 urer. (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 The treasurer shall keep a full and complete record of every 
 license issued by him, showing the name and residence of the person to 
 whom said license is issued, the description and kind, together with all 
 marks of identification of the animal for which such license is issued, and 
 the number of said license, as hereinbefore set forth. (November 16, 
 1901.) 
 
 Any person who keeps, maintains, or harbors any unlicensed dog, 
 bitch, or goat within the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, shall 
 forfeit and pay a fine of not less than two nor more than five dollars for 
 each and every offence, to be imposed by the police justice of the city, 
 and recovered as debts and fines of like character are now by law recover- 
 able ; and any person who keeps, harbors, or has in his or her possession 
 any such unlicensed animal, shall be deemed the owner thereof, and liable 
 for said penalty. Any and all such animals found at large, without hav- 
 ing around its neck the said collar, Inning attached thereto the said metal 
 tag or plate as aforesaid, shall be prima facie deemed unlicensed. (No- 
 vember 16, 1901.). 
 
 30. Any person may make complaint to any police officer, or at any 
 police station, or at the pound, of persons having, keeping, or maintain- 
 
 ny of such unlicensed animals; and it shall be the duty of such of- 
 ficer or keeper of the pound, to entertain and immediately investigate 
 Line, or cause the same to be done, and, if the said complaint be cor- 
 to apprehend, imprison, and impound the said animal, as hereinafter 
 provided. (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 31. There shall be established a pound, or pounds, at such place, 
 or places, within or without the limits of the city of Richmond, 
 wherein shall be impounded and imprisoned all dogs, hitfh.es 
 
 1!l;lL may at any time he found running at large in any 
 of the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, or other public places within 
 the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, without being licensed and 
 v earing the metal tag or plate hereinbefore set forth; and also to employ 
 a pound-master, or pound-masters, and such other persons as it may 
 . to take charge of said pound, or pounds, apprehend, take 
 Meet, and impound all of said animals liable to be im-
 
 chapter 41 375 
 
 pounded, and to enforce the terms and provisions of this chapter, relat- 
 ing to dogs, goats, etc., at an expense not exceeding the amount of such 
 appropriation as may he made by the council for this purpose. Said 
 pound-masters shall be empowered with police authority, to be exercised 
 in the discharge of their duty only. (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 32. No animal impounded as aforesaid shall be released and discharged 
 therefrom, except by the owner thereof making demand therefor, at the 
 pound in which said animal may be impounded, within forty-eight hours 
 after such animal was impounded therein, proving ownership to the sat- 
 isfaction of the pound-master, paying to him a penalty of $2.00 for hav- 
 ing in his possession an unlicensed animal, and twenty-five cents for each 
 and every day, or fraction thereof, during which such animal was im- 
 pounded, and procuring a license for said animal in the manner pro- 
 vided in this chapter. Dogs deemed to be valuable may be preserved 
 longer than forty-eight hours and sold, to persons other than their own- 
 ers, for a sum not less than two dollars, and twenty-five cents for each 
 day, or fraction thereof, during which such dog was impounded; but no 
 dog shall be held alive longer than one week. An accurate account shall 
 be kept of all money so collected, and same paid into the city treasury. 
 (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 33. The committee on street cleaning shall cause all dogs remaining in 
 said pound, or pounds, for forty-eight hours after being impounded 
 therein, without being claimed or released, as hereinbefore provided, ex- 
 cepting such dogs as are deemed to be valuable and are to be held for sale, 
 for one week, as provided in section 32, to be put to death, in such manner 
 and by such means and methods as may be approved by the society for 
 the prevention of cruelty to animals. (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 34. Any person, except the owner, who shall remove from the neck 
 of any dog, bitch, or goat the metal tag or plate hereinbefore specified, 
 shall, upon conviction thereof before the police justice of this city, be 
 lined not less than five nor more than fifteen dollars, one-half to go to 
 the informer, and in default of payment, be committed to the city jail for 
 a period of ten days, which punishment shall be in addition to the pains 
 and penalties provided by law for the punishment of larceny. (Novem- 
 ber 16, 1901.) 
 
 35. Any person, or persons, who shall hinder, molest, or interfere with 
 any officer or pound-master, while in the performance of any duty en 1 
 joined by the last foregoing nine sections of this chapter, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine of not 
 less than two nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned for not 
 less than one day nor more than thirty days in the city jail, or be pun- 
 ished b} T both fine and imprisonment. (November 16, 1901.)
 
 111. 11 M<> 
 
 36 x,„ provision pter shall apply to clogs owned 
 
 lts passing thro > city, nor to dogs brought to the city 
 
 ibition a1 g show. (November 16, 1901.) 
 
 L mond shall annually appropriate a 
 Jmi( , equipmenl and expense account of the aforesaid 
 
 -aid fund to be expended by and with the approval of 
 mi street cleaning. ( November 16, 1901.) 
 
 cleaning be, and they are hereby, 
 
 contract for a term of not less than two nor more than ten 
 
 . and for a like term upon each succeeding expiration of the con- 
 
 30 made, for the removal from the , alleys, parks and other 
 
 public plai of Richmond, and any uninclosed or unoccupied 
 
 lots within the limits of the city of Richmond, of all horses, mules and 
 
 and also for the removal on the 
 written requesi if the same from any build- 
 
 r enclosed lot under terms, conditions, rules and regulations to 
 Q gucb remo> the said committee and incor- 
 
 porated into the contract so to be made, and it shall be unlawful for any 
 than said contractor, to remove or otherwise interfere with 
 any c: h dead animal found upon any street, alley, park or 
 
 public place of the city, or on any uninclosed or unoccupied lot 
 within tl Richmond. (May 17, 1909.) 
 
 39. If shall ! ry such animal dying upon 
 
 a street, alley or public place, and of the owner or occupier of any unin- 
 closed lot or premises w hereon such dead animal or carcass thereof may be 
 ! every owner of such animal dying upon any enclosed lot 
 or in any building or car, who d ie same to be removed from his 
 
 premises, to give immediate notice to the city contractor of the death of 
 such animal and of the location where the same may be found in the 
 mode hereinafter prescribed. (May 17, 1909.) 
 
 t0. The said committee o cleaning shall designate at least 
 
 one place in each ward of the city where the notice required under the 
 
 ion may I ,.11 be erected and displayed 
 
 at such places a sign to indicate that the same is a point at which such 
 
 immunicated. (May 17, 1909.) 
 
 "• e said contractor to remove as promptly 
 
 ter notice has been left at the place designated by him, 
 
 '"' ||: iven to him in person, every such dead animal or carcass, 
 
 in the manner required by his contract; not, however, in any case shall 
 
 removal bi than six hours after the receipt of such 
 
 i May 17. 1900.)
 
 CHAPTEB H '■'>', i 
 
 12. It shall be the duty of every police officer who shall know of ; 
 dead animal or carcass lying in any street, alley or other public place 
 of the city, or on any uninclosed property, to give notice thereof to sue! 
 contractor in the mode prescribed by the preceding section. (May L7, 
 L909.) 
 
 !•'!. The owner or any person having in charge any such animal dying 
 upon any enclosed lot or in any building or car, shall, immediately upon 
 the death thereof, give notice at the office of the chief of police of the 
 time of such death, and of the location of the body of such animal, and 
 whether or not it is desired that city contractor shall remove such animal. 
 If the owner or other person having charge of such animal desires to per- 
 sonally remove the same, he shall do so at his own expense within three 
 hours after the death of such animal, and while removing such animal 
 ir shall be kept entirely covered or otherwise hidden from view and shall 
 not be dragged or carried through or along any street or alley, except 
 when so carried as to prevent the exposure to view of the same, or any 
 part thereof. (May IT. 1909.) , • 
 
 44. Any person violating any of the provisions of the last foregoing 
 six sections, or violating any rule or regulation established by the com- 
 mittee on street cleaning under the authority thereof, shall be liable to 
 a tine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars for each of- 
 fence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. ( Ma 
 IT. 1909.)
 
 RICHMOND GIT'S CODE 
 
 (J haitk I j r.\ 
 
 CONCERNING THE IMPROVEMENT OF JAMES RIVER. 
 
 I. At the first monthly meeting of their respective bodies, which shall 
 'd in the month of September, after the organization of the new 
 council, ili«' president of the hoard of aldermen shall appoint three mem- 
 !' that body, and the president of the common council shall appoint 
 five members of that body, and these members of the council, together 
 with the president of each branch of the council, who, with seven citizens 
 of the city of Richmond, to be selected by the council once in two years, 
 
 ii as practicable after the organization thereof, from a list of 
 citizen- to lie furnished by the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Bich- 
 mond, shall constitute the committee on the improvement of James river. 
 And all vacancies in said committee shall be filled by appointment by the 
 council from the class in which the vacancy in the committee has oc- 
 curred. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the said committee, upon the 
 occurrence of any vacancy among the members of the committee selected 
 on the recommendation of the chamber of commerce to notify the cham- 
 ber of commerce of such vacancy, and such vacancy shall, as soon as prac- 
 ticable thereafter, he filled by the council by the selection of some citizen 
 on the recommendation of the chamber of commerce, but upon the failure 
 of th< er of commerce to make such recommendation within thirty 
 
 days after such notification, the council may select some other suitable 
 citizen to fill such vacancy. A majority of the members of the said com- 
 mittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Decem- 
 ber 7, 1906.) 
 
 2. As soon as practicable after the formation of the committee, they 
 shall elect a chairman from among their own number, who shall be a 
 member of the city council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. A majority of the whole number shall be a quorum for the trans- 
 action of an\ relating to their duties. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4 - ' : harge of all the property belonging or appertain- 
 
 ing to the improvement of the river, and shall have power to employ and 
 discharge the persons appointed or engaged by them to do work in the 
 lepartment. The following shall be the number, designation and com- 
 asation of the persons employed in the department:
 
 CHAPTEB 1'- 379 
 
 On the city tug — 
 
 One captain at a salary of $100.00 per month. 
 
 One mate at a salary of $50.00 per month. 
 
 One engineer at a salary of $85.00 per month. 
 
 One fireman at a salary of $50.00 per month. 
 
 One deck-hand at a salary of $45.00 per month. 
 
 On city dredge — 
 
 One engineer at a salary of $100.00 per month. 
 
 One fireman at a salary of $50.00 per month. 
 
 One dipper-tender at a salary of $50.00 per month. » 
 
 Not more than five deck-hands, each at a salary of $45.00 per month. 
 
 All moneys appropriated and set apart for the work shall be under the 
 control of the committee on improvement of James river, and shall be 
 paid out on warrants on the city auditor, approved by the said committee, 
 attested by the auditing officer and signed by the chairman thereof. 
 (June 20, 1901.) 
 
 5. They shall meet once a month, and as much oftener as may be 
 necessary. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. The committee shall make a written report of their operations to the 
 city council at the first regular meeting held in each month, and with 
 this report shall submit an estimate of the amount of money which will 
 be required for their use during the succeeding month. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. In the event of an omission on the part of the chamber of commerce 
 to nominate the persons mentioned in the first section of this chapter, 
 ihe city council shall elect seven citizens who are not members of the 
 city council, and they shall remain in office until the next appointment. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. The committee on improvement of James river shall have power to 
 fix lines along said harbor within which riparian owners may erect 
 wharves, docks and proper structures and fixtures for commercial and 
 manufacturing purposes. They shall have authority to cause the re- 
 moval of any wharf, dock, wreck or other obstructions to navigation, or 
 that may in their opinion be injurious to the harbor, or that may cause 
 shoaling of said harbor, its branches or tributaries at the expense of the 
 owners or the party causing the obstruction ; provided, the rights of any 
 owners of a wharf whose lines have been heretofore fixed by authority 
 of law shall in no way be disturbed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. When any dredging is done in any of the waters of the harbor afore- 
 said the committee shall have power to designate the place at which the 
 dredged material shall be dumped. (Code 1899.)
 
 380 l!K'!l,M()M> CITY. < ODE 
 
 in. The said committee shall have power to make and enforce such 
 rides and regulations l nation of the harbor, its police gov- 
 
 ernment, and the better use of the wharf moorings, and other facilities 
 thereof; as they may from time to time deem proper. (Code L899.) 
 
 11. Any person, who shall fail to obey any requirement, restriction, 
 rule or regulation, which the said committee shall declare or impose, shall 
 
 to a line for such failure of not less than ten nor more than one 
 hundred dollars: each day's failure to be a separate offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. That five members of the committee on improvement of James 
 river shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (August 
 15, L9 
 
 13. 1 1' any person shall place or deposit, or shall attempt to place or 
 deposit any stone, ashes, dirt, rubbish, or other thing, in or near Gillie's 
 Creek or Shockoe Creek, or upon the margin of the river or any island 
 therein near the margin thereof, or between the southern limits of the 
 city and the river, so that the same will or may be carried into the river 
 at or below the port of Richmond, he shall be fined for each offence not 
 less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars, one-half to be paid to the 
 informer. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER !•"> 381 
 
 CHAPTER 43. 
 
 CONCERNING PORT WARDENS AND THE SPEED OP STEAMBOATS. 
 
 1. There shall be appointed by the city council for the porl of this city 
 four port wardens. The said port wardens shall continue in office until 
 their successors are appointed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. Two of the port warden-, when called on by the owner or master of, 
 or any person interested in. a vessel, which, or its sails or rigging, arrives 
 in the port in a damaged state, shall inspect such vessel, sails, and rig- 
 ging, and assess the damage, and upon receiving for their services a fee 
 of six dollars, grant a certificate of said damage. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. If a captain or master of a vessel arriving in the port shall enter 
 his protest before the hatches of his vessel shall have been removed, or if 
 he shall, within twenty-four hours after his vessel shall have been moored 
 to a wharf, give notice to two of the port wardens that he has entered his 
 protest before removing the hatches, the two port wardens called on by 
 said captain or master shall inspect the condition and storage of the 
 cargo, and on receiving for their services a fee of three dollars, grant a 
 certificate stating whether, in their opinion, said cargo has been properly 
 stowed, and whether damaged or not. (('ode L899.) 
 
 4. When a captain or master of a vessel shall have removed the hatches 
 of his vessel to land a cargo at Norfolk, or any port on James river, and 
 shall produce to two port wardens satisfactory evidence of his having at 
 the time called for an inspection in regular manner, lie shall be entitled 
 10 a further inspection; and the two port wardens shall proceed there- 
 with. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. When the two port wardens, on inspecting the cargo, find the same 
 or any part thereof damaged, they shall immediately give notice to the 
 consignee or the owner thereof, or person interested therein, and, if re- 
 quested by him, shall assess the damages to the cargo or such part of it 
 as is damaged, and on receiving three dollars from the consignee, if there 
 be but one, and one dollar from each consignee, if there he more than 
 one, shall grant a certificate of their assessment to the consignee or owner 
 of each separate shipment, or the person interested therein. (Code IS!)!).) 
 
 6. When two port wardens disagree, a third shall be called on, and of 
 the two, that opinion to which the third approximates the nearest shall 
 be taken as the judgment. The fees of port wardens shall be equally 
 divided among those rendering the services. (Code L899.)
 
 382 RICHMOND CITY CODE 
 
 7. When a cargo, or any part thereof, is abandoned to the underwriter, 
 the port wardens shall take charge of the same, and after giving, in one 
 or more of the newspapers of the city, such notice of the time and place 
 of sale, as in reference to the nature and condition of the damaged ar- 
 ticles they may deem advisable, shall sell what is so abandoned at public 
 auction, and after deducting the cost of advertising, necessary expenses 
 for labor, and for their services a commission of one and a quarter per 
 centum, shall faithfully account for and pay the residue to the parties 
 entitled. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. The port wardens shall keep a record of their proceedings, and an- 
 nually, at the first meeting of the city council in July, return an account, 
 on oath, of their receipts within the preceding year by virtue of their 
 offices. If they fail to make such return, neither of them shall be cap- 
 able of being re-elected, unless he satisfies the council of his inability to 
 make it. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The captain or commander of every steamboat coming into or de- 
 parting from the port of this city, shall, on its arriving within half a 
 mile of this port, or while it is not more than half a mile from the port, 
 retard its speed to one-half its usual rate. If he fail so to do, he shall 
 pay a fine of ten dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. There shall lie appointed by the city council for the harbor of the 
 city of Richmond one harbormaster, who. before acting in his office, shall 
 give bond in the penalty of five hundred dollars, with surety approved 
 by the council. The said harbormaster shall continue in office until his 
 successor shall be appointed and qualified. (Code 1899. ) 
 
 11. The duties of said harbormaster shall be such as are prescribed 
 in chapter ninety-two of the Code id' Virginia of 1887, and any laws 
 amendatory thereof, and such as may he required of him from time to 
 time by any ordinances or resolutions of the city council. (Code 1899.) 
 
 12. 'Idie said harbormaster shall June and keep an office at some con- 
 venient place. He shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars per an- 
 num, payable monthly, and shall make no fees, levies or charges for any 
 service^ rendered by 1dm in the performance of his duties as harbor- 
 master. ( February 1 I. 1908.) 
 
 13. All vessels arriving at the port of Richmond must report at the 
 office of the harbormaster within twenty-four (24) hours after arrival, 
 and before le port must report their clearance. 
 
 a. r J'he harbormaster shall keep a register of (lie denomination, name, 
 burthen, and master's name of each vessel coming within his control as 
 such, and the port to which she belongs, and that from which she last 
 came, which register he shall submit to the inspection of any applicant.
 
 CHAPTER 43 383 
 
 b. No vessel shall anchor in the channel of the harbor or lie at any 
 wharf in the harbor more than two abreast without first obtaining the 
 consent of the harbormaster. 
 
 c. Vessels at anchor or at wharfs must exhibit between sunset and sun- 
 rise a visible signal light in the rigging ai least fifteen (15) feel ah 
 the deck. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. Vessels when so ordered by the harbormaster shall haw jib-booms, 
 main booms, and davits rigged in. 
 
 a. When fast of vessels extend across a dock so as to obstruct passing 
 vessels the captain or person in charge shall, when so ordered by the har- 
 bormaster, cause the fast to he slackened or cast off. 
 
 b. Vessels lying alongside of a wharf and not taking in or discharging 
 cargo must make way for and permit other vessels that want to load or 
 unload cargo to come inside next the wharf. 
 
 c. If the person in charge of any vessel refuse to move, when so or- 
 dered by the harbormaster, the harbormaster shall cause the vessel to be 
 removed at the cost and risk of the master or owners of said vessel, and 
 should he require the service of a tug-boat to enforce such order, tor the 
 removal of any vessel against the will of the master thereof, the charges 
 and cost of such service shall be paid by the offending vessel or the owner 
 thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 15. Vessels discharging ballast must, before commencing, consult the 
 harbormaster, and stretch a tarpaulin to prevent the same from falling in 
 the water. 
 
 a. That no vessel propelled by steam within the harbor of Richmond 
 shall pass within fifty (50) feet of any wharf at a greater rate of speed 
 than three miles an hour. 
 
 b. All vessels, steamers, and barges shall keep a proper ship-keeper on 
 board at all times. 
 
 c. Xo person shall ea>r. deposit, or suffer to be cast or deposited in the 
 harbor of Richmond, or .James river, within corporate limits of Richmond, 
 any stone, gravel, earth, ashes, or other like substance, or create any ob- 
 struction therein. (Code L899.) 
 
 1(5. The handling of gunpowder, dynamite, or nitroglycerine to and 
 from vessels in quantities greater than five hundred (500) pounds, in the 
 harbor, must be after consulting the harbormaster, whoso duty it shall 
 be to see that every precaution against danger of ignition and explosion is 
 adopted and rigidly observed. 
 
 a. The dumping of ashes from steamers and dunnage from \. 
 into the waters of the harbor is strictly forbidden under a penalty of not 
 less than ten nor more than titty dollars lor each and every offence.
 
 38 [ RICHMOND CITY CODE 
 
 /,. \ nv captain or owner of, or any one in charge of, any barge, sand- 
 scow, or any vessel thai may sink in said harbor and obstruct the same 
 shall raise and remove the same within five days thereafter. 
 
 Ci \ M vessels shall occupy the berths of regular steamers or the pri- 
 vate berth of any vessel without permission Erom the occupants or owners 
 thereof. 
 
 d. Any master, owner, or person in charge of any vessel, or any other 
 :; who shall refuse or negledt to comply with the orders of the har- 
 bormaster, or interfere with him in the discharge of his duty, under this 
 chapter, shall, on conviction thereof before the police court of the said 
 city, be fined a sum not less than ten nor more Than fifty dollars. (Code 
 19.) 
 
 17. The power and authority herein conferred upon the harbormaster 
 may, in hi or temporary disability, be exercised by either one of 
 
 the port ward: 
 
 Dhe owners, occupants, and lessees of any wharf, in the said harbor, 
 shall keep the same in good repair, and whenever, in the judgment of the 
 harbormaster, any wharf is in a dangerous condition, he shall report the 
 same to the owners, occupants, or lessees thereof, by a notice in writing, 
 and it' the owners, occupants, or lessi ail to comply with the 
 
 and requirements of such notice within five days thereafter, they 
 shad be lined □ an ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, for each 
 
 eafter they neglect to repair and place said wharf in a proper 
 condition. 
 
 b. It shall be the duty of the harbormaster of said city to see thai the 
 -ions of this ordinance are strictly complied with, and he shall have 
 
 all persons violating the .same arrested and brought before the police jus- 
 tice of the said city for trial. 
 
 c. Thai any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this 
 chapter in which no penalty is stated shall, on conviction thereof, in the 
 police courl of the city of Richmond, be punished by a fine of not less than 
 ten nor more than fifty dollars. (Code L899.)
 
 CHAPTER 44 385 
 
 CHAPTER 44. 
 
 CONCERNING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 
 
 1. There shall be appointed by the city council a competenl pi 
 who shall be called inspector and gauger of liquors. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the inspector and gauger so appointed to pro- 
 vide himself with the most approved instruments for ascertaining the 
 capacity of a barrel, hogshead, cask or other vessel, and the quality or 
 proof of spirituous liquors, and when called upon for that purpose shall 
 attend with the same in any part of the city, and there gauge and ascer- 
 tain the contents of any barrel, hogshead, cask, or vessel, and examine 
 the quality and proof thereof, and mark on such barrel, hogshead, cask 
 or other vessels near the bung, the capacity in gallons and fractions of 
 gallons, and on the head, with chalk, the capacity and ullage, (('ode 
 1899.) 
 
 3. If any person shall alter, deface or change any marks or characters 
 made by the inspector, or shall on any cask which has not been gauged 
 by him put a mark in imitation of the gauger's mark, he shall pay a 
 fine of not less than twenty dollars, with cost of prosecution. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. Any person may sell, export, or otherwise dispose of any spirituous 
 liquors, wine, molasses, or any fluid merchandise in said city without 
 having the same gauged by the city gauger; but in no case shall any mark 
 indicating the capacity or proof be put on such cask, barrel, or hog 
 
 by any other person than the city ganger or a United State- officer in the 
 discharge of his official duty. Any person violating this section shall pay 
 a fine of not less than twenty dollar-;, with cost of prosecution. (Code 
 1899. i 
 
 5. The said gauger and inspector shall, for his services, be entitled to 
 demand and receive from the person or persons employing him as afore- 
 said, compensation as follows: For gauging and inspecting every barrel, 
 hogshead, cask, or other vessel the sum of fifteen cent-. (Code L899.) 
 
 6. No person engaged in vending or trading in, or manufacturing 
 casks or liquors, individually, or as agent, clerk, or employee of a trader, 
 vendor or manufacturer of said articles, or either of them, shall be enti- 
 tled to a license to act as gauger. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. The inspector and gauger may appoint one or more deputies, who, 
 after being approved by the city council, and taking an oath faithfully to 
 discharge the duties of the office, may perform any of the duties of his
 
 386 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 principal; Imi the principal shall be accountable for the official conduct 
 of such deputies. (('ode 1899.) 
 
 g. The person so appointed inspector and ganger of liquors shall, be- 
 I'ore entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath or 
 affirmation faithfully and impartially to execute the duties of his office. 
 (Code L899.) 
 
 9. The city council shall have power, at any time hereafter, to ap- 
 poinl one other inspector of liquors, if it shall by said council be deemed 
 
 -.irv. who shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of this 
 chapter: provided, inspection or gauging under this chapter shall in no 
 
 be compulsory upon the buyers or sellers of any liquors herein men- 
 tioned, unless the same has been agreed to by mutual consent of the 
 
 es. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. The person elected and qualified as city gauger and inspector shall 
 he. and i~ hereby, authorized to act as a public weigher for the city of 
 Richmond, upon paying into the city treasury a license tax of five dollars, 
 and taking an oath for the faithful performance of his duties as such 
 weigher, and filing a certificate of such oath in the office of the city clerk. 
 (Code L899.) 
 
 11. It shall be his duty, upon the demand of any merchant, or other 
 party in interest, accurately to weigh and mark any package of sugar, 
 coffee, tea, or other article of merchandise, contained in any bag, box, 
 barrel, or oilier covering, stating thereon the gross weight, the tare (if 
 .'in 1 i. and showing distinctly the net weight of the article of merchan- 
 dise in every case; for which service he shall be entitled to demand and 
 receive upon each package such sum as may be agreed on between himself 
 and his employer. (Code 1899.) 
 
 1 ".'. 1 1' any person shall alter, deface, or change any of the marks or 
 characters made by the public weigher aforesaid, or shall attempt to imi- 
 tate the marks of the public weigher upon any package not weighed by 
 him. thereby to deceive or defraud, he shall, for each offence, pay a fine 
 of not less than twenty dollars, with the cost of prosecution. (Code 1899.) 
 13. Thai in addition to the duties now imposed by ordinance Upon the 
 of liquors, it shall he his duty to inspect and ex- 
 amim bis and measures of all persons doing business in 
 
 the cii of Richmond, in order to ascertain if said scales, weights or 
 measures are correct, and according to standard required by law. In the 
 discharge of hi. duties the said inspector is hereby authorized to inspect 
 
 or measure, of any person doing business in tin 
 of Richmond, at any time during the business hours of -aid person, hut 
 • incumbent upon -aid inspector to make at. least two general 
 QS of the whole b year, said inspections to he made with-
 
 CHAPTEB 4 1. 387 
 
 out any charge therefor. It shall be the duty of the inspector to stamp 
 
 the word "Correct" with the initials of his name, upon all w leu or metal 
 
 measures, which, upon inspection, he finds to be in accordance with the 
 lawful standard, and shall also mark such scales and weights as he in- 
 spects and finds correct in such manner that he may be able to identify 
 same. After the inspector has stamped the scales, weights or measures 
 of any person, it shall be unlawful for said person, or his agents, to use 
 any other scales, weights or measures in the transaction of business, until 
 such other scales, weights or measures have been examined and stamped 
 by the inspector as being correct. If the inspector shall find any person 
 using any scales, weights or measures, after he has inspected such for 
 them, other than the ones he has inspected and marked correct, it shall 
 be his duty to confiscate and destroy the weights and measures, and report 
 said party to the police justice of the city of Eichmond for said offence, 
 and the penalty upon first conviction for any violation of this ordinance 
 shall be not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, and upon 
 any succeeding conviction not less than one hundred nor more than two 
 hundred dollars. It shall also be the duty of said inspector to keep a 
 record of all inspections made by him of the scales, weights and meas- 
 ures used by any person, giving the name, location and date of said in- 
 spection and report to the mayor annually such work as has been per- 
 formed by him. (April 29, 1907.) 
 
 14. In addition to the fees now allowed by ordinance to the inspector 
 and ganger of liquors the said inspector, for the additional services re- 
 quired to be performed under this ordinance, shall receive annual salary 
 of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum, payable out of the treasurv 
 of the city of Richmond as other salaries are paid. (April 29, 1907.) 
 
 15. There shall be appointed by the city council a weighmaster for 
 the first market, who, before acting in his office, shall give bond in the 
 penalty of one thousand dollars, with surety approved by the city attor- 
 ney. (Code 1899 and April 16, 1906.) 
 
 J 6. The weighmaster shall have the care of the city scales and balances 
 at or near the market for which he is appointed; and he shall keep the 
 some for public use. In person, or by a deputy, approved by the city 
 council, he shall from seven o'clock A. M. to five o'clock P. M. on every 
 day except Sundays, Christmas and the Fourth of July attend tl 
 at which the scales and balances in his care are kept, and weigh such 
 articles as may be brought to such place to be weighed. (July 19, 1907.) 
 
 17. Any article brought into the city which the owner or party desir- 
 ing to purchase the same may wish to have weighed, may he weighed else : 
 where than at the city scales: provided, the party so desiring such article 
 to be weighed shall furnish the necessary labor for the purpose, and tender
 
 RIl ii MOND < ITV CODE. 
 
 ,.„. prescribed fees. Either weighmaster, or a deputy of either, may act 
 ;„ sucri ca? es 3 and the fees arising therefrom shall be equally divided 
 en il ir two weighmasters. (Code 1899.) 
 
 18. When hay, fodder, oats, shucks, or other long forage is brought to 
 ;l )r ,.; h tl shall be examined, weighed and certified by a weigh- 
 
 . Q pop the application of the owner or party having control thereof, 
 according to the provisions of this chapter. And if such hay be in hales, 
 r. after a satisfactory inspection thereof, shall mark cadi 
 quality of tin mtained therein, cither as "number 
 
 one" "number two," or "refused," and shall moreover mark it with the 
 hay, exclusive of the wood or ether wrapping around or 
 it. [f the person offering such hay for inspection shall request it, 
 tall unpack it and weigh the hay and the wood or other 
 wrapp iv, and then repack tin- same, such person furnishing 
 
 ds, at his own charge, to assist the weighmaster, as may be 
 i e the weighmaster shall make such deductions from 
 weight for the wood or other wrapping as he may deem reason- 
 able. The weighmaster's certificate in such case shall be special, stating 
 the weight and quality of the hay. Moreover, he shall remove from the 
 hale any marks of its weight or quality other than his own. (Code 1899.) 
 
 19. I pon receiving the fee hereinafter mentioned the weighmaster shall 
 -■rant a certificate of the article weighed, specifying the owner's name, 
 at whose instance it is weighed, and its true weight, exclusive, when for- 
 age is weighed, of the wagon or other article containing it. and of any 
 
 around or about such forage. And he shall date and sign said cer- 
 tificate, and in a hook kept dor the purpose make an entry of the article, 
 placing ea es of long forage in separate columns, which entry shall 
 
 correspond with the certificate. He shall also, when a bundle of hay is 
 weighed by him, mark its weight upon the binding of such bundle. If 
 Iter said certificate or mark, he shall pay a fine of twenty 
 dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 20. When the weighmaster, on examining an article, deems it net mer- 
 chantable, mark it, and his certificate shall be special, stating 
 
 and condition of the article, or what deduction will render the 
 
 lue merchantable. (Code 1899.) 
 
 '•!• to he paid for weighing shall he ten cents for any article 
 
 under fourteen hundred pounds: over fourteen hundred pounds shall be 
 
 :lt '' ents per ton of two thousand pounds, except coal, 
 
 >ne and other minerals, the fee for weighing which shall he 
 
 ten cents per ton of two thousand pounds or fraction thereof, but no 
 
 weight shall he made for less than ten cents, (duly 19, 1907.)
 
 en \i"n:i; 44. 389 
 
 22. The weighmaster at the first market shall hereafter receive a 
 salary of sixty dollars per month, in lieu of all fees or commissions n 
 allowed under the ordinances of the city of Richmond. The weighmaster 
 
 i\,r market shall continue to charge and collect all charges, fees and com- 
 missions now authorized by the city ordinances, and he shall monthly 
 report to the city auditor all sums so collected during each preceding 
 month, and deposit the same in the proper manner in the treasury of the 
 city. (May 10, 1910.) 
 
 23. There shall he appointed by the city council a measurer of grain, 
 who shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until h 
 
 is qualified, unless sooner removed. Before entering on the duties re- 
 quired of him lie shall take the oaths presented by law and also the 
 following oath, to-wit: -1 do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my 
 skill and judgment, render equal justice to all who may he interested in 
 the discharge of the duties of my office," and shall also give bond in the 
 penalty of one thousand dollars, with security approved by the council. 
 (Code ISO!'.) 
 
 24. Every person who shall bring to this city, lor sale or barter, grain 
 of any kind, potatoes, or any article hereinafter mentioned, to he sold In- 
 solid measure (if over ten bushels), may apply to the measurer of grain 
 to weigh the same. (Code 1899.) 
 
 25. When any article i- provided for in this chapter to he sold by 
 solid measure (except Irish potatoes when sold by the barrel), if either 
 the buyer, seller, or party transporting to or from the city, require the 
 article to be weighed by said measurer, and the other contracting party 
 refuse to have the same so weighed, the party refusing shall pay a finp 
 of twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 26. The measurer shall weigh and ascertain the number of bushels of 
 any article mentioned in this chapter, according to the standard herein 
 named; and his certificate shall be binding on both parties as to the num- 
 ber of bushels, to-wit : Wheat, sixty pounds; corn, shelled, fifty-six 
 pounds; corn, on the cob, seventy pounds; oats, thirty-two pounds; rye. 
 fifty-six pounds; barley, forty-eight pounds; cornmeal, fifty pounds; peas, 
 sixty pounds; beans, sixty pounds; buckwheat, forty-eight pounds; 
 clover-seed, sixty-four pounds; timothy seed, forty-five pounds; flaxseed. 
 fifty-six pounds; hemp seed, forty-four pounds; Irish potatoes, sixty 
 pounds; sweet potatoes, fifty-six pounds; onions, fifty-six pounds; bitumi- 
 nous coal, seventy pounds. If either seller or buyer of any such article 
 refuse to be governed by this ordinance he shall pay a fine of twenty dol- 
 lars. It shall be the duty of said measurer to test the scales used by him 
 at least once a week, and oftener, if required. (Code 1899.)
 
 390 RICHMOND ( ITY CODE. 
 
 Tne , ;11( | measurer may appoint one or more deputies, who (when 
 
 approved by tl council) may, after taking an oath faithfully to 
 
 discharge the duties of his of] barge an] duties of his principal, but 
 
 pa ] s h a l] be liable therefor; and any such deputy may at any 
 
 time be rem oved from office by the principal or by the city council. 
 
 e L899.) 
 
 is irer shall receive for his services one-ha- 1 ." cent per 
 
 bushel; an Lyer and seller shall each pay one-half of the said fee, 
 
 es where one of the parties does not reside in this city 
 
 and the party bransporting the -rain requires the same to be weighed, 
 
 when the seller or shipper shall pay the whole fee aforesaid. (Code 
 
 I.) 
 
 r shall quarterly, bo-wit: On the first day of Jan- 
 uary, first day of April, first day of July, and first day of October in each 
 year return to the auditor an account of the number of bushels of each 
 article weighed, and the amount received by him, verified by oath. He 
 shall also cause to be published, at his cost (in a newspaper of this city), a 
 statement of the number of bushels of each article mentioned in said re- 
 It: he fail for ten days to return such account, and make such 
 publication, he shall pay a fine of ten dollars; and each subsequent day 
 si all be a distinct offence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 30. All stick or long wood, and all sawed and block wood, which shall 
 be sold b. or agents in this city, to be delivered by their carts, 
 
 U-. mi- other vehicles, shall be sold by the cord or its proportional 
 part. A coid of stick or long wood shall be four feet high, four feet 
 wide and eight feet long, or its equivalent, and shall contain one hundred 
 and twenty-eight cubic feet. A cord of sawed or block wood shall con- 
 tain one hundred and fifty-four cubic feet, cart or wagon measurement, 
 and.on the delivery of either sort of wood a ticket shall be sent with each 
 load stating the quantity, and should the purchaser, consumer, or person 
 authorized to receive the same suspect the wood to be deficient in the 
 quantity i I on the ticket, such party shall have the privilege of 
 
 having the cart, wagon, or vehicle containing the wood taken to the city 
 surer for measurement, and should there be found any deficiency such 
 wood shall be forfeited to the city and left with the city measurer, and 
 the dealer or agent who sent the same shall be fined for such offence not 
 than five dollars, and not exceeding ten dollars, and such fines shall 
 be equally divided between the informant and the city: provided, that 
 nothing herein contained shall prevent dealers or agents from retailing 
 their yards any small quantity of wood by the stick or block. (Code 
 1899.)
 
 CHAPTEB 44. 391 
 
 31. Neither the purchaser nor seller of any coal or firewood shall place 
 or permit any such coal or firewood to remain in any street more than 
 thirty minutes after sunset in the evening; nor shall any greater quan- 
 tity than two loads of such wood or coal, in any case, be permitted either 
 by the purchaser or seller, or other person having the charge thereof, to 
 lie or continue in any street. Nor shall any purchaser or seller, or other 
 person as aforesaid, permit any such wood or coal, at any time, by day or 
 eight, to remain in any street so as unnecessarily to obstruct the passage, 
 nor more than two hours in any case. Whosoever shall lie guilty of a 
 breach of any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty 
 for each offence of not less than three dollars nor more than fifty dollars. 
 (Code 189!).) 
 
 32. That the bodies or frames of all carts and wagons used tor delivery 
 of long or stick wood to consumers, in quantities of one-half cord, more 
 or less, shall be of the following dimensions, namely : For carts — in the 
 delivery of a half-cord of long wood — six feet long, four feet wide, with 
 standards four feet in height, and in the delivery of one-half cord of 
 sawed or block wood such body shall, not be less than six feet long, four 
 feet wide and thirty-eight inches in height of rails: For wagons — in the 
 delivery of one-half cord or sawed or block wood the body of such w T agon 
 shall be not less than seven feet eight inches long, three feet eight inches 
 wide and two feet eight and one-half inches in height of rails. It shall 
 be the duty of the inspector of weights and measures to inspect and 
 examine all bodies or frames used in the city of Eichmond for the de- 
 livery of stick or sawed wood to consumers, and to mark the same when 
 found to be of the size hereinbefore required with some designation or 
 mark to indicate that the same have been examined and approved by him, 
 and no person shall use a frame or body for the delivery in the city of 
 Eichmond of long or stick wood in quantities of a halt cord or more, 
 which has not been so inspected or marked: provided, however, that any 
 cart or wagon now in use which lias a capacity of at least seventy-seven 
 cubic feet may be inspected and used for the delivery of long or sawed 
 wood. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall he liable 
 to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each 
 offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. 
 (January 24, 1908.) 
 
 33. That any person who shall manufacture or sell or offer for -ale 
 within the city of Eichmond, or be found keeping or shall keep in his 
 possession within the city of Eichmond any scales, balances, steelyards, 
 weights or measures not of standard measure as prescribed by the statute 
 law of this State shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more
 
 392 RICHMOND <ITY < ODE. 
 
 than twenty-five dollars for each offence, n coverable before the police jus- 
 
 f the city of Rid >nd. (March 16, 1907.) 
 
 ; ;i. .\ll coal and coke, except gas-coke, which, shall be sold by dealers in 
 this city, to he delivered by their carts or otherwise, shall be sold by 
 , of two thousand pounds to a ton. It shall he the duty of the in- 
 spector of weights and measures whenever he has reason to believe that 
 any carl or wagon loaded with coal to be delivered to consumers within 
 t he city i- I in the quantity expressed in the ticket sent with same 
 
 he shall cause the said coal to be sent to the city scales and there be 
 weighed. 1 1' there be a shortage in the weight of said coal the said in- 
 ill cause the lead of coi returned t i the dealer or agenl 
 ame, and report him for violation of this ordinance. Any 
 person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be liable to a fine 
 of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offence, 
 rable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. (January 
 24, L908.) 
 
 35. That it shall I e the duty of each and every railroad or other trans- 
 portation company bringing coal to this city, consigned and to he deliv- 
 ered to any one in the city of Richmond, to weigh the same in the city of 
 Richmond and furnish each consignee with a written statement of the 
 weight of the coal in each ear or vessel if required by the consignee. Any 
 railroad or transportation company failing or refusing to comply with this, 
 Mciion shall he subject to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty 
 dollar- Tor each offence. (November 8, 1901.)
 
 ell A.PTER 45.. 393 
 
 CHAPTEE to. 
 
 CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT, DUTY AND SALARY OF THE ANALYTICAL 
 
 CHEMIST. 
 
 1. That the office of analytical chemist for the city of Richmond is 
 
 hereby created, whose term of office shall be two years except the term of 
 the person first elected under this ordinance, and the council of the city 
 of Richmond shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this ordi- 
 nance and thereafter when other city officers are elected, elect a person' 
 skilled in the scii nee of analytical chemistry to fill said office, who shall, 
 within forty days after his election, qualify before the city clerk by enter- 
 ing into bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars for the faithful dis- 
 char i lis duties, and by taking and subscribing the usual oaths for 
 the faithful performance of his duties. The quarters to be occupied 
 the said chemist for the discharge of his duties shall be provided by I 
 committee on grounds and buildings and shall be equipped with 
 necessary instruments and appliances under the direction of the - 
 committee, the expense of which shall be provided by the committee ' i 
 finance, but shall not exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars 
 ($1,500.00). The sai [uarters so pn 
 
 (May 13, 1910.) 
 
 2. In addition to the duties new discharged by the analytical chemist 
 whose appointment is provided for, and whose duties are prescribed under 
 the ordinances of the city of Richmond, the said analytical chemist shall 
 dischargi ther duties as may 1 i by ordinance or whi 
 he may be called upon to discharge by the head of any department of the 
 city government, the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond or the police 
 justice of the city of Richmond, with the approval of the mayor, or I 
 called upon to perform by any of the committees having charge of or con- 
 trol of the works and business of the city of Richmond, under' rules and 
 regulations prescribed by them. The salary of the analytical chemist 
 shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per annum,, payable as other 
 salaries are paid. (May 13, 1910.)
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER t6 - . 
 
 IVERNMENT LIBRARY AND AUTHORIZING THE 
 I A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN TRIE CITY OF RICHMOND. 
 
 1.1 il be in the city hall a collection of - md periodicals 
 
 relating to the best forms of city government. 
 
 The library formed under section one shall be under the control and 
 ayor of the city, and accessible to the officers of the 
 under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. 
 (Jul 
 
 mm annually appropr lid on warrants drawn 
 
 by the mayor, but only for lulls approved by the 
 (July 15. 
 
 I shall be under the 
 nt of a I Llows: two alderi.: 
 
 ; 'oard of alder] umcilmen to be elected by 
 
 the co il, the superintend inblic schools of the city of 
 
 three citizens, not ither branch of the council, 
 
 . one from each of the 
 three school di ds so elected shall. 
 
 stitute the board of trustees 
 Qd and -hall serve without 
 ion. (December 14, 1901.) 
 
 ■ - provided for in section one shall serve for two 
 ree for fo md four for - - : the relative term- of 
 
 [iately after the election of the 
 the drawing and the terms allotted shall be made 
 fi pat if the join i by the city clerk. (December 
 
 il, 1901.) 
 
 s elected by the joint session of the 
 council shall be filled, for the unexpired term, by the said council in joint 
 
 = not a member of either branch 
 g the trustees elected by either 
 I be filled, for the unexpired term, by that 
 branch of the council which elected the member whose place is vacant 
 
 of that branch, so as to preserve the propor-
 
 i II LPTER 16. 305 
 
 tion tation of the b< aldermen and the common council, 
 
 on the board of trustei 
 
 In the event thai • any member of the board of trust 
 
 changed, by his election to either branch of the city council, or by (be 
 ther branch of the city council, his trusteeship shall 
 be ipso facto vacated and his successor shall be elected, for the unexpired 
 and in accordance wit] le. (December L4, 1901.) 
 
 • board i 
 ilected in accordance with section four, full term of six 
 
 -; provided, however, thai any trustee who ha ion- 
 
 term, of six ill not be eligible for re-election until two 
 
 nation of bis six year term. (De- 
 101.) 
 
 d, shall, after ection and 
 
 the allotment of the term of each member, proceed to organize by the 
 election from their own number, of a president, a secretary, a treasurer 
 and an auditor; all of whom shall serve without any compensation what- 
 ever: provided, however, that, if the board so elect, they may require the 
 librarian, to be by them elected, to perform the duties of and to be, the 
 secretary of the board! (December 14, 1901.) 
 
 9. The board of trustees elected ami organized as herein prescribed 
 shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, select a site for- the pro- 
 posed library building; but the selection shall not bind the city to pur- 
 chase, or be final, until the city council approves the site and makes the 
 necessary appropriation for its purchase. And the board of trustees shall 
 also secure the necessary plans, make all necessary contracts for, and shall 
 supervise and complete, the building for the library, and, to that end, 
 shall receive and have the custody of the fund donated by Mr. Andrew 
 Carnegie, and shall disburse the same, subject to the provisions of this 
 chapter, and the purpose and intent of the donor: provided, that the ex- 
 penditure for the building shall not in any event exceed the amount 
 donated for that purpose, and provided further, that within the sum 
 donated the building shall be in every sense fully completed and fur- 
 nished, and ready for the reception, storage and distribution of books. 
 (December 14, 1901.) 
 
 10. The board of trustees herein provided Shall have d the 
 library building and its contents and shall purchase, preserve and control 
 the books for use therein and shall regulate, order and direct, as to all of 
 the interests of the institution, subject to the purposes and intent of a 
 public circulating library for the city of Eichmond, and the provisions 
 of this ordinance. (December 14, 1901.)
 
 396 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 11. The board of trustees may make such by-laws as may be deemed 
 eeable to the purpose of the donor, and the provisions of 
 this chapter, and may appoint a librarian and such other officers, and em- 
 ployees as they may deem necessary for the proper administration of the 
 library, and fix their compensation: provided, however, that in no event 
 shall tbe board expend, or contract to pa}', for expense and pay-roll com- 
 bined, any sum in excess amount appropriated by the council for 
 the purpose. ( December 11, 1901.) 
 
 L2. Any appropriation for the purchase of a site made by the council 
 shall be paid out upon warrants drawn by order of the board of trustees 
 in regular meeting and approved and signed by the president and the sec- 
 retary of the board ; but no such warrant shall be paid until the city attor- 
 ney has approved the title of and has ready for record a good and suffi- 
 deed to the site and advises the payment by written opinion. (De- 
 cember It, 1901.) 
 
 13. The annual appropriation by tl the support and i 
 
 tenance of the library shall be paid out only upon warrants approved by 
 the board of trustees, signed by the president and by the secretary of the 
 board, and accompanied by original itemized bills, or pay-roll-, as the 
 case may be, duly audited and certified by the auditor of the board. All of 
 said warrants to be, in form and matter, subjeel to the approval of the 
 city auditor and subjeel to the general ordinances governing the payment 
 of money out of the city treasury. (December 1 I. 1901.) 
 
 1 t. I to invesl any individual 
 
 member of the hoard of trustee-'- with any authority whatever, but all acts 
 of am lirection, supei iditure, election, regulation and 
 
 control, or other official act, shall be don lution of the board of 
 
 trustees, as a board, or by resolution of a committee, duly created by the 
 board for he! tor administration, and in actual session i 
 ing e a called meel »tice to each member of the 
 
 board or the committee as the case may be. (December 14, 1001.) 
 
 15 - Oder this chapter shall be mad< 
 
 the regular meeting ' of aldermen and of the common council 
 
 ' January, 1902, and at a joint session of the 
 coun :• month of January, 1902. ( December 14, 1901.)
 
 chapter 47. 397 
 
 CHAPTER 47. 
 
 CONCERNING THE PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS. 
 
 1. The city of Richmond shall he divided into three school districts — 
 the first embracing all the corporate limits east of the centre line of 
 Seventeenth street ; the second all between the centre line of Seven- 
 teenth street and the centre line of St. dames, Foushee and Church 
 streets; the third between the western boundary of the second district 
 and the western corporation line. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. There shall be chosen by the council three trustees from each of 
 the said school districts, the first to continue in office three years, the 
 second two. and the third one, and until their successors shall have been 
 cho.-cn and qualified. The said trustees shall constitute the school board 
 of the city of Richmond, and shall have all the powers conferred on 
 such board by law. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. Vacancies arising in said board shall be tilled by the city council, 
 as provided bylaw. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. The school hoard shall, on or before the first Monday in January 
 of each year, report to the city council in convenient detail an estimate 
 of the amount of money needed for the conduct of the public schools 
 for the year following that for which appropriations will have already 
 been made; and shall, as soon after the close of the scholastic year as 
 possible, make report to the city council of the condition of public educa- 
 tion in the city, with such recommendations as to it may seem proper. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The city superintendent shall receive for his services, in addition 
 to the amount allowed by State law, the sum of nine hundred and sixty 
 dollars per annum, payable as other salaries are provided to be paid by 
 law. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. All buildings, grounds, and property of every description used for 
 the purpose of public education and purchased with money appropriated 
 by the city council, or received from any other sou ice, unless on differ- 
 ent conditions, shall be the property of the city of Richmond. (Code 
 1899.)
 
 ClIAJ'-: 
 
 OF PAWNSHOPS .VXD POOL ROOMS. 
 
 I ] ;i within the limit- of 
 
 meh as watches, jewelry, 
 
 junk, immodities, and all kinds of second-hand 
 
 sold, 1.;:. ed ; or pled ill ob- 
 
 ise to do so; and shall pay for said 
 
 2. 1 ill place the same in 
 
 prominent place in his en by every one. Such 
 
 le mayor, the police. 
 poli . citi- 
 ttd carry away an] 
 - den and bought by 
 .ill be carried on until the 
 1 -hall not be 1 rain- 
 
 less than i 
 mot (Code 1899.) 
 
 r all licensed pool 
 
 night of the week from 
 
 Mom from 12 P. M. 
 
 until k A. M. i all on Saturday of 
 
 quei,! p. M. until 7 
 
 all be unlawful for any 
 
 on b tion of business he shall be 
 
 all have been trans- 
 shall be liable 
 hundred dollars
 
 CHAPTER 48. ;!!, ' t 
 
 4. That it shall be unlawful Eor any minor, except on business, by 
 the direction of his parent, guardian or employer, to enter any Li. 
 pool room. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for 
 cadi offence, recoverable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. 
 (January 8, 1909.)
 
 |.QQ RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER 49. 
 
 CONCERNING ANIMALS GOING AT LARGE AND CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 
 
 1. No hog or pig shall be kept on any premises or allowed to go at 
 large within the limits of tins city. Any person violating this section 
 shall forfeit to the city the hog or pig so kept or allowed to go at large, 
 and be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. 
 (Code L899.) 
 
 2. [f any person shall permit any dangerous or vicious animal, owned 
 or kept by him or her, to go at large with or without a license, he shall 
 be finedtfiot less than one nor more than twenty dollars; and such animal 
 may be killed by order of the police justice if. after twenty-four hours 
 notice, such animal is not removed beyond the limits of the corporation 
 by the owner thereof. No butcher's dog shall appear or be brought into 
 the markets on any account: and any such dog being found at or in any 
 market-house in this city shall he taken and considered within the mean- 
 ing of this ordinance as a vicious animal going ;l f large. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. If any person shall unlawfully and without necessity kill a licensed 
 dog, not vicious or dangerous, without authority from the owner of such 
 dog, or shall steal or take away such dog, with intent fraudulently to 
 deprive the owner or keeper of the use of such dog. he shall he fined 
 twenty dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 t. If any person shall suffer their cow or calf to he in any street or 
 public alley of this city at any time unattended he shall be fined not less 
 r more than five dollars. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. If any owner or other person having custody of any horse, mule, 
 swine, or L r oat, shall turn loose or permit the same to go at 'large in any 
 public street or alley, he shall be fined not less than one nor more than 
 five dollars, and every such hog or goat shall be taken and sold for the 
 ty. But nothing in this chapter shall he so construed as to 
 subject any visitor or resident in the city to any fine or forfeiture for ten 
 days after the arrival of his or her dog therein; nor to prevent the owner 
 or keeper of any animal (not vicious or dangerous) from driving it 
 through the streets or alleys in coming into, going from, or passing 
 through the city. Nor shall this section apply to any goat for which the 
 owner thereof has obtained a license from the auditor for keeping the 
 ie. (Code fS99.) 
 
 ,; - Any person who overrides, overloads, tortures, or cruelly heats, or 
 unjustifiably injures, maims, mutilates or kills any animal, whether he-
 
 CHAPTBB £9. 401 
 
 longing to himself or another, or deprives any animal of necessary sus- 
 tenance, food or drink, or causes any of the above things; or who wilfully 
 sets on foot, instigates, engages in or in any way furthers any ad of 
 cruelty to any animal, or who, having in custody a maimed, diseased, 
 disabled or infirm animal, abandons such animal, or leaves such animal, 
 or leaves it to die in a public street, road or public place, or who shall 
 carry or cause to be carried in or upon any vessel or vehicle, or otherwise 
 carry any animal in a cruel or inhuman manner, or so as to produce tor- 
 ture, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for each offence. (Code 
 1899. ) 
 
 7. Xo cattle shall be kept in any place in which the water, ventilation 
 and food are not sufficient and wholesome for the preservation of their 
 health and their fitness for food. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. No cattle shall be brought to this city, or kept or carried therein, 
 while bound or tied by the legs, or bound down by their necks, hut shall 
 be allowed to stand while remaining in or being carried in, through or 
 to the city. (Code 1899.) 
 
 9. The word "cattle"' in this chapter shall be construed to include all 
 animals of which any paid is used tor food, except birds, fowl and fish. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. Every violation of sections six, seven and eight of this chapter 
 shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty 
 dollars; and the infliction of such cruelty as is thereby prohibited shall, 
 in case of each separate animal, constitute a separate offence. (Code 
 1890.) 
 
 11. No person shall bring, or cause to be brought, into the city of 
 Richmond, nor ride or drive, or otherwise use upon the streets of the 
 said city, any horse, knowing the same to be affected with the disease 
 called glanders or farcy; nor shall any person hire or otherwise permit 
 or authorize for compensation, or without compensation, such use of a 
 horse so affected. (Code 1899. ) 
 
 12. Xo person shall knowingly permit any horse so affected to remain 
 in an adjacent or neighboring stall to a horse or other animal not so 
 affected; but it shall be the duty of the owner or flu/ person at the time 
 in charge of the said horse, to remove the said affected horse, or cause 
 it to be removed, so as to prevent the risk of communicating by con- 
 tagion the said disease. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. It shall be the duty of the police of the city to report specially all 
 violations of this ordinance. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. Upon conviction of any person before the police justice, of the 
 violation of any provisions of the last three sections, he shall be fined 
 not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be collected as 
 penalties for other violations of city ordinances. (Code 189!).)
 
 402 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTEE 50. 
 
 CONCERNING VA<;i; WTs. 
 
 1. j tain or master of a steam- 
 
 : o] ity of Richmond or to 
 
 the p any person not having 
 
 ■i shall be 
 cars or i entei ;, ifo bond to the city in 
 
 i dred dollars, with condition to pay t 
 
 ay expend during the next 
 m the dat - ad for the support or c 
 
 such ■ d if such rail] aptain or master of a 
 
 iich company 
 n the depot of such 
 
 captain i r who 
 
 shall 9.)* 
 
 b 
 shall bring 
 
 srmit him 
 
 fined 
 day that such person shall 
 I] be a fi ITence. (Code 1899.) 
 
 ' the police of the arrest all pe 
 
 i 
 known as robber 
 the sa 
 e; and if the police justice shall 
 is herein described, he shall, in 
 
 jail unti k to the place from 
 
 tained, and. if not, 
 
 ■. and in the era, pick- 
 
 the police justice shall. 
 
 in the city more than 
 
 ; a b« h 
 
 i 3] i I ei ' place
 
 CHAPTEB 50. 403 
 
 h whence they came, if it can ' 1. and if not. then to 
 
 place out of the State. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. If the police justice can ascertain by whose steamboai 
 
 by what railroad, such persons ought to I or near 
 
 shall have them put on the cars of such railroad or on 
 
 railroad company, or the captain 
 of such : 
 own expense or the expense of the persons t] •: and if sue! 
 
 sons cannot be put on such i sent out 
 
 of the city. (Code 1800.) 
 
 5. A.n;j ! 
 
 sel, which or who lit to the 
 
 cil ■ I, and to take 
 
 them I -1 twent} 
 
 6. If any person ( 
 
 shall return to the citv a fter ha 
 
 i ity and c I to work up 
 
 ♦ 
 
 7. An} a minor under - 
 blind person, who shall beg or solicit alms, whethi 
 
 lal drunkard and unable i ;' him- 
 
 ned a vagrant, and for such beg£ 
 
 to be fined not less than two and a 
 
 halt' nor more than one hundred to be imposed by the police jus- 
 
 tice. It shall be discretionary with the police justice whether the party 
 or parties shall be fined or imprisoned oi Whenever any such fine 
 
 shall be imposed the said police justice may, if the same be not imme- 
 diate!- unmit such person to jail, for a term not exceeding ninety 
 days. "When ordering such imprisonment the justice- may declare and 
 adjudge that I shall be with or without labor, and shall have 
 the power, if, in his judgment, he deems it necessary, to require said 
 prisoner or prisoners to be shackled in order to prevent their escape. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. Whenever any such sentence shall specify with labor the committee 
 on streets shall have the power r ■ each morning, except Sui 
 during the months of May, June. July, I md September from the 
 city jailor, through its authorized officer or agents, the ] 
 
 fenced, and to require such persons to work during each of 
 not to exceed ten hours in denning out the bed of Shock i The 
 
 committee on street-- shall have the power, du other months than 
 
 those above specified, to receive ea mi ig, through i) tuthor- 
 
 ized officer or age; son from the city jailor, and to require 
 
 such person to work diligently during each of such days not to e
 
 ]ll 1 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 t ,, n hours in breaking rock or stone with a hammer. The said commit- 
 
 Q streets is hereby authorized to employ during the proper months 
 
 a number of guards, not to exceed two, to take charge of and keep from 
 
 Q g an y such persons received as above authorized, but not more 
 than one guard shall be employed when the number of prisoners to be 
 worked does not exceed ten; such guards are to he employed by the day, 
 
 ded, at a compensation not to exceed one dollar and a half per day 
 each; such guards may be taken from such of the city forces as may he 
 unemployi dd guards shall see that such persons work diligently 
 
 e work required of them; and if such person shall fail so to work 
 he shall not be allowed any food except bread and water until the next 
 morning. (November 14, 1908.) 
 
 9. The committee on grounds and buildings may. if it shall see fit, 
 
 off in a proper manner such pari »f the city stable lot situated next 
 to the city jail, as the city engineer may designate, and erect a suitable 
 shed thereon, within which the said committee on streets may cause to 
 be pu1 so much -tone or granite as the said committee may deem neces- 
 sary to keep said vagrants under their control a*t work, and may require 
 such person to work therein; such part of the said lot for the purposes 
 above stated to be regarded as a part of the city jail. The committee on 
 streets is hereby instructed to furnish the necessary stone or granite, 
 with the hands and carts force, as may be required to keep said vagrants 
 employed. The said committee on streets may make all proper rules and 
 regulations for the working and guarding of such prisoners, for return- 
 fchem to the jail and for their meals and their safekeeping during 
 lights. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTER 51. 405 
 
 CHAPTER 51. 
 
 CONCERNING THE SALE OF LIQUORS AND GAMBLING. 
 
 1. That not more than one hundred and fifty places in the city of 
 Richmond shall be licensed, where ardent spirits are to be sold, by retail, 
 and no hotel ke< per shall be licensed unless the hotel shall keep not less 
 than thirty (30) bed-rooms for the accommodation of guests, and no 
 place shall be licensed where any performance or show is allowed in con- 
 ion or combination therewith, nor shall there be any opening or 
 connection between such places so licensed and any other place where any 
 such performance or show is allowed,; provided, however, that this re- 
 striction as to shows or performances shall not apply to any bona 
 hotel which may be licensed hereunder, nor to the premises Nos. 309 and 
 311 North Seventh street, known as Saenger Hall. (October 8, 1! 
 
 '2. Xo person so licensed shall allow any woman or minor or any other 
 person who is no! a legal vo of Virginia to sell or other- 
 
 wise dispense ardent spirits or malt liquors at their place of business. 
 (December 12, 1907.) 
 
 3. No person shall he granted a license to a place 
 
 dent spirits and malt liquors, or either of them, are sold, nidi' 
 be affirmatively shown to the judge of the court hearing r ication 
 
 that the applicant is a registered voter in the city of Rich] 
 person of good moral character and of good reputation in the community 
 in which he resides. If the court or judge lie fully satisfied upon the 
 hearing of the testimony for and against the applicant that the applicant 
 is a registered voter as aforesaid, and is a person of good moral character 
 and of good reputation in the community, and that the place whei 
 business is to be conducted, as to location, construct: i premises 
 
 and character of the busine conforms to this elm court 
 
 may, upon the execution by the applicant of a bond payable ' 
 of Richmond in the penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), with 
 satisfactory security, the surety or surer a fee simple own 
 
 owners of unencumbered' real estate located in the city of Richmond, of 
 the value at least of the penalty of said bond, conditioned for a faith fid 
 compliance with all of the ordinances of the city of Richmond in relation 
 to the sale of ardent spirits and malt liquors, and also to pay all fines 
 and penalties that may be imposed-on such applicant for any violation 
 of such ordinances, grant such license. (December 12, 1907.)
 
 - 
 
 i nary 1, 1908, and e 
 
 a place of business 
 of them, are sold by 
 1.00). ( 
 
 •pints or 
 obtained squired by this 
 
 order of 
 
 ■ iolati tg any .of the 
 
 o irdent 
 
 - eh ipl r con- 
 
 ense ardent spirits 
 
 iable to a fine of not 1- one nor more 
 
 e the police justice of the 
 
 shall, in addit i £eit his license 
 
 person so convicted shall not after- 
 
 . within I to a lice] i sale of ardent 
 
 spirits or malt liquors under the pn apter. (June 23, 
 
 ring to obtain from the Hustings Court of 
 
 if Richmond, or the judge thereof, in vacation, a license to con- 
 
 the business of selling by retail ardent or malt liquors in 
 
 if Bichim il make written application therefor to the 
 
 if the city of Richmond, signed by himself, 
 
 s prior to the date on which such applicant desires 
 
 ive, in which application shall be stated, 
 
 ie by an individual, the full m applicant, 
 
 he full name of each member of the firm; the rj 
 
 such sidence; whether - is to be 
 
 me other place; if in a hotel the numb 
 accommodation of guests in such hotel; whether it is 
 '■ tee in conjunction or combina- 
 
 er there be any opening or connects 
 such bus to be conducted and any place 
 
 ; can be allowed ; whether the person is a 
 te of Virginia; when and where such person was 
 ter; and the amount required by law to be paid for 
 such license. If such application is found to be in 
 the commissioner of the revenue shall endorse thereon: 
 inj Court of the city of Richmond, or the j 
 -liver the same to the applicant and tl 
 11 forthwith present such application so endors< d to the Hust- 
 rt of the city of Richmond, or the judge thereof, in vacation,
 
 
 CHAPTER 51. L07 
 
 accompanied by a receipt from the collector of taxes dor the city of 
 Richmond for a certified check payable to the said collector for thi 
 
 e hundred dollars, which said certified check shall be held by the 
 said collector until said or judge shall have passed upon sal 
 
 plication, and the said court or judge, as the case may be, shall 
 such evidence as may be introduced for or against the application, and 
 determine, the d of whether the same may be '< 
 
 provisions of this chapter; and id couri or judge be of 
 
 n that the si be gran'1 :ourt or judge, as the case 
 
 may be, shall require the applicant t< a bond as provided by this 
 
 chapter, and up ir execution fy to the 
 
 ner of tl me of the city of Richmond that said applicant 
 
 will be entitled to a license under said chapter when such li 
 shall have and the said clerk of the Hustings Court shall 
 
 thereupon certify to the said collector that the license has been granted, 
 and thereupon the said cheek shall be at once paid into the treasury of 
 the city of Richmond, and he shall certify such payment to the commis- 
 sioner of the revenue; and said commissioner shall, upon the receipt of 
 such certificate, issue a license in such form as may be prescribed by the 
 city attorney of the city of Richmond to the applicant to conduct such 
 business at the i in the application, but upon the refusal of 
 
 any license by the said court or judge, that fact shall be by the clerk of 
 said court certified to said collector, who shall in that ci : rn the 
 
 check held by him to the applicant by whom it was d. (June 
 
 23. 1909.) 
 
 7. Every hotel keener and keeper of a restaurant, bar-room, 
 er place where ardent spirits, beer, ei< 
 drinks are sold or given away shall, on each an day, close the 
 
 bar-room orplace where such drinks are sold or given away between the 
 hours of 12 o'clock Saturday night and 6 o'clock tl :eding Monday 
 
 morning, and on the other days of the week between the hours of 12 
 o'clock midnight and 6 o'clock the next succeeding morning. During 
 the hours and at the time when the sale of ardent spi] r, cider or' 
 
 other such drinks is prohibited, no blind, shutter, curtain, par- 
 
 tition or painted, ground or stained glass window, or door, or any other 
 obstruction," shall be allowed to remain or he maintained, or bi 
 mitte.d to be placed or maintained, in any bar-room or other pla 
 the sale of such drinks to be drunk on the premises, in such a way as to 
 interfere with a clear view of the interior of said premises from the 
 
 t, or, if such premises do not open on the street, from a publi< 
 trance. At all times when any bar-room or other such place shall he 
 open, the license under which the busir conducted shall remain 
 
 posted in some conspicuous place in the bar-room or place of such busi-
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 \ [IV pergon violating ision of this section shall be fined 
 
 ian one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. (!)<•- 
 
 i r is. L906.) 
 
 g. Thai ii shall be unlawful for any minor, except on business. b\ 
 
 the di of his parent, guardian or employer, to enter any saloon. 
 
 | r place where liquor is sold to be drunk where sold. 
 
 •i violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a 
 
 ; less than two and a half nor more than ten dollars for each 
 
 rable before the police justice of the city of Richmond. 
 
 i;. 1908.) 
 
 9. [f any licensed keeper of a house of private entertainment or pub- 
 
 ;, use, eating-house, cook-shop or lager beer saloon shall 
 
 □g or play of any kind for money or other valuable 
 
 i allow any wine, ardent spirits or a mixture thereof to 
 
 his or her premises, he, she or they shall be fined for eacb 
 
 than ten nor more than fifty dollars: provided, 
 
 las! prohibition shall not apply to the keeper of an eating- 
 
 has a license to sell liquors to his guests, and sells it only as 
 
 1 by his license. (Code 1£ 
 
 10. a not embraced in the next preceding section 
 
 any spirituous or fermented liquors i Id upon his or her 
 ! ! be fined fill for each offence. But this 
 apply to keepers of ordinaries, or keepers of eating- 
 chants having a Ii ell such liquors, when the same 
 are sold only as authorized by their licenses. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. Her, minor who shall enter any licensed saloon. 
 
 Id, and there, by false represen- 
 
 . or in any other way 
 
 my kind, and drink said liquor on said 
 
 carry said liquor awa drunk elsewhere, shall be 
 
 a mis ion thereof before the 
 
 by of Richmond, b lid offence not less 
 
 dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or may be con- 
 
 han 1 ventv da' 
 : . that when, in the 
 : any case against any saloon-keeper 
 ! to sell a drits or malt liquors for violat- 
 
 or city ordinance, the case shall 
 ny of a minor who may be charged with violating 
 
 ise against the minor in 
 r to obtain his ,ny in the prosecution against such saloon- 
 
 person. (October 16, 1909.)
 
 CUAPTEK 52. 409 
 
 CHAPTER 52. 
 
 CONCERNING THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
 
 1. There shal] be elected by the council of the city of Richmond an 
 attorney for the city, who shall be a residenl citizen thereof, and who 
 shall have been admitted to practice in the courts of the Commonwealth. 
 He shall hold bis office for a term of two years, unless sooner removed, 
 ami until his successor shall be appointed and qualify. He shall gh'e 
 the whole of his time to the discharge of bis duties as city attorney, ex- 
 cept that any professional business, about which the present city attorney 
 is now under contract to perform on behalf of other persons, may be 
 
 •leted. (April 25, 1907.) 
 
 2. The said attorney shall have the management, charge and control 
 of all the law business of the city, and be the legal adviser of the mayor. 
 
 ouncil or any committee thereof, an ral departments of 
 
 the city government, and when required, shall furnish written or verbal 
 opinions upon any subject involving questions of law submitted to him 
 by them. (Cde 1899.) 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of said attorney to draft all bonds, deeds. < 
 tions, contracts, leases, conveyances, agreements and other legal i 
 
 . of whatever nature, which may be required of him by any ordi- 
 or eider of the city council, or which by any ordinance or order 
 may h i requisite to be dune and made by the ei 
 which may be required by any person or persons contracting with the 
 city in its corporate capacity, and which, by law, us 
 the city is to be at the expe] !i shall lis duty to 
 
 commence and prosecute all actions and suits to be commenced by the 
 city before any tribunal in this Commonwealth, whether in law or equity; 
 and also to appear in, defend and advoi rights and i 
 
 '. or any of the officers of the city, in any suit or prosecution for 
 any act, in the discharge of their official duties, wherein an right, 
 
 privilege, ordinances or acts of the city government n ght in 
 
 question. When the mayor shall direct a prosecution for a nuisance he 
 shall appear foi isecution when e shall come into court; and 
 
 if the police justice shall require it, he shall appear in su< I before 
 
 him for the prosecution; and he shall perform such other duties as are 
 or may be required of him for the city by any ordinance or resolution of 
 the city council. (Code 1899.)
 
 j ID RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 ;. | n full compensation of his the city attorney shall receive 
 
 I salary of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per annum, payable 
 
 i\. I,, all cases, however, when mdance of the city attorney 
 
 ;,,,,, liable traveling expenses 
 
 1 him. (April 25, 1907.) 
 
 y attorney is required to construe an ordi- 
 ■•, liability or right of any officer, clerk or em- 
 ill require a written request for his opinion, when 
 and shall respond in writing as often and as fully as 
 i and all such written opinions will be made in 
 dupli, 11 be delivered to the applicant and another copy 
 
 shall I on file in his office, accessible and subject to inspection by 
 
 an y , the city government. All opinions, on whatever subject, 
 
 in any department, head of department, officer, commission, 
 committei or 1 ■ ■ ?hall be treated as prescribed b 
 
 05.) 
 6. The city attorney shall occupy the rooms provided for him on the 
 third floor of the City Hall. He shall, between the first day of 'January, 
 day of March, 1906, and biennially between the said 
 ause not less than fifty nor more than one hm 
 - of his opinions rendered during the two preceding years to be 
 printed and bound in suitable form for distribution among the officers of 
 rnment. (June 16, 1905.) 
 ■;. The city attorney is hereby ai I to employ in his office a 
 
 grapher and typewriter competent to discharge such duties . 
 may direct in connection with his office, and said stenographer and type- 
 i open and accessible one of the rooms assigned to the 
 city al ing the meeting of either branch of the council and be 
 
 ired to do stenographic and typewriting work for the members of 
 board of aldermen and common council in order to facilitate the 
 transaction of business by said bodies. For his services to be rendered 
 the city of Richmond such stenographer shall receive compensation at the 
 rale of eighty dollars per month, to be paid monthly, and to be provided 
 for in the same manner as other salaries. (May 10, 1910.) 
 
 8. That the city attorney be, and he is hereby, expressly authorized 
 
 an d ' ered to appoint some resident citizen of Eichmond, who shall 
 
 have been admitted to practice in the courts of the Commonwealth as 
 
 an assistant, the term of such assistant to be coincident with that of the 
 
 attorney. Said assistant may, at any time, be removed by the city 
 
 attorney and sonic other qualified person appointed in his place. He shall, 
 
 so f;l1 by the city attorney, discharge and perform any of the 
 
 ed by law upon the city attorney, and in the discharge 
 
 such duties shall be under the direction and control of the city attor-
 
 CHAPTER 52. 4:11 
 
 ney. In full compensation of Lis services the assistant to the city attor- 
 ney shall receive a fixed salary of two thousand four hundred dollars 
 
 00.00) per annum, payable monthly, and in all eases when' the 
 attendance of said assistant is required out of the city on busine 
 
 Qa ble tra< all be allowed him. (October 23, 1907, 
 
 and June 18, 1910.)
 
 41 2 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTER 53. 
 
 mi; police justice, the civil justice and justices of 
 the peace. 
 
 l m 1 ;!! be elected by the city council a police justice, who shall 
 
 the term of four years, ui >oner removed, and 
 
 unti] shall he elected and qualify. The said police justice 
 
 shall hold a court daily, except Sunday, in said city, in such place as 
 il may designate. The jurisdiction of the court shall ex- 
 cising within the j ional limits of the city, of 
 w hicl may take cognizance under the criminal laws 
 of t! . - cases ari ing under the charter or ordinal'. 
 
 the ci 
 
 ■>. Thai the poll :e of the city of Richmond shall hold his 
 
 court in the rerun in the basement of the City Hall building, now set 
 
 ! for that purpose, and designated as police court i 
 and these shall be used in connection therewith, for the convenience of 
 ice and the clerk and the other officers of the police court 
 
 the committee on grounds 
 te and equip for that purpose. (March 12, 
 190' 
 
 3. I be said court-room 
 
 well as the likelihood of the spi -. and to pro- 
 
 i f busim d court, the police justice 
 
 shall ! regulations that shall exclude 
 
 m, duriri aid court, all persons other 
 
 . officers of the city and 
 
 ?aid court, practicing attor- 
 
 ad mission granted by the 
 
 of Richmond. The rules and 
 
 inted and posted at the entrance of 
 
 ft shall I of the police justice, the police 
 
 id the officers of said court to enforce such rules and regula- 
 
 section, or entering said court-room 
 
 iolating said rules and regulations, 
 
 r more than five dollars for 
 
 i city of Richmond.
 
 CHAPTER 53. L13 
 
 4. The police justice shall nominate to the city council three persona 
 
 as a clerk, and from the number thus nominated the city council shall 
 elect one to serve as clerk of the police justice. The said clerk shall per- 
 form such duties as may be required of him by the police justice. (Jan- 
 uary 20, 1903.) 
 
 5. The police justice shall not be entitled to receive any fees as a jus- 
 tice of the peace, but shall receive, in full compensation for his ,-ervices, 
 a salary of two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars per annum, pay- 
 able monthly. The clerk of the police justice shall receive in full com- 
 pensation for his services a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, 
 payable monthly. (March 16, 1907.) 
 
 (i. All the fines and penalties imposed by the said police justice, and 
 all the moneys that shall be paid to or received by him as such, shall 
 belong to the city; and the said police justice shall report on oath to 
 the city council at the first regular meeting thereof in each month, dur- 
 ing the term for winch he shall be elected, the number and names of 
 persons lined by him. and the names of persons against whom judgment 
 shall have been rendered by him for any penalty or penalties respectively; 
 and all money- collected or received by him as such police justice for 
 fines and penalties hereinbefore declared as belonging to the city, shall, 
 on the first Monday in each and every month, during his term of office, 
 be reported by him on oath to the city auditor and paid to the city 
 treasurer. After these reports have been submitted and approved by 
 the city auditor, he shall file them successively as they are received with 
 other papers and documents belonging to his office. All claims for 
 - incident to the conduct of his office, the said police justice shall 
 endorse with his approval, and submit the same to the board of police com- 
 missioners for payment, which, if approved, shall be paid out of the police 
 contingent fund. Any neglect to comply with the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be good ground for the removal from office of said police jus- 
 tiee. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. It shall be the duty of the police justice, on the first Monday in 
 June, the first Monday in December, in every year, to deliver an ac- 
 count, verified by bis oath, to the city council, of all moneys, goods, 
 wares and merchandise then remaining unclaimed in the custody of bis 
 court, and immediately thereafter to give notice daily, for two successive 
 weeks, in two of the newspapers printed in the city, to all persons inter- 
 ested or claiming such property, that unless claimed by the owner, with 
 satisfactory proof of such ownership, before a specified day, the same 
 shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. On the day, and 
 at the place specified in said notice, all property remaining unclaimed, 
 except money, shall be sold at auction by said police justice, or under 
 his direction. If any goods, wares, merchandise and chattels of a perish-
 
 4] l RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 able nature, or which shall be expensive to keep, shall at any time re- 
 
 ni;im unclaimed in the custody of said court, it shall be lawful for said 
 
 police justice to sell the same at public auction, at such time and after 
 
 to him shall seem proper. The said police justice shall, 
 
 immediately after the sale of any property in accordance herewith, pay 
 
 treasurer, as aforesaid, all money remaining unclaimed in his 
 
 iich police justice, and all moneys received by him upon such 
 
 deducting the expenses thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 8. h shall be the duty of said police justice, whenever he shall obtain 
 
 of any stolen property, on his receiving satisfactory proof of 
 
 bhe owner, to deliver such property to the owner thereof 
 
 on his paying all necessary and reasonable expenses which may have 
 
 preservation or sustenance of such property. But 
 
 hall he sold or delivered in pursuance of this or the pre- 
 
 . if the Commonwealth's attorney for the city shall direct 
 
 that i: shall remain unsold or undelivered for the purpose of being 
 
 o the administration of justice. (Code 1899.) 
 
 !). All d 'her books kept by said police justice shall at all 
 
 t to the inspection or examination of the city attorney, the 
 
 city council or any member thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 
 10. II shall be the duty of the board of police commissioners, when so 
 
 aid polici 1" detail one or more of the city 
 
 : j ice, and perform such duties 
 e required i. (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. If an □ who has been duly summoned as a witness to att 
 and give evidence before the police justice touching any matter or thing 
 
 im under the charter, or any ordinance of the city, 
 shall fail ■ i in obedience to tl summons, he or she may be 
 
 ■ lion of the police justice, in a sum not exceeding 
 twen <'ode 1809.) 
 
 12. the month of July in 
 
 able, the council shall designate 
 
 first, 
 
 ir unable from 
 
 bolden by a justice of the 
 
 the city council. And when the said court 
 
 pnal1 or more days in succession, 
 
 or the same compensation, pro rata, 
 
 ilary for the police justice. The compensation to 
 
 in referred to shall be paid out of the police 
 
 dice commissioners; the 
 
 he police justice as correct.
 
 CHAPTER 53. I 1 5 
 
 or, in his absen< e, by the oath of the ju tice of the peace so sen ing, : 
 has performed the duty hereinbefore named. (Codi L899.) 
 
 13. There shall be elected by the city council a bailiff of the police 
 court, who shall hold his office for I Ler removed by 
 the council, the mayor or the police justice. The said bailiff shall have 
 charge of the police court rooms, and the furniture and othei 
 
 erty contained therein; and he held responsible for th leping and 
 
 proper protection of the same. He shall have the care of keeping, clean- 
 ing, wanning and lighting the said building. (Code 1899.) 
 
 14. He shall attend all courts held by the police justice, and shall per- 
 form such other services as may he required of him by the police jn 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 15. The said bailiff shall have the power and authority of a policeman, 
 and shall receive in compensation for his services two dollars and a half 
 per day. (Code 1890.) 
 
 16. Whenever any person is brought before the police justice of the 
 city of Richmond charged with a violation of any city ordinance, and 
 such person is known to the police justice, or on sat evidence 
 
 \n to the police justice, to he a confirmed drunkard, neglectful of 
 his family by reason of drinking habits or otherwise, is an idler or I 
 or habitually lives on the earnings of his wife or children or other per- 
 sons, the justice may, in his discretion, continue the case to some day to 
 i its furtl ttion and final determination, and 
 
 ch final decision, the defendant may he hailed on his own recog- 
 nizance in n as tl:r ; lice may think reasonable. Th 
 
 dl obtain from the defendant his full name, p busi- 
 
 and such other information as lie may deem desirable in regard to 
 such case, which information the said police justice shall certify to a 
 police officer to be known as a "probation" officer, whose appointment is 
 lafter provided for, and it shall he the duty of the said officer dur- 
 Le time for which mt is on probation, as far as practi- 
 
 . to observe and supervise the condui i defendant, and on the 
 
 'i which said case is set for triad to report thereon to the polii 
 and if, on the day on which the defendant is required i 
 id officer shall report that the defendant has bee: 
 and commendable, the said justice may, in his d . again 
 
 the defendant to bail upon the same terms as before, or may, if 
 termine, postpone, the case indefinitely and the defendant shall be 
 tided and shall not be required to appear to answer said charge ■ 
 under new proceedings for a violation of some city ordinance. Any de- 
 fendant failing to appear on the day to which he is bailed may be dealt 
 with by the said justice as for contempt, and his recognizance may be de- 
 clared forfeited. (April 10, 1908.)
 
 Hi; RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 [7, The board of police commissioners of the city of Richmond be, 
 hereby, requested to designate a member of the police 
 known as a probation officer, who, 
 lired by the police justice, under the authority of the foreg 
 
 nake persona] investigation of any case referred to him of 
 urroundings ;. the condition of the family; the charac- 
 ter, past and present, of such individual and family and his habits, by 
 rvalion of the conduct of such defendant, and to 
 the police justice the result of such investigation 
 ations to be prescribed by the police justice, and 
 in making such investigation and report such officer shall be fully \ 
 with polii rs. (April 10, 1908.) 
 
 18. That the compensation of the probation officer of the police 
 partmenl be, and is hereby, fixei hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 payable monthly. (November 18, 1909.) 
 
 1!). e salary of the civil justice, whoso appointment, jurisdic- 
 
 tion a - are provided for by the Act of the General Assembly of 
 
 Virginia approved March 5, 1908, is hereby fixed at the sum of three 
 -Mid dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, to be paid out of the treasury 
 e city of Richmond in monthly instalments, as the salaries of 
 city officers are paid ; provided, however, that no installment of his salary 
 shall be paid excepl upon his certificate in writing thai he has disposed 
 of all ea.-es vvhicfi wore submitted to him for decision more than thirty 
 days previous to the date upon which any installment falls due. At or 
 re the time of hearing had before said civil justice of any claim, 
 plaintiff in such claim shall pay to the civil justice a trial fee of 
 >r each one hundred dollars of value or fraction thereof 
 claim e warrant, which fee shall he taxed as a part of the - 
 
 and said justice shall monthly make a written report h> the audio 
 
 ity of Richmond showing in detail the amount of fees received by 
 him on account of warrants instituted in his court, and shall at the 
 
 ;asury of the city of Richmond the 
 mt of such fees shown by such reporl to have been collected by him, 
 arifl I ' >r and i of the city of Richmond are hereby 
 
 1 cover into the treasury such sums 
 so to be paid by the justice, and credit the same to an account to he 
 known as "ci 3 ." (November 1 I, 1908.) 
 
 Thai the salary of the substitute civil justice of the city of Rich- 
 appointment, jurisdiction and duties are provided for by 
 •i five of an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved 
 h 5, 1908, as amended, is herebv fixed at the sum of ten dollars 
 lay for each and every day that the said substitute civil 
 justice may be called upon to perform the duties of the said civil jus-
 
 CHAPTER 53. 417 
 
 tice. Such compensation to be paid out of treasury of the city of Rich- 
 mond, upon the approval of the account by the civil justice and the 
 judge of the Hustings Court of said city, at the end of cadi calendar 
 month in which such services may be performed, and upon warrants 
 signed by the chairman of the committee on finance. Such amounts, 
 when paid, to be charged to the account of "courts and juries**; pro- 
 vided, however, that no payment shall be made for services performed 
 by the substitute civil justice, except upon his certificate in writing that 
 he lias disposed of all cases which were submitted to him for decision 
 more than thirty days prior to the date of such payment. (May 17, 
 1910.) 
 
 21. The justices of. the peace of tin- city .-'hall be entitled to r. ■ 
 the same fees and compensation for their services as are now allowed by- 
 law to the justices of the peace of the State, and shall also he .allowed a 
 fifty cent- against the complainant tor issuh g every warrant of ar- 
 rest or other process I'm- the commencement of pn ceedings for a violation 
 of city ordinances or any other criminal prosecution; which fees the said 
 justices shall he entitled to demand before issuing any such warrant or 
 process. (< 'ode 1899. )
 
 .US • Ri< !l mond (ITY 
 
 CHAPTEE 54. 
 
 CERNING FIXES AND PENALTIES. 
 
 1. Fines and penalties for the violation of any ordinance of the city, 
 
 or any order of the police justice given in pursuance of any ordinance, 
 
 shall I fable by prosecution before the police justice in the police 
 
 ; and wb 'red shall inure to the use of the city. (Code 
 
 ■ 
 
 tall be prosecuted for breaches of ordinances in the same 
 
 same effect as adults; and if the minor be not an 
 
 'ice, the fine may. in the discretion of the police jus- 
 
 d either on the minor or on his father or guardian; and 
 
 an indentured apprentice, upon the master or appren- 
 
 lation of any ordinance by a married woman, the prose- 
 
 rinst her husband, a ine imposed on him. (Code 
 
 '■) 
 
 all be rendered for any fine under an ordina 
 not immediately paid, the police justice shall 
 . to be levied on tl and chattels of the pi 
 
 tit is rendered, dl i any police officer 
 
 ■ ilice justice. The 
 
 such executii the property thereby 
 
 public auction, for cash, at one of thi s in the city, 
 
 place of sale, published in one 
 of tli apers printed in the city, to satisfy said execution, and all 
 
 tiding the levy and sale thereof. (Code 1899.) 
 1. Whenever any fine or penalty prescribed by the city ordinaric 
 
 I ait not paid, the police justice may, if no appeal be taken, and 
 
 lsewhere authorized, order the party to be im- 
 
 ; 1 for a period of not less than five nor more than 
 
 : r hereafter the police justice shall, under any 
 
 a fine, but shall not order the party to be imprisoned 
 
 in the city jail, he may, unless an appeal be taken forthwith, issue a writ 
 
 fine, directed to the sergeant of the city. Such 
 
 made retui the said police justice within sixty days 
 
 1800.)
 
 ( IHAPTER 55. II! I 
 
 CHAPTER 55. 
 
 CONCERNING THE HUSTINGS COURT. 
 
 1. Iii addition to the powers and authority vested in the Hustings 
 Court for the city of Richmond hy the laws of the State, the said court 
 shall have appellate jurisdiction, to hear and determine appeals from 
 the police justice, in all cases in which the constitutionality or validity 
 of any ordinance of the city shall be drawn in question, or where a fine 
 shall be imposed, or the application for a fine shall be refused for a 
 nuisance, or an order made or refused for abating it, if the alle 
 nuisance is caused by the pursuit of any trade or manufacture, or by the 
 occupation of the streets and alleys of the city under a colorable and 
 bona-fide claim of title: and such appeals shall be as well for the city as 
 for individuals or corporations, and shall be allowed in the same mode 
 and upon the same term- as other appeals from the judgment of the 
 police justice are allowed. (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. During the absence of the judge, or his inability from any cause 
 to hold a term of his court, or to sit in any particular case, or to dis- 
 charge any duty required by law, the said term may be held, or said 
 cause tried, or said duty performed, by any circuit judge, or by the judge 
 of the chancery court of the city of Richmond; provided, however, that 
 no extra compensation shall be allowed therefor. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The said Hustings Court shall be held by the judge in the City Hall 
 of the city of Richmond, unless otherwise ordered by resolution of the 
 city council; and there shall be a term of said court for each month in 
 the year, except the mi August and September, commencing on the 
 first Monday in I .dinning so long as the business before 
 the court may require. (Code 1899, and Acts 1908, 265.) 
 
 4. Hereafter no allowance will be approved by the council for services 
 rendered by the sergeant in attending on the Hustings Court. (Code 
 1899.) 
 
 5. That the city sergeant shall be entitled to receive out of the city 
 treasury for receiving each person into the city jail, committed thereto 
 for a violation of the ordinances of the city, or under a pro fine 
 issued for a failure to pay a fine imposed for a violation of such ordi- 
 nances, the sum of twenty-five cents: for keeping and supporting each 
 of such prisoners therein, where there are confined also in said jail not 
 more than ten prisoners co d thereto for offence- againsl the Com-
 
 420 RICH MOM) CITY CODE. 
 
 monwealth of Virginia, thirty cents; where there are confined also in 
 
 more than twenty-five prisoners committed thereto for 
 
 Commonwealth of Virginia, twenty-live cents; where 
 
 in said jail not more than fifty prisoners com- 
 
 - against the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
 
 dfmed also in said jail any 
 
 of fifty, committed thereto for offences 
 
 immonwealth of Virginia, eighteen cents. It shall he the 
 
 duty ' ant to make out a monthly statement, showing the 
 
 tie prisoner on account of which lie claims compensation, the 
 
 lal, the offence for which committed, and the term of 
 
 confinement, and the amount of compensation to which he is entitled 
 
 this ordinance, and present the same to the committee on finance, 
 
 verified by affidavit; and thereupon the raid committee shall examine the 
 
 same, and, if found correct, shall certify the same to the auditor of the 
 
 city for payment; but no payment shall be made out of the city treasury 
 
 until such account shall lie first approved and ordered to be paid by the 
 
 com mil |ee on finance. (March 30, 1900.)
 
 (II LPTEB 56. I VI 
 
 CHAPTER 56. 
 
 CONCERNING PAY OF JUROES AND OF REGISTRATION AND ELECTION 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 1. Hereafter the auditor of the city shall be authorized to pay to the 
 sheriff of this city the amounts due to jurors for services rendered in the 
 circuit and chancery courts, and to the sergeant of tins city the amounts 
 due to jurors for services rendered in the hustings courts, upon orders of 
 said courts, certified by their respective clerks. (Code L899.) 
 
 2. The said auditor shall not pay any amount for jury service, in any 
 of the aforenamed courts, to any person other than the officers named in 
 the foregoing seel ion. or their legally qualified deputies, and then only 
 upon such orders as are mentioned in said section. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The said auditor is hereby authorized to pay from the funds appro- 
 priated to courts and juries, the fee of one dollar allowed by law to each 
 person serving on a jury of inquest, whenever a proper certificate of the 
 coroner shall be preseni iuch person evidencing such service, and 
 showing that the estate of the deceased person is unable to pay the ex- 
 penses of such inquest. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. The officers engaged in conducting registrations hereafter 
 
 held in this city shall be entitled to receive for their services as follows: 
 One registrar at each precinct, one dollar for posting notices and five 
 dollars for service- as registrar; one clerk at each precinct, two dollars 
 and fifty cents. (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The officers engaged in conducting elections hereafter to be held 
 in this city shall be entitled to receive for their servie Hows: 
 Three judges at each precinct, five dollars each for each election: two 
 cleric- at each precinct, five dollars each for each election: one con 
 
 at each precinct, five dollars each for each election. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. The persons serving as commiss f elections hereafter to be 
 held in this city shall be entitled ; ve for their servi< lollars 
 each for each election ; and should they require the services of a messen- 
 ger he shall be entitled to receive for said service five dollars, on the 
 certificate of the commissioners that he has rendered said servi 
 
 1809.) 
 
 7. Registrars who have claims against the city shall file with the 
 auditor of the city a sworn statement of the nature and extent of their 
 services, and if the claim includes any charge for the registration of
 
 LOO RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 evious to the regular registration day, the statement shall set 
 
 Qe of each voter so d and the day of the month 
 
 tered; and payment shall be made for 
 
 d and dated. The committee on printing 
 
 al] ],<>; approve for payment, nor shall the auditor pay. any 
 
 not properly and fully made and sworn t 
 
 
 a 
 
 provid de 1899.) 
 
 -lary of the electoral board shall be one hun- 
 ier annum. (Cede 1899.) 
 
 9. I 1 all matters and claims relating to elections or expi 
 
 eto, and all moneys appropriated therefor, shall be under 
 the c! the committee on printing and claims. Said committee 
 
 shall also audit the pay rolls and bills of the Virginia Mechanics' In- 
 stitute, which are chargeable to the appropriation or appropriations 
 made to the credit of said institution by the city. (April 20, 1908.) 
 
 10. That it shall not be lawful for any city official, employee or mem- 
 ber of any municipal board in connection with the city government to 
 serve as judge, registrar or clerk at any election, regular or primary, or 
 as member of any standing committee of any political party. Any vio- 
 lation of this section shall be punished on conviction thereof, before the 
 police justice of the city of Richmond, by a fine of not less than ten dol- 
 lar nor more than fifty dollars and by the forfeiture of the office, and 
 such conviction shall operate as a discharge from employment or office 
 under government. (July 15, 1904. Richmond v. Lynch, 106 
 Va. 324.)
 
 CI3 IPTEB t23 
 
 CHAPTER 57. 
 
 CONCERNING THE CORONER OF THE CITY. 
 
 1. A room with the necessary furniture and fixtures shall he provided 
 under the direction of the committee on grounds and buildings, to be 
 under the control and iment of the coroner of the city, for the 
 use of the said coroner in taking inquests, and in the making of post- 
 mortem examinations, and discharging any other duties of his office. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 2. The coroner shall report semi-annually to the city council all eases 
 in which he shall be called upon to examine a dead body, and shall ex- 
 amine the same, stating the nature of the case and the apparent cause 
 of the death. (Code 1899.) 
 
 3. The salary of the coroner of the city of Richmond is hereby fixed 
 at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, payable 
 monthly, said salary to commence July 1, 1898. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. Where the coroner is called to see a dead body and there are no 
 friends of the deceased who will bury the same, he shall have the body 
 decently buried, and shall be allowed the reasonable expenses attending 
 said burial. But this section shall not apply to cases provided for by 
 section 3946 of chapter 19? of the Code 1887. (Code 1899.)
 
 42 | RI< HMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHAPTEE 58. 
 
 CONCERNING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 i Memo: See sections 84 to 92 inclusive of the charter of the cit\ of 
 concerning the organization, management and duties of the 
 board of police commission 
 
 1. The p e shall consist of the i 5 of the hoard of police 
 commissioners and one hundred and thirty-three (133) men. and the 
 
 board shall ele< I rom such officers as they shall deem necessary 
 
 for the proper discipline and management of the force, for such b 
 
 , ! i years, as they may determine, but no member of the 
 
 board of police commis all he eligible to election as an officer 
 
 of said force. Th shall, in all criminal cases, have the same 
 
 erform the same duties, and be subject to the same penalties 
 
 as are prescribed by law for constables. (August 1-3. 1010.) 
 
 2. Each officer of police shall reporl ief of police every 
 
 he may find in any drain, gutter or i 
 that he ha.- reason to r i- informed 
 
 is in any house, or upon any land in tl and -hall executi 
 
 the police justice or of t gard to any such 
 
 actions. Each shall, when in hi m re- 
 
 ired, with one. if they he requir< 
 
 r public all* : and if to a pipe, 
 
 at or other f! water works, or any fixture of the 
 
 of public intendents of 
 
 - Each of them shall - | , li, . y iola- 
 
 mce of th is in- 
 
 i od give such other 
 eribed by any ordinance, or be 
 in the , (Code 1£ 
 
 I p i enl Hie corn- 
 city, and to preserve t 1 I order and peace 
 om persona] violence, and their prop- 
 el injury; and shall generally have power to do what- 
 ends. Even- member of. the force shall 
 committed in the delect 
 and strive to enforce all ordinances prescribing 
 and all acts f assembly relating' to,
 
 CHAPTER 58. L25 
 
 in the city or the police thereof. Although an officer or policeman be 
 applied to when it is not his time for regular duty, he shall, upon appli- 
 cation, whether in the day or night, do all that the emergency requires. 
 No member of the police force shall absent himself from the city with- 
 out having obtained the written consent of the mayor. Nor shall any 
 member of the police force go out of the corporate limits to perform the 
 duties of police officer or detective, or to assist in performing any such 
 duty, unless a formal requisition has been made on the mayor, by the 
 mayor or other presiding officer of the city, town or county requiring bis 
 services, and then only to act in strict accordance with the written in- 
 structions given by the mayor of this city, prescribing also the length of 
 time he shall be absent. And any one acting in violation of this restric- 
 tion shall have his pay stopped from the day he leaves the city, and he 
 summarily dismissed from the service. (Code 1899.) 
 
 4. It shall be the duty of the chief of police, in person, at least twice 
 in each month, to explore all the streets and alleys of the city, and to give 
 information, and prosecute fur the violation of the laws of the State and 
 the ordinances of the city concerning any matter of police regulation, and 
 by all legal means to endeavor to enforce the same; and he shall attend 
 at police headquarters each morning at nine (!») o'clock to receive the re- 
 ports of the captains of police as to the condition of their districts during 
 the previous twenty-four (24) hours, and especially shall they report all 
 offences therein committed, either against the laws of the State or i e 
 ordinances of the city, and the names, if known, of the person,- commit- 
 ting the same, and whether said offenders were arrested, and the names 
 of all persons whom they may deem to he material witnesses against such 
 offenders. They shall also report to said chief of police all misconduct or 
 neglect of duty by any sergeant or policeman under their command. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 5. The mayor shall, fuom time to time, make report to the city coun- 
 cil of the state of the police, with such suggestions I'm- its improvement 
 as he may see fit, or as may be recommended by the hoard of police com- 
 missioners. (Code 1899.) 
 
 6. The city attorney shall, when required by the board of police com- 
 missioners, or the mayor, prepare forms in respect to any matter con- 
 nected with the police of the city; of which the said hoard or the mayor 
 may have blanks printed at the expense of the city for the use of the 
 police. (Code 1899.) 
 
 7. No officer appointed to any office under this ordinance shall re- 
 ceive from the city, for services in such or any other office, any other 
 compensation than is herein mentioned. And every policeman shall, upon 
 oath, account for and pay over daily to the officer under whose command
 
 RICHMOND CITY I 
 
 at the time, all costs that he may receive, and all sums he may be 
 entitled to as informer, with all money to which the city may be entitled; 
 and i all in like manner, with their daily reports to 
 
 the ch lice, account for and pay over to him all such moneys, and 
 
 all tin received by them to which the city is entitled. And the 
 
 chief of police shall, in the first four days of every month, in like man- 
 ner, account for and pay into the treasury of the city all such moneys. 
 And ; r of the police shall receive a gratuity from any person 
 
 jvhatever. Bui he may receive any reward which may be advertised for 
 if criminals, or which may be offered by the executive 
 of tin r by the municipal authorities of the city. (Code 1899. ) 
 
 s. The board of police commissioners shall (ix on the uniform, badges, 
 
 am! numbers for the captains of police, the sergeants, and policemen. 
 
 which shall always he worn by them vvhen'they appear in public whether 
 
 they a and the badges and numbers shall lie furnished 
 
 expense of the city. Every person applying at the station-houses 
 
 lie entitled to have the name of any person wearing the particular 
 
 number thai the applicant may name, i oliceman, uuless it shall 
 
 therwise ordered by the board, shall be armed ordinarily with a 
 
 baton not less than twenty-two inches long and one and three-quarters 
 
 inch thick, .at the expense of the city, and, in cases of emergency, with 
 
 ers ami other suitable weapons; and the chief of police shall procure 
 
 a suitable quantity of such weapons, with which he may arm the police, 
 
 furnishing them also with badges; and each person shall give his receipl 
 
 for such weapons and badges as he may receive, which shall remain the 
 
 propert} of the city. The board of commissioners -hall have authority, 
 
 v think proper, to provide a suitable number of muskets for each 
 
 station-house, herewith to arm the police in cases of great emergency. 
 
 ((•Aq 1899.) 
 
 9. If any person except a policeman shall publicly wear any such 
 uniform, badge, or number as may be worn by a policeman, lie shall 
 forfeil and^pay for such offence not less than one nor more than twenty 
 (< de 1899.) 
 1<>. 1 1 shall not he lawful for any officer or policeman to be employed 
 fco ;" ten, 1 at any theatre or other place of public amusement or entertain- 
 le 1899.) 
 11. 1{ any member of the police shall be found to frequent any of 
 or bar-rooms where spirituous or fermented liquors 
 d, except in his official capacity, and if it shall be ascertained 
 re in the habit of using intoxicating liquors to ei 
 cient cause for the immediate dismissal" of such offending 
 member. (Code 1899.)
 
 CHAPTEB 58. t27 
 
 12. If any person resist any officer of police or policeman in the dis- 
 charge of his duty, lie shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more 
 feh.an twenty dollars, and in default of the payment of said line he shall 
 lie confined in jail not less than thirty nor more than sixty days. And 
 if any person shall fail or refuse to aid or assist any officer of pol 
 policeman when in the discharge of his duty, when called upon so to do 
 by such officer or policeman, or by word or act interfere with or obstruct 
 any police officer while in the discharge of his duty, be shall be lined not 
 less than five nor more than twenty dollars: and in default of the pay- 
 ment of the said fine he shall be confined in jail not less than twenty 
 nor more than sixty days. (Code 1899.) 
 
 13. There shall be an annual appropriation of five hundred dollars, 
 to be designated the secret-service fund. The mayor may from time to 
 time draw on the said fund for such sums as he may think necessary 
 in detecting and arresting offenders; and shall keep a book specifying 
 the sums drawn, and for what special purposes used; which book, on 
 request, he shall exhibit to the chairman of the committee on finance. 
 (Code 1899.) 
 
 11. The compensation to be paid members of the police force for 
 services rendered shall be as follows: 
 
 Chief of pol^e : two thousand dollars per annum. 
 
 Clerk police department: twelve hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Captains: thirteen hundred dollars per annum each. 
 
 Sergeants: eleven hundred dollars per annum each. 
 
 Privates: one thousand and three dollars and seventy-five cents per 
 annum each, and shall be payable monthly, and any policeman prevented 
 by sickness from doing service shall receive the same pay upon his produc- 
 ing the certificate of the surgeon of police that he was sick. All bills of 
 expense on account of the police department shall be audited by at least 
 two of the police commissioners. (May 7, 1907.) 
 
 15. That the police commissioners of the city of Richmond be, and 
 they are hereby, authorized and empowered to appoint one police officer 
 in addition to the number now required by ordinance, which police 
 officer shall have all the powers of other police officers and subject to all 
 the ordinances in relation to them not in conflict with this ordinance, 
 except that such officer shall be assigned to special duty at the Bijou 
 Theatre, and his special- duties shall be defined by rules and regulations 
 to be adopted by the said police commissioners; provided, however, that 
 no appointment shall be made under this ordinance until the Bijou 
 Company shall enter into a contract with the city of Richmond to pay 
 monthly into the treasury of the city a sum equal to the pay and expense 
 of the said police officer; ami, provided, further, whenever the Bijou 
 Company shall fail to provide for the pay and expenses of the said officer
 
 428 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 as hereby required, the police commis shall have power to remove, 
 
 an d shall remove from office, any police officer appointed under this 
 ordinance. (Maj 28, L903.) 
 
 16. Thai the compensation of the probation officer of the police depart- 
 be, and is hereby, fixed at eleven hundred dollars per annum, pay- 
 able monthly. ( November L8, L909.) 
 
 i;. 'That the board of police commissioners be, and they are hereby, 
 
 authorized and directed, upon the recommendation of the superin- 
 
 q1 of the fire alarm and police telegraph, to appoint a lineman 
 
 for the police patrol and telegraph system, whose compensation shall be 
 
 niy-livc dollars per month, payable as the salarii 
 
 ! ]'n-er- are paid. The said lineman shad be subject to the control 
 
 and unilcr the direction of the said superintendent of fire alarm and 
 
 such work and perform such services as he 
 may direct. (Augusl 28, 1908.)
 
 CHAPTER 59. 129 
 
 CHAPTER 59. 
 
 CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT, COMPENSATION AND DUTIES OF THE 
 BUILDING INSPECTOR AND THE EMPLOYEES IN Ills OFFICE. 
 
 1. There shall be elected by the city council a properly qualified 
 building inspector, who shall hold his office for a term of two years 
 unless sooner removed. His present term shall continue until the first 
 day of July, 1910. He shall execute bond in the mode prescribed by 
 ordinance in the penalty of five thousand dollars with approved security, 
 conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. 
 The salary of such building inspector shall be twenty-five hundred dollars 
 per annum, and he shall be authorized to appoint three deputy building 
 inspectors whose salary shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum 
 each, and a clerk in his office whose salary shall be one thousand dollars 
 per annum, said salaries to be paid monthly as the salaries of other 
 city officers are paid. (August 20, 1910.) 
 
 2. Suitable offices shall be assigned by the committee on grounds and 
 buildings for the use of the said inspector and his employees, and the 
 said building inspector, deputy inspector and clerk shall devote their 
 entire time to the duties of their respective offices. The building in- 
 spector shall enforce all laws and ordinances new existing or hereafter 
 enacted in regard to the erection or safety of walls and buildings, and 
 bhall have such authority and perform such duties in this connection as 
 are now given to and imposed upon the city engineer or other officer, 
 or are herein or may hereafter be imposed upon said inspector, lie 
 shall report in writing to the chief of the lire department, city electrician, 
 the chief of police and the city engineer and all other proper heads of 
 departments, all matters concerning their respective departments, which, 
 by virtue of his office, may come under his observation, and shall, to the 
 utmost of his ability and influence, insist upon the enforcement of the 
 building and electric wiring ordinances, and all rules and regulations in 
 relation thereto, and when necessary, in his discretion; he may refuse to 
 grant, or may revoke building permits for a violation of such ordinances. 
 (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the building inspector, when directed by the 
 city council, or when requested by any committee thereof or any board 
 created by the charter of the city of Richmond, to supervise the con- 
 struction, repair or alteration for the city of Richmond of any municipal
 
 £30 KI< HMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Lmlding in course of erection, repair or alteration, and from time to 
 time report to the council or to the committee or board making the 
 request, as the case may be, whether the contractor, sub-contractor or 
 person concerned in the election, construction, repair or alteration 
 of sui tig is making satisfactory progress towards the completion 
 
 same, and is, in such work, conforming to the plans and specifica- 
 tions as to the manner and materials of construction provided in the 
 contract; and on like direction or request he shall inspect said build- 
 den the work of construction is completed and make a like report 
 as tn whether the same has been constructed and completed in accordance 
 with contract (August 17, 1908.) 
 
 I. The deputy building inspector, under the direction of the build- 
 ing inspector, shall aid and assist him in the performance of his duties 
 in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by him for that 
 purpose, and in the absence of the said inspector or when from any cause 
 he i- unable to act, the deputy building inspector may perform any of 
 : ties imposed upon the building inspector by the ordinances of the 
 (August 17, 1908.) 
 5. In order to facilitate the administration of the affairs of his depart- 
 ment and to allow of prompt inspection of work for which applications 
 may be filed in his office, the building inspector of the city of Richmond 
 shall have the use of a horse and buggy to be purchased and owned by the 
 city. The said horse and buggy shall be kept and maintained at the 
 use of the city, and for this purpose the sum of two hundred and 
 forty dollars shall he provided annually. (July 17, 1908.)
 
 CHAPTER 60. 131 
 
 CHAPTER 60. 
 
 CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, ALTERATION AND REPAIR 
 OF BUILDINGS AND THEIR REMOVAL OF DEMOLITION WHEN- 
 UNSAFE, AND CREATING AND DEFINING THE DUTIES 
 OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
 
 BUILDING CODE. 
 
 1. That the regulations emhraced in the following sections of this 
 ordinance shall constitute and be designated and cited as "The Build- 
 ing Code." 
 
 NEW BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS TO BE ALTERED. 
 
 2. No wall, structure, building or part thereof, shall hereafter be built, 
 constructed or altered, built upon, raised or moved in the city of Rich- 
 mond, except in conformity with the provisions of this Code. 
 
 WHAT CONSTITUTES A BUILDING. 
 
 Any structure having a roof, whether with or without one or more 
 enclosing walls, shall be considered to come within the operations of this 
 law regardless of the character of constructions or material. 
 
 FILING PLANS AND STATEMENTS. 
 
 3-a. Before the erection, construction or alteration of any building 
 or part of any building, structure, or part of any structure, or wall, or 
 any platform, staging or flooring to he used fur standing or seating 
 purposes, or the erection of any such sign as is hereinafter provided for. 
 and before the construction or alteration of the structure is com- 
 menced, except as hereinafter provided, the owner or his authorized 
 representative, shall submit to the building inspector, a detailed state- 
 ment on "Application Blanks." to lie furnished by the building in-
 
 RK HMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 spector, accompanied by two blue or black print plans and two sets of 
 specifications, one of which, if approved, to be filed by the building in- 
 other, after being marked "Approved" to be returned to 
 the owner; said drawings and specifications shall clearly set forth the 
 method of construction proposed. 
 
 And the erection, construction, or alteration of said buildings; struc- 
 ture, wall, platform, staging or aooring, or any part thereof, shall not be 
 commenced or proceeded with, until said application, statements, plans 
 and specifications, shall have been so filed and approved by the building 
 inspector. 
 
 A.nd the erection, construction or alteration of such building, structure, 
 platform, staging or flooring when proceeded with shall be constructed 
 in accordance with such detailed statement of specifications and copy of 
 plan,- as approved by the building inspector. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the building in- 
 spector from granting his approval tor the erection of any part of a build- 
 ing, or any part of a structure, where plans and detailed statement have 
 been presented dor the same before the entire plans and detailed state- 
 ments of said building or structure have been submitted. 
 
 TIME LIMIT FOB PERMITS. 
 
 b. Any permit which may be issued by the building inspector pursuant 
 to the provisions of this section, but under which no work is commenced 
 within ninety (90) days from the time of issuance, shall expire by 
 limitation. 
 
 ORDINARY. REPAIRS. 
 
 c Ordinary repairs of buildings or structures, may be made withoul 
 
 notice to the building inspector, but such repairs shall not be construed 
 
 ' !) include the cut tin-- away of any stone or brick wall, or any portion 
 
 tie removal or cutting of an} beams or supports, or the removal, 
 
 change or closing of any staircase. 
 
 APPROVAL OB REJECTION OF PLANS. 
 
 d- J' shall be the duty id' the building inspector to approve or reject 
 any plan filed with him pursuant to the provision of this section within 
 I'm ( L0) days. 
 
 DEMOLISH IM BU] 1. 1)1 NTGS. 
 
 '■ Wllrn Plans and detailed statement, are filed in the office of the 
 , " lillli "- inspector lor the erection of a new building, it an existing build-
 
 (II LPTEB 60. 433 
 
 trig or part of an existing building is to be demolished, such facts shall 
 be stated in the statement so filed. 
 
 MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT FOE BUILDINGS AND WALLS. 
 
 .5. The height of buildings shall be measured from the curb level at 
 the center of the front of the buildings to the top of the highesl poinl 
 of the roof beams in the ease of Hat roofs; and for high pitched roofs 
 
 the average of the height of the gable -hall lie taken as the highest point 
 of the building. 
 
 In the ease of flat roofs the measurement for height shall not preclude 
 placing the roof beams level at the ceiling' line and blocking up above 
 the beams to get a proper pitch for water on the roofing. 
 
 In ease a wall is parried on iron or steel girders or iron or steel girders 
 or columns, or piers of masonry, the measurement as to height for the 
 wall, may be taken from the top of such girder. 
 
 When the walls of a structure do not adjoin the streets, then the 
 average level of the ground adjoining the walls may be taken instead of 
 the street curb level for the height of such structure. 
 
 MEASUREMENT FOB WIDTH AND DEPTH OF BUILDINGS. 
 
 6. For the purposes of this Code the greatest horizontal dimensions of- 
 any building shall lie considered its length. 
 
 And the next greatest horizontal dimensions its width. 
 
 PRIVATE DWELLING — DEFINITION OF. 
 
 7. A private dwelling shall he taken to mean and include every building 
 which shall be intended or designed for, or used as. the home or residence 
 of not more than three separate and distinct families or households, and 
 in which not more than ten (10) rooms shall be used for the accommoda- 
 tion of boarders, and no part of which structure is used as a store or for 
 any hu>iness purpose. 
 
 Two or more such dwellings may he connected on each story when 
 used for hoarding purposes, provided the halls and stairs of each shall 
 he left unaltered. 
 
 APARTMENT AND TENEMENT Itot'sKS — DEFINITION OF. 
 
 8. An apartment or tenement house shall he taken to mean and in- 
 clude every building which shall he intended or designed for or used 
 as the home or residence of more than three families.
 
 434 RICH MOXJ) CITY CODE. 
 
 This definition shall nol apply to any two-story house even if occupied 
 by three or more families. 
 
 LODGING HOUSE — DEFINITION OF. 
 
 9. A loding house shall be taken to mean and include any house or 
 building or portion thereof in which persons are harbored or lodged 
 for hire for a single night or less than a week at any one time, or any 
 part of which is let for any person bo sleep in. for any term less than 
 a week. 
 
 HOTEL — DEFINITION OF. 
 
 10. A hotel shall be taken to mean and include every building, or part 
 
 ded designed, or used for supplying food and shelter to 
 and having a general public dining-room or a cafe, 
 or both, ami containing also more than fifteen (15) sleeping rooms above 
 the fii 
 
 An apartment hotel shall be taken to mean and include every hotel in 
 which the apartments are rented or are intended or designed to be rented 
 in suites, and for terms not less than one (1) month and in which 
 there are no kitchens, dining-rooms, or serving-rooms within the apart- 
 ments, lint where a common dining-room is provided for the use of the 
 
 •ten::: 
 
 OFFICE BUILDING -DEFINITION OF. 
 
 11. An office building shall be taken to mean and include every build- 
 ing which shall lie divided into rooms above the first story am] be in- 
 tended and used for office purposes, and no part of which shall be used 
 for living purposes, excepting only for the janitor and his family. 
 
 FRAME BUILDINGS — DEFINITION OF. 
 
 1 '-- \ frame building shall be taken to mean a building or structure 
 of which the exterior wall- or a portion thereof shall l)e constructed of 
 wood. 
 
 Building e d with boards, and partially or entirely covered with 
 
 four inches of brie! i h I be deemed to he frame buildings. 
 
 Wood frames covered with metal, whether the frames are sheathed or 
 with boards, shall lie deemed to be frame structures. 
 
 BRICK WO Si Ml. 
 
 ,:; - Thr brick used i n all buildings shall be good sound brick at 
 lirds (2-3) hard.
 
 CHAPTER 60. L35 
 
 When old brick are used in any wall they shall be thoroughly cleaned 
 before being used, and shall be good, sound brick, and all shall have at 
 least one square end and be at least one-fourth (14) whole brick. 
 
 The sand used for mortar in all buildings shall be clean, sharp grit 
 sand, free from loam or dirt. 
 
 LIME MORTAR. 
 
 14. Slaked lime mortar shall be made of one part of lime paste and 
 not more than three parts of sand. 
 
 All lime used for mortar shall be thoroughly burnt, of good quality 
 and properly slaked before it is mixed with the sand. 
 
 CEMENT MORTAR. 
 
 15-a. Cement mortar shall be made of cement and sand in the propor- 
 tion of one part of cement, and not more than three parts of sand and 
 shall he used immediately after being mixed. 
 
 The cement and sand are to be measured and thoroughly mixed before 
 adding water. 
 
 Cement must be very finely ground and free from lumps. 
 
 CEMENT AND LIME MORTAR. 
 
 b. Lime and cement mortar shall contain at least one (1) part Port- 
 land cement, four (4) parts lime and ten (10) parts sand, or one (1) 
 part Rosendale cement, two (2) parts lime and eight (8) parts sand. 
 
 CEMENTS. 
 
 16. Portland cements can be used which will meet the following 
 specifications : 
 
 The minimum requirement for tensile strength of the neat cement 
 after twenty-four hours set in moist air, shall be not less than 200 
 pounds per square inch: after one day in air and six days in water not 
 less than 500 pounds per square inch. 
 
 Cements other than Portland cements shall be considered to mean 
 such cements as will, when tested neat, after two days set in air be 
 capable of sustaining without rupture a tensile strain of at least sixty 
 pounds per square inch, and after one day in air and six days in water 
 be capable of sustaining, without rupture, a tensile -train of at least 
 120 pounds per square inch.
 
 _j;; ( ; RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 N r o cements which have become deteriorated by age or damaged by' 
 water or dampness shall under any circumstances be used. Whenever 
 
 opini I' the building inspector ce nts are being used which 
 
 i conform I" these requirements he may order the manufacturer 
 or the manufacturer's agent to have the same tested or to furnish such 
 as will prove the value of any cement that may be under investiga- 
 tion. 
 
 CONCRETE. 
 
 i;. Concrete for foundations shall be made of at least one part of 
 Portland cement, three parts of .-and and six parts of clean broken stone 
 o as to pass in any way through a two and one-half (V 1 -) 
 ring. 
 
 In lieu <>r crushed stone, good, clean gravel, dree from loam or clay, 
 may be used in the following proportions — viz.: 
 
 One part Portland cement and rive |>aits of sand grave] not exceeding 
 a >\y.r which will pass through a three (:;) inch ring. 
 
 'I'lic cement, -and. stone or grav< I .-hall he measured and mixed as 
 is prescribed for mortar. 
 
 All concrete shall he properly rammed into place until a cream 
 ii- upon and covers the entire surface after which, it must he allowed 
 to sel without being further disturbed. 
 
 QUALITY OF TIMBER. 
 
 is. All timber and wood beams used in any building shall he of good 
 sound material, free from rot, large or loose knots, shakes, or any im- 
 perfection whereby the strength may Ik- impaired and I I' such size and 
 
 dimensions as the purpose for which the building is intended requires. 
 
 TESTS OF NEW MATER] LLS. 
 
 19. New structural material of whatever nature shall he subjected to 
 such tests to determine its character and quality, as the building in- 
 spector shall direct. 
 
 'I he tests -hall be made under the supervision of the building inspector, 
 or he may direct the architect or owner to file with him a certified copy 
 of the results of the tests, such as he may direct shall he made. 
 
 STRUCTTJR \L MATERIAL. 
 
 I. Wrought Iron.—M] wrought iron shall he uniform in character, 
 fibrous, tough and ductile. It shall have an ultimate tensile resistance
 
 CHAPTER 60. 437 
 
 of not less than is. mm pounds per square inch, and an elastic limit of 
 not less than 24,000 pounds per square inch, and an elongation of 20 
 per cent, in eight inches, when tested in small specimens. 
 
 Steel. — All structural steel shall have an ultimate tensile strength of 
 from 54,000 to 64,000 pounds per square inch. Its elastic limit shall 
 be not less than 32,000 pounds per square inch ami tesi specimens 
 ruptured in tension, must show a minimum elongation of not less than 
 20 per cent, in eight inches. Rivet steel shall have an ultimate strength 
 of from 50,000 to 58,000 pounds per square inch. 
 
 Cast Steel. — Shall be made of open hearth ontaining one- 
 
 quarter to one-half per cent, of carbon, not over eighl one-hundredths of 
 one per cent, of phosphorus and shall he practically free from blow 
 holes. 
 
 Cast Iron. — Shall he of good foundry mixtures producing a clean, 
 . gray iron. Sample bar, five feel long, one-inch square, cast in 
 sand molds, placed on supports four feel six inches apart, shall hoar a 
 central load of tod pounds before breaking. Castings shall he free 
 from serious blow holes, cinder .-pot-, and cold shuts. Ultimate tensile 
 strength shall he not less than 16,000 pounds per square inch when tested 
 in small specimens. 
 
 EXCAVATIONS. 
 
 21-a. All excavations for buildings shall he properly guarded and 
 protected so as to prevent the same from becoming dangerous to life or 
 limb. 
 
 'ID PREVENT CAVING TX. 
 
 And shall be sheath-piled by the person or persons causing the excava- 
 tions to he made when necessary to prevent the adjoining earth from 
 caving in. 
 
 CARE FOR ADJOINING Oil CONTIGUOUS WALLS, STRUCTURES, ETC. 
 
 Whenever an excavation of cither earth or rock for building or other 
 purposes, shall be intended to he or shall be carried to the depth of more 
 than ten feet below the curb, the person or persons causing such excava- 
 tion to be made shall at all time-, from the commencement to the com- 
 pletion thereof, if afforded the necessary license to enter upon tin ad- 
 joining land and not otherwise, at his or their own expense, preserve any 
 adjoining or contiguous wall or wall-, structure or structures from in- 
 jury, and support the same by proper foundations, so that the said wall 
 or walls, structure or structures, shall he and remain practically as 
 a< before such excavation was commenced, whether the said adjoining
 
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 or contiguous wall or walls, structure or structures, are down more or 
 
 low the curb. 
 
 [f the necessary license is not accorded to the person or persons 
 
 „,.,; j en ii shall be the duty of the owner or owners 
 
 , i h license to make the adjoining or contiguous wall 
 
 . structure or structures, safe, and support the same by proper 
 
 adjoining excavations may be made, and shall be 
 
 enter upon the premises for that purpose, when necessary, 
 
 when - ! - being made. 
 
 ill not be i »r shall not be carried 
 
 pth of mo : below the curb, the owner or owners 
 
 such adjoining or contiguous wall or walls, structure or structures, 
 ae from injury, and so support the same by proper 
 foundations that it or they shall he and remain practically as safe as 
 ore such excavations were commenced, and shall be permitted to enter 
 ,i the premises for that purpose, when necessary, where such excava- 
 tion is being made. 
 
 PARTY WALLS. 
 
 b. Nothing in this Code shall be construed to change, alter or modify 
 the law of this State in regard to adjoining or party walls, but every 
 
 making application for a permit to build, alter or change a build- 
 ing, where it will be, or probably will be necessary or proper to make 
 ivations, changes or constructions which may affect the safety, 
 ogth or utility of party walls, shall in his plans and specifications for 
 the work proposed to be done, fully set forth and provide a mode and 
 manner of securing, maintaining or altering the party wall which will 
 be so affected. 
 
 RETAINING WALLS. 
 
 c. When an excavation is made on any lot, the person or persons 
 
 such excavations to be made shall build on the adjoining lot 
 
 lis or their own cost and expense, a retaining wall to support the 
 
 adjoining earth, if accorded the necessary license to enter upon the said 
 
 adjoining lo1 ■ < otherwise, and such retaining wall shall be carried 
 
 1 he height of the adjoining earth, and be properly protected by coping. 
 
 [f the necessary license is not accorded to the person or persons making 
 
 avation, then it shall be the duty of the owner or owners refusing 
 
 snse to build the retaining wall on his or their own 
 
 property at his or their own expense without recourse to the person or 
 
 persons making the excavation on the premises adjoining thereto. 
 
 38 of :i retaining wall at its base shall be in no case less 
 than one-fourth of its height.
 
 CHAPTER 60. 439 
 
 BEARING CAPAC I IV OF SOIL. 
 
 22. Where no test of the sustaining power of the soil is made, different 
 Boils, excluding mud at the bottom of the footings, shall he deemed to 
 safely sustain the following loads to the superficial foot, namely: 
 
 Soft clay, one ton per square foot; 
 
 Ordinary clay and sand together, in layers, wet and springy, two tons 
 per square foot; 
 
 Clay or fine sand, firm and dry, three tons per square h 
 
 Wry firm, coarse sand, -lift gravel or hard clay, four tons per square 
 foot; 
 
 Or as otherwise determined by the building inspei 
 
 BUILDING INSPECTOR TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE TIME FIXED FOR SOIL TESTS. 
 
 Where a test is made of the sustaining power of the soil the building 
 inspector shall be notified so that he may be present, either in person or 
 by representative. The record of the test shall he filed in' the office of 
 the building inspector. 
 
 PRESSURE UNDER FOOTINGS OF FOUNDATIONS. 
 
 23. The Loads exciting pressure under the footings of the foundation 
 in buildings more than three stories in height are to be computed as 
 follows : 
 
 For warehouses and factories they are to be the full dead load and 
 full live load. 
 
 In stores and buildings for light manufacturing purposes they are to 
 be the full dead load and seventy-five per cent, of the live load. 
 
 In churches, school-houses and places of public amusement or assembly 
 they are to be the full dead load and seventy-five per cent, of the live 
 load. 
 
 In office buildings, hotels, apartment hotels, dwellings, apartment 
 houses, tenement houses, lodging houses and stables they are to be the 
 full dead load and sixty per cent, of the live load. 
 
 Footings shall be so designed that the loads will be as nearly uniform 
 as possible, and not in excess of the safe bearing capacity of the soil, as 
 established by section 22 of this Code. 
 
 FOUNDATIONS. 
 
 24-a. Every building, except buildings erected upon solid rock or 
 buildings erected upon wharves and piers on the water front, shall have
 
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 lations of brick, stone, iron, steel or concrete laid not less than eight- 
 hs) i nc ] ies below earth, on the solid ground or 
 
 level surface of rock, or upon piles or tanging timbers when solid earth 
 
 or rock is not found. 
 
 PILES. 
 
 /,. piles of wood intended to sustain a wall, pier or post, shall he 
 
 spaced ool han forty-eight inches, nor less than twenty-four indies 
 
 on centers, and they shall be driven to a solid bearing, if practicable to 
 
 cl the numbers of such piles shall be sufficient to support the 
 
 -id. 
 
 No wood piles shall be used of less dimensions than live inches at the 
 small end and ten inches at the butt for short piles, or pile- twenty 
 ii. and twelve inches at the butt for long piles, or piles 
 more than twenty feci in length. 
 
 Xn wood pile shall be weighted with a load exceeding forty thousand 
 
 uls. 
 When a wood pile is driven to refusal, ii shall in t be less than fifteen 
 (15) feel in ground; its safe - power in tons shall be deter- 
 
 mined b; Qg formula : 
 
 Twice tl hammer in tons multiplied by the heigh! of 
 
 the fall in feet divided by Ieasl penetration of pile under the last blow 
 in inches plus one. 
 
 building ins] iall be notified of the time when such test 
 
 ood will be driven, thai ent, cither in person or 
 
 by representative. 
 The tops of all piles shall be cut off below the lowest water line. 
 When required, com rete shall be rammed down in the interspaces 
 - of the piles to a depth and thickness of not less than 
 twelve inches, and for in width outside of the piles. 
 
 CONCRETE PILES. 
 
 r - Piles of concrete or reinforced concrete piles may be made of con- 
 either reinforced or plain. 
 Plain concrete piles musl be molded in place by methods which are 
 certain perfect, full sized piles; reinforced co] 
 
 ir properly desigi J„ 1( -.p f driving, and if driven 
 
 with a cushion to lessen the r if put down by a water jet, may he 
 
 : ten driven or jetted into place 
 
 or otherwise, their 
 1 shall be determined by putting in one or more tesl piled 
 after th sufficiently hard. 

 
 (II LPTEK 60. 441 
 
 The full working load in the structure shall not he more than one-half 
 of the load under which the pile begins to settle. 
 
 In no case, however, shall a load on the concrete pile exceed twenty- 
 five tons per square foot of cross-section of concrete, plus 6,000 pounds 
 per square inch of any longitudinal steel reinforcement. Concrete piles 
 shall always be made of mixture not leaner than one part cement, two 
 parts sand and five parts gravel or broken stone. 
 
 The gravel or stone must all be capable of passing a one ( 1 ) inch ring 
 and the concrete must be mixed by machinery, a batch at a time, and 
 the concrete must be turned over completely at least twenty-five times. 
 One complete revolution of the machine, if not too rapid, will count as 
 one turning of the concrete. 
 
 RANGING AND ( APPING TIMBEES. 
 
 (/'. Where ranging and capping timbers are laid on piles for founda- 
 tions, they shall be of wood, not less than six inches thick and properly 
 joined together and their tops laid below the lowest water line; if above 
 water line, heart pine or oak to be used lor capping. 
 
 METAL IN FOUNDATIONS. 
 
 e. Where metal is incorporated in or forms part of a foundation it 
 shall be thoroughly protected from rust by paint or asphaltum, and be 
 thoroughly imbedded in concrete, or by such materials and in such 
 manner as may be approved by the building inspector. 
 
 FOOTINGS FOR COLUMNS. 
 
 /. When footings of iron or steel for columns are placed below the 
 water level, they shall be similarly coated and 1 in concrete for 
 
 preservation against rust. 
 
 FOUNDATION WALLS. 
 
 25-a. Foundation walls shall he construed to include all walls and 
 piers built below the curb level, or nearest tier of beams to the curb, or 
 to the average level of the ground adjoining the walls, to serve as supports 
 for walls, piers, columns, girders, posts or beams. 
 
 Foundation walls shall be built of stone or Portland cement concrete. 
 brick, iron or steel. 
 
 If built of rubble stone or Portland cement concrete, they shall be at 
 least four inches thicker than the wall next above them to a depth of
 
 442 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 twelve feel below the curb level and for every additional ten feet, or part 
 . the] shall be increased four inches in thickn< 
 
 E COURSE. 
 
 h. The r concrete, or both, or 
 
 i pped-up brick work, of sufficient thickness and area to 
 i to be imposed thereon. 
 [f \ : course be of concrete, the concrete shall be not 
 
 Ive inches thick. 
 It the super;: Load is such as to cause undue transverse strain 
 
 on a I such footing is to be increased so as to carry 
 
 the load with saf< 
 
 For .-mall structures, and for small pi* lining light loads the 
 
 building inspector may, in bis discretion, allow a reduction in the thick- 
 ion for footing or base course herein specified. 
 
 STEPPED- n- FOOTINGS. 
 
 If stepped-up footings of brick arc used in place of stone, above the 
 concrete, the • laid in single course, shall not exceed two and 
 
 one-quarter ("-"i) inches, and if laid in double courses, then each 
 not exceed four and one-half (4 1 ,-) inches, offsetting the first course of 
 brick work, back one-half the thickness of the concrete base, so as to 
 properly distribute the load to be imposed thereon. 
 
 GRILLAGE IN FOUNDATIONS. 
 
 i 
 
 Grillage beams of wrought iron or steel resting on a proper concrete 
 bed may be used. Such beams shall be provided with separators and 
 
 inclosed and filled solid between with concrete, and of such sizes 
 and so arranged as to transmit with safety the superimposed loads. 
 
 RUBBLE STONE WALLS AND PIERS. 
 
 d. All stone walls twenty-four inches or less in thickness shall have at 
 
 least one header extending through the wall in every three feet in height 
 
 from in of the wall, and in every three feet in length, and if over 
 
 ity-four inches in thickness, shall have one header for every six 
 
 superficial feet on both sides of the wall, laid on top of each other to 
 
 t, and running into the wall at least two feet. 
 
 Al! 3n aU be at least twelve inches in width and eight inches 
 
 in thickness and consist of good flat stones.
 
 CHAPTER 60. I l:i 
 
 No stone shall be used that does not bond or extend into the wall at 
 least six inches. 
 
 Stones shall be firmly bedded in cemenl mortar and all spaces and 
 joints thoroughly filled. 
 
 All footings or base courses shall project at leasl six inches on all sides 
 beyond the bottom of wall or pier. 
 
 WALLS OF BUILDINGS OTHER THAN FRAME OR WOOD. 
 
 26. The walls of all buildings, other than frame or wood buildings, 
 shall be constructed of stone, brick, Portland cement concrete, iron or 
 steel or if approved by the building inspector other hard incombustible 
 material, the several component pa its of such buildings shall be as herein 
 provided. 
 
 All buildings shall be enclosed on all sides with independent or party 
 walls, except rear of the main top story above wing of dwelling houses, 
 which may be of frame covered with slate or metal. 
 
 WALLS AND PIERS. 
 
 27-a. In all walls of the thickness specified in this Code, the same 
 amount of materials may be used in piers or buttresses. 
 
 BEARING WALLS DEFINED. 
 
 b. Bearing walls shall be taken to mean those walls on which the beams, 
 girders or trusses rest. 
 
 BRICK AND MASONRY WORK. 
 
 c. The walls and piers of all buildings shall be properly and solidly 
 bonded together and well filled with mortar. They shall be built to a 
 line and be carried up plumb and straight. 
 
 The walls of each story shall be built up the full thickness to the top 
 of the beams above, except in ordinary dwellings. 
 
 All walls stopping off at a story shall be carried to the top of floor 
 beams. 
 
 All brick walls shall be carried at least nine inches thick up to top 
 rafters, except rear cornices of private dwellings, in which case the walls 
 may be stopped at the underside of ceiling joist. 
 
 Walls or piers, or parts of walls and piers, damaged by freezing shall 
 not be built upon, but shall be removed and rebuilt.
 
 444 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 BliICK PIERS. 
 
 d. All piers shall be built of g hard, well- burnt brick laid 
 
 in C( tortar, excepting that piers fronting on a street may be built 
 
 of stone. 
 
 Cap st< ues corresponding to the trimmings of the front, proportioned 
 to the weight to be carried, but Qot less than five (5) inches in thickness 
 by the full size of the pier, may be used above the sidewalk for piers 
 fronting on a street. For the capping of all other piers east-iron plates 
 of equal s1 rength by the full size of the pier shall be set under all columns 
 or girders. 
 
 [solated brick piers shall not exceed in height ten times their least 
 dimensions. 
 
 In cases of ordinary dwelling iimi mortar may be used and this 
 section shall not apply to porch pillars' or piers bearing small load in 
 dwellings. 
 
 STONE POSTS UNDER INTERIOR COLUMNS. 
 
 e. Stone posts for the support of posts or columns above shall not be 
 used in the interior of any building. 
 
 PIERS VXD WALLS OF COURSED STONE. 
 
 /. Where walls or put con , with dressed 
 
 level beds and v< ints, the building inspi ill have the right 
 
 to allow such walls or piers to be built of loss thickness than specified for 
 brick work, bu1 in no case shall said walls or piers be less than three- 
 quarters of the thickness provided for brick work. 
 
 HEADING COURSES IN BRICK WALLS. 
 
 g. In all brick walls i shall be a heading course, 
 
 except where walls are faced with brick in running bond, in which latter 
 ease, ev shall be bonded into the backing by mi ling the 
 
 course of the face brick and putting in diagonal headers behind the same 
 or by splitting the face brick in halt' and backing the same with a con- 
 tinuous row of headers. 
 
 Where face brick is used of a different thickness from the brick used 
 for the hacking, the course of the exterior and interior brick work shall 
 be brought to a Level bed at intervals of not more than ten courses in 
 height of th ick and the face brick shall be properly tied to the 
 
 backing by a heading course of the face brick or an approved metal tie.
 
 CHAPTER til). 1 If) 
 
 All bearing walls faced with brick Laid in running bond shall be four 
 inches thicker than the walls are required to be under any sect inn of this 
 Code. 
 
 If brick walls are laid in flemish bond, all headers must be full headers, 
 if possible. Where this is not possible, the headers of every seventh 
 course must be full headers, 
 
 ASHLAR. 
 
 h. Stone u?c(\ for the facing of any building, and known .-is ashlar, 
 shall be not less than four inches thick. 
 
 Stone ashlar shall be anchored to the backing and the backing shall 
 be of such thickness as to make the thickness with the requirements of 
 sections 30 and 31 of this Code. 
 
 Unless each alternate course of the ashlar be at least eight inches thick 
 and bonded into the hocking, and then it may be counted as part of the 
 thickness of the wall. 
 
 Iron ashlar plate used in imitation of stone ashlar on the face of. a 
 wall shall be hacked up with the same thickness as required for a brick 
 wall without ashlar. 
 
 MORTAR FOR WALLS AND \sll LAR. 
 
 28. All foundation walls, .isolated piers, parapet walls and chimneys 
 above root's shall be laid in cement, or Lime and cement mortar. 
 
 All other walls of brick or stone shall be laid in lime, cement, mortar, 
 or lime and cement mortar mixed. 
 
 ■ The hacking up of all -t me ashlar shall be laid up with cement mortar 
 or cement and Lime mortar mixed, butrthe back of the ashlar may he 
 pargeted with lime mortar or coated with asphaltum varnish to prevent 
 Loration of the stone. 
 
 LIMITING THE HEIGHT OE BUILDINGS. 
 
 29. No non-fireproof building or structure hereafter erected shall 
 
 exceed sixty-five feet in height. 
 
 No church spire, except it be built of fireproof material or steel frame, 
 shall extend more than thirty (30) feet above the highest point of the 
 roof of the main building. 
 
 Such height shall be the perpendicular distance measured in a 
 straight line, taken at the center of the facade of the building, from 
 the curb level to the highest part of the roof beams, not including in 
 such measurement of height cornices which do not extend more than
 
 4i<; 
 
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 five feel above the highesl point of the roof beams nor inclosures for 
 the machinery of elevators, which do not exceed fifteen feet in height, 
 closures for tanks which do not exceed twenty feet in height above 
 the roof beams and do not exceed in united area ten per centum of the 
 area of I he roof. 
 
 WALLS FOR DWELLING HOUSE CLASS. 
 
 30-a, The expression "walls for dwelling house class" shall be taken 
 to mean and include walls for the following buildings: 
 Apartment Houses, Laboratories, 
 
 Apartment Hotels, Lodging Hon 
 
 Asylums, Parish Buildings, 
 
 Club Houses, Schools, 
 
 ents, Studios, 
 
 Dormitories, Tenements, 
 
 Dwellings, Private Stables. 
 
 Hospitals, Private Garages. 
 
 Hot 
 
 For buildings hereafter erected in the dwelling house class, twenty- 
 feet or less in width between bearing walls or bearings, the mimi- 
 mum thickness of all independent surrounding and dividing walls in 
 the same, carrying the loads of floors and roofs, shall be made in accord- 
 ance with the following table, but no party wall shall We less than thirteen 
 inches in thickness, throughout its entire heif 
 
 Dwelling House Class— Brick Walls. 
 (Minimum Thicknes in Inches.) 
 
 
 Basement. 
 
 STORIES. 
 
 HEIGHT. 
 
 Stone. 
 
 Brick or 
 Concrete. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 One Story . 
 
 16 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 24 
 24 
 28 
 28 
 32 
 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 
 18 
 18 
 22 
 22 
 27 
 27 
 31 
 
 9 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 18 
 18 
 22 
 . 22 
 27 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 iories -- -- 
 . . -i ories - . „ 
 
 9 
 13 
 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 18 
 
 18 
 22 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 IS 
 
 18 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Four Stories - ._. . 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 18 
 
 IS 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Five St < 'lifs .. 
 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 
 18 
 IS 
 18 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Six Stories . 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 18 
 18 
 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 18 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Eight Stories 
 
 13 
 13 
 18 
 
 
 
 ■ Ties ._ 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 "Special Note." — In two-story dwelling houses change second item to 
 nine (9) inches for firsl floor, provided there shall lie two chimney breasts 
 not more than twenty-five (25) feet to centers, or on the side where 
 stair well occurs (which well shall not be more than fifteen (15) feet in
 
 CH VI'TKR 60. 4 17 
 
 length) the stairway trimmers on each side of the well-hole shall be 
 doubled and anchored to the wall and where they wA on the longitudinal 
 partition they shall be thoroughly spiked together and to the plate of 
 said partition. 
 
 When the above walls are used for bearing party walls in fireproof 
 buildings, no portion of the walls shall be less than eighteen (18) inches 
 in thiekn 
 
 If any story exceeds the height stated in section 34 of this Code, the 
 thickness of walls shall be increased as stated in said section. 
 
 LIMITING THE HEIGHT FOR A SINGLE THICKNESS OF WALL. 
 
 b. No section of a wall of the same thickness shall exceed measuring 
 vertically, the height provided elsewhere in this section and sections 31 
 and 34 of this Code. 
 
 CLEAR SPAN THICKNESS. 
 
 c. H the clear span is to be over twenty-one (21) feet, then the hear- 
 ing walls shall be increased four inches in thickness for every twelve and 
 one-half (12%) feet or part thereof, that said span is over twenty-one 
 (21) feet. 
 
 Or shall have instead of the increased thickness, such piers or butti 
 as. in the judgment of the building inspector, may be accessary. 
 
 WALLS FOR WAREHOUSE CLASS. 
 
 31-a. 'Idie expression of "walls for warehouse class" shall be taken 
 to mean and include walls for the following buildings: 
 
 Armories, Museums, 
 
 Barns, Office Buildings, 
 
 Breweries. I'm I ice Stations, 
 
 Carriage Repositories, Printing Houses, 
 
 Churches, Public Assembly Buildings, 
 
 Cooperage Shops, Pumping Stations, 
 
 Court Houses, Railroad Terminals, 
 
 Factories, Refrigerating Houses, 
 
 Garages, Stable-. 
 
 Jails, Stores, 
 Libraries, ■ ar Refineries, 
 
 Light and Power Hon- Theatres, 
 
 Machine Shops, Warehouses, 
 
 Markets, Wheelwright Sli ;i- 
 Mills,
 
 us 
 
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 For buildings hereafter erected in the warehouse class, twenty-five feet 
 
 - in width between walls or bearings, the minimum thickness of all 
 
 independent surroundings or dividing walls in the same, carrying the 
 
 loads of floors and roofs shall he made in accordance with the following 
 
 Warehouse Class— 
 ( Minimum Tnicknes 
 
 Brick Walls. 
 n Inches.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 Basement. 
 
 STORIES. 
 
 HEIGHT. 
 
 -_ 
 a 
 o 
 
 30 
 
 _ -_ 
 
 m a 
 
 - a 
 « O 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 ry 
 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 24 
 28 
 32 
 32 
 36 
 
 18 
 18 
 18 
 22 
 27 
 31 
 31 
 36 
 
 13 
 13 
 18 
 22 
 27 
 27 
 31 
 
 13 
 13 
 18 
 18 
 22 
 27 
 27 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 18 
 22 
 22 
 27 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 18 
 22 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 18 
 18 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 18 
 18 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 When the above walls are used for party walls in non-fireproof build- 
 ings, the thirteen inch sections of the walls shall be increased in thick- 
 - than eighteen inches to carry the ends of the beams and 
 earns entering the walls shall he separated by at least four inches 
 of brick work. 
 
 When used for bearing party walls in fireproof buildings, no portion 
 of the walls shall be less than eighteen incite- in thieknc- 
 
 If any story exceeds the height stated in section 34 of this Code the 
 thickness of walls shall be increased as stated in said section. 
 
 CLEAR SPAN THICKS : 
 
 b. If there is to be a clear span of over twenty-five feet between the 
 bearing walls, such walls shall be four indie- thicker than in this section 
 specified for every twelve and cue-half feet, or fraction thereof, that 
 said walls are more than twentj I apart, or shall have instead of 
 
 r buttress judgment of 
 
 the building inspector, may be necessary. 
 
 OPENINGS IN DIVISION WALLS. 
 
 32. Openings in the brick division walls of buildings shall in no case 
 exceed eight feet in width, nor more than ten feet in height, and such 
 openings shall be provided with approved standard fireproof dooi 
 both sides of the wall.
 
 CHAPTEB 60. 419 
 
 INCREASED THICKNESSES OE WALLS FOB BUILDINGS MORE THAN ONE 
 HUNDRED AM) FIVE FEET IN DEPTH. 
 
 33. All buildings that are over one hundred and five feel in depth 
 without a cross-wall or proper piers or buttresses, shall have the side 
 or bearing walls increased in thickness four inches more than is spei 
 
 in the respective sections of this < ode for the thickness of walls foi 
 
 one hundred and five feet, or part thereof, that the said buildings are 
 
 over one hundred and live feet in depth. 
 
 HEIGHT OF STORIES. 
 
 34. The height of stories for all given thicknesses of walls shall not 
 exceed — 
 
 First story Ki feet in the char. 
 
 Second story 14 feet in the clear. 
 
 Third story VI feet in the clear. 
 
 Fourth and upper stories 11 feet in the clear. 
 
 And if any story exceeds the foregoing heights, the walls of any such 
 story ami all walls below that story ■•-hall be increased four inches in 
 thickness. 
 
 The height of a story .-hall he the perpendicular distance from' the 
 top of the finished floor in one story to the underside <^ the finished 
 ceiling in the same story. 
 
 MEANING OF STORIES. 
 
 The first story shall he taken to mean the story the Hour of which is 
 first above the basement, on the principal front. 
 
 The upper stories shall be taken to mean the stories the floor of which 
 are above the first story and numbered in regular succession counting 
 upwards. 
 
 MEANING <)F BASEMENT AND CELLAR. 
 
 A basement shall be taken to mean that portion of a building the 
 
 floor of which is below the curb level at the center of the front of the 
 
 building, more than one foot, and not more than three-fourths of the 
 height of said portion measuring from floor to ceiling. 
 
 A cellar shall be taken to mean the lowest portion of a building, the 
 
 floor of which is below the curb level at the center of the front of the 
 building, more than three-fourths of the height of said portion measuring 
 from the floor to the ceiling.
 
 450 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 INCLOSURE WALLS FOE SKELETON STRUCTURES. 
 
 35. Walls of brick buill in between iron or steel columns, and supported 
 wholly or in pari on iron oi drders — 
 
 Shall be not less than thirteen inches thick for sixty-five feet of .the 
 uppermost heig of, or to the nearest tier of beams to that measure- 
 
 ment, in any building so constructed. 
 
 And the Lower section of sixty feet or to the nearest tier or beams to 
 
 such vertical measurement, or pari thereof, shall have a thickness of four 
 
 inches more than is required for the section next above it clown to the 
 
 tier of beams nearesl to the curl) level: and thence downward, the thick- 
 
 if walls shall increase in ratio prescribed in section 25 of this Code. 
 
 REDUCED THICKNESS FOE ADJOINING WALLS. 
 
 When two independent buildings of skeleton type of construction, and 
 
 of the same height adjoin each other, the thickness of the said inde- 
 pendent walls above the foundation- for such sections where they adjoin 
 may be not less than eight incl 
 
 CURTAIN WALLS. 
 
 36. Curtain walls shall he taken to mean wall- built in a building be- 
 tween piers or iron or steel columns, and being non-bearing walls — ' 
 
 Shall he not less than thirteen inches thick for sixty-five feet of the 
 uppermost height thereof or nearest tier of beams to that height. 
 
 And increased four inches for the lower section of sixty feet or nearest 
 tier of beams to that height. 
 
 And thence downward the thickness of walls shall increase in the ratio 
 prescribed in section 25 of this Code. 
 
 EXISTING PARTY WALLS. 
 
 37. Walls hei buill For or used as party walls, whose thickness 
 at the time of iction wa- in accordance with the requirements of 
 
 then existing laws, but which are not iti •accordance with the re- 
 quiremenl may be used, if in good condition, for the 
 
 ordinary use of party walls, provided the height of the same be not 
 increased without special permit from the building inspector.
 
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 WALLS NOT TO BE ADVANCED. ET< . 
 
 38. In no case shall any wall or walls of any building be carried up 
 more than one story in advance of any other wall, except by permission 
 of the building inspector. 
 
 WALLS To BE BRACED. 
 
 39. The walls and beams of every building, during the erection or 
 alteration thereof, shall he braced when required by the building in- 
 spector. 
 
 OUTSIDE ARCHES VXD LINTELS. 
 
 40. Openings for doors and windows in all buildings of the ware- 
 house class shall have good and sufficient arches of stone, concrete, brick 
 or terra cotta, well built and keyed with good and sufficient abutments, 
 or lintels of stone, concrete, iron or steel of sufficient strength, which 
 shall have a bearing at each end of not less than four inches on the wall. 
 
 On the inside of all openings over four feet in width in buildings of 
 the warehouse class in which lintels shall be less than the thickness of 
 the wall to be supported, there shall be timber lintels which shall be 
 beveled at each end and shall have a suitable arch turned over the timber 
 lintel. 
 
 INSIDE LINTELS. 
 
 Or the inside lintel may be of cast-iron, or wrought iron or steel, and 
 in such case stone blocks or cast-iron plates shall not be required at the 
 ends where the lintels rests on the walls, provided the opening is not 
 more than six feet in width. 
 
 MASONARY ARCHES. 
 
 All masonary arches shall be capable of sustaining the weight and 
 pressure which they are designed to carry, and the stress at any point 
 shall not exceed the working stress for the material used, as given in 
 section 80 of this Code. 
 
 Tie rods shall be used where necessary to secure stability in accordance 
 with current good practice. 
 
 PARAPET WALLS. 
 
 41. All exterior and division or party walls over fifteen feet high ex- 
 cepting where such walls are to be finished with cornice, gutters or crown
 
 452 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 mould irapet walls not less than wine inches in thickness 
 
 arried one foot above the rout". 
 But for warehouses, fai fcories, stores and other buildings used for com- 
 il or manufacturing purposes the parapet walls shall be not less than 
 thirteen inches in thickness and carried two feet above the roof. 
 
 HOLLOW WALL-. 
 
 42. In all walls that are built hollow the same quantity of stone, 
 brick or concrete g their construction as it' they were 
 
 built soli this < lode provided. 
 
 And no hollow wall shall be built unless the parts of same are con- 
 
 i \ brick, stone or iron, placed not over 
 twenty-four inches apart. 
 
 I LOW BRICKS ON INSIDE OF WALL. 
 
 • 
 
 The inside four i any wall may be built of hard burnt 
 
 brick, properly tied and bonded by means of full header course 
 
 every sixth con walls, audi of the dimensions of the ordinary 
 
 brick. 
 
 AYhere hollow tile or porous terra-cotta blocks are used as lini: 
 furring for walls, they shall nut be included in the measurement of the 
 
 thickness of such walls. 
 
 RECESSES AND CHASES IN WALLS. 
 
 Ik Recesses for stairways or elevators may lie left in the founda- 
 tion or cellar walls of all buildings, but in walls be of less 
 thickness than the walls of the fourth story, unless reinforced by addi- 
 tional pirns with iron or steel girders, or iron or steel columns and 
 girder-, properly insulated, and securely anchored to walls oh each side. 
 
 RECESSES FOR ALCOVES. 
 
 Recesses for alcoves and similar purposes shall not have less than nine 
 
 brick work at the back of such i : :b e isses shall 
 
 lie not more than um feet in width, and shall be arched over or spanned 
 
 with suitable lintel-, and not carried up higher than eighteen inches below 
 
 the bottom of the beams of the floor next above. 
 
 Radiator recesses under windows may be carried within four inches 
 of outside wall.
 
 chapter 60. 453 
 
 chases for pipes. 
 
 No chase for wati r or other pipes shall be made in any pier and no 
 horizontal recess or chase in any wall shall be made exceding Pour feci 
 in length without permission of the building inspector. 
 
 AGGREGATE AREA FOR RE< 
 
 The aggregate area of recesses in any wall shall i fourth 
 
 of the whole area of the face of the wall on any story, nor shall any 
 such recess be made within a distance of six feel tiy other recess 
 
 in the same wall. 
 
 PIPE ENTRANCES AND DITCEIES. 
 
 In no event shall any pipe trench enter any building except it be under 
 an opening, nor shall if parallel any wall or pier nearer than three feet, 
 except by permission of the building inspector. 
 
 FURRED WALLS. 
 
 45. In all walls furred off more than three inches with wood the 
 brick work between the ends of wood beams shall project the thickness 
 of the furring beyond the inner face of the wall for the full depth of 
 the beams. 
 
 BRICK AM) HOLLOW TILE PARTITIONS. 
 
 46. Nine-inch brick, and six-inch hollow tile, and four-inch brick or 
 four-inch hollow tile partitions, of hard burnt clay or porus terra 
 
 laid up with cement mortar, may he built not exceed! eir vertical 
 
 portions a measurement of fiftj for the nine-inch and thirty-six for the 
 six-inch and twenty-four feet lor the four-inch, respectively, and in 
 horizontal measurement a length not exceeding seventy-five feet, unless 
 said partition walls are strengthened by proper en 3-wall . piers or 
 buttresses, or built in iron or steel frame work when the latter is im- 
 bedded in or insulated by the same material of which the partition is 
 constructed. 
 
 All such partitions shall he carried on proper f or iron or 
 
 steel girders, or iron or steel girders or^columns, properly insulated, or 
 piers of masonary.
 
 454 RICHMOND CITY CODF.. 
 
 ( ELLAB PARTITIONS IX BESIDENi E BUILDINGS. 
 
 i;. One ill; 1 ' of Pore and aft partitions in the cellar or Lowest story, 
 
 supj hid partitions above, in all residence buildings over twenty- 
 
 tween bearing walls in the cellar or lowest story, hereafter 
 
 be constructed of brick, not less than nine inches thick, or 
 
 piers of brick with openings arched over below the underside of the first 
 
 of iron or steel and iron columns, or piers of 
 masonary may be used : or if iron or steel floor beams spanning the dis- 
 tance between bearing walls are used of adequate strength to support the 
 stud partitions above in addition to the floor load to be sustained by said 
 iron or steel beams, then the fore and aft brick partition, or its equivalent, 
 may be omitted. 
 
 Stud partitions which may be placed in the cellar or lowest story of 
 any building, shall have I d stoite, brick or cement foundation 
 
 walls under the same, which shall be built up to the top of the floor 
 beams or sleepers, and the sills of said partitions shall be heart pine. 
 
 MAIN STUD PARTITIONS. 
 
 48. In residence buildings where fore and aft partitions rest directly 
 over 'each other, they shall run down between the wood floor beams and 
 rest on the top plate of the partition below. 
 
 TIMBER IX WALLS PRO! 1 1 BITED. 
 
 49. No "timber shall be used in any wall of any building where stone, 
 brick, cement, concrete or iron are commonly used, except inside lintels, 
 as herein provided, and brace blocks not more than eight inches in length. 
 
 HALLWAY INCLOSURES AND STAIRCASES. 
 
 50. In all non-tire-proof apartment houses or tenement houses here- 
 after erected four stories and basement in height, but not exceeding fifty- 
 five feet in height, and occupied or arranged to be occupied by more than 
 two families on any floor, the staircase halls shall be inclosed with brick- 
 walls, and the said hall inclosures shall have a connecting hallway in the 
 first story and extend to the street, inclosed with suitable walls of brick, 
 or such other fire-proof materials, including ceiling, as may be approved 
 by the building inspector. 
 
 In fire-proof apartment houses and tenement houses hereafter erected 
 the stair halls and hallways leading to the street shall be inclosed with 

 
 CHAPTER 60. 455 
 
 brick walls, and in oilier respects be constructed as required by this 
 Code for fire-proof construction. 
 
 Nine-inch brick walls not exceeding fifty feel in their vertical measure- 
 ment, may inclose said halls and stairs, and be used as bearing walls 
 where Hie distance between Ehe outside bearing walls dees not i 
 thirty-three feet, and the area b ' rid brick inclosed walls does 
 
 not exceed one hundred and eighty superficial feel. 
 
 At least one Right of the hall stairs in each of said buildings shall 
 extend to the roof, and there be inclosed in a bulkhead. The bulkhead 
 door shall not at any time be locked with a hey. but it may be fastened 
 on the inside by movable holts or hooks. 
 
 Whenever the walls inclosing the entrance hall of any ' apartment or 
 tenement house hereafter erected support beams or girders carrying a 
 brick wall above the said wall shall not be less than thirteen inches thick 
 laid in cement mortar. 
 
 CLOSET UNDER FIRST STORY STAIRCASE. 
 
 No closet with a pitch less than five feet at any point shall be erected 
 underneath the staircase of any story, but this shall not prohibit the 
 inclosing of the underportion of the first story staircase lor coat closet or 
 toilet room. 
 
 Under no circumstances shall a gas-meter be placed under any stairway. 
 
 ROOMS, LIGHTING AND VENTILATION OF. 
 
 In every apartment house or tenement house hereafter erected every 
 room, except water closet compartments, bath rooms and storage rooms 
 shall have at least one window opening directly upon the street or upon 
 a yard or court. 
 
 CELLARS TO BE CONNECTED WITH SEWERS. 
 
 51. Before the walls of buildings are carried above the foundation 
 walls the cellar shall be connected with the street sewers. 
 
 Should there be no sewer in the street, or if the cellars are below 
 sewer level, then provision shall be made by the owner to prevent water 
 accumulating in the cellars to the injury of the foundations. 
 
 WOOD BEAMS. 
 
 52. All wood beams and other timbers in any wall of a building built 
 of stone, brick, concrete, or iron, shall be separated from the beam or
 
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 timber entering in. the opposite side of the wall by at least four inches 
 on work. 
 
 MINIMUM THICKNESS FOB WOOD BEAMS. 
 
 No wood floor brains used in any building, hereafter erected, except 
 . .. shall be of less thickness than two inches, nor less 
 i ten inches except in spans of less than ten (10) feet. 
 
 of ot ceiling beam shall be less than two inches thick or 
 less than six inches in depth. 
 
 TRIMMER AND HEADER BEAMS .VXD TAIL BEAMS. 
 
 All wood trimmer and header beams shall be proportioned to carry 
 with safety the loads they are intended to sustain. 
 
 The ends of all tail beams shall be properly framed into the header 
 
 .-. except where stirrup irons are used. 
 When it is not practicable to frame the ends of tail beams into header 
 beams, the ends of the tail beams shall be hung to the header beams by 
 rup irons of proper size and strength. 
 
 BEABINGS FOB WOOD BEAMS. 
 
 beam, except header beams, shall rest at one end four 
 inches in the wall, or upon a girder as authorized in this ('ode. 
 
 BEVEL EX US FOB WOOD BEAMS. 
 
 The ends of all floor and ceiling beams where they rest on brick walls 
 shall be cut to a bevel of two inches on their depth except in dwelling 
 houses. 
 
 ENDS OF BEAMS NOT TO REST ON STUD PARTITIONS. 
 
 In no building of the warehouse class shall either end of a floor or 
 ceiling beam be supported on a stud partition. 
 
 CROSS BBIDGING FOR BEAMS. 
 
 All wood floor beams shall be properly bridged with cross bridging, and 
 the distance between bridging or between bridging and walls shall not 
 cl eight feet.
 
 CHAPTER 60. 457 
 
 BEAMS NEAR FLUES. 
 
 All wood beams shall be trimmed away from all smoke flues and 
 chimneys. The trimmer beam shall be not less than one inch from the 
 outside of a chimney breast, and the header beam not less than om 
 from the outside face of the brick < the same. 
 
 The header beam, carrying the tail beam of a floor, and supporting 
 the trimmer arch in front iall be not less than twenty 
 
 inches from the chimney breast. 
 
 GIRDER STRAPS AND ANCHORS. 
 
 Where the beams are supported by girders, the girders shall he anchored 
 to the walls and fastened to each other. 
 
 BEAM STRAPS. 
 
 The ends of wood beams resting upon girders shall be securely fastened 
 together, not less than ten feet apart, for the purpose of a continuous tie 
 across the building. 
 
 WOOD COLUMNS AND PLATES. 
 
 53. Where posts are located over other posts they shall bear either 
 directly on the post below or on suitable caps or bolsters of same. 
 
 TRIMMER ARCHES. 
 
 5i. All fire-places and chimney breast- where mantels are placed, 
 whether intended for ordinary fire-place uses or not, shall have trimmer 
 arches to support hearths. 
 
 And the said arches shall be at least twenty inches in width, measured 
 from the face of the chimney breast, and they shall be constructed of 
 brick, stone, burnt clay or concrete, and at no point shall these arches be 
 less than six (6) inches thick, measured from the face of the hearth. 
 
 The length of a trimmer arch shall be not less than the width of the 
 chimney breast. . . 
 
 If a heater is placed in a fire-place then the hearth shall be the full 
 width of the heater. 
 
 Fire-places in which heaters are placed shall have incombustible ma- 
 terial at least nine inches on each side of and sixteen (16) inches 
 heater. 
 
 No fire-place shall be closed with a wood fire-board.
 
 4.58 RICH MOND CITY CODE. 
 
 CHIMNEYS, FLUES AND FIRE-PLACES. 
 
 55. All smoke flues shall be continuously lined on the inside with well 
 burnt clay or terra-cotta pipe with ai leasl four ( 1 ) inches of brick work 
 around the lining, or all flues shall have at least nine (9) inches of brick 
 work if the 11' re omitted. Fine linings shall start at least 
 
 (IS) inches below the ceiling. 
 
 Win ited against outside exposed faces of chimneys, the 
 
 brick be reduced on such Paces to four inches instead of nine 
 
 inches. 
 
 The fire-backs of all (ire-places shall be not less than nine (9) inches 
 i solid brick work, nor less than thirteen (13) inches if of 
 , except against exposed outside brick walls where it may b< four 
 (4) inchi 
 
 The brick work of the smoke flues of all low pressure boilers, furnace-, 
 baker' large cooking ranges, large laundry stoves, and all flues 
 
 used for a similar purpose shall be at least nine inches in thickness. 
 
 continuouslj on the inside with well burnt clay or terra-cotta pipe. 
 This clause shall not apply to private dwellings. 
 
 The walls of all high pressure boiler Hues shall be not less than tin: 
 inches, and the inside I'onr (1) inches of such walls shall be fire-brick, 
 laid in fire-mortar for a distance of ten i LO) feet above and two (2) feet 
 below the point of entrance to same. 
 
 All smoke flues of smelting furnace- or oilier apparatus which heat 
 the flues to a high temperat are, shall be built with double walls of suitable 
 thickness for the temperature with an air space betv I walls, the 
 inside four inches of the flues to be of fire-brick, laid in fire-mortar for a 
 distance of not less than fifteen (15) feet above and three (3) feel below 
 the point of entrance to same. 
 
 All smoke flues shall extend at least three (3) feet above a flat roof and 
 ai least two (2) feet above the highest point of a peak roof. 
 
 CHIMNEY SUPPORTS. 
 
 56. Mo chimney shall he started or built upon any floor or beam of 
 wood. In no ease shall a chimney be corbeled out more than eight (8) 
 inches from the wall, and in all such cases the corbeling shall consist of 
 at least four (I) courses of brick. 
 
 Where chimneys are supported by piers, the piers shall start from 
 
 he foundation on the same line with the chimney breast, and shall be not 
 
 thirteen (13) inches on the face, properly bonded into the walls.
 
 CHAPTEB 60. t59 
 
 HOT All; FLUES, PIPES AND VENT HI CTS. 
 
 57a. No stove pipe shall be placed nearer than nine inches to any hah 
 and plaster or board partition, ceiling or any woodwi 
 
 SMOKE PIPES ENSIDE BUILDING. 
 
 Smoke pipes of Laundry stoves, cooking ranges, and of furnaces shall 
 be not less than fifteen (15) inches from any woodwork, unless they are 
 properly guarded by metal shields; if so guarded, stove pipes shall be not 
 less than nine (9) inches distant. 
 
 Where smoke pipes pass through a lath and plaster partition they shall 
 be guarded by galvanized iron ventilated thimbles at least eight (8) inches 
 larger in diameter than the pipes, or by galvanized iron thimbles built in 
 at least nine (9) inches of brick work. 
 
 SMOKE PIPES THROUGH ROOFS. 
 
 b. No smoke pipe shall pass through the roof of any building unless a 
 speeial permit be first obtained from the building inspector for the same. 
 If a permit is so granted, then the roof through which the smoke pipes 
 pass shall be protected in the following manner: 
 
 A galvanized iron ventilated thimble of the following dimensions shall 
 be placed; in case of a stove pipe, the diameter of the outside guard shall 
 be not less than twelve inches, and the diameter of the inner one-eight 
 inches larger than the smoke pipe, and for all furnaces or where similar 
 large hot fires are used, the diameter of the outside guard shall be not less 
 than eighteen inches, and the diameter of the inner one twelve (12) 
 inches larger in diameter than the pipe. The smoke pipe thimbles shall 
 extend from the under side of the ceiling or roof beams to at least nine 
 (9) inches above the roof, and they shall have openings for ventilation at 
 the lower end where the smoke pipes center, also at the top of the guards 
 above the roof. 
 
 Where the smoke pipes of a boiler pass through a roof, the same shall 
 be guarded by a ventilated thimble, same as before specified, thirty-six 
 (36) inches larger than the diameter of the smoke pipe of the boiler. 
 
 BAY, OBIEL AND SHOW WINDOWS. 
 
 58. Bay windows, oriel windows and show windows on the street front 
 or side of any building shall not project beyond the building line without 
 the permission of the city council or the committee on streets, and shall be
 
 Kill RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 constructed i materials and in such manner as will meet with the 
 
 approval of the bui] <■. and shall conform to the requirements 
 
 olution granl i permit. 
 
 STAIRS . NTU3J BER I R -'A OE BUILDING. 
 
 M any buildii ted to be used as an office building, 
 
 . hotel, lodging house or school, covering a lot area exceeding 
 twenty-five hui i and not exceeding five thousand feet, there shall 
 
 be provided at least two continuous lines of stairs n rom each other. 
 
 And every such building shall have at least one continuous line of stairs 
 for each five thousand I r area covered, or part thereof in excess 
 
 of that required for five thousand feet of area 
 
 When any such building an area of lot greater than fifteen 
 
 the numb shall be increased proportionately or 
 
 as will mcrt with the approval of the building inspector. 
 
 Each flight of stairs in every story which exceeds a height of eleven 
 
 feet in the clear shall have a proper landing introduced, and said landing 
 
 shall be placed at the central portion thereof if the stairs be a straight run. 
 
 stair shall be provided with proper bannisters or railings and 
 
 hand-rails and kept in good repair. 
 
 M ETAL SKYLIGHTS. 
 
 60. The term "skylight" shall be taken to mean and include flat, hi 
 lantern, monitor, turret, dome, vortical or pitched saw-tooth construc- 
 tions, and all i for the admis- 
 sion of light. 
 
 All skylights placed on or in any building, shall have the frames and 
 sash thereof constructed of metal and glazed. 
 
 All openings in roofs for the admission of light other than elsewhere 
 
 provided in this Code over elevator, stair, dumb-waiter shafts, and theater 
 
 all have metal frames and sash glazed with wire glas 
 
 an one-quarter inch thick, or with glass protected above and below 
 
 with wire screens, of not less than No. 12 galvanized wire, and not more 
 
 than one inch mesh. 
 
 SITED COVER! 
 
 61. Whenever buildings shall be erected or increased to over forty (40) 
 feet in height, along any street the owner or his authorized re- 
 presentative constructing or repairing such buildings, shall have erected 
 and maintained during such construction or repair, a shed with tool house
 
 CHAPTER 60. 161 
 
 over the sidewalk in front of said premises, extending from building line 
 to curb, the same to be property, stronglj and tightly constructed, so 
 as to protect pedestrians and others using such streets. 
 
 GRAIN ELEVATORS AND COAL POCKETS. 
 
 62. Nothing in this Code shall be construed as to apply to or prevent 
 the erection of what are known as grain elevators, as usually constructed, 
 provided they are erected in isolated localities and under such conditions 
 as the building inspector may prescribe, including location, nor to apply 
 to or prevent the erection of coal pockets or coal elevators as usually con- 
 structed under similar conditions, including location. 
 
 EXHIBITION BUILDINGS. 
 
 63. Buil'di fair and exhibition purposes, towers for observation 
 purpose- and structures for similar uses, whether temporary or per- 
 manent in character, shall be constructed in such manner and under such 
 conditions as the building inspector may prescribe. 
 
 SMOKE HOI SES. 
 
 6i. All smoke houses shall be of fire-proof construction, with brick 
 walls, iron doors and brick or mi 
 
 An iron guard shall be placed over and not less than three (3) feet 
 the fire, and hanging rails shall be of iron, and an iron grating 
 shall be placed under the first row of hanging rails, and be not less than 
 eight (8) feet above the floor of the lire pit. 
 
 The walls of all smoke houses shall be built at least three (3) feet 
 higher than the. roof of, the building in which they are located and shall 
 be not less than thirteen ( 13) inches in thickness and be coped with stone 
 or its equivalent. 
 
 HEATING BOILERS AND FURNACES. 
 
 65. A brick set boiler shall not be placed on any wood or combustible 
 floor or beams. 
 
 No combustible partition shall be within four feet of the sides and 
 back and six feet from the front of any boiler, unless said partition shall 
 be covered with metal to the height of at least three feet above the floor, 
 and shall extend from end or back of the boiler to at least five feet in 
 front of it, then the distance shall be not less than two feet from the 
 sides and five feet from the front of the boiler.
 
 462 RICHMOND ( 1TY « 
 
 All bol air furnaces shall bo placed at least three feet from any wood 
 or combustible partition or ceiling, unless the partitions and ceilings are 
 properly protected by a suspended metal shield, when the distance shall 
 in one foot. 
 
 REGISTERS. 
 
 66. Where a register is placed on any woodwork in connection with a 
 metal pipe or duct, the end of the said pipe or duet shall be flanged over 
 on the woodwork under it. 
 
 All register I til be made of tin plate or galvanized iron with a 
 
 flange on the top to fit the groove in the frame, the register to rest upon 
 ame; there shall be an open space of two inches on all sides of the 
 register box, extending from the under side of the border to and through 
 Miii- below. The said opening shall be fitted with a tight tin or 
 galvanized iron casing, the upper end of which shall be turned under 
 the frame. 
 
 RANGES V.ND STO"\ 
 
 67. Where a kitchen range or stove is placed within twelve inches from 
 id stud partition or furred wall the said partition or furred wall 
 
 shall be shielded with metal from the floor to the height of not less than 
 three hnd higher than the range or - 1 
 
 All lath and plaster or wood ceili r all ranges in hotels and 
 
 restaurants, shall be guarded by metal hoods placed at least nine inches 
 below the ceiling and properly ventilated. 
 
 MANSARD ROOFS. 
 
 68. [f a mansard or other roof of like character, Inning a pitch of over 
 sixty degrees, be placed on any building, except a wood building, or a 
 dwelling bouse not exceeding three stories in height, it shall be con- 
 structed of iron rafters and lathed with iron or steel on the inside and 
 plastered, or filled in with fire-proof material not less than three inches 
 thick, and covered with metal, slate or tile. 
 
 BULKHEADS <>y ROOFS WO SCUTTLES. 
 
 69. Bulkheads ,! elevators, and cover- 
 
 achinery of elevators and all oilier bulkheads on buildings 
 hereafter erected or alb astructed of fire-proof materials 
 
 or of wood covered on all outside surfaces with metal, including both 
 surfaces and edges of doors. On fire-proof buildings and bulkheads and 
 inclosures on roofs shall be constructed of fire-proof materials only.
 
 CHAPTER 60. L63 
 
 No staging or stand shall be constructed or occupied upon the roof 
 of any building without firsl obtaining the approval of the building in- 
 spector. 
 
 HOOFING AND LEADERS WITHIN THE FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 70. Every building shall be covered and roofed with brick, tile, slate, 
 tin, copper or iron, or such other incombustile roofing as the building 
 inspector under his certificate, may authorize. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the repairing of 
 any shingle roof within or without the fire limits, provided the building 
 is not altered in height, but this shall not be construed to permit the 
 renewal of a shingle roof. 
 
 ELEVATOR SHAFTS. 
 
 71. All elevator shafts below the level of the main floor shall be in- 
 closed with fire-proof material with fire-proof doors. When the en- 
 closure of an elevator has an opening to accommodate machinery for 
 operating same, such as .-hafts, pulleys, drums, cables, etc., said ma- 
 chinery shall be inclosed in a similar manner to the shaft. 
 
 DUMB-WAITERS. 
 
 72. A dumb-waiter shall be considered a special form of elevator 
 whose dimensions shall not exceed three feet square and which is de- 
 signed for the carrying of light articles, and is provided with one or 
 more shelves. 
 
 Eegulations as to ele shall not apply to dumb-waiters. 
 
 ELEVATORS IN EXISTING OR PROPOSED FIOTELS. 
 
 73. In every building to be used or occupied as a hotel the elevator oi 
 elevators shall be inclosed in fire-proof shafts and the openings in su 
 shafts shall be inclosed with fire-proof doors. 
 
 SCREEN UNDER ELEVATOR SHEAVES. 
 
 74. Immediately under the sheaves at the top of every elevator shaft in 
 any building there shall be provided and placed a substantial grating or 
 screen of iron or steel or a fire-proof floor of such construction as shall 
 be approved by the building inspector.
 
 -ill I RICHMOS I ODE. 
 
 FIRE ES< LPES— WHAT BUILDINGS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH FIRE 
 ES< 
 
 75a. Every building alread that ma}' hereafter be erected 
 
 more than two stories in height, occupied and used as a hold, apart- 
 ment bote! or lodging house, and every boarding house having more 
 than twenty sleeping rooms above the second story; every factory, mill, 
 manufactory ■ i hip, hospital, asylum or institution for the care 
 
 or trei of individuals over two in height; every building 
 
 er in height used or occupied as a store, show or work- 
 ry building in whole or in part occupied or used as a school, 
 or place of instruction or assembly over one story in height; every 
 office building three stories or more in height shall he provided with 
 such good and sufficient lire escapei stairways, or other means of egress 
 in case of lire as shall be directed by the building inspector. 
 
 owner or owners of any building upon which a fire escape is 
 erected shall keep the same in good repair and properly painted. 
 
 Fire escapes on the outside of buildings shall consist of open iron 
 balconies and stairways. In the event that inside fire escapes an 
 they shall be constructed entirely of approved lire-proof material and all 
 inclosing walls to be of brick or fire-proof material and in accordance 
 with plan pproved by the building inspector. 
 
 Fire escapes may project into the public highway to a distance not 
 greater than four feet beyond the building line. 
 
 stairway shall be placed at an angle of not more than sixty 
 degrees, with steps not less than six indies in width and twenty-two 
 inches in length, and with a rise of not more than nine inches. 
 
 balcony on the top floor, except in a ease of a front fire escape, 
 shall be provided with a goose-neck ladder leading from said balcony 
 to and above > . if in the opinion of the building inspector this 
 
 is !:■ I 
 
 BALCON1KS. 
 
 b. The balconies shall be not less than three feet in width, and placed 
 where din the building inspector at each story above the ground 
 
 floor. 
 
 They shall he as near level as possible to the window sills and extend 
 in front of and not less than nine inches beyond each window. 
 
 There shall he a landing not less than twenty-four inches square at 
 the head and foot of each stairway. 
 
 The stairway opening on each platform shall be of a size sufficient to 
 ide clear headway.
 
 CHAPTER 465 
 
 I'M OORS OF BALCON EES. 
 
 r. The floors of balconies shall be of wrought iron or steel slats not 
 less than one and one-hall' inches b] mis of an inch, placed 
 
 not more than one and one-quarter inches apart, and well secured and 
 riveted to iron angles not less than one and three-quarters inches by one 
 and three-quarters inches by one-fourth inch thick. The opening 
 stairways in all balconies shall be not less than twenty-one indies wide 
 and forty-eight inches long, and such openings shall have no cove 
 any kind. 
 
 RAILINGS. 
 
 d. The outside top rail shall extend around the entire length of the 
 platform and be secured by malleable iron expansion bolts to the wall. 
 The top rail of balconies shall be one and three-quarter inches by one- 
 half inch of wrought iron, or one and a half inch angle iron, one-quarter 
 inch thick. The bottom rails shall be one and a half inches by three- 
 eighths'of an inch wrought iron or steel, or one and a half inch angle 
 iron, one-quarter inch thick', fastened to the wall by expansion bolts. 
 The standards of filling-in bars shall be not less than one-half inch 
 round or square wrought iron or steel, well riveted to the top and bottom 
 rails and platform frame. Such standards or filling-in bars shall be 
 securely braced by outside brackets at suitable intervals, and shall be 
 placed not more than six inches from centers; the height of railings 
 shall in no case be less than three '■ 
 
 No cast-iron shall be used in any part in the construction of fire 
 escapes. 
 
 STAIRWAYS. 
 
 e. The treads shall be flat open treads not less than six inches wide 
 and with a rise of not more than nine inches. The stairs shall be not 
 
 than twenty-two inches wide. The strings shall be not less than 
 four inches channels of iron or steel, or other shape equally strong, and 
 shall rest upon and be fastened to the balconies at top and bottom. The 
 steps in all cases shall he double riveted or bolted to the strings. The 
 stairs shall have three-quarter inch hand rails of wrought iron pipe 
 well braced. 
 
 BRACKETS. 
 
 /. The top piece of the bracket shall be not less than two inches by 
 two inches by one-fourth inch thick iron angles with not less than one 
 inch round iron well riveted together, and extending entirely through
 
 466 RICHMOND ( ITY CODE. 
 
 n the inner side of the wall by nuts and eight 
 inches square washers ool ighth inch thick. 
 
 The wall brace of the bracket shall be two and one-half inch by three- 
 eighth inch not less than twenty inches long, and turned into the wall 
 at the bottom not less than three inch 5. 
 
 The angle hi ace shall be noi less than one and one-half inch by one 
 tie-half inch by 0] iron angle, all members of the bracket 
 
 riveted cket shall extend the width 
 
 of the balcony. 
 
 On new buildings the brackets shall be : ' walls are being built. 
 
 A LTERN ATE CO NSTR C7CTION. 
 
 g. ction of fire balcony floors, railings, stair- 
 
 ways and brackets of strength and rigidity equal to that above specified 
 will be allowed in place thereof. 
 
 LDDERS. 
 
 A proper drop-ladder shall aired from the lower balcony when 
 
 the floor of such balcony is mere I eet above the sidewalk 
 
 or ground. 
 
 PAINTINC. 
 
 All the parts of such than two coats 
 
 one in th id one after 
 
 DTTLE LADDERS. 
 
 .Ml buildings requir: stationary ladders 
 
 leading to the scuttle 1 I', and all scuttles and 
 
 ladders shall be kept so as to be ready at all th 
 
 BU] ; L[RS AND DOORS. 
 
 -lairs with a 
 arc! or hand-rail leading to the roof. 
 Il! ' building shall be I by more than one family the 
 
 II at no time !. but may 
 
 be fa □ the inside by movabl or hooks.
 
 CHAPTER 60. 4:61 
 
 FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS. 
 
 76. Whenever it is desired to build, alter or repair buildings of so- 
 called fire-proof construction, all plans shall be submitted in detail for 
 the information of the building inspector and in the evenl that the build- 
 ing inspector shall require special or expert advice in tins Line of con- 
 struction, such advice shall be furnished by the owner and at the expense 
 of the said owner. 
 
 COMPUTATIONS FOR STRENGTH OF MATERIALS. 
 
 77. The dimensions or each piece of combination of materials required 
 shall be ascertained by computation, according to the ride- prescribed 
 by this Code. 
 
 FACTORS OF SAFETY. 
 
 78. Where the unit stress fur any material is not prescribed in ibis 
 Cod.' the relation of allowable unit stress to ultimate strength shall In — 
 
 As one to four for metals, subjected to tension or transverse - 
 
 As one to six for timber. 
 
 And as one to fen for natural or artificial stones and brick or stone 
 masonarv. • 
 
 But wherever working stresses are prescribed in this Code, varying 
 the factors of safety herein above given, the said working stress shall 
 be used. 
 
 STRENGTH OF COLUMNS. 
 
 1!'. In columns or compression members with flat ends of cast-iron, 
 steel, wrought iron or wood, the stress, per square inch, shall not e 
 that given in the following tables : 
 
 When the Length Divided by Least Working Stresses per Sq. In. ol 
 
 Radius of gyration equals. 
 
 Cast-iron. 
 
 Steel. Wrt. 
 
 Iron. 
 
 120 
 
 
 8,210 
 
 f. 100 
 
 110 
 
 
 8,8 
 
 5,200 
 
 100 
 
 
 9,400 
 
 . 
 
 90 
 
 
 9,980 
 
 C.sim 
 
 80 
 
 
 10,560 
 
 7,600 
 
 70 
 
 9,200 
 
 11,104 
 
 8,400 
 
 GO 
 
 9,500 
 
 11. 7 -JO 
 
 9,200 
 
 50 
 
 •J. son 
 
 12,; 
 
 L0,000 
 
 40 
 
 10,100 
 
 lis so 
 
 L0,800
 
 jliS RICH MOM) CITY I 
 
 30 
 
 10,400 
 
 L3,460 
 
 11,600 
 
 20 
 
 10,700 
 
 1 1,010 
 
 12,400 
 
 10 
 
 11,000 
 
 1 t,620 
 
 13,200 
 
 And in like proportion for intermediate ratios. 
 
 
 
 Working 
 
 
 pei 
 
 square inc 
 
 h of 
 
 section. 
 
 When ill 
 
 th 
 
 
 
 White pine 
 
 
 
 divided by the 
 
 least 
 
 Long leaf 
 
 
 X< 
 
 iwav pine 
 
 
 Oak 
 
 diameter equals. 
 
 Yellow pint 
 
 
 
 Spruce 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 
 
 350 
 
 
 390 
 
 25 
 
 
 550 
 
 
 
 J-M 
 
 
 475 
 
 20 
 
 
 640 • 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 560 
 
 15 
 
 
 730 
 
 
 
 5 "t •"> 
 
 
 645 
 
 12 
 
 
 784 
 
 
 
 620 
 
 
 696 
 
 10 
 
 
 820 
 
 
 
 650 
 
 
 730 
 
 And in like proportions for intermediate ratios. Five-eighths the 
 values given for white pine shall also apply to chestnut and hemlock 
 
 For locust posts use one ;)}>.<] one-half the value given for white pine. 
 Columns and compression members shall qoI be used having an un- 
 supported length of greater ratios than given in the table. 
 
 WORKIN 3ES. 
 
 80. The safe carrying capacity of the various materials of construc- 
 tion (except in the case of columns) shall he determined by the following 
 worki ; -cs in pound- are inch of sectional area: 
 
 iSION (direct). 
 
 Rolled steel 1(1,000 
 
 Cast steel 16,000 
 
 Wrought iron 12,000 
 
 Cast-iron (in short blocks) 16,000 
 
 Steel, pins and rivets ( bearing) 20,000 
 
 Wrought iron pins and rivets (hearing) 15,000 
 
 With grain. Across grain. 
 
 Oak 900 800 
 
 Yellow pine 1,000 600 
 
 White pine 800 400
 
 ( HAPTEE 60. 
 
 L69 
 
 Spruce 800 LOO 
 
 Locust 1,200 1,000 
 
 Hemlock 500 500 
 
 Chestnut 500 L,000 
 
 Concrete ( Port Ian 1 
 
 Concrete (Portland) cement 1; sand 2; stone 5 
 
 Concrete Rosendale, or equal cement 1 ; -and 2; stone 4. L25 
 
 Concrete Rosendale, or equal, cement 1 ; sand "3 ; stone 5. 111 
 
 Rubble stonework in Portland cement mortar 140 
 
 Rubble stonework in Rosendale cement mortar HI 
 
 Rubble stonework in lime and cement mortar 
 
 Rubble stonework in lime mortar 70 
 
 Brickwork in Portland cement mortar; cement 1 ; sand 3 250 
 Brickwork in Rosendale or equal cement mortar, 
 
 cement 1 ; sand. 3 208 
 
 Brickwork in lin mortar ; cement 1: 
 
 lime 1 ; sand 6 ] 60 
 
 Brickwork in lime mortar, lime 1 : sand 4„ Ill 
 
 Granite- ( according to test) 1,000 to 2,400 
 
 Gneiss -tone 1,200 
 
 Limestones (according to test ) 700 to 2,300 
 
 Marbles (according to test I 600 to 1,200 
 
 Sand-tones (according to test) 400 to 1,600 
 
 ; lone 
 
 Brick ( hard-burned, flatwise ) 
 
 Slate 1,000 
 
 TENSION (DIRECT). 
 
 Boiled steel 16,000 
 
 Cast steel 16,000 
 
 Wrought iron 12,1 
 
 iron 3,000 
 
 Yellow pine 1,200 
 
 White pine 800 
 
 Spruce 
 
 Oak ._ .- 1,000 
 
 Hemlock 
 
 SHEAR. 
 
 Steel web plates 9,000 
 
 Steel shop rivets and pins 10,000
 
 47 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 field rivets 8,000 
 
 I Held bolts 7,000 
 
 Wrought iron web plates 6,000 
 
 d shop rivets and pins 
 
 Wrought iron field rivets 6,000 
 
 Wrought iron field bolts 5,500 
 
 3,000 
 
 With fibre. Across fibre. 
 
 Yellow pine 70 500 
 
 White pine 10 250 
 
 50 320 
 
 100 600 
 
 Locust 100 720 
 
 Eemlock 40 275 
 
 Chestnut 150 
 
 SAFE EXTREME FIBRE STRESS ( BENDING). 
 
 Rolled steel beams 16,000 
 
 Rolled steel pins, rivets and bolts 20,000 
 
 Riveted ste*el beams (net flange section) 1 1,000 
 
 Rolled wrought iron beams 12,000 
 
 Rolled wrought iron pins, rivets and bolts 15,000 
 
 Riveted wrought iron beams (net flanged section) 12,000 
 
 ( !ast-iron compression side 16,000 
 
 Cast-iron tension side 3,000 
 
 Yellow pine 1,200 
 
 White pine 800 
 
 Spruce 800 
 
 Oak 1,000 
 
 Locust 1.200 
 
 Hemlock 600 
 
 Chestnut 800 
 
 Granite 1 80 
 
 Gneiss stone 150 
 
 Limestone 150 
 
 Slate 400 
 
 Marble 120 
 
 Sandstone 100 
 
 Bluestone 300 
 
 Concrete (Portland) cement 1; sand 2; stone 4 30 
 
 Concrete (Portland) cement 1; sand 2; stone 5 20
 
 CHAPTEE 60. 471 
 
 Concrete (Rosendale or equal) cemi til 1 ; sand 2 ; stone 4 16 
 
 Concrete (Eosendale or equal) eemerit 1 ; sand 2; stone 5 10 
 
 Brick (hard-burned) 50 
 
 Brickwork I in cement) 30 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
 
 81. In all public buildings or buildings of r — such as 
 
 hotels, churches, theaters, railroad depots, public bails, and other build- 
 ings used or intended to be used for purposes of public assembly, amuse- 
 ment or instruction and business and manufacturing buildings where 
 large numbers of people are congregated, the public halls , stair- 
 
 ways, seats, passageways and aisles, and all lighting and heating appli- 
 ances and apparatus shall be arranged to facilitate in eases of fire 
 or accident and to afford the requisite and proper accommodation for the 
 public protection in such eases. 
 
 The building inspector may at any time serve a written or printed 
 notice upon the owner, lessee or manager of any of said buildings, direct- 
 ing any act or thing to be done or provided in or about the said build- 
 ings and the several appliances therewith connected, such as halls, doors, 
 stairs, windows, scat-, aisle-, fire walls, fire apparatus and fire escapes, as 
 he may deem necessary. Tins provision shall also apply to floats or 
 apartment house- when occupied by more than two families. 
 
 THEATERS AND PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT APPROVAL OF BUILDING 
 INSPECTOR AND CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIRED BEFORE OPENING. 
 
 82a. No building shall be opened to the public for theatrical or operatic 
 purposes or for public entertainments of any kind until the building in- 
 spector shall have approved the same in writing nor until the chief of 
 the fire department shall have certified in writing that all the appliances 
 for the extinguishing of fire or guarding against the same are in a com- 
 plete and satisfactory working condition. 
 
 STORAGE ROOMS. 
 
 b. No storage room for scenery shall be allowed under auditorium or 
 public lobbies, but may be placed under stage or elsewhere when properly 
 separated from stage and auditorium by fire-proof material approved by 
 building inspector as to material and location.
 
 Kh II M0ND CITY CODE. 
 WALLS TO BE OF OTRE-PROOF MATERIALS. 
 
 c. Interior walls built of proof materials shall separate the audi- 
 
 torium fro entrance vestibule,, and from any room or room over 
 
 me, also from any lobbies, corridors, refreshment or other rooms; 
 and in all such walls the window and door frame- and all sash shall be 
 fire-proof; the window frames and sash shall be of metal of standard 
 construction, and the sash made stationary and glazed with wire glass 
 not less than one-quarter inches in thickness and each pane or unit 
 
 enty-four by thirty in< 
 '•.II staiicases for tl the audience shall i losed with walls 
 
 of brick, or of fire-proof materials approved by the building inspector, 
 in thi through which they pass, and the openings to said stair- 
 
 Prom each tier shall he the full width of the staircase. No door 
 shall open immediately upon a flight of stairs, but a landing at least the 
 width of the door shall be provided between such stairs and such door. 
 
 AUDITOR] OSCENIUM OPENING AND CURTAIN. 
 
 e. A lire wall built of brick, not less than thirteen inches in any por- 
 tion of the same shall separate the auditorium frmn the stage and the 
 -hall extend at least two feet above the stage roof, or the auditorium 
 if the latter lie the higher. 
 Above the proscenium opening there shall be an iron girder of sufficient 
 strength to safely support the load above and the same shall be covered 
 with fire-proof material not less than four inches in thick 
 
 The molded frame around the proscenium opening shall be formed 
 entirely of fire-proof materials; if metal be used, the metal should he 
 filled in solid with non-combustible material and securely anchored to 
 the wall with iron. 
 
 The proscenium opening shall he provided with fire-proof metal cur- 
 tain, or a curtain of asl r other fire-proof material approved by 
 
 ilium wail at each 
 
 side not less than twelve inches, and sliding vertically at each side within 
 
 or channels to a depth of not less loan tweh s, said 
 
 channels to he se dted to the brick wall and extend to 
 
 ; ove the top of the curtain when 
 
 Said curtain to be suspended or hung by steel 
 
 • wroughl iron or steel sheaves supported by wrought 
 
 iron ! "' il( i and well braced: the brackets 
 
 mium wall by through bolts with nuts 
 and washers on the opposite side of the wall.
 
 i ii ai'-i eb 60. 473 
 
 If the proscenium curtain be of asbestos, thai materia] shall be rein 
 forced with wire or wire spun in the asbestos, and at the bottom of the 
 curtain shall be placed a rigid metallic rod or bar of proper \- 
 securely fastened to the curtain ami covered over with like material as 
 the curtain itself, to carry down the curtain by the weight of the said rod 
 or bar when released. The excess weight of the curtain is to he over- 
 come by a check-rope of cotton or hemp, extending to ior on both 
 sides of the stage, so that the cutting or burning of which will release the 
 curtain and the same Mill then descend at its normal rate of - 
 The proscenium curtain shall he placed at the nearest point at least three 
 feet distant From the footlights. 
 
 Xo doorway or opening through the proscenium wall. Prom the audi- 
 torium shall he allowed above the level of the first floor, and such first 
 floor openings shall have self-closing standard fire doors at each side of 
 the wall, and opening, it any, below the stage shall each have a self- 
 closing standard fire door, and all of the said doors shall he hung so as 
 to he opened from either side of the wall at all times. 
 
 SKYLIGHT. 
 
 /. The skylight shall be so constructed as to open instantly on the 
 cutting or burning of a hempen cord, which shall he arranged to hold 
 said skylight closed, or some other equally simple approved automatic 
 device for opening them may be provided. Immediately underneath the 
 glass of said skylight there shall he wire netting, but wire glass -hall 
 not he used in lieu of tins requirement. 
 
 g. The ceiling of the auditorium shall be formed of fire-proof ma- 
 terials, plaster on metal laths or of sheet metal. 
 
 AUDITORIUM WALLS, SEATS, DOOES, 
 
 None of the walls or ceilings shall he covered with, wo thing, 
 
 wood wainscoting, canvas, or ofher combustible material. 
 
 All seats in the auditorium shall he firmly secured to the Flo 
 
 Doorways of exit or entrance for the use of the public shall he not less 
 than five feet in width, not including the fire exit doorways. 
 
 All doors of exit or entrance 1 shall open outwardly and be hung to 
 swing in such a manner as not to become an obstruction in a pas-age or 
 corridor. 
 
 Distinct and separate places of exit and entrance shall lie provided (><r 
 each gallery. 
 
 No passage leading to any stairway communicating with any entrance 
 or exit, not including fire exits, shall be less than four feet in width in 
 any part thereof.
 
 -i; [ RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 Stairs from balconies ;>n<] galleries shall not communicate with the base- 
 ment or cellar oor shall any stairway have a closet or inclosed space 
 undei 
 
 In no case shall th ublic stairs exceed seven and an half 
 
 lies in height, nor shall the treads exclusive of nosings, be less than ten 
 and ide in straight stairs. 
 
 Xo circular or winding stairs for the use of the public shall be per- 
 mitted. 
 
 At least two independent and direct exterior outlets shall be provided 
 for the service of the st^age and shall be located on the opposite sides of 
 ame. 
 
 All inclosed staircases shall have, on both sides, strong hand-rails firmly 
 
 red to the wall about three inches distanl therefrom and about three 
 
 feel '.ni's, but said hand-rails shall not run on level platforms 
 
 and landings where the same are of greater length than the width of 
 
 -airs. 
 
 BOILERS VXD HEATING ARRANGEMENTS. 
 
 //. Every steam boiler which may be required for heating shall be in- 
 closed by walls of masonary on all sides and the ceiling of such space shall 
 be constructed of fire-proof materials and shall not be located under the 
 main auditorium. 
 
 All doorways in boiler room walls connecting with the building shall 
 have standard automatic sliding fire doors. 
 
 Stand pipes of not less than Four inches in diameter shall be provided 
 with hose connections, one on each side of the stage and one on each side 
 of the II v gallerii 
 
 All of such stand pipes and hose connections -hall be kept clear of 
 obstructions. 
 
 Pipes shall he titled with approved straightway composition gate valves 
 at hose outlets and the thread of all connections shall be uniform with 
 that in use by the fire department. 
 
 One spanner to he located at each hose connection. 
 
 GAS AXJ) ELECTRIC LIGHTS. 
 
 i. There shall he one light within a red globe or lantern placed over 
 each exit opening, on the auditorium side of the wall. 
 
 Gas main- and electric light wires supplying the building shall have 
 three independent connections as follows: One for the stage, one for the 
 auditorium, excepting the exit lights therein, and the third for the halt-, 
 corridors, li bbies, exit lights, including the exit lights in the auditorium,
 
 chapter iin. I ;;. 
 
 and such other portions of the building used by the audience outside of 
 the auditorium proper. 
 
 All gas and electric lights in the hails, corridors, lobbi 
 portions of the building used by the audience, with the exception of bhe 
 auditorium proper, but including the exit lights therein, shall be con- 
 trolled by separate switches or valves, one to be located in the lobby and 
 the other to be located in the rear part of the building. 
 
 LIGHT GUARDS. 
 
 j. No gas or electric light shall be recessed in the walls, woodwork, 
 ceilings or in any part of the building unless protected by fire-proof 
 materials. 
 
 All lights in passages and corridors in said buildings, and wherever 
 else deemed necessary by the building inspector, shall be guarded with 
 proper wire net-work. 
 
 The footlights when not electric, in addition to the wire net-work, shall 
 be guarded with strong wire guard and chain drawn taut placed not less 
 than two feet distant from said footlights and the trough containing said 
 footlights shall be formed of and surrounded by fire-proof materials. 
 
 All ducts or shafts used for conducting heated air from the main 
 chandelier, or from any other light or lights, shall he constructed of metal. 
 
 All stage lights shall have strong metal wire guards or screens not less 
 than eight inches in diameter, so constructed that any material in contact 
 therewith shall be out of reach of the flames of said stage lights, and 
 such guards or fixtures shall in all cases be fastened to the fixture. 
 
 The bridge calcium lights at sides of proscenium shall be inclosed in 
 front and on the side by galvanized iron so that no drop can come in con- 
 tact with the lights. Electric calcium so-called are included in the above 
 requirements. 
 
 EXITS. 
 
 Tc. Every exit shall have over the same on the inside, the word "Exit" 
 painted in legible letters not less than eight inches high. 
 
 FRAME BUILDINGS ALTERED OR REMOVED. 
 
 83. Within the fire limits no frame building more than two stories in 
 height, now used as a dwelling, shall hereafter be altered to be used as 
 a factory, warehouse or stable. 
 
 No wood building, within or without the fire limits, shall be moved 
 from one lot to another until a statement setting forth the purpose of 
 said removal and the uses to which said building is to be applied is filed
 
 476 RICHMOND < TI'Y CODE. 
 
 in the office of the building inspector and a permit lie first obtained there- 
 for. \,, wood building shall be moved from without to within the fire 
 limits. 
 
 FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 84. No frame or wood structure shall be buirl hereafter in the city of 
 Richmond, within the fire limits, as the -aid limits now are or from time 
 to time may hereafter be established, except as provided for in this Code, 
 and also excepting grain elevators, coal elevators and pockets, ice bouses 
 and exhibition buildings, as provided for in this Code. 
 
 The lire limit city of Richmond shall include all that territory 
 
 within the following boundaries, viz.: 
 
 Begi ! a point on the northern shore of James river where the 
 
 e of Belviclere street intersects the said river shore; thence 
 vardly al r line of Belvidere street to a point oppo- 
 
 site the center of an alley south of Cary street ; thence westwardly along 
 the said alley or its continuation to the west line of Carter street: thence 
 northwardly along the west line of Carter street to Car\ thence 
 
 Cary street to the west line of Walnut street; thence northwardly 
 along I i line of Walnut street to an alley south of Main street; 
 
 thence irdly along the said alle} or its continuation to the corpora- 
 
 tion li wardly a I imits of the city to the 
 
 north side of the Broad Street road; thence eastwardly along the aorth 
 side of Broad street (being a part of the northern portion of the city 
 limits) to ie old Fairgrounds; tl irthwardly 
 
 along the eastern line ot the Old Pair grounds to the northern line of 
 ■ street; thence eastwardly i if Leigh street to a 
 
 point opp center of Henry street; r northwardly along a 
 
 line which would be a projectioi titer line of Henry street to the 
 
 north line of Duva eastwardly along the north line of 
 
 Duval street to a point 150 feet west of Fir-t street; thence northwardly 
 a line 150 feet wesl of and parallel to First o the north line 
 
 of Charii twardly along the north line of Charity street 
 
 ie of Sec a Ion-- the west line 
 
 of Sei ' orth line rdly along 
 
 Hit- north line | line of Fourth street: thence 
 
 southwardly along the east line of Foe | to the north line of 
 
 Baker stre rdly along, the north line of Baker street to a 
 
 ■ point 150 feet easl of Sixth street; thence southwardly along a line 150 
 :-t of and parallel to Sixth street to the center line of Duval street, 
 if extended, and eastwardly along the center line of Duval street, if ex- 
 tended, to I line of Ni , southwardly along the east 
 line of Ninth street to the center line of Turpin street; thence east-
 
 CHAPTER 60. 477 
 
 wardly along the center line of Turpin street to a point 150 Peel east of 
 Tenth street: thence southwardly along a line L50 feet east of and parallel 
 to Tenth street to a point 150 feet north of Clay street : thence eastwardly 
 along a line 150 feet north of and parallel to ('lav street to a point 150 
 feet east of Twelfth street; thei thwardly along a line L50 fed cast 
 
 of and parallel to Twelfth street fco a point 150 feci north of .Marshall 
 street; thence eastwardly along a line L50 feet north <>f and parallel to 
 Marshall street to a point 150 feet west of Seventeen! ; thence 
 
 northwardly along a line 150 feet west of and parallel to Seventeenth 
 street to the north line of William street: thence eastwardly along the 
 noith line of William street to a point 150 feet east of Seventeenth street ; 
 thence southwardly along a line 150 feet east of and parallel to Seven- 
 teenth street to a point 150 feet north of Marshall street; thence ca<t- 
 wardlv along a line 150 feet north of and parallel to Marshall street to 
 a point 150 feet east of Thirty-fourth street; thence southwardly along a 
 line 150 feet east of and parallel to Thirty-fourth street to a point on the 
 south side of Broad street; thence westwardly along the south side of 
 Broad street to the west line of Thirty-second street; thence southwardly 
 along the west line of Thirty-second street to the south line of Grace street; 
 thence westwardly along the south line of Grace street to the east line of 
 Thirtieth street; thence southwardly along the east line of Thirtieth 
 street to the south side of Main street: thence eastwardly along the south 
 side of Main street to the east side of Elm street; thence southwardly 
 along the east side of Elm street to the northern shore of James river; 
 thence westwardly along the northern shore of .lame- river to the point 
 of beginning. 
 
 EXCEPTIONS \s TO Bt'ILniXOs IX FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 It is provided that dwellings may he built of frame or wood within 
 these fire limits in the following districts: 
 
 First. In the district hounded on the west by Twenty-third 
 street and on the north, south and east by the fire limits stated in 
 this ordinance. 
 
 Second. In the district west of Lombardy street, hounded on 
 the north, south and wot by the fire limits named in this ordi- 
 nance. 
 Provided all such frame dwellings built in the districts just described 
 shall be located so as to leave a clear space of five (5) feet between such 
 dwelling and the side lot lines except on corners, in winch event the clear 
 space next to the street will lie exempt from this provision. 
 
 This special provision shall not he construed to permit of the erection 
 of double tenements or blocks of frame dwellings, nor shall any frame
 
 478 RICH MOND I ITY CODE. 
 
 dwelling be erected within less than ten (10) feet of any frame structure 
 now existing in the territories described in this paragraph. 
 
 FRAME STRUCTURES WITHIN THE FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 85a. The provisions in this section contained, shall apply to build- 
 ings and structures, whether temporary or permanent, within the fire 
 limits, as the said fire limits now are or from time to time may here- 
 after be established. 
 
 i 
 
 TEMPORARY FRAME BUILDINGS. 
 
 Temporary one-story frame buildings may be erected for the uses of 
 buildings, within the limits of lots wlureon buildings are in course of 
 errection, or on an adjoining vacant lot, upon permits issued by the build- 
 ing inspector. 
 
 Temporary structures shall be taken to mean and include platforms. 
 stands, election booths and circus tents. 
 
 S!i EDS. 
 
 Sheds of wood not over fifteen (15) feet high, open on at least one side, 
 with the sides and roof thereof covered with fire-proof material may also 
 be built, but such sheds shall not cover an area exceeding 1,000 square 
 feet, except by permission of the building inspector in isolated localities 
 and under such conditions as the said building inspector may prescribe. 
 
 OUTHOUSES. 
 
 Exterior privies, and wood or coal houses, nol exceeding one hundred 
 square feet in superficial area and eight feet high, may be built of wood, 
 but the roofs thereof -hall be covered with metal, gravel or slate. 
 
 FENCES. 
 
 h. Fence-; f \ V i„.d shall not be erected over ten feet high, above the 
 surface of the ground, and shall be properly supported and braced. 
 
 vs. 
 
 c. Signs of wood shall not be erected over two feet high on any build- 
 ■<\ no sign of wood shall be placed above the front wall or cornice 
 or roof of anv building.
 
 CHAPTEB 60. L79 
 
 Sky signs, or any device in the nature of an advertisement, announce- 
 ment or direction constructed of sheet metal or wire fastened to wood 
 frames supported upon or above or attached to any building, shall be 
 
 deemed to be wood signs. 
 
 If such sky signs shall exceed two feet in height they shall be (-'in- 
 structed entirely of metal, including the uprights, supports and bra. 
 same, and shall he not more than nine feet in height above the front 
 wall or cornice or roof of the building or structure to which the} are 
 attached or by which they are supported. 
 
 Before any wood or metal sign shall be placed in position upon, above 
 or attached to the outside of any building, a permit shall first be obtained 
 from the building inspector. 
 
 Such signs shall be so constructed, placed and supported as not to be 
 or become dangerous. 
 
 All signs which shall be dangerous in any manner whatever, shall be 
 repaired and made safe or taken down by the owoier, lessee or occupant 
 of the building. 
 
 BILL BOARDS. 
 
 No signs or bill boards of wood or metal erected upon uprights or other 
 supports extending into the ground shall be at any point more than ten 
 feet above the surface of the ground, and the same -hall be properly 
 supported and braced. 
 
 FRAME BUILDINGS DAMAGED. 
 
 86. Every wood or frame building with a brick or other front within 
 the fire limits, which may hereafter be damaged to an amount not greater 
 than one-half the actual value thereof, exclusive of the valuation of the 
 foundation thereof at the time of such damage, may be repaired or rebuilt. 
 
 Rut if such damage shall amount to more than one-half of such actual 
 value thereof, exclusive of the value of the foundation, then such build- 
 in:.'' shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be taken down, excepl as 
 provided in this Code. 
 
 FRAME BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF FIRE LIMITS. 
 
 87a. The provisions of this section shall apply to frame or 
 buildings hereafter erected outside of the fire limits, as the same are now 
 or may hereafter be established in portions of the city of Richmond, where 
 streets are now and where thev may hereafter be legally establishd.
 
 480 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 in:i(iHT. 
 
 b. Two-story frame buildings may be erected to a height not exceed- 
 ing thirty feet, said height being taken from the curb line, where same 
 exists, at the center of front or side of building on which main entrance 
 tii upper floor is located. 
 
 Where the walls of a building do not adjoin the street or building line 
 then the average level of the ground on which the building stands may 
 be taken in place of the curb line. 
 
 The measurement for height shall be to the highest point of roof 
 beams in case of llat roof buildings, and to the average height of gable 
 m r<mf jji ease of pitched roofs. 
 
 Towers, turrets, and minarets of wood may be erected to a height not 
 to exceed ten feet greater than the foregoing limited height. 
 
 AKEA. 
 
 c. No frame building hereafter crc-ctcd or any occupancy other than 
 grain elevators, coal elevators and pockets, ice houses, ami exhibition 
 buildings and being not over thirty feet m height, shall cover a ground 
 area exceeding the following: One-story building seventy-five hundred 
 square feet, two-story building five thousand square feet, which may be 
 increased in special cases by permission of the building inspector. 
 
 FOUNDATIONS. 
 
 d. Foundation for frame structures shall be laid not less than eighteen 
 - below the finished surface of the earth, or upon the surface where 
 
 there is rock- bottom, or upon pile- or ranging timbers where found 
 -a it. 
 
 The fom vail of frarrn eding fifteen feet in 
 
 height — 
 
 If of stone, shall be not less than twelve inches thick. 
 
 And if of brick, or concrete n< an nine inches to the underside 
 
 ■ill with a. proper heel course. 
 
 If the foundation and first-story walls are constructed of brick^or con- 
 crete the foundation walls shall be not less than thirteen inches thick 
 to the firsi tier of beams and nine inches thick from first tier to second 
 tier of beams. 
 
 Or if these walls are constructed of Mono they shall be not less than 
 eighteen inches for the foundation wall and thirteen inches for the first- 
 story wall.
 
 CHAPTER 60. IS I 
 
 CII1M NETS AND FLUES. 
 
 e. All chimneys in frame buildings shall be built of brick or other 
 fire-proof material as required by section 55 of tins Code. 
 
 In all chimneys the backs shall have at leasi eight niches of brick- 
 work between fire-backs or any woodwork. 
 
 WALLS. 
 
 /. When two or more frame buildings are built continuous the party 
 or division studding shall be not less than four inches thick and Idled in 
 solidly with brickwork or other fire-proof material extending to the under- 
 side of roof hoards. 
 
 When the division walls are of brick they shall be uol less than nine 
 inches thick above the reinitiation wall and extending to underside of roof 
 hoards, and the ends of the floor beams shall he so staggered or separated 
 that not less than four inches of brickwork will be between the beams 
 where they rest on said walls. 
 
 FRAME CONSTR1 I TION. 
 
 g. All frame or wood buildings exceeding a height of fifteen feel shall 
 be built with sills, posts, girts, plates and rafters, all of suitable size and 
 properly framed and braced with suitable studs or planks, set at proper 
 distance apart. 
 
 The floor beams and rafters shall be not less than two inches in thick- 
 ness. 
 
 The covering of roofs with wooden shingles is hereby prohibited. 
 
 The walls of light, vent and dumb-waiters shafts, whether exterior or 
 interior, in frame buildings may be constructed of frame. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall be constructed to prohibit the repairing 
 of any shingle roof, provided the building is not altered in height, but 
 this shall not be construed to permit the renewal of a shingle roof. 
 
 Posts of wood and wood girders may be used instead of brick fore-and- 
 aft partitions in ceilings of frame buildings. 
 
 ALTERATIONS OR ENLARGEMENT. 
 
 h. Frame buildings may lie altered, extended, raised or repaired, pro- 
 vided the new portions comply with the provisions of this section.
 
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 VENEERED BUILDINGS. 
 
 I. 
 
 Frame buildings veneered on the outside with four inches of brick or 
 
 work shall be deemed frame buildings, but such brick or stone work 
 
 shall be supported on a continuous foundation of masonry, and shall 
 
 be properly anchored to the frame structure. The height of any such 
 
 red building shall not exceed two stories and attic above the base- 
 ment. 
 
 BRICK BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF FIRE LIMITS^ 
 
 88. Outside of the fire limits, when any brick, stone or concrete build- 
 ing is to I- I of a class that could, under this Code, be constructed 
 building inspector is hereby authorized and directed to 
 allow reasonable modifications of this (ode relating to brick buildings. 
 in consideration of incombustible material being used Tor wails instead 
 of wood. 
 
 UENERAL RULES CONCERNING RETAIL STO] 
 
 89a. In all buildings having more than five thousand feet of area on 
 their main floor and occupied for the retail sale of merchandise, in such 
 cases the doors to the main entrance or entrances shall be made to 
 outwardly and no obstruction or show-case, whether movable or im- 
 movable, shall be permitted between said doors and the property line. 
 
 This section shall not prevent the use of show-cases in entranceways 
 when such entrance- are so arranged as to maintain a passageway on all 
 sides of such show-case equal in width to the doorway or doorways into 
 such entram 
 
 In such stores there shall also he an additional entrance at least four 
 uing on an alleyway or side street readily accessible to 
 the public for use as an emergency exit. Tins doo open outwardly 
 
 and be kept unlocked during the usual h 
 
 When the basement of such stores are used for I if merchandise 
 
 and exceed three thousand square feel of area there shall he at least two 
 
 stairways located a,- near as practicable at opposite ends of the building 
 
 and contiguous to public exits or at, leasl one exit leading directly to a 
 
 I or an alley. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the building inspector to notify the property 
 
 owner- of such buildings coming within this law ami in the event of 
 
 their failure to pr< e exits within thirty days they shall be sub- 
 
 o a "fine o ($50.00) dollars for the first thirty (30) day-, and 
 
 fifty ($50.00) dollars for each ten (10) days thereafter, and in the evenl
 
 CHAPTEE 60. is.". 
 
 that obstructions are found and are not removed, within twenty-four (24) 
 hours, the tenant or tenants causing such obstructions shall be fined five 
 ($5.00) dollars for each twenty-tour (24) hours that such obstructions 
 
 remain. 
 
 CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT HAZARDOUS BUILDINGS, I 
 
 b. Whenever in the opinion of the chief of the fire department any 
 openings in any building or buildings overlooking any other buildi 
 building-, street or alleyways, are Liable to increase the opportunities for 
 a dangerous spread of tire, he shall make such a report in writing to the 
 building inspector, who in turn shall investigate the condition and is 
 authorized to cause such improvements to be made, either by the closing 
 up of such openings, use of tire-shutters or wire glass as may minimize 
 such danger. 
 
 In such case- the building inspector shall notify the property owner in 
 writing, setting forth the required improvements, and in the event that 
 such improvements are not completed within sixty (60) days, the owner 
 shall be subject to a fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars for the first thirty (30) 
 days delinquency, and twenty-five ($25.00) dollars tor each ten (10) 
 days thereafter. 
 
 BUILDING INSPECTOR -MAY MODIFY PROVISION OF CODE. ETC. 
 
 90a. Where there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out 
 the strict letter of this Code, the building inspector may vary or modify 
 any of the provisions of this Code relating to the construction, alteration 
 or removal of any building or structure erected or to he erected upon 
 an application to him therefor in writing by the owner or lessee of such 
 building or structure, or his duly authorized agent; provided, that the 
 spirit of this Code shall be observed and public safety secured and sub- 
 stantial justice done; but no such variation or modification shall be 
 granted or allowed unless the particulars of each application and of the 
 decision of said building inspector thereon shall be entered upon the 
 ds of the building inspector's office. 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS'. 
 
 b. -The building inspector shall have the power to establish general 
 rules and regulations concerning the construction, maintenance, repair 
 or removal of walls, buildings or other structures, not inconsistent with 
 the provisions of this Code: and he may change or revoke such rides and
 
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 regulations when in his opinion it shall be necessary or desirable. All 
 rules and regulations so made, and all modifications of same shall he 
 :i a hook to he kept in his office and open to public inspection, 
 to be known as Record Book of Ride- and Regulations, established by the 
 building inspector. Such rules and regulations shall from time to time 
 he printed in c< I form and as far as practicable be distributed to 
 
 builders and contractors for their information. 
 
 RECORD OF APPLICATION. 
 
 c. The building inspector shall keep a record of all applications pre- 
 sented lo him concerning, effecting or relating to the construction, altera- 
 tion or removal of buildings or other structures. Such record shall in- 
 clude the date of the filing of each application, the name and address 
 of the owner of I'm- land on which the building or structure mentioned 
 in such application i- situated, I - and addresses of the architect 
 
 and builder employed thereon; a designation of the premises by street 
 number, or otherwise, sufficient to identify the same, a statement of the 
 nature and proposed use of such structure; and a brief statement of the 
 nature of the application, together with a memorandum of the decision 
 of said building inspector upon such application, and the date of the 
 rendition of such decision. 
 
 The record shall he kept in two classes, one lor new buildings or 
 structures and one for alterations to existing buildings or structures. 
 Each application for a new or altered buildiDg or structure shall be re- 
 spectively and consecutively numbered in the date and order of filing, 
 and the record numbers and the application numbers shall correspond. 
 
 The book containing such records, and all plans, statements and other 
 papers relating to any such application are hereby declared to be public 
 record.-, and .-hall ho opened to inspection at all reasonable times, but 
 such inspection shall not include the right to copy any plan on file in 
 the office - lilding inspector, and the copying of any field drawing, 
 
 tracing or print is hereby forbidden. 
 
 APPEALS AXD MODIFICATIONS. 
 
 91. The building inspector shall have power, and it shall be his duty 
 to pass upon any question relative to the mode, manner of construction, 
 or materials to be used in the erection of alteration of any building or 
 other structure erected or to be erected which is included within the 
 provisions of this Code and other ordinances, and regulations of the 
 building inspector's office relating to the construction, alteration, or re-
 
 (ii \rn:i; 60. L85 
 
 moval of buildings or other structures and to require that same be con- 
 formed to. 
 
 Whenever the building inspector to whom such que:tions have been 
 submitted shall reject or refuse to approve the mod,' or manner of con 
 struction proposed to be followed or materials to be used in the erection 
 ot alteration of any such building or structure, or when it is claimed that 
 the rules and regulations of the building inspector's office or the provi- 
 sions of this ('mil' or any of the ordinances or regulations do not apply, 
 or that an equally good or more desirable form of construction can he 
 employed in any specific case, or when it is claimed that the true intent 
 and meaning of this ('ode or any of the ordinances and regulations have 
 been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the permit applied for having 
 
 been refused by the building inspector, and the owner or less< f such 
 
 building or structure, or his duly authorized agent, may appeal From the 
 decision of the building ctor, in writing - , to the board of public 
 
 safety; which board shall b< of the city of Rich- 
 
 mond, the cit\ engi] d the chief of the fire departn which 
 
 board the mayor shall be ex-officio chairman. In the event of the absence 
 or inability of the mayor, the presidenl of the board of aldermen may 
 sit on the heard in his place; and for like reasons and in like manner the 
 first assistant city engineer may sit for the city engineer, and the lii>t 
 assistant chief of the fire department may sit for the chief of the fire de- 
 partment. It shall be the duty of the chairman promptly to convene' 
 the board for the transaction of business on any appeal in writing being 
 lodged with him from any decision of the building inspector. The hoard 
 shall, after hearing the evidence adduced on such appeal, cither a 
 modify or reverse the decision of the building inspector as to them may 
 seem best under all the circumstances of the case, and their decision shall 
 have the same effect as if it were the decision of the building inspector. 
 
 The clerk to the building inspector shall be the clerk of the said hoard 
 without additional compensation, and he shall record the proce 
 said hoard in a record book to be kept in the office of the building in- 
 spector. 
 
 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. 
 
 92. The owner of any building, structure or part thereof or of any wall, 
 or any platform, staging or floor to be used for standing or seating pur- 
 poses, violating the provisions of this Code, and any architect, civil en- 
 gineer, builder, carpenter, mason, contractor, sub-contractor, foreman or 
 any other person who may be employed or assist in the commission of any 
 such violation, and any and all persons who shall violate any of the 
 provisions of this (ode or fail to comply therewith, or any requirements
 
 486 RICH MOM) ( [TY CODE. 
 
 f. or who shall violate, or fail to comply with any order or regula- 
 tion made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of detailed state- 
 plans, submitted and approved thereunder, or 
 ermit issued thereunder, shall severally. Tor each 
 ,!i violatii - respectively, be liable 
 
 to a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars except 
 ial penalties have been provided in this Code, recoverable before 
 the police justice of the city of Richmond, and any person thereafter, 
 having been served with notice to remove any work done in violation of. 
 (his ordinance or the regulati scribed thereunder, within ten 
 
 after such notice, shall he liable to a fine of not less than ten nor 
 more than one hundred dollars, recoverable before the police justice of 
 city of Richmond. 
 
 Plan ! \T LAW. 
 
 93a. It shall be the duty of the building inspector to report to the 
 police justice all violations of this Code or any order or regulation made 
 thereunder, and when requested by the police justice it shall he the duty 
 of the city attorney to appear and prosecute all such violations of this 
 ('ode or any such order- or regulations. 
 
 CITY ATTORNEY TO BEING SUITS TO ENFORCE PROVISION OF THIS CODE. 
 
 b. Whenever the building inspector is satisfied that any building or 
 structure, or an\ portion thereof, the erection, construction, or alteration, 
 execution or repair of which is regulated, permitted or forbidden by this 
 Code, is being erected, constructed, altered or repaired, or has been 
 i rected, constructed, altered or repaired, in violation of, or not in com- 
 pliance with any of the provisions or requirements of this Code, or in 
 violation of any detailed statement or specifications or plans submitted 
 and approved thereunder, or of any certificate or permit issued there- 
 under, or that any provision or requirement of this Code, or any order 
 or direction made thereunder, has not been complied with, or that plans 
 and specifications have not been submitte'd or filed as required by this 
 Code, the building inspector may, in his discretion, through the city at- 
 torney, in addition to the prosecution authorized in the foregoing 
 section, and with the approval of said attorney, institute any appropriate 
 action or proceeding, at law or in equity, to restrain, correct or remove 
 such violation, or the execution of any work thereon, or to restrain or 
 correct the erection or alteration of, or to require the removal of, or to. 
 prevent the occupation or use of, the building or structure erected, con-
 
 CHAPTER 60. !SV 
 
 structed or altered, in violation of, or not in compliance with any of the 
 provisions of this Code, or with respect to which the requirements of 
 this Code, or of any order or direction made pursuani to any provisions 
 contained in this Code shal] not have beerj complied with. 
 
 In any such action or proceeding the city attorney may at the request 
 of the building inspector, and on ids affidavit setting forth the facts, 
 apply to any court of record, in said city, or to a judge thereof, for an 
 order enjoining and restraining all persons from doing or causing or 
 permitting to be done, any work in or upon such building or structure, 
 or in or upon such part thereof as may be designated in said affidavit, 
 or from occupying or using said building or structure or such portion 
 thereof as may be designated in said affidavit for any purpose whatever, 
 until the hearing and determination of said action and the entry of final 
 judgment therein. 
 
 The building inspector and any officer, acting in good faith and with- 
 out malice, shall not be liable for damages by reason of anything done 
 in any such action or proceeding. 
 
 NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF CODE; SERVICE OF PAPERS. 
 
 9-1. All notices required by this Code to be given to any person by 
 the building inspector shall be in writing and signed by him. and shall 
 be served by the deliver] of a copy thereof to the party to whom the same 
 is addressed, or to his authorized agent or person having Ids property in 
 charge, by an officer or employee of his office, or by some officer authorized 
 by law to serve notices. 
 
 Such notice shall contain a description of the building premisi 
 property on which such violation shall have been put or may exist, or 
 which may be deemed unsafe or dangerous, or to which such notice or 
 order may refer. 
 
 If such owner, agent or person in charge of the property cannot be 
 found in the city of Richmond the same may be served by publication by 
 three successive insertions in some daily newspaper published in the 
 city of Richmond. 
 
 DANGEROUS OR UNSAFE BUILDINGS, ETC. 
 
 95. Upon it beiag represented to the police justice by any citizen, city 
 officer, police officer, or the building inspector that any building or part 
 of any building, staging or other structure in the city of Richmond is 
 dangerous or unsafe by reason of dilapidation or otherwise to persons 
 passing upon the streets, alleys or other public places of the city of
 
 |SS lilt Ii MOND CIT"5 i 
 
 Richmond, or to persons on private property, or to adjoining property, 
 the police justice shal] issue a summons requiring the owner of such 
 building, staging or other structure, and also the persons in possession 
 thereof to appear before him at a time to he specified in the summons, 
 ii, . i exceeding ten days thereafter, to contest, if they so desire, the truth 
 of such representations, and shall also, in writing, direct the building 
 tor to make a careful examination of such building, staging or 
 other structure, and by^personal inspection to determine whether or not 
 same is d - and unsafe as represented and report his con- 
 
 clusions in the premises on the day on which the owner or occupants of 
 snid buildi] ler structure are summoned to appear, together 
 
 with his recommendation in the pre] md the said inspector shall 
 
 ise personally appear before the police justice to be examined as a 
 :ss in relation thereto, and it shall be the <\viy of the police justice, 
 after i uch report and hearing said inspector on oath, if he or 
 
 any party in interest so desire, and also hearing any other witnesses in- 
 u behalf of the city of Richmond or introduced on behalf of the 
 owners or occupants of said building, to determine whether or not the 
 said building, staging or other structure is, in fact, unsafe or dangerous 
 as represented,- and if l< be so unsafe and dangerous, he shall, by 
 
 his older, require such owner-, occupants or both, within a time to he 
 Red in his order, either to remove the same or repair and put the 
 in a sale condition within a specified time nol exceeding five days; 
 ded, howevi r, that in case of emergency the said justice may 
 mmediate removal, repair or securing of said building, staging or 
 other thai no injury may be occasioned by its collapse, 
 
 pants tie roeeeding with 
 
 such removal or repair or to take the necessary steps for securing the 
 
 within five hours : said order, and upon their 
 
 failure so to d< all, in his order, direct the building inspector to 
 
 ed with the removal of :. or the repair or securing 
 
 of thi liter dire* 
 
 upants o: : ! building, .-(aging or 
 
 til to remove I in the time prescribed by the 
 
 order i istice, they, and each of them, shall be liable to a fine of 
 
 an twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, which the 
 
 may imp ;i summons requiring the said 
 
 owner or occupants to -how cause on a given day against the imposition 
 
 of the said fine : i owners or occupants to remove 
 
 or repair the same as required, the p tice shall at once order the 
 
 removal or repair of such building, staging or other structure, and in 
 
 of emergency, to direct the building inspector immediately to hire
 
 CHAPTEE 60. 489 
 
 the necessary persons to have said building, staging, or other structure 
 removed or repaired under his direction and supervision, or, where the 
 exigencies of the situation will permit, with due regard to the safety of 
 persons and property, the said building inspector shall be directed to 
 advertise for bids for the removal or repair of such building, staging, or 
 other structure, such advertisement to be in the manner and for the length 
 of time by him deemed necessary, and he shall let the removal, demolition 
 or repair of the same to the lowest bidder. All materials derived from 
 the removal or demolition of said building shall be carefully preserved, 
 placed on the premises and sold at public auction by the building in- 
 spector, after he shall have first advertised the time and place of such sale 
 in such manner as he may deem best, the proceeds of which sale, after 
 paying therefrom the costs of such removal, demolition or repair he shall 
 turn into the city treasury, which sum so paid into the city treasury shall 
 be held by the city until the persons entitled thereto shall establish their 
 right to the same in a manner satisfactory to the city attorney, on whose 
 order the same may be paid to such person. 
 
 In any case in which personal service of a notice is under this section 
 required, if the person upon whom personal service is to be made cannot 
 be found in the city of Richmond, such notice shall be published by three 
 successive insertions in some daily newspaper published in the city of 
 Richmond, and proof of such publication shall be taken and accepted in 
 lieu of personal service. 
 
 In any case where the proceeds derived from the sale of building ma- 
 terials sold under this section shall not be sufficient to pay the costs of 
 removal, demolition or repair the building inspector shall report fully in 
 writing his transactions under the order of the police justice, which 
 report shall show the cost of such removal, demolition or repair; the 
 sum received by him for the building material sold and the balance due 
 on account of such removal, demolition or repair; and the sum by such 
 report shown to be in excess of the proceeds of sale of such materials shall 
 be a lien on the property of the owner from which such building, staging 
 or other structure is removed, which report, if approved by the police 
 justice, he shall certify to the city attorney, who shall forthwith institute 
 proper proceedings to recover the same of the owners of the property. 
 
 RECOVERY OF BODIES UNDER FALLEN BUILDINGS. 
 
 96. In case of the falling of any building or part thereof in the city 
 of Richmond, where persons are known or believed to be buried under 
 the ruins thereof, it shall be the duty of the chief engineer of the fire
 
 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 department, to cause an examination of the premises to be made for the 
 recovery of the bodies of the killed and injured. 
 
 Whenever in making such examination, it shall be necessary to remove 
 
 the premises any debris, it shall be the duty of the heads of any 
 
 and all other • partments of the city of Richmond, when called 
 
 by the build i . and utilize the hands and 
 
 carts and employees under their control so far as practicable and to pro- 
 
 a suitable and convenient dumping place dor the deposit of 
 debris. 
 
 BUILDINGS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF FALLING. 
 
 !'?. ; iiilding inspector, actual 
 
 and immediate danger of falling of any building or part thereof so as to 
 life or property, said building inspector shall cause the neces- 
 sary work vie to render said building or part thereof temporary 
 sale until the proper proceedings can be taken as in the case of an unsafe 
 building as provided for in this Code; provided, the safety of persons and 
 property cannot be secured by temporarily closing the streets and side- 
 walks adjacent to such buildings, which he is hereby expressly authorized 
 to do in such case, and the immedial al of the occupants of such 
 buildings and any adjacent buildings which may be endangered. 
 
 The building inspector is hereby authorized and empowered in 
 cases also where any part of a building has fallen and life is endam 
 by the occupation thereof, to order and require the inmates and occupant- 
 of such building or part thereof to vacate the same forthwith. 
 
 Any person refusing to vacate as required by this section shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, recoverable 
 !>;■ fore the police justice of the city of Bichn 
 
 WORK ON BUILDINCS. 
 
 98. In ca ill be, in the opinion of the building inspector, 
 
 r to life or property by reason of any defective or illegal work, or 
 work in violation of or not in compliance with any of the provisions or 
 requirements of this Code, the building inspector or such person as may 
 be designated by him, shall have the right, and he is hereby authorized 
 and empowered to order all further work to be stopped in and about said 
 building, and to require all persons in and about said building forthwith 
 to vacate the same, and to cause such work to be done in or about the 
 building as in his judgment may be necessary to remove any damage there- 
 'll the building inspector may, when necessary for the public 
 arily close the sidewalks and streets adjacent to said build-
 
 PTEB 60. 491 
 
 ing, or part thereof, and the police department when called upon by the 
 huilding inspector to co-operate, shall enforce such orders or require- 
 ments. 
 
 .BADGES, UNIFORM AND AUTHORITY. 
 
 0!). Suitable metal badges, of office shall he provided by the building 
 inspector, each badge to be numbered, for all the officials of said depart- 
 ment having the right to enter buildings or premises, and to be worn 
 conspicuously by them during their hours of public, service. Said badges 
 shall be and remain the property of the city of Richmond. 
 
 The building inspector may prescribe a suitable uniform to be worn 
 by each and all of the before-mentioned officials during. their hours 
 public service. 
 
 All of the officials of the building inspector's office, so far as it may be 
 necessary for the performance of their respective duties, shall have the 
 right to enter any building or premises in said city, upon showing their 
 badge of office. 
 
 INVALIDITY OF ONE SECTION NOT TO INVALIDATE ANY OTHEB. 
 
 100. The invalidity of any section or provision of this Code shall not 
 invalidate any other section or provision thereof. 
 
 101. That hereafter all concrete or reinforced concrete building* shall 
 be erected under the following rules and regulations : 
 
 (1) PROPORTIONS AND MIXING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WORK FOR 
 
 BUILDINGS. 
 
 The concrete shall be mixed in the proportion of one (1) part c 
 to two (2) parts sand and not more than four (4) part- aggregate. 
 Where slag or other similar material is used it may be necessary to reduce 
 the proportion of aggregate in order to have the voids properly filled. 
 In no case shall more than two (?) parts sand be used to one (1) part 
 cement, and all mixing must be done by machine if the total am< 
 exceeds seventy-five (75) cubic yards. 
 
 (2) PERMITS AND DRAWINGS. 
 
 Complete drawings, specifications and details of all reinforced concrete 
 construction, showing the size and position of all reinforcing members, 
 shall be filed with the building inspector before a permit to erect the 
 same shall be issued. 

 
 [[)■> RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 (3) CEMENT, SAND AND INERTS. 
 
 (a) Cement. — Only Portland cement shall be used which conforms to 
 the standard specifications of the American Society for Testing materials. 
 
 All cement shall be tested in lots of not more than one (1) car load, 
 and the building inspector may, at any time, demand that certified copies 
 of all test records be submitted to him for examination. 
 
 The minimum requirements for tensile strength for briquettes one (1) 
 inch square in section, shall be : 
 
 NEAT CEMENT. 
 
 24 hours in moist air 200 lbs. 
 
 7 days (one day in air, six in watei ) 500 lbs. 
 
 28 days (one day in air, twenty-seven in water) 600 lbs. 
 
 ONE PART CEMENT, THREE PARTS STANDARD SAND. 
 
 7 days (one day in air, six in water) 175 lbs. 
 
 28 days (one day in air, twenty-seven in water) 250 lbs. 
 
 (b) Sand.- — Sand shall be clean, sharp, and not too fine. 
 
 (c) Aggregate. — The aggregate shall consist of broken stone, free from 
 dust, clean gravel, slag, or similar material crushed small enough to pass 
 through a three-quarter (%) inch ring. 
 
 Both sand and aggregate shall be subject to the approval of the build- 
 ing inspector, and he may demand that any material in question be tested, 
 at the expense of the owner, in an approved testing laboratory, and the 
 results submitted to him to aid in forming his opinion as to the fitness 
 or unfitness of the material for the purpose intended. 
 
 (4) MATERIALS PROHIBITED. 
 
 The following inerts shall be excluded in floor construction and fire- 
 proofing except for concrete ballasting over floor construction: Lime- 
 stone, boiler cinders, plaster of Paris, sulphate of lime and all similar 
 materials. 
 
 (5) MEASURE OF THICKNESS. 
 
 The required thickness of all concrete walls or fire-proofings or floor 
 construction is for the full thickness of the material only, exclusive of the 
 
 plastering or floor ballasting.
 
 CHAPTER 60. 493 
 
 (6) MONOLITHIC WALLS AND PIERS. 
 
 Monolithic concrete walls constructed in place without reinforcement 
 shall be of the full thickness, and with reinforcement they may be sixty- 
 six (66) per cent, of the thickness, of the Code requirements, built up 
 within plank or other suitable frame work. Such concrete, unless dumped 
 thoroughly wet and properly worked, shall be tamped in one (1) foot 
 layers, and the exposed surfaces shall be well wetted before adding the 
 next succeeding layer. 
 
 (7) CONCRETE FLOOR CONSTRUCTION. 
 
 For the purpose of this ordinance, all Portland concrete floor con- 
 struction shall be designated as follows : 
 
 (a) Arched Concrete. — When built in an arched form, either with 
 voussoirs or as a monolith, with or without reinforcement. 
 
 (b) Slab Concrete. — When armored concrete or reinforced concrete 
 with reinforcement in both directions extends in a homogeneous mass 
 around to and rests uniformly upon all its supports. 
 
 (c) Lintel Concrete. — Is reinforced concrete or if the netting or lattice 
 work is broken with a seam or splice not developing full strength of the 
 mesh laterally and so as to break the homogenity of a slab. 
 
 (d) For trussed concrete floor constructions see sections 15 and 16. 
 
 (8) TRUSSED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. 
 
 By reinforced concrete is meant concrete in which steel is imbedded in 
 such a position that it will resist all tensile stresses and assist in the re- 
 sistance to shear along proper structural lines so that the stresses in the 
 combination can be ascertained by computation and verified by tests. 
 
 The concrete shall be mixed in such proportions and so handled that 
 after it is placed in the form, all voids in the aggregate will be filled with 
 mortar, and all voids in the mortar filled with cement. 
 
 Thirty (30) days after mixing it shall develop a crushing strength of 
 not less than two thousand (2,000) pounds per square inch. 
 
 (9) TRUSSED CONCRETE STRESSES. • 
 
 The following unit working stresses shall not be exceeded : 
 
 Iron in tension 12,000 
 
 Medium steel in tension 16,000
 
 494 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 High sti ■ d 20,000 
 
 10,000 
 
 ar 10,000 
 
 Coi direct compression 500 
 
 erne fibre in ion ?00 
 
 hear 50 
 
 ime fibre r mined by the 
 
 lent to 580 pounds, determined by the 
 
 : LSSUMPT] 
 
 All ed in act with 
 
 Standard ■ i and the following assumptions: 
 
 That the ration of the moduli of elasticity of concrete to steel is one (1) 
 . That i makes 
 
 re taken by the 
 steel. That the stress strain curve of concrete in compression is a 
 line. 
 All ommon theory 
 
 of flexure, 
 
 ed at not 
 WL 
 
 less than if fifty (50) per cent, as nuieh reinforcement 
 
 10 
 is provi i ter of I »er. 
 
 In all ca ms and girders which are built monolithic at 
 
 hall havi i. as much steel in 
 
 the : supports a sam. 
 
 niav b 
 
 but in 
 d two-thi 
 
 column rods shall be tied I aced not more 
 
 (12) inches apart. 
 
 Ls twelve (12) 
 
 . . of the concrete 
 
 shall be taken as five hundr. | pounds multiplied by the least side
 
 PTEB 60. 
 
 or diameter of the column in indies and divided by the unsuppoi 
 length in feet. 
 
 For exterior i o eccentric Loading or 
 
 determi] ant, the above all be reduced at least twenty (20) 
 
 percent. When the bend initely deter- 
 
 mined, the combined bending and direcl stresses shall not exceed five 
 hundred (-500) pounds per square i 
 
 In buildings over four stories high sufficient steel reinforcement shall 
 be used to carry at leasl seventy-five (75) | t. of the dead load of 
 
 the floors and roof, figuring ten thousand (10,000) pounds per square 
 inch on the steel, except when in buildings of any number of stories the 
 columns are large enough so that the concrete alone will carry the total 
 Jive and dead loads with a stress of not over five hundred (500) pounds, 
 per square inch, the amount of steel reinforcement may be reduced to 
 not less than one (1) per cent, of the required cross-section of the column. 
 The area of the compression rods shall not exceed ten (10) per cent, of 
 the cross-section area of the column. 
 
 Proper provision shall be made for transmitting the stresses at the 
 splices in the column rods. 
 
 In buildings over four (4) stories high all splices in the reinforcing 
 steel below the upper three floors shall be made by means of riveted con- 
 nections, sleeve nuts, turnbuckles, or some similar positive connection. 
 
 (12) COLUMNS FILLED WITH CONCRETE. 
 
 Columns composed of structural steel shapes, latticed together by rivet- 
 ing and filled in solidly and surrounded by co nay be figured as 
 ' trussed concrete columns, except that the allowable stress in the steel may 
 be increased to twelve thousand (12,000) pounds per square inch. 
 
 (13) CONCRETE COLUMN PROTECTION. 
 
 The outer shell of a concrete filled steel column shall be considered only 
 as a fire-proof covering. 
 
 When a steel column or an iron column is to be double covered, the 
 outer shell shall be made with armored concrete of small mesh. 
 
 (14) THICKNESS OF "TRUSSED" CONCRETE. 
 
 For the purpose of fire protection the reinforcing steel shall be kept 
 away from the surface of the concrete two (2) inches in columns, .one and
 
 1-96 RICHMOND CITY CODE. 
 
 one-half (1%) inches in beams and girders, and three-fourths (%) inch 
 in slabs. 
 
 (15) STEEL IN CONCRETE. 
 
 Steel. — Steel reinforcement shall be divided into two (2) classes, 
 medium and high tension. 
 
 Medium steel shall have an ultimate strength of 60,000 to 70,000 
 pounds per square inch, and shall conform to the manufacturers' standard 
 specifications, as revised February 6, 1903. 
 
 High tension steel shall have an ultimate strength of not less than 
 80,000 pounds per square inch, and an elastic limit of not less than 
 45,000 pounds per square inch. 
 
 The elongation shall be at least ten (10) per cent, in eight (8) inches. 
 
 Bars shall bend cold around a pin of diameter equal to four (4) times 
 the least dimension of the bar without sign of cracking. 
 
 (16) TRUSSED CONCRETE FLOOR SYSTEM. 
 
 A trussed concrete floor system is a system which employs trussed or 
 reinforced concrete, for all its members except the columns. 
 
 (17) TRUSSED CONCRETE FRAME. 
 
 A trussed concrete frame is a frame work in which all the iron and 
 steel members of a "skeleton" frame are replaced by trussed or reinforced 
 concrete, inclusive of the columns. 
 
 (18) TRUSSED FRAMES AND FLOORS. 
 
 The proportioning of trussed or reinforced concrete frames and floor 
 systems and their construction in buildings shall be governed by all the 
 sections of this ordinance which regulate and pertain to iron and steel 
 "skeleton" frames, their framing and enclosing. 
 
 (19) SUPERVISION AND WORKING OF. 
 
 All concrete work shall be constructed along proper structural lines 
 and when a section or panel of armored or reinforced concrete or any 
 trussed concrete member is started, it shall be finished in its entirety 
 he fore shutting clown. 
 
 During hot weather the concrete shall be kept damp, for at least a 
 ■ placing, by frequent drenching with water.
 
 CHAPTEB 60. !!i; 
 
 Special cave shall be used to see thai each piece of reinforcemenl is in 
 its proper position before pouring, and is not moved in placing the con- 
 crete. 
 
 In filling columns the concrete shall be poured in small batches, pre- 
 ferably by clumping the barrows on the floor, and shoveling the concrete 
 into the column. During the operation the concrete in the column shall 
 be constantly churned with a pole or spader to prevent arching in the 
 interior of the column. 
 
 (20) REMOVAL OF. 
 
 AH unfinished and unsafe panels or sections shall be removed before 
 starting a new one, and an\ batches or remnants of materials containing 
 cement, not used on the first set, -had be condemned and removed whether 
 in the wall or floor, or in the vicinity of the work. 
 
 (21) CENTERING AND FORMS. 
 
 All forms shall be built in a substantial manner, plumb and true, with 
 tight joints, so that no appreciable part of the concrete mixture can escape, 
 and shall he so supported and braced that they will carry all the usual 
 loads which may come upon them wit hoe giug or defied 
 
 An opening shall be left at the bottom of all column forms for cleaning 
 and for adjusting the steel. This opening shall not be closed until all is 
 in readiness for pouring the columns. The forms shall be carefully 
 cleaned just before concreting, and all chips, ice and other I natter 
 
 removed. 
 
 • Before removing the shores under any beam or girder, the column 
 supporting it shall be so stri | olumns may be examin 
 
 all sides. Pouring columns in chases left in the masonry shall not be 
 allowed. 
 
 Provided ample shores are used to carry the full weight of the floor, 
 column forms may be removed in not less than four (J) days after pour- 
 ing. 
 
 The time which should elapse before removing the shores under beams 
 and girders varies with the design and condition of the weather, but in 
 no case shall they be removed in less than three (3) wrecks after poi 
 
 The supports under floor slabs shall not be removed in less than ten 
 (10) days after pouring, but this clause is not intended to prevent remov- 
 ing the joists and lagging in less time, provided the si I ept prop- 
 erly shored up.
 
 UJCHM0N11 < LTY t'ODli. 
 ( 22) FREEZING WEATHER. 
 
 Al! id to or worked in the outer air shall not 
 
 when the temperature is 32 degrees F., or less, in the shade, 
 
 and any c Liable to be exposed to frost or snow, or ice, before it 
 
 perman mporarily protected, and centers 
 
 posed concrete shall not be removed until the season has ad- 
 
 d beyond the probability of a frost, or until the building is properly 
 
 ised. 
 
 No frozen material or material covered with ice shall be used. 
 
 (23) INSPECTIONS AND TESTS. 
 
 When any concrete wall or arn einforced or trussed concrete is 
 
 used in construction, the owner shall provide for the inspection of cement 
 and inerts, as required by the buildii -tor; he shall also provide a 
 
 special inspector of the work, who shall be satisfactory at all times to 
 the building inspector, and who shall be on the work continually during 
 the mixing and the placing of concrete and steel. Such special inspector 
 shall make daily reports to the building inspector on the progress of the 
 work. 
 
 ore issuing a permit for the wo wner shall name in writing 
 
 pecial inspector, and such special inspector shall pass such examina- 
 tion as may be required by the building inspector, to determine his com- 
 
 ;cV. 
 
 Before a building containing reinforced concrete floors is occupied, the 
 
 floors shall he tested by applying a load equal to three (3) times the 
 
 figured live load to such parts as the building inspector may select. The 
 
 shall sustain this load for at least twenty-four ("24) hours without 
 
 cracking or other evident signs of failure. 
 
 (24) The owner of any building, structure, or part, thereof, or of any 
 wall, or floor, violating the provisions of this ordinance, and any architect, 
 civil engineer, builder, carpenter, mason, contractor, su v> contractor, fore- 
 man, or any other person, who may be employed or assist in i:\ch viola- 
 tion, and any and all persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this 
 ordinance or fails to comply therewith or any requirements thereof or who 
 shall violate or fail to comply with any order and regulation made there- 
 under, or who shall build in violation of detailed statement or specifica- 
 tions or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or of any certificate 
 or permit issued thereunder, shall severally for each and every such viola- 
 tion and non-compliance, respectively, be liable to a fine of not less 
 than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, recoverable before the police
 
 <II M'TER 60. L99 
 
 justice of the city of Richmond, and any person thereafter, having been 
 served with notice to remove any work done in violation of this ordinance 
 or the regulation prescribed thereunder, within ten days after such 
 notice, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than 
 one hundred dollars, recoverable before the police justice of the city of 
 Richmond. (April 19, 1909.) 
 
 102. That the building inspector bo. and lie is hereby, prohibited from 
 issuing any permit under any provision of the Building Code of the city 
 of Richmond for the erection within the limits of the city of Richmond 
 of any public, boarding, livery, club, sales or exchange stable or private 
 stable with over four stalls, until the persons desiring such permit shall 
 have first obtained authority from the council of the city of Richmond 
 for the erection of the same. (December 20, 1909.)
 
 INDEX 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ABANDONED CARGO— 
 
 Port wardens to take charge of, etc 382 7 
 
 ABANDONING ANIMAL— 
 
 Penalty for, etc 401 6 
 
 ABSENCE— 
 
 Auditor, clerk to act 89 6 
 
 Building Inspector, deputy to act 439 4 
 
 City Clerk, committee clerk to act 53 2 
 
 Civil Justice, substitute to act 416 20 
 
 Collector City Taxes, deputy to act 115 2 
 
 Collector Delinquent Taxes, deputy to act 124 31 
 
 Commissioner Revenue, deputy to attend office during 100 34 
 
 Harbor Master, port warden to act 384 17 
 
 Hustings Court, judge of, who to act 419 2 
 
 Market clerks, deputy to act 244 6 
 
 Mayor, who to act 45 5 
 
 Measurer of grain, deputy to act 390 27 
 
 Park keepers, leaves of for 158 13 
 
 Police Justice, who to act 414 x2 
 
 Superintendent Street Cleaning, deputy to act 372 22 
 
 Superintendent Water Works, assistant to act 268 11 
 
 Treasurer, clerk to act 89 6 
 
 ACADEMIES— 
 
 Not taxable 99 24 
 
 ACCIDENT AMBULANCE— 
 
 Concerning 191 22 
 
 To have right of way in all streets; drivers of vehicles must 
 make way for; penalty for failure to give way; penalty for 
 
 interference with driver or physician of 191 22 
 
 ACCOUNTANT— 
 
 Special (See Special Accountant) 55 8 
 
 ACCOUNTS— 
 
 Against the city, how the Auditor shall treat them 77 4 
 
 Separate and special, of the Treasurer 86 38 
 
 Which are to be kept by the Treasurer 90 16 
 
 Which are to be kept by the Auditor 90 14 
 
 With the banks 91 20 
 
 ACTIONS AND SUITS— 
 
 To be commenced by City Attorney 409 3 
 
 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY— 
 
 Police to enforce the 424 3
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ADDITIONAL ROUTES— 
 
 For wires, how obtained 361 16 
 
 ADVERTISING— 
 
 In charge of Committee on Printing and Claims 75 1 
 
 ADVISER— 
 
 Legal, of officers, heads of departments, etc., the City At- 
 torney to be 409 2 
 
 AGENTS— 
 
 Of hotels, etc., at stations and wharves 352 2 
 
 Not to enter cars or vessels 353 4 
 
 Of insurance companies, to be classified and taxed 104 11 
 
 Of insurance companies, who are deemed to be, and who 
 
 deemed a "sub" agent 104 12 
 
 Of street railways, to be sober and prudent 335 9 
 
 AGREEMENTS— 
 
 Of the city, to be written by City Attorney 409 3 
 
 AISLES— 
 
 The, of public buildings 298 1 
 
 Obstruction of in public buildings, exception as to Horse 
 
 Show Building 296 10 
 
 ALLEN AVENUE— 
 
 Grass plot, keeper for, appointment and duties 159 20 
 
 ALLEYS— 
 
 Crossings 306 19 
 
 Entrances 306 20 
 
 Penalty for digging up, etc 307 23 
 
 Paving of, who to pay for (see "Public Improvements," 
 
 "Streets") 127 1 
 
 "Water and gas mains and sewers to be placed in 285 33 
 
 ALMSHOUSE— 
 
 See "City Home" 187 1 
 
 ALMS SOLICITING— 
 
 Penalty for 403 7 
 
 ALTERING— 
 
 Imitating or defacing, gauger's marks 385 3 
 
 Marks of public weigher 386 12 
 
 AMBULANCE— 
 
 Accident, concerning the 191 22 
 
 Drivers, salaries of 191 19 
 
 Right of way, to have 191 22 
 
 .AMUSEMENTS— 
 
 Buildings for, security of persons therein 298 1 
 
 Coasting, when prohibited 233 34 
 
 Kite flying, prohibited 228 11 
 
 Places of to have exterior fire escapes 299 9 
 
 Skating, when prohibited 232 37 
 
 What prohibited 231 22 
 
 ANALYTICAL CHEMIST— 
 
 Appointments, salary, duties, etc 393 1-2.
 
 INDEX. 503 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ANIMALS— 
 
 (See "Cows.") 
 (See "Dogs.") 
 (See "Goats.") 
 (See "Horses.") 
 
 Abandoning of prohibited 400 6 
 
 Bells, upon cows prohibted 233 30 
 
 Calves, not to go at large 400 4 
 
 Carcass of not to be deposited in or near river, canal locks, 
 
 docks, basins, etc 226 1 
 
 Chapter 49, concerning going at large and cruelty to 400 
 
 Cows, not to go at large 400 4 
 
 Cows, with bells not allowed in city 233 30 
 
 Cruelty to prohibited 400 6 
 
 Dangerous or vicious, not to go at large 400 2 
 
 Dead upon streets, removal of 376 38-44 
 
 Depredations of, penalty for, etc 162 23 
 
 Diseased horses, to be isolated, etc 401 12 
 
 Dogs, butcher's, not allowed in markets 400 2 
 
 Dogs, dangerous, to be killed 400 2 
 
 Dogs, license for, expiration of 373 27 
 
 Dog, licensed, not to be killed 400 3 
 
 Dog, stealing of licensed, penalty 400 3 
 
 Dogs, tax on '. 373 37 
 
 Dog, unlicensed, penalty for harboring 374 29 
 
 Dogs, unlicensed, prohibited 374 29 
 
 Dogs, unlicensed, redemption of 375 32 
 
 Dogs, unlicensed, to be killed 375 33 
 
 Driving through streets 400 5 
 
 Goats, at large, to be sold 400 5 
 
 Goats, tax on 373 27 
 
 Harboring unlicensed dog, penalty 374 29 
 
 Hogs and pigs, alive, prohibited in city 400 1 
 
 Hogs, at large, to be sold 400 5 
 
 Horses, diseased, to be isolated, not to be ridden or kept. . . . 401 12 
 
 Horses, mules and swine, not to go at large 400 2 
 
 Injuring, beating, torturing, prohibited 400 6 
 
 Licensed dog, not to be killed 400 3 
 
 Licenses, dogs and bitches, expiration of 373 27 
 
 Markets, butcher's dog not allowed in 400 2 
 
 Redemption of unlicensed dogs, goats, etc 375 32 
 
 Removal of dead from streets 370 38-44 
 
 Streets, dead upon, removal 370 3S-44 
 
 Streets, driving through allowed .' 400 5 
 
 Streets, not to go at large upon 233 30 
 
 Tax on dogs, bitches and goats 373 27 
 
 Unlicensed dogs prohibited 374 29 
 
 Unlicensed dogs, to be killed 375 33
 
 504 IXDEX - 
 
 PAGE 
 
 ANNOYING— 
 
 Pupils attending female schools or the public free schools, 
 
 penalty for, etc 234 37 
 
 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION— 
 (See "Appropriations.") 
 
 ANNUAL LICENSES— 
 
 Expiration of 110 27 
 
 ANNUAL MESSAGE— 
 
 Of the Mayor 45 2 
 
 ANNUAL REPORTS— 
 
 Auditor, concerning sinking fund 153 11-13 
 
 Chapter 5, concerning 47 
 
 Coroner, semi-annual 423 2 
 
 Gas Department, Superintendent, special 260 28 
 
 Grounds and Buildings Committee 155 2 
 
 Officers, which required to make 47 1 
 
 Poles, of number of 358 9 
 
 Poles, of police on safety of 360 14 
 
 Police Justice, semi-annual 413 7 
 
 Port wardens, of 382 8 
 
 Sinking Fund Commissioners 153 11-13 
 
 Treasurer, Sinking Fund, concerning 153 11-13 
 
 Who required to make 47 1 
 
 ANNUAL STATEMENT— 
 
 Collector of City Taxes 121 25 
 
 Collector Delinquent Taxes, when made what to contain.... 123 30 
 
 City Auditor 78 8 
 
 City Engineer 304 12 
 
 City Treasurer 86 40 
 
 APPEAL— 
 
 Council, on license classification 107 18 
 
 Finance Committee, tax assessments 100 28 
 
 Hustings Court, on assessments for public improvements. . . . 130 7 
 
 Hustings Court, on street improvement bills 128 3 
 
 Hustings Court, ordinance violations 419 1 
 
 License classification, to Council 107 18 
 
 Nuisance, on fine for, or application for fine 419 1 
 
 Ordinance violation 419 1 
 
 Plumber, to Committee on Water 282 20 
 
 Police Court to Hustings Court 419 1 
 
 Public improvements, to Hustings Court 130 7 
 
 Railway, from City Engineer to Council 332 3 
 
 Street improvement bills, to Hustings Court 128 3 
 
 Tax assessments, Finance Committee 100 28 
 
 Water Committee, plumber to on refusal of license 282 20 
 
 APPLICATIONS— 
 
 Appeal, for from Police Justice 419 1 
 
 Areas, vaults, etc., to construct 309 29 
 
 Awnings, to erect 311 33
 
 INDEX. 505 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Building Inspector's office, to facilitate handling of made to. 430 5 
 
 Building line, to establish 315 45 
 
 City Home, admission to 188 6 
 
 Electrical contractor's license, for 291 15 
 
 Electrolytic, damages to be paid upon 346 33c 
 
 Gas supply 255 14 
 
 Gas supply, plans to accompany, etc 255 15 
 
 Grades, for lines of 305 17 
 
 Hack license 321 1 
 
 House numbers, for designation of 312 35 
 
 Liquor license, how made for 406 6 
 
 Manure vaults, for construction of 420 53 
 
 Poles, for use of, to be filed with City Engineer 358 7 
 
 Poles, telephone, to erect 355 3 
 
 Plumbers license, journeyman 218 113 
 
 Plumbers license, to repair water pipes 282 20 
 
 Signs, for erection of 318 50 
 
 Sprinkling streets 309 26 
 
 Street railway tracks, changes in 332 2 
 
 Streets, to dig in 308 23 
 
 Streets, use of, how-made, bond, etc 308 25 
 
 Street, use of, plans to accompany, etc 312 36 
 
 Transfers, to be issued upon 338 21 
 
 Transfers, to Westhampton line issued upon 349 34 
 
 Water, for use of 267 9 
 
 APPRENTICE— 
 
 Master of to bear penalty of 418 2 
 
 APPROPRIATIONS— 
 
 Annual (see "Charter," sec. 37.) 
 
 Cemeteries, perpetual care fund. . 182 83 
 
 City Clerk, contingent expenses 71 12 
 
 Dog pound 376 37 
 
 Exceeding of forbidden 54 3 
 
 Fire alarm, operator 297 16 
 
 First Regiment, Virginia Volunteers 161 28 
 
 Guards for prisoners 370 10 
 
 Jurors, pay of 421 3 
 
 Laboratory, bacteriological, maintenance 195 9 
 
 Laboratory, City Chemist, equipment 393 1 
 
 Library account 394 3 
 
 Mechanics' Institute 422 9 
 
 Nuisances, abatement of 234 3S 
 
 Ordinances and resolutions making, Auditor and Treasurer 
 
 each to have copy 71 8-9 
 
 Playgrounds 163 37 
 
 Poor, Goodman bond, interest on for 191 21 
 
 St. John's Burying Ground, maintenance of 185 2 
 
 Street Department, expenditure of 305 14 
 
 Warrants in excess of not to be signed by clerks, secretaries, 
 
 etc 53 3
 
 , . INDEX. 
 
 506 
 
 PAGE 
 
 ARBITRATION— 
 
 Concerning entry of conduits ^ ™ 
 
 Concerning use of conduits in streets, etc 364 28 
 
 To settle terms for use of poles in streets, etc 356 4 
 
 When it fails City Engineer to appoint referee 356 4 
 
 ARCHITECT— 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 Who must take out licenses as 112 31 
 
 ARC LAMP— 
 
 Line for, entering house, to have cut-off 361 20 
 
 Must be nine feet, clear, above the pavements 361 20 
 
 ARDENT SPIRITS— 
 
 Sale of (see "Liquor") 405 1 ' 11 
 
 AREA— 
 
 And vaults, to conform to requirements 131 10 
 
 Space used for, to pay rent to city 131 10 
 
 To be kept in safe condition, penalty for failure 1*2 11 
 
 ARMORIES— 
 
 Annual appropriations for 161 28 
 
 Blues, custodian for, duties, appointment, etc 161 27 
 
 First Virginia Regiment, under control of Committee on 
 Grounds and Buildings; may be hired out for use as a 
 
 bicycle school 158 14 
 
 Howitzers, control of 158 15 
 
 Infantry and cavalry, excepted from powder storage limit. . . 236 15 
 
 ARREST— 
 
 Of offenders, duty of police 424 3 
 
 For violation of chapter 36, concerning wagons, drays, carts 
 and hacks 327 23 
 
 ARROWS— 
 
 Discharge of, from bow or crossbow, prohibited, penalty, etc. 231 22 
 
 ARTIST— 
 
 Exhibiting his own work, exempted from license 108 21 
 
 ASBURY PLACE— 
 
 Keeper of, appointment, duties, etc 159 20 
 
 ASHES— 
 
 And dunnage, from steamers and vessels, must not be 
 
 dumped into the river 383 16a 
 
 Deposit of, in certain places prohibited 231 25 
 
 Disposal of 371 14 
 
 Gillies creek, not to be deposited in 380 13 
 
 May be carried off lot; penalty for leaving them in the streets 231 24-26 
 
 Not to be deposited in street 370 11 
 
 Penalty for depositing them in the port 383 15c 
 
 River, not to be deposited in, or on margin of 380 13 
 
 ASSAULT— 
 
 In streets or public place 162 31 
 
 ASSEMBLY— 
 
 Unlawful 232 29
 
 INDEX. 507 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ASSESSMENT— 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 (See "Taxation, Assessment.") 
 
 Of city porperty to be made 101 37 
 
 Of taxes, chapter 14, concerning the 93-101 
 
 ASSESSMENTS— 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 For public improvements 127-136 1-16 
 
 Of value, to be revised by Committee on Finance; appeal 
 
 from to the Committee on Finance 100 28 
 
 ASSIGNEE SALES— 
 
 License tax on 112 32 
 
 ASSIGNMENT— 
 
 Of license 110 27 
 
 ASSISTANCE— 
 
 Physician to the poor to give each other 216 102 
 
 Refusal of to the police, penalty, etc 427 12 
 
 ASSISTANT ENGINEER— 
 
 Superintendent of Sewers 305 13c 
 
 ASSISTANT ENGINEERS— 
 
 Appointment and duties, Engineer's Department 301 3-6 
 
 ASSISTANT ENGINEERS— 
 
 Fire Department, may enter places of amusement, exhibi- 
 tion halls, etc., and make recommendations for safety of. . 299 7 
 
 ASSISTANT GUARD— 
 
 For prisoners at work, his pay 404 8 
 
 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE— 
 
 Invested with police powers 163 35 
 
 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS— 
 
 Act as Superintendent in certain cases 268 11 
 
 Election, term and bond 265 2 
 
 Monthly reports to Superintendent 265 3 
 
 Paymaster of the department, other duties 268 11 
 
 Salary (see "Salaries.") 
 
 ASSISTANTS— 
 
 Auditor, election, bond, duties and compensation 79 11 
 
 Bookkeeper, Engineer Department, appointment, duties and 
 
 compensation 302 4 
 
 Building Inspector, appointment, compensation and duties of 429 1-2 
 
 City Attorney, appointment, duties and compensation 410 8 
 
 City Home, first and second 187 4 
 
 Engineer, appointment, duties and compensation 301 3-5 
 
 Fire Alarm Superintendent, appointment 290 8 
 
 Fire Department, duties 299 7 
 
 Food Inspector, first and second, appointment and duties. . . . 196 16 
 
 Gas Works, foreman and weighmaster 62 (55) 
 
 Plumbing Inspector, appointment and compensation 193 (6) 
 
 Street Cleaning, Superintendent, appointment, duties and 
 
 compensation 372 21-22
 
 ,NDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Treasurer, appointment and duties 88 45-46 
 
 Washington Ward, various, under consolidation ordinance.. 23 16 
 Water Works, Superintendent, appointment, duties and com- 
 pensation 265 2 ' n 
 
 ATTORNEY— 
 
 The city (see "City Attorney") 409 1 
 
 AUCTIONEERS— 
 
 Bell, prohibited 228 n 
 
 To be listed for taxation 103 5 
 
 AUCTION SALE— 
 
 On streets, of fruit, vegetables, fish, perishable articles 318 49 
 
 Use of streets for 318 49 
 
 AUDITOR— 
 
 Absence of, clerk to act 89 6 
 
 Absence of, Treasurer to be notified 89 6 
 
 Accounts, additional to be kept 90 12 
 
 Accounts, appropriations, to keep separate 90 12 
 
 Accounts and records, to arrange for keeping of certain 84 24 
 
 Accounts, gas used by departments, to keep 54 6 
 
 Accounts kept by, classification of 85 34 
 
 Accounts, library, to raise 394 3 
 
 Accounts, of Sinking Fund, to keep 153 11 
 
 \ mints, to audit 77 4 
 
 Accounts, unsettled, balances brought forward 90 14 
 
 Annual estimate, for Council 78 8 
 
 Annual report of 47 1 
 
 Annual report of, what to show 85 32 
 
 Annual report, on Sinking Fund .- 153 11 
 
 Annual statement 79 9 
 
 Appropriations, accounts of to be kept separately 90 12 
 
 Appropriations, have notice of all made 71 9 
 
 Appropriations, not to overdraw 78 5 
 
 Assets, annual report to show 85 32 
 
 Assets, publication of 81 13 
 
 Assets, salable, to make report of 85 32 
 
 Assets, unpaid taxes considered 84 26 
 
 Assignee sale, to issue license for 112 32 
 
 Auction sales, to issue license for 112 33 
 
 Auditing of accounts required 77 4 
 
 Balance sheet, quarterly 80 16 
 
 Bankrupt sale, to issue license for 112 32 
 
 Bill listing book, total of, Water Department to furnish 85 31 
 
 Bond, employees in office 79 n 
 
 Bond, for use of street, custodian of 308 25 
 
 Bond, Goodman legacy, custodian of 191 21 
 
 Bond of r,n 1 
 
 it 1 
 
 Bonds, registration and issuance of, for duties in connection 
 
 with (see "Debt of City"). 
 
 Bonds, to destroy coupons on certain 150 14
 
 INDEX. 509 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Books of, to be compared with those of Treasurer 90 13 
 
 Books of, what to show 77 2 
 
 Books of, who may examine 77 2 
 
 Cemeteries, perpetual care of lots in, duty as to 182 83 
 
 Certificate of sale, land sold for taxes, deposited with 141 17 
 
 Certificate of sale, land sold for taxes, to record 142 18 
 
 Certificate to purchaser delinquent land 142 20 
 
 Capter 12, concerning 77-88 
 
 City Attorney, to deliver list delinquent life tenants to 143 23 
 
 City Attorney, to furnish list of lands purchased by Common- 
 wealth for delinquent taxes to 143 24 
 
 City property, proceeds of sales of to be paid to 81 19a 
 
 City property, sales of, duty of when reported to S2 19d 
 
 City property, to keep register of 90 15 
 
 City property, unsettled sales of and moneys derived from 
 
 to be reported by 82 19f 
 
 Claims, allowed, to issue warrant for 90 11 
 
 Claims, offset of 78 7 
 
 Claims, salary and interest, to pay 89 9 
 
 Classification, of accounts kept by So 34 
 
 Clerk to, act as transfer clerk 82 20 
 
 Clerk to, attestation of warrants by 87 44 
 
 Clerk to, election, bond, oath, removal, etc 79 11 
 
 Clerk to, liable for default of 89 7 
 
 Clerk to, to act during absence 89 6 
 
 Clerks to, additional, appointment, duties, bond, etc 79 11 
 
 Collector, charged with certain licenses 110 26 
 
 Collector, City, classification of taxes charged to 80 14 
 
 Collector Delinquent Taxes, compensation of paid by 137 2 
 
 Commissioner of Revenue, pay of, deduct penalty from 100 32 
 
 Commissioner of Revenue, to furnish tax list to 98 20 
 
 Commissions, on taxes, how paid 125 40 
 
 Contracts, etc., custodian of • 77 2 
 
 Council, monthly statements to 79 10 
 
 Coupons, to destroy certain 150 14 
 
 Custodian, certain tax bills 125 36 
 
 Custodian, Goodman legacy bond 191 21 
 
 Custodian of bond required to be filed by party desiring use 
 
 of street 308 25 
 
 Custodian, of deeds, contracts, etc 77 2 
 
 Deeds, contracts, etc., custodian of 77 2 
 
 Deeds, land sold for taxes, to execute 140 13 
 
 Departments, accounts of gas used by, to keep 54 6 
 
 Departments, heads of to furnish statements to 79 9 
 
 Distress for taxes, to proportion 117 9 
 
 Dog medals, to furnish ■ 321 3 
 
 Employees, city, not to accept order on salary 54 7 
 
 Employees, to exhibit tax receipt to 56 12 
 
 Estimate, annual for Council 78 8
 
 510 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Expense, to show reduction of by receipts 82 19d 
 
 Expenses, Finance Committee to pass on 89 5 
 
 False swearing before, penalty for 77 4 
 
 Finance Committee, to pass on expenses of S9 5 
 
 Fire stock sale, to issue license for 112 32 
 
 Gas bills, delinquent, to report payment of , . 260 27 
 
 hills, may redate 259 24 
 
 Gas bills, notify persons paying twice S7 44 
 
 Gas consumption, several departments, .accounts of to be 
 
 kept by 54 6 
 
 Gas Inspector, to file reports of 258 22 
 
 Gas rents, charge Treasurer with 84 29 
 
 Gas Works, to keep accounts of income and expense 261 20 
 
 Goodman legacy, custodian of bond of 191 21 
 
 Heads of departments, to furnish statements to 79 9 
 
 Hours of, business 80 12 
 
 Income, Gas Works, to keep accounts of 261 20 
 
 Income, of city, to supervise 77 3 
 
 Income, report of 78 8 
 
 Interest, charges on tax bills, how credited 85 30 
 
 Interest, claims for, to pay S9 9 
 
 Interest, for perpetual care of lots in cemeteries, duty as to. . 182 83 
 
 Jurors, pay of, etc 421 1-3 
 
 Laborers, to pay semi-monthly 54 7 
 
 Liabilities, annual report to show 85 32 
 
 bilities, report of 78 8 
 
 library, to raise account for 394 3 
 
 License tins, to charge Treasurer with 82 21 
 
 License tins, to furnish 321 3 
 
 Licenses, auction sales, to issue for 112 33 
 
 Licenses, Collector charged with certain 110 26 
 
 Licenses, poles, to furnish tin plates for 359 11 
 
 Licenses, poles, to keep list of *. 359 10 
 
 Licenses, publish classification of 107 18 
 
 Licenses, requiring medals, duties as to 82 21 
 
 Licenses, to issue for bankrupt, assignee, and fire stock 
 
 sales 112 32 
 
 Life tenants, delinquent, list of to be furnished City At- 
 torney 143 23 
 
 Lots in cemeteries, duty as to perpetual care fund 182 83 
 
 Lots, sold for taxes, to index 83 23 
 
 Market clerks, monthly statement, account books of 83 22 
 
 .Market clerks, monthly settlement of 247 18 
 
 Mark satisfied taxes on property sold by court order for 144 25 
 
 Medals, dogs, etc., to furnish , 321 3 
 
 Medals, showing payment of licenses, duties as to 82 21 
 
 -Monthly statements, market clerks, accounts of 83 22 
 
 Monthly statements to Council 79 10 
 
 Nuisances, abatement of, to collect cost of by suit 229 16:
 
 INDEX. 511 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Notice, appropriations, to be given of making 71 9 
 
 Notices, may purchase postal cards for 87 44 
 
 Notice, to give to persons paying gas and water bills twice. . 87 44 
 
 Oaths, may administer, when and to whom 77 4 
 
 Office hours, exception as to 53 1 
 
 Office hours, prescribed 80 12 
 
 Officers, refusing to settle, to report 78 7 
 
 Officers, settlements with 78 7 
 
 Offset, of claims 78 7 
 
 Order, not to accept for salary or wages of city employees. .54 7 
 
 Overdrawn, accounts not to be 78 5 
 
 Paving, delinquent bills for, prepared and kept by 84 26 
 
 Pay, Commissioner Revenue, deduct penalty from 100 32 
 
 Pay, of jurors, courts and coroners 421 1-3 
 
 Pay, laborers, semi-monthly 54 7 
 
 Pay in warrants, books for 81 17 
 
 Perjury, false statement before declared to be 77 4 
 
 Pipe connections, duty as to bills for 136 15a 
 
 Poles in street, to keep list of licensed 359 10 
 
 Poles, to furnish tin plates for 359 11 
 
 Police Justice, receive and file reports of 413 6 
 
 Postal cards, may purchase for sending of notices 87 44 
 
 Private business, not to engage in SO 12 
 
 Private business, penalty for engaging in 80 12 
 
 Public improvements, duty as to bills for 130 7 
 
 Public improvements, pipe connection bills, duty as to 136 15a 
 
 Public improvements, sewer connections, duty as to bills for. 136 15 
 
 Quarterly balance sheet 80 16 
 
 Quarterly list of Treasurer, may dispense with 90 18 
 
 Receipts, to show reduction of expense by 82 19d 
 
 Record of transactions, required to keep, etc 89 4 
 
 Redemption of delinquent land, on certificate of 142 19 
 
 Refund water bills, warrants for 87 44 
 
 Report, officer refusing to settle 78 7 
 
 Reports, annual of 47 1 
 
 Reports, annual, what to contain 85 32 
 
 Reports, assets, unpaid taxes to be included S4 26 
 
 Reports, Inspector of Gas, to file 258 22 
 
 Reports, of income and liabilities of city 7S 8 
 
 Reports, Police Justice, to receive and file 413 6 
 
 Reports, salable assets of city, to make 85 32 
 
 Reports, sales city property unsettled 82 19f 
 
 Reports, to make on payment delinquent gas bills 260 27 
 
 Revenue of city, to supervise 77 3 
 
 Salaries, laborers, paid semi-monthly 54 7 
 
 Salary, claims for, to pay 89 9 
 
 Salary, Commissioner of Revenue, deduct penalty from 100 32 
 
 Salary, not to accept order on, of city employees 54 7
 
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 9 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Salary of (see "Salaries"). 
 
 Sales, auction, etc., to issue license for i" « 
 
 Sales, city property, duty as to ** ™ 
 
 Sales, city property, proceeds of to be paid to 81 ] 
 
 Sal. s. city property, to report to Council unsettled 82 
 
 Sales, fire stock, bankrupt, etc., to issue license for 112 
 
 Statement, annual ' 9 
 
 Statements, monthly, of market clerks, accounts of 83 22 
 
 ments, monthly, to Council 79 10 
 
 Statements, semi-annual concerning Sinking Fund 151 4 
 
 units, to require from heads of departments 79 9 
 
 r connections, duty as to bills for 136 15 
 
 Sinking fund, annual report on 153 11 
 
 Sinking Fund, general ledger, concerning, what to show 844 25 
 
 Sinking Fund, secretary Commissioners of 151 3 
 
 Sinking Fund, semi-annual statement concerning 151 4 
 
 Sinking Fund, to keep accounts of 153 9 
 
 Suit; to institute to receiver cost of abating nuisances 229 16 
 
 Taxes, bills 1895 and following years, duty as to 143 22 
 
 Taxes, bills 1895, duty as to 125 37 
 
 Taxes, bills for, custodian of certain 12.". 36 
 
 Tax* s, bills for public improvements, duty as to 130 7 
 
 Taxes, certificate of sale of land for, deposited with 141 17 
 
 Taxes, certificate of sale of land for, to record 142 18 
 
 Taxes, classification of charged to Collector 80 14 
 
 Taxes, collection of, commissions on, how paid 125 40 
 
 Taxes, Collector of, how credited 120 23 
 
 Taxes, collectors of to pay full amount collected 125 40 
 
 Taxes, current, penalties charged to Collector 121 25 
 
 Taxes, current, to require full settlement by Collector of 120 24 
 
 Taxes, delinquent bills 1894 and prior, duty as to 124 33 
 
 Taxes, delinquent bills, delivered to annually 125 36-38 
 
 Taxes, delinquent bills, delivery of to 137 3 
 
 Taxes, delinquent bills for, to be prepared and by 84 26 
 
 Taxes, delinquent bills, to enter balances and maintain 
 
 Taxes, Delinquent, compensation of Collector of paid by 137 2 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, list of to be forwarded to Council 120 23 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, penalty charged to Collector of 125 39 
 
 credits 84 27 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, land sold for, certificate to purchaser, . 
 
 when to give 142 20 
 
 Taxes, delinquent lands sold for, list to be returned to 139 11 
 
 Taxes, delinquent life tenants, list of to be delivered to City 
 
 Attorney 143 23 
 
 Taxes, indexes of certain, to prepare 83 23 
 
 Taxes, interest charges on bill, how credited 85 30 
 
 Taxes, land sold for, execute deed to 140 13 
 
 Taxes, ledger account of each class 80 14 
 
 Taxes, licenses, Collector charged with certain 110 26
 
 INDEX. 513 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Taxes, licenses for fire stock, bankrupt, assignee, auction sale, 
 
 etc, to issue for 112 32-33 
 
 Taxes, license tins, medals, etc., to charge Treasurer with. 82 21 
 
 Taxes, list of to be furnished Commissioner of Revenue 98 20 
 
 Taxes, personal bills, balances on, how kept, etc 84 28 
 
 Taxes, pipe connections, bills for, duty as to 136 15a 
 
 Taxes, proportion distress for 117 9 
 
 Taxes, public improvements, bills for, duty as to 130 7 
 
 Taxes, publish license classification 107 IS 
 
 Taxes, redemption of land sold for, on certificate of 142 19 
 
 Taxes, require exhibition of receipt for by city employees. ... 56 12 
 
 Taxes, sewer connection bills, duty as to 136 15 
 
 Taxes, to furnish City Attorney with list of lands purchased 
 
 by Commonwealth for 143 24 
 
 Taxes, to furnish license tins, etc 321 3 
 
 Taxes, to index lots sold for 83 23 
 
 Taxes, to mark satisfied against property sold by court order 
 
 for 144 25 
 
 Taxes, unpaid, ascertain and publish with assets 81 13 
 
 Taxes, unpaid, city employees, when liable for 56 12 
 
 Taxes, unpaid, reported as asset 84 26 
 
 Taxes, unpaid, to ascertain annually amount of 80 15 
 
 Ticket brokers, deposit of certified check by 109 23 
 
 Transactions, records of, to keep 89 4 
 
 Transfer clerk, clerk to act as 82 20 
 
 Treasurer, books of to be compared with 90 13 
 
 Treasurer, charged with gas and water rents 84 29 
 
 Treasurer, may dispense with quarterly list of 90 18 
 
 Treasurer, to be notified of absence of 89 6 
 
 Treasurer, to charge with license tins, etc 82 21 
 
 Treasurer, warrants on 78 6 
 
 Vault in 305, use of 12*5 41 
 
 Wages, city employees, not accept order on 54 7 
 
 Warrants, clerk to attest 87 44 
 
 Warrants, for allowed claims, to issue 90 11 
 
 Warrants, on Treasurer 78 6 
 
 Warrants, pay in 81 19a 
 
 Warrants, pay in, book for 81 17 
 
 Warrants, refund water bill 87 44 
 
 Water bills, warrant for refund 87 44 
 
 Water bills, notify persons paying twice 87 44 
 
 Water Department, to furnish total of bill listing book 85 31 
 
 Water rents, charge Treasurer with 84 29 
 
 AUDITORIUM, CITY— 
 
 Custodian of, appointment, duties, etc 160 22 
 
 AUTOMOBILES— 
 
 License for, Treasurer to issue 109 24 
 
 Chapter 37, concerning 328 
 
 Driving on streets, rules for 330 7-8
 
 INDEX. 
 
 ."■1 1 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Horns and signalling devices, character of prescribed 330 11 
 
 . o^y o 
 
 Numbers for 
 
 Mufflers, opening of prohibited «*J " 
 
 Permits for, who to issue 6 * 
 
 Permits, record to be kept of »*" * 
 
 Police to report violations by drivers of 330 10 
 
 Operation of, requirements as to 329 6-11 
 
 * . , 329 5 
 
 ^l"" (1 of o 20 9 
 
 Speeding, penalty for " u 
 
 AWNING— 
 
 Permits for, how constructed, etc oil 66 
 
 BACTERIOLOGIST— 
 
 Appointment and salary of 193 3a 
 
 194 7 
 
 Duties of 13 * ' 
 
 9 
 
 Laboratory expenses, how paid, etc 195 
 
 Salary, not to be increased or diminished during term of of- 
 
 fice; how paid 
 
 193 3b 
 
 Specimens submitted to, penalty for misrepresentation as to. 195 10 
 
 Under control of Board of Health 194 
 
 BADGES— 
 
 Parks, keepers of required to w r ear 158 13 
 
 Police, not to be worn by others 426 9 
 
 Police, purchase of 426 8 
 
 BAILIFF— 
 
 Civil Justice, salary 67 14 
 
 Police Court, election, term, duties, power, salary 415 13-15 
 
 BAKERIES— 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 BALLOONS— 
 
 Setting off, without permission of Mayor, forbidden 228 11 
 
 BANANA SKINS— 
 
 Must not be thrown on pavement 328 4 
 
 BANDY— 
 
 Playing of, prohibited 231 22 
 
 BANK— 
 
 Account, of the Treasurer, to be in name of city 69 3 
 
 Cashiers, to pay taxes on shares of bank stock 103 3 
 
 National and State, exemptions of 97 19 
 
 Payment of city's money by invalid except upon Treasurer's 
 
 check 89 3 
 
 Taxation to be listed for 95 11 
 
 BANKRUPT SALES— 
 
 License tax on 112 32 
 
 BAR— 
 
 (See "Liquor") 405 1-11 
 
 BARBED WIRE— 
 
 Prohibited on street lines 313 38 
 
 BARGE— 
 
 Sunken in harbor, to be raised within five days 384 16b 
 
 In harbor, to have shipkeeper on board 383 15b
 
 INDEX. 515 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 BARREL— 
 
 Capacity of, to be indicated by gauger only,, and fee for 
 
 gauging 385 2-5 
 
 BARRIERS— 
 
 To be erected by persons excavating, paving or working on, 
 
 the streets 306 21 
 
 BASEMENT— 
 
 Entrances to 310 30 
 
 BASEBALL— 
 
 Interference with games of at Byrd Park prohibited, penalty. 160 25 
 
 BATHING— 
 
 In the river, etc 22S 14 
 
 In feeder above pumphouse prohibited 212 86 
 
 BATHS— 
 
 Water rates for 270 12 
 
 BEGGARS— 
 
 To be reported by police to committee (see "Vagrants").... 191 23 
 
 BEGGING— 
 
 Penalty for 403 7 
 
 BELL— 
 
 On locomotive, when it shall ring, etc 352 1 
 
 To be rung when street cars approach each other 344 30 
 
 Ringing, on streets, for advertising sale, etc., prohibited 228 11 
 
 BENCHES, STALLS AND STANDS— 
 
 At market houses (see "Markets") 245 14-19 
 
 BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS— 
 
 Property of exempt from tax 99 24 
 
 BENZINE— 
 
 Storage of, quantity limited, etc 239 15 
 
 BICYCLE— 
 
 Chapter 37, concerning 328 3 
 
 Forbidden on sidewalks, speed limited, riding in parks, public 
 
 squares, etc 328 1-2 
 
 Lamps, lighted, required, on all bicycles, from dark to day- 
 light, except police •. 328 3 
 
 Passing in opposite directions must go to the right, in same 
 
 direction to left 328 5b-5c 
 
 Riding on footways, sidewalks, highways 328 5 
 
 Riding without control of machine, or more than two abreast, 
 
 how to meet and pass 328 5-5e 
 
 Speed of, and tricycles, limited 328 5 
 
 BIDS— 
 
 For city work, or supplies, to be accompanied by check for 5 
 
 per cent, of amount of contract; when checks returned. ... 54 4 
 
 BIJOU THEATRE— 
 
 Special police for 427 15
 
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 PAGE SEC. 
 
 BILL CLERK— 
 
 Gas Works, to give bond 263 36 
 
 Not to collect bills 263 39 
 
 Appointment of 252 1 
 
 In Water Department, appointment of 286 34 
 
 BILLIARD SALOONS— 
 
 License tax on 10? 19 
 
 Water rate for 269 12 
 
 BILL POSTING— 
 
 On private or public property, prohibited 163 36 
 
 BILLS— 
 
 For gas 258 23 
 
 For printing, binding, and advertising, to be approved by- 
 Committee on Printing Claims. 75 31 
 
 For stall rent, how made and presented 246 17 
 
 For street improvements, how made, charged, collected; to be 
 
 lien on real estate improved 132 12-13 
 
 For taxes, form, quality, etc 121 26 
 
 For Taxes, printing of 121 27 
 
 For water, meter rates 279 15 
 
 BINDING— 
 
 City, under Committee on Printing and Claims 75 1 
 
 BITCHES— 
 
 License tax on (see "Dogs") 373 27 
 
 Prohibited unless licensed 373 26 
 
 BLUES ARMORY— 
 
 Custodian of, appointment, duties, etc 161 27 
 
 BOARD OF HEALTH— 
 
 (See "Chief Health Officer.") 
 (See "Contagious Diseases.") 
 (See "District Physicians.") 
 (See "Milk and Food Supplies.") 
 (See "Plumbers Examining Board.") 
 (See "Plumbing.") 
 (See "Quarantine.") 
 (See "Water Supply.") 
 
 Accouchers, registration of required, penalty for failure 213 94 
 
 Annual report of 47 
 
 Bacteriologist, duties of; under control of 194 7 
 
 Bacteriologist, penalty for misrepresentations to as to speci- 
 mens submitted 195 10 
 
 Bacteriologist, salary of; expense of laboratory, how paid... 195 9 
 
 Bathing in feeder prohibited 212 86 
 
 Board for examination of plumbers, organization, creation 
 
 of, etc 218 109 
 
 Board for examination of plumbers, powers and duties. . . 218-219 109-115 
 
 Books and papers, may require production of 193 3b 
 
 Butter, sale of oleomargarine for, penalty 202 45
 
 INDEX. 517 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Butter, when not genuine to be so marked, penalty for vio- 
 lation 201 43-44 
 
 Canal, water in not to be drawn off without permission of 
 
 chief health officer 217 108 
 
 Cemetery superintendents, registration of required, penalty 
 
 for failure 213 94 
 
 Chapter 25, concerning organization, powers and duties of.. 192 
 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, not to open water closets on 
 
 trains adjacent to city's water system 213 90 
 
 Chief health officer, water in canal not to be drawn off with- 
 out permission of 217 108 
 
 City Council, to make reports to 194 5 
 
 Cleaning of premises, may be required 194 6 
 
 Closets, separate to be provided in certain buildings 210 82 
 
 Closets, use of on Chesapeake and Ohio trains adjacent to 
 
 city's water system prohibited 213 90 
 
 Compensation, members of not to receive 192 1 
 
 Compensation, officers and employees 193 3b 
 
 Composed of five members 192 1 
 
 Compulsory sewer connections 134 15 
 
 Contagious diseases, establishment of hospitals for treatment 
 
 to be approved by 217 107 
 
 Council to elect 192 1 
 
 Creation and organization of 192 1-2 
 
 Death certificates, filing of, etc 168 11 
 
 Diseases, contagious, hospitals for treatment of, establish- 
 ment to be approved by 217 107 
 
 Diseases, contagious, on water shed of feeder, notice of to be 
 
 given to 212 88 
 
 Diseases, what to be reported to; penalty 213 95 
 
 Diseases, which to be placarded 214 96 
 
 District physicians, under control of; suspension of; general 
 
 provisions concerning 214-216 97-104 
 
 Dry closets, may adopt rules and regulations governing con- 
 struction and maintenance of 200 47 
 
 Females, separate closets for in certain buildings 210 82 
 
 Flies and dirt, protection of food against 200 36-41 
 
 Food, may adopt rules and regulations for protection of 
 
 against dirt and flies, penalty for violation 200 36-41 
 
 Food, screening of required 200 36-41 
 
 Food supplies, food and, general provisions concerning.... 195-200 15-35 
 
 Health officers of city, members of to be 220 120 
 
 Health officers, State, to have power and authority of ...... . 220 120 
 
 Hospital, smallpox, maintenance and operation of 219-220 116-121 
 
 Hospitals, for treatment of contagious diseases, establish- 
 ment of to be approved by 217 107 
 
 Hospitals, maternity, to be licensed by; to prescribe rules 
 
 and regulations concerning 216 105 
 
 House plumbing, general requirements and provisions as to. 206-210 58-81 
 
 Infected persons, special duty to remove 220 118
 
 518 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC| 
 
 Inspector Milk and Food Supplies, appointment 195 1; 
 
 Inspector of Plumbing, powers and duties 205 53-55; 
 
 Inspector of Plumbing, to be appointed by 195 1" 
 
 Investigations, authorized to make, require attendance of 
 
 witnesses, production of books and papers, etc. 193 31 
 
 Laboratory, bacteriological, expenses of 195 
 
 Manufacturing plants, not to polute water supply 212 S: 
 
 Manure vaults, may prescribe rules and regulations concern- 
 ing 320 'A 
 
 Maternity hospitals, to be licensed by; to prescribe rules 
 
 and regulations concerning 216 10a 
 
 Meetings of the 192 
 
 Members of, not to receive compensation 192 1 
 
 Mid wives, registration of required, penalty for failure 213 94 
 
 Milk and food supplies, general provisions concerning in- 
 spection and sale of 195-200 15-3c 
 
 Milk and food supplies, Inspector of, appointment 195 IS 
 
 Night soil, general provisions concerning removal of 202-204 48-52 
 
 Night soil, penalty for removal of except as approved by 200 4f 
 
 Night soil, pollution of water supply by, provisions for pre- 
 vention of 211 83-84 
 
 Night soil, rules and regulations concerning removal of, may 
 
 adopt 200 
 
 Nuisances, to be reported to Street Cleaning Department by. 368 
 
 Officers and employees, police power for certain 201 
 
 Officers and employees, salary of 192 
 
 Officers and employees, to elect 192 
 
 Officers and employees, to have general control of, may re- 
 move for cause, etc 193 
 
 Oleomargarine, penalty for sale of as butter 202 
 
 Penalty for failure to mark imitation butter 201 4 
 
 Penalty for failure to register at office of, physicians, ac- 
 couchers, midwives, undertakers and cemetery superinten- 
 dents 213 
 
 Penalty for failure to report diseases 213 
 
 Penalty for pollution of water supply 213 
 
 Penalty for removal of night soil 200 
 
 Penalty for sale of oleomargarine as butter 202 
 
 Penalty for violation of regulations concerning protection of 
 
 food from flies and dirt 200 41 
 
 Penalty for violation of rules and regulations formulated by. 195 14 
 
 Physicians, district, under control of; may be suspended by 
 
 president of; general provisions concerning 214-216 97-104 
 
 Physicians, registration of required; penalty for failure.... 213 94 
 
 Placarded, what diseases to be 214 96 
 
 Plumbing, for houses, provisions and requirements con- 
 cerning 206-210 56-81 
 
 Plumbing, Inspector of, powers and duties 205 53-55 
 
 Plumbing Inspector, to appoint 195 n
 
 INDEX. 519 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 EM umbers, board for examination of; creation and organiza- 
 tion of, election and qualification 218 109 
 
 Plumbers Examining Board, powers and duties 218-219 109-115 
 
 Police power, certain officers of vested with 201 42 
 
 Police power, members of to have 194 6 
 
 Powers of defined 194 4 
 
 Premises, may require cleaning of 194 6 
 
 Prisoners, powers and duties in regard to working of 371-372 16-19 
 
 Private work during office hours, exception as to members of. 53 1 
 
 Quarantine, powers and duties of as to (see "Quarantine") 219-220 116-117 
 
 Quarantine, under control of 219-220 116-117 
 
 Refuse matter, pollution of water supply by, provisions for 
 
 prevention of 211 83-84 
 
 Refuse matter, removal of may be required 194 6 
 
 Registration of physicians, accouchers, midwives, under- 
 takers and cemetery superintendents at office of required; 
 
 penalty for failure 213 94 
 
 Removal or suspension of officers and employees 193 3b 
 
 Reports to City Council, required to make annual report. . . . 194 5 
 Rules and regulations, authority to formulate; penalty for 
 
 violation of 195 14 
 
 Rules and regulations, concerning protection of food, adop- 
 tion of authorized 200 36-41 
 
 Rules and regulations, concerning removal of night soil, may 
 
 adopt 200 47 
 
 Rules and regulations, dry closets, concerning maintenance 
 
 and construction of 200 47 
 
 Rules and regulations, manure vaults, may prescribe con- 
 cerning 320 53 
 
 Rules and regulations, maternity hospitals, may make con- 
 cerning 216 105 
 
 Salaries, how paid 193 3b 
 
 Salaries of officers and employees, not to be increased or 
 
 diminished during term of office 193 3b 
 
 Salary, officers and employees of 192 3a 
 
 Screening of articles of food required 200 36-41 
 
 Sewer connections, may compel 134 15 
 
 Smallpox hospital, maintenance and operation of 219-220 116-121 
 
 Smallpox, public to be warned of by white flag 221 123 
 
 Tuberculosis Camp Society, lease of certain land to 220 122 
 
 Undertakers, registration of required, penalty for failure. . . . 213 94 
 
 Vaccinated, who to be and when 217 106 
 
 Wards of city, to be inspected 194 5 
 
 Water shed, diseases on, notice of to be given to 212 88 
 
 Water shed, opening of toilets on Chesapeake and Ohio trains 
 
 on certain parts of prohibited 213 90 
 
 Water shed, semi-annual inspection of required 213 92 
 
 Water supply, bathing in certain streams furnishing pro- 
 hibited 212 86
 
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 Water supply, penalty for pollution of 213 93 
 
 Water supply, pollution of by manufacturing plants pro- 
 hibited 212 87 
 
 Water supply, pollution of prohibited 212 
 
 Water supply, pollution of, regulations to prevent 211 83-84 
 
 Witnesses, may require attendance of 193 3b 
 
 BOARD OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS— 
 (See "Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.") 
 
 BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS— 
 (See "Police.") 
 
 To classify police force (see "City Charter," sees. 84-92) 424 1 
 
 To make detail of officers for Police Court 414 10 
 
 To prescribe badges, uniforms and numbers, for police; may 
 
 supply muskets at station houses 426 8 
 
 BOARD OF PUBLIC INTERESTS— 
 
 Composed of citizens and Councilmen; president of the Com- 
 mon Council president of; how constituted; appointment 
 of, duties of, powers, meetings, vacancies on 57 16-19 
 
 BOAT— 
 
 (See Vessels.") 
 
 With offensive matter, stagnant water, etc., on board ■ 226 1 
 
 BOILER— 
 
 When dangerous or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 Bonds- 
 Indemnity — 
 
 City Attorney to approve 51 6d 
 
 Conduit privileges, of applicant for 363 28 
 
 Electrical contractors 291 17 
 
 Indemnity, in excess of $500, surety company required 
 
 thereon 50 6b 
 
 Night soil, contractors for removal of 203 48 
 
 Saloonkeepers, what required of 405 3 
 
 Steamboat captains to give for vagrants brought to city 402 1 
 
 Streets, application for use of, to be filed with 56, 308 13, 11 
 
 Surety company to furnish, when in excess of five hundred 
 
 dollars 50 6t 
 
 Vehicles, public 321 1 
 
 Wagons, drays, etc 321 1 
 
 Wagons, drays, etc., suit on 321 1 
 
 Interest Bearing — 
 Auditor, to be furnished with ordinances or resolutions au- 
 thorizing issuance of 71 J 
 
 Cancelled lost, reissued 147 11-11 
 
 Coupons on, matured, to be destroyed 150 14 
 
 Form of 147 1J 
 
 Goodman legacy, issued for investment of 191 21 
 
 Interest on, etc 145 j.j 
 
 Interest on, rate of 147 u 
 
 Matured coupons on to be destroyed 150 U
 
 INDEX. 521 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Ordinance, authorizing issuance of, Auditor to be furnished. 71 9 
 
 Payable to bearer 145 4-9 
 
 Rate of interest 147 13 
 
 Registration of 145 1-3 
 
 Sale, exchange and transfer of 145 4-9 
 
 Signing of 145 1-3 
 
 Taxation, United States, State and city exempt from 97 17 
 
 Taxation, value of, how determined for purposes of 97 18 
 
 Taxation, when valued for 97 17 
 
 Transfer, sale and exchange of 145 4-9 
 
 United States, State and city, exempt from taxation 97 17 
 
 Official — 
 
 Auditor, City 77 1 
 
 Auditor, clerks to 79 11 
 
 Bookkeeper Engineer Department 302 3c 
 
 Building Inspector 429 1 
 
 Chemist, City .• 393 1 
 
 City Attorney to approve 51 6d 
 
 City Home, steward of 191 18 
 
 City Home, Superintendent of 188 4 
 
 Collector, City Taxes 115 1 
 
 Collector, City, when City Attorney to proceed thereon 120 24 
 
 Collector Delinquent Taxes 139 2 
 
 Commissioner of the Revenue 93 1 
 
 Commissioner of the Revenue, deputies 93 2 
 
 Engineer, City 301 2 
 
 Food and milk supplies, inspector of 196 15 
 
 Gas, bill clerk 263 36 
 
 Gas Inspector, clerk to 263 36 
 
 Gas, inspectors, deputies 263 36 
 
 Gas, inspector 252 3 
 
 Gas Works, Superintendent of 252 3 
 
 Grain, measurer of 389 23 
 
 Harbor Master 382 10 
 
 Market clerks 243 6 
 
 Market, weighmaster first 387 15 
 
 Official, surety company required thereon 50 6a 
 
 Plumbing, Inspector of 205 53 
 
 Riverview Cemetery, Keeper of 173 29 
 
 Special Accountant 55 8 
 
 Special assessments, clerk of 133 12c 
 
 Street Cleaning, Assistant Superintendent 373 22 
 
 Street Cleaning, Superintendent of 368 1 
 
 Surety company to furnish 50 6a 
 
 Treasurer, City 85 35 
 
 Treasurer, clerk to 79 11 
 
 Water Works, Assistant Superintendent of 265 2 
 
 Water Works, engineer in charge of pumping station 265 2 
 
 Water Works, Superintendent of 265 1 
 
 Weighmaster First Market 387 15
 
 -■>■> INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 BOOKKEEPER, ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT— 
 
 Assistant to, appointment, duties and compensation 302 4 
 
 Nomination of, election, term, salary 301 3a 
 
 Qualifications of, duties, bond; to be clerk of Committee on 
 
 Streets 301 3b-3c 
 
 BOOKS— 
 
 And accounts, the, of the Auditor 77 2 
 
 And periodicals, relating to municipal government, collection 
 
 of, etc 394 1 
 
 Of the Treasurer 86 36 
 
 Of the AVater Works 267 7-8 
 
 BOW OR CROSSBOW— 
 
 Use of prohibited 231 22 
 
 BRAKES— 
 
 Street cars required to have 334 8 
 
 Vehicles required to have 325 17 
 
 BRANCH PIPES— 
 
 Connections, etc., of AVater Department, record of 267 8 
 
 BRICK KILN— 
 
 A nuisance, forbidden, penalty, etc 227 7 
 
 BRIDGE— 
 
 Over gutters, prohibited 306 19 
 
 Trestles, crossing streets, to be floored or covered in 313 40 
 
 BROAD STREET— 
 
 Southern line of between Foushee and Adams 315 46 
 
 BUGGIES— 
 
 For hire, license tax on 110 24 
 
 BUILDING— 
 
 (See "Building Code.") 
 
 Dangerous 487 95 
 
 Encroaching on street, rebuilt, or destroyed. 314 41 
 
 Obstructing a street 30S 24 
 
 On street line, when going on, covered way required 307 22 
 
 Water rates for construction of, penalty, etc 268 12 
 
 BUILDING CODE. 
 
 Chapter 60 concerning the construction, equipment, alteration and repair 
 
 of buildings and their removal or demolition when unsafe, and creating and 
 defining the duties of the Board of Public Safety. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ALCOVES— 
 
 Recesses for 452 44 
 
 APARTMENT HOTEL— 
 
 Definition of 434 10 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 APARTMENT HOUSES— 
 
 Closets under staircases in 455 50 
 
 Definition of; exception as to two-story houses 433 8
 
 INDEX. 523 
 
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 Fire escapes required for 464 75a 
 
 Gas meters under stairways prohibited 455 50 
 
 Rooms, lighting and ventilation of 455 50 
 
 Staircases in non-fireproof to be enclosed with brick 454 50 
 
 Walls, for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 APPEALS— 
 
 Board of public safety to hear and determine 485 91 
 
 From decisions of building inspector, who to hear 485 91 
 
 APPLICATIONS— 
 
 Records of, to be kept 484 90c 
 
 ARCHES— 
 
 Doors and windows, warehouse class buildings 451 40 
 
 Masonry for doors and windows warehouse class 451 40 
 
 Trimmer fire places to be supported by 457 54 
 
 ARMORIES— 
 
 Thickness of walls for , 447 31a 
 
 ASHLAR— 
 
 Asphaltum varnish and lime, mortar for 445 28 
 
 Requirements as to use of in buildings, thickness, bonding, 
 
 etc 445 27h 
 
 ASPHALTUM VARNISH— 
 
 Ashlar treated with 44."» 28 
 
 ASSISTANT BUILDING INSPECTORS— 
 
 Badges, uniforms, etc 491 99 
 
 ASYLUMS— 
 
 Fire escapes required on 464 75a 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 BADGES— 
 
 Building inspector and assistants 491 99 
 
 BALCONIES— 
 
 Fire escapes, construction of for 464 75b 
 
 Fire escapes, floors of for 465 75c 
 
 BANNISTERS— 
 
 For stairs 460 59 
 
 BARNS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 BASEMENT— 
 
 Meaning of defined 449 34 
 
 BAY WINDOWS— 
 
 Not to project on street 459 58 
 
 BEAMS— 
 
 Cross bearings for 456 52 
 
 Flues, not to be near 457 52 
 
 Girders supporting to be anchored to walls 457 52 
 
 In buildings 456 52 
 
 Straps for 457 52 
 
 Stud partitions, not to rest on 456 52 
 
 Tail, proportions of 456 52 
 
 Trimmer and header 456 52
 
 524 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Wood, bevel ends for 456 
 
 Wood, boilers not to rest upon 461 
 
 Wood, chimneys not to be built upon 458 
 
 Wood, cross bearings for 456 
 
 Wood, separation of in brick buildings 455 
 
 Wood, support of 456 
 
 Wood, thickness of in brick buildings 456 
 
 BEARING WALLS— 
 
 What are 443 
 
 BILL BOARDS— 
 
 Wood, in fire limits 479 
 
 BLUE PRINTS— 
 
 To accompany application for permit to build 432 
 
 BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY— 
 
 Appeals to be heard by 484 
 
 Chapter 60 creating and defining duties of 431 
 
 Clerk of, duties, etc 485 
 
 BOARDING HOUSES— 
 
 Fire escapes required for certain 464 
 
 BOILERS— 
 
 Heating purposes, construction of 461 
 
 Theatres, arrangements of in 474 
 
 BRACKETS— 
 
 Fire escapes, construction of 465 
 
 BREWERIES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 
 
 BRICK— 
 
 Chimneys, flues and smoke stacks 458 55 
 
 Fire backs, thickness of 458 55 
 
 Hollow walls of 452 43 
 
 New, composition of 434 13 
 
 Old, when may be used 435 13 
 
 Partitions in foundations to be of 454 47 
 
 Piers, construction of 444 27d 
 
 Smoke houses, walls to be constructed of 461 64 
 
 Staircases in^ tenement houses to be enclosed with 454 50 
 
 Walls and piers, use in 443 27c 
 
 Walls, cement and mortar for 445 28 
 
 BRICK BUILDINGS— 
 
 Outside of fire limits 482 
 
 Party walls required for 443 26 
 
 Wood beams in 455 52 
 
 BRICK PARTITIONS— 
 
 Construction of 453 46 
 
 BRICK WALLS— 
 
 Adjoining in steel buildings, thickness 450 35 
 
 Flemish bond, headers for 445 27f 
 
 Heading courses in 444 27g 
 
 Steel buildings, thickness 450 35 
 
 Timbers not allowed in 454 49
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 BRICK WORK— 
 
 Chimneys, flues, etc., thickness of 458 55 
 
 Damaged by freezing, to be rebuilt 443 27c 
 
 Furred walls, 'projection of 453 45 
 
 BUILDING CODE— 
 
 City attorney to enforce provisions of by suit, etc 486 93b 
 
 Invalidity of one section not to affect others 491 99 
 
 Penalty for violation of provisions 485 92 
 
 Provisions of, building inspector may modify 483 90a 
 
 Violation of provisions 485 92 
 
 Violations of provisions, notice, service of papers, etc 487 94 
 
 Violations of to be reported by building inspector 486 93a 
 
 What constitutes 431 1. 
 
 BUILDING INSPECTOR— 
 
 Badges, uniform, etc., for and assistants 491 99 
 
 Board of Public Safety, member of • 485 91 
 
 Brick buildings outside of fire limits, may make modifica- 
 tions of code concerning 482 88 
 
 Buildings, stoppage of work en, may require 490 98 
 
 Cement tests, may require 436 16 
 
 Coal pockets, to approve construction of 461 62 
 
 Code, may modify provisions of 483 90a 
 
 Concrete constructions, plans for to be filed with 491 (2) 
 
 Concrete, inspection and tests of to be satisfactory to 498 (23) 
 
 Concrete tests, to be furnished with records of 491 (a) 
 
 Damages, not liable for by reason of performances of duties 
 
 in good faith 487 93b 
 
 Dangerous buildings, removal and repair of, closing of 
 
 street adjacent to, etc 490 97 
 
 Dangerous buildings, require tenants to vacate 490 97 
 
 Exhibition buildings, to approve construction of 461 63 
 
 Fire escapes, to approve construction of 464 75a 
 
 Fire, spread of, may require improvements to prevent 483 89b 
 
 Grain elevators, to approve construction of 461 62 
 
 Modifications in plans, etc., what may be made by 485 91 
 
 Plans filed with to be acted on within ten days 432 3d 
 
 Plans, specifications, etc., to be approved by 432 3a 
 
 Records in office of 484 90c 
 
 Roofs of buildings in fire limits, may determine character of 463 70 
 
 Rules and regulations, may establish 483 90b 
 
 Screens for elevator shafts, to approve 463 74 
 
 Soil tests, notice of to be given 439 22 
 
 Soil tests record of to be filed in office of 439 22 
 
 Stables, not to issue permit for without Council authority. . 499 102 
 
 Stoppage of work on buildings, authorized to require 490 98 
 
 Structural material, tests of to be supervised by 436 19 
 
 Theatres, to have approval of before opening , . . . . 471 82a 
 
 To report violations of code 486 93a 
 
 Unsafe buildings, may require removal of 487 95
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Walls and piers of coursed stone; may determine thickness. 444 27f 
 
 Walls, may require bracing of 451 39 
 
 Windows projecting on streets, to approve construction of. . 460 58 
 
 Wood piles, test of, to be notified 440 24b 
 
 BUILDING LINE— 
 
 Windows not to project beyond 459 58 
 
 BUILEINGS— 
 
 Apartment defined 433 8 
 
 Apartment hotel, definition of 434 10 
 
 Applications, for, new and old, separate records 484 90c 
 
 Arches and lintels for doors and windows, warehouse class. . 451 40 
 
 Ashlar, requirements as to use in 445 27h 
 
 Basements in meaning of 449 34 
 
 Blue print plan of, to accompany application to construct or 
 
 alter 432 3a 
 
 Brick outside fire limits 482 88 
 
 Brick, thickness of wood beams in 456 52 
 
 Bulkheads in, inclosing tanks and elevators, construction of. 462 69 
 
 Cellars in, meaning of 449 34 
 
 Chapter 60, concerning construction, equipment, alteration 
 and repair of, and their removal or demolition when un- 
 safe, and creating and defining the duties of the Board of 
 
 Public Safety 431 
 
 Chimneys, flues, etc., for 458 55 
 
 Chimneys in, supports for 458 56 
 
 Coal pockets, construction of 461 62 
 
 Concrete for foundations, composition of 436 11 
 
 Concrete, rules and regulations concerning erection of 491 101 
 
 Construction or alteration of to conform to provisions of 
 
 building code ,, 431 2 
 
 Contiguous to excavations, how and by whom to be protected 437 21a 
 
 Dangerous, closing of streets adjacent to 490 97 
 
 Dangerous, removal and repair of 490 97 
 
 Dangerous or unsafe, provisions concerning 487-489 95 
 
 Dumb waiters in, construction of 463 72 
 
 Dwelling house class, what included in 446 30a 
 
 Dwelling, private, definition of 433 7 
 
 Elevator shafts in below main floor to be enclosed 463 71 
 
 Entrance of pipe trenches to 453 44 
 
 Excavations for to be guarded 437 21a 
 
 Exhibition purposes, building inspector to approve construc- 
 tion of 461 63 
 
 Fallen, recovery of bodies under 489 96 
 
 Fire escapes for certain required 464 75a 
 
 Fire, openings which cause spread of to be reported by Chief 
 
 Fire Department 483 89b 
 
 Fireproof, construction of and plans for 467 76 
 
 Fireproof, plans for to be submitted, owner to pay for ex- 
 pert advice 467 76
 
 index. 527 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Fireproof, thickness of bearing walls 447 30a 
 
 Foundations for, character of prescribed 439 24a 
 
 Foundations for, computation of pressure under 439 23 
 
 Frame, alteration and enlargement of, outside of Are limits. 481 87h 
 
 Frame, alteration or removal of 475 82k 
 
 Frame, chimneys and walls, outside of fire limits 4S1 87e 
 
 Frame, construction of, outside of fire limits 481 87g 
 
 Frame defined 434 12 
 
 Frame, foundations, outside of fire limits 480 87d 
 
 Frame, height, outside of fire limits 480 87a 
 
 Frame, height of, outside of fire limits 480 S7b 
 
 Frame in fire limits, repairing and rebuilding of 479 S6 
 
 Frame, not allowed in fire limits 476 84 
 
 Frame, outside of fire limits, construction of 479 87a-87i 
 
 Frame, veneered, in fire limits 482 87i 
 
 Frame, walls, outside of fire limits 481 87f 
 
 Grain elevators, construction of 461 62 
 
 Height of, how measured 433 5 
 
 Height of limited, how measured, etc 445 29 
 
 Height of stories prescribed 449 34 
 
 Hotel defined 434 10 
 
 Lodging house defined 434 9 
 
 Main stud partitions in 454 48 
 
 Mansard roofs on certain, construction of 462 68 
 
 Materials for construction of, strength of 467 78-80 
 
 Meaning of term 431 2 
 
 Metal skylights for, construction of 460 60 
 
 More than 105 feet in depth, thickness of walls when no cross 
 
 walls 449 33 
 
 Office, meaning of term defined 434 11 
 
 Partitions in residences 454 47 
 
 Party walls for, which required to have 443 26 
 
 Party walls of allowed to remain 450 37 
 
 Plan of to be filed 431 3a 
 
 Plans and statements to show nature of work to be done on. 432 4 
 
 Private dwelling defined 433 7 
 
 Public, provisions for safety of 471 81 
 
 Records concerning, new and old to be kept separately 484 90c 
 
 Repairs to what may be made without notice to Building In- 
 spector 432 3c 
 
 Retail stores, general rules concerning 482 S9a 
 
 Roofs, mansard, construction of on certain 462 68 
 
 Roofs of in fire limits, character of prescribed 463 70 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning construction, repair, altera- 
 tion, etc., of, Building Inspector may establish 483 90b 
 
 Safety of public 471 81 
 
 Sheds adjacent to new over streets and sidewalks for pro- 
 tection of public 460 61 
 
 Skylights for, construction of 460 60
 
 528 
 
 INDEX. 
 
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 Smoke houses, fireproof, brick walls, etc 461 
 
 Stairs in, number regulated by area 460 
 
 Steel frame, thickness of walls for • 450 
 
 Stone posts, not to be used in interior of 444 
 
 Stoppage of work on 490 
 
 Stores, retail, general rules concerning 482 
 
 Stories in, meaning of defined 449 
 
 Structural steel and iron for, quality and tensile strength of. 436 
 
 Temporary frame in fire limits 478 
 
 Tenement defined 433 
 
 Theatres, provisions concerning safety, construction and ar- 
 rangement of 471 
 
 Walls for warehouse class, when frontage of less than 25 
 
 feet 448 
 
 Walls for warehouse class, when party in fireproof, thickness 
 
 of 448 
 
 Walls for warehouse class, thickness of when clear span be- 
 tween exceeds 25 feet 448 
 
 Walls not to be advanced separately during construction. . . . 451 
 
 Warehouse class, inside lintels, construction of 451 
 
 Warehouse class, thickness of walls 447 
 
 Warehouse class, what included in 447 
 
 Width and depth of, how measured 433 
 
 Wood beams, quality and strength of 436 
 
 Wood beams in brick, stone, etc 455 
 
 BULKHEADS— 
 
 On roofs and scuttles, construction of 462 
 
 Tanks and elevators, coverings for, construction of 462 
 
 BUTTRESSES— 
 
 Materials to be used in 443 
 
 CAP STONES— 
 
 For piers 444 
 
 CARRIAGE REPOSITORIES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 
 
 CAST IRON— 
 
 Pier construction, when and how used in 444 
 
 Quality and tensile strength of for building purposes 437 
 
 Working stress and strength of 467 
 
 CAST STEEL— 
 
 Tensile strength and quality of, prescribed 437 
 
 CELLARS— 
 
 Definition of 449 
 
 Partitions in residences to be brick 454 
 
 Sewers, to be connected with 455 
 
 Water not to stand in during construction 455 
 
 CEMENT— 
 
 Certain defined (see Concrete) 435 
 
 Composition of various kinds of 435 
 
 Tests of may be required by Building Inspector 436
 
 INDEX. 529 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 I CEMENT AND LIME MORTAR— 
 
 Composition of 435 15b 
 
 CEMENT MORTAR— 
 
 Composition of 435 15a 
 
 When used in walls, etc., composition of 445 28 
 
 s CHASES— 
 
 In walls, for pipes, when and how made 453 44 
 
 CHIEF FIRE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 Board of Public Safety, member of 485 91 
 
 Dead bodies, recovery of under fallen buildings, to make 
 
 investigations concerning, etc 490 96 
 
 CHIMNEYS— 
 
 Construction of 458 55 
 
 Frame buildings, outside fire limits 481 87e 
 
 High temperature use, double thick 458 55 
 
 Supports for 458 56 
 
 CHURCHES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 CHURCH SPIRES— 
 
 Heights of limited, exception 445 29 
 
 CITY ATTORNEY— 
 
 Building code, to enforce provisions of 486 93b 
 
 CITY ENGINEER— 
 
 Board of Public Safety, member of 485 91 
 
 CLAY— 
 
 Bearing capacity of 439 22 
 
 CLOSETS— 
 
 Under staircases in apartment houses, pitch of 455 50 
 
 CLUB HOUSES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 445 30a 
 
 COAL POCKETS— 
 
 Building Inspector to approve construction of 461 62 
 
 Erection of allowed 461 62 
 
 CODE, BUILDING— 
 
 Building Inspector may modify provisions of 4S3 90a 
 
 Penalty for violation of provisions 485 92 
 
 Violations of to be reported by Building Inspector 486 93a 
 
 What to constitute 431 1 
 
 COLUMNS— 
 
 Compression strength of 467 79 
 
 Concrete, protection of 495 ( 13 ) 
 
 Concrete, trussed, construction of 494 (11) 
 
 Filled with concrete, strength of 495 (12) 
 
 Supports for in buildings 444 27e 
 
 Wood, plates for support of 457 53 
 
 COMPRESSION— 
 
 Strength of various materials 468 80 

 
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 CONCRETE— 
 
 Arched, floor construction 493 (7) 
 
 Cement, sand and inerts 492 (a) 
 
 Columns, construction of 494 (11) 
 
 Columns filled with, strength of 495 (12) 
 
 Columns, protection of 495 ( 13 ) 
 
 Columns, thickness of 493 (6) 
 
 Composition of 492 (c) 
 
 Constructions, specifications for 491 (2) 
 
 Defective parts, removal of 497 (20) 
 
 Floor construction, arched, slab and lintel 493 (7) 
 
 Floor construction, materials excluded from 492 (4) 
 
 Floor systems, trussed concrete, meaning of 496 (16) 
 
 Floors, supports under 497 (21) 
 
 Forms for, supports, centering of, etc 497 (21) 
 
 Formula for computation of strength of reinforced 494 (10) 
 
 Foundations, composition of when used in 436 17 
 
 Foundation walls, used in 441 25a 
 
 Frames of 496 (17) 
 
 Freezing weather, not to be worked during 498 (22) 
 
 Hot weather, to be kept damp during setting 496 (19) 
 
 Inspections and tests 498 (23) 
 
 Lintel, floor construction 493 (7) 
 
 Mixing and working of 496 (19) 
 
 Mixing reinforced, proportions for 491 (1) 
 
 Monolithic walls and piers 493 (6) 
 
 Penalty for violation of requirements concerning construc- 
 tions of 498 (24) 
 
 Permits, plans, specifications, etc., for buildings constructed 
 
 of 491 (2) 
 
 Piles, construction, safe carrying capacity, etc 440 24c 
 
 Piles, metal foundations for to be imbedded in 441 24d 
 
 Plans for reinforced construction 491 (2) 
 
 Reinforced, assumptions for computation of stresses and 
 
 bending strains 494 (10) 
 
 Reinforced, crushing strength of 493 (8) 
 
 Reinforced, floors and frames, construction of 496 (18) 
 
 Reinforced, frames and floors, construction of 496 (18) 
 
 Reinforced, frames of 496 (17) 
 
 Reinforced, meaning of term 493 (8) 
 
 Reinforced, proportions for mixing 491 (1) 
 
 Reinforced, strains and stresses 494 (9) 
 
 Reinforced, tests and inspections 498 (23) 
 
 Reinforced, trussed columns 494 (11) 
 
 . Reinforced, working of 496 (19) 
 
 Reinforcement for, steel 496 (15) 
 
 Removal of defective panels 497 (20) 
 
 Sand for, quality of 492 (b) 
 
 Skeleton frame, replaced by trussed or reinforced concrete.. 496 (17)
 
 INDEX. 53] 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Slab, floor construction 493 ( 7 1 
 
 Steel reinforcement for 496 (15') 
 
 Steel shapes filled with 495 (12) 
 
 Strength of reinforced 493 ( 8 ) 
 
 Stresses and bending strains, assumptions for computation of 494 (10) 
 
 Supports for beams, etc 497 (21) 
 
 Tensile strength cement 492 (a) 
 
 Tests and inspections 498 ( 23 ) 
 
 Thickness of trussed 495 (14) 
 
 Thickness of walls and floors 492 (5) 
 
 Trussed columns, construction of, provisions concerning.... 494 (11) 
 
 Trussed construction 493 (8) 
 
 Trussed floor system, meaning of 496 (16) 
 
 Trussed frames and floors, how constructed 496 (8) 
 
 Trussed frame, meaning of 496 (17) 
 
 Trussed, thickness of 495 (14) 
 
 Violation of provisions concerning, penalty for 498 (24) 
 
 Walls and floors, thickness of 492 (5) 
 
 Walls and piers, monolith 493 (6) 
 
 Working of, mixing, setting, etc 496 . (19) 
 
 CONCRETE BUILDINGS— 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning erection of 491 101 
 
 CONVENTS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 COOPERAGE SHOPS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 COUNCIL— 
 
 Stables, to authorize issuance of permit for 499 102 
 
 COURSED STONE— 
 
 Walls and piers constructed of, thickness 444 27f 
 
 COURTHOUSES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 COVERINGS— 
 
 Construction of adjacent to buildings in course of construc- 
 tion over sidewalks 460 61 
 
 CROSS WALLS— 
 
 Thickness of main walls when none are provided 449 33 
 
 CURTAIN WALLS— 
 
 In steel buildings, thickness of 450 36 
 
 DAMAGES— 
 
 Building Inspector not liable for by reason of performance of 
 
 duties 487 93b 
 
 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS— 
 
 Provisions concerning 487 95 
 
 Removal of, etc., closing of streets adjacent to 490 97 
 
 DEAD BODIES— 
 
 Recovery of under fallen buildings 489 96 
 
 DIVISION WALLS— 
 
 Openings in 448 32
 
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 PAGE SEC. 
 
 DOORS— 
 
 Arches and lintels for 451 40 
 
 Brick division walls, to be fireproof 448 32 
 
 Fire escapes, bulkhead 466 i 5g 
 
 DORMITORIES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 DROP LADDERS— 
 
 Fire escapes, construction of 466 75g 
 
 DUMB WAITERS— 
 
 Elevator regulations to apply to 463 72 
 
 DWELLING HOUSE CLASS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 What buildings included in 446 30a 
 
 DWELLINGS— 
 
 Private, walls of, construction of 443 27c 
 
 Private, what to include 433 7 
 
 Privace, when used for boarding purposes how connected... 433 7 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 ELECTRIC LIGHTS— 
 
 Guards for in theatres 475 S2j 
 
 Theatres, construction of in 474 82i 
 
 ELEVATORS— 
 
 Bulkheads covering, construction of 462 69 
 
 Fireproof shafts for in hotels 463 73 
 
 Grain, erection of 461 62 
 
 Recesses in walls for 452 44 
 
 ELEVATOR SHAFTS— 
 
 Below main floor, enclosure of 463 71 
 
 Screens under sheaves of to be of fireproof material and ap- 
 proved by Building Inspector 463 74 
 
 EXCAVATIONS— 
 
 Guarding of 437 21a 
 
 Protection of adjacent property endangered by 437-438 21a 
 
 Sheathing of 437 21a 
 
 EXHIBITION BUILDINGS— 
 
 • Building Inspector to approve construction of 461 63 
 
 Construction of to be approved by Building Inspector 461 63 
 
 EXITS— 
 
 Stores, retail, requirements concerning 482 89a 
 
 Theatres, to be conspicuously marked 475 82k 
 
 FACTORIES— 
 
 Fire escapes required on 464 75a 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 FACTORS OF SAFETY— 
 
 Materials, what are, ratios 467 78 
 
 FALLEN BUILDINGS— 
 
 Recovery of bodies under 489 96 
 
 FENCES— 
 
 Frame, in fire limits, height of limited 478 85b
 
 INDEX. 533 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 FINES AND PENALTIES— 
 
 Violation of provisions building code 485 92 
 
 FIRE— 
 
 Buildings, facilities for egress in case of 471 81 
 
 Spread of, prevention of, precautions for 483 89b 
 
 Theatres, extinguishment of in, facilities for to be approved. 471 82a 
 
 FIRE BACKS— 
 
 Brick, thickness of 458 55 
 
 FIRE BOARDS— 
 
 Wood for fire places prohibited 457 54 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 Chief of to approve arrangement of theatres before opening 
 
 of same 471 82a 
 
 Chief of to report openings in buildings liable to cause spread 
 
 of fire 483 89b 
 
 Dead bodies, recovery of under fallen buildings, Chief of to 
 
 aid in 490 96 
 
 FIRE ESCAPES— 
 
 Alternate construction 466 75g 
 
 Balconies for 464 75b 
 
 Balconies for, floors for 464 75c 
 
 Brackets for 465 75f 
 
 Buildings required to have 464 75a 
 
 Bulkhead stairs and doors for 466 75g 
 
 Construction of 464 75a 
 
 Doors and stairs for 466 75g 
 
 Drop ladders for 466 75g 
 
 Ladders for, drop and scuttle 466 75g 
 
 Painting of 466 75g 
 
 Public buildings, facilities for 471 81 
 
 Railings for 465 75d 
 
 Stairs and doors for, bulkhead 466 75g 
 
 Stairways for 465 75e 
 
 FIRE LIMITS— 
 
 Boundaries of defined 476 84 
 
 Brick buildings, outside of. 482 8S 
 
 Frame buildings, alteration or removal of in 475 82k 
 
 Frame buildings in, construction of certain temporary 
 
 allowed 478 S5a 
 
 Frame buildings in, exceptions as to 477 84 
 
 Frame buildings outside of fire limits, construction of 479 87a-87i 
 
 Frame buildings outside of, veneered 482 87i 
 
 Repairing or rebuilding of frame buildings in 479 86 
 
 Roofs of buildings in, coverings for 463 70 
 
 FIRE PLACES— 
 
 Construction of 458 55 
 
 To be supported by trimmer arches 457 54
 
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 FIREPROOF— 
 
 Elevator shafts in hotels to be of non-combustible material. . 463 73 
 
 Smoke houses to be 461 64 
 
 Theatres, walls of to be 472 82c 
 
 FIREPROOF BUILDINGS— 
 
 Bearing walls in, thickness 447 30a 
 
 Plans for to be submitted to Building Inspector 467 76 
 
 FIREPROOF DOORS— 
 
 Openings in brick division walls to be equipped with 448 
 
 FLEMISH BOND— 
 
 Headers where walls laid in 445 27f 
 
 FLOORS— 
 
 Balconies, fire escapes 465 75c 
 
 Concrete construction for 493 (7) 
 
 Concrete, rules governing construction of 496 (18) 
 
 FLUES— 
 
 Beams not to be near 457 52 
 
 Construction of 458 55 
 
 Support of 458 56 
 
 Three feet above roof 458 55 
 
 FOOTINGS— 
 
 Pressure under, computation of 439 23 
 
 FORMS— 
 
 Concrete, support and construction of 497 (21) 
 
 FOUNDATIONS— 
 
 Bearing capacity of various soils for 439 22 
 
 Character of for certain constructions 439 24a 
 
 Concrete for, how mixed 436 17 
 
 Depth of prescribed for certain buildings 439 24a 
 
 Frame buildings, outside fire limits 480 87d 
 
 Grillage beams for 442 25c 
 
 Piles, metal used in 441 24e 
 
 Pressure under computation of 439 23 
 
 Walls, construction of 441 25a 
 
 Water accumulating in forbidden 455 51 
 
 FOUNDATION WALLS— 
 
 Base course for, construction of 442 25b 
 
 Stepped-up footings for 442 25b 
 
 FRAME BUILDINGS— 
 
 Alteration or enlargement 481 87g 
 
 Alteration or removal of 475 82k 
 
 Area of 480 87c 
 
 Chimneys and flues '. 481 87e 
 
 Definition of 434 12 
 
 FRAME BUILDINGS— 
 
 Fire limits, not allowed in 476 84 
 
 Foundations of 480 87d 
 
 Height of 480 87b 
 
 In fire limits, construction of temporary 478 85a
 
 INDEX. 535 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Manner of construction 481 87g 
 
 Outside of fire limits, construction of 479 87a-S7i 
 
 Repairing and rebuilding of in Are limits 479 86 
 
 Veneered, outside fire limits 482 87i 
 
 Walls of 481 87f 
 
 FRAMES— 
 
 Concrete, what are 496 (17) 
 
 FREEZING— 
 
 Brick work damaged by to be replaced 443 27c 
 
 FURNACES— 
 
 Heating purposes, construction of 461 65 
 
 Hot air, three feet from wood partition 462 65 
 
 Smoke pipes from not to be near woodwork 459 57a 
 
 FURRED WALLS— 
 
 Brick work in, projection of 453 45 
 
 GARAGES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 GARAGES, PRIVATE— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 GAS METERS— 
 
 Not to be unuer stairways 455 50 
 
 GIRDERS— 
 
 Beams to be fastened to by straps 457 52 
 
 Supporting beams to be anchored to walls 457 52 
 
 GRAIN ELEVATORS— 
 
 Building Inspector to approve construction of 461 62 
 
 Erection of allowed 461 62 
 
 GRAVEL— 
 
 Bearing capacity of 439 22 
 
 GRILLAGE BEAMS— 
 
 For foundations 442 25c 
 
 HALLS— 
 
 Staircase in tenement houses to be enclosed in brick 454 50 
 
 HAND RAILS— 
 
 For stairs 460 59 
 
 HEADINGS— 
 
 Of brick walls, thickness, etc 445 27f 
 
 HEATING— 
 
 Boilers and furnaces for, construction of 461 65 
 
 HEIGHT— 
 
 Buildings, how measured 445 29 
 
 Church spires 445 29 
 
 Frame buildings, outside fire limits 480 87b 
 
 Of buildings limited 445 29 
 
 Stories in buildings limited 449 34 
 
 Walls, single thickness, limited 447 30a 
 
 HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS AND WALLS— 
 
 How measured 433 5
 
 536 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE 
 
 HOLLOW BRICK AND TILE PARTITIONS— 
 
 Construction of 453 
 
 hollow walls- 
 How constructed 452 
 
 HOSPITALS— 
 
 Fire escapes required on 464 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 
 
 HOT AIR— 
 
 Registers for, construction of 462 
 
 HOT AIR FURNACES— 
 
 Wood partitions, not to be near to 462 65 
 
 HOTELS— 
 
 Apartment, definition of 434 10 
 
 Definition of term 434 10 
 
 Elevator shafts in to be fireproof 463 73 
 
 Fire escapes required for 464 75a 
 
 Stoves and ranges in, location of and protection of woodwork 462 67 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 HOUSES— 
 
 Apartment, definition of 433 
 
 Dwelling, definition of 433 
 
 Fire escapes for certain required 464 75a 
 
 Frame, definition of 434 12 
 
 Lodging, definition of 434 9 
 
 Tenement, definition of; exception as to two story 433 8 
 
 IRON— 
 
 Cast, quality and tensile strength of in buildings 437 20 
 
 Grillage beams for foundations 442 25c 
 
 Working stresses and strength of 467 79-80 
 
 IRON, WROUGHT— 
 
 Quality and tensile strength of for building purposes 436 20 
 
 JAILS— 
 
 W T alls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 LABORATORIES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 LADDERS— 
 
 Fire escapes, drop and scuttle 466 75g 
 
 LANDINGS— 
 
 For stairs 460 59 
 
 LIBRARIES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 LIGHT AND POWER HOUSES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 LIGHTING— 
 
 Rooms in apartment houses 455 50 
 
 LIME AND CEMENT MORTAR— 
 
 Composition of t ... 435 15b 
 
 LIME MORTAR— 
 
 Composition of _ 435 14
 
 INDEX. 537 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 LINTELS— 
 
 Doors, warehouse class 451 40 
 
 Inside, construction of . . . . 451 40 
 
 LODGING HOUSE— 
 
 Definition of 434 9 
 
 Fire escapes for required 464 75a 
 
 Walls for, thicknes of 446 30a 
 
 MACHINE SHOPS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 MANSARD ROOFS— 
 
 On certain buildings, construction of 462 68 
 
 MANUFACTORIES— 
 
 Fire escapes required on 464 75a 
 
 MARKETS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 MASONRY— 
 
 Doors and windows warehouse class, arches for 451 40 
 
 In walls and piers 443 27c 
 
 MATERIALS— 
 
 New, test of 436 19 
 
 Safety, factors of 467 78 
 
 Strength of, computation 467 77 
 
 Working stresses of various compression, tension shear, 
 bending 468 80 
 
 MEASUREMENT— 
 
 Height of walls and buildings 433 5 
 
 Of width and depth of buildirgs 433 6 
 
 METAL COLUMNS— 
 
 Compression strength of 467 79 
 
 METAL SKYLIGHTS— 
 
 Construction of 460 60 
 
 MILLS— 
 
 Fire escapes required on 464 75a 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 MORTAR— 
 
 Cement and lime, composition of 435 15b 
 
 Cement, composition of 435 15a 
 
 Composition of, lime 435 14 
 
 Sand used in, character 435 13 
 
 Walls, chimneys, etc., composition of 445 28 
 
 MUSEUMS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 NOTICES— 
 
 Service of, how made 487 94 
 
 OFFICE BUILDING— 
 
 Definition of 434 11 
 
 Fire escapes required for certain 464 75a 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a
 
 85a 
 
 538 INDEX " 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ORIEL WINDOWS— 
 
 Not to project on street 459 
 
 OUTHOUSES— 
 
 Frame, in fire limits 478 
 
 PAINTING— 
 
 Fire escapes, two coats 466 i 5g 
 
 PARAPET WALLS— 
 
 Thickness of 4ol 
 
 PARISH BUILDINGS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 PARTITIONS— 
 
 Beams not to rest on stud 456 52 
 
 Brick and tile, construction of 453 46 
 
 In residences 454 
 
 PARTY WALLS— 
 
 Existing allowed to remain if safe 450 37 
 
 Existing, height of not to be increased without permit 450 37 
 
 Securing, plans of person proposing to build to show method 
 
 of ' 438 
 
 State law concerning not amended by provisions of this 
 
 chapter 438 21b 
 
 When and where required, exception as to use of 443 26 
 
 PENALTIES— 
 
 Violation of provisions of this code 485 92 
 
 PERMITS— 
 
 Concrete construction, reinforced 491 (2) 
 
 Stables, who to authorize issuance of 499 102 
 
 Time limit on ninety days 432 3b 
 
 PIERS— 
 
 Brick and stone; when, where and how constructed 444 27d 
 
 Brick, construction of 443 27c 
 
 Concrete, construction of 493 (6) 
 
 Foundations for, exceptions as to 439 24a 
 
 Materials to be used in 443 27a 
 
 Rubble stones for, when to be used in construction of 442 25d 
 
 Supporting chimneys 458 56 
 
 When of coursed stone, thickness 444 27f 
 
 PILES— 
 
 Concrete, construction of 440 24c 
 
 Concrete, safe carrying capacity 441 24c 
 
 Footings for when metal to be protected against rust 441 24e 
 
 Foundations, metal used in 441 24e 
 
 Ranging and capping timbers for 441 24d 
 
 Wooden, requirements as to 440 24b 
 
 PIPES— 
 
 Chases in walls for, when and how made 453 
 
 Smoke, not to be near wood work 459 
 
 Stove, not to be near wood work 459 
 
 Stove, smoke and hot air through roofs 459
 
 index. 539 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 PIPE TRENCHES— 
 
 Entrance to buildings 453 14 
 
 PLANS— 
 
 Concrete construction 491 (2) 
 
 Concrete construction, reinforced 491 (2) 
 
 Filing of, when .431 3a 
 
 Modifications in, Building Inspector to make 485 91 
 
 Records of, copies of, etc., in Building Inspector's office 484 90c 
 
 To be acted on within 10 days after filing 432 3d 
 
 To show nature of proposed work 433 4 
 
 POCKEiS— 
 
 Coal, construction of allowed 461 62 
 
 POLICE STATIONS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 PORTLAND CEMENT— 
 
 Concrete constructions, what to be used in 492 (a) 
 
 Requirements as to tensile strength of 435 16 
 
 POSTS— 
 
 In interior of buildings 444 27<3 
 
 POWER HOUSES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 PRESSURE— 
 
 Foundations and footings, computation of 439 23 
 
 PRINTING HOUSES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 PRIVATE DWELLING— 
 
 Definition of term 433 7 
 
 PUBLIC ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS— 
 
 Safety of 471 81 
 
 Theatres, provisions concerning construction, safety and ar- 
 rangements in 471 81-82k 
 
 PUBLIC SAFETY— 
 
 Board of .(see Board of Public Safety) 485 91 
 
 PUBLIC SAFETY, BOARD OF— 
 
 Chapter 60, creating and defining duties of 431 
 
 PUMPING STATIONS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 RADIATORS— 
 
 Recesses in walls for 452 44 
 
 RAILINGS— 
 
 Fire escapes, construction of 465 75d 
 
 For stairs 460 59 
 
 RANGES— 
 
 Location and protection of woodwork from 462 67 
 
 RAILROAD TERMINALS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a
 
 
 540 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 RECESSES— 
 
 Area of in walls 453 44 
 
 In walls, for stairways, elevators, radiators, alcoves, etc 432 44 
 
 RECORDS— 
 
 Building Inspector's office, what to be kept, etc 484 90c 
 
 REFRIGERATING HOUSES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 REGISTERS— 
 
 Construction of 462 66 
 
 Hot air, construction of 462 66 
 
 Openings for to be covered with metal 462 66 
 
 REINFORCED CONCRETE— 
 
 Construction of (see "Concrete") 491 (l)-(23) 
 
 REMOVAL— 
 
 Unsafe buildings, requirements concerning 4S7 95 
 
 REPAIRS— 
 
 What made without notice to Building Inspector 432 3c 
 
 RESIDENCES— 
 
 Partitions in 454 47 
 
 Stud Partitions in 454 48 
 
 RESTAURANTS— 
 
 Stoves and ranges in, location and protection of wood work. . 462 67 
 
 RETAIL STORES— 
 
 General rules concerning 482 89a 
 
 RETAINING WALLS— 
 
 Construction of, when to be made 438 21c 
 
 Thickness of 438 21c 
 
 ROCK— 
 
 Foundations on 439 24a 
 
 ROOFS— 
 
 Mansard on certain buildings, construction of 462 68 
 
 Of buildings in fire limits .463 70 
 
 Shingle, renewal of in fire limits prohibited 463 70 
 
 Smoke pipes through 459 57b 
 
 ROOMS— 
 
 Apartment houses, lighting and ventilation of 455 50 
 
 RUBBLE STONE— 
 
 For walls and piers 442 25d 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS— 
 
 Building Inspector may establish 483 90b 
 
 SAFETY— 
 
 Materials, factors of 467 78 
 
 Public buildings 471 81 
 
 Thatres, provisions concerning 471 81-82k 
 
 SAND— 
 
 Bearing capacity of 439 22 
 
 Concrete construction, quality of used in 492 (b) 
 
 Quality of prescribed 435 13
 
 INDEX. 541 
 
 P tGE SE< . 
 
 SCHOOLS— 
 
 Fire escapes required on certain 464 75a 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 SCREENS— 
 
 Under elevator sheaves required 463 74 
 
 •SCUTTLE LADDERS— 
 
 Fire escapes, construction of 466 7">g 
 
 SEWERS— 
 
 Cellars, to be connected with when practical 455 51 
 
 SEWER CONNECTIONS— 
 
 Cellars, to be made in 455 51 
 
 SHAFTS— 
 
 Elevators, below main floor, to be encased 463 71 
 
 Of elevators in hotels to be fireproof 463 73 
 
 SHEAR— 
 
 Strength of materials 469 80 
 
 SHEDS— 
 
 Frame, in fire limits 478 85a 
 
 Over sidewalks, construction of 460 61 
 
 ■SHINGLE ROOFS— 
 
 Renewal of in fire limits prohibited 463 70 
 
 SHOW ROOMS— 
 
 Fire escapes required on certain 464 75a 
 
 SHOW WINDOWS— 
 
 Not to project on street 459 58 
 
 SIDEWALKS— 
 
 Sheds to be constructed over for protection of pedestrians 
 
 during erection of buildings 460 60 
 
 SIGNS— 
 
 Plans for construction of to be filed 431 3a 
 
 Wood, in fire limits, height of limited 478 85c 
 
 SKELETON STRUCTURES— 
 
 Adjoining walls, thickness 450 
 
 Enclosure walls for, thickness, etc 450 35 
 
 SKYLIGHTS— 
 
 Construction of 460 60 
 
 Meaning of term 460 60 
 
 Theatres, construction of in 473 82f 
 
 SMOKE FLUES— 
 
 Beams not to be near 457 52 
 
 Construction of . 458 55 
 
 High temperatures, double thick 458 55 
 
 SMOKE HOUSES— 
 
 Brick walls for 461 64 
 
 Construction of 461 64 
 
 Fireproof required 461 64 
 
 Walls of brick, doors of iron and roof of metal 461 64
 
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 SMOKE PIPES— 
 
 Not to be near wood work 459 57a 
 
 Through roofs 459 57b 
 
 SMOKE STACKS— 
 
 Brick, construction of 458 55 
 
 SOIL— 
 
 Bearing capacity of 439 22 
 
 Test of sustaining power Building Inspector to be notified of. 439 22- 
 
 SPIRES— 
 
 Churches, height of 445 29- 
 
 STABLES— 
 
 Permit for, Council to authorize 499 102" 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 STABLES, PRIVATE— 
 
 Walls of, thickness of 446 30a. 
 
 STAIRS— 
 
 Bannisters for 460 59 
 
 Fire escapes, guard rails for 466 75g 
 
 Landings for 460 59 
 
 Number of in buildings 460 59- 
 
 Railings for 460 59 
 
 STAIRCASES— 
 
 Tenement houses, to be enclosed in brick 454 50 
 
 Theatres, walls of in 472 82d 
 
 STAIRWAYS— 
 
 Fire escapes, construction of 465 75ei 
 
 Gas meters not to be placed under 455 50 
 
 Recesses in walls for 452 44 
 
 STATEMENTS— 
 
 Concerning construction of buildings, etc., to be filed 431 3a 
 
 To show nature of work proposed 432 4 
 
 STEEL— 
 
 Concrete, reinforcement of with 496 (15) 
 
 Grillage beams for foundations 442 25c 
 
 Quality and tensile strength of for building purposes 437 20 
 
 Working stress and strength of 467 79-SO' 
 
 STEEL BUILDINGS— 
 
 Walls adjoining, thickness 450 35 
 
 STEEL, CAST— 
 
 Quality and tensile strength of for buildings 437 20 
 
 STEEL STRUCTURES— 
 
 Thickness of adjoining walls .' 450 3ff 
 
 Walls, for, thickness of 450 35 
 
 STONE— 
 
 For support of columns in buildings 444 27e 
 
 Piers, construction of, material, height, etc 444 27d 
 
 Rubble, for walls and piers 442 25 
 
 Walls, cement and mortar for 445 2$
 
 INDEX. 543 
 
 PAGE Bl I . 
 
 STONE ASHLAR— 
 
 Requirements as to use of 445 27h 
 
 STONE, COURSED— 
 
 Thickness of walls and piers 444 27f 
 
 STORES— 
 
 Fire escapes required on certain 464 75a 
 
 Retail, doors, entrances, showcases, stairways and exits 482 89a 
 
 Retail, general rules concerning 482 89a 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 STORIES— 
 
 Height of limited 449 34 
 
 Meaning of defined 449 34 
 
 STOVES— 
 
 Location and protection of wood work from 462 67 
 
 Pipes from not to be near wood work 459 57a 
 
 STOVE PIPES— 
 
 Protection of from wood work 459 57a 
 
 Through roofs 459 57b 
 
 Wood work, not to be near 459 57a 
 
 STRAPS— 
 
 Beams to be secured to girders with 457 52 
 
 STREETS— 
 
 Bay windows, oriel windows and show windows not to pro- 
 ject on 459 58 
 
 Closing of adjacent to dangerous buildings ! 490 91 
 
 Coverings over adjacent to buildings in course of construc- 
 tion 460 01 
 
 Piers on, how constructed 444 27d 
 
 Windows projecting on, construction 460 58 
 
 STRENGTH— 
 
 Piles, concrete 441 24c 
 
 Piles, wooden 440 24b 
 
 Structural iron and steel 436 20 
 
 Wood in buildings 436 18 
 
 STRENGTH OP COLUMNS— 
 
 Iron, steel, wrought iron, wood 467 79 
 
 STRENGTH OP MATERIALS— 
 
 Computation of 467 77 
 
 STRESS— 
 
 Of materials 468 80 
 
 STRESSES— 
 
 Working for concrete constructions 493 (9) 
 
 STRUCTURES— 
 
 Adjacent to excavations, how protected 438 21a 
 
 STRUCTURAL MATERIALS— 
 
 Tensile strength and quality of certain prescribed (iron and 
 
 steel ) 436 20 
 
 Tests of Building Inspector to supervise 436 19
 
 544 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 STUDIOS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 STUD PARTITIONS— 
 
 Ends of beams not to rest on 456 52 
 
 SUGAR REFINERIES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 TANKS— 
 
 Bulkheads enclosing, construction of 462 69 
 
 TENEMENTS— 
 
 Walls of, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 TENEMENT HOUSES— 
 
 Closets under staircases in 455 50 
 
 Definition of; exception as to two story houses 433 8 
 
 Gas meters under stairways prohibited 455 50 
 
 Lighting and ventilation of rooms 455 50 
 
 Rooms, lighting and ventilation of 455 50 
 
 Staircase halls to be enclosed in brick 454 50 
 
 TENSILE STRENGTH— 
 
 Of cement, requirements as to 435 16 
 
 Structural iron and steel 436 20 
 
 TENSION— 
 
 Strength of various materials 469 80 
 
 TEST— 
 
 New materials in buildings 436 19 
 
 Soil, sustaining power of, Building Inspector to have notice 
 
 of 439 22 
 
 Soil, sustaining power record of to be filed in office of Build- 
 ing Inspector . . . 439 22 
 
 Wood piles, Building Inspector to be notified of 440 24b 
 
 Wrought iron, steel, cast steel and cast iron 436 20 
 
 THEATRES— 
 
 Auditorium, ceiling of 473 82g 
 
 Auditorium, procenium opening and curtain, construction of. 472 82e 
 
 Auditorium walls, seats, doors, etc 473 82g 
 
 Exits from, to be plainly marked 475 82k 
 
 Gas and electric lights in 474 82i 
 
 Heating arrangements in 474 82h 
 
 Light guards in 475 82j 
 
 Opening of to be with approval of Building Inspector and 
 
 Chief of Fire Department 471 82a 
 
 Provisions concerning construction, arrangement and safety 
 
 of 471 81-82k 
 
 Skylights for, construction of 473 82f 
 
 Staircases in, walls for, etc 472 82d 
 
 Storage rooms in 471 82b 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 Walls to be fireproof 472 82c
 
 INDEX. 545 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 THICKNESS— 
 
 Of walls in warehouse class buildings, when clear span be- 
 tween exceeds 25 feet and when less than 25 feet 448 31ab 
 
 Of walls, when clear span exceeds 21 feet 447 30c 
 
 Trussed concrete 495' (14) 
 
 TILE— 
 
 In hollow walls 452 43 
 
 TILE PARTITIONS— 
 
 Construction of 453 46 
 
 TIMBER— 
 
 Quality of in buildings 436 18 
 
 Not allowed in brick walls 454 49 
 
 Ranging and capping for piles 441 24d 
 
 TIME LIMIT— 
 
 On permits ninety days 432 3b 
 
 TRENCHES— 
 
 For pipes, entrance to buildings 453 44 
 
 TRIMMER ARCHES— 
 
 For fireplaces 457 54 
 
 UNIFORMS— 
 
 Building Inspector's assistants 491 99 
 
 UNSAFE— 
 
 Buildings, provisions concerning removal of 487 95 
 
 VENEERED— 
 
 Frame buildings, outside fire limits 482 S7i 
 
 VENTILATION— 
 
 Rooms in apartment houses 455 50 
 
 VIOLATIONS— 
 
 Building code, service of notices, papers, etc 487 94 
 
 Building Inspector to report 486 93a 
 
 WAITERS— 
 
 Dumb, elevator regulations to apply to 463 72 
 
 WALLS— 
 
 Adjoining in skeleton structures, thickness of 450 35 
 
 Ashlar used in, requirements as to 445 27h 
 
 Bearing, definition of 443 27b 
 
 Bearing, in fireproof buildings, thickness 447 30a 
 
 Brick, construction of 443 27c 
 
 Brick, heading courses in 444 27g 
 
 Brick, laid in flemish bond, headers for 445 27f 
 
 Brick, timbers not allowed in 45'4 49 
 
 Chases in, when and how made 453 44 
 
 Chimneys, flues and fireplaces 458 55 
 
 Concrete, construction of 493 (6) 
 
 Coursed stone, thickness 444 27f 
 
 Curtain, meaning of 450 36 
 
 Dwelling house class, thickness of 446 30a 
 
 Foundation, base course, construction of 442 25b 
 
 Foundations, construction of 441 25a
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Foundation, defined 441 25a 
 
 Foundation, stepped-up footings for 442 25b 
 
 Frame buildings, outside fire limits 4S1 87f 
 
 Furred, projection of brick work in 453 45 
 
 Girders supporting beams to be anchored in 457 52 
 
 Height of, how measured 433 5 
 
 Height of single thickness limited 447 30b 
 
 Hollow, construction of 452 43 
 
 Of buildings other than frame, construction of 443 26 
 
 Openings in brick division, size, fireproof doors, etc 44S 32 
 
 Parapet, thickness of 451 41 
 
 Party proposing to excavate to provide in plans made and 
 
 manner of securing contiguous party walls 438 21b 
 
 Party, State law concerning not changed by provisions of 
 
 this chapter 438 21b 
 
 Protection of adjacent to excavations 437 21a 
 
 Recessed, thickness of 452 44 
 
 Recesses in, area of 453 44 
 
 Recesses in for radiators and alcoves 452 44 
 
 Recesses in for stairways, etc 452 44 
 
 Retaining, thickness of 438 21c 
 
 Retaining, when to be constructed 438 21c 
 
 Rubble stone for, when to be used 442 25d 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning removal, construction, re- 
 pair, etc., Building Inspector may establish 483 90b 
 
 Skeleton structures, thickness 450 35 
 
 Smoke houses, to be of brick 461 64 
 
 Staircases in tenement houses, thickness of for, required to 
 
 be of brick 454 50 
 
 Staircases in theatres 472 82d 
 
 Supported by iron girders, thickness of 450 35 
 
 Theatres, to be fireproof 472 82c 
 
 Thickness of for buildings more than 105 feet in depth with- 
 out cross-wall 449 33 
 
 Thickness of when clear span exceeds 21 feet 447 30c 
 
 To be braced when required •. 451 39 
 
 To be carried up together, not more than one story difference 
 
 allowed 451 38 
 
 To be straight; thickness of certain 443 27c 
 
 Warehouse class buildings less than 25 feet frontage 448 31a 
 
 Warehouse class buildings, thickness of, when party in fire- 
 proof building 448 31a 
 
 Warehouse class, thickness of when clear span between ex- 
 ceeds 25 feet 448 31b 
 
 Warehouse class, thickness of prescribed 447 31a 
 
 WALLS, PARTY— 
 
 Existing allowed to remain if safe 450 37a 
 
 Height of existing not to be increased without permission. . . 450 37
 
 INDEX. g I ; 
 
 PAGE -I I 
 
 WAREHOUSES— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 WAREHOUSE CLASS— 
 
 Doors and windows, arches and lintels for 451 40 
 
 Lintels inside, construction of 451 40 
 
 Walls of, thickness of 447 3ia 
 
 Walls for, less than 25 feet in thickness 44s 31a 
 
 Walls for, thickness of when clear span between exceeds 25 
 
 feet 44S 31b 
 
 Walls for, when party in fireproof building, thickness of . . . . 44S 31a 
 
 What buildings included in 447 3ia 
 
 WATER— 
 
 Not to stand in foundations 455 51 
 
 WHARVES— 
 
 Foundations for, exception as to 439 24a 
 
 WHEELWRIGHT SHOPS— 
 
 Walls for, thickness of 447 31a 
 
 WIDTH AND DEPTH OF BUILDINGS— 
 
 How measured 433 6 
 
 WINDOWS— 
 
 Arches and sills for 451 40 
 
 Protection of on street prohibited 459 58 
 
 Projecting on streets, construction of 460 58 
 
 WOOD— 
 
 Boards for fireplaces not to be constructed of 457 54 
 
 Columns, compression strength of 468 79 
 
 Partitions, stove pipes not to be near 459 57a 
 
 Signs, fences, outhouses, sheds, bill boards, etc., in fire 
 
 limits, construction of 478 85a-85b 
 
 WOOD BEAMS— 
 
 Bearings for, cross 456 52 
 
 Bevel ends for 456 52 
 
 Boilers and furnaces for heating purposes not to be con- 
 structed on 461 65 
 
 Brick buildings, separation of 455 52 
 
 Chimneys not to be started upon 458 56 
 
 In buildings 456 52 
 
 Partitions, stud, not to rest on 456 52 
 
 Quality of in buildings 436 18 
 
 Support of 456 52 
 
 Thickness of and distance between in buildings other than 
 
 frame '. 456 52 
 
 WOOD COLUMNS— 
 
 Plates, to rest on, when 457 53 
 
 WOOD PARTITIONS— 
 
 Hot air furnaces not to be near to 462 65 
 
 WOOD PILES— 
 
 Quality, strength and dimensions of prescribed 440 24b 
 
 Safe carrying capacity 440 24b
 
 548 INDEX ' 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 WOOD WORK— 
 
 Protection of from stoves and ranges 462 67 
 
 Stove pipes not to be near 459 57a 
 
 WORK ROOMS— 
 
 Fire escapes required on certain 464 75a 
 
 WORKSHOPS— 
 
 Fire escapes required on 464 75a 
 
 WORKING STRESSES— 
 
 Concrete construction 493 
 
 Various materials, compression, tension, shear, bending 468 
 
 WROUGHT IRON— 
 
 Quality and tensile strength of for building purposes 436 
 
 BUILDING INSPECTOR— 
 
 Buildings, construction of (see "Building Code.") 
 
 Buildings, municipal, supervise erection of 429 
 
 Buildings, new, to report erection of to Commissioner of 
 
 Revenue 95 
 
 Chapter 59, concerning appointment, compensation and du- 
 ties of, and employees in his office 429 
 
 Clerk for, appointment and salary 429 
 
 Deputies for, appointment and salary 429 
 
 Deputy, under control of, to act in absence of 430 
 
 Election, term, bond and salary 429. 
 
 Municipal buildings, to supervise erection of 429 
 
 Office rooms for 429 
 
 Powers and duties • • • • 429 
 
 Public buildings, care and management of other than those 
 
 located in parks, duties as to 156 
 
 Public buildings, superintendent of certain 155 
 
 Vehicle for use of 430 
 
 BUILDING LINE— 
 
 When, where and how established 315 
 
 BUILDING, LOAN ASSOCIATIONS— 
 
 To pay specific tax; how they are to be graded; non-resident 
 companies; limited local companies; penalty on for avoid- 
 ing license 106 
 
 BUILDING MATERIAL— 
 
 In streets at night, to show light 307 
 
 Time allowed to remain in street 307 
 
 Space allowed for, in street 307 
 
 When two persons on opposite sides street are building 307 
 
 BUILDINGS— 
 
 (See "Building Cede." ) 
 
 All. for school purposes, to remain city property 397 
 
 Encroachments on streets by, proceedings to compel removal 314 
 Erected in city to be listed by Commissioner of Revenue. ... 95 
 
 In danger of fire, to be notified, etc 295 
 
 In public grounds, injury to 161 
 
 Municipal erection of, Building Inspector to supervise 429
 
 INDEX. 5i <) 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 New, Building Inspector to report for assessment 95 9 
 
 Omitted from assessments to be added 94 6 
 
 Public (see "Public Buildings") 162 32-34 
 
 Streets, not to be drawn through, or obstruct, without per- 
 mit 308 24 
 
 Wooden, permits for (see "Building Code"). 
 
 BULL DOGS— 
 
 To be muzzled 234 35 
 
 BURIALS— 
 
 In the city, limited to certain places ("see Interments") 186 3 
 
 In "Sacred Heart Cathedral" allowed, number limited 182 84 
 
 Of dead bodies, at city's expense 423 4 
 
 Of servant of Geo. Woodbridge allowed in "Shockoe" 181 81 
 
 Of Sisters of Monte Maria Convent, allowed in the grounds 
 
 thereof 181 80 
 
 Unlawful anywhere without permit from Board of Health.. 168 12 
 
 BURYING GROUND— 
 (See "Cemeteries.") 
 
 BUSINESS— 
 
 Of any sort, license for, necessary 103 5 
 
 Hours, of Auditor and Treasurer 80 12 
 
 Various departments, hours of 53 1 
 
 BUTCHERS— 
 
 Boxes, at meat markets, to be kept clean; offensive things to 
 
 be removed by them 248 25 
 
 Dogs, not allowed in or near markets and may be ordered 
 
 killed by Police Justice 400 2 
 
 In markets, must display signs; must keep stalls and benches 
 neat and clean ' 249 30 
 
 BUTTER— 
 
 Imitations of, etc 201 43 
 
 BUYING, SELLING OR FARMING AN OFFICE— 
 
 Disables from holding it, etc 48 5 
 
 BYRD PARK— 
 
 Control of 156 13 
 
 Hours of keeper, duties, etc 157 13 
 
 Interference with games on grounds of. prohibited 160 25 
 
 Laborers for 158 13 
 
 Penalty for injury of property 161 26 
 
 Reservoir Park designated as. . . .' 160 24 
 
 CABLES— 
 
 Electric, must be numbered 361 20 
 
 Electric, ordered out of certain streets 362 27 
 
 CALCIUM CARBIDE— 
 
 Storage and sale of, requirements as to 238 13-15 
 
 CALF— 
 
 Not allowed in streets or alleys 400 4 
 
 CAMPHENE— 
 
 Storage of, quantity limited 237 8
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 CAMP STOOLS— 
 
 Forbidden in aisles, etc., of public places 298 
 
 CANAL— 
 
 Drawing off water from, permission required for 217 
 
 Nuisances in 226 
 
 Water Works, penalty for injury to 283 
 
 CANAL BOAT— 
 
 Witb powder on board, to report, etc 236 
 
 CANNON FIRING— 
 
 When allowed 231 
 
 Forbidden : 228 
 
 CAPACITY— 
 
 Of casks, barrels, hogsheads, etc., not to be marked thereon 
 
 except by gauger or Federal officer 385 
 
 Of conduits for electric wires 363 
 
 CAPITAL— 
 
 And assets, of corporations and stock companies 97 
 
 Employed in business, when valued, exceptions 97 
 
 Stock, tax rate on 103 
 
 Tax rate on 103 
 
 CAPITOL SQUARE— 
 
 Under ordinance concerning injury, etc., to trees, plants, 
 shrubs, houses, etc 163 33 
 
 CAPTAIN OF POLICE— 
 
 Money received to account for, and turn over 426 7 
 
 Report daily to Chief 425 4 
 
 Report on electric wire poles to Chief 360 14 
 
 To report delinquency, inefficiency, etc., of his, force 425 4 
 
 CAPTAINS OF STEAMERS AND VESSELS— 
 
 Not to bring vagrants to the city; to give bond and security 
 if they do 402 1 
 
 CARCASS— 
 
 Of animal, not to be deposited near or in the river, canal, 
 
 locks, basin, forebay, on islands, etc 226 1 
 
 CARGO— 
 
 Abandoned, port wardens to take charge of 382 7 
 
 Damaged, how inspected by port wardens 381 2-6 
 
 Of infected vessel, removable on permit; may be reshipped by 
 
 the permission of the Mayor 224 9 
 
 Of vessel in quarantine 223 8 
 
 CARRIAGE HOUSE— 
 
 Entrance to over sidewalk 306 20 
 
 CARRIAGES— 
 
 At theatres, depots, stations, wharves, etc 324, 353 13, 5 
 
 Duty of, when passing street railway cars 333 4 
 
 Wheeled, for hire, license for 321 1
 
 INDEX. 55] 
 
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 CARS— 
 
 (See "Street Railways.") 
 
 Approaching each other, meeting and passing, regulations 
 
 concerning 344 30 
 
 Approaching each other, requirements as to 344 30 
 
 Bells or gongs to be sounded when approaching each other. .. 344 30 
 
 Blocking tracks used jointly, prohibited 344 27 
 
 Brakes for, street railway 334 S 
 
 Climbing on prohibited, penalty 353 7 
 
 Crossings, not to stop on 334 8 
 
 Crossings, railroad, come to full stop at 336 17 
 
 Crossings, right of way at 343 23126 
 
 Fenders, required to have approved life saving 337 IS 
 
 Floors of, penalty for spitting on 230 21 
 
 Numbers required for 335 10 
 
 Police regulations, street railway subject to 334 7 
 
 Railway crossings, come to full stop at 336 17 
 
 Repairs to 345 32 
 
 Right of way at intersections 343 23-26 
 
 Running of, not to cease 335 11 
 
 Running of, street railway, Council may forbid 334 5 
 
 Speed of on streets 336 15 
 
 Spitting on floors of prohibited 230 21 
 
 Street railway, bells or gongs for 344 30 
 
 Street railway, brakes for 334 8 
 
 Street railway, crossings, not to stop on 334 8 
 
 Street railway, numbering of 335 10 
 
 Street railway, running of, Council may forbid 334 5 
 
 Street railway, running of to be continuous 335 11 
 
 Street railway, subject to police regulations 334 7 
 
 Street railway, to be kept in repair, noiseless and in neat 
 
 condition 345 32 
 
 Transfer points, to stop on both sides of 336 16 
 
 Transfer points, to wait for passengers at ' 336 13 
 
 Wheels for, when hauled over streets 324 15 
 
 CARTS— 
 
 (See "Vehicles.") 
 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 
 Coal and wood, engaged in hauling, certificate requeired. . . . 321 2 
 
 Coal or dirt, must be tight, etc 322 6 
 
 Bodies for delivery of wood, size of 391 32 
 
 Hacks, wagons, drays, etc., chapter 36, concerning 321 
 
 License for, amount of 109 24 
 
 License for required, how obtained 321 1-3 
 
 Loads, weight of prescribed 324 15 
 
 Passing street railway cars, duty when 333 4 
 
 Passing vehicles, duty as to 326 21 
 
 Prohibited on certain streets 325 16 
 
 Rates to be charged by 322 8
 
 INDEX. 
 
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 Speed of in streets • 326 
 
 Street railway cars, duty when passing 333 
 
 Streets, prohibited on certain, when 325 
 
 Taxation, to be listed for 96 
 
 Tires, width of prescribed '. 324 
 
 Traffic regulations concerning 326 
 
 Wood, delivery of, size of bodies for 391 
 
 CASH BOOKS— 
 
 A, B, C, D, City Collector's office; how kept 121-123 
 
 CASK— 
 
 Capacity of, only g auger or Federal officer to mark; fee for 
 
 gauging it 385 
 
 CATTLE— 
 
 Cruelty to 400 
 
 Definition of, as used in ordinances 401 
 
 For food, must not be bound or tied 401 
 
 For food, to have ample ventilation, water, and food sufficient 401 
 
 CELLAR CAPS— 
 
 How constructed 130 
 
 CELLAR DOORS- 
 HOW constructed 130 
 
 CELLAR ENTRANCES— 
 
 To be kept in proper repair 132 
 
 CEMETERIES— 
 
 (See "Shockoe Hill Cemetery.") 
 (See "Oakwood Cemetery.") 
 (See "Riverview Cemetery.") 
 General — 
 
 Abandoned graves, to revert to city 171 
 
 Burials, in Sacred Heart Cathedral 182 
 
 Burials, Maury Cemetery 182 
 
 Burials, Monte Maria Convent, permission to make in 
 
 grounds of 181 
 
 Burials, Mount Olivet Cemetery 183 
 
 Burials, smalpox, persons dying with prohibited 174 
 
 Burials, servant of Rev. Woodbridge in Shockoe Hill 181 
 
 Carriages therein, drivers of 170 
 
 Chapter 22, concerning 165 
 
 Children, not admitted 171 
 
 Conduct in, rules concerning 171 
 
 Dogs, not allowed to enter 171 
 
 Drivers of carriages therein 170 
 
 Enclosures in 169 
 
 Firearms, not to be discharged in 171 
 
 Flowers, penalty for injury of 163 
 
 Flowers, plucking of prohibited 171 
 
 Free water for 273 
 
 Graves, abandoned, revert to city 171 
 
 G rade, of lots therein 170
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 81 i . 
 
 Graves, penalty for injury of 163 34 
 
 Graves, regular employees only to open 171 21 
 
 Hunting in prohibited, notice to be posted 169 17 
 
 Inscriptions, offensive, removal of 170 20 
 
 Interments therein, charges for 171 22 
 
 Keepers and assistants, police power 163 35 
 
 Keepers of, Board of Health to register 213 94 
 
 Keepers, police power for 156 3 
 
 Keeper's residence 170 20 
 
 Keeper St. John's Burying Ground, appointment, duties, etc. 185 2 
 
 Lots in, grade of 170 20 
 
 Lots in, perpetual care fund for 181 82-83 
 
 Maury Cemetery, Washington Ward, designation and de- 
 scription of; who to be buried in 182 85 
 
 Monte Maria Convent, permission to make burials in grounds 
 
 of 181 80 
 
 Monuments and inscriptions thereon, offensive, removal of.. 170 20 
 Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington Ward, designation and 
 
 description of; who to be buried in 183 85 
 
 Notice, prohibiting hunting, to be posted 169 17 
 
 Order in, to be maintained 171 21 
 
 Penalty for injuring, defacing or removing trees, plants, 
 
 flowers, tombstones, graves, etc 163 34 
 
 Perpetual care of sections in, general provisions as to; cost 
 
 of, creation of fund for 181 82-83 
 
 Persons admitted to, who may be 171 21 
 
 Plants, penalty for injury of 163 34 
 
 Plants, trees and shrubs therein 170 19 
 
 Police power, keeper St. John's Burying Ground, extent of. . 186 4 
 
 Police power, keepers and assistants 163 35 
 
 Police powers, keepers to have 156 3 
 
 Refreshments in, prohibited 171 21 
 
 Registration of keepers 213 94 
 
 Residence of keeper 170 20 
 
 Rubbish in, prohibited 170 19 
 
 Sacred Heart Cathedral, burials allowed in mortuary chapel 
 
 of 182 84 
 
 Smallpox, burial of persons dying with prohibited in 174 39 
 
 St. John's Burying Ground 185 1-4 
 
 St. John's Burying Ground, keeper of, appointment, duties, 
 
 etc 185 2 
 
 St. John's Burying Ground, police jurisdiction of keeper de- 
 fined 186 4 
 
 Schools and large assemblies, not admitted 171 21 
 
 Sections in, perpetual care of 181 82-83 
 
 Shooting, hunting or ranging over prohibited; notice to be 
 
 posted 169 17 
 
 Tombstones, penalty for injury of 163 34 
 
 Trees, penalty for injury of 163 34
 
 554 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Trees, shrubs and plants therein 170 
 
 Vehicles in, drivers of 170 
 
 Vehicles therein, rules concerning 170 
 
 Water for, free 273 
 
 Woodbridge, Rev. George, permission to bury servant in 
 
 Shockoe Hill 181 
 
 Workmen therein, rules concerning 170 
 
 Shockoe Hill and Oakwood — 
 
 Abandoned sections, to revert to city 167 
 
 Burials, in public portion 167 
 
 Burials, keepers to report . . . .' 169 
 
 Burials, keepers to supervise 167 
 
 Certificate, death, penalty for failure to furnish 169 
 
 Certificate of purchase, new, when issued 166 
 
 Certificate of purchase, who to issue, what to contain, form, 
 
 new certificate, when to be issued 166 
 
 Certificate of transfer, rights of assignee 167 
 
 Certificates, death, issuance of in absence of physician 169 
 
 Certificates, death, who to furnish, what to contain, where 
 
 filed 168 
 
 Committee on to have general control and management of 
 
 Shockoe Hill and Oakwood 165 
 
 Council may regulate interments in 167 
 
 Dead bodies not to be removed from city without permit. . . . 168 
 
 Dead bodies or monuments in not to be disturbed 168 
 
 Dead bodies, removal of without permit forbidden 169 
 
 Death certificate, penalty for failure to furnish 169 
 
 Death certificates, who to furnish, what to contain, where 
 
 filed 168 
 
 Death certificates, who to issue in absence of attending phy- 
 sician 169 
 
 Decorations in, when may be removed 170 
 
 Disinterments in, consent of Board of Health necessary 169 
 
 Enclosure in, character of, when removal may be required. 169 
 
 Felon not be interred in, exception as to 167 
 
 General rules as to conduct of persons in 171 
 
 Graves, depth of 168 
 
 Graves, digging of, under control of keepers 167 
 
 Improvement of, keepers to supervise 168 
 
 Injury, trees, plants and shrubs 170 
 
 Inscriptions, offensive, removal of 170 
 
 Interments in, Council to regulate 167 
 
 Interments in, exception as to felon 167 
 
 Keeper of "Oakwood" and "Shockoe Hill," appointment, du- 
 ties, and compensation 165 
 
 Keepers of to have graves dug and supervise burials 167 
 
 Keepers of, to have police power in 169 
 
 Keepers of to report burials 169 
 
 Keepers to improve and keep in order 168
 
 INDEX. 555 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Monuments in, not to be disturbed 168 9 
 
 Monuments in or inscriptions on, if offensive committee may 
 
 remove 170 20 
 
 Order in, keepers to enforce 168 10 
 
 Penalty for removing dead body without permit 169 16 
 
 Permit, dead bodies, for removal of 169 16 
 
 Permits, dead bodies, removal of from city, required for 168 13 
 
 Police power, keepers to have 169 17 
 
 "Public portion," who may be buried therein, charge for 
 
 space, to whom paid 167 6 
 
 Purchase, certificate of, issuance of 166 4 
 
 Removal, dead bodies, permit required 169 16 
 
 Removal, decorations in 170 19 
 
 Removal, enclosures in 169 19 
 
 Removal of offensive monuments, -etc 170 20 
 
 Removal, trash and debris 170 19 
 
 Removal, trees objectionable 170 19 
 
 Rubbish, removal of 170 19 
 
 Section in, who may purchase 166 3 
 
 Sections, abandoned, to revert to city 167 5 
 
 Transfer of certificates, rights of assignee 167 5 
 
 Trash and debris in, to be removed, penalty 170 19 
 
 Trees in not to be injured; not to be planted without consent 
 of committee; when objectionable committee may order 
 
 removal of 170 19 
 
 Trees, planting of, with consent of committee 170 19 
 
 Riverview — 
 
 Abandoned lots, reversion to city 179 67 
 
 Bond, keeper to give 173 29 
 
 Burial permits, what to contain 175 45 
 
 Certificate of purchase, duplicate, issuance of, endorsements 
 
 thereon 177 54 
 
 Certificate of purchase, duplicate to be issued and delivered 
 
 to keeper; endorsements thereon 177 54 
 
 Certificate of purchase, to be issued by Treasurer; what to 
 
 contain 176 56 
 
 Certificate of purchase, Treasurer to issue, what to contain. 176 56 
 
 Certificate of purchase, who to issue 176 52 
 
 Committee on, to formulate price list of lots, Council to ap- 
 prove 172 26 
 
 Committee on, to have control of 172 24 
 
 Committee on, to have general control over interments in; 
 
 improvements in; improvement of and keeper 172 27 
 
 Confederate Women, Needy, donation of lot to 181 77 
 
 Control of, committee to have 172 24 
 
 Council to approve schedule of prices for vaults, lots, sec- 
 tions, etc 172 26-31 
 
 Creation and designation of 1 72 23 
 
 Crew, W. Hall, railing in, permission to construct 180 75
 
 556 
 
 IXDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Dead bodies, removal of 178 62 
 
 Disinterments, charges for 178 63 
 
 Disinterments, records of to be kept 178 64 
 
 Donation, Home for Incurables, section to 180 72 
 
 Donation, Lee Camp, section to 180 72 
 
 Donation, Needy Confederate Women, lot in to 181 
 
 Driving in, regulations concerning 178 60 
 
 Enclosures, what may be erected in by owners of sections. . . 177 55 
 
 General provisions concerning 172-181 23-78 
 
 Graves, digging of, keeper to be notified 178 . 61 
 
 Graves, digging of, keeper to supervise 175 48 
 
 Graves, digging of, prices for to be posted 175 46 
 
 Graves, keeper to be notified of digging; removal of bodies, 
 
 when and how may be allowed 178 62 
 
 Graves, keeper to supervise digging of 175 48 
 
 Graves, portions for single, committee to designate 174 40 
 
 Grave portions, single, schedule of charges for 172 26 
 
 Graves, single, interments in, regulations concerning 174 40-44 
 
 Graves, single, plan to be made of 174 40 
 
 Graves, single, spaces to be numbered 174 40 
 
 Grounds, duties of keeper as to maintenance of 175 47 
 
 Home for Incurables, donation of section to 180 72 
 
 Improvement of, committee to supervise and direct 172 27 
 
 Inscriptions, objectionable, removal of 178 59 
 
 Interments, graves single, regulations concerning interments 
 
 in 174 40-44 
 
 Interments in, under control of committee 172 27 
 
 Interments, vaults, regulations concerning in 174 34-36 
 
 Keeper, compensation of 172 28 
 
 Keeper, duties of as to maintenance of grounds 175 47 
 
 Keeper, election of 172 28 
 
 Keeper, police power conferred on 179 69 
 
 Keeper, records of sales of lots, etc 175 49 
 
 Keeper, records to be kept by 173 30 
 
 Keeper, residence for 172 28 
 
 Keeper to be elected by committee; to be under control of; 
 
 compensation; to have use of house 172 28 
 
 Keeper to give bond 173 29 
 
 Keeper, to have graves dug 175 48 
 
 Keeper to issue certificate to purchaser showing location and 
 
 price of lot selected 176 52 
 
 Keeper to make returns to Treasurer; reports to be made to 
 
 committee monthly 176 50 
 
 Keeper, trees, plants and shrubs in, to plant 175 47 
 
 Laying off of 172 24 
 
 Lee Camp, donation of section to 180 72 
 
 Vaults, location of to be designated; prices for to be ap- 
 proved by Council 173 31 
 
 Lot owners, to remove refuse 177 58
 
 IXDEX. 
 
 Lots in, prices of 181 78 
 
 Lots in, prices of, committee to formulate L72 26 
 
 Lots, perpetual care of 180 70-71 
 
 Lots, perpetual care of, general provisions as to applicable to 
 
 all cemeteries, including Riverview 181 82-83 
 
 Lots, sale of, keeper to make record of 17" 49 
 
 Lots unclaimed, reversion to city 179 67 
 
 Map to be made of, what to show 172 24 
 
 Monthly reports, keeper of 176 50 
 
 Monuments, stones or inscriptions in, to be removed by order 
 
 of committee when objectionable 178 59 
 
 Ordinance concerning; list of prices for vaults, etc., and 
 
 charges for grave digging to be posted 175 46 
 
 Permits, burial, what to contain 175 45 
 
 Perpetual care, lots, general provisions applicable to all 
 
 cemeteries, Riverview included 181 82-83 
 
 Perpetual care of sections in, provisions for 180 70-71 
 
 Plan of 172 24 
 
 Plan, single grave portions 174 40 
 
 Police power, keeper to have 179 69 
 
 Prices, lots in 181 78 
 
 Prices, of lots and sections, schedule cf 172 26 
 
 Prices, vaults and grave digging, to be posted 175 46 
 
 Purchase, certificate of, who to issue, what to contain 176 52 
 
 Purchase of lots in, who may 176 52 
 
 Purchase, vaults, regulations concerning 173 33 
 
 Records, disinterments, how and when made 176 65 
 
 Records, lots, sale of 175 49 
 
 Records, reinterments, required to be kept 179 66 
 
 Records to be kept by keeper 173 30 
 
 Records, what to be kept by keeper 173 30 
 
 Refuse, to be removed by lot owners 177 58 
 
 Reinterments, how and when made 178 65 
 
 Reinterments, records of to be kept 179 66 
 
 Reports, keeper, monthly what to contain 176 50 
 
 Residence, keeper, provision for 172 28 
 
 Riding or driving in, regulations concerning 17S 60 
 
 Roadways, obstruction of by builders of vaults prohibited.. 174 37 
 
 Salary, keeper of 172 2S 
 
 Sales of lots, etc., record of to be kept by keeper 175 49 
 
 Sections, perpetual care of 180 70-71 
 
 Sections, schedule of prices for 172 26 
 
 Single grave portions, regulations concerning interments in 174 40-44 
 Single grave portions, to be designated by committee; plan 
 
 to be made of; spaces to be numbered 140 40 
 
 Trees in, 'not to be removed, planted or trimmed without 
 
 consent of committee 177 57 
 
 Trees in, regulations concerning removal and planting of. . 177 56 
 
 Trees, plants and shrubs in, to be planted by keeper 175 47
 
 558 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Vaults, etc., prices for, to be posted 175 
 
 Vaults, how constructed; to be approved by committee.... 173 
 
 Vaults, location of to be designated 173 
 
 Vaults, prices for, Council to approve 173 
 
 Vaults, regulation concerning interments in 174 
 
 Vaults, regulation concerning sale and purchase of 173 
 
 Vaults, roadways not to be obstructed by builders of 174 
 
 Vaults, sites for, schedule of prices 172 
 
 Vaults, who may purchase 176 
 
 CENTRAL SCHOOL PROPERTY— 
 
 Confederate Memorial Literary Society, dedicated to the.... 159 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH— 
 
 When no physician has attended the deceased person 169 
 
 Physicians and Coroner to furnish; to be filed with Board of 
 Health ; what it must show 168 
 
 CERTIFICATES— 
 
 Of debt, when valued, for taxation 97 
 
 Of pole tax paid 359 
 
 Of purchase, of lots and graves, in Riverview cemetery.... 176 
 
 CERTIFIED CHECKS— 
 
 Bids, may be required with 54 
 
 Liquor licenses, applicant for to furnish 407 
 
 Who may require, when 54 
 
 CESS POOLS— 
 
 Not to be connected, etc 207 
 
 CESTUI TRUST— 
 
 Property held by, how assessed 95 
 
 CHAIN GANG— 
 
 Vagrants thieves, robbers, pickpockets, sent away, who re- 
 turn, to go in the 403 
 
 CHAIRMAN BOARD PUBLIC INTERESTS— 
 
 President of the Common Council to be the 57 
 
 CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE IMPROVEMENT JAMES RIVER— 
 
 Must be a member of the Council 378 
 
 CHAIRMAN FINANCE COMMITTEE— 
 
 City Attorney and Commissioner of Revenue, to settle pro- 
 portion of distress for taxes 117 
 
 Member all joint standing committees 58 
 
 To witness destruction of unused matured coupons 150 
 
 Vice-president Board of Commissioners Sinking Fund 151 
 
 CHAIRMAN STREET COMMITTEE— 
 
 To sign all contracts for work 305 
 
 CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES— 
 
 Appropriations, not to sign warrant in excess of 54 
 
 To have copies of all action by Council affecting their de- 
 partments 71 
 
 CH AIRS— 
 
 Forbidden in hallways, halls, stairways, etc., of halls 296
 
 INDEX. 559 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE— 
 
 To elect seven members of the committee on improvement of 
 
 James river 378 1 
 
 CHANCERY COURT— 
 
 Judge may sit for judge of hustings court, but without com- 
 pensation 419 2 
 
 CHAPTERS— 
 
 Contents of ordinances by 3-6 
 
 CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS— 
 
 Meter water rates for 273 14c 
 
 Not taxable 99 24 
 
 CHARTER— 
 
 Of the city, begins on page (of volume) 7 
 
 Index to the, begins on page (at end of charter) 55 
 
 CHEMIST— 
 
 Chapter 45 concerning 393 
 
 City, appointment, bond, duties, and compensation 393 1-2 
 
 CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY— 
 
 Water closets on "James River Division" to be locked be- 
 tween "Bosher's Dam" and city 213 90 
 
 Not to draw water from canal except by permission from 
 
 chief health officer 217 108 
 
 CHIEF CLERK— 
 
 Water Department, appointment and duties 286 34 
 
 CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT— 
 (See "Fire Department.") 
 
 Annual report of 47 1 
 
 Annual report to Mayor 294 1 
 
 Buildings, defects in, likely to cause fire, to require repair of 295 5 
 
 Buildings, public, to approve fire doors in 298 1 
 
 Buildings, public, to inspect with reference to fire escapes.. 298 2 
 
 Buildings, to recommend precautions against fire in 299 7 
 
 Defects in buildings, to require repair of 295 5 
 
 Electric wires, may cut 296 9 
 
 Fire department, to command 294 1 
 
 Fire doors, to be approved by 298 1 
 
 Fire doors, to open outwardly, to satisfaction of 299 9 
 
 Fire escapes, to inspect buildings with reference to 298 2 
 
 Fire, to recommend precautions against 299 7 
 
 Fires, to command police at 294 1 
 
 Hotels, and other public buildings, may inspect fire escapes on 298 2 
 
 Ordinances, to report violations of 294 1 
 
 Police, to command at fires 294 1 
 
 Poles, wires, etc., to inspect 360 15 
 
 Powder, storage of, to be notified 236 5 
 
 Theatres, exhibition halls, etc., may enter 299 7 
 
 Violations, ordinances, to report to Police Justice 294 1 
 
 Wires, electric, may have cut 296 9 
 
 Wires, poles, etc., to inspect 360 15
 
 560 IXDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER— 
 (See "Board of Health.") 
 (See "Quarantine.") 
 
 Appointment and salary 192 3a 
 
 Canal, water not to be withdrawn from, without permission 
 
 of ; appeal from action 217 108 
 
 Diseases, to placard certain 214 96 
 
 District physicians, certain reports to, when made, what to 
 
 contain 215 100 
 
 District physicians, general supervision of 216 103 
 
 District physicians, to determine who to receive aid of 214 99 
 
 District physicians, to report persons able to pay for medi- 
 cal attention : 214 99 
 
 District physicians, to supervise 214 98 
 
 Dry closets, violation of requirements concerning, to be re- 
 ported to 202 47 
 
 Health regulations, report violations of 194 6 
 
 Night soil, chutes for disposal of into Shockoe creek, to ap- 
 prove construction and location 204 52 
 
 Placard, certain diseases 214 96 
 
 Police power conferred upon 201 42 
 
 Pollution of water supply, to prevent 212 89 
 
 Quarantine, communication with persons in, only with per- 
 mission of 225 14 
 
 Quarantine, general supervision of 224 9 
 
 Quarantine, storage of goods and care of persons in, to pro- 
 vide for 223 5 
 
 Quarantine, superintendent of 222 3 
 
 Quarantine, vessels in, not to depart without permission of. . 224 9 
 
 Quarantine, vessels in, to inspect 223 8 
 
 Reports to, district physicians 214 99-100 
 
 Report, superintendent water works action in regard to pre- 
 vention of pollution of water supply 212 89 
 
 Reports, violations of health regulations 194 
 
 Salary, how paid 193 
 
 Salary, not to be increased or diminished during term.... 193 
 Tannery waste, discharge of in water supply, to prescribe 
 
 conditions for 212 
 
 Vessels, in quarantine, to inspect 223 
 
 Water, drawn from canal, on permit of 217 
 
 Water supply, pollution of, to prevent 212 
 
 Water supply, to prescribe regulations for discharge of waste 
 
 in 212 
 
 CHIEF OF POLICE— 
 (See "Police.") 
 See "City Charter," sees. 84-92.) 
 
 Annual report of 47 
 
 Automobiles, horns for, to prescribe 330 
 
 Automobiles, registration of, dutv as to 329
 
 INDEX. ;„;, 
 
 PACE SEC. 
 
 Duties of 425 4-7 
 
 Fire crackers, may prescribe size of 238 12 
 
 Hack stands, stations, wharves, etc., to designate 353 5 
 
 Horns, automobile, to prescribe charter of 330 11 
 
 Money collected, monthly report and settlement of 426 7 
 
 Monthly report of moneys collected 426 7 
 
 Poles and wires, safety of, to report on 360 14 
 
 Police, attendance of at stations, wharves, etc 353 6 
 
 Purchase, weapons for department 426 8 
 
 Safety buildings, to enforce requirements concerning 298 2 
 
 Salary of 427 14 
 
 Semi-monthly inspection of streets and alleys 425 4 
 
 Station, wharves and landings, to designate hack stands, at, 
 
 etc 353 5 
 
 Stations, police at, to require attendance of, on arrival or 
 
 departure of trains, etc 353 6 
 
 Streets and alleys, to explore semi-monthly 425 4 
 
 Torpedoes, size of, may prescribe 238 12 
 
 Weapons, purchase of for police department 426 8 
 
 Wharves, hack stands at, to designate 353 5 
 
 Wharves, police at, on arrival of boats 353 6 
 
 Wires and poles, safety of, to report on 360 14 
 
 CHILDREN— 
 
 Unaccompanied, not admitted to cemeteries 171 21 
 
 CHIMBORAZO PARK— 
 
 Laborers allowed there 158 15 
 
 CHIMNEYS— 
 
 Covering for sidewalk while built or repaired 307 22 
 
 Firing to clean out, forbidden 227 10 
 
 Height of, regulations for 229 19 
 
 Neglected and dirty, penalty 227 10 
 
 When dangerous, or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 CHURCHES— 
 
 Injuring or defacing of 162 33 
 
 Meter water rates for 273 14c 
 
 Precautions for security of people in use of 298 1 
 
 Property, not to be listed for taxation 99 24 
 
 Sanitary plumbing in 206 56 
 
 CIRCUIT JUDGE— 
 
 Any may sit for judge of Hustings Court, but without com- 
 pensation 419 2 
 
 CIRCUS— 
 
 License tax on and other similar exhibitions 108 21 
 
 CITIZENS— 
 
 Five, not members of the Council to be on the Board of Pub- 
 lic Interests 57 16 
 
 Seven, not members of the Council, to be on the Committee 
 
 on Improvement James River 378 1 
 
 Seven, for James River Improvement Committee to be elected 
 
 by Council if Chamber of Commerce neglects to 379 7
 
 -,.., INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 CITY AUDITOR— 
 
 (See "Auditor.") 
 CITY AUDITORIUM— 
 
 Custodian for, appointment, duties, etc 160 22 
 
 CITY ATTORNEY— 
 
 Annual report of 47 
 
 Assistant, appointment duties and compensation 410 8 
 
 Assistant, travelling expenses furnished 410 8 
 
 Bond, city collector, to proceed on 120 24 
 
 Bonds, to city, to approve 51 6b 
 
 Books, police court, may inspect 414 9 
 
 Chapter 52 concerning 409 
 
 Collector city taxes, to proceed on bond of 120 24 
 
 Committees, legal adviser of 409 
 
 Council, legal adviser of 409 2 
 
 Deeds, bonds, obligations, contracts, etc., to prepare 409 
 
 Departments, legal adviser of 409 2 
 
 Duties of 409 2-3 
 
 Ejectment proceedings to reclaim streets, to institute 314 42-44 
 
 Forms, legal, to draw all 409 3 
 
 Forms, police commissioners, to prepare for 425 
 
 Legal, adviser, council, mayor, heads of departments and 
 
 committees 409 2 
 
 Life tenants, delinquent list of, to be furnished to 143 23 
 
 Life tenants, delinquent taxes due from, to collect 143 23 
 
 Litigation, city, to have general control of 409 3 
 
 Mayor, legal adviser of 409 2 
 
 Nuisances, to prosecute 409 3 
 
 Office for, provision concerning 410 6 
 
 Office hours, exception as to private work 53-409 1-1 
 
 Office hours, what to observe 53 1 
 
 Opinions, printing of 410 5 
 
 Opinions, to furnish duplicate 410 5 
 
 Opinions, to whom rendered 409 2 
 
 Police commissioners, prepare forms for 425 6 
 
 Police court, may inspect books and dockets of 414 9 
 
 Powers and duties 409 2-3 
 
 Printing of opinions 410 5 
 
 Private work, exception as to 53-409 1-1 
 
 Qualification, term, election, etc 409 1 
 
 Report, annual of 47 1 
 
 Salary of 410 4 
 
 Stenographer for 410 7 
 
 Street improvements, petitions for, to prepare 130 7 
 
 Streets, institute ejectment to reclaim 314 42-44 
 
 Suits, city party, defend, advocate, prosecute, etc 409 3 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, institute chancery suit for collection of. . 144 24 
 Taxes, delinquent, list of life tenants to be furnished to. . . . 143
 
 INDEX. „;;: 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, property sold for State, to be furnished 
 
 with list of 14:! 24 
 
 Taxes, proceedings to collect, to institute against life tenants 1 13 23 
 
 Taxes, proportion distress for 117 9 
 
 Taxes, redemption of property sold for, with consent of... L42 20 
 
 Travelling expenses 410 4 
 
 Travelling expenses, assistant 410 8 
 
 CITY CEMETERIES— 
 
 Chapter 22, concerning the (see "Cemeteries") 165 
 
 CITY CLERK— 
 
 Absence of, clerk council committees to act 53 2 
 
 Amusement, places of, to furnish managers of with copy of 
 
 Appointment, term, books and papers 69 1 
 
 chapter concerning 299 8 
 
 Appropriations, to furnish auditor with resolutions or ordi- 
 nances making 71 9 
 
 Appropriations, transmit to treasurer all ordinances, etc., 
 
 making 71 8 
 
 Auditor, to transmit to all resolutions or ordinances appro- 
 priating money, issue of bonds, etc '71 9 
 
 Binding ordinances and resolution 70 5 
 
 Books and papers 69 1 
 
 Bonds, official, to be filed with 50 '4 
 
 Bonds, require endorsement of city attorney on 51 6d 
 
 Certificate, oaths, filed and entered in journal 49 1 
 
 Chapter 9 concerning 69 1-12 
 
 City attorney, require endorsement of bonds by 51 6d 
 
 Committees, to furnish chairman of copies of papers re- 
 ferred to 71 9 
 
 Contingent fund of 71 12 
 
 Copies, to make and charge therefor 69 2 
 
 Council committees, clerk of to act in absence 53 2 
 
 Council, notify petitioners of action of 71 9 
 
 Departments, transmit to heads of council action concerning 71 9 
 
 Enrolled ordinances 69 4 
 
 Extracts, from records, to make and charge for 69 2 
 
 Index, ordinances and resolutions adopted 69 4 
 
 Mayor, to transmit copies of ordinances, resolutions and 
 
 ordinances to 71 9 
 
 Notice, to petitioners of council action 71 9 
 
 Oaths, certificate to be filed and entered in journal 49 1 
 
 Oaths, to administer. . . 49 2 
 
 Office expenses, fund for 7 12 
 
 Officers, official bond of to be filed with 50 4 
 
 Official bonds, require endorsement of City Attorney on.... 51 6d 
 
 Ordinances, adopted, to index and preserve 69 4 
 
 Ordinances and resolutions, classify, arrange and bind 70 5 
 
 Ordinances, arrange and print biennially 70 6 
 
 Ordinances, enrollment of 69 4
 
 561 INDEX. i 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Ordinances, ordering public improvements, recordation in 
 
 office of 81 19b 
 
 Ordinances, publication of, required by sec. 21 of charter.. 71 11 
 
 Ordinances, reports, etc., to publish 71 10 
 
 Ordinances, resolutions, etc., referred to committees, to fur- 
 nish to chairman of 71 9 
 
 Ordinances, resolutions, transmit to treasurer all making 
 
 appropriations 71 8 
 
 Ordinances, to print 70 6 
 
 Ordinances, to transmit copies to Mayor 71 9 
 
 Petitioners, to notify of, Council action concerning 71 9 
 
 Printing of ordinances, biennially 70 6 
 
 Printing of ordinances, resolutions, records, etc 70 6 
 
 Property, report sales ordered by council 81 19b 
 
 Publication, ordinances required Ly sec. 21 of charter 71 11 
 
 Public improvements, resolutions and ordinances ordering 
 
 to be recorded in office of 81 19b 
 
 Publish reports, ordinances, etc 71 10 
 
 Records, printing of 70 6 
 
 Resolutions, adopted, index to 69 4 
 
 Resolutions ordering public improvements to be recorded 
 
 in office 81 19b 
 
 Resolutions which, to transmit to Mayor 71 9 
 
 Resolutions, to transmit to Mayor 71 9 
 
 Sales property ordered by Council, to report 81 19b 
 
 Theatres, to furnish copy of chapter concerning 299 8 
 
 Treasurer, to transmit to copies or all ordinances, resolu- 
 tions, etc., appropriating money, etc •. . . . 71 8 
 
 CITY COLLECTOR— 
 
 (See "Collector of City Taxes.") 
 
 CITY CORONER— 
 
 (See "Coroner, the.") 
 
 CITY COUNCIL— 
 
 (See "Council, the City.") 
 
 CITY DEBT— 
 
 Chapter 19, concerning the (see "Debt of the City.") 
 
 CITY ELECTRIC PLANT— 
 (See "Electric Plant.") 
 
 CITY ELECTRICIAN— 
 
 (See "Electrician, City.") 
 
 CITY ENGINEER— 
 
 (See "Engineer for the City.") 
 
 CITY FUNDS— 
 
 Where they must be deposited 87 43 
 
 CITY GAS WORKS— 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 
 CITY GOVERNMENT— 
 
 Several departments of (see "Several Departments, etc.")
 
 INDEX. 565 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 CITY GOVERNMENT LIBRARY— 
 
 Chapter 46, concerning the 394 
 
 Auditor to raise "library account"; appropriation for, war- 
 rants, bills; accessible to officers 394 2-3 
 
 Public library, establishment of, trustees for, duties, etc... 349 4-15 
 
 Trustees for, duties, etc -. 394 4-15 
 
 CITY HALL— 
 
 Care and management of 156 7 
 
 Designation, number, of employees 156 8 
 
 Dogs not allowed in 157 10 
 
 Repairs or alterations to furniture in prohibited 157 11 
 
 CITY HOME— 
 (See "Poor.") 
 
 (See "Superintendent City Home.") 
 (See "Committee on Relief of Poor.") 
 
 Admittance to, who may obtain and how 188 6 
 
 Almshouse, name changed to "City Home" 1S7 1 
 
 Ambulance drivers appointment, duties and compensation... 191 19-20 
 
 Ambulance of to have right of way 191 22 
 
 Annual report, Superintendent 47 1 
 
 Burials, at expense of city, to be reported to Superintendent. 190 14 
 
 Bond of, steward , 191 18 
 
 Bond, Superintendent to give 188 4 
 
 Charitable institutions to report to Superintendent burials at 
 
 expense of city, how conducted 190 14 
 
 Control of, committee to have 187 2 
 
 Committee on, adopt rules and regulations concerning 187 2 
 
 Committee on to hold regular session at 189 9 
 
 Committee to keep records of proceedings, to report monthly 
 
 to Council, to have authority of overseers of the poor 189 10-12 
 
 Destitute persons to be treated at, transportation to be fur- 
 nished to 189 8 
 
 Foundlings, admittance and care of 188 6 
 
 Oakwood Cemetery, telephone communication with 190 15 
 
 Officers of, election and appointment 187 4 
 
 Officers or employees of, committee may remove; exception 
 
 as to Superintendent 188 5 
 
 Outdoor relief, how and when given 188 7 
 
 Overseers of poor, committee to have authority of 190 12 
 
 Police power, certain officials of to have 163 35 
 
 Poor, outdoor, relief for 188 7 
 
 Records, committee to keep of proceedings 189 10 
 
 Removal, officers and employees; exception as to Superin- 
 tendent 188 5 
 
 Reports, monthly of committee 189 11 
 
 Right of way, ambulance 191 22 
 
 Rules and regulations for, committee may adopt 187 2 
 
 Shockoe Cemetery, superintendent keeper of 188 4 
 
 Steward, bond required 191 18
 
 i66 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Steward, police power for 163 35 
 
 Superintendent's annual report 47 1 
 
 Superintendent of to be keeper of "Shockoe Cemetery" 188 4 
 
 Superintendent of to give bond 188 4 
 
 Superintendent of to notify cemetery keepers of burial 190 16 
 
 Superintendent, police power for 163 35 
 
 Superintendent, removal of 188 5 
 
 Telephone communications with Oakwood Cemetery to be 
 
 maintained 190 15 
 
 Transportation, for destitute persons 188 7 
 
 Visiting staff, creation of, how and by whom composed, com- 
 mittee to appoint 187 4 
 
 CITY HOSPITAL— 
 
 (See "City Home.") 
 
 CITY JAIL— 
 
 Prisoners in, employment of the 403 8-9 
 
 Water used at to be paid for 285 32 
 
 CITY OF RICHMOND— 
 
 As purchaser of land sold for taxes 141 17 
 
 Bonds of, exempt from tax by city 97 17 
 
 CITY PROPERTY— 
 
 Auditor to keep a register of '. 90 15 
 
 Exchange or sale of 86 38 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing 162 33 
 
 Sale of, how conducted 81 19b 
 
 CITY SERGEANT— 
 
 Compensation for care of prisoners 419 5 
 
 To attend Hustings Court without compensation 419 4 
 
 To be furnished certain books, for record and index, by com- 
 mittee on Accounts and Printing 75 4-6 
 
 To collect pay of jurors of Hustings Court 421 1 
 
 CITY STABLE YARD— 
 
 Part of, may be used for stone breaking 403 8!9 
 
 CITY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS— 
 
 Salary of 397 5 
 
 CITY SURVEYOR— 
 
 (See "Surveyor of City.") 304 10 
 
 CITY TREASURER— 
 
 (See "Treasurer, the.") 
 
 CITY WORK— 
 
 Bids for ( see "Bids" ) and 54 4 
 
 CIVIL JUSTICE— 
 
 Appointment, duties and compensation 416 19-20 
 
 Bailiff, salary 67 14 
 
 Substitute for, appointment, duties and salary 416 20 
 
 CLAIMS— 
 
 Against the city, offset to 78 6 
 
 Allowed, warrant for, to be drawn by Auditor 90 10 
 
 Auditor to examine (see "Auditor") 77 4
 
 INDEX. 567 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 By order of committee, to be drawn oh the Auditor 90 10 
 
 For salary, or interest, Auditor to pay 89 9 
 
 Not ordered by committee, to be presented to the Council. ... 90 10 
 
 Of registrars, how made and paid 421 7 
 
 What, shall be taxed 97 18 
 
 ILARKE'S SPRING PROPERTY— 
 
 Keeper of to have police power 159 19 
 
 CLASSIFICATION— 
 
 License taxes 103 5 
 
 License taxes, notice of and appeal from 107 18 
 
 Several trades, professions, occupations, etc 104-107 6-19 
 
 CLAY WARD— 
 
 Boundaries 32 6 
 
 Precincts 35 2-5 
 
 Voting places 42 27 
 
 :leAn-outs— 
 
 On drain and soil pipes 206 56 
 
 CLEANSING PREMISES— 
 
 Duties of citizens as to 194 6 
 
 KLERKS— 
 
 General Provisions Concerning — 
 
 Appropriations, not to overdraw 54 3 
 
 City property, report sales order by committee 81 19b 
 
 Disbursing money, liable for taxes of party paid 56 12 
 
 Elections, not to act as officer of 422 10 
 
 Keep accounts of appropriations, expenditures and balances. 53 2 
 
 Private work, not to engage in 53 1 
 
 Sales city property, to report 81 19b 
 
 Tax receipts, require exhibition of when acting as paymaster 56 12 
 
 Auditor — 
 
 Absence of, to act for 89 7 
 
 Additional, appointment, removal, bond and duties 78-80 11 
 
 Oath and bond 79 11 
 
 Removal of 79 11 
 
 Warrants, to attest all 90 11 
 
 Board of Health — 
 
 Election, salary, etc 193 3a 
 
 Building Inspector — 
 
 Appointment and compensation 429 1 
 
 City — 
 
 See "City Clerk" 69 1-12 
 
 City Attorney — 
 
 Appointment, duties and compensation 410 7 
 
 Council Committees — 
 
 Appropriations, not to sign warrants in excess of 54 3 
 
 Bidders, unsuccessful, return checks to 54 3 
 
 Checks, return to unsuccessful bidders 54 4 
 
 City Clerk, to act as in absence of 53 2 
 
 Committee meetings, to attend 53 2
 
 5G8 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Duties, records, etc 53 2 
 
 Election of 53 2 
 
 Office hours 53 2 
 
 Property, city, report sales of 81 19b 
 
 Records and proceedings committees, to keep 53 2 
 
 Salary of •' 53 2 
 
 Sales, city property, to report 81 19b 
 
 Warrants in excess of appropriation, not to certify 54 3 
 
 Courts — 
 
 Chancery, annual compensation 93 3 
 
 Chancery, lists to be furnished by 93 3 
 
 Circuit, annual compensation 67, 93, 12, 3 
 
 Circuit, lists to be furnished by 93 3 
 
 County, annual compensation 93 3 
 
 County, lists to be furnished by 93 3 
 
 Hustings, annual compensation 67 9 
 
 Hustings, Part II, annual compensation 67 10 
 
 Law and Equity, annual compensation 67 11 
 
 Police, duties and compensation 413 4-5 
 
 Police, nomination and election 413 4 
 
 Election — 
 
 Salary of, how paid 421 5 
 
 Engineer Department — 
 
 Appointment and duties 301 3 
 
 Bookkeeper, assistant to, appointment, duties and salary. . . . 302 4 
 
 Finance Committee — 
 
 Duties of 55 10 
 
 Light Department — 
 
 Committee, appointment of 255 13 
 
 Gas bills, not to collect 263 39 
 
 Gas Inspector's, appointment, bond and duties 252 1 
 
 Meter bill, appointment, duties and bond 252 1 
 
 Markets — 
 
 (See "Markets.") 
 
 Accounts against S3 22 
 
 Auditor, monthly reports to 246 16 
 
 Bond required of 243 6 
 
 Buying in markets, prohibited from 245 12 
 
 Cards, daily permit, to punch and deliver 248 23 
 
 Cards, daily sales privilege, to issue 248 21 
 
 Carts, may order from markets 244 10 
 
 Carts, wagons, etc., designate stands for 248 22 
 
 Cleaning of markets, to supervise 244 7 
 
 Daily permits, to issue 248 33 
 
 Daily receipts, accounts of to be kept by 246 16 
 
 Daily sales privileges, issue cards for 248 21 
 
 Deputies, election and duties 244 6 
 
 Destruction of unsound meat 244 7 
 
 Election and bond 243 6
 
 INDEX. 569 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Food, articles of not to be interested in purchase or sale of. . 245 12 
 
 Horses, may order out of market 244 10 
 
 Leases, furnish Auditor with list of, monthly 246 16 
 
 Meat, unsound, to destroy 2 44 7 
 
 Monthly settlements, books for in Auditor's office 83 22 
 
 Monthly statement to Auditor 246 16 
 
 Ordinances, enforce provisions of in 250 25 
 
 Permit cards, punch and deliver 248 23 
 
 Permits, daily, to issue 248 23 
 
 Prosecute offenders in 250 35 
 
 Receipts, may require stall renters to exhibit 245 13 
 
 Rent, collect arrears of by warrant 247 18 
 
 Rent list, furnish to Auditor monthly 246 16 
 
 Rents, payable to Treasurer 246 • 17 
 
 Sales privileges, issue cards for 248 21 
 
 Scales, inspection of 244 9 
 
 Settlement with Treasurer, penalty 246 17 
 
 Stalls, delinquents, to close 247 18 
 
 Stalls, to close any for cause 247 18 
 
 Stands, to designate for carts and wagons 248 22 
 
 Streets and alleys adjacent to, to clean 244 7 
 
 Unsound meat, to destroy 244 8 
 
 Wagons, designate stands for 248 22 
 
 Wagons, drays and carts, may order out of market 244 10 
 
 Weights and scales, to inspect 244 9 
 
 Poor. Committee on Relief of — 
 
 Officers and employees, to certify to Auditor list of and com- 
 pensation 189 10 
 
 Printing and Claims Committee — 
 
 Election and compensation 75 6 
 
 Special Assessments — 
 
 Appointment and term 133 12c 
 
 Bond of 133 12c 
 
 Duties, generally (see "Public Improvements.") 
 
 Public improvements, to apportion 127 2 
 
 Salary of 133 12c 
 
 Statement to be made by 127 2 
 
 Street Cleaning — 
 
 Election, duties and salary 373 23 
 
 Payrolls, to make out ZZZ 6 
 
 Streets, Committee on — 
 
 Designation and duties 302 3c 
 
 Treasurer — 
 
 Absence of, to act during 89 7 
 
 Additional, three, appointment and duties 88 45-47 
 
 Default of, Treasurer liable for 89 7 
 
 Election by Council 79 11 
 
 Oath and bond required 79 11 
 
 Removal of 79 11
 
 Kiyn INDEX. 
 
 570 
 
 PAGE 
 
 W.VII B I M I' M1TMEXT 
 
 Assistant, appointment and duties 286 
 
 Bill, appointment 286 
 
 Chief, appointment and duties 286 
 
 Committee, appointment and designation 286 
 
 Washington Ward, assistant in, salary 62 
 
 CLIMBING ON CARS— 
 
 Boys, not to 353 
 
 CLOSETS— 
 
 Vent pipes from 208 
 
 Water, meter water rates for 270 
 
 CLOSING STREETS— 
 
 For repairs, excavations, paving, etc 306 
 
 Sickness, on account of 316 
 
 coal- 
 to he sold by weight 392 
 
 Not to lie in street where delivered 391 
 
 Standard weight of per bushel 389 
 
 COAL CARTS— 
 
 Must be tight and not waste material 322 
 
 COAL AND COKE— 
 
 Concerning the sale of 392 
 
 COAL AND WOOD— 
 
 (See "Weight* and Measures.") 
 
 Carts for the delivery of, certificate and license 321 
 
 Firewood not to lie in the street 391 
 
 Sale and delivery of coal and wood 391 
 
 What makes a "cord," wood must be sold by the cord, coal 
 not to lie in the street 390 
 
 COASTING— 
 
 On streets, when prohibited 233 
 
 CODE— 
 
 1910 adopted 9 
 
 Contents of 3-6 
 
 Note by City Attorney 7 
 
 COFFEE— 
 
 Public weigher to weigh, when requested 386 
 
 COKE— 
 
 Sale of, at Gas Works, tickets for, how sold; monthly settle- 
 ment for 359 
 
 COLLECTION— 
 
 Of the assessed taxes, chapter 16, concerning the 115 
 
 COLLECTOR CITY TAXES— 
 (See "Auditor.") 
 (See "Public Improvement.") 
 (See "Taxation.") 
 
 Annual report of 47 
 
 Annual statement of 119 
 
 Auditor, may require settlements of 120 
 
 SEC. 
 
 34 
 
 34 
 34 
 34 
 29 
 
 65 
 12 
 
 21 
 47 
 
 34 
 31 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 34-35 
 
 2 
 31 
 31 
 
 30-31 
 
 11 
 
 26
 
 INDEX. 571 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Auditor, returns to on taxes and licenses, 110 26 
 
 Auditor, to charge with assessed taxes and licenses 110 26 
 
 Auditor, to deliver certain bills, etc., to 120 22 
 
 Bills, assessments, etc., to deliver to Auditor 120 22 
 
 Bond of 115 1 
 
 Cash book, daily, how kept 121 20 
 
 Cash book, daily settlement, required 121 27 
 
 Cash books, what to be kept 121-123 28-29 
 
 Commissions allowed to 120 24 
 
 Commissions, not to reserve 125 40 
 
 Compensation, what allowed 120 24 
 
 Daily settlement cash book, required to keep 121 27 
 
 Deputies, appointment and removal of 115 2 
 
 Deputies, responsible for acts of 115 2 
 
 Distraint for taxes, when and how made 116 7-9 
 
 Distraint, may make 'on personal property about to be moved 
 
 from city 119 20 
 
 Distraint, when may be made 116 7 
 
 Distress for taxes required 118 15 
 
 License, receipt of for sufficient Ill 29 
 
 Licenses, assessed, Auditor to charge with , 110 26 
 
 Licenses, delinquent, report to Police Justice. 
 
 Licenses, liquor, duties concerning issuance of 407 6 
 
 Licenses, returns to Auditor on 110 26 
 
 Licenses, when to collect Ill 30 
 
 Liquor licenses, duties concerning 407 6 
 
 Notice, delinquent taxes, to be mailed 126 45 
 
 Notice, taxes due, to be published 115 3 
 
 Personal property, may distrain for tax on when about to 
 
 moved from city 119 20 
 
 Proceedings for collection of taxes, to complete 120 24 
 
 Public improvements, bills for to be collected by 130 7 
 
 Receipt for tax sufficient license Ill 29 
 
 Settlements, daily at certain periods 116 4 
 
 Settlements, to be made on demand of Auditor 120 24 
 
 Settlements, weekly at certain periods 116 4x 
 
 Statement of, annual 119 21 
 
 Sewer connections, bills for to be collected by 135 15a 
 
 Sewer taxes, report payments of 135 15a 
 
 Taxes, assessed, Auditor to charge with 110 26 
 
 Taxes, collection of, to proceed with as long as bills are in 
 
 his hands 116 6 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, not to return as when collection possible. 118 15 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, notice to be mailed 126 45 
 
 Taxes, distraint for because of contemplated removal from 
 
 city 119 20 
 
 Taxes, distraint for, when and how made. 116 7-9 
 
 Taxes, distraint for, when made 116 7
 
 - . ., INDEX. 
 
 Oil 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Taxes, legal proceedings to enforce collection of 117-118 
 
 Taxes, list to be made by 116 
 
 Taxes, not to receive certain 120 
 
 Taxes, notice of to be published when due 115 
 
 Taxes, proceedings for collection of, to complete all com- 
 menced I- 1 " 
 
 Taxes, public improvement bills to be collected by 130 
 
 Taxes, receipt for sufficient license Ill 
 
 Taxes, returns to Auditor on 110 
 
 Taxes, sewer connection bills to be collected by 135 
 
 Taxes, sewer, report payments of 135 
 
 COLLECTOR DELINQUENT TAXES— 
 (See "Taxation, Delinquent.") 
 
 Annual report required 47 
 
 Annual report, when made, what to contain 123 
 
 Annual statement, unpaid bills to be returned with; not to 
 
 be made later than July 15th 124 
 
 Auditor, to receive certain bills from 126 
 
 Bills due from life tenants, to deliver to Auditor and City 
 
 Attorney 143 
 
 Bills, not to duplicate 126 
 
 Bills, unpaid, to deliver to Auditor 124 
 
 Bills, what to be turned over to 120 
 
 Bond of 137 
 
 Certificate of sale to city, land sold for taxes 141 
 
 Commissions of 137 
 
 Commissions of, how paid 125 
 
 Commissions of, not to be reserved - 125 
 
 Compensation of 137 
 
 Delinquent list, to prepare 137 
 
 Deputies, may employ 124 
 
 Distress for, may make 119 
 
 Duties of 137 
 
 Election and term 137 
 
 Gas bills, delinquent, duty as to 260 
 
 Gas bills, settlements for weekly 260 
 
 tor and City Attorney 143 
 
 Land sold for taxes, certificate of sale to city, to make 141 
 
 Land sold for taxes, make list of 139 
 
 Land sold for taxes, not in arrears, liable for 142 
 
 Land sold for taxes, not to purchase 138 
 
 Land sold for taxes, notice of sales, how sales made, etc 137 
 
 Land sold for taxes, oath on 139 
 
 Land sold for taxes, receipt to purchaser 138 
 
 Life tenants, delinquent lists of, what to show 143 
 
 Life tenants, to deliver delinquent bills against to Auditor 
 
 and City Attorney 143 
 
 SEC. 
 
 10-13 
 
 5 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 7 
 
 29 
 
 26 
 
 15a 
 
 15a 
 
 1 
 30 
 
 30 
 36-38 
 
 23 
 
 44 
 
 33-35 
 
 22 
 
 2 
 17 
 
 2 
 40 
 40 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 31 
 
 18 
 
 3-10 
 
 2 
 27 
 27 
 24 
 17 
 
 9 
 21 
 
 7 
 
 4-6 
 
 9-11 
 
 8 
 23 
 
 23
 
 INDEX. 573 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Lists, lands sold by Commonwealth, to be delivered to Audi- 
 Lists, life tenants delinquent, deliver to Auditor and City 
 
 Attorney 143 23 
 
 1 ,ists, make and publish certain 137 4 
 
 Notice of sales by 137 4 
 
 Oath, on list of land sold for taxes 139 9-11 
 
 Penalties, may remit certain 124 32 
 
 Purchase of land sold for taxes prohibited 138 7 
 
 Powers of, same as Collector of City Taxes 120 22 
 
 Receipt to purchaser of land sold for taxes 138 8 
 
 Report, when made, separate items in 123 30 
 
 Sale by, where made 138 5 
 
 Sales by, notice of, how made, etc 137 4-6 
 
 Settlements, gas bills, weekly 260 27 
 
 Settlements, weekly and in full 120 22 
 
 Taxes, bills for, not to duplicate 126 44 
 
 Taxes, bills for, what to be turned over to 120 22 
 
 Taxes, collected, weekly settlements for 120 22 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, liable for land sold for not in arrears. . . . 142 21 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, may distrain for 119 18 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, to deliver bills due from life tenants to 
 
 Auditor and City Attorney 143 23 
 
 Taxes, land sold for, certificate of sale to city, to make 141 17 
 
 Taxes, land sold for by Commonwealth, deliver list of to 
 
 Auditor and City Attorney 143 24 
 
 Taxes, land sold for, oath on list of 139 9-11 
 
 Taxes, land sold for, purchase of by prohibited 138 7 
 
 Taxes, land sold for, receipt to be given purchaser 138 8 
 
 Taxes, legal proceedings to enforce collection of 117-118 10-13 
 
 Taxes, list sales of land for 139 9 
 
 Taxes, sale of land for, notice of, how made, etc 137 4-6 
 
 Taxes, sale of land for, where to be made 138 5 
 
 Taxes, unpaid bills, to be delivered to Auditor 124 33-35 
 
 Weekly settlements, gas bills 260 27 
 
 Weekly settlements, tax bills 120 22 
 
 COLLEGES— 
 
 Exempt from taxation 99 24 
 
 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL— 
 
 Firing of, prohibited 228 11 
 
 Sale and storage of, other than gunpowder 237-240 8-17 
 
 commission- 
 To be allowed Collector of Delinquent Taxes 137 2 
 
 To be allowed Commissioner of the Revenue; on what it 
 
 shall be estimated 100 32 
 
 Of port wardens on sale of abandoned cargo 382 7 
 
 To be paid Collector of City Taxes 120 24 
 
 COMMISSION MERCHANTS— 
 
 Classification of, for license 103 5
 
 - )U INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE— 
 (See "Land Book.") 
 (See "Licenses.") 
 (See "Personal Property Book.") 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 (See "Taxation.") 
 
 Annual report of 47 1 
 
 Bond of deputies 93 2 
 
 Bond of, official 93 1 
 
 Books, land and personal to be furnished Auditor and Col- 
 lector 100 31 
 
 Buildings, new, Building Inspector, to notify of erection of. 95 9 
 
 Business, character of, tax lists to show 96 13 
 
 Business, what to be listed for licenses 96 12 
 
 Commissions, how paid 100 32 
 
 Commissions of, when paid 100 32 
 
 Commissions, what to receive, how estimated 100 32 
 
 Commutation sewer tax, duty as to 136 16 
 
 Court clerks, lists to be furnished by 93 3 
 
 Daily attendance at office required 100 34 
 
 Delivery of tax lists 98 20 
 
 Deputies, bond of 93 2 
 
 Distress, furnish amount of taxes for 119 20 
 
 Distress, taxes, to proportion for 117 19 
 
 Duties, additional to be performed upon order of Finance 
 
 Committee or Council 100 33 
 
 Erroneous valuations, to correct 98 22 
 
 Finance Committee, lists and reports to 97 15 
 
 Gas mains, connections with beyond city limits, ordinances 
 
 authorizing to be furnished 101 35 
 
 Land book, for duty as to (see "Land Book.") 
 
 Land books, furnish copies to Auditor and City Collector... 100 31 
 
 Land books, oath on 100 30 
 
 Licenses, list to be furnished Finance Committee from time 
 
 to time 97 15 
 
 Licenses, lists to show character of business assessed 96 13 
 
 Licenses, reports to Finance Committee on 97 15 
 
 Licenses, temporary, assessment and bills for 97 16 
 
 Licenses, what businesses to be listed for 96 12 
 
 List, licenses, to furnish Finance Committee 97 15 
 
 List required of property owned by 100 29 
 
 List, omitted property, to make 99 26 
 
 Lists, delivery of required 98 20 
 
 Lists, court clerks, what to furnish 93 3 
 
 Lists, fiduciaries, property held by 95 11 
 
 Lists, personal property, to make 95 10 
 
 Lists, tax, to separate by wards 99 25 
 
 Lists, tax, to show character of business assessed , 96 13-
 
 INDEX. 575 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Lists, to be left for absentees 98 20 
 
 Notice, new buildings, erection of, Building Inspector to give. 95 9 
 
 Oath, required on land and personal property books 100 30 
 
 Office, to attend daily at 100 34 
 
 Omitted property, list of 99 25 
 
 Ordinances, authorizing connection of property with sewer, 
 
 water or gas mains beyond city to be furnished to 101 35 
 
 Personal property book, for duty as to (see "Personal Prop- 
 erty Book.") 
 Personal property books, copies to be furnished Auditor and 
 
 City Collector 100 31 
 
 Personal property books, oath on 100 30 
 
 Personal property held by fiduciaries, to be listed 95 11 
 
 Personal property, listed for taxation 95 10-11 
 
 Property of, to be listed 100 29 
 
 Public improvements, charge property owners with 133 12d 
 
 Reports, annual 47 1 
 
 Reports, licenses, to Finance Committee on 97 15 
 
 Sewers, ordinances authorizing connections with beyond city 
 
 limits to be furnished to 101 35 
 
 Sewer tax, commutation of, duty as to 136 16 
 
 Taxes, court clerks lists of 93 3 
 
 Taxes, distress for, to proportion 117 19 
 
 Taxes, distress, furnish amount of for 119 20 
 
 Taxes, fiduciaries, what to be listed 95 11 
 
 Taxes, licenses, what businesses to be listed for 96 12 
 
 Taxes, list by ward 99 25 
 
 Taxes, lists of to show character of person or business listed. 96 13 
 
 Taxes, lists to be delivered 98 20 
 
 Temporary merchants, licenses tax on, to deliver assessment 
 
 to Collector for immediate collection 97 16 
 
 Taxes, personal property, listing of 95 10-11 
 
 Taxes, property beyond city limits, when assessed on 101 35 
 
 Taxes, sewer, commutation of, duty as to 136 16 
 
 Taxes, valuations for, may correct 98 22 
 
 Wards, tax lists to be separated by 99 25 
 
 Water mains, connections beyond city limits, ordinances au- 
 thorizing to be furnished to 101 35 
 
 commission- 
 to be paid Collector of City Taxes 120 24 
 
 COMMISSION MERCHANTS— 
 
 Classification of, for license 103 5 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTIONS— 
 
 Compensation of , 421 6 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE— 
 
 ( See "Police Commissioners" and "Board of Police Commis- 
 sioners.")
 
 5 ^g INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ru.UMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND— 
 
 Annual report of to the Council 154 13 
 
 Death or resignation of; Auditor to keep their books and 
 
 papers 
 
 151 1 
 
 How and when elected 151 1 
 
 Quorum of, meetings, etc., president of 151 2 
 
 Their general duties, etc. . ., 151-154 2-14 
 
 To examine cancelled bonds and coupons 153 12 
 
 COMMITTEES— 
 
 General Provisions — 
 
 (See "Clerk of Committees.") 
 
 Chairman Finance Committee ex-officio member of all joint 
 
 standing 58 21 
 
 City Clerk to act as clerk in absence of 69 2 
 
 Claims authorized to be paid on oi der of 90 10 
 
 Clerk Council committees, to act for City Clerk in absence of. 53 2 
 
 Clerk, election, duties, office hours, salary 53 2 
 
 Clerks of, not to sign warrant in excess of appropriation. ... 54 
 
 Clerks of, to keep records of proceedings 54 3 
 
 Compensation, not to be received by member of for services 
 
 before 48 8 
 
 Joint standing, how appointed and number thereof 56-57 14-15 
 
 Member of not to receive compensation for services before. 4S 8 
 
 Minutes of all to show order for sale of city property 81 19b 
 
 Property held by, how taxed 95 10-11 
 
 Quorum of, exceptions as to local assessments and James 
 
 River Improvement •. 58, 380, 21, 12 
 
 Quorum of, requirements as to 58 21 
 
 Sales, city property by order of, report required SI 19b 
 
 Cemeteries — 
 
 (See "Cemeteries.") 
 (See "Oakwood.") 
 (See "Shockoe Hill.") 
 (See "Riverview.") 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Chapter 22, concerning 165 
 
 General control and supervision of city cemeteries 165 1 
 
 Specific and enumerated powers (see "Cemeteries.") 
 
 Electricity — 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Creation of, appointment of members 289 5 
 
 Electric plant, to have control of 287 1 
 
 Electrical inspectors, to appoint 289 7 
 
 Powers and duties 287 1-9 
 
 Purchase instruments needed in electrical department 290 9 
 
 Rules and regulations for installation of electrical fixtures, 
 
 to prescribe 289 6 

 
 index. 577 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Finance — 
 
 (See "Finance Committee.") 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Auditor and Treasurer, examine contingent expenses of 89 5 
 
 Chairman, ex-omcio member joint standing committees 58 21 
 
 Chairman, purchase indexes tax records Auditor's office.... 84 23 
 
 Committees, joint standing, chairman of ex-officio member of 58 21 
 
 Classification of licenses, to make 107 18 
 
 Contingent expenses, Auditor and Treasurer, to examine.... 89 5 
 
 Insurance, to have placing of 154 15 
 
 Inventory city property, to be furnished to 58 23 
 
 Licenses, appeal from classification 107 IS 
 
 License, change of, recommendation necessary for 107 18 
 
 Licenses, to classify 107 18 
 
 Members of, not eligible to appointment on other committees. 58 21 
 
 Sinking Fund Commissioners, chairman vice-president of. . . 151 2 
 
 Special accountant, to elect 55 8 
 
 Special accountant, removable at pleasure of 55 8 
 
 Special accountant, to make reports to 55 10-11 
 
 Special assessment clerk, to appoint 133 12c 
 
 Tax indexes, Auditor's office, chairman to purchase 84 23 
 
 Taxes, chairman of to apportion distress for 117 9 
 
 Grounds and Buildings — 
 
 (See "Grounds and Buildings.") 
 
 Accounts of the 302 3c 
 
 Appointment and number 57 14 
 
 City Hall employees, to elect 156 9 
 
 Coroner, provide and furnish room for 423 1 
 
 Report to Council 155 2 
 
 Warrants of, how signed 155 2 
 
 James River Improvement — 
 
 (See "James River Improvement.") 
 
 Appointment and number 57 15 
 
 Appointment, organization, etc 378 1 
 
 Chairman, election of 378 2 
 
 Chamber of Commerce members, when Council to elect 369 7 
 
 Clerk of 378 1 
 
 Council, when to elect Chamber of Commerce members 379 7 
 
 Dredging material, determine where to be dumped 379 9 
 
 Harbor, rules concerning preservation of, may make and 
 
 enforce 380 10 
 
 Meetings, once a month . 379 5 
 
 Powers and duties, general provisions concerning ,. 378 4-12 
 
 Powers, specific and enumerated 379 8 
 
 Quorum, what to constitute 380 12 
 
 Reports to Council, made monthly 379 6 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning preservation and policing 
 
 of harbor, may make and enforce 380 10 
 
 Wharves and docks, to fix lines for 379 8
 
 578 IXDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 I.ICIIT — 
 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Clerks, Gas Department, to appoint 252 1-3 
 
 Gas, inspectors and clerks, to appoint 252 1-3 
 
 Gas Works, to have general supervision of 252 2 
 
 Grades and profiles, to get from City Engineer .303 9 
 
 Inspectors, to appoint 252 1-3 
 
 Meetings of, semi-monthly 252 - 
 
 Local Assessments — 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Quorum for, what to constitute 58 21 
 
 MARKETS — 
 
 (See "Markets.") 
 
 Appointment and number 57 14 
 
 Duties, powers, etc 243 4-5 
 
 General supervision of markets 243 4 
 
 Ordinances, Charter and Reform — 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Duties, reports, etc 58 20 
 
 Printing and Claims — 
 (See "Printing.") 
 
 Appointment and number 61 14 
 
 City Sergeant, furnish books for 75 4-5 
 
 Duties of, etc 75-76 1!-10 
 
 Election expenses, to pay 422 9 
 
 Mechanics' Institute, audit bills of 422 9 
 
 Tax bills, to print 121 27 
 
 Tax records, Auditor's office, to pay for indexes for 84 23 
 
 Relief of Poor — 
 (See "City Home.") 
 (See "Poor of City.") 
 
 Appoint employees City Home 187 2 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Beggars, to be reported to 191 23 
 
 Bids, certified checks with, exception as to 54 4 
 
 Certified checks, with bids, exception as to 54 4 
 
 Charitable institutions, receiving aid from city, to report to. 190 13 
 
 City Home, employees, appoint and fix compensation 187 2 
 
 City Home, officers and employees, may remove, exception as 
 
 to Superintendent 188 5 
 
 Control of City Home, grounds, inmates, officers, agents and 
 
 employees 187 2 
 
 Free dispensaries, determine location of 190 17 
 
 Meetings of 189 9 
 
 Meetings, records of to be kept 189 10 
 
 Monthly reports to Council 189 11-12 
 
 Monthly meetings 189 10
 
 index. 579 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Oakwood Cemetery, to maintain telephone communication 
 
 with 190 15 
 
 Overseers of poor, to have powers and duties of conferred 
 
 by State law 190 12 
 
 Removal, officers and employees, City Hone, may order 188 5 
 
 Removal, Superintendent City Home, Council to order 188 5 
 
 Reports, from institutions receiving aid from city 190 13 
 
 Reports, of beggars to be made to 191 23 
 
 Reports, to Council monthly 189 11-12 
 
 Rules and regulations for government of City Home to adopt. 1ST 3 
 
 Salaries, power to fix of City Home employees 187 2 
 
 Telephone communication to Oakwood Cemetery, to main- 
 tain 190 15 
 
 Visiting staff, to appoint 187 3 
 
 St. John's Burying Ground — 
 (See "Cemeteries.") 
 
 Appointment and number 57 14 
 
 Creation, appointment, duties, etc 185 1-2 
 
 Elect keeper for 185 2 
 
 Street Cleaning — 
 
 (See "Street Cleaning.") 
 
 Appointment and number 57 14 
 
 Clerk, to elect 373 23 
 
 Dog pound, to supervise, purchase medals and appoint pound- 
 master 369 8 
 
 Garbage, prescribe rules for collection of 371 15 
 
 License tins to be provided by 110 25 
 
 Poundmaster, to appoint 369 8 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning collection of garbage, may 
 
 make 371 15 
 
 Rules and regulations, may prescribe concerning department 369 4 
 
 Superintendent, assistant to, to elect 372 21 
 
 Superintendent, may suspend 369 7 
 
 Superintendent, provide vehicle for use of 369 4 
 
 Uniforms, may require employees to wear 370 9 
 
 Vehicle, provide for use of Superintendent 369 4 
 
 Streets — 
 
 (See "Streets.") 
 
 Accounts of 301 3c 
 
 Application to use streets, bond required before may be con- 
 sidered by 308 25 
 
 Bond, required before consideration of application to use 
 
 streets 308 25 
 
 Building line, may establish, when 315 45 
 
 Call meetings 301 1 
 
 Cellars and vaults on sidewalks, entrances to, to authorize.. 309 29 
 
 Clerk of, who to be 302 3c 
 
 Conduits, authorize use of by others than owners 364 28
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Contracts, chairman to execute 305 15 
 
 Corner-stones, location of to be determined by 306 IS 
 
 Creation of 301 1 
 
 Elect employees Street Department 301 3-1 J 
 
 Employees in Street Department, elected by 301 3-1S 
 
 Encroachments, authority to cause removal and collect cost, 
 direct City Attorney to institute proceedings to recover 
 
 possession of street or alley 315 44 
 
 Encroachments on streets, City Attorney to be notified of by 314 42 
 
 Encroachments on streets, to order removal 311 32 
 
 Excavations and barriers in streets, to authorize 306 21-23 
 
 Expenditures by, authority for 305 14 
 
 Grades, to be reported to Council by 305 IT 
 
 Hands and carts, adopt rules and regulations concerning. . . . 320 54r 
 
 Meetings, appointment, quorum, etc 301 1 
 
 Name of changed 320 55 
 
 Obstructions in streets, certain to be authorized by 308 24 
 
 Petitions for use of sidewalks, to act on 131 9> 
 
 Poles, authorize use of by others than owners 326 4 
 
 Repairs street railways, to notify of 345 31 
 
 Reports, engineer, forwarded to Council by 304 12 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning hands and carts, may 
 
 adopt 320 54 
 
 Sewer connection bills, may make exceptions in favor of 
 
 indigent persons 135 15a. 
 
 Show cases, to grant permission for location of 311 32 
 
 Signs, may authorize erection of 318 50-51 
 
 Sprinkling streets, to supervise 309 2S 
 
 Street improvements, chairman to execute contracts for.... 305 15- 
 
 Street railways, to notify of needed repairs 345 31 
 
 Streets, application to use, bond required before considera- 
 tion of 308 25 
 
 Streets, may authorize certain constructions in 131 9 
 
 Streets, supervise sprinkling of 309 2$ 
 
 Water courses and streams, improvement of certain under 
 
 control of; exception as to James River 320 55 
 
 Water — 
 
 (See "Water Department.") 
 
 Appointment and number 56 14 
 
 Bids, certified checks with, exception as to 54 4 
 
 Clerk of, appointment 286 34 
 
 Grades, profiles, etc., to be obtained from City Engineer.... 303 9> 
 
 Water Works, to govern and control 266 4 
 
 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA— 
 
 Property of, not to be listed for taxation 99 24 
 
 COMMUTATION— 
 
 Sewer tax 132j 136 12, 16
 
 INDEX. 581 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 COMPENSATION— 
 (See "Salaries.") 
 (See "Commissions.") 
 (See "Wages.") 
 
 COMPULSORY— 
 
 Sewer connections 134 15 
 
 CONDUCT— 
 
 Indecent, in public places 228 14 
 
 Lewd or disorderly 228 13 
 
 CONDUCTORS— 
 
 Of electric light, and power, how fastened, insulated, etc 361 17-23 
 
 Of street car, liable for carelessness 335 9 
 
 Of street railways, must be sober and prudent men 335 9 
 
 CONDUITS— 
 
 (See "Poles.") 
 
 (See "Wires, Poles, Conduits," etc.) 
 
 Applicant for privilege, bond of 56, 308 13, 25 
 
 Bond of applicant for privilege 56, 308 13, 25 
 
 Capacity, what required 363 28 
 
 Council may require wires to be run in 366 33 
 
 Entrance of, committee to authorize 365 30 
 
 Extension of 366 33 
 
 Fee, for use of streets 366 32 
 
 Franchise, life of 366 31 
 
 Improvements, city, must move for 364 28 
 
 Location of 363 28 
 
 Material of 363 28 
 
 Privilege for, termination of 366 31 
 
 Public improvements, to move for 364 28 
 
 Size of 363 28 
 
 Streets, use of for, fee 366 32 
 
 Use by others than owners 364 30 
 
 Wires, Council may require to be run in 366 33 
 
 Wires emerging from 364 29 
 
 CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL LITERARY SOCIETY— 
 
 Property of Central School dedicated to 159 16 
 
 CONFEDERATE VETERANS— 
 
 Lee Camp of, lot in Riverview Cemetery 180 72 
 
 CONFEDERATE WOMEN— 
 
 Lot for burial of, in Riverview Cemetery, donated to Lee 
 Camp, Confederate Veterans 181 77 
 
 CONNECTIONS— 
 
 Of lead pipe with iron pipe 208 69 
 
 With arc light and power, lines and to buildings, how made, 
 
 etc ' 361 22 
 
 ONSOLIDATION, RICHMOND AND MANCHESTER— 
 
 Annexation, date when effective 28 
 
 Annexation, terms of agreed upon 25-2.8 
 
 Boundaries of consolidated municipality 14-27
 
 582 IXDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Certain city officers abolished 17 
 
 Certain officers continued in office to end of term IS 
 
 Charter and ordinances of city of Richmond to govern police . 
 force, Fire Department, Board of Health, care of public 
 grounds and buildings, streets and sewers, Water and 
 
 Light Departments, and care of the poor 20 
 
 Charter city of Manchester surrendered 17 
 
 Charter rights, privileges, etc., of Manchester granted to 
 
 Richmond 17 
 
 City Attorney to be Assistant City Attorney to end of term. 18 
 Commonwealth's Attorney to be Assistant Commonwealth's 
 
 Attorney to end of term IS 
 
 Constables, continued in office 22 
 
 Consolidation, date when effective 28 
 
 Consolidation, decree of court effectuating 11-12 
 
 Consolidation, terms of agreed upon 25-28 
 
 Consolidation, voters to ratify 28 
 
 Council records, provisions for preservation of 21 
 
 Council, representation of Washington Ward in 17 
 
 Debt, Manchester not to create further IS 
 
 Decree of the court effectuating 11-12 
 
 Election officers, continued for respective terms 22 
 
 Election precincts in, creation of 22 
 
 Election returns of, how to be made 22 
 
 Electoral board, duties of transferred to that of new muni- 
 cipality 22 
 
 Fire Department, Richmond ordinances to govern 20 
 
 Fire protection to be established and maintained 20 
 
 Funds and all outstanding revenues, etc., of Manchester 
 
 transferred to consolidated municipality. . . 19 
 
 Gas Department, Richmond ordinances to govern 20 
 
 Gas, distribution of and rates 21 
 
 Grounds and buildings, Richmond regulations to govern 20 
 
 Health Department, Richmond regulations to govern 20 
 
 Justices, continued in office 22 
 
 Jail, use of 21 
 
 Light Department, Richmond ordinances to control 20 
 
 Lights, street, provisions for 21 
 
 Manchester not to create further debt nor levy further taxes. IS 
 Manchester ordained to be ward of consolidated municipality 
 
 and named "Washington Ward" 17 
 
 Members of Manchester Police and Fire Departments to be 
 
 under same departments of new municipality 20 
 
 Officers, city, certain abolished 17 
 
 Officers retained, salaries of '. . . .22-24 
 
 Officers, salary of, removal not to affect 24-25 
 
 Ordinance providing terms of 12-29 
 
 Police and Fire Departments, age of members of former 
 
 Manchester departments not to bar reappointment 20
 
 INDEX. 583 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Police force, Richmond ordinances to govern 20 
 
 Poor, Richmond ordinances to control care of 20 
 
 Prisoners, to be confined in present jail 21 
 
 Public records, preservation of 21 
 
 Rates, for gas in 21 
 
 Richmond accepts and assumes all rights granted, etc 17 
 
 Records, public, transferred to new municipality 21 
 
 Registrars, judges, etc., of election, continued to end of 
 
 term 22 
 
 Representation of Washington Ward in City Council 17 
 
 Salary of certain city officers continued 18 
 
 Salary of officers retained ascertained and fixed 22-24 
 
 Salary, removal of officers not to affect 24-25 
 
 Seal of city of Richmond adopted 17 
 
 Sewer tax, when to be imposed 21 
 
 Sewers, Richmond regulations to govern 20 
 
 School Board of consolidated municipality; how constituted. 19 
 School facilities, adequate for white and colored to be pro- 
 vided 19 
 
 School officials of Manchester continued in office for respec- 
 tive terms 19 
 
 School trustees continued to end of term 20 
 
 Street light, provision for 21 
 
 Streets, Richmond ordinances concerning to govern 20 
 
 Superintendent Manchester schools to be Assistant Superin- 
 tendent under Richmond school system, but duties con- 
 fined to Manchester (Washington Ward) 20 
 
 Teachers in existing schools of Manchester to be continued 
 
 on Richmond payroll 19 
 
 Taxes, sewer, not to be imposed until pipes for installed. ... 21 
 
 Voters, to ratify consolidation 28 
 
 Wards of Manchester, abolished 22 
 
 "Washington Ward," creation of 17 
 
 Washington Ward; election precincts in, creation of 22 
 
 Water Department, Richmond ordinances to control 20 
 
 Water rates in 20 
 
 Water supply, not to be contaminated 20-21 
 
 Water system of Manchester to be maintained and operated. 20 
 
 Water takers, rate to be charged 20 
 
 CONSTABLE— 
 
 At each election precinct, pay of 421 5 
 
 CONSTITUTIONALITY— 
 
 Of the ordinances, trial of the 419 1 
 
 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES— 
 
 Board of Health to protect inhabitants from 194 4 
 
 Horses affected with to be isolated 401 12 
 
 Placarding of certain required 214 96
 
 581 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Quarantine, persons affected with required to perform 222 3 
 
 Water not to be cut off from premises during continuance 
 
 of 280 18 
 
 Water shed, certain occurring on to be reported 212 88 
 
 CONTENTS— 
 
 Of ordinances, by chapters 4-6 
 
 CONTESTED ELECTION— 
 
 Effect of on salary of person elected 68 6 
 
 CONTRACTOR— 
 
 Bond surety on, must be by guarantee or trust company 50 6b 
 
 Electrical, license, bond, etc 291 16-17 
 
 For removal of dead animals 376 38 
 
 For removing night soil, penalty for negligence, bond, etc. . 202 46-52 
 
 Penalty on him for neglect; policeman to notify him 377 42-44 
 
 Who employs convict labor, not to have award of contract. . 54 4 
 
 With city may be required to deposit certified check for five 
 per cent, of contract 54 4 
 
 CONTRACTS— 
 
 Annual, for printing, binding, advertising and stationery 75 2 
 
 Deeds, etc., Auditor the custodian of, etc 77 3 
 
 For party entering a conduit 365 30 
 
 For the privilege of running cars on the streets 332 1 
 
 In Engineer's Department to be signed by chairman of Street 
 
 Committee; what security required on 305 15 
 
 Of city, etc., to be written by the City Attorney 409 3 
 
 With city, salaried officer not to be interested directly or in- 
 directly, penalty, etc 48 6 
 
 CONVEYANCES— 
 
 When city interested in, to be written by City Attorney 409 3 
 
 CONVICT LABOR— 
 
 Not to be employed, and contractor who employs it not to 
 have award of contract 54 
 
 coke- 
 To be sold by weight 392 34 
 
 CORD— 
 
 Of wood, contents of 390 30 
 
 CORN— 
 
 Standard weight of, per bushel 389 26 
 
 CORNER-STONES— 
 
 To be erected to show width, lines, etc., of streets 306 18 
 
 CORONER— 
 
 Certificate of for jurors at inquests 421 3 
 
 Death certificates, refusal of, penalty 169 16 
 
 Of the city, chapter 57, concerning the 423 
 
 Post-mortems; reports of the 423 1 
 
 Salary, fees, room, duties, etc., furniture fixtures, inquests by 424 1-4 
 
 Semi-annual report of the 423 2
 
 INDEX. 585 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 CORPORATIONS— 
 
 Bond of, surety company required on 50 6b 
 
 Capital and assets of 97 19 
 
 Firm or persons, giving bond, must furnish guarantee com- 
 pany security 50 6b 
 
 Property of, who to list the 95 10 
 
 Taxation, to be listed for 96 11 
 
 Wires, poles, etc., cost of repairs, etc., to be divided between. 355 1 
 
 COUNCIL— 
 
 Deputy collectors of city taxes, may remove 115 2 
 
 Grades, to establish 305 14 
 
 Improvement James River, to elect seven members commit- 
 tee 378 1 
 
 Members of not to receive compensation for services rend- 
 ered before, or before any committee of 48 8 
 
 Members of to be furnished street car tickets 73 2 
 
 School trustees to elect 397 3 
 
 COUNCIL COMMITTEES— 
 
 (see also "Committees") 53 1 
 
 Clerk of, election, etc. (see "Clerk of Council Committees"), 
 Members of Finance not eligible to serve on any other com- 
 mittee 58 21 
 
 Quorum of, how constituted 5S 22 
 
 COUNTRY PRODUCE— 
 
 Peddlers of, to secure license 107 17 
 
 What, is exempt from license 107 17 
 
 COUNTY PROPERTY— 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing 162 33 
 
 COUPONS— 
 
 Destruction of matured : 150 14 
 
 COURTS AND JURIES— 
 
 Funds appropriated for to be charged with jurors' pay 421 3 
 
 COVENANT— 
 
 Of the city, concerning "perpetual care" of lots in cemeteries. 181 82 
 
 COVERED WAYS— 
 
 Required when building on street line 307, 460 22, 61 
 
 COWS- 
 Bells on prohibited 233 30 
 
 Not allowed in streets or alleys 400, 233 5, 30 
 
 CRACKING WHIPS— 
 
 Without necessity, penalty for, etc 326 20 
 
 CREMATORY— 
 
 Compensation of laborers at 373 24 
 
 Garbage, from business houses to be deposited at 371 13 
 
 CREW, W. HALL— 
 
 Allowed a fence at section in Riverview 180 75 
 
 CROCKERY— 
 
 Penalty for putting in the streets 328 4
 
 586 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 CROSSBOW— 
 
 Or bow, use of, prohibited 231 22 
 
 CROSSINGS— 
 
 Railroad, gates at (see "Gates at Railroad Crossings") 313 40 
 
 Railroad, when more than one train, watchman and flag re- 
 quired 352 1 
 
 Right of way of cars at 343 23-26 
 
 Sidewalk and alley 306 19-20 
 
 Steam railroad and street railway, cars to stop; steam road 
 
 to have right of way ; . 337 17 
 
 Street railways 336 17 
 
 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS— 
 
 Abandonment, killing, mutilating, cruel beating, maiming, in- 
 juring, torturing, overriding, overloading, etc., prohibited; 
 
 penalty, etc 400 6 
 
 Cattle to have food, water and ventilation; diseased and over- 
 heated animals; cattle for food not to be bound or tied; 
 
 police to enforce ordinances concerning 401 7-13 
 
 Chapter 49, concerning cruelty to animals, etc 400 6 
 
 CULVERT TAX— 
 
 Commutation of .' 132 12 
 
 CUT SHAW PLACE— 
 
 Description and designation of 160 23 
 
 Keeper of, appointment and duties 159 20 
 
 DAIRY FARMS— 
 
 Regulations concerning sale of milk by 196 17 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning management of Board of 
 Health may prescribe ; . . 200 35 
 
 DAMAGES— 
 
 Conduits, etc '. 363- 28 
 
 Electrolysis, railway companies liable for 345 33 
 
 Electrolysis, how collected 347 33c 
 
 Licensed vehicles, for loss or injury, by . 321 1 
 
 DANGEROUS— 
 
 Animal, not to go at large; may be killed by order of Police 
 
 Justice 400 3 
 
 Building (see "Building Code") 295 5 
 
 Liquids, handling, storing, sale, etc 237-240 8-17 
 
 Material, firing of, forbidden 228 11 
 
 Wall (see "Building Code.") 
 
 DEAD ANIMALS— 
 
 Canals, docks, etc., deposit in prohibited 226 
 
 Owner of to give notice to contractor, penalty for failure, 
 
 Removal of, regulations concerning 376 38-44 
 
 place to give notice 376 39-4( 
 
 Water shed, not to be placed on 212
 
 INDEX. 587 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 DEAD BODIES— 
 
 Almshouse, not to remain at over forty-eight hours 190 16 
 
 Burial of at the expense of the city 190, 423 14, 4 
 
 Coroner to examine 423 1-2 
 
 Public or private conveyance to have permit for removal of. 168 13 
 
 Removal of, how permits are granted for 168 13-14 
 
 DEATH CERTIFICATE— 
 
 Physicians and coroner to furnish, etc 168 11 
 
 DEBT OP THE CITY— 
 (See "Auditor.") 
 (See "Bonds.") 
 (See "Sinking Fund.") 
 (See "Sinking Fund Commissioners.") 
 
 Bonds, books for transfer of, when closed 147 9 
 
 Bonds, cancelled certificated to be filed 147 10 
 
 Bonds, coupon, exchange of for registered 145 6 
 
 Bonds, denominations and amounts of 145 5 
 
 Bonds, form for 147 13 
 
 Bonds, how signed 145 3 
 
 Bonds, interest on, rate of 147 13 
 
 Bonds, interest paid on until redeemed 145 1 
 
 Bonds, lost or destroyed, reissue 147 11 
 
 Bonds, matured coupons, destruction of 150 14 
 
 Bonds, new certificate for cancelled 145 6 
 
 Bonds, payable to bearer, etc 145 4 
 
 Bonds, registered, exchange of for coupon 145 6 
 
 Bonds, registration of 145 2 
 
 Bonds, reissue of lost or destroyed 147 11 
 
 Bonds, sale and transfer 146 8-9 
 
 Books, transfer of bonds, when closed 147 9 
 
 Cancelled certificates of, to be filed 147 10 
 
 Certificates and bonds to be registered 145 2 
 
 Certificates, cancelled to be filed 147 10 
 
 Certificates, how signed 145 3 
 
 Certificates, new for old cancelled 145 6 
 
 Chapter 19, concerning the 145 
 
 Denomination and amount of bonds 145 5 
 
 Exchange of registered for coupon bonds, and vice versa. . . . 145 6 
 
 Form for the bonds 147 13 
 
 Loss or destruction of and reissue 147 11 
 
 Interest to be paid on until redeemed 145 1 
 
 New certificate for old one cancelled 145 
 
 Notes, temporary debt, how made, etc 147 12 
 
 Rate of interest on 147 13 
 
 Records of bonds, who to keep 145 1 
 
 Registration of by Auditor 145 2 
 
 Sale and transfer of 146 8-9 
 
 Temporary debt, notes for, how made, etc 147 12 
 
 Transfer and sale of bonds 146 8-9
 
 588 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 DECEASED PERSONS— 
 
 Property of, how listed 
 
 DECORATIONS— 
 
 In cemeteries, may be removed by keeper 
 
 DECREE— 
 
 Order or judgment, how listed with Commissioner of Rev- 
 enue 
 
 DEDICATION— 
 
 Of streets, acceptance of by city 
 
 DEEDS— 
 
 City Attorney, to be written by the 
 
 Contracts, etc., the Auditor the custodian of 
 
 To land sold for taxes, if not made in one year; owner may 
 redeem 
 
 Trust, on goods and chattels not to prevent distress for taxes. 
 DEFACING— 
 
 Buildings, private 228, 162, 
 
 Buildings, public 
 
 Churches and houses of worship 
 
 Dwelling houses, obscene writing or pictures on, penalty. . . . 
 
 Dwelling houses, chalking on 
 
 Gaugers' marks, altering or imitating 
 
 Markets, fixtures in 
 
 Marks of public weigher 
 
 Monuments and graves, etc., in cemeteries 
 
 Public buildings '. 
 
 Public weigher, marks of 
 
 Sidewalks or roadbed of streets 
 
 Streets, roadbed of 
 
 Tree boxes, penalty for 
 
 Trees, buildings, etc., in William Byrd Park, penalty 
 
 Trees, plants and shrubs 
 
 Wall, building, tree box or enclosure, penalty 
 
 William Byrd Park, tres or enclosures in 
 
 DEFECTIVE— 
 
 Machinery in street cars 
 
 Meters for gas, to be reported, etc 
 
 Meters, to be removed ( "Gas" ) 
 
 Meters, water, how charge made 
 
 DELINQUENT— 
 
 (See "Auditor.") 
 
 (See "Collector Delinquent Taxes.") 
 
 (See "Licenses.") 
 
 (See "Taxation, Delinquent.") 
 
 Gas bills, penalties, how collected, paid, etc 
 
 Gas consumer, not to have use of gas 
 
 Land, penalty for false return of 
 
 Licenses, to be reported to Police Justice 
 
 Taxes, annual list of Collector 
 
 95 
 
 10 
 
 170 
 
 19 
 
 93 
 
 
 
 314 
 
 44 
 
 409 
 
 3 
 
 77 
 
 3 
 
 140 
 
 14 
 
 117 
 
 10 
 
 63 13, 
 
 33,36 
 
 162 
 
 32-33 
 
 162 
 
 33 
 
 228 
 
 13 
 
 163 
 
 36 
 
 385 
 
 
 
 250 
 
 32 
 
 386 
 
 12 
 
 163 
 
 34 
 
 162 
 
 33 
 
 386 
 
 12 
 
 233 
 
 33 
 
 233 
 
 33 
 
 163 
 
 33 
 
 161 
 
 26 
 
 162 
 
 33-34 
 
 163 
 
 36 
 
 161 
 
 26 
 
 345 
 
 32 
 
 256 
 
 20 
 
 257 
 
 21 
 
 276 
 
 14g 
 
 259 
 
 24-27 
 
 259 
 
 24 
 
 118 
 
 15 
 
 111 
 
 30 
 
 119 
 
 22
 
 INDEX. 589 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Taxes, bills for, in Auditor's hands, how paid 124 41 
 
 Taxes, constitute ineligibility to office 48 3 
 
 Taxes, list of, annual 119 22 
 
 Taxes, list of to be posted at City Hall 119 22 
 
 Taxes, 1894 and previous years 124 33-34 
 
 Taxes, 1895 and subsequent years 124 34 
 
 Taxes, 1895 and subsequent years, bill to be surrendered to 
 
 Auditor 124 32 
 
 Water takers, who exempt . . 280 18 
 
 DEPARTMENTS— 
 
 (See "Several Departments.") 
 
 Annual inventory 58 23 
 
 Annual reports 47 1 
 
 Books and records, special accountant to examine 56 10-11 
 
 Chapter 7, concerning 53 
 
 Fire purposes, free water for 273 14e 
 
 Gas consumed, payment for required 54 6 
 
 Inventory, annual 58 23 
 
 Office hours 53 1 
 
 Order, stationery and printing, required for 76 10 
 
 Ordinances concerning, to index and file 58 24 
 
 Reports, annual 47 1 
 
 Stationery and printing for, purchase of 76 9 
 
 Stationery and printing, written order required for 76 10 
 
 Water rate for, exception as to fire purposes 273 14e 
 
 DEPOSITORIES— 
 
 For city funds 87 43 
 
 DEPOTS— 
 
 Hacks, carriages, omnibuses, etc 352 2-5 
 
 Railroad, security in use of 298 1 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 Water rates for meter 273 14f 
 
 DEPREDATION— 
 
 Of animals, fowls, etc 162 33 
 
 DEPUTIES— 
 
 (See "Assistants.") 
 (See "Clerks.") 
 
 Building Inspector, appointment, etc 429 1-2 
 
 Collector City Taxes, appointment of 115 2 
 
 Collector Delinquent Taxes 124 31 
 
 Commissioner of the Revenue 93 2 
 
 Gas Department, appointment of 252 1 
 
 Gas Department, to give bond, etc 263 36 
 
 Harbor master 384 17 
 
 Inspector and gauger, oath, duties, etc 385 7 
 
 Market clerks 244 6 
 
 Measurer of grain, appointment, oath, etc. 390 27 
 
 DESTITUTE— • 
 
 Non-resident poor 189 8
 
 590 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 DESTROYING— 
 
 Grass, trees, etc., in parks 162 30 
 
 Graves, monuments, tombstones, etc., flowers. 163 34 
 
 Public property 162 32-33 
 
 Real property, penalty, etc.; trees, plants, sbrubs, etc., in 
 
 cemeteries 162 33-34 
 
 Trees, building, etc., in Byrd Park 161 26 
 
 DESTRUCTION— 
 
 Of matured coupons, required 150 14 
 
 DETENTION— 
 
 Of infected persons, in quarantine 222 3 
 
 DIGGING— 
 
 Streets up, permit required for 308 23 
 
 DIRT— 
 
 Penalty for depositing in the port 383 15c 
 
 May be carried off lot, etc.; penalty for leaving in street 231 24-26 
 
 Carts, must be tight and not waste on streets 322 6 
 
 DISCHARGE— 
 
 Arrows, pistols, guns, cannon, firearms, prohibited 231 22 
 
 Guns, pistols, cannon, firearms, forbidden 228 11 
 
 DISCOURTESY— 
 
 Of gas inspector or deputies 263 38 
 
 DISEASED CATTLE— 
 
 Regulations concerning 401 11-14 
 
 DISINTERMENT— 
 
 Of bodies in city cemeteries 169 18 
 
 Of remains in Riverview Cemetery 178 63-64 
 
 DISORDERLY CONDUCT— 
 
 Penalty for 228 13 
 
 DISPENSARIES— 
 
 Free, pay of, etc 190 17 
 
 DISTILLERY— 
 
 A nuisance, penalty for running in city 227 6 
 
 DISTRAIN— 
 
 For taxes, when the Collector may 116 7 
 
 Proceeds of distress to go to treasury 119 20 
 
 When Collector may before September 1st 119 20 
 
 DISTRAINT— 
 
 Commenced by Collector, to be completed by him 120 24 
 
 For taxes, Finance Committee may suspend 116 7 
 
 DISTRESS— 
 
 Divided lots, to be proportioned to, etc 117 9 
 
 Levy, for taxes, to be reasonable; sale of goods under 118 16 
 
 Nuisance, to recover cost from non-resident 229 15 
 
 Sufficient sum, etc., to be for 116 8 
 
 Taxes, not to be prevented by deed or mortgage 117 10
 
 INDEX. 591 
 
 pace Si:c. 
 
 DISTRICT PHYSICIANS— 
 (See "Board of Health.") 
 (See "Chief Health Officer.") 
 
 Assistance to be rendered each other 216 102 
 
 Chief health officer, to have control of 216 103 
 
 Chief health officer, under direction of 214 98 
 
 Control of, chief health officer to have 216 103 
 
 Districts, Board of Health to fix 214 98 
 
 Districts, number of 214 98 
 
 Districts, one for each 214 98 
 
 Districts, to reside in . . 214 98 
 
 Duties of 214 99 
 
 Election, term and designation 214 97 
 
 Removal or suspension of 216 104 
 
 Reports, certain required of, what to contain 215 100 
 
 Reports, when made and to whom 215 100 
 
 Residence of, to be in district 214 98 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning, Board of Health to pre- 
 scribe 216 103 
 
 Salary of, how paid 216 101 
 
 DISTRICTS— 
 
 Physicians to poor, assignment to 214 98 
 
 School 397 1 
 
 Working, Engineer Department 305 13b 
 
 DIVIDED LOTS- 
 HOW value assessed 94 6 
 
 DOCK— 
 
 Lines for, on the river, removal of, etc 379 8 
 
 Nuisances in 226 1 
 
 Obstructions in, removal of 379 8 
 
 Sales at the, by auction 317 49 
 
 DOEN'S HILL— 
 
 To be called "Jefferson Park" 159 17 
 
 DOGS— 
 
 (See "Animals.") 
 
 (See "Street Cleaning.") 
 
 Butcher's, not allowed in markets 400 2 
 
 Capture of, penalty for preventing 375 35 
 
 Catchers of, appointment and duties 374 31 
 
 Cemeteries, not to enter 171 21 
 
 City Hall, prohibited from entering 157 10 
 
 Killing licensed prohibited 400 3 
 
 License for required 373 26 
 
 License tax on 109 24 
 
 Licensed, not to be killed 400 3 
 
 Licensed, stealing a 400 3 
 
 Markets, butcher's in or about prohibited 400 2 
 
 Medals for, Auditor to deliver and charge to Treasurer 101 25
 
 592 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Medals for, Committee on Street Cleaning to purchase 369 
 
 Muzzled, certain to be 234 25 
 
 Pound for, provisions concerning establishment and mainte- 
 nance of 374-376 26-37 
 
 Pound for, under control of Committee on Street Cleaning. . . 373 26 
 
 Redemption of 375 32 
 
 Stealing licensed, penalty 400 3 
 
 Unlicensed, captured, to be killed 375 33 
 
 Unlicensed, prohibited in city 373 26 
 
 Visitors, exceptions as to, owned by 400 5 
 
 DOG POUND— 
 
 Pound master, employment of 373 26 
 
 Provisions concerning maintenance and establishment of.. 374-376 31-37 
 
 DOORS— 
 
 Buildings for exhibitions, etc., Mayor may examine, etc 112 34 
 
 Cellars, construction of 309 29 
 
 Obstructing street (see "Building Code") 311 32 
 
 Public buildings 299 
 
 Sample packages, not to be thrown in 234 36 
 
 DOUBLE CARTS— 
 
 Drays, etc., a load for (see "Vehicles") 324 15 
 
 DOUBLE TRACK— 
 
 Railways (see "Street Railways") 332 1-2 
 
 DRAIN— 
 
 In front, etc., of lot, etc., to be kept clear 231 23 
 
 DRAINAGE— 
 
 Defective, a nuisance; to be corrected; notice to be given; 
 penalty for neglecting 226 4 
 
 DRAINS AND DRAIN PIPES— 
 
 Rules and regulations for (see "Plumbing") 156 81 
 
 DRAUGHTSMAN— 
 
 Engineer Department, appointment, duties and compensation. 303 7 
 Instrument man and, employment of; duties and compensa- 
 tion 302 6 
 
 DRAYS— 
 
 Duty when passing street cars (see "Vehicles") 333 4 
 
 License for ; 109 24 
 
 Licensed and how 321 1-3 
 
 Wagons, carts, hacks, etc., to be listed for tax 96 12 
 
 Wagons, hacks, carts, chapter 36, concerning 321 
 
 DREDGING— 
 
 Dump for, to be designated 379 9 
 
 DRIVERS— 
 
 (See "Vehicles.") 
 
 Ambulance, must make way for 191 22 
 
 Bicycles, when meeting to pass to right; going in same direc- 
 tion to left 329 5c 
 
 Cemeteries, rules for in 170 20 
 
 Hack, at station or wharf, not to enter cars or vessels 352 2-4
 
 INDEX. 593 
 
 PACK SEC. 
 
 Hack, ordinance rates to be shown by 323 10 
 
 Reins to be held by while standing on streets 326 20 
 
 Street cars, liable for carelessness 335 9 
 
 Street cars, must be sober and prudent 335 9 
 
 Street railway, to keep lookout, ring bell, etc 333 4 
 
 Traffic regulations concerning 326 21 
 
 Vehicles, rules for in passing and meeting 326 21 
 
 Whip cracking to annoyance of others prohibited 326 20 
 
 DRIVING— 
 
 (See "Vehicles.") 
 
 Automobiles, speed of 329 5 
 
 Brakes required for certain vehicles 325 17 
 
 Cemeteries, rules for in 170, 178 20, 60 
 
 Free bridge, fast over prohibited 229 17' 
 
 Heavy vehicle on certain streets prohibited 325 16 
 
 Horse affected with glanders or farcy, penalty 401 11 
 
 Riverview Cemetery, rules for in 178 60 
 
 Sidewalks, prohibited over 326 19 
 
 Speed of automobiles 329 5 
 
 Speed of, in streets and parks 326 18 
 
 Street railway tracks, rules on 333 4 
 
 Vehicles, speed of 326 18 
 
 Wheels, locked, prohibited with 326 20 
 
 DRUNKARD— 
 
 Habitual, deemed a vagrant 403 7 
 
 DRY CLOSETS— 
 
 Disinfected, to be 204 51 
 
 Improperly constructed, penalty for using 202 47 
 
 Removal of night soil from ; charges for 202 48 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning construction of 202 47 
 
 Watershed of feeder, required to be constructed on 211 83 
 
 DUMPS— 
 
 Fires on to be extinguished 297 15 
 
 DUPLICATE TAX BILLS— 
 
 Auditor may make 126 44 
 
 Delinquent Tax Collector cannot make 126 44 
 
 DWELLING HOUSES— 
 
 Water rates for (see "Building Code") 270 12 
 
 DYEING ESTABLISHMENT— 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 DYNAMITE— 
 
 When vessels handle it, harbor master to supervise 383 16 
 
 EGRESS— 
 
 From public buildings 299 9 
 
 EJECTMENT— 
 
 Action of, by City Attorney, to reclaim streets and alleys. . . . 314 42 
 
 ELECTION— 
 
 Auditorium, custodian for 160 22 
 
 Auditor's clerk 79 11 
 
 Blues' armory, custodian for 161 27
 
 594 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SIO. 
 
 Board of Health, members and president 192 1-2 
 
 Board of Health, officers and employees of 192 3a 
 
 Board of Public Interest, members of 57 16 
 
 Building Inspector 429 1 
 
 Chemist, City 393 1 
 
 City Attorney 409 1 
 
 City Clerk 69 1 
 
 City Engineer 301 2 
 
 City Hall employees 157 9 
 
 City Home employees 187 4 
 
 City Home, Superintendent of 187 4 
 
 City Home, visiting staff 187 4 
 
 Collector Delinquent Taxes 137 2 
 
 Contested, effect of on salary of person declared to be duly 
 
 elected 68 6 
 
 Council committees, clerk of 53 2 
 
 District physicians 214 97 
 
 Electrical inspectors ■ 289 7 
 
 Gas inspector and assistants 252 1 
 
 Gas Works, Superintendent of 252 1 
 
 Grain measurer 389 23 
 
 Harbor master 382 10 
 
 Inspector and gauger 385 1 
 
 James River improvement, chairman Committee on 378 2 
 
 James River Improvement, Committee on, members of by 
 
 Council when Chamber of Commerce fails 379 7 
 
 James River Improvement, Committee on, seven members of 
 
 by Chamber of Commerce 378 1 
 
 James River Improvement, employees of 378 4 
 
 Keeper, Monument Avenue grass plot 159 20 
 
 Keeper, Oakwood Cemetery 165 2 
 
 Keeper Riverside Park 159 18 
 
 Keeper, Riverview Cemetery 172 28 
 
 Keeper St. John's Burying Ground 185 2 
 
 Market clerks and deputies 243 6 
 
 Market, First, weighmaster for 387 15 
 
 Officers, city, not to serve as judge, registrar or clerk at 422 10 
 
 Person delinquent in payment of gas, water or tax bill pro- 
 hibited 48 3 
 
 Police Court, bailiff for 415 13 
 
 Police Court, clerk of 413 4 
 
 Police Court, Justice for 412 1 
 
 Police Court, substitute justices for 414 12 
 
 Police officers 424 1 
 
 Port wardens 381 1 
 
 Printing and Claims Committee, clerk of 75 6 
 
 School trustees 397 2 
 
 Sergeant-at-Arms 73 1 
 
 Sinking Fund, Commissioners of 151 2
 
 INDEX. 595 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Special Accountant 55 8 
 
 Special assessments, clerk of 133 12c 
 
 Street Cleaning, Assistant Superintendent of 372 21 
 
 Street Cleaning, clerk 373 23 
 
 Street Cleaning, Superintendent 368 1 
 
 Term of, of city officers 47 2 
 
 Time limit on qualification after 50 5 
 
 Treasurer's clerk 79 11 
 
 Water Works, Superintendent and Assistants 265 1-2 
 
 Weighmaster, First Market 387, 15 
 
 ELECTION PRECINCTS— 
 
 Chapter 3, concerning boundaries of 35 
 
 Clay Ward 35-36 2-5 
 
 Henry Ward 37 9-11 
 
 Jefferson Ward 40 20-23 
 
 Lee Ward 36 6-8 
 
 " Madison Ward 38 16-19 
 
 Marshall . Ward 41 24-26 
 
 Monroe Ward 38 12-15 
 
 Washington Ward 44 34 
 
 ELECTIONS— 
 
 City officers not to serve as clerk, etc., in 422 10 
 
 Clerk of precinct 421 4 
 
 Constable, each precinct, commissioners and messenger 421 5-6 
 
 Officers of, their pay, etc. ; judges of elections 421 4-10 
 
 Registrars' claims, how made out and paid 421 7-9 
 
 Registrars, sworn statement required 422 7 
 
 Secretary of electoral board, salary, etc 422 8 
 
 ELECTORAL BOARD— 
 
 Secretary of the, salary, etc 422 8 
 
 ELECTRIC CURRENT— 
 
 To be cut off during fire 296 9 
 
 ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES— 
 (See "Poles.") 
 
 To be removed from certain streets, etc 362 27 
 
 ELECTRIC LINE— 
 
 For power or arc light, entering house, to have cut-off ac- 
 cessible, etc 361 20 
 
 ELECTRIC PLANT— 
 
 Construction of, provisions concerning 287 1-4 
 
 Control of, Committee on Electricity to have 287 1 
 
 Equipment for, Committee on Electricity to purchase 288 3 
 
 Establishment and creation of 287 1 
 
 Location of 287 1 
 
 Supply light and power for municipal purposes only 288 2 
 
 Water Works, supply power for 288 4 
 
 ELECTRIC POWER POLES— 
 (See "Poles.")
 
 596 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 ELECTRIC WIRES— 
 
 And cables, must be numbered (see "Wires") 361 20 
 
 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS— 
 
 Bond of 291 17 
 
 Electrical work, to obtain permit for 290 13 
 
 License required of 291 16 
 
 Permits required for repairs or alterations in electrical 
 
 wiring 292 19 
 
 ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT— 
 
 (See "Committee on Electricity.") 
 (See "Electrician, City.") 
 
 Chapter 32, concerning 287 
 
 ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS— 
 
 Appointment, duties, salary 289 7 
 
 Old work, to inspect 293 24 
 
 ELECTRICAL WIRING— 
 
 Buildings, not to be disturbed in repair of 292 20 
 
 Contractors, license and bond for 291 16-17 
 
 Fuse for, size not to be increased, penalty 293 23 
 
 License and bond, contractors 291 16! 17 
 
 National Underwriters' Code, to conform to 292 18 
 
 Old work, inspection of 293 24 
 
 Permit, changes and alterations, required for 292 19 
 
 Permit required for 290 13 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning, Committee on Electricity 
 
 to make 289 6 
 
 ELECTRICIAN, CITY— 
 
 Appointment of 290 10 
 
 Buildings, require removal of wires from while being re- 
 paired 292 21 
 
 Defective wiring, require contractors to repair 291 17 
 
 Defective wiring to be reported to 290 12 
 
 Electrical apparatus of city, duty as to 290 11 
 
 Electricians, to examine and license 291 ' 15 
 
 Employ help, authority to 290 8 
 
 Permits, wiring, repairs to, to issue 292 19 
 
 Permits, wiring, to issue 290 13 
 
 Powers and duties 290 8-21 
 
 Salary of 290 10 
 
 Wires, require removal of from buildings in course of repair. 292 21 
 
 Wiring, to issue permits for 290 13 
 
 ELECTRICIANS— 
 
 License required of 291 15 
 
 ELECTRICITY, COMMITTEE ON— 
 
 (See "Committee on Electricity.") 
 ELECTROLYSIS— 
 
 Protection from, of gas and water mains and connections 345-349 33 
 
 Railway companies liable for damage from 345-349 33
 
 INDEX. 597 
 
 PAGE SBC. 
 
 ELEVATOR MEN— 
 
 City Hall 156 8 
 
 ELEVATORS— 
 
 Public, expectorating on floors of, penalty for 230 21 
 
 EMPLOYEES— 
 
 Chapter 8, concerning wages of 61-68 1-7 
 
 City Hall, duties, etc 157 12 
 
 City Hall, election, supervision, removal, etc 156 9 
 
 City Home, appointment of, etc 187 4 
 
 Collection of money by prohibited 81 19a 
 
 Dog pound, employment of 374 31 
 
 Election of prohibited when delinquent in payment of gas, 
 
 water or tax bills 48 3 
 
 Executive department, wages in 61 1 
 
 Gas, water or tax bills, delinquent in payment of, election 
 
 prohibited 48 3 
 
 James River improvement, employment and salaries 378 4 
 
 Judgments, failure to pay cause for suspension 59 25 
 
 Judicial department, wages in 67 3 
 
 Legislative department, wages in 67 2 
 
 Private work, not to engage in during office hours 53 1 
 
 Street railways, liability of for negligence, etc 335 9 
 
 Tax bills, delinquent in payment of wages to be withheld. ... 56 12 
 Wages, collection of prohibited when delinquent in payment 
 
 of tax bills 56 12 
 
 Wages, in executive department 61 1 
 
 Wages, in judicial department 67 3 
 
 Wages, in legislative department 67 2 
 
 Wages of, how fixed 68 7 
 
 ENCLOSURES— 
 
 Buildings, injury of around prohibited 162 33 
 
 Cemeteries, city, injury to prohibited 163 34 
 
 Cemeteries, city, sections in 169 19 
 
 Cemeteries, Riverview, sections in 177 55 
 
 Defacing, penalty for 163 36 
 
 Parks, injury to prohibited 162 30 
 
 Parks, William Byrd, injury to prohibited 161 26 
 
 ENCROACHMENT— 
 
 By a building, on streets, for twenty years 314 41-42 
 
 Penalty for failure to remove 314 43 
 
 Streets, by buildings on, how removal of compelled 314 41-42 
 
 Streets, certain prohibited on 311 32 
 
 Streets, proceedings to compel removal of from dedicated. .. 314 44 
 
 ENGINE— 
 
 Climbing on prohibited 353 7 
 
 Speed of, limited 352 1 
 
 Wheels for, width of prescribed 324 15
 
 598 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ENGINEER— 
 
 (See "Grounds and Buildings.") 
 
 (See "Streets.") 
 
 Annual inspections, powder wagons 237 7 
 
 Annual report 47 1 
 
 Annual report to Street Committee 304 12 
 
 Annual statement of 304 12 
 
 Appointment and bond 301 2 
 
 Arbitration, referee to be appointed by wben this fails 356 4 
 
 Arbitrators, joint use of conduits, appointment of for 365 30 
 
 Arbitrators, poles, joint use of, to appoint for 356 4 
 
 Area ways, approve construction of , 310 30 
 
 Assistants, appointment and duties 301 3-6 
 
 Awnings, grant permit for erection of 311 33 
 
 Bond of 301 2 
 
 Books and accounts of 304 11 
 
 Bridges, railroad, require flooring of crossing streets 313 40 
 
 Building material, authorize use of street for 307 22 
 
 Building material, grant extra space for 307 22 
 
 Buildings, public, determine strength of 29S 2 
 
 Buildings, public, to supervise as to obstructions in aisles, 
 
 etc 298 1 
 
 Cemeteries, vaults in, approve construction of 174 35 
 
 City Clerk, to furnish with grades and street lines 305 17 
 
 Conduits, joint use of, appoint arbitrators for 365 30 
 
 Contracts, with city, not to be interested in 301 2 
 
 Crossings for walkways, to determine character of 306 20 
 
 Digging up streets, report persons engaged in 308 23 
 
 Draughtsman, to appoint 302 7 
 
 Duties, general defined 303 9 
 
 Electrical apparatus, determine manner of erection of 355 1 
 
 Estimates, public improvements, cost of 129 6 
 
 Estimates, what to furnish 303 9 
 
 Excavations in streets, grant permit for 3.0 S 23 
 
 Fees, may charge and collect 304 10 
 
 Gas Department, grades, profiles, etc., for, to furnish 303 9 
 
 Gas Department, notify of change of grade 312 37a 
 
 Grade, change of, to notify Water and Gas Departments of. . 312 37a 
 
 Grades and lines, file with City Clerk 305 17 
 
 Grades, profiles, etc., to furnish to Gas and Water Depart- 
 ments 303 9 
 
 Grades, report changes in deemed proper 305 17 
 
 Grades, to furnish 305 17 
 
 Grounds and buildings, Superintendent of certain 155 3 
 
 Hands and carts, appoint manager for 305 13b 
 
 Hands and carts, to hire 304 13 
 
 Hitching posts, to approve construction of 313 39 
 
 Horse racks, approve construction of 313 39 
 
 Horse racks, determine design, material, location, etc 313 39
 
 INDEX. 599 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 House numbering, to superintend and regulate 312 35 
 
 Lines, streets, file with City Clerk 305 IT 
 
 Lines, street, to furnish 305 17 
 
 List, poles, to whom to furnish 358 9 
 
 List, sewer connection permits 136 16 
 
 Manure vaults, approve construction of 320 53 
 
 Manure vaults, plans of to be filed with 319 52 
 
 Notice, to Gas and Water Departments of change of grade. . . 312 37a 
 
 Notice, to pave stable entrance 306 20 
 
 Numbering houses, to supervise 312 35 
 
 Office hours of 304 11 
 
 Permits, awnings, erection of 311 33 
 
 Permits, digging in streets, to issue 308 23 
 
 Permits, excavations in streets, may grant 308 23 
 
 Permits, sewer connections, list of to be made by 136 16 
 
 Permits, sewer connections, to issue 133 12e 
 
 Plans and estimates, city work, required to' make 303 9 
 
 Plans, manure vaults, to be filed with 319 52 
 
 Plans, street railways, to approve 332 3 
 
 Poles, determine size, quality, character, number, location, 
 
 appearance^ of, etc 355, 357 1, 5 
 
 Poles, joint use of, appoint arbitrators to determine terms of 356 4 
 
 Poles, joint use of, appoint referee for 356 4 
 
 Poles, list of to be furnished Auditor and Superintendent Fire 
 
 Alarm by 358 9 
 
 Poles, use of, prescribe conditions for 357 4 
 
 Powers and duties, same as county surveyor 304 10 
 
 Powder wagons, annual inspection of by 237 7 
 
 Public buildings, determine strength of 298 2 
 
 Public buildings, supervision of as to safety 298 1 
 
 Public improvements, estimates of cost of, to make 129 6 
 
 Public improvements, report measurements and cost of 134 13 
 
 Qualification, term, appointment, bond, etc 301 2 
 
 Railroads, bridges and trestles of crossing streets, require 
 
 flooring over of 313 40 
 
 Referee, appointment of by when arbitration fails 356 4 
 
 Report, annual 47, 304 1, 12 
 
 Report, changes in grades deemed necessary 305 17 
 
 Report, persons digging up street 308 23 
 
 Report, public improvements, cost of 134 13 
 
 Rodman, to appoint 302 8 
 
 Sewer connections, determine practicability of 136 16 
 
 Sewer connections, permits for, to list 136 16 
 
 Sewer connections, permits for, to issue 133 12e 
 
 Sewers, designate superintendent of 305 13c 
 
 Sidewalk crossings, to approve construction of 306 20 
 
 Signs, approve manner of construction of 319 51 
 
 Stable entrances, notice to pave; to approve construction of 
 
 sidewalk crossings for 306 20
 
 600 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SIX. 
 
 Statement, annual 304 12 
 
 Statement, repairs to street railways, to make 344 31 
 
 Stenographer, to appoint 302 6 
 
 Street Committee, attend meetings of, and cause records 
 
 of to be kept 304 11 
 
 Street grades and lines, to file with City Clerk 305 17 
 
 Street lines, to furnish 305 17 
 
 Street railways, approve plans for 332 3 
 
 Street railways, statement of repairs necessary 344 31 
 
 Streets, areas and vaults in, approve construction of 310 30 
 
 Streets, building material in, may authorize 307 22 
 
 Streets, excavations in, may grant permit for 308 23 
 
 Streets, permit for digging in required 308 23 
 
 Streets, railroad bridges crossing, flooring over of may be 
 
 required by 313 40 
 
 Streets, report persons digging up 308 23 
 
 Streets, Superintendent of 303 9 
 
 Streets, vaults in, supervise construction of 131 9-10 
 
 Superintendent, Grounds and Buildings, certain 155 3 
 
 Superintendent of Streets 303 9 
 
 Superintendent, sewers, to designate one of assistants as 305 13c 
 
 Surveyor, county, powers and duties same as 304 10 
 
 Surveys, plans and estimates for city work, required to make. 303 9 
 
 Trestles, railroad, crossing streets, require flooring of 313 40 
 
 Vaults, in cemeteries, approve construction of 174 35 
 
 Vaults, manure, approve construction of; plans t® be filed 
 
 with 319 52-53 
 
 Vaults, supervise construction of 131 9-10 
 
 Vehicle for use of 304 13a 
 
 Walkways, crossings for, character of to be determined by. . . 306 20 
 
 Water Department, grades, profiles, etc., to furnish 303 9 
 
 Water Department, notify of change of grade 312 37a 
 
 Wires, poles and electrical apparatus, determine manner of 
 
 erection of 355, 357 1, 5 
 
 ENGINEER AND MACHINIST— 
 
 City Hall 156 8 
 
 ENGINEER DEPARTMENT— 
 (See "Streets.") 
 
 Bills of, how audited, and paid; vehicles for use of 304 13 
 
 ENGINEERS— 
 
 Assistant City 301 3.5 
 
 ENROLLMENT OP ORDINANCES— 
 
 Chapter 9, concerning the (see "City Clerk") 69 
 
 ENTRANCES— 
 
 To cellars, etc 310 
 
 ERRONEOUS ASSESSMENTS— 
 
 Collector of Taxes to list and furnish Auditor 119
 
 INDEX. 601 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 EVIDENCE— 
 
 Concerning minbrs visiting bar, etc., how secured 408 11 
 
 Stolen property retained as 414 8 
 
 EXAMINATIONS— 
 
 Auditor's books and accounts 77 2 
 
 Police Justice, records of 414 9 
 
 Special Accountant, to be made by the 55 11 
 
 Treasurer, records of 86 40 
 
 EXCAVATING— 
 
 Permit required for in street 308 23 
 
 Persons engaged in must erect barriers, lights, etc 306 21 
 
 Streets, by Gas and Water Departments in 303 9 
 
 Surface of street affected by to be kept in repair for twelve 
 months 308 23 
 
 EXCAVATIONS— 
 
 In sidewalks, gutters, roadbeds, etc.; by the Gas and Water 
 
 Departments to be restored, etc 303 9 
 
 EXECUTION— 
 
 May issue for a fine 418 3 
 
 May issue for cost of abating nuisance 229 16 
 
 May issue for unpaid license Ill 30 
 
 EXEMPTIONS— 
 
 From taxation 99 24 
 
 EXHIBITION— 
 
 Halls, public (see "Building Code") 299 6 
 
 Indecent of any subject or thing 228 13 
 
 Mayor to suspend permits for 112 34 
 
 EXITS— 
 
 In public buildings to be provided 298 1 
 
 Location of to be marked 300 12 
 
 To open outwardly 299 9 
 
 EXPECTORATING— 
 
 On the sidewalks, or on the floors of street cars, public ele- 
 vators or public halls, penalty for, etc 230 21 
 
 EXPENSE ACCOUNT— 
 
 Auditor and Treasurer, to be passed upon by the Committee 
 
 on Finance 89 5 
 
 City Clerk, appropriation for 71 12 
 
 Each department's how reduced by receipts, the Auditor to 
 
 show 82 19d 
 
 Gas Works, what to include 261 28 
 
 EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS— 
 
 Storage and sale of, requirements as to 237-240 8-17 
 
 EXPOSURE— 
 
 Indecent, of person, etc 228 14 
 
 EXPRESS COMPANIES— 
 
 To be classified for taxation 105 15
 
 602 INDEX - 
 
 EXTENSION— 
 
 Conduits 366 33 
 
 Street privileges, for railways 335 12 
 
 Street railways 332 3 
 
 Street railway privilege not to be granted without reference. 333 3 
 
 FACTORY— 
 
 (See "Building Code.") 
 
 Sanitary plumbing in a 206 56 
 
 W iter rates for a 269 12 
 
 FALSE ALARM OF FIRE— 
 
 Penalty for, etc 295 7 
 
 FALSE SWEARING— 
 
 Before the Auditor, perjury, etc *. 77 4 
 
 FARCY— 
 
 Or glanders, horses affected with to be isolated, etc 401 11-12 
 
 FARE— 
 
 On street cars 334 7 
 
 For school children, going to or returning from school, etc. . 337 19 
 
 FARMER— 
 
 Exhibition of products of his own exempt from license 108 21 
 
 FARMERS AND TRUCKERS— 
 
 At market houses (see "Markets") 250 33 
 
 FARM PRODUCTS— 
 
 Or animals, sale of, no license required 112 33 
 
 FAST RIDING AND DRIVING— 
 
 Automobiles, in streets prohibited 329 5 
 
 Bicycles, in parks prohibited 328 2 
 
 Bicycles, in streets prohibited 328 5 
 
 Vehicles, in streets prohibited 326 18 
 
 Vehicles, in Riverview Cemetery prohibited 178 60 
 
 Vehicles over Free Bridge prohibited 229 17 
 
 FEES— 
 
 (See "Commissions.") 
 
 Coroner, salary in lieu of 423 3 
 
 Election officers 421 4-6 
 
 Gauger, city 385 5 
 
 Grain, measurer of 390 2S 
 
 Inspector and gauger, for testing oils 237 10 
 
 Justices of the peace 417 21 
 
 Police Justice, not allowed to receive 413 5 
 
 Port wardens 381 2 
 
 Surveyor, city 304 10 
 
 Warrant of arrest 417 21 
 
 Weigher, public 388 21 
 
 Weighing forage at city scales 388 21 
 
 FELONY— 
 
 Sentence for, forfeits office 48 
 
 FEMALE SCHOOLS— 
 
 Protection of, and pupils attending them 234
 
 INDEX. 6 03 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 FENCE— 
 
 (See "Enclosures.") 
 
 Barbed wire, erection of prohibited 313 38 
 
 Injury to, in public grounds 161 26 
 
 Obstructing street 311 32 
 
 FENDERS— 
 
 On street cars 337 18 
 
 FERMENTED LIQUORS— 
 (See "Liquors.") 
 
 FIDUCIARY— 
 
 Personal property held by, how assessed 95 11 
 
 Cash book, City Collector's office 123 29b 
 
 FIERI FACIAS— 
 
 For fine, Police Justice may issue writ of Ill 30 
 
 Writ of, for a fine 418 4 
 
 FIGHTING— 
 
 In streets, or in public places 162 31 
 
 FILTH— 
 
 Garbage, ashes, etc., penalty for depositing, etc 370 11 
 
 Not to be deposited in, or near, the river, canal, locks, docks, 
 
 basin, forebays, etc 226 1 
 
 Street, penalty for leaving in 231 24-26 
 
 Streets, penalty for wasting on, etc., or depositing in forbid- 
 den places , 226 1-3 
 
 FINANCE COMMITTEE— 
 
 (See also "Committee on Finance.") 
 
 Appeals, from Commissioner of Revenue, to hear 100 28 
 
 Books of owners of wires in conduits, may examine 366 32 
 
 Commissioner of Revenue, certify work of 100 32 
 
 Conduits, wires in, may examine books of owners of 366 32 
 
 License, classification of, to make 103 5 
 
 Licenses, to hear complaints on 107 18 
 
 Meetings of, Special Accountant to attend 55 10 
 
 Personal property books, examine and certify 100 31 
 
 Real property books, examine and certify 100 31 
 
 Tax bills, indexes for, authorize purchase of 84 23 
 
 Taxes, assessments, review and hear appeals from 100 28 
 
 Taxes, distraint for, may suspend 116 7 
 
 FINE— 
 
 Part of to informer, in certain cases 22S, 308 13, 23 
 
 Trial of a, on appeal 419 1 
 
 FINES AND PENALTIES— 
 
 Appeal from 419 1 
 
 Chapter 54, concerning 41S 
 
 Execution on for failure to pay license Ill 30 
 
 Fieri facias for 418 4 
 
 Imposed by Police Justice, for use of city. 413 6 
 
 Imprisonment for 418 4 
 
 Informer, in what cases part goes to 228, 308 13, 23
 
 604 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Judgment, execution, levy and sale for 418 3 
 
 Liability for, who to pay 418 2 
 
 Married women, who liable for 41S 2 
 
 Minors, who liable for 41S 2 
 
 Notice, publication of, etc 418 4 
 
 Police to enforce laws prescribing 424 3 
 
 FIRE— 
 
 Beyond corporate limits, extinguishment of 297 IT 
 
 FIRE ALARM AND POLICE TELEGRAPH— 
 
 Chapter 33, concerning 294 
 
 (This chapter is practically abrogated by amendments to the 
 charter, section 93.) 
 
 Lineman, employment, compensation and duties 428 17 
 
 Employment of additional operator for, salary of 297 16 
 
 Penalty for interference with 295 7 
 
 Penalty for violation of ordinances concerning the 297 13 
 
 Right reserved to run wires of on any poles 292 22 
 
 Superintendent of the 290 10 
 
 FIRE APPARATUS— 
 
 Use of beyond city limits 297 17 
 
 FIREARMS— 
 
 Firing or discharging of 231 22 
 
 Firing or discharging of forbidden 228 11 
 
 Not to be discharged in cemeteries 169 17 
 
 Minors, not to carry on streets, alleys or parks 233 31 
 
 Sale of to minors prohibited 233 32 
 
 FIRE COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF— 
 (See "Fire Department.") 
 
 (Powers and duties, see sees. 93 to 94, inclusive, of "City 
 Charter.") 
 
 Dumps, to extinguish fires on 297 15 
 
 Fires, to aid in extinguishment of beyond corporate limits. . 297 17 
 
 Fire Alarm Department, to employ additional operator for. . 297 16 
 
 Inspect public buildings 296 11 
 
 Public buildings, to issue permit for opening 297 14 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning public buildings, to adopt. 296 12 
 
 Sell old material of Fire Department 295 8 
 
 FIRECRACKERS— 
 
 Extra size, prohibited 237 12 
 
 Firing of, forbidden 228 11 
 
 Sale of forbidden except in packages 228 11 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 (See "City Charter," sees. 93-94.) 
 
 Annual report Chief Engineer 294 1 
 
 Aisles, in public buildings, to be kept clear 296 10 
 
 Buildings, require owners of to correct defects in likely to 
 
 cause spread of fire 295 5 
 
 Chapter 33, concerning, and Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph 294 
 
 Chief Engineer of to have general control and supervision of. 294 1
 
 INDEX. 605 
 
 PACK SEC. 
 
 Chief Engineer of, to report annually to Mayor; what report 
 
 to contain 294 1 
 
 Chief of, to command police at fires 294 1 
 
 Control of, general, Chief Engineer to have 294 1 
 
 Corporate limits, extinguishment of fires beyond 297 17 
 
 Dumps, fires on to be extinguished 297 15 
 
 Electric wires, Chief Engineer may require current of to be 
 
 cut off during fire; penalty for failure 295 9 
 
 False fire alarm, penalty for 295 6 
 
 False fire alarm, reward for apprehension of person causing. 295 7 
 
 Fire, false alarm of, penalty for 295 6 
 
 Fire, false alarm of, reward for apprehension of person 
 
 giving 295 7 
 
 Fire, spread of, buildings likely to cause to be repaired 295 5 
 
 Firemen, interference with prohibited 294 2 
 
 Fires, dumps, extinguishment of on 297 15 
 
 Fires, extinguishment of beyond corporate limits, how and 
 
 when made 297 17 
 
 Free water for 473 14e 
 
 Interference with fireman in discharge of duty, prohibited.. 294 2 
 
 Loitering about engine houses prohibited 294 2 
 
 Meddling with apparatus of prohibited 294 2 
 
 Obstructions in streets, to be notified of 235 40 
 
 Ordinance violations, Chief to report 294 1 
 
 Permit, opening of public buildings 297 14 
 
 Police, at fires, Chief to command 294 1 
 
 Police, duties of in time of fire 294 3 
 
 Public buildings, aisles in to be kept clear 296 10 
 
 Public buildings, inspection of 296 11 
 
 Public buildings, permit for opening of 297 14 
 
 Public buildings, rules and regulations to promote safety of 
 
 persons in, Fire Commissioners may adopt 296 12 
 
 _ Public buildings, safety of, penalty for failure to comply with 
 
 rules and regulations concerning 297 13 
 
 Report, annual Chief Engineer 294 1 
 
 Safety of buildings, rules and regulations for 296 12 
 
 Safety of public buildings, penalty for failure to comply with 
 
 provisions for 297 13 
 
 Sale of old material by, proceeds of, how used 295 8 
 
 Service in, who eligible for 295 4 
 
 Streets, obstructions in, to be notified of 235 40 
 
 Water, free use of allowed to 273 14e 
 
 Wires, electric, Chief may cut 295 9 
 
 FIRE DOORS— 
 
 In public buildings 298 1 
 
 To open outwardly 299 9 
 
 FIRE ENGINE HOUSES— 
 
 Loitering about the, penalty, etc 294 2
 
 606 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 FIRE ESCAPE— 
 
 (See "Building Code.") 
 
 Mayor may require doors and openings sufficient for 112 34 
 
 FIRE EXITS— 
 
 Location of to be plainly indicated 300 12 
 
 To open outwardly 299 9 
 
 FIRING— 
 
 Guns, pistols, cannon and other firearms prohibited 228 11 
 
 Or discharging firearms, penalty 231 22 
 
 FIRING CHIMNEYS— 
 
 To clean them, forbidden 227 10 
 
 FIREMAN— 
 
 At the City Hall 156 8 
 
 May be called to assist police in time of riot ,etc 294 3 
 
 Penalty for interfering with a, while in discharge of his 
 
 duty 294 2 
 
 Qualifications of 295 4 
 
 FIRE PLUGS— 
 
 Damaging, penalty for 283 22 
 
 In places of amusement, exhibition halls, etc., to have an at- 
 tendant and hose attached 299 6 
 
 FIRE STOCK SALES— 
 
 License tax on 112 32 
 
 FIRE WALL- 
 HOW sanitary plumbing affected by 206 56 
 
 Required, how constructed (see "Building Code"). 
 
 FIREWORKS— 
 
 Containing nitroglycerine, prohibited in the city 237 12 
 
 Sale of, forbidden, etc 228 11 
 
 Size of limited 237 12 
 
 FIRMS— 
 
 Corporations or persons, giving bonds, must give guarantee 
 
 company security 50 6b 
 
 Doing business, to be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 FIRST REGIMENT VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS— 
 
 Annual appropriation for the, how paid, warrants for, etc. . . 161 28 
 
 Armory of, how used, etc 158 14 
 
 FISCAL YEAR— 
 
 Auditor's books to be balanced at end of 90 14 
 
 Balances on Auditor's book to be brought forward on first 
 
 day of new 90 14 
 
 Business license after beginning of, how obtained 110 27 
 
 Commencement and end of the 89 8 
 
 Licenses to expire on last day of 110 27 
 
 Taxes to be levied and collected for each 97, 103 17, 1 
 
 FISH— 
 
 Sale of, by auction, on the streets 318 49 
 
 Sale of, in the markets 247 21 
 
 Unsound, sale of prohibited 249 27
 
 INDEX. (307 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 FIXTURES— 
 
 City. Hall, alterations in, penalty for making J.57 11 
 
 Coroner's room 423 1 
 
 Gas, penalty for interfering with 262 32 
 
 Sprinkling carts, regulations concerning the 271 12 
 
 Taxation, how assessed, for 94 6 
 
 FLAT— 
 
 Each "a house" as to sanitary rules 206 58 
 
 FLOORS— 
 
 Cars, elevators and halls, penalty for expectorating upon the. 230 21 
 
 Public buildings, defacing the, penalty 162 32 
 
 FLOWERS— 
 
 Cemeteries, not to be carried from 171 21 
 
 Cemeteries, penalty for removing or injuring 163 34 
 
 FLUE— 
 
 When dangerous or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 FLYING KITES— 
 
 Prohibited 228 11 
 
 fodder- 
 to be examined and weighed 388 18 
 
 FOOD— 
 
 (See "Animals.") 
 
 Animals intended for (see "Milk and Food Supplies") 198 27 
 
 FORAGE— 
 
 Long, weighing of 388 18 
 
 Unmerchantable, to be so marked 388 20 
 
 FORFEITURE— 
 
 By sentence for felony; pardon afterwards shall not restore. 48 4 
 
 Deposit of applicant for franchise 56, 308 13, 25 
 
 Of office, chapter 5, concerning the 47 
 
 Railway rights, by failure to run cars 335 11 
 
 FORM— 
 
 Bonds, registered and coupon 147 13 
 
 Prescribed, for "ordinances" and "joint resolutions" 69 3 
 
 FOUNDLING HOSPITAL— 
 
 Lot donated to, in Oakwood Cemetery 181 76 
 
 To be licensed by Board of Health 216 105 
 
 FOUNDLINGS— 
 
 To be admitted to and cared for at City Home 188 6 
 
 FOWLS— 
 
 Depredations of, etc., on public or private property 162 33 
 
 Depredations upon William Byrd Park by prohibited 161 26 
 
 FRANCHISE— 
 
 Application for, committee not to consider until bond is 
 
 filed 308 25 
 
 Conduit privileges, life of 366 31 
 
 Printing, persons to whom granted to pay for 75-76 7-8 
 
 Street railway, expiration of 335 11-12 
 
 Street railway, life of 335 12
 
 608 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Tax on street railway 337 20 
 
 To use streets, applicant for, to deposit a bond, etc 56 13 
 
 To use streets, applicant for to file plans, etc 312 36 
 
 Wires, etc., in the streets, requirements of for not released by 
 
 chapter 40, City Ordinances 362 24 
 
 FRAUD— 
 
 In use of gas 263 34 
 
 FREE BRIDGE— 
 
 Penalty for fast riding or driving over the 229 17 
 
 FREE DISPENSARIES— 
 
 Pay of, etc 190 17 
 
 FREE MASONS— 
 
 Property of, exempt 99 24 
 
 FREE SCHOOLS— 
 
 (See "Public Free Schools.") 
 
 Not taxable 99 24 
 
 FREE WATER— 
 
 Allowed to the poor; allowed to consumers whose fixtures 
 
 are not in order 284 24-25 
 
 Contagious diseases 280 18 
 
 Fire Department 2S4 25 
 
 Street Cleaning Department 372 20 
 
 FRIENDS— 
 
 Society of, burial place, a legal place of burial ISO 3 
 
 FRUIT— 
 
 Sold by auction on the streets 318 49 
 
 FRUIT AND CANDY STANDS— 
 
 License tax on; not to be located on public sidewalks 107 19 
 
 FRUIT SKINS— 
 
 Penalty for throwing on sidewalks, or the floors of cars, ele- 
 vators, halls, etc 230 21 
 
 Sidewalk, must not be thrown or put on 328 4 
 
 FOIIGATOR— 
 
 Election and salary 193 3b 
 
 FUNDS OF THE CITY— 
 
 Where to be deposited 87 43 
 
 FUNERAL— 
 
 Hack rates for 323 9 
 
 At city expense, to be conducted decently and properly 190,423 14,4 
 
 FURNACE— 
 
 Iron, permit for 229 19 
 
 When dangerous or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 FCRNITURE— 
 
 City Hall, alteration of prohibited 157 11 
 
 For the Coroner's room 423 1 
 
 Of.public buildings, defacing the 162 32 
 
 gambCe's HILL PARK— 
 
 Keeper's hours and duties 157 13 
 
 Laborer for 158 i%
 
 INDEX. 609 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 GAMBLING— 
 
 Chapter 51, concerning 405 
 
 In boarding or eating house, cook shop, saloon, etc., penalty. 408 9 
 
 GARBAGE— 
 
 (See "Street Cleaning.") 
 
 Ashes, etc., penalty for depositing in streets 370 11 
 
 Boxes to be provided for 370 12 
 
 Commission houses, etc., accumulations of to be removed to 
 
 crematory 371 13 
 
 Deposit of by housekeepers 371 14 
 
 Depositing in streets, etc., penalty 370 11 
 
 Districts, boundaries of 371 15 
 
 Housekeepers, deposit of how kept, where to be placed 371 14 
 
 Meaning of term 371 14 
 
 Permit, for removal of 370 13 
 
 Removal of, permit for 370 13 
 
 Removal of, provisions for 370 13 
 
 Removal, where placed for 371 14 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning, who to promulgate 371 15 
 
 Streets, not to be deposited in, penalty §70 11 
 
 Streets, transporting through without permit forbidden 370 12 
 
 GAS— 
 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 
 Cost of, how ascertained 260 28 
 
 Cutting off of by reason of removal of occupant of premises. 256 20 
 
 Cutting off of to prevent fraud 263 34 
 
 Departments, consumed by to be paid for 54, 258 6, 23 
 
 Fraud, may be cut off to prevent 263 34 
 
 Permft for repairs or alterations in fixtures 262 32 
 
 Price of, advance payments for 258 23 
 
 Turning on without permit, penalty for 262 32 
 
 GAS BILLS— 
 
 Collection of. employees gas office prohibited to 263 39 
 
 Dating and listing of 257 22 
 
 Delinquent, fifteen days, by whom collected 260 27 
 
 Delinquent, fifteen days, penalty 260 27 
 
 Delivery of, how made and to whom 25S 22 
 
 Exceptions as to 82 19e 
 
 Listing and dating of 257 22 
 
 Office, ineligibility to, unpaid to constitute 48 3 
 
 Substations for payment of, Treasurer may locate 88 45 
 
 Unpaid, constitute ineligibility to office 48 3 
 
 GAS CONSUMERS— 
 
 Delinquent, not to have use of gas 264 40 
 
 Fixtures, defects, failure to give notice of, penalty 256 20 
 
 Leaks, failure to report, penalty 256 20 
 
 Notice to be given of removal 256 V 20 
 
 Removal of, notice required 256 20
 
 610 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 GAS DISTRICTS— 
 
 Designation and boundaries of 257 22 
 
 GAS FIXTURES— 
 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 
 Injury of, at market houses, penalty 249 29 
 
 Injury of, generally, penalty 262 31 
 
 Interference with, penalty 262 32 
 
 Testing of 256 17 
 
 GAS INSPECTOR— 
 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 (See "Inspector of Gas.") 
 
 Appointment and term 252 1 
 
 Bond of 252 3 
 
 Discourtesy of, cause for suspension 263 38 
 
 Gas bills, not to collect 263 39 
 
 Office hours of 53, 252 1, 5 
 
 GAS MAINS— 
 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 
 Construction or repair of, to be reported to City Engineer. . . 312 37a 
 
 Grades and profiles for location of, City Engineer to furnish. 303 9 
 
 Location of 285 33 
 
 GAS METERS— 
 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 (See "Meters, Gas.") 
 
 Fitting for, in houses 255 16 
 
 Injury of, penalty 262 31 
 
 Inspection of 257 21 
 
 Interference with, penalty 262 32 
 
 Pipes for, size of; number of burners, etc 255 16 
 
 GAS PIPES— 
 
 Electrolysis, prevention of damage by 345 33 
 
 Granolithic pavement, when under 309 28 
 
 Grade and location of, Engineer to determine 303 9 
 
 GAS SUPPLY— 
 
 Application for and rules concerning 255 14 
 
 Beyond corporate limits 101 35 
 
 GAS WORKS— 
 
 (See "Committee on Light") 
 
 (See "Inspector of Gas.") 
 
 (See "Superintendent Gas Works.") 
 
 Accounts of, Auditor and Treasurer to keep; what to show. . 261 29 
 
 Accounts of, how kept 253 9 
 
 Annual inventory and report, what to show 254 12 
 
 Application, gas supply and extension of mains 255 14 
 
 Bills, delinquent, 5 per cent, penalty, when added, exceptions 
 
 R s to 259 24 
 
 Bills of, how audited and paid 253 9 
 
 Bond, deputies and clerks 263 36 
 
 Bond, inspector _ 252 3
 
 INDEX. fill 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Bond, Superintendent 252 3 
 
 Buildings, fixtures, etc., Superintendent to have general con- 
 trol of 253 6 
 
 Chapter 30, concerning 252 
 
 Clerk, Light Committee 255 13 
 
 Clerks, bond 263 36 
 
 Committee on Light, appoint deputy inspectors, bill clerk 
 
 and clerk to inspector 252 1 
 
 Committee on Light, clerk to 255 13 
 
 Committee on Light, meetings, etc 252 2 
 
 Committee on Light, order improvements 261 28 
 
 Committee on Light, rules and regulations may be made by 
 
 concerning management of 263 34 
 
 Committee on Light, to supervise 252 2 
 
 Defective meters, repair of, records concerning, etc 257 21 
 
 Defective meters, to be reported to inspector 263 37 
 
 Delinquent consumers, not to have gas 264 40 
 
 Departments, bills against 258 23 
 
 Deposit for gas 258 23 
 
 Deputy inspectors, bond 263 36 
 
 Districts, designation and boundaries of 257 22 
 
 Election, officers and clerks 252 1 
 
 Election, Superintendent 252 1 
 
 Electrolysis, protection of mains from, provisions for 345 33 
 
 Employees, certain to attend fires 261 30 
 
 Excavations by, streets to be restored after 303 9 
 
 Expenses, accounts of 261 29 
 
 Expenses of, income to pay 260 28 
 
 Fires, certain employees of to attend 261 30 
 
 Fixtures, examination and approval of 256 17 
 
 Fixtures, inspection and testing of 256 17 
 
 Fixtures, leaks in to be reported 256 20 
 
 Fixtures, penalty for interference with 262 32 
 
 Fixtures, plans for, regulations concerning 256 18 
 
 Fraud, use of gas, protection against 263 34 
 
 Gas, advance payments for 258 23 
 
 Gas bills, Auditor may redate 259 24 
 
 Gas bills, delinquent, collection of 259, 260 24, 27 
 
 Gas bills, delivery of 258 . 22 
 
 Gas bills, departments of city 258 23 
 
 Gas bills, how made out 258 23 
 
 Gas bills, market stalls . • • • 258 23 
 
 Gas bills, officers and agents not to collect 263 39 
 
 Gas bills, penalties on 259, 260 23, 27 
 
 Gas bills, substations for payment of, location of 88 45 
 
 Gas, delinquent consumers not to have 264 40 
 
 Gas, fraud in use of, protection against 263 34 
 
 Gas, free to Spring Street Home 264 41 
 
 Gas inspector and assistants, appointment of . . 252 1
 
 612 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE BEC. 
 
 Gas mains, contemplated layisg of to be reported City En- 
 gineer and Superintendent Water Works 312 37 
 
 Gas, price of 258 23 
 
 Gas supply, application for 255 14 
 
 Gas, waste of, penalty 262 31 
 
 Hands for, employment of 253, 256 8, 19 
 
 House fittings, leaks in to be reported 256 20 
 
 House fittings, plans of 255 15 
 
 Improvements, committee to order 261 28 
 
 Income of, how estimated 260 28 
 
 Income of, to pay expenses of the 260 28 
 
 Income, report on by Superintendent 260 28 
 
 Injury to property of, penalty for 262 31 
 
 Inspector, monthly report of 257 21 
 
 Inspector, office hours of 53, 252 1, 5 
 
 Inspector, to keep certain records 257 21 
 
 Inspector, whole time required 252 4 
 
 Interference with fixtures, penalty for 262 32 
 
 Inventory, annual 2-">4 12 
 
 Laborers, Superintendent to employ 256 19 
 
 Leaks, in house fittings, to be reported 256 20 
 
 Mains, etc., laying and location of 253 7 
 
 Mains, extension of, application for 255 14 
 
 Mains, protection from electrolysis 345 33 
 
 Maps, of mains, etc., to be preserved 253 7 
 
 Market gas bills 258 23 
 
 Materials, purchase of 254 10 
 
 Meters and connections f 255 16 
 
 Meters, books and register of, inspector to keep 257 21 
 
 Meters, defective, to be reported to inspector and to commit- 
 tee 263 37 
 
 Meters, records of testing, etc 257 21 
 
 Meters, repair of defective 257 21 
 
 Monthly report, inspector 257 21 
 
 Monthly report, Superintendent 254 11 
 
 Notice, of removal required 256 20 
 
 Office hours of 53, 252 1,5 
 
 Officers of, right to go on premises 262 33 
 
 Paymaster, Superintendent to be 253 9 
 
 Penalty, injuring property of 262 31 
 
 Penalty, interference with fixtures of 262 32 
 
 Penalty, turning on gas without permit 262 32 
 
 Penalty, waste of gas 262 31 
 
 Permit to turn on gas 262 32 
 
 Plans, house fittings 255 1-1 
 
 Plans, house fittings, filing of 256 18 
 
 Premises, right of officers to go on 262 33 
 
 Price of gas 258 23 
 
 Profiles, grades, etc., City Engineer to furnish 303 9
 
 INDEX. 613 
 
 PACK SEC. 
 
 Purchase, materials, tools, etc 254 10 
 
 Receipts, accounts of 261 29 
 
 Records, inspector, what to keep 257 21 
 
 Removals, notice of required 256 20 
 
 Report, annual 254 12 
 
 Report, monthly, inspector's 257 21 
 
 Report, monthly, Superintendent 254 11 
 
 Report, on income and cost of manufacture of gas 260 28 
 
 Reports, gas mains, intended laying of, to whom made 312 37 
 
 Reports, monthly, concerning defective meters 263 37 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning, committee or Superinten- 
 dent may make 263 34 
 
 Spring Street Home, free gas for 264 41 
 
 Superintendent, annual inventory and report of 254 11 
 
 Superintendent, election and term 252 1 
 
 Superintendent, general duties 253 6-12 
 
 Superintendent, make rules and regulations for manage- 
 ment of 263 34 
 
 Superintendent, meters, duty as to repair of 257 21 
 
 Superintendent, monthly report ' 254 11 
 
 Superintendent, office hours of 252 5 
 
 Superintendent, prosecute offenders 263 35 
 
 Superintendent, report on income, cost of manufacture of 
 
 gas, etc 260 28 
 
 Superintendent, to be paymaster 253 9 
 
 Superintendent, whole time required 252 4 
 
 Street mains, Superintendent to have laid 253 7 
 
 Streets, to be restored after excavations 303 9 
 
 Substations for payment of gas bills, Treasurer may locate. 88 45 
 
 Testing fixtures . . . -. 256 17 
 
 Tools, purchase of •. 254 10 
 
 Turning on gas without permit, penalty 262 32 
 
 Value of the, estimate of, how made 260 28 
 
 Violation of ordinances concerning, Superintendent to prose- 
 cute 263 35 
 
 Waste of gas, penalty for 262 31 
 
 GASOLINE— 
 
 Storage of, provisions concerning. 
 
 GATES— 
 
 Injury to at Byrd Park 161 26 
 
 Obstructing street 311 32 
 
 Railtoad crossings, provisions concerning 313 40 
 
 GAUGER AND INSPECTOR— 
 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 
 Annual report of 47 1 
 
 Fees of 385 5 
 
 Marks, penalty for altering the, etc 385 3 
 
 GAUGING AND INSPECTING— 
 
 Of liquors, not compulsory 385 4
 
 r;u INDEX. 
 
 PACE SEC. 
 
 GENERAL LEDGER— 
 
 Auditor's office 90 14 
 
 Treasurer's office 91 19 
 
 GILLIE'S CREEK— 
 
 Penalty for depositing in, any ashes, dirt, stone, rubbish, etc. 380 13 
 
 GLANDERS— 
 
 Or farcy, horses affected with, to be isolated 401 11-12 
 
 GLASS— 
 
 .Must not be thrown into, or deposited on, the streets 328 4 
 
 GLASS-MAKING— 
 
 Permit for, necessary 229 19 
 
 GOATS— 
 
 Captured, at large, to be sold, etc 400 5 
 
 License for required 373 26 
 
 License tax on 109 24 
 
 Medals, Auditor to deliver and charge to the Treasurer 110 25 
 
 Not to go at large; may be kept if licensed; penalty for pre- 
 venting capture of a 400 5 
 
 Provisions concerning licensing and impounding of 373-376 26-37 
 
 GOODMAN, A. B.— 
 
 Legacy of to the poor of the city 191 21 
 
 GOODS— 
 
 Of merchant, on sidewalk 317 49 
 
 Unclaimed, in the Police Court 413 7 
 
 GOODS AND CHATTELS— 
 
 Deed or mortgage on, not to prevent distress 117 10 
 
 .May be levied upon and sold, for a fine 418 3 
 
 Tenant, on premises, liable for distraint 117 9 
 
 GONGS— 
 
 Ringing of by street cars required 333, 344 4, 30 
 
 Sale of by Fire Department .' 295 8 
 
 GOVERNMENT— 
 
 (See "City Government.") 
 
 Several departments of the (see "Several Departments," etc.). 
 
 GOVERNOR'S HOUSE— 
 
 Under ordinance concerning injury, etc., to trees, plants, 
 
 houses, etc 163 33 
 
 GRADE— 
 
 Change of, in streets or alleys, to have Council action 305 14 
 
 Council to establish 305 14 
 
 Establishing, or changing of, to be reported to the Council.. 305 14 
 
 House drains 207 58 
 
 Lots, in city cemeteries 170 20 
 
 Man holes, for conduits, to conform to 364 28 
 
 Notice, change of, to be given to the Superintendents of Gas 
 
 and Water Works 312 37 
 
 Profiles, etc., for Gas and Water Departments to be furnished 
 
 by the City Engineer 303 9
 
 INDEX. 615 
 
 PAGE &E( . 
 
 Sidewalks, to conform to 309 27 
 
 Streets, builders to get from City Engineer 305 17 
 
 Streets, street railways to conform to the 332 3 
 
 JRAIN— 
 
 Concerning the measuring of 389 24-29 
 
 May be weighed by city measurer of grain 389 24 
 
 JRAIN MEASURER— 
 
 (See "Measurer of Grain") 389 23 
 
 JRANOLITHIC PAVEMENT— 
 
 Pipes under 309 2S 
 
 JRASS PLOTS— 
 
 Children allowed to play upon 162 30 
 
 Games, committee may permit upon 162 30 
 
 Penalty for depredation upon 161 29 
 
 JRAVES— 
 
 (See "Cemeteries.") 
 
 Opening of, keeper's authority for 179 68 
 
 In cemeteries, to be opened by regular employees only 171 21 
 
 Digging of, notice required for the 178 61 
 
 Riverview Cemetery, how opened, etc 175 48 
 
 Single, how purchased, etc 167, 174 5, 42 
 
 Injuring or defacing, penalty for 163 34 
 
 Single, in cemeteries, vacant, etc ' 171 22 
 
 Riverview Cemetery, prices of, etc 181 78 
 
 Oakwood Cemetery, prices of 181 79 
 
 JROUNDS AND BUILDINGS— 
 (See "Building Code.") 
 (See "Building Inspector.") 
 (See "Buildings.") 
 
 (See "Committee on Grounds and Buildings.") 
 (See "Defacing.") 
 (See "Enclosures.") 
 (See "Parks.") 
 (See "Public Buildings.") 
 
 Accounts, Committee on 302 3c 
 
 Allen Avenue, grass plot, keeper for, appointment and duties. 159 20 
 
 Annual report, Committee on 155 22 
 
 Appropriation, annual, Virginia volunteer troops 161 28 
 
 Appropriations, playgrounds 163 37-38 
 
 Armory, Blues, custodian for, appointment and duties 161 27 
 
 Armory, City Spring lot, Committee on to have control of. . . 158 14 
 
 Armory, regimental, use as bicycle school 158 14 
 
 Asbury Place, keeper for, appointment and duties 159 20 
 
 Auditorium, City, custodian of, appointment, duties, etc. . . . 160 22 
 
 Bicycle school, authorized in regimental armory 158 14 
 
 Bill posting, prohibited upon public or private property, 
 
 without permission : 163 36 
 
 Blues armory, custodian for, appointment and duties 161 27 
 
 Building Inspector, suspend City Hall employees 157 9
 
 616 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Building Inspector, what under control of 155 3 
 
 Buildings, city, penalty for injury to 162 32 
 
 Buildings, municipal, under control of Building Inspector.. 155 3 
 
 Buildings, parks, under control of City Engineer 155 3 
 
 Buildings, private, injury to prohi"bited 162 32 
 
 Buildings, public, injury to prohibited, penalty 162 
 
 Byrd Park, depredations upon or injury to grounds and en- 
 closures prohibited ; penalty 161 26 
 
 Byrd Park, interference with games at prohibited; penalty. . 160 25 
 
 Byrd Park, laborers for 158 13 
 
 Cemeteries, injury of graves, tombstones, etc., in prohibited, 
 
 penalty 163 34 
 
 Cemeteries, keepers to have police power 163 
 
 Central School building, use of by Confederate Memorial Lite- 
 rary Society 159 16 
 
 Chalking, painting, etc., upon buildings, private, penalty.... 163 36 
 
 Chapter 21, concerning 155 
 
 Chimborazo Park, laborer for . . . 158 13 
 
 Churches, injury to prohibited 162 33 
 
 City Hall, dogs not allowed in 157 10 
 
 City Hall, employees, designation and number of 156 9 
 
 City Hall, employees, control of 157 9 
 
 City Hall, employees, election of 156 9 
 
 City Hall, employees, suspension of Building Inspector 157 9 
 
 City Hall, furniture in not to be repaired or altered without 
 
 consent of committee 157 11 
 
 City Hall, under control of Committee on 156 7 
 
 Committee on, account of 302 3c 
 
 Committee on, annual report of 155 2 
 
 Committee on, control of City Hall, employees in, etc 156 7-9 
 
 Committee on, improvements, what authorized to expend for. 155 1 
 
 Committee on, regulate sale, storage, etc., of powder 237 7 
 
 Committee on, renting of under control of 156 5 
 
 Committee on, under control of 155 1 
 
 Committees, which under control of 156 6 
 
 Confederate Memorial Literary Society, use of Central 
 
 School building granted to 159 16 
 
 Contracts, for work on, who to sign 156 4 
 
 Custodian, Blues' armory, appointment and duties 161 27 
 
 Custodian, Blues armory, appointment and duties 161 27 
 
 "Cutshaw Place," description and dedication of 160 23 
 
 Cutshaw Place, keeper for, appointment and duties 159 20 
 
 Defacing, private property, penalty 163 36 
 
 Defacing trees and tree boxes prohibited, penalty 163 33 
 
 Defacing trees, monuments, enclosures, etc., in cemeteries 
 
 prohibited 163 34 
 
 "Deon's Hill," name changed to "Jefferson Park" 159 17 
 
 Depredations, upon public and private 'grounds prohibited, 
 
 penalty 162 33
 
 INDEX. 617 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Dogs, not allowed in City Hall 157 10 
 
 Enclosures, Byrd Park, injury to, penalty 161 26 
 
 Enclosures, injury of in cemeteries prohibited 163 34 
 
 Enclosures, public and private, defacing of prohibited 163 36 
 
 Enclosures, public and private, fowls not to depredate upon 
 
 penalty 162 33 
 
 Enclosures, public parks, injury to, penalty for 162 30 
 
 Engineer, City, what under control of 155 3 
 
 Fighting in streets prohibited, penalty 162 32 
 
 Fowls, depredations by prohibited 162 33 
 
 Fowls, depredations upon Byrd Park prohibited 162 33 
 
 Furniture, City Hall, not to be repaired or altered without 
 
 consent of Committee on 157 11 
 
 Gamble's Hill Park, laborer for 158 13 
 
 Games, what may be allowed in public parks 162 30 
 
 Games, William Byrd Park, interference with prohibited, 
 
 penalty 160 25 
 
 Grass plots, Monument Avenue, Allen Avenue, Asbury Place 
 
 and Cutshaw Place, appointment and duties of keeper for. 159 20 
 
 Grass plots, trespassing upon prohibited 161 29 
 
 Graves, injury of prohibited 163 34 
 
 Hours, park keepers and nurserymen 157 13 
 
 Improvements to, amount of limited 155 1 
 
 Injury, city buildings, prohibited, penalty 162 32 
 
 Injury, monument, graves, etc., in cemeteries prohibited, 
 
 penalty 163 34 
 
 Injury, public parks, squares, etc., penalty 162 30 
 
 Injury to churches, public buildings and grounds prohibited, 
 
 penalty 162 33 
 
 Injury to grounds and enclosures Byrd Park, penalty 161 26 
 
 Interference with trees, shrubs, plants, etc.. in cemeteries pro- 
 hibited 163 34 
 
 Jefferson Park, laborer for 158 13 
 
 Jefferson Park, name changed to from "Deon's Hill" 159 17 
 
 Keeper, Monument Avenue grass plot, Allen Avenue grass 
 
 plot, Asbury Place and Cutshaw Place, appointment and 
 
 duties 159 20 
 
 Keeper, Riverside Park, appointment and duties • 159 18 
 
 Marshall Park, laborer for 158 13 
 
 Marshall Reservoir, keeper to have police power 159 19 
 
 Monroe Park, laborer for • • 158 13 
 
 Monument Avenue grass plot, keeper for, appointment and 
 
 duties 159 20 
 
 Park keepers, hours of 157 13 
 
 Park keepers, laborers provided for certain 158 13 
 
 Park keepers, leaves of absence for 158 13 
 
 Park keepers, police power for 163 35 
 
 Parks, buildings in, under control of City Engineer 1"" 
 
 Parks, "Deon's Hill," name changed to "Jefferson" 159 17
 
 ( ; ]s INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Parks, extra help at 158 13 
 
 Parks, fighting in prohibited, penalty 162 32 
 
 Parks, games in, what may be allowed 162 30 
 
 Parks, injury to enclosures at Byrd prohibited, penalty 161 26 
 
 Parks, keepers and laborers for 158 13 
 
 Parks, -Marshall Reservoir, keeper to have police power 159 19 
 
 Parks, "Reservoir," named changed to "William Byrd.".... 160 24 
 
 Parks, Riverside, appointment of keeper for 159 18 
 
 Parks, squares, etc., injury to property in prohibited, penalty 162 30 
 
 Playgrounds, appropriations for 163 37-38 
 
 Playgrounds, description and designation of; committee to 
 
 have control of 163 37-3! 
 
 Police power, conferred upon park keepers, cemetery keep- 
 ers and certain officials cf City Home 163 35 
 
 Police power, keeper Marshall Reservoir 159 19 
 
 Powder, sale and storage of, committee to regulate 237 7 
 
 Regimental armory, use as bicycle school 158 14 
 
 Renting of, under control of committee on 156 5 
 
 Repairs to, amount to be expended for by committee limited. 155 1 
 
 Reports, annual of committee on 155 2 
 
 "Reservoir Park," name 'changed to "William Byrd" 160 24 
 
 Riverside Park, keeper of, appointment and duties 1-V.t 18 
 
 School purposes, title to remain in city 397 6 
 
 Streets, fighting in prohibited, penalty 162 32 
 
 "Taylor's Hill," name changed to "Taylor's Park" 160 21 
 
 Taylor's Hill Park, laborer for 158 13 
 
 Tombstones, injury of prohibited 163 34 
 
 Trees and tree boxes, defacing of prohibited, penalty 163 33 
 
 Trees, in cemeteries, injury of prohibited 163 34 
 
 Virginia volunteer troops, annual appropriation for 161 28 
 
 GUARANTEE COMPANY— 
 
 Surety on all official bonds 50 6 
 
 Surety on bonds over $500 50 6b 
 
 guardian- 
 How personal property held by, assessed 95 11 
 
 Of minor, to bear penalty of his ward 418 2 
 
 GUARDS— 
 
 For prisoner^ at work outside of jail 379, 404 10, 8 
 
 To enforte good behavior ; their pay 404 S 
 
 GUN FIRING— 
 
 Prohibited in streets 228, 231 11, 21 
 
 GUNPOWDER— 
 
 (See "Powder"), storage, handling, sales, etc 236 
 
 Firing of forbidden 228 
 
 Quantity which may be transported; when fifty pounds are 
 on vessel or canal boat; when delivered to a vessel or a 
 
 canal boat; amount to be kept limited to fifty pounds 236 
 
 When handled by vessels it must be under the supervision of 
 
 the harbor master 383
 
 INDEX. gjg 
 
 TAGR SEC. 
 GUNS— 
 
 Discharging of, forbidden 228, 231 11, 22 
 
 GUTTERS— 
 
 Cleaning of in front, etc., of lot 231 23 
 
 Covered or bridged, must not be 306 19 
 
 Excavating in or breaking open: 303 9 
 
 HACK DRIVERS— 
 
 At stations, wharves, landings, etc.; not to enter cars, ves- 
 sels, etc 352 2-5 
 
 Required to transport passengers 323 11 
 
 HACK RATES— 
 
 After 10 P. M 323 9 
 
 Amount of fixed 322 9 
 
 Copy of legal, to be kept and exhibited by driver 323 10 
 
 HACKS— 
 
 License in lieu of tax on 321 2 
 
 Licensed, and how (see "Vehicles") 321 1-3 
 
 Stands for at steamboat wharves, depots, etc 353 5 
 
 Stands for on streets, etc., Mayor to designate 323 12-13 
 
 Taxation to be listed for 96 12 
 
 Wagons, drays and carts, chapter 36, concerning 321 21 
 
 HALLS— 
 
 Exhibition doors to open outwardly 299 9 
 
 Exhibition, public (see "Buildings") 299 9 
 
 Fire escapes for, Mayor to examine 112 34 
 
 Meter water rates for '. 268 12 
 
 Public buildings, safety of 298 1 
 
 HAND CARRIAGE— 
 
 Forbidden on sidewalks, exception 232 27 
 
 HAND CART— 
 
 Forbidden on sidewalk 232 27 
 
 HANDS AND CARTS— 
 
 City Engineer to provide 304 13 
 
 City, managers of 305 13b 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning, committee may adopt.... 320 54 
 
 Snow, may be employed to aid in removal of 320 54 
 
 HARBOR— 
 
 City, no one shall cast into any stone, gravel, earth, ashes, 
 
 etc 383 13c 
 
 Rules and regulations for preserving 380 10 
 
 Shoaling of the, or its branches, or tributaries 379 8 
 
 HARBORING— 
 
 Unlicensed dog, or goat, penalty for, etc 374 29 
 
 HARBOR MASTER— 
 
 Election, term, bond, duties, office, salary, register, etc., 
 
 of the 382 10-13 
 
 Enforce ordinance and arrest offenders. 384 17b 
 
 Gunpowder, dynamite, nitroglycerine, etc., supervise the 
 
 handling by vessels 383 16
 
 620 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Gunpowder, to be notified of delivery of to vessel; to assign 
 
 berth to vessel with gunpowder aboard 236 2-4 
 
 Report any wharf in dangerous condition 384 17a 
 
 HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS— 
 
 License for 107 17 
 
 HAY— 
 
 To be examined and weighed 388 18 
 
 HEADS OP DEPARTMENTS— 
 (See "Departments.") 
 City property, to report data concerning to assessors or real 
 
 estate 101 37 
 
 Clerk of the Council to be notified by, of every Council action 
 
 affecting their respective departments 32 
 
 Compensation, not to receive for services rendered before 
 
 any municipal board, committee or body 48 8 
 
 Estimates of the, for the use of the Auditor 79 9 
 
 Inventory, to furnish Finance Committee annually of assets 
 
 of city under their control 58 23 
 
 Ordinances to file relating to their departments 58 23 
 
 Pay of officers or employees, forbidden to accept order 54 7 
 
 Stationery needed, to furnish list of annually 75 2 
 
 Stationery supplies, etc., how to be ordered by 76 10 
 
 HEALTH DEPARTMENT— 
 (See "Board of Health.") 
 
 Annual report of 47 1 
 
 Chapter 25, concerning 192 
 
 Members of Board of may engage in private work 53 1 
 
 HEBREW CONGREGATION— 
 
 Burial place of the, a legalized burial place 186 3 
 
 HEIRS— 
 
 Right of redemption, of lands sold for taxes 141 16 
 
 HENRICO COUNTY— 
 
 Penalty for injury to property of 162 33 
 
 Property of, not to be listed for taxation 99 24 
 
 HENRY WARD— 
 
 Boundaries of 32 5 
 
 Precincts 37 941 
 
 Voting places 43 29 
 
 HITCHING POSTS— 
 
 Erection, location of, etc 313 39 
 
 HOBBY HORSES— 
 
 And merry-go-rounds, license for 107 19 
 
 HOGS— 
 
 Prohibited in the city 400 1 
 
 Captured, to be sold, etc 400 5 
 
 HOGSHEAD— 
 
 Only the gauger to mark capacity of on; fee for gauging a. . 385 4-5
 
 INDEX. ( -. n 
 
 PACK 
 
 HOLIDAYS— 
 
 City officers closed on 53 1 
 
 Dicharge of fireworks on 231 22 
 
 HOME FOR INCURABLES— 
 
 Lot in Riverview Cemetery donated to by the city 180 73 
 
 HORNS— 
 
 For automobiles 330 11 
 
 HORSES— 
 
 (See 'Animals.") 
 
 Cemeteries, unfastened in prohibited . . . .• 171 21 
 
 Contagion among to be prevented 401 12 
 
 Diseased, penalty for keeping 401 12 
 
 Diseased, police to report 401 11 
 
 Driving across sidewalks prohibited 326 19 
 
 Farcy or glanders, affected with not to be brought into or 
 
 kept in city 401 11 
 
 Farcy or glanders, affected with to be isolated 401 12 
 
 Fast riding or driving of prohibited 326 18 
 
 Feeding in streets prohibited 326 18 
 
 Hitching posts for, construction of to be approved by City 
 
 Engineer 313 39 
 
 Lamp posts, not to be tied to 262 31 
 
 Leading across sidewalks prohibited 327 24 
 
 Levied upon for taxes to be sustained IIS 16 
 
 Livery stables, not to be led across sidewalks from 327 24 
 
 Loose in streets and alleys prohibited 400 5 
 
 Markets, may be ordered out of 244 10 
 
 Racks for, material, design and location of to be approved by 
 
 City Engineer 313 39 
 
 Sale of in streets adjacent to licensed sales stable prohibited. 113 26 
 
 Sale of .under execution, where made 119 18 
 
 Sidewalks, not to be led across 327 24 
 
 Sidewalks, not to be led across to water 327 24 
 
 Streets, feeding of in prohibited 326 18 
 
 Streets, not to go at large in 400 5 
 
 Streets, sale of in prohibited, when 113 26 
 
 Trees or tree boxes, not to be fastened to 326 19 
 
 :HORSE SHOW BUILDING— 
 
 Exempt from operation of ordinance prohibiting obstruction 
 
 of aisles in public buildings 296 10 
 
 ^HOSPITALS— 
 
 (See "City Home.") 
 
 (See "Smallpox Hospital.") 
 
 Board of Health to authorize certain 217 107 
 
 Certain to be licensed by oBard of Health 216 105 
 
 Fire escape (see "Building Code.") 
 
 Water rates for 273 14c
 
 qoo INDEX. 
 
 . PAGE SEC. 
 
 HOTELS— 
 
 (See "Building Code.") 
 (See "Liquors." ) 
 
 Bar, to be closed on Sunday 407 7 
 
 Close bar on Sunday 407 7 
 
 Fire escape, location to be marked 300 12 
 
 Fire escape required 298 1 
 
 Gambling in prohibited 408 9 
 
 Liquor license, not to be granted certain 405 1 
 
 Omnibuses, at depots, wharves, etc 353 3 
 
 Security in use of ' 298 1-12 
 
 Sanitary plumbing in a 206 56 
 
 Soliciting custom at, forbidden 353 3 
 
 Water rate for 269 12 
 
 What construed to be 405 1 
 
 HOURS— 
 
 Auditor's office; in Treasurer's office 80 12 
 
 Gas Department 252 5 
 
 Office, of the several departments 53 1 
 
 Park keepers 157 13 
 
 Water Department 53 1 
 
 HOUSE— 
 
 Governor's, under ordinance concerning injury, etc 163 33 
 
 Injuring or defacing a 228, 162, 163 13,32-33, 36 
 
 Obstructing a street 308 24 
 
 Street numbers for, who to furnish 312 35 
 
 HOUSE DRAINS— 
 
 Material, size, weight, etc. (see "Plumbing") 206 56 
 
 When under walls 207 59 
 
 HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE— 
 
 Regulations concerning 371 14 
 
 HOUSEKEEPER— 
 
 Smallpox hospital 219 117 
 
 HOWITZERS ARMORY— 
 
 Grounds and Buildings Committee have control of 158 15 
 
 HUNTING AND SHOOTING— 
 
 In cemeteries, forbidden 169 17 
 
 HUSBAND— 
 
 May be fined for offense of wife 418 2 
 
 HUSTINGS COURT— 
 
 Appeal on street improvement decision made to 128 3 
 
 Chapter 55, concerning 419 
 
 Compensation denied judge sitting for the judge of the; City 
 
 Sergeant to attend on the, without compensation 419 3-4 
 
 Held in the City Hall; commencement of term of the 419 3 
 
 Powers and authority and appellate jurisdiction of the; ap- 
 peals to the, on constitutionality or validity of ordinances; 
 appeal' to, on fine, abatement, nuisance, etc.; absence or 
 
 inability of judge of the 419 1-2 
 
 Public improvements, may correct assessments for 130 7
 
 INDEX. 623 
 
 PAGE si i , 
 
 HYDRANTS— 
 
 Meter rates for 272 1 4a-14b 
 
 Where they may be placed, etc 267 10 
 
 IDIOTS OR LUNATICS— 
 
 Property, how listed 95 10 
 
 ILLNESS— 
 
 Closing of street, on account of, who may authorize 316 . 47 
 
 IMITATING— 
 
 Altering or defacing gauger's marks • 385 3 
 
 Marks, of public weigher, penalty, etc 386 12 
 
 IMPRISONMENT— 
 
 And labor, for vagrancy, drunkenness, begging, etc 403 7 
 
 Disorderly conduct 228 13 
 
 For a fine unpaid 118 4 
 
 Lewd conduct, picture or representation 228 13 
 
 Loitering on streets 233 29 
 
 Maintaining unsafe chimney or furnace 230 20 
 
 May be inflicted for failure to pay license Ill 30 
 
 Resisting police 127 12 
 
 Penalty for unlicensed pawnshop or junkshop 398 2 
 
 Vehicles, failure to comply with provisions concerning 325 15 
 
 IMPROVEMENT— 
 
 The, of James River, chapter 52, concerning 378 
 
 (See "James River.") 
 IMPROVEMENTS— 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 To buildings, to be assessed for taxation 95 9 
 
 To Gas Works, to be ordered by committee 261 28 
 
 INABILITY— 
 
 (See "Absence.") 
 
 Of City Clerk, in case of the, the clerk of Council committees 
 
 To act as -53 2 
 
 Of judge of the Hustings Court 419 2 
 
 Of Mayor, the president of the City Council to act 45 5 
 
 INCOME— 
 
 Gas Works, to pay the expenses thereof 260 28 
 
 Gas Works, how ascertained, etc 260 28 
 
 And liabilities of the city, the Auditor to report the 78 8 
 
 INDECENT CONDUCT— 
 
 Assaults, etc., in public places 162 31 
 
 Indecent language, lewd conduct* exhibitions, pictures, 
 
 books, etc • 228 13 
 
 Fighting, assaults, etc 162 31 
 
 INDECENT EXPOSURE- 
 S'.' imming or bathing 228 14 
 
 INDECENT LANGUAGE— 
 
 Indecent pictures • 228 13
 
 g24 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 INDEX— 
 
 Charter, at end of charter, charter page 55 
 
 Lots sold for taxes, Auditor to make 83 23 
 
 Ordinances ^0 5 
 
 INDEX BOOK— 
 
 City Sergeant; to be filed, when filled, in the Hustings Court 75 5 
 
 INDIGENT PERSONS— 
 
 Allowed time on certain bills 135 15a 
 
 INELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE— 
 
 Farming or selling office to constitute 48 5 
 
 Felony, conviction for to constitute 48 4 
 
 Trader in or manufacturer of, casks, barrels, liquors, etc., to 
 
 the office of gauger 385 6 
 
 Unpaid taxes, or gas or water bills, "onstitute 4S 3 
 
 INFANTS, MARRIED WOMEN. INSANE PERSONS— 
 
 Right of redemption of land sold for taxes 141 16 
 
 INFANTRY AND CAVALRY ARMORIES— 
 
 Excepted from gunpowder storage limit 236 5 
 
 INFECTED BEDDING— 
 
 Destruction of 224 9 
 
 Persons, may be detained in quarantine 224 9 
 
 Vessels 223 8 
 
 INFORMER— 
 - To have part of fine, in certain case 228, 229, 30S 13,17, 23 
 
 INJURING— 
 
 Animals (see "Defacing") 400 6 
 
 Cemetery property 171, 163 21, 34 
 
 Gas "Works property, punishable 262 31 
 
 Fire alarm boxes 295 7 
 
 Grass, trees, vines, plants, etc., in parks 161, 162 26, 80 
 
 Municipal buildings 162 32 
 
 Private property 162-163 33, 36 
 
 Trees, plants, shrubs, etc 161-162 26-34 
 
 Real property 162 32-34 
 
 Tombstones, monuments, graves, etc 163 34 
 
 Water Works property 283 22 
 
 INQUEST— 
 
 Pay of jurors on an 421 3 
 
 Room for, in the City Hall 423 1 
 
 INSANE PERSONS— 
 
 Right of redemption, of lands sold for taxes 141 16 
 
 INSPECTING AND GAUGING OF LIQUORS— 
 
 Not compulsory 3S5 4 
 
 INSPECTION— 
 
 Auditor's books 77 2 
 
 Books and accounts by Special Accountant 55 11 
 
 Buildings by Building Inspector 430 3 
 
 Buildings, for fire risks, by Fire Commissioners 296 11 
 
 Cart bodies 391 32
 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 625 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Cemeteries, by committees It;:, i 
 
 Dairy farms 196 17 
 
 Damaged vessels, by port wardens 381 2 
 
 Electrical fixtures 289 7, S, 24 
 
 Exhibition rooms or houses 112 34 
 
 Explosive materials, places for the storage of 238 13-15 
 
 Food products 197 17 
 
 Food products, places for sale of 196 17 
 
 Gas fixtures 256 17 
 
 Hotels, with reference to fire escapes 298 1 
 
 Long forage 388 18 
 
 Nuisances, as to existence of 235 38 
 
 Oils and oil products 237 9 
 
 Plumbing fixtures 210 79 
 
 Poles, electric 360 15 
 
 Powder, vehicles used in transportation of 237 7 
 
 Public buildings 298 2 
 
 Receipts, leases, etc., of market stall renters 245 13 
 
 Records, Police Court 414 9 
 
 Streets, by Chief of Police 425 4 
 
 Treasurer's books 86 40 
 
 Wards of city by Health Department 19 16 
 
 Water shed 213 92 
 
 Water Works, and fixtures 265 3 
 
 Weights and measures 386 13 
 
 Weights and measures in markets 244 9 
 
 Wires in streets 360 15 
 
 INSPECTOR OF GAS— 
 
 Appointment of 252 1 
 
 Bills, to make out and have presented 257 22 
 
 Clerk to, appointment of 252 1 
 
 Clerk to, not to collect bills, committee may dismiss 263 38-39 
 
 Clerk to, required to give bond 263 36 
 
 Delinquent bills, to remake 260 27 
 
 Duty when consumers move; when complaints are made; to 
 
 keep register and meter book 256 20-21 
 
 Gas bills, not to collect 263 39 
 
 Meter connections, etc., to make 256 17 
 
 Office hours of; to receipt for official papers; whole time to be 
 
 given to duties; extra service without pay 252 3-5 
 
 Office hours of the 253 5 
 
 Records of application for gas, to keep 255 14 
 
 Reprimanded or dismissed, may be 263 38 
 
 INSPECTOR OF MILK AND FOOD SUPPLIES— 
 (See "Milk and Food Supplies.") 
 
 Assistants to, appointment, duties, etc 196 16 
 
 Assistants to, salary t 193 3a 
 
 Control of Board of Health, to have 196 15 
 
 Election, qualification, bond, etc 196 15 
 
 Salary 193 3a
 
 626 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING— 
 
 (See "Plumbing.") 
 
 Appointment of, salary 192 3a 
 
 Board of Health, under control of 195 11 
 
 Duties, bond, etc 205 53-54 
 
 Plumbing, approve plans for 206 55 
 
 Plumbing, requirements as to; to have supervision of 206 55-81 
 
 Police power conferred on 201 42 
 
 Salary, how paid; not to be increased or diminished during 
 
 term of office ; term of 193 3b 
 
 INSPECTOR, GAUGER AND PUBLIC WEIGHER— 
 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 INSPECTORS— 
 
 (See "Electrical Inspectors.") 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 
 Gas Department, appointment 252 1 
 
 Lumber, tax assesed against 104 9 
 
 Water Department, appointment 286 34 
 
 INSULATION— 
 
 Electric light and power conductors and of joints, etc 361 17, 19 
 
 Electric lines to be subject to the approval of the Superinten- 
 dent of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph; resistance 
 
 of, to be three megohms per mile, per 100 volts 361 21 
 
 Throughout circuit; of joint of unused loop 361 22-23 
 
 INSURANCE— 
 
 Agents, to be classified and taxed 104 11-12 
 
 City property to be placed on by Finance Committee 154 15 
 
 Company, resident, salaried officer of may solicit, etc., with- 
 out license 95 11 
 
 Companies, sub-agents of, to be classified and taxed 104 12 
 
 Companies, to be listed for taxation 95 11 
 
 Fund for city property, creation of, who controlled by 154 14 
 
 INTEREST— 
 
 Checks for to be mailed by Auditor 153 8 
 
 Claims for, the Auditor to pay 89 9 
 
 On city bonds (see "Debt of City") 145-147 1-13 
 
 On delinquent taxes, commencement of and rate and as part 
 
 of lien for taxes 137 1 
 
 INTERFERENCE WITH— 
 
 Ambulance physicians and drivers 191 22 
 
 Barriers and lights in streets 306 17 
 
 Fire apparatus or obstructing pasage along street 235 40 
 
 Fireman in discharge of duty 294 2 
 
 Gas Works property 262 32 
 
 Health Department officers, penalty 201 42 
 
 Policeman in discharge of duty 427 12 
 
 Poundmaster in discharge of duty and dead animals 375, 376 35, 38 
 
 Pupils attending school 234 37 
 
 Water Works property 278, 283 14r, 22
 
 INDEX. 627 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 INTERMENTS— 
 
 In city cemeteries (see "Burial"), charges for 171 22 
 
 In vaults, for remuneration, prohibited; in vaults, of victims 
 of contagious diseases, prohibited 174 3S-39 
 
 INVENTORY— 
 
 Annual of departments 5S 23 
 
 IRON FURNACE— 
 
 Permit for 229 19 
 
 When dangerous or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 IRON PIPES— 
 
 For water, prohibited, metered premises excepted 282 20 
 
 iron works- 
 how assessed for taxation 94 6 
 
 ISLANDS— 
 
 In the river, penalty for depositing on, any stone, ashes, 
 
 dirt, rubbish, etc 380 13 
 
 JAMES RIVER— 
 
 Improvement of the 378 1-13 
 
 Nuisances on the margin of the 226 1 
 
 Quarantine on ' 222-225 1-14 
 
 Within the corporate limits, to receive no stone, gravel, 
 
 earth, ashes, rubbish, etc 383 15c 
 
 JAMES RIVER IMPROVEMENT— 
 
 Chapter 42, concerning 378 
 
 Committee on, chairman, election of 378 2 
 
 Committee on, Chamber of Commerce quota, when Council 
 
 to elect 379 7 
 
 Committee on, clerk of 378 1 
 
 Committee on, powers and duties 378 4-12 
 
 Committee on, quorum 378 1 
 
 Committee on, special powers 379 8 
 
 Committee on, to make and enforce rules and regulations 
 
 concerning harbor, etc 380 10 
 
 Committee on, to report to Council monthly 379 6 
 
 Committee on, when to meet 379 5 
 
 Council, when Chamber of Commerce members to be elected 
 
 by ; 379 7 
 
 Dredging material, dumping of, committee to designate loca- 
 tion for 379 9 
 
 Employees, appointment, number and compensation 378 4 
 
 Harbor, rules and regulations concerning policing of, wharf 
 
 moorings, preservation, etc 380 10 
 
 James River, Improvement of, Committee on, appointment, 
 
 organization 37S 1 
 
 Penalty for failure to observe rules and regulations con- 
 cerning 380 11 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning preservation and policing 
 
 of harbor, committee to make and enforce 380 10 
 
 Salaries of employees 378 4 
 
 Shockoe Creek, deposit of refuse matter in prohibited 380 13 
 
 Wharves and docks, committee to determine lines for 379 8
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 JANITORS— 
 
 < Jity Hall, election, etc 156 S-9 
 
 Prevent dogs from entering City Hall 157 10 
 
 JEFFERSON PARK— 
 
 Doen's Hill, etc., so named 159 17 
 
 Keeper, regulations concerning 157 13 
 
 JEFERSOX WARD— 
 
 Boundaries of 31 2 
 
 Precincts in 40 20-23 
 
 Voting places in 43 32 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 Prescribed form for; must provide for concurrence of the 
 other branch; if they do not, deemed to relate to one 
 
 branch only 69 3 
 
 To be classified, arranged and bound biennially 70 5 
 
 When to be signed by Mayor 69 4 
 
 JOINT USE— 
 
 Telegraph and telephone poles 356 4 
 
 Conduits, conditions of 364 30 
 
 Street railway tracks, not to be blocked by either company. 344 27 
 
 JOURNAL— 
 
 Auditor, to show details of charges against the Treasurer. ..82 21 
 
 Sewer accounts, office of Clerk Special Assessments 134 14 
 
 JURISDICTION— 
 
 Appellate, of Hustings Court 419 1 
 
 Police 425 3 
 
 Police Court 412 1 
 
 JUDGE— 
 
 Chancery or Circuit Court, may sit for the judge of the Hus- 
 tings Court, but without compensation 419 2 
 
 Hustings Court, absence or inability of 419 2 
 
 Of elections, their pay 421 5 
 
 JUDGMENT— 
 
 Against debtor, for taxes of creditor 117 11 
 
 Decree or order, how listed with Commissioner of Revenue. 93 3 
 
 Failure of city employee to pay cause for suspension 59 25 
 
 For a fine, if not paid 418 3 
 
 Taxes, how obtained ' 117 9-16 
 
 JUNK DEALERS— 
 
 License necessary for, how obtained 104 7 
 
 Tax 'on 104 7 
 
 JURIES AND COURTS— 
 
 (See "Courts and Juries.") 
 JURORS— 
 
 Pay of .' 421 1-3 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE— 
 
 Chapter 53, concerning the 412 
 
 Fir.st, second, third, etc.; one designated to act as police jus- 
 tice; compensation when acting 414
 
 INDEX. 629 
 
 PA OK 
 
 Their fees and compensation; fee for a warrant of arrest; 
 
 fee for process 417 21 
 
 The Mayor to have powers of 15 4 
 
 KEEPERS— 
 
 (See "Cemeteries.") 
 
 (See "Grounds and Buildings.") 
 
 Annual reports of 47 1 
 
 Cemeteries, must be registered at office of the Board of 
 
 Health 213 94 
 
 Cemeteries, parks, and public buildings, invested with police 
 
 powers 156, 163 3, 35 
 
 City seal 51 7 
 
 Livery stables, to be classified and taxed 105 13 
 
 Ordinaries, classification of for license 103 5 
 
 Parks, hours of, duties, etc 157 13 
 
 Riverview Cemetery, his monthly settlements; his general 
 
 duties 175 45-51 
 
 vEROSEXE OIL— 
 
 Sale, test, storage, etc 237 9-16 
 
 JILLIXG— 
 
 Animals, for food, etc 198 27-2S 
 
 Licensed dog, unlawful ; penalty 400 3 
 
 OTE FLYIXG — 
 
 Prohibited 228 . 11 
 
 SXIGHTS OF PYTHIAS— 
 
 Property of, exempt from tax 99 24 
 
 .ABOR— 
 
 May be added to imprisonment for vagrancy, drunkenness, 
 
 begging, etc 403 7 
 
 .ABOR AGEXCIES— 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 LABORERS— 
 
 Number of, allowed at parks, etc 137 13 
 
 Wages to be paid semi-monthly 54 7 
 
 .AGER BEER SALOON— 
 
 Must close on Sunday (see "Liquor") 407 7 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 .AMP— 
 
 (See "Lights.") 
 
 Automobiles required to display at night 329 (3) 
 
 Lighted, to be carried on all bicycles at night 32S 3 
 
 On bicycles, exception as to police officers . 328 3 
 
 .AMP POSTS— 
 
 Penalty for climbing on, injuring or lighting 262 31 
 
 .AND BOOKS— 
 
 Buildings, new, assessed on report of Building Inspector at 
 
 actual cost ■ 95 9 
 
 Commissioner of the Revenue to make up 93 4 
 
 Copies, how dealt with, number of, and by whom examined. . 100 30-31
 
 630 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Copies of the, for the Auditor and Treasurer, oath of the 
 
 Commissioner therein 100 31 
 
 Land purchased by city, how to he entered 94 7 
 
 Mistakes in, when corrected 95 8 
 
 Property outside of city, when to be entered on 101 35 
 
 Public improvement bills to be entered on 133 12d 
 
 Real estate sold for taxes to be transferred on to purchaser. 94 7 
 
 Sewer tax for subdivided, lots to be entered on annually 133 12f 
 
 Special assessment clerk, set of, for 134 14 
 
 Transfers on, not made except in certain cases 95 8 
 
 Valuations, on what based 94 5 
 
 What it shall show 93 4 
 
 What shall be added thereto 94 6 
 
 LAND GRANTS— 
 
 To be furnished to Commissioner by the person interested 93 3 
 
 LAND SOLD FOR TAXES— 
 
 City of Richmond as purchaser of 141 17 
 
 Lapse of right of redemption of 142 20 
 
 Lists of, to be returned to the Auditor 139 11 
 
 Redemption of by married women, insane person, etc 141 16 
 
 Rights of redemption of 139 12-22 
 
 Title of purchaser of; deed to, if not made in one year. . . . 141 15 
 To be transferred; when purchased by the city; when re- 
 deemed, what (see "Taxation, Delinquent") 94 7 
 
 LANGUAGE— 
 
 Indecent 228 13 
 
 LAUNDRIES— 
 
 Public, water rates for 272 12 
 
 LAWYERS— 
 
 Classification, and tax of 104 9 
 
 LEASES— 
 
 Market stalls 245 15 
 
 When city interested in, to be written by City Attorney. . . . 409 3 
 
 LEAVE OP ABSENCE— 
 
 Park keeper's, etc. (see 'Absence") 137 13 
 
 LECTURES— 
 
 On literature, science and art, exempt from license tax 108 21 
 
 LEDGER— 
 
 Accounts, Auditor's office 85 34 
 
 Eor sewer accounts 134 14 
 
 General. Auditor's office 90 14 
 
 LEE CAMP, CONFEDERATE VETERANS— 
 
 Lot donated to in Riverview Cemetery '. 180 72 
 
 LEE WARD— 
 
 Boundaries of 33 7 
 
 Precincts 36 6-8 
 
 Voting places 42 28 
 
 LEGACY TO THE POOR— 
 
 Of the city, of A. B. Goodman 191
 
 INDEX. 
 
 631 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 LEGAL ADVISER— 
 
 City Attorney to be the, of the Mayor, Council, officers, heads 
 
 of departments, etc 409 3 
 
 LEGAL INSTRUMENTS— 
 
 To be written by the City Attorney 409 3 
 
 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS— 
 
 Commenced by the Collector of City Taxes, to be completed 
 
 by him 120 24 
 
 LEobbrj — - 
 
 Of place of amusement, exhibition hall, etc., to post ordinance 
 
 concerning, etc 299 8 
 
 LEVY— 
 
 For a fine not paid 418 3 
 
 For delinquent license 112 30 
 
 Or distress, for taxes, to be reasonable; sale of goods under a 118 16 
 
 LEVYING OF TAXES— 
 
 Chapter 15, concerning the 103 
 
 LEWD CONDUCT— 
 
 Prohibited, penalty for 228 13 
 
 LIBRARY— 
 
 Account 394 3 
 
 City government (see "City Government Library") 394 1-3 
 
 Public, establishment of, trustees for, etc 394 4-14 
 
 Taxation, exempt from 99 24 
 
 LICENSES— 
 
 (See "Permits.") 
 (See "Taxation.") 
 
 Abatement of 110 27 
 
 Amusements, public, classified 105 14 
 
 Annual, expiration of 110 27 
 
 Appeal from classification 107 18 
 
 Architects, classification and amount 104 9 
 
 Artists, classification and amount 104 9 
 
 Assignment of 110 28 
 
 Auction sales, issued for one year only 112 33 
 
 Bankrupt, assignee, fire stock sale, etc 112 32 
 
 Bars, saloons, etc., to be exhibited 407 7 
 
 Billiard, pool and bagatelle saloons 107 19 
 
 Bowling alleys, shooting galleries, fruit stands, hobby horses, 
 
 merry-go-rounds, selling medicines, etc 107 19 
 
 Building and loan associations 106 16 
 
 Carts, trucks, automobiles, dogs, goats, hawking or peddling 
 
 to be issued by Treasurer 109 24 
 
 Circuses and kindred exhibitions, shooting galleries, etc.... 108 21 
 
 Classification, appeal from to Council 107 18 
 
 Classification, appeal from, recommendation of Finance Com- 
 mittee necessary to change 107 18 
 
 Classification, complaints of, who to hear 107 18 
 
 Classification, inspection by public 107 is
 
 632 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Classification of, and tax 103 5 
 
 Classification of, who to make 107 18 
 
 Classification, publication of 107 18 
 
 Collection of, when made Ill 30 
 
 Collectors' receipt for tax on sufficient license; when to be 
 
 collected; when payable; penalty for failure to pay Ill 30 
 
 Conduits, amount of 36G 32 
 
 Contractors, classification and amount 104 9 
 
 Delinquent, collection of Ill 30 
 
 Dentists, classification and amount 104 9 
 
 Dog, not to be killed 400 3 
 
 Dog, record of to be kept 374 28 
 
 Dog, when it expires; to be evidenced by medal 373 27 
 
 Dogs and goats, provisions concerning 373-376 26-37 
 
 Electric lighting and power companies, classifications 106 15b 
 
 Electrical contractors to secure 291 16 
 
 Electricians required to obtain 291 15 
 
 Exemptions from payment of 108 21 
 
 Expiration of, annually 110 27 
 
 Express, telegraph and telephone companies 105 15a 
 
 Farm products, exempt from peddler's license 107 17 
 
 Farm products, sale of, exception as to 112 33 
 
 Farmers, not to pay peddler's license 107 17 
 
 Fieri facias for the fine for, Police Justice may issue; delin- 
 quent to be reported to Police Justice Ill 30 
 
 Fine, for failure to pay Ill 30 
 
 Foundling hospitals, by Board of Health 216 105 
 
 Fruit stands 107 19 
 
 Furniture, sale of, exception as to 112 33 
 
 Goats and dogs, provisions concerning 373-376 26-37 
 
 Hacks, bond required 321 1 
 
 Hawkers and peddlers 107 17 
 
 Hospitals maternity, by Board of Health 216 105 
 
 Imprisonment for failure to pay Ill 30 
 
 Insurance agents, classifications 104 10-11-12 
 
 Junk dealers, amount of, how granted 104 7 
 
 Junk dealers; when and how granted 104 7 
 
 Junk shops, not transferable 398 2 
 
 Junk shops, to be posted 398 2 
 
 Lawyers, classification and amount 104 9 
 
 Levy for 112 30 
 
 Lectures, what exempt from 108 21 
 
 List of delinquent Ill 30 
 
 Liquor, amount of 406 4 
 
 Liquor, application for, how made 406 6 
 
 Liquor, forfeiture of, grounds for 406 5 
 
 Liquor, to be exhibited, etc 407 7 
 
 Liquor, to whom granted 405 3 
 
 Livery stable keepers 105 13 

 
 INDEX. 633 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Loan associations 106 16 
 
 Lumber inspectors, classification and amount 104 9 
 
 Markets, vehicles at may be required to exhibit 244 11 
 
 Maternity hospitals, by Board of Health 216 105 
 
 Mayor, what to be granted by the 109 22 
 
 Mayor's permit, what granted on 109 22-23 
 
 Medals for, Street Cleaning Committee to furnish 110 25 
 
 Merry-go-rounds 107 15 
 
 Payment, fine and imprisonment for failure to pay Ill 30 
 
 Payment of, proceedings to compel Ill 30 
 
 Payment of, what exempt from 108 21 
 
 Payment of, when made Ill 30 
 
 Pawnbrokers, amount of 104 8 
 
 Pawnbrokers, to be posted 398 2 
 
 Pawn shops, not transferrable 398 2 
 
 Pawn shops, regulations concerning 398 1 
 
 Peddlers and hawkers 107 17 
 
 Peddlers, exceptions as to payment of 107 17 
 
 Penalty for failure to pay Ill 30 
 
 Performances, exhibitions or lectures, what exempt from. . . . 108 21 
 
 Permit, for electrician's license 291 15 
 
 Permit, plumbers before payment 218 113 
 
 Permits, which required to have 10S 21-22 
 
 Plumbers, from Superintendent Water Works 2S2 20 
 
 Plumbers, to work on water fixtures, may be granted, refused 
 
 and revoked 218-219 113-115 
 
 Plumbers, who to issue, how obtained 21S 113-115 
 
 Poles, Auditor to issue, amount of 35S 10-11 
 
 Pool rooms 107 19 
 
 Pool rooms, regulations concerning 398 3-4 
 
 Professions, various 104 9 
 
 Record of certain, to be kept 374 28 
 
 Report of delinquent Ill 30 
 
 Second-hand goods, furniture, sale of, exception as to 112 33 
 
 Shooting galleries, etc 10S 21 
 
 Slot machines 108 20 
 
 Sprinkling carts 309 26 
 
 Stables, livery, keepers of 105 13 
 
 Street railway 337 20 
 
 Surrender of, for assignment Ill 28 
 
 Telegraph and telephone companies 105 15a 
 
 Temporary, to be collected at once 97 16 
 
 Ticket brokers 109 23 
 
 Tins, for poles, Auditor to furnish 359 11 
 
 Tins for, Street Cleaning Committee to provide 110 25 
 
 Tins, vehicles, to be shown and how 321 3 
 
 Theatrical performances, circuses and other transient exhibi- 
 tions within or without the limits of the city 108 21
 
 634 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Transient exhibitions 108 21 
 
 Treasurer, what issued by 109 24 
 
 Treasurer's report on to Auditor 82 21 
 
 Vehicles, at markets, may require exhibition of 244 11 
 
 Vehicles, Auditor to deliver to Treasurer 110 25 
 
 Vehicles, Auditor to furnish license tins for 321 3 
 
 Vehicles, dogs, goats, etc 109 24 
 
 Vehicles for hire, bond, etc 321 1-3 
 
 Vehicles, how transferred 322 5 
 
 Vehicles, may issue for portion of year 322 5 
 
 Vehicles, provisions concerning issuance of 321-322 1-5 
 
 Vehicles, regular wagon to be paid by sprinkling carts 309 26 
 
 Vending machines 107 19 
 
 Vesels in quarantine, to enter 225 14 
 
 Veterinary surgeons, classification and amount 104 9 
 
 Wagons, drays, carts and hacks, for hire 321 1-3 
 
 Weigher, public, amount of 386 10 
 
 LIEN— 
 
 Bills for sewer connections, a 135 15a 
 
 For taxes runs from January 1st, each year 137 1 
 
 LIGHT COMMITTEE— 
 
 (See "Committee on Light.") 
 
 To get grades, profiles, etc., from City Engineer 303 9 
 
 LIGHTS— 
 
 Automobiles to display at night 329 (3) 
 
 Bicycles, police not required to carry 328 3 
 
 Bicycles to display at night 328 3 
 
 Building material in the streets, to be erected at night, near. 307 22 
 Paving, excavating, to be displayed at night by persons 
 
 working on in streets 306 21 
 
 Streets closed on account of sickness, in 316 47 
 
 Vessels in harbor, to be shown on 383 13c 
 
 LIME— 
 
 Unslacked, storage of dangerous 227 8 
 
 LIME KILN— 
 
 A nuisance, prohibited, penalty, etc 227 7 
 
 LINE OF STREETS— 
 
 Builders to get, from City Engineer 305 17 
 
 LINEMAN— 
 
 Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph 428 17 
 
 LINES— 
 
 On the river, Committee on Improvement James River may 
 
 fix, for wharves, docks, etc 379 8 
 
 LIQUOR— 
 
 Applications for license, how made 406 6 
 
 Bond, saloon keepers required to give 405 3 
 
 Chapter 51, concerning sale of liquor and gambling 405 
 
 Dealers in, wholesale and retail, exception as to license 104
 
 INDEX. 635 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Early closing, provisions concerning 407 7 
 
 Gambling, where sold, penalty for 408 9 
 
 Hotel, gambling in prohibited 408 9 
 
 Hotels, licensing of certain to sell liquor prohibited 405 1 
 
 Hotels, what taken to be 405 1 
 
 License, amount of 406 4 
 
 License, application for, how made 406 6 
 
 License, forfeiture of, grounds for 406 5 
 
 License, selling without, penalty 406 5 
 
 Licenses, to whom granted 105 3 
 
 Minor, false representations to obtain liquor, fine and im- 
 prisonment 408 11 
 
 Minors, not to dispense 105 2 
 
 Minors, not to enter saloons, penalty 40.8 S 
 
 Minors, sale of to, penalty 408 11 
 
 Saenger Hall, exception as to 405 1 
 
 Sale of, by minors and women, prohibited 405 2 
 
 Sale of without license, penalty 408 10 
 
 Saloons, early closing of 407 7 
 
 Saloons, interior to be plainly visible when closed 407 7 
 
 Saloons, minors not to enter, penalty 408 8 
 
 Saloons, number of limited 405 1 
 
 Selling, without license, penalty 406 5 
 
 Shows, sale of in conjunction with prohibited 405 1 
 
 Women, not to dispense 405 2 
 
 LIST— 
 
 Land sold for taxes, to be returned to Auditor in May 139 11 
 
 Licensed poles 358 9 
 
 LISTS— 
 
 Annual, of delinquent taxes, collector to make 119, 137 22, 4 
 
 Delinquent licenses Ill 30 
 
 Delinquent taxes 137 4 
 
 Errors on land books, to be made by Collector 119 21 
 
 Taxes, to be made by the Collector of City 116 5 
 
 Poles, owners to furnish annually 358 9 
 
 LIVE STOCK— 
 
 Levied upon for taxes, to be sustained 118 16 
 
 LIVERY STABLES— 
 
 Keepers of, to be classified and taxed 105 13 
 
 Taxation, to be listed for 103 5 
 
 Vehicles, number of which may be washed in the streets, ve- 
 hicles not to be parked, in front of, horses not to be led 
 
 across sidewalk to water 327 24 
 
 LOAD— 
 
 Wagon, dray or cart, charge for 322 8 
 
 Wagons, carts, drays, etc., weight of 324 15 
 
 LOADED SHELL— 
 
 Forbidden in city; loaded shot, forbidden in city 228 12
 
 , 636 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 LOCAL ASSESSMENTS— 
 
 (See "Clerk of Special Assessments.") 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 Chapter 17, concerning local assessments for public improve- 
 ments 127 
 
 Committee on, appointment of 57 14 
 
 LOCKED WHEEL— 
 
 Driving with a, prohibited 326 20 
 
 LOCKS— 
 
 Of the canal, nuisances in 226 1 
 
 LOCOMOTIVES— 
 
 Bell, required to have 352 1 
 
 Bell, ringing of 352 1 
 
 Climbing on prohibited 353 7 
 
 Tires for, when hauled over the stieets 324 15 
 
 LOITERING — 
 
 Near female schools and public free schools 234 37 
 
 Near fire engine houses, penalty, etc 294 2 
 
 Prohibited on streets 232 29 
 
 LONG FORAGE— 
 
 (See "Weighing Long Forage") 388 18 
 
 LOT— 
 
 Entrance to, for horses, vehicles, etc 306 20 
 
 Injury to, inclosures around 162 33 
 
 Non-resident, with nuisance thereon 228 15 
 
 Water rates for 272 14 
 
 LOTS— 
 
 Divided, how value of assessed 94 6 
 
 For redemption, index to 83 23 
 
 Sold for taxes, index to, to be made. . : 83 23 
 
 Sub-division of annual sewer tax on 133 12b 
 
 LOTS AND GRAVES— 
 
 In Riverview Cemetery, who may purchase (See Cemeteries, 
 
 Riverview" ) 176 52 
 
 The price of , etc 181 78-79 
 
 LUNATICS— 
 
 Property, how listed 95 10 
 
 Property sold for taxes, right to redeem 141 16 
 
 LUNCH COUNTER— 
 
 Water rates for 270 12 
 
 MACHINE SHOP— 
 
 Meter water rates for 273 14 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 MACHINERY— 
 
 Heavy and hauled over the streets, wheels for 325 15 
 
 In public grounds, injury to 161 26 
 
 Taxation, how assessed for 94 6
 
 INDEX. ,;;;; 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 MAD I SOX WARD— 
 
 Boundaries of 31 3 
 
 Precincts of 38 16, 19 
 
 Voting places in 43 31 
 
 MAIMING— 
 
 Animals, penalty for 400 6 
 
 MAINS— 
 
 (See "Gas Mains.") 
 (See "Water Mains.") 
 
 Gas and water, to be protected from electrolysis 345 33 
 
 MALE INHABITANTS— 
 
 To be listed by the Commissioner of Revenue 95 11 
 
 MALE RESIDENTS— 
 
 Each to pay poll-tax 103 4 
 
 MANAGER— 
 
 Amusement, exhibition hall, etc., to post ordinance concern- 
 ing them 299 6 
 
 Hands and carts, appointment, pay, etc 305 13b 
 
 MANCHESTER— 
 
 (See "Consolidation.") 
 
 Salaries of officers under consolidation agreement 68 4 
 
 MANHOLES— 
 
 For conduits, etc 364 28 
 
 MANUFACTORIES— 
 
 Meter water rates for 273 14f 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 MANUFACTURE— 
 
 Nuisance, abatement of 23U 20 
 
 Nuisance, permit for location of 229 19 
 
 Nuisance, trial of on appeal 419 1 
 
 Oleomargarine, regulations concerning 201 43, 44 
 
 MANUFACTURER— 
 
 Of casks, barrels, liquors, etc.: ineligible to office of gauger. . 385 6 
 
 MANUFACTURERS— 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 MANUFACTURING PLANTS— 
 
 How assessed 94 6 
 
 Mill, water rates for 269 12 
 
 MANURE VAULTS— 
 
 City Engineer to prescribe manner of construction 319 52 
 
 Indemnifying bond 320 53 
 
 Permit for location of, who to issue 320 53 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning 320 53 
 
 MAPS— 
 
 (See "Plans.") 
 
 City Engineer, to make such as required 303 9 
 
 Gas mains to be presented, etc 253 7
 
 638 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Plans and details, to accompany petition for conduit privi- 
 lege 326, 363 36, 28 
 
 Streets dedicated by, acceptance of 314 44 
 
 Water mains, to be preserved, etc 267 7 
 
 MARKET RENTS— 
 
 Exception as to the payment of 82 19e 
 
 MARKET VALUE— 
 
 Of shares, basis for taxation 103 3 
 
 MARKETS— 
 
 Benches, stands and stalls in to be numbered; committee to 
 
 designate use of 243 4 
 
 Bills for privileges in to be presented monthly; how, when 
 
 and where payable; penalty for failure to pay 246 17 
 
 Bulletin boards in; who to keep; what to be posted on 250 37 
 
 Certificates showing payment of sanitary tax; clerk to issue' 
 
 Auditor to furnish 248 21, 23 
 
 Chapter 29, concerning 214 
 
 Cleaning and watering of . , 244 7 
 
 "Clerk," meaning of 241 1 
 
 Clerks of, committee may suspend 243 5 
 
 Clerks of, committee to have control of 243 5 
 
 Clerks of, Council to elect 243 6 
 
 Clerks of, election, bond, duties 243 5 
 
 Clerks of, to have police power 250 3a 
 
 Clerks of, to make certain reports to Auditor 246 16 
 
 Clerks of, not to be interested in sale or purchase of articles 
 
 offered within limits of 245 12 
 
 Clerks of, to report violations of ordinances concerning 250 35 
 
 "Committee," meaning of 241 1 
 
 Committee on, to exercise general supervision over 243 4 
 
 Delinquent bills, how collected; penalty for failure to pay.. 247 18 
 
 Deputies clerks, compensation, powers and duties 244 6 
 
 Deputy clerks, committee to appoint 244 6 
 
 Disturbing peace 250 32 
 
 Employees in, committee may suspend, employ and dis- 
 charge 243 5 
 
 Employees, not to be interested in sale or purchase of arti- 
 cles offered for sale in 24-1 12 
 
 Expenditures for, committee to approve 243 5 
 
 "Farmer or trucker," meaning of 241 1 
 
 Farmers and truckers, to pay separate sanitary tax for each 
 
 space occupied 250 33 
 
 First Market, boundaries of 241 2a 
 
 Fixtures in, injury to 249 29 
 
 Food sold in to be inspected 244 8 
 
 Gas and water furnished in, not to be wasted 249 29 
 
 Horses and vehicles, may be required to be removed from. . . 244 10 
 
 Hours for holding prescribed 247 19 
 
 "Huckster," meaning of 241 1
 
 INDEX. 
 
 639 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Injury of property in prohibited 250 32 
 
 Lease, penalty for occupying stall without 249 31 
 
 Leases, all renters of stalls to execute 24.", 15 
 
 Leases, form of to be prescribed by committee 245 15 
 
 Leases, list of to be furnished to Auditor annually 246 16 
 
 Leases of privileges in, chairman of committee on to execute. 245 14 
 Leases of privileges in, originals to be delivered to Auditor 
 
 for safekeeping 246 16 
 
 Leases, to be for one year 246 17 
 
 Licenses, to be exhibited to clerk of 244 11 
 
 Loitering in precincts of, penalty for 251 39 
 
 Loitering in prohibited 250 32 
 
 "Market," definition of 241 1 
 
 Meat boxes, leaky, prohibited 249 26 
 
 Meat boxes, to be elevated; to be cleaned weekly; offensive to 
 
 be removed 249 25 
 
 Nuisance in prohibited 250 32 
 
 Obscene language in prohibited 250 32 
 
 Passageways in, not to be obstructed 248 24 
 
 Penalty for violation of ordinances concerning 250 36 
 
 Police power, clerks of to have 250 35 
 
 Receipts, leases or certificates of renters, clerks, may inspect. 24.", 13 
 
 Rules for administration of, committee to make 243 5 
 
 Sanitary tax, by whom paid; amount, privileges under 247 21 
 
 Sanitary tax, penalty for use of space without payment of. . . 250 31 
 
 Sanitary tax, sales prohibited without payment of 248 22 
 
 Sanitary tax, to be paid for each space occupied 250 33 
 
 Second Market, boundaries of 242 2b 
 
 Signs, occupants of stalls required to have 249 30 
 
 Stalls and benches, to be kept clean 249 30 
 
 Stalls, not to be sub-let without consent of committee 246 15 
 
 Stalls, stands and benches in, committee to assess rental; 
 
 when 24", 14 
 
 Stalls, stands and benches in, committee's consent necessary 
 
 to authorize rental of more than one to same person 246 17 
 
 Stalls, stands and benches, leases of to be renewed annually; 
 application for to be filed with clerk of; committee to ap- 
 prove execution of; old tenant to be given preference 24.", 14 
 
 Stalls, stands and benches, schedule of rates for rental of to 
 
 be filed with clerk of 245 14 
 
 Stands, stalls and benches, alteration or erection of to be 
 
 approved by committee 250* 34 
 
 Streets and alleys adjacent to, to be used by farmers and 
 
 truckers only 243 3 
 
 Streets and alleys occupied as, hours for use of prescribed.. 247 20 
 
 Trash receptacles, committee to provide 251 38 
 
 Trash and refuse, not to be left in 249 30 
 
 Unsound food, not to be sold in 249 27
 
 640 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Unsound food to be destroyed 244 8 
 
 Weights and measure, what to be used in 249 28 
 
 Weights and measures used in to be inspected 244 9 
 
 Weighmaster for First 387 15-16 
 
 MARKS— 
 
 Gauger, altering or imitating 385 3 
 
 Public weigher, altering, changing or defacing of the 386 12 
 
 MARRIED WOMEN— 
 
 Prosecution of a, for violating ordinance, may be directed 
 
 against husband 418 2 
 
 Right of redemption of land sold for taxes 141 16 
 
 MARSHALL RESERVOIR— 
 
 Keeper to have police power 159 19 
 
 Keeper of, salary, duties, residence, etc 284 27 
 
 MARSHALL SQUARE— 
 
 Keeper's duties 157 13 
 
 Laborer provided for 158 13 
 
 MARSHALL STREET— 
 
 Near the market, the use of 242 2b 
 
 MARSHALL WARD— 
 
 Boundaries of 31 1 
 
 Precincts in, boundaries of 41 24-26 
 
 Voting places in 44 33 
 
 MASONS— 
 
 Ancient, Free and Accepted, lot sold to the, in Riverview 
 
 Cemetery ISO 74 
 
 Property of exempt from taxation 99 24 
 
 MASTER— 
 
 Apprentice, liable for fine, etc 418 2 
 
 Steamboat or vessel, forbidden to bring vagrants to the city; 
 
 to give bond to secure the city when they do 402 . 1 
 
 Vessel or owner, to obey quarantine orders 223 7 
 
 Vessels released from quarantine to report to the Mayor 224 13 
 
 Vessels, with powder on board, to report arrival, etc 236 2 
 
 MATERIAL— 
 
 Building, space allowed for, in streets 307 22 
 
 Electric railways, for construction, to be submitted for in- 
 spection and approval 345 31 
 
 In house plumbing must be "good," etc 210 78 
 
 MATERNITY HOSPITALS— 
 
 Board of Health to license; to adopt rules and regulations 
 
 concerning 216 105 
 
 MATRONS— 
 
 City Home, appointment 187 2 
 
 City Home, salary 64 108, 116 
 
 MATURED COUPONS— 
 
 To be destroyed 150 14
 
 INDEX. 641 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 MAURY CEMETERY— 
 
 Annual appropriation tor maintenance of 183 85 
 
 Designation of boundaries denned 182 85 
 
 For use of white people exclusively 182 85 
 
 MAYOR— 
 
 Absence or inability of, who to act 45 5 
 
 Annual message 45 2 
 
 Buildings, exhibition, to examine and determine upon safety 
 
 of 112 34 
 
 Chapter 4, concerning 45 
 
 Circus or other like exhibition in city, to issue permit for. . . 109 22 
 
 Duties of 45 1-3 
 
 Hacks, designate stands for and make rules and regulations 
 
 concerning 323 12-13 
 
 Infected cargo, removal of may be permitted by 224 9 
 
 Justice of peace, to have powers of 45 4 
 
 Library appropriation, paid on warrants signed by 394 3 
 
 License tax, when may dispense with 108 21 
 
 Licenses, may suspend certain 112 34 
 
 Licenses, permission necessary to secure certain 108 21-22 
 
 Nuisances, abatement of, approve bills for 235 39 
 
 Oaths, official, to administer certain 49 1 
 
 Office hours, exception as to 53 1 
 
 Ordinances and certain resolutions passed by Council, City 
 
 Clerk to transmit to 69 4 
 
 Permits, for certain licenses, to issue 108 21-22 
 
 Police force, report to Council on state of 425 5 
 
 Quarantine, duties as to 222 3 
 
 Quarantine, may order vessels to 223 7 
 
 Remove deputy collectors city taxes 115 2 
 
 Report, condition of police force 425 5 
 
 Report, suspensions or removals 45 3 
 
 Reward, may offer for apprehension of person giving false 
 alarm of fire or injuring boxes or apparatus of Fire De- 
 partment 295 7 
 
 Secret service fund, may expend 427 13 
 
 Sinking Fund Commissioners, president of 151 2 
 
 Statement to Council 45 2 
 
 Stenographer, may appoint 45 6 
 
 Streets, authorize closing of in case of sickness 316 ' 47 
 
 Suspend officer refusing to settle with Auditor 78 7 
 
 Suspensions and removals, to report 45 3 
 
 MEASURER OF GRAIN— 
 
 Deputy, for and fees, compensation, etc 390 27-28 
 
 Election, oath, bond, duties, term, etc 389 23-29 
 
 Grain may weigh; all potatoes, beans, peas, etc., how weighed 3S9 24-26 
 
 Report, to make quarterly and publish statement 390 29 
 
 Scales, to test weekly; may appoint deputies; fees, how paid, 
 
 and by whom, etc 3S9 26-28 
 
 Standard weights, per bushel (see "Weights and Measures") 389 26
 
 lil-i 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 MEASURES— 
 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 
 MEASURING GRAIN— 
 
 Provisions concerning 389 23-29 
 
 MECHANIC— 
 
 Exhibiting his own work or invention exempt from license. 108 21 
 
 MECHANICS INSTITUTE— 
 
 Expenses of, Printing and Claims Committee to audit 422 9 
 
 MEDALS— 
 
 Dog, Treasurer to furnish, to be worn conspicuously 373 29 
 
 Dogs and goats, Auditor to deliver and charge to the Treas- 
 urer 110 25 
 
 Vehicles, license tins for 321 3 
 
 MEDICAL INSPECTOR— 
 
 Appointment of 192 3a 
 
 Removal of for cause 193 3b 
 
 Salary 193 3a 
 
 Salary of, how paid; not to be increased or diminished dur- 
 ing term 193 3b 
 
 Under control of Board of Health 193 3b 
 
 MEDICINE— 
 
 Sample package of not to be thrown or placed in yards, 
 halls, doorways or vestibules 234 37 
 
 MEETINGS— 
 
 (see "Committees") 55 10 
 
 Committee on Improvement of James River 37S 1 
 
 Committee on the Relief of the Poor 189 9 
 
 Finance Committee, Special Accountant to attend all of the 
 
 MEMBERS— 
 
 Board of Health, excepted from rule as to private work dur- 
 ing office hours 53 1 
 
 City Council, the oath of 49 1 
 
 City Council, not to receive compensation for services before 
 
 or any committee or board of 48 8 
 
 MERCHANDISE— 
 
 Public weigher to weigh any, when requested 386 11 
 
 Sale of on sidewalks, streets, etc 317 49 
 
 Unclaimed, in the Police Court 414 7 
 
 MERCHANTS— 
 
 Temporary, how licensed 97 16 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 MERRY-GO-ROUND— 
 
 And hobby-horses, license tax on 107 19 
 
 MESSENGERS— 
 
 Of commissioners of elections 421 6 
 
 Water Department, appointment, etc 286 34 
 
 METER— 
 
 Bills, for water, payable quarterly 279 17 
 
 Book and register, of gas inspector 257 21
 
 index. 64 g 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Rates for water, cubic feet 273 14f 
 
 "Water (see "Meters, Water"), when defective, how charges 
 
 made 276 14g 
 
 METERS, GAS— 
 
 Defective, to be reported, etc 256 20 
 
 In consumers' house (see "Gas Works") 255 16 
 
 Penalty for interfering with the 262 32 
 
 METERS, WATER— 
 
 City to supply and to remain city property; when damages to 
 
 not paid, water to be shut off 27S 14o, 14q 
 
 Consumers not to have damages, etc.; not to be moved, or dis- 
 connected, etc.; owners liable for damages to 277 141-14n 
 
 Defective, when, how charge made; one on each service pipe. 276 14g-14i 
 
 Delinquent bills; penalties for meter water offenses 278 14q-14r 
 
 Iron pipes, premises having them may use for water 282 20 
 
 Provisions concerning 273 14f-14r 
 
 Rates for 273 14f 
 
 Repairs, how made and how chargeable; all under super- 
 vision Water Department; double service, how charged; 
 when placed, owner of premises liable; when placed on the 
 
 premises, etc. ; consumers' privileges 277 14h-14p 
 
 Supervision of, Water Department; to have bill for water at 
 meter rates; all subject to inspection; water shut off for 
 delinquency; bills for repairs to; receipts from repairs... 278 14m-14r 
 
 Where they may be placed 272 14 
 
 MIDWIFE— 
 
 Must be registered at office of Board of Health 213 94 
 
 MILITARY— 
 
 (See "Armories.") 
 
 (See "Grounds and Buildings.") 
 
 Annual appropriation for 161 28 
 
 Blues armory, custodian for 161 27 
 
 Companies, storage of powder by 236 15 
 
 First Virginia Regiment 158 14 
 
 Howitzers armory, control of 158 15 
 
 MILITIA— 
 
 State, First Regiment of 158 14 
 
 MILK AND FOOD SUPPLIES— 
 
 Adulterated milk, names of persons convicted of selling or 
 
 having, to be published 198 24 
 
 Adulterated milk, what to constitute 198 23 
 
 Animals, not to be offered for sale until fully cooled after 
 
 being killed 119 28 
 
 Animals, to be drawn before being sold or dressed; excep- 
 tions as to game and poultry 199 28 
 
 Assistant inspector of, appointment and salary 193 3a 
 
 Assistant inspector of; appointment, qualifications, powers 
 
 and duties 196 16 
 
 Cattle, diseased not to be sold for food 198 27
 
 
 611 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Cattle, diseased to be reported 198 27 
 
 Cattle for not to be bound or tied 401 8 
 
 Cattle for to have proper ventilation food and water 401 7 
 
 Cattle intended for, water, ventilation, etc 401 7 
 
 Dairy farm, permit required for; how obtained; fee 196 17 
 
 Dairy farms, Board of Health to adopt rules and regulations 
 
 concerning 
 
 200 35 
 
 Dairy farms, inspection of 197 17 
 
 False representations as to soundness of food products pro- 
 hibited 199 30 
 
 Food, to be protected from contamination by dogs 200 38 
 
 Food, to be protected from dirt and flies while being trans- 
 ported through streets 200 39 
 
 Hotels, stores and cafes, to screen food dispensed by to pro- 
 tect from dirt and flies 200 36 
 
 Impure food not to be sold or offered for sale 199 29 
 
 Impure food to be reported to inspector 199 32 
 
 Impure milk, definition of 197 22 
 
 Impure milk, not to be sold or given away 197 21 
 
 Inspector and assistant inspector of, term, payment and 
 salary; removal of; salary not to be increased or dimin- 
 ished during term of office 193 3b 
 
 Inspector of, appointment and salary 193 3a 
 
 Inspector of, duties of to be defined by Board of Health 200 35 
 
 Inspector of; election, qualification, bond; under control of 
 
 Board of Health 195 15 
 
 Inspector of, may condemn and destroy unsound 199 33 
 
 Inspector of, may condemn impure or adulterated milk 198 24 
 
 Inspector of, may open milk cans for purpose of examining 
 
 same ; may destroy impure milk 198 24 
 
 Inspectors of, under control of Board of Health 195 12 
 
 Markets, unsound in, destruction of 244 8 
 
 Meats or vegetables, impure not to be sold or offered for sale. 198 25 
 Meats, vegetables, fruits and other articles of food to be pro- 
 tected from flies and dirt 200 37 
 
 Milk, adulterated, sale of prohibited 197 18 
 
 Penalty for failure to protect food from dirt and flies 200 40 
 
 Penalty for violation of provisions concerning 199 34 
 
 Permits for sale of 196 17 
 
 Publication of names of persons convicted of selling impure 
 
 milk 198 25 
 
 Screening of, requirements concerning 200 36-41 
 
 Skimmed milk, not to contain less than nine per cent, of milk 
 
 solids 197 20 
 
 Skimmed milk, when sold to be plainly marked 197 19 
 
 Stalls or stands for sale of, to be kept clean 199 31 
 
 Stalls or stands outside of markets, permit required for 
 
 certain, how obtained, fee, inspection of 196 17
 
 
 INDEX. 6 45 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Unsound in markets to destroyed 244 8 
 
 Unsound, not to be sold in markets, penalty 249 27 
 
 Violation of ordinance concerning in markets to be reported. 244 8 
 MILK DEPOTS— 
 
 Water rates for 272 14 
 
 mills- 
 how assessed for taxation 94 6 
 
 MINOR— 
 
 False representations to obtain liquor, penalty for 408 11 
 
 Fire apparatus, forbidden to handle or meddle with 294 2 
 
 Firearms on streets, not to carry 233 31 
 
 Firearms, sale of, to prohibited 233 32 
 
 Liquor, not to dispense 405 2 
 
 Liquor, sale of to, penalty 408 11 
 
 Saloons, not to enter, etc., guilty of a misdemeanor, penalty 
 
 for, etc 408 8 
 
 Unlawful for any, to climb on steam cars, street cars, omni- 
 buses or machinery 353 7 
 
 Violation of ordinances, may be prosecuted 418 2 
 
 MINUTES— 
 
 Boards, committees, commissions, etc., must show, each meet- 
 ing, appropriation, expenditures and balance to credit 54 3 
 
 Committees, of commissions, etc., to show order for sale of 
 
 city property 81 19b 
 
 MISSILES— 
 
 Throwing of, prohibited 231 22 
 
 MODELS— 
 
 Machines, etc., exhibition of, exempt from license tax 108 21 
 
 MOLASSES— 
 
 May be sold without gauging 385 4 
 
 MONEY— 
 
 City, in bank, to be paid out on Treasurer's check only 89 3 
 
 Due the city, employees prohibited from collecting any 81 19a 
 
 Gas Department employees not to collect 263 39 
 
 Paid as fines to the Police Justice, city property 418 1 
 
 Payments of, by the Treasurer, on warrants only 78, 86, 89 5, 37, 3 
 
 Tax rate on 103 3 
 
 Unclaimed, in the Police Court 414 7 
 
 MONROE SQUARE— 
 
 Keeper, duties of 157 13 
 
 Laborer allowed for 158 13 
 
 MONROE WARD— 
 
 Boundaries of 32 4 
 
 Precincts in 38 12, 15 
 
 Voting places in 43 30 
 
 MONTE MARIA CONVENT— 
 
 Inmates of, may be buried in grounds of 181 80 
 
 I "■
 
 ()1(; INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 MONTHLY STATEMENT— 
 (See "Statements.") 
 
 Market clerks '. . 246 
 
 Of the Auditor 79 
 
 Of the Treasurer 86 
 
 Relief of the Poor, Committee on 189 
 
 MONUMENT AVENUE GRASS PLOTS— 
 
 Keeper of, appointment and duties 159 
 
 Penalty for depredations upon 161 
 
 MONUMENTS— 
 
 Objectionable, etc., in Riverview Cemetery, may be removed. 178 
 
 Objectionable, in cemeteries, may be removed 170 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing 163 
 
 MORTGAGE— 
 
 On goods and chattels, not to prevent distress for taxes 117 
 
 MOTORMAN— 
 
 Street railway, to keep a lookout, and to ring gong, etc.... 333 
 
 MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY— 
 
 Annual appropriation for maintenance of 183 
 
 Designation of, boundaries defined 183 
 
 For use of colored persons exclusively 183 
 
 MUFFLERS— 
 
 On automobiles, not to be opened in streets 331 
 
 MULE— 
 
 Not to be sold in street within 100 yards of licensed sales 
 
 stable 113 
 
 Not to go at large in street or alley 400 
 
 Where to be sold under distress for taxes 119 
 
 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT— 
 
 ( See "Electric Plant" ) 287 
 
 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT— 
 
 Books on, collection of 394 
 
 MUSIC— 
 
 In the streets, at certain hours on Sunday forbidden 229 
 
 Vocal or instrumental, performance of, exempt from license. . 108 
 
 MUSICIANS— 
 
 Forbidden to parade at certain hours on Sunday 229 
 
 NAILS— 
 
 Must not be put in the streets 328 
 
 NAPHTHA— 
 
 Storage of, quantity limited, etc 237 
 
 NATIONAL BANKS— 
 
 Exemption 97 
 
 new buildings- 
 how assessed ; to be reported 95 
 
 new Reservoir park— 
 
 (See "Byrd Park.") 
 NEWTON'S SANITARY TRAPS— 
 
 Use of, allowed 209
 
 INDEX. (J47 
 
 PAGE BEC. 
 NIGHT SOIL— 
 
 Disposal of into Shockoe Creek, manner of prescribed 204 52 
 
 Not to be buried on lot or premises 204 50 
 
 Penalty for carelessness in handling of 204 51 
 
 Pollution of water supply by, prohibited 212 85 
 
 Removal of, by person other than contractor; penalty 204 50 
 
 Removal of, charges for, rate fixed and manner of colection. 203 48 
 
 Removal of, contract for to be made 203 48 
 
 Removal of, contractor to disinfect premises 204 51 
 
 Removal of, interference with contractor for prohibited.... 203 49 
 
 Removal of, penalty for overcharge for 203 49 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning removal of, Board of 
 
 Health to adopt 202 47 
 
 Water shed, dry closets for deposit of on to be provided; 
 
 removal of from 211 83 
 
 NIGHT WATCHMAN— 
 
 City Hall 156 .8 
 
 City Home, salary 64 116 
 
 Street Cleaning Department 373 24 
 
 NITROGLYCERINE— 
 
 Not to be brought into or kept or manufactured in the city. . 237 11-12 
 
 Sale of fireworks containing prohibited 238 12 
 
 Vessels to handle it under supervision of the harbor master 
 
 only 383 16 
 
 NOISE— 
 
 Unusual, forbidden 228 11 
 
 NON-RESIDENT— 
 
 Destitute, sick, etc 1S9 8 
 
 Lot of, with nuisance thereon 228 15 
 
 Poor 189 8 
 
 Privileges of, at markets 247 21 
 
 NOTES— 
 
 Assessment of for taxation 95, 97 11, IS 
 
 Tax on 103 3 
 
 Temporary debt of city, execution of for 147 12 
 
 NOTICE— 
 
 (See also "Report.") 
 
 Abandoned cemetery sections 167, 179 5, 67 
 
 Abate nuisance 228 15 
 
 Absence of Auditor or Treasurer, to be given to each other. . 89 6 
 
 Appropriations, making of 71 9 
 
 Building Code, violations of 487 94 
 
 Burials from City Home, to be given keeper of Oakwood. . . . 190 16 
 
 Cemeteries, posting of in 169 17 
 
 Chief of Fire Department to be given as to storage of powder. 236 5 
 
 Cleanse premises 154 6 
 
 Completion of water fixtures 268, 281 10, 19 
 
 Concerning payment of taxes, to be published 115 3 
 
 Council action, City Clerk to give 71 9 
 
 Cutting off lights or current 293 25
 
 648 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Dead animals, to contractor for removal of . 376 39, 42 
 
 Delinquent taxes, to be mailed 126 45 
 
 Election 50 5 
 
 Encroachments, notice to remove 311 32 
 
 Gas and water bills, over payment of 8S 44 
 
 Graves, digging of ITS 61 
 
 License classification, publication of 107 IS 
 
 M arkets, violation of food laws in to chief health officer 244 8 I 
 
 Nuisance, presence of • 232 26 i 
 
 Ordinances prescribing penalties, publication of 71 11 
 
 Polls, requiring removal of, when unsafe 360 15 i 
 
 Public improvements, bills for to be sent to owners liable 
 
 for 12S 3 
 
 Public improvements, how given 128 3-4 < 
 
 Removal of gas consumers 256 
 
 Removal of water takers 279 16 
 
 Remove wires in buildings in course of repair 292 21 
 
 ' Sale of goods levied upon for a fine 418 3 
 
 Sale of goods under levy or distress 118 17 
 
 Sale of unclaimed goods 414 7 
 
 Sales by Delinquent Tax Collector 137 4, 6 
 
 Sales by port wardens 382 7 
 
 Sewer connection ordered as a health measure 134 15 
 
 Street railways, to make repairs 344 31 
 
 Street railways to pay license tax 338 20 
 
 Streets, change of grade 312 37 
 
 Streets obstructed, to be given Fire Department 235 40 
 
 Taxes, sale of land for 137 4-6 
 
 To non-resident when nuisance on his property 228 15 
 
 Unslacked lime, to remove 227 8 
 
 Violation of health regulations 194 6 
 
 Water connections, to make 285 30 
 
 Water fixtures, to repair 283 23 
 
 NOXIOUS MATTER— 
 
 In bouse, cellar or lot 226 4 
 
 NUISANCES— 
 
 Abatement of, annual appropriation for 234 38 
 
 Abatement of, appeal on 419 1 
 
 Abatement of by the Police Justice 229 16 
 
 Aatement of, methods for 234, 369 39, 3 
 
 Abating a, for cost of, execution may issue, etc 229 16 
 
 Animals, not to go at large, penalty 233 30 
 
 Appeal on abatement proceedings 419 1 
 
 Ashes, dirt, rubbish, filth 231 24-26 
 
 Bandy, snowballs, stones, missiles, bows, crossbows, arrows, 
 
 etc 231 22 
 
 Board of Health to report 368 3 
 
 Bulldogs, to be muzzled 234 35 
 
 Canal, locks, docks, basin, river, or forebays in the 226 1 
 
 Carcaaspa. filth, ctaenant water 226 1-4
 
 ixdex. 64 g 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Chapter 27, concerning 226 
 
 City Attorney, to be prosecuted by 409 3 
 
 Coasting, in certain places prohibited 233 34 
 
 Expectorating on sidewalks or car, elevator, or hall floors and 
 
 throwing peelings or skins thereon 230 21 
 
 Fast riding or driving on the Free Bridge 229 1 7 
 
 Firearms and cartridges, sale of to minors prohibited 233 32 
 
 Firearms, guns, pistols, bell-ringing, kites, noise, cannon 
 
 firing, loaded shot and shell 228 11-12 
 
 Firearms, minors not to carry on streets 233 31 
 
 Fish, vegetables, fruit, etc., sales of, etc.; auction sales on 
 
 the streets 317 49 
 
 Guns, pistols, cannon, firearms 231 22 
 
 Gutters and drains to be kept clear 231 23 
 
 Indecent exposure of person 228 14 
 
 Lewd, indecent or disorderly conduct prohibited 228 13 
 
 Loitering, near schools prohibited 234 37 
 
 Loitering on streets 232 29 
 
 Loitering on streets, prohibited 232 29 
 
 Markets, in the, penalty, etc 250 32 
 
 Non-resident's property, abatement on 228 15 
 
 Notice to abate 228 15 
 
 Noxious, offensive, or unwholesome matter, stagnant water, 
 
 defective drainage, privies, etc 226 4-5 
 
 Obscene literature, sale or exposure of prohibited 228 13 
 
 Offensive or dangerous stacks, chimneys, etc 229 19-20 
 
 On property of non-resident 228 15 
 
 Report of by City Health Officer 194 6 
 
 Report of by police 424 2 
 
 Report of in street to City Engineer 232 26 
 
 Report of on property cf non-resident 228 15 
 
 Report to Board of Health, Mayor, etc 234 39 
 
 Report to Superintendent Street Cleaning 369 3 
 
 Restaurant or hotel bars, beer saloons, drinking places, Sun- 
 day law concerning 407 7 
 
 Sample packages, throwing in yards prohibited 234 36 
 
 Signs, goods, auctions, etc., on the sidewalks and streets. .. . 317 49 
 
 Skating, provisions as to on streets 232 27 
 
 Slaughter houses, distilleries, lime and brick kilns 227 6-7 
 
 Steam engines, furnaces, boilers, flues 230 20 
 
 Street music, at certain hours, on Sunday 229 18 
 
 Streets, obstruction of to be reported to Fire Department. . . 235 40 
 
 Streets, writing or painting on roadbed prohibited ". . . 233 33 
 
 Sunday laws and bars 407 7 
 
 "Wheelbarrows, hand carts, sled, skating, snow, etc., on the 
 
 sidewalks 232 27-28 
 
 Who to abate 368 3 
 
 Unslacked lime, stove pipes, burning and foul chimneys, tor- 
 pedoes, firecrackers, fireworks, balloons, rockets, gunpow- 
 der, combustible material, firing of, etc 227-228 8-12
 
 650 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 NUMBERING— 
 
 Of automobiles 329 3 
 
 Of cars, on street railways 335 10 
 
 Of electric wires and cables, required 36] 20 
 
 Of houses 312 35 
 
 Wagons, carts, etc., license tins for 321 3 
 
 NURSERYMAN— 
 
 Hours of duty of, etc 157 13 
 
 Laborers for 158 13 
 
 NURSES— 
 
 City Hospital 219 117 
 
 Colored, at City Home, pay of 64 118 
 
 White, at City Home, salary of 64 114 
 
 OAKWOOD CEMETERY— 
 (See "Burials.") 
 (See "Cemeteries, Oakwcod.") 
 (See "Graves.") 
 Committee on Cemeteries to have control and management 
 
 of 165 1 
 
 Communication with City Home, to have notice of burials 
 
 from the City Home 190 15-16 
 
 Duties of the keeper of 165 2 
 
 Enclosures allowed therein, character of 169 19 
 
 General rules concerning conduct of public therein 171 21 
 
 Keeper's election, etc 165 2 
 
 Lot in donated to Foundling Hospital 181 76 
 
 Perpetual care of sections in 181 S2-83 
 
 Prices of lots therein 181 79 
 
 Sections in, who to own 166 3 
 
 OATHS— 
 
 Auditor may administer 77 4 
 
 Board of Health may administer 193 3b 
 
 Chapter 6, concerning 49 
 
 Collector Delinquent Taxes, on list of land sold for taxes. . . . 139 10 
 
 Collector of Taxes, on delinquent lists 119 21 
 
 Commissioner of Revenue, on land and personal books 100 30 
 
 Mayor, of the city 49 1 
 
 Measurer of grain 389 23 
 
 Member of Council 49 1 
 
 Officers elected or appointed; before the Mayor or the City 
 
 Clerk ; affirmation instead of 50 3 
 
 Official, by whom administered; of the Mayor; of a member of 
 
 the Council 49 1 
 
 Official, neglecting to take for forty days vacates office 50 5 
 
 Official, where they must be filed, etc 49 1 
 
 Penalty for acting in office before taking 50 4 
 
 Tax list, to be subscribed on 98 20
 
 
 INDEX. 651 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 OBSCENE— 
 
 Books, circulation of, penalty 228 13 
 
 Language, in the markets, penalty for,. etc 250 32 
 
 Pictures 228 13 
 
 OBSTRUCTION— 
 
 (See "Encroachments.") 
 
 Aisles, passageways, stairways, etc., of public building.... 296,298 10,1 
 
 Gutter or drain in front, etc., of lot, to be removed 231 23 
 
 Harbor, by vessels 383 14 
 
 Market* houses, prohibited at 248 24 
 
 Streets, by buildings, etc 308 24 
 
 Street, to be reported to Fire Department 235 40 
 
 OBSTRUCTIONS AT RAILROAD STATIONS AND STEAM- 
 BOAT WHARVES— 
 
 Boys climbing on cars 353 7 
 
 Chapter 39, concerning 352 
 
 Hack drivers, porters, etc., unnecessary outcry; soliciting 
 custom; Chief of Police to regulate, etc.; police to enforce 
 
 ordinances as to 352 2-5 
 
 Locomotives to have and to ring a bell; steam whistle blow- 
 ing forbidden 352 1 
 
 Police to attend at stations on arrival of trains 353 6 
 
 Railroads to floor over, or cover, trestles and bridges crossing- 
 streets 373 40 
 
 Watchman and flag at crossings 352 1 
 
 OBSTRUCTING— 
 
 Passage of ambulance 191 22 
 
 Passage of fire apparatus 235 40 
 
 Passage of street cars 333 4 
 
 Sewers 312 34 
 
 Sidewalks, by standing in groups 232 29 
 
 Street, with porch, portico, door, window, step, fence, gate, 
 
 etc 311 32 
 
 Streets, by railroad trains prohibited 317 48 
 
 Streets by wagons 107 17 
 
 ODD-FELLOWS— 
 
 Property exempt 99 24 
 
 OFFENSIVE— 
 
 Matter at market houses to be removed, penalty, etc 249 25 
 
 Matter in lot, cellar, house, etc 226 2-4 
 
 Matter on non-residents' property 228 15 
 
 Privies to be removed on. complaint to the Police Justice. . . . 227 5 
 
 Stacks and chimneys 230 20 
 
 OFFICE— 
 
 Forfeiture of, what constitutes - 48 3 
 
 Not to be sold or let to farm 48 5 
 
 Removal by Mayor 45 3 
 
 Removal from, when made 48, 54, 59 7, 7, 25
 
 652 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Removal City Home Superintendent 188 5 
 
 Removal of deputies of Collector Delinquent Taxes 124 31 
 
 Removal of Treasurer from 87 42 
 
 OFFICE HOURS— 
 
 Auditor and Treasurer prescribed SO 12 
 
 Clerk of Council committees 53 2 
 
 Departments of the city government 53 1 
 
 Engineer for the city 304 11 
 
 Gas Department 252 5 
 
 OFFICERS— 
 
 Auditor may require statements to be furnished by 79 9 
 
 City Attorney to approve bonds of 50 6 
 
 City, forbidden to engage in private work during office hours. 53 1 
 City Home appointed and controlled by the Committee on 
 
 Relief of the Poor 187 2, 4 
 
 City, to give access to their books and papers to the Special 
 
 Accountant 55 10 
 
 Compensation, not to receive for services rendered before any 
 municipal board, committee, department or bureau in rela- 
 tion to any contract, claim, matter or proceeding to 
 
 which the city is a party 48 8 
 
 Election, their pay, etc. (see "Elections, Officers of") 421 4 
 
 Elections, not to act as officer of 422 10 
 
 Forbidden to act before taking oath, etc.; penalty 50 4 
 
 Gas Works, to report abuses, etc 363 35 
 
 Judgment, to be suspended for failure to pay 59 25 
 
 Money, not to collect due city on account of rent, sale of ma- 
 terial, etc 81 19a 
 
 Not to contract with or sell to city or be interested in any 
 
 contract with 48 6 
 
 Oath, required to file certificate of before acting as 50 4 
 
 Office hours of 53 1 
 
 Official bonds of to be filed with City Clerk 50 6 
 
 Registrations and elections 421 4-7 
 
 Removal (see "Office.") 
 
 Salaries of, how fixed 68 7 
 
 Salaries of, in executive department 61 1 
 
 Salaries of, in judicial department 67 3 
 
 Salaries of in legislative departments 67 2 
 
 Salaries of, under consolidation agreement (Manchester) 68 4 
 
 Salary, not to assign 54 7 
 
 Salary, not to collect if delinquent in payment of taxes 56 12 
 
 Salary of to be paid by Auditor 89 9 
 
 Security required for bonds of, who may become 50 6 
 
 Street railways, liable for their own acts 335 9 
 
 When to be paid 68 • 5 
 
 Who refuse to settle 7S 7 
 
 Whose election is contested, when may qualify 6S 6
 
 INDEX. 653 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 OFFICIAL BONDS— 
 
 (See "Bonds, Official.") 
 
 To be made in conformity to ordinance; must be submitted 
 to the City Attorney, and filed with the City Clerk; pre- 
 sented to the Council and referred; Finance Committee to 
 
 report on 50 6 
 
 OFFICIAL OATHS AND BONDS AND SEAL OF THE CITY— 
 
 Chapter 6, concerning 49 1-8 
 
 OFFSET— 
 
 Of claims against the city 78 6 
 
 OLEOMARGARINE— 
 
 Concerning the sale of 201 43-45 
 
 OMITTED PROPERTY— 
 
 Land and personal books, how treated; innocent purchaser of 
 
 not liable, etc 99 26 
 
 OMNIBUSES— 
 
 At wharves, depots, etc 353 3 
 
 OPINIONS— 
 
 City Attorney, to whom to be given 409 2 
 
 To be written in duplicate, etc 410 5 
 
 ORDER— 
 
 Decree or judgment, how listed with the Commissioner of 
 
 the Revenue 93 3 
 
 Cemeteries, to be maintained in 171 21 
 
 Mayor to maintain 45 1 
 
 ORDINANCE— 
 
 Adopting this code, of ordinances 9 
 
 ORDINANCES— 
 
 Classified, arranged and bound, biennially 70 5 
 
 Constitutionality and validity of, trial of 1 419 
 
 Contents of, by chapters 36 
 
 Enrollment of, chapter 9, concerning the 69 
 
 Heads of departments to index and file relating to their de- 
 partments 58 24 
 
 Printed for distribution as soon as adopted; indexed and 
 
 bound biennially - 70 6 
 
 Publication of penal, etc 71 10-11 
 
 Returned to branch in which they originated within five 
 days; when vetoed; when they become law by failure of 
 
 Mayor to return in five days 69 4 
 
 Signed by president of the branch in which they originated 
 
 and then by president other branch, and by the Mayor. .... 69 4 
 
 Style of ordaining clause of - r when passed to be enrolled 69 3-4 
 
 Violation of, police to report 424 2 
 
 ORDINARIES— 
 
 Listed for taxation ; 96 12 
 
 Keepers of, to be classified for license 103 5 
 
 ORDNANCE— 
 
 Wheels and tires for, when hauled over streets. 324 15
 
 g 54 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 ORNAMENTS— 
 
 In cemeteries, penalty for removing 163 34 
 
 ORPHAN ASYLUMS— 
 
 Not taxable " 24 
 
 OUT-OF-DOOR POOR— 
 
 Relief of the 188 7 
 
 OVERLOADING— 
 
 Horses and mules (see "Animals") 400 6 
 
 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR— 
 
 Committee on the Relief of the Poor to exercise the powers 
 of; committee to be board of overseers and the chairman 
 
 to be president, etc 190 12 
 
 OWNER OF HACK— 
 
 At station or wharf 352 2 
 
 Not to enter cars or vessels, etc 353 4 
 
 OWNER OF PLACE OF AMUSEMENTS— 
 
 Exhibition hall, etc., to post ordinance concerning such 
 
 places 299 4 
 
 OWNER OF UNLICENSED DOG— 
 
 Who is deemed to be the 374 29 
 
 owner's name- 
 to be on every pole carrying wires 359 12 
 
 OXEN— 
 
 Mules or horses sold under distress, where and when sale 
 
 must be made 119 18 
 
 PAINT SHOP— 
 
 Water rate for 269 % 12 
 
 PAINTING— 
 
 On walls, building, tree-box, or enclosure 163 36 
 
 PAPER— 
 
 For tax bills, color, weight, quality, etc., prescribed 121 26 
 
 PARDON— 
 
 For felony, will not restore forfeited office 48 4 
 
 PARK KEEPERS— 
 
 Extra help for 158 13 
 
 Hours of duty 157 13 
 
 To have power and authority of police 156, 163 3, 35 
 
 PARKS— 
 
 . (See also "Grounds and Buildings.") 
 
 Animals not to go at large in 233 30 
 
 Bicycle riding in, speed of 329 2 
 
 Buildings in, City Engineer to have control of 155 
 
 Byrd Park, interference with games at prohibited; penalty. 160 25 
 
 Cutshaw Place, designation and boundaries of 160 23 
 
 "Deon's Hill," name changed to "Jefferson Park" 159 17 
 
 Depredations upon, prohibited 161 26, 29-30 
 
 Games, committee may permit in 162 30 
 
 Games, interference with at Byrd Park, prohibited 160 25 
 
 Gijass plots, depredations upon and injury to prohibited 161 29-30
 
 INDEX. 
 
 655 
 
 PACK SEC. 
 
 Hours of keepers and laborers 157 13 
 
 Injury of grass plots and shrubs in 161 29-30 
 
 Injury trees and plants, etc., in Byrd Park prohibited 161 26 
 
 Keepers, hours of 157 13 
 
 Keepers, to have police power 156, 163 3, 35 
 
 Laborers for 158 13 
 
 Monument Avenue grass plot, Allen Avenue grass plot, As- 
 
 bury Place and Cutshaw Place, appointment of keeper for 159 20 
 
 Monument Avenue grass plot, depredations upon prohibited. 161 29 
 
 New Reservoir Park, name changed to William Byrd Park. . 160 24 
 
 Police power, keepers and assistants invested with 156, 163 3, 35 
 
 Riverside, appointment of keeper for 159 18 
 
 Speed of bicycles in 328 2 
 
 Speed of vehicles in 326 18 
 
 Superintendent of, City Engineer to be 155 3 
 
 "Taylor's Hill," name changed to "Taylor's Park" 160 21 
 
 Vehicles, speed of in 326 18 
 
 PASTING OR POSTING BILLS— 
 
 On any private or public property without permission, pro- 
 hibited 163 36 
 
 PAVEMENT— 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 (See "Sidewalks.") 
 
 Banana peelings and fruit skins not to be thrown upon 230, 328 21, 4 
 
 Bicycle riding upon prohibted 328 5 
 
 Digging up, permit required for 308 23 
 
 Granolithic pipes under, how laid 309 28 
 
 Skating, coasting on, etc., when allowed 232 27 
 
 To be replaced, etc., by conduit builders, etc 363 28 
 
 Torn up by street railways to be restored 333 5 
 
 Wires must be above, at least twenty-five feet 361 18 
 
 PAVING— 
 
 Persons engaged in, to erect barriers, lights, etc 306 21 
 
 Pipe and sewer connections cash book, in the City Collector's 
 
 Required of street railways 334 6-7 
 
 Sidewalk crossings 306 20 
 
 office 123 29d 
 
 PAWNBROKERS— 
 
 License tax 104 8 
 
 PAWNSHOPS— 
 
 License for 398 1 
 
 Open to inspection; penalty for without license; license of, 
 
 not transferable (chapter 48, concerning) 398 2 
 
 PAY— 
 
 (See "Commissions.") 
 
 (See "Compensation.") 
 
 (See "Salaries.") 
 
 (See "Wages.") 
 
 Contested election, effect on 68 6
 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEO. 
 
 Guards of prisoners at work 404 8 
 
 Laborers to receive semi-monthly 4 7 
 
 Of commissioners of elections and messenger 421 4-6 
 
 Officers of election 421 4-6 
 
 Orders on the, of officers and employees of the city, forbidden; 
 penalty for sale of 54 7 
 
 PAY-IX WARRANT BOOKS— 
 
 Of the Auditor and of the Treasurer 81 17-18 
 
 PAY OF JURORS— 
 
 And registration and election officers, chapter 56, concerning 
 the 421 
 
 PAYMASTER— 
 
 Not to pay any one who has not paid taxes July 1st each year; 
 is liable for the amount of the unpaid taxes, etc 56 12 
 
 PAYMENTS— 
 
 Of money, by the Treasurer, to be on warrants only 78, 89 5, 3 
 
 To the Treasurer, how made, etc S6 38 
 
 PEACE AND GOOD ORDER— 
 
 The Mayor to maintain 45 1 
 
 PEDDLER'S LICENSE— 
 
 Amount of 107 17 
 
 PEELINGS— 
 
 Banana, not to throw on sidewalks 328 4 
 
 Penalty for throwing on sidewalks, or on the floors of cars, 
 elevators, public halls, etc 230 21 
 
 PENALTIES— 
 
 CSee "Fines and Penalties.") 
 
 Gas bills, five per cent, on 259 24 
 
 Gas bills, ten per cent, on 260 27 
 
 Imposed by Police Justice 418 1 
 
 Tax bills, five per cent, on part of lien for taxes 137 1 
 
 PERISHABLE ARTICLES— 
 
 Sale of, by auction, on the streets 318 49 
 
 PERJURY— 
 
 False swearing before the Auditor deemed to be (and so 
 
 made by charter) 77 4 
 
 Penalty for perjury before the Auditor 77 4 
 
 PERMITS— 
 
 (See "License.") 
 
 Automobiles, to operate 329 6 
 
 Awnings, erection of 311 33 
 
 Building, time limit on 432 3b 
 
 Burials, cemeteries 168 12 
 
 Burials, Sacred Heart Cathedral 182 84 
 
 Circus, Mayor to issue 109 22 
 
 Concrete construction 491 2 
 
 Conduits, construction of 263 28 
 
 Council, what granted by 229 19 
 
 Dairy farms, to maintain 196 17
 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 r,-; 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Dangerous or explosive material, for storage of 2:;n 14 
 
 Dead bodies, to remove 16S 13 
 
 Draw off water from canal 217 108 
 
 Electrical wiring, changes and alterations in 292 19 
 
 Electrical wiring, construction of 290 13 
 
 Exhibitions, Mayor to issue for 109 22 
 
 Food products, sale of 196 17 
 
 Furnace, stationary engine, etc., to erect 229 19 
 
 Gas fixtures, to alter, repair, etc 262 32 
 
 Gas, to turn on 252 32 
 
 Gasoline, carbide, etc., storage of 239 14 
 
 Garbage, to collect 370 13 
 
 Glass making 229 19 
 
 Hospitals, to establish certain 217 107 
 
 Hospitals, to operate certain 216 105 
 
 Junk dealers 104 7 
 
 Manure vaults, to construct 320 53 
 
 Market privileges 248 21 
 
 Medicine, sale of on streets 109 22 
 
 Plumbing, special for certain allowed... 209 74 
 
 Plumbing work, who toissue 205 54 
 
 Poles and wires for use of 358 7 
 
 Public buildings, required for opening of 297 14 
 
 Sewer connections 133 12e 
 
 Sewer connections, list of to be made 136 16 
 
 Sidewalk crossings, to construct 306 19 
 
 Signs, to erect 319 51 
 
 Stables, construction of certain 499 102 
 
 Steam engine, stationary, to erect 229 19 
 
 Street railways, to construct sidings and cross-overs 350 36 
 
 Street sprinkling, who to issue 271, 309 12, 26 
 
 Streets, digging in 308 23 
 
 Streets, move house through 308 24 
 
 Streets, place building material in 307 22 
 
 Streets, projections in 309 29 
 
 Streets, to close in case of sickness 316 47 
 
 Vaults, areas, etc., to construct 309 29 
 
 Vessels in quarantine to be produced before allowed to land. 224 13 
 
 Water fixtures, to install 282 20 
 
 PERPETUAL— 
 
 Care of lots in cemeteries by the city 1S1 82 
 
 PERSONAL PROPERTY— 
 
 Attachment against, when may be levied 119 20 
 
 Listed for taxation 95 10 
 
 Owners of, to be listed for taxation. . ; 95 10-11 
 
 Tax rate on 103 3 
 
 Value of, on the first day of the fiscal year, the tax basis; 
 
 what is excepted from the tax 97, 99 1S-19, 24
 
 658 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 PERSONAL PROPERTY BOOK— 
 
 (See "Commissioner of Revenue.") 
 (See "Taxation.") 
 
 Businesses, names of persons engaged in certain, to be en- 
 tered on 96 12-13 
 
 Commissioner's office, to be kept in, certain time; after- 
 wards filed with Auditor 100 31 
 
 Copies of for the Auditor and for the Treasurer; oath of the 
 
 commissioner on the 95-6 10-13 
 
 Copies of, two to be made with oath attached 100 30 
 
 How examined and to whom delivered 100 31 
 
 How made and what it must contain 95 11 
 
 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE— 
 
 Holder of taxable property 95 11 
 
 PERSONS— 
 
 And firms, doing business, to be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 Firms and corporations, giving bond, must furnish security 
 
 of guarantee company 50 6 
 
 PETITION— 
 
 (See also "Applications.") 
 
 Conduits, for use of 363 28 
 
 Poles, for privilege of using telephone 255 3 
 
 Sidewalks, for use of for cellar doors, caps, etc 309 29 
 
 Street improvements, for making of 127 1 
 
 Street improvements, how filed, executed, etc.; how Council 
 
 may act on; how cost thereof assessed and collected 127 1-3 
 
 Streets, for use of, not to be considered without plans, speci- 
 fications and ordinance 312 36 
 
 PETITIONERS— 
 
 Before the Council, to be notified, by the City Clerk, of final 
 action on their petitions 71 9 
 
 PHYSICIANS— 
 
 (See "District Physicians.") 
 
 Listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 Registered at office of Board of Health 213 94 
 
 Report all cases of smallpox, varioloid, cholera, scarlet fever, 
 
 yellow fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, measles, etc 213 95 
 
 Visiting staff, City Home, appointment and duties 187 4 
 
 Who refuses to give death certificate 169 16 
 
 PHYSICIANS TO THE POOR— 
 (See "District Physicians.") 
 
 PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES— 
 
 Water rates for 272 12 
 
 PICKPOCKETS— 
 
 To be arrested by the police 402 
 
 PICTURES— 
 
 Indecent, or obscene 228 13 
 
 PIGS— 
 
 Prohibited in the city limits 400 

 
 INDEX. 659 
 
 PACK SEC. 
 
 PIPES— 
 
 Connections, how made, cost, bills for, etc 135 15a 
 
 Gas and water, under granolithic pavements (see "Water 
 
 Works") 309 28 
 
 Gas, penalty for interfering with (see "Gas Works") 262 32 
 
 Protection from electrolysis 345 33 
 
 PISTOLS— 
 
 Firing of prohibited 228 11 
 
 PLANTS— 
 
 In cemeteries, penalty for removing 163 34 
 
 In public grounds, injury to 161 26 
 
 Penalty for injuring on private premises 162 33 
 
 PLANS— 
 
 (See "Maps.") 
 
 Cellar doors, cellar caps, and cellar entrances, etc., required 
 
 with the petition for privilege 310 29 
 
 Engineer, City, what to furnish and to whom 303 9 
 
 Gas fittings, in consumers' houses 255 15 
 
 Manure vaults, showing proposed construction of 319 52 
 
 Maps and details, for conduit construction, to be submitted, 
 
 etc 363 28 
 
 Street privileges, to accompany application for 312 36 
 
 Street railway, subject to approval of the City Engineer. . . . 332 3 
 
 PLAYGROUNDS— 
 
 Appropriation for, for year 1909 163 36 
 
 Designation and description of 163 36 
 
 Supervision, control and management of, who to have; ex- 
 ceptions as to 164 38 
 
 PLUMBER— , i ' ' J I ' 
 
 ! ! i f ' 
 
 License, expiration of; revocation of 282 20 
 
 License, to do work on water supply, and fixtures 282 20 
 
 License, when refused by Superintendent of Water Works, 
 
 may appeal to the committee 282 20 
 
 Permits, must have before altering or adding to water fix- 
 tures 281 20 
 
 Taxation, to be listed for 96 12 
 
 Their duty to register; to give notice of their removal 205 54-55 
 
 PLUMBERS EXAMINING BOARD— 
 (See "Plumbing.") 
 
 Creation and organization of, election, term 218 109-110 
 
 Examine and license plumbers 218 113 
 
 Members of, compensation 219 115 
 
 Powers and duties 218 110-115 
 
 Rules to be adopted by; house plumbing, to prescribe manner 
 
 of doing same and kind and size of materials to be used. . 218 111 
 
 Secretary of, plumbing inspector to be 218 110 
 
 Time of meetings, special meetings, when to be held 218 111
 
 660 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 PLUMBING— 
 
 Drain pipes, protection from injury 207 58 
 
 Drains, how to be run • 207 60 
 
 House drains, character of pipes to be used in; how laid 207 58 
 
 Inspector of plumbing, powers and duties of; to keep re- 
 cords, to give bond 205 53 
 
 Joints in pipes, how to be packed 208 88 
 
 Lead pipes, how connected with iron or other pipes 208 69 
 
 Manner of execution to be approved by plumbing inspector. . 210 78 
 
 Materials used in to be of good quality 210 78 
 
 Organization of; secretary of; minutes to be kept of meetings 218 110 
 
 Penalty for violations of requirements as to 210 81 
 
 Permits for 205, 209 54, 74 
 
 Plans for, what to show; plumbing inspector to approve 206 55 
 
 Pipes, to be concentrated and so constructed as to give ready 
 
 access for repairs J210 79 
 
 Plumbers, board for examination of, creation and election of, 
 
 term, qualification of members of 218 109 
 
 Plumbers examining board, may adopt rules and regulations 
 concerning materials to be used in; meetings of, when to 
 
 be held 218 111-112 
 
 Plumbers, fee required for license 219 115 
 
 Plumbers, inspector of plumbing to issue certificate of reg- 
 istry to; not to do work unless registered 205 54 
 
 Plumbers, issuance and revocation of license; new license 
 
 to be issued annually 219 114 
 
 Plumbers, required to stand examination and obtain license; 
 
 fee required 218 113 
 
 Plumbers, to give notice of change of address 206 55 
 
 Plumbing inspector, to test systems of by water or air pres- 
 sure 210 80 
 
 Privy or cesspool, not to be connected with house drain. . . . 207 60 
 
 Rain water, not to be carried off by soil pipes 209 72 
 
 Refrigerators, not to be connected with soil pipe; to have 
 
 separate connection to sink 208 63 
 
 Separate connections required for each house 206 56 
 
 Sewer, soil pipe, waste pipe, or ventilation pipe not to be of 
 
 brick, exceptions 208 67 
 
 Sinks, wooden, prohibited 210 77 
 
 Soil pipe; size of prescribed; clean-outs, size 206 56 
 
 Soil pipes, fall of 207 57 
 
 Soil pipes, to be extra heavy; to be kept two feet above roof. 207 61 
 
 Stables, connections for (when exposed) 206 56 
 
 Steam exhaust, not to be connected with sewer; certain 
 
 drain pipes to have separate connections to sink or trap. . 208 66 
 Tanks or cisterns, waste pipes from not to be connected 
 
 with soil pipes 209 73 
 
 To be approved by inspector before being used 210 80 
 
 Toilet fixtures, separate trap required for 209 70
 
 . INDEX. 661 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Traps, to be above floors; quality of 209 71 
 
 Vent pipes, size of when to be used for more than one fix- 
 ture 208 64 
 
 Vent pipes, to have uniform slope; material of construction; 
 
 ventilation of branches 208 65 
 
 Waste pipes, size and material of 207 62 
 
 Water closets, direct service on second floor prohibited 210 77 
 
 Water closets, manner of constructions; material 209 74 
 
 Water closets, renewals of certain prohibited 209 74 
 
 Water closets, where to be located 210 76 
 
 Work to be left uncovered for examination 210 79 
 
 POLES— 
 
 All, erected hereafter only after City Engineer determines 
 size, quality, character, number, location, condition, ap- 
 pearance, and manner of erection 357 5 
 
 Application for use of, to be filed with the City Engineer. . . 357 7 
 
 Arbitration to determine value of joint use of 357 4 
 
 Before erection of, location, etc., to be submitted to Superin- 
 tendent of Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph 358 6 
 
 Certain telephone, to be removed 356 4 
 
 Chief of Police to report on safety of 360 14 
 
 Committee on Streets may require use of for other parties 
 
 than owners 356 4 
 
 For wires, etc., now erected, to remain on certain terms and 
 
 conditions 356 4 
 
 Lists of all, to be annually filed with City Engineer 358 9 
 
 Removal of certain, ordered by January, 1896 359 12 
 
 Removal from underground district 362 27 
 
 Right reserved to remove any 358 8 
 
 Right reserved to run wires of F. A. and P. telegraph on any, 
 
 or all 357 6 
 
 Tax on 358 10 
 
 Signs may be erected on by street railway companies 344 28 
 
 Telegraph and telephone, joint use of 356 4 
 
 Unsafe, removal of, who may order 360 15 
 
 Wires, city, space reserved on for 292 22 
 
 Wires, conduits, etc. (see "Wires, Poles, Conduits," etc.). 
 POLICE— 
 
 (See City Charter, sees. 84-92.) 
 
 (See "Chief of Police.") 
 
 (See "Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph." I 
 
 Animals, enforce ordinance concerning cruelty to 401 13 
 
 Animals going at large, to take up 374 30 
 
 Automobiles, Chief of to register 329 6 
 
 Automobiles, prescribe horn for use of 330 11 
 
 Automobile regulations, report violations of 330 10 
 
 Badges, not to be worn by citizen 426 9 
 
 Badges, purchase of 426 8 
 
 Bar rooms, members of not to frequent 426 11
 
 662 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Beggars, to report to Committee on Relief of Poor 191 
 
 Bicycles of not required to have lights 328 
 
 Bijou Theater, special officer for .' 427 
 
 Board of Police Commissioners, organization, management 
 
 and duties (see "City Charter"). 
 Board of Police Commissioners, to prescribe uniforms and 
 
 badges, purchase muskets 426 
 
 Boats with nuisance aboard, to remove 226 
 
 Boats, notified of arrival of with powder aboard; many as- 
 sign berth to 236 
 
 Chapter 58, concerning 424 
 
 Chief of, duties, office hours, etc 425 
 
 Chief of, explore streets, report violations, State laws and 
 
 ordinances, office hours 425 
 
 Chief of, monthly report of moneys received 426 
 
 Chief of, ordinance violations to be reported to 424 
 
 Chief of, purchase weapons 426 
 
 Chief of, reports to by members of force 425 
 
 City Attorney, to prepare forms for 425 
 
 Compensation, extra, officers not to receive 425 
 
 Constables, powers of same as 424 
 
 Costs and fines, to be paid to city 426 
 
 Council, Mayor to make reports to, concerning 425 
 
 Dead animals, notify contractor for removal of 377 
 
 Duties, powers, jurisdiction 424 
 
 Extra compensation, officers not to receive 425 
 
 Fire alarms, to ring at stations 294 
 
 Fires, subject to command of Fire Chief at 294 
 
 Horses, report violation of ordinance to prevent contagion 
 
 among 401 
 
 Intoxication, cause for dismissal 426 
 
 Jurisdiction of, not to extend beyond corporate limits 425 
 
 Legal forms for, City Attorney to prepare 425 
 
 Lineman, for police telegraph 428 
 
 Mayor, to make reports to Council concerning 425 
 
 Moneys received, to be accounted for monthly 426 
 
 Muskets for use of, purchase of 426 
 
 Nuisances to be reported by 424 
 
 Obstructions, to report 424 
 
 Officers for, election of, term, etc 424 
 
 Ordinance violations, to report 424 
 
 Police Court, detail of to attend 414 
 
 Police force, number of, powers and duties 424 
 
 Police telegraph, lineman for 428 
 
 Powder, notified of delivery of to canal boat 236 
 
 Printing for, who to pay for 425 
 
 Probation officer, compensation of 428 
 
 Reports to Council, Mayor to make, concerning 425 
 
 "Reports, what made by 424
 
 INDEX. 663 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Resisting officer, penalty 427 12 
 
 Salaries of 427 14 
 
 Saloons, members of not to frequent 426 11 
 
 Schools, female, to enforce provisions prohibiting interfer- 
 ence with inmates of 234 37 
 
 Secret service fund, creation of 427 13 
 
 Secret service fund, Mayor to expend , 427 14 
 
 Sergeant-at-arms of Council to have powers of sergeant 73 1 
 
 Stations, wharves, etc., to prevent obstruction of 354 8 
 
 Street cars out of repair, to report 345 32 
 
 Street cars, regulations concerning 334 7 
 
 Streets, nuisances in to be reported by 424 2 
 
 Streets, obstructions in to be reported by 424 2 
 
 Streets, report persons digging up 308 23 
 
 Theaters, officers of not to be employed to attend at 426 10 
 
 Uniforms of, not to be worn by citizen 426 9 
 
 Uniforms, purchase of 426 8 
 
 Vagrants, to arrest 402 3 
 
 Vehicles, arrest drivers of violating traffic regulations 327 23 
 
 Vehicles, may order to move on 327 22 
 
 Weapons for use of, purchase of 426 8 
 
 »OLICE COMMISSIONERS— 
 CSee "Charter, 84-92.") 
 
 To make detail of police to attend Police Court 414 10 
 
 »OLICE COURT— 
 
 Bailiff of the, election of and return, powers, salary, etc.... 415 13-15 
 City Attorney and the records there; books and dockets; de- 
 tail of officers to attend the 414 9-10 
 
 Designation of justice to sit in the; compensation of justice 
 sitting in the; summons there as witness; failure to an- 
 swer summons there, and penalty 414 12-11 
 
 Habitual drunkards, disposition of 415 16-17 
 
 Jurisdiction of the 412 1 
 
 Justice 413 4-5 
 
 Money paid as fines in the; penalties imposed 413 6 
 
 Overcrowding of, how prevented, penalty for violation 412 3 
 
 Penalties imposed there, if fines, city property 413 6 
 
 Probation officer, duties of 415 16-17 
 
 Stolen property in possession of the; the unclaimed money 
 
 and goods in the; stolen goods as evidence in the 413 7-8 
 
 OLICE DEPARTMENT— 
 (See "Police.") 
 
 Chapter 58, concerning the 424 
 
 OLICE JUSTICE— 
 
 Chapter 53, concerning the 412 
 
 Clerk of the, salary; semi-annual report of the, of unclaimed 
 
 goods, wares and merchandise 413 5-7 
 
 Dangerous buildings, walls, fences, etc., to order removal of. 487 95
 
 66 4 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Election of and term; his court and jurisdiction; to receive 
 no fees; annual salary of the; clerk to the, how nominated 
 
 and elected, etc 412 
 
 Fines and penalties imposed by the; monthly report of the, to 
 
 the Auditor 413 
 
 Nuisance, report notice and allegation on non-resident's 
 
 property to Council 229 15 
 
 Nuisance, to order abatement of and fix time for it 228 15 
 
 Prisoners in the city jail, may order to work, etc 403 
 
 Stolen property; to deliver certain; to retain stolen property 
 
 as evidence 414 
 
 To return vagrants, thieves, pickpockets, etc., to the place 
 
 from whence they came 402 
 
 Unclaimed goods, etc., to publish notice of sale of 413 7J 
 
 Vagrants, robbers, pickpockets, etc., duty of the, as to 402 3 
 
 POLICE POWERS— 
 
 Bailiff Police Court 415 15 
 
 Board of Health, conferred on members of 194 6 
 
 Health Department, conferred on officers of 201 42 
 
 Keeper Riverview Cemetery 179 6-9 
 
 Market clerks, conferred on 250 35 
 
 Police 424, 427 1, 18 
 
 Pound master to have 375 31 
 
 Probation officer 416 17 
 
 Superintendent, assistant superintendent and steward of 
 Almshouse; on keepers and assistant keepers of ceme- 
 teries, public buildings, parks and enclosures, conferred 
 
 on 163 35 
 
 Superintendent of grounds and buildings and on keepers of 
 
 parks, cemeteries, etc., conferred on 156 
 
 POLL TAX— 
 
 Each male resident to pay; to be applied to support of 
 
 schools; a prerequisite to school privileges 103 4 
 
 POOL ROOMS— 
 
 Chapter 48, concerning 398 
 
 License tax on 107 IE 
 
 Minors not allowed in, penalty 399 4 
 
 Regulation of, hours for closing 398 
 
 POOR OF THE CITY— 
 (See "City Home.") 
 
 (See "Committee on Relief of the Poor.") 
 (See "District Physicians.") 
 
 Beggars, to be reported to Committee on Relief of 191 2? 
 
 Burials of at city's expense, how made 190, 423 14, 4 
 
 Chapter 24, concerning the 187 
 
 Charitable institutions receiving aid from city, reports of. . 190 IS 
 
 Clerk of Committee on Relief of Poor to notify Auditor of 
 
 election and pay of officers and employees City Home 189 1C 
 
 Committee on Relief of Poor, records of 189 1C 
 

 
 INDEX. 6&5 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Committee on Relief of Poor, to have powers of overseers 
 
 of poor 190 12 
 
 Committee on Relief of Poor to remove or suspend officers, 
 
 agents and employees; exception as to superintendent.... 181 5 
 Committee on Relief of to have control and direction of City 
 Home, grounds, officers, agents, employees, etc.; appoint 
 officers and fix their pay; make rules and regulations con- 
 cerning 187 2-3 
 
 Committee to appoint visiting staff City Home 187 4 
 
 Dead bodies at City Home, not to remain there over forty- 
 eight hours 190 16 
 
 Election Superintendent 187 4 
 
 Foundlings to be admitted to City Home 188 6 
 
 Free dispensaries, pay of 190 17 
 
 Funerals, keeper of Oakwood to receive notice of (twelve 
 
 hours) 190 16 
 
 Funerals of poor, how conducted 190 14 
 
 Legacy, A. B. Goodman, for the benefit of the to be held in 
 
 perpetuity by Auditor 191 21 
 
 Monthly meetings, Committee Relief of Poor 189 9 
 
 Monthly report Superintendent City Home 189 9 
 
 Monthly reports of committee to Council 189 11 
 
 Non-resident destitute sick 188 7 
 
 Notice of funerals to be given keeper of Oakwood Cemetery 190 16 
 Oakwood Cemetery, telephone communication to be main- 
 tained with City Home 190 15 
 
 Officers, appointment of 187 4 
 
 Outdoor poor, relief of 187 7 
 
 Overseers of poor, committee to have powers of 190 12 
 
 Physicians to poor, may engage in private work 53 1 
 
 Physicians to poor (see "District Physicians"). 
 
 Records of committee, who to keep, what to show 189 10-11 
 
 Removal of Superintendent and officers 188 5 
 
 Reports, charitable institutions receiving aid from city.... 190 13 
 
 Reports, monthly, of committee 189 11 
 
 Reports, monthly, of Superintendent 189 9 
 
 Salary of officers and employees 64 104-125 
 
 Superintendent City Home, election and bond 187 4 
 
 Transportation for non-resident poor 189 8 
 
 Visiting staff for City Home, committee to appoint 187 4 
 
 DOR PEOPLE— 
 
 Allowed water free 284 24 
 
 Sewer connections, allowed time on bills for 135 15a 
 
 DP-CRACKERS— 
 
 Nitroglycerine in, and extra size, prohibited 237 12 
 
 Sale of forbidden; firing of forbidden 228 11 
 
 DRCH— 
 
 Obstructing street 311 32
 
 666 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC 
 
 PORT OF RICHMOND— 
 
 Depositing various things therein, or in Gillie's Creek, or the 
 
 river or on the islands or margins of the river 380 
 
 PORT WARDENS— 
 
 Abandoned cargo; records and report of port wardens 382 
 
 Anchorage, rigging, etc 383 
 
 And speed of steamboats, chapter 43, concerning 381 
 
 Dumping ashes, dunnage, etc., in river or harbor; vessels 
 
 handling gunpowder, dynamite, nitroglycerine, etc 383 15c-l 
 
 Election of harbor master; bond, salary, term and records 
 of harbor master, vessels arriving to report, etc.; lights to 
 
 be shown on vessels 382 10- 
 
 Election of, term of, etc.; inspection of vessels; inspection of 
 
 cargo 381 
 
 Fees of the port wardens 381 
 
 Harbor master to enforce ordinances and arrest offenders.. 384 
 
 Speed of steamboats in the harbor 382 
 
 Vessels ordered to move, etc.; obstruction of harbor by ves- 
 sels; vessels alongside wharf discharging, etc.; ballast, 
 speed, steaming by wharves; ship keeper to be on all 
 
 vessels, barges and scows 383 15 
 
 Wrecks, sunken vessels, barges, scows, etc., to be raised; 
 berths, private and regular, vessels not to take; deputy 
 
 harbor master; wharves to be kept in repair 384 16b-l 
 
 PORTABLE ENGINES— 
 
 Width of tires for, when hauled over streets 324 
 
 PORTER— 
 
 Of hotel, etc., at stations, wharves, etc 352 
 
 Not to enter cars or vessels 353 
 
 PORTICO— 
 
 When obstructing a street 311 
 
 POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS— 
 
 Room for, in City Hall 423 
 
 POSTING BILLS— 
 
 On private or public property 163 
 
 POWDER— 
 
 Grounds and Buildings Committee to regulate the handling, 
 
 storing, delivery and transportation of 237 
 
 Over one cannister, in sheet-iron box, etc 236 
 
 Over two pounds of, in tin cannister 236 5 
 
 Quantity of, to be kept in the city, limited 236 1 
 
 Wagons, City Engineer to inspect annually 237 7 
 
 When fifty pounds in store, must be in iron box, sign erected, 
 
 etc 236 5 
 
 POWDER, DANGEROUS LIQUIDS, NITROGLYCERINE, FIRE- 
 WORKS, ETC.— 
 (See "Dangerous Liquids.") 
 (See "Nitroglycerine.") 
 Calcium carbide, storage of 239 

 
 INDEX. 667' 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Chapter 28, concerning 236 
 
 Chief Fire Department to have notice of powder; infantry, 
 artillery and cavalry exempt from powder limit; Engineer 
 
 to inspect annually, powder wagons 236 5-7 
 
 Dangerous liquids, handling, storing, etc.; nitroglycerine, 
 making, handling, etc.; vessel with powder on board; 
 canal boat with powder aboard; police to have notice of 
 powder on or delivered to vessel or boat; harbor master 
 
 and vessels with powder 236 1-4 
 
 Fees of inspector for oil test, etc 237 10 
 
 Gasoline, storage of 239 15 
 
 Inspector and gauger's test instruments 237 9 
 
 Nitroglycerine, excluded from city; torpedoes, extra size, pro- 
 hibited; firecrackers, extra size, prohibited; fireworks, 
 
 with nitroglycerine, prohibited 237 11-12 
 
 Permits for storage of, who to issue, etc 238 14 
 
 Turpentine, gasoline, naphtha, benzine, camphene, spirit gas, 
 
 burning fluid, etc.; fire test for oils, etc 237 8-9 
 
 POWER PLANT— 
 
 Electric (see "Electric Plant.") 
 PRECINCTS, ELECTION— 
 
 Chapter 3, concerning location 35 
 
 Clay Ward 42 27 
 
 Henry Ward 43 29 
 
 Jefferson Ward 43 32 
 
 Lee Ward 42 28 
 
 Madison Ward 43 31 
 
 Marshall Ward 44 33 
 
 Monroe Ward 43 30 
 
 Washington Ward 44 34 
 
 PREMISES— 
 
 With fixtures for water, meter rates for 273 14-34 
 
 PRESERVATION— 
 
 Of public property 161 26-36 
 
 'president board of aldermen— 
 
 Member of Committee on Improvement James River 57 15 
 
 To act in absence of Mayor 45 5 
 
 To appoint standing committees 56 14 
 
 To appoint board of public interest 57 16 
 
 [PRESIDENT BOARD OR COMMISSION— 
 
 Not to sign warrant in excess of appropriation 54 3 
 
 J PRESIDENT BOARD OF HEALTH— 
 
 Election of 192 2 
 
 Exception as to private work In office hours 53 1 
 
 Member of plumbers examining board 218 109- 
 
 Sewer connection, notify uroperly owner to make 134 15 
 
 Suspend physicians to the poor and report suspension to 
 
 Board of Health 216 104
 
 1*5 
 
 668 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE 
 
 PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONERS SINKING FUND— 
 
 Mayor to act as lo1 
 
 PRESIDENT COMMON COUNCIL— 
 
 Appoint board of public interest 57 
 
 Appoint members of Committee on Improvement James 
 
 River 57 15 
 
 Appoint standing committees 56 14 
 
 Chairman of board of public interests 57 16 
 
 PRICE— 
 
 Of gas 258 23 
 
 PRINTING AND CLAIMS, COMMITTEE ON— 
 (See "Committee on.") 
 
 PRINTING OFFICES— 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 PRINTING, PUBLIC— 
 
 Applicants for privileges or franchises to pay for certain 
 
 printing 75-76 7-8 
 
 Chapter 11, concerning 75 1-10 
 
 Clerk to the Committee on Printing and Claims, election, 
 
 salary, etc.; City Sergeant's record and index 75 4-6 
 
 Committee in charge of; binding and advertising; annual 
 
 contract for; how bills for audited and paid 75 3, 10 
 
 Contracts for, how made 75 1-3 
 
 Heads of departments not to purchase stationery or supplies 
 or order work except from contractor for same without 
 
 consent of committee 76 9 
 
 Heads of departments to furnish statements of their needs 
 
 in stationery, etc 75 2 
 
 Stationery, etc., order in writing 75 10 
 
 PRISONERS— 
 
 Assignment of to be obtained from Hustings Court 370 10 
 
 Guards for, compensation 404 8 
 
 In the city jail, employment of the 370 10 
 
 Maintenance of, allowance for 419 5 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning working of on streets 371 16-19 
 
 Shockoe Creek, to remove obstructions from bed of 370 10 
 
 Working of provided for 370, 403 10, 8 
 
 PRIVATE LIBRARIES— 
 
 Exempt from taxation 99 24 
 
 PRIVATE WORK— 
 
 Officers and employees of the city forbidden to engage in 
 
 during hours for city work 53 1 
 
 PRIVILEGE— 
 
 Exclusive grant of 336 14 
 
 To operate street cars, the life of a 335 12 
 
 PRIVY— 
 
 Complained of, to be removed, if nuisance 227 5 
 
 Must not be connected with drain (see "Night Soil") 207 60
 
 INDEX. 669 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 PROBATION OFFICER— 
 
 Appointment, duties and compensation 416 17-13 
 
 Police power conferred on 416 17 
 
 PROCESS— 
 
 (See "Summons.") 
 
 Issued by justice of the peace, fee for 417 21 
 
 PROFANE LANGUAGE— 
 
 In the markets, penalty for 250 32 
 
 PROFILES— 
 
 (See "Maps," "Plans.") 
 
 Grades, etc., for Gas and Water Works, to be furnished by 
 
 the City Engineer 303 9 
 
 PROHIBITED BUILDING— 
 
 Erection of 229 19 
 
 PROPERTY— 
 
 City, assessment to be made of 101 37 
 
 City Auditor to keep register of the 90 15 
 
 City, county, State and United States, penalty for injuring 
 
 or defacing 162 33 
 
 Omitted from land and personal books, how treated; in- 
 nocent purchaser of not liable for back taxes on 99 26 
 
 Sale of, for taxes 137 4-6 
 
 Sale of, under levy for a fine 418 3 
 
 PROPERTY OWNERS— 
 
 Liability of, for water meters 278 14n 
 
 Liable for water rents 272 - 14 
 
 PROPERTY, PRIVATE— 
 
 Penalty for defacing 163 36 
 
 Penalty for defacing or injuring 163 33 
 
 PROPERTY, PUBLIC— 
 
 Preservation of ( see "Public Property") 162 32-36 
 
 PROPERTY, REAL— 
 
 Injuries to; depredation upon by animals and fowls; en- 
 closures of, of churches, buildings, State, county and 
 
 United States 162 33 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDING— 
 
 Injuring or defacing 162 33 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS— 
 (See "Building Code.") 
 
 Alteration to furniture in City Hall prohibited 157 11 
 
 Building Inspector to be superintendent of certain 155 3 
 
 Chapter 34, concerning the proper construction, maintenance 
 and use of all buildings used or intended to be used for 
 
 assemblages of any character 298 
 
 City Engineer to be superintendent of certain 155 3 
 
 City Hall, alteration of furniture in prohibited 157 11 
 
 City Hall, dogs not allowed in 157 10 
 
 Depredation upon or injury to any church, State, county or 
 
 federal building or enclosure prohibited. 162 33
 
 6 70 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Destruction of, or injury to; marring, abusing or defacing 
 of, or of the furniture therein, or the walls or floors 
 
 thereof prohibited 162 32 
 
 Doors and stairways in, to be so constructed as to facilitate 
 
 egress in case of fire 298 1 
 
 Electrical wiring in, to be approved by City Electrician; de- 
 fective to be condemned 298 2 
 
 Expectorating or throwing fruit skins upon floors of pro- 
 hibited 230 21 
 
 Fire exits in 299 9 
 
 Fire exits in, to be kept unlocked; to be thrown open at end 
 
 of each performance 300 10 
 
 Fire exits, penalty for 'failure to provide 300 11 
 
 Fire plugs in, employee of to be kept near during perform- 
 ance 299 6 
 
 Floors of, fruit skins not to be thrown upon 230 21 
 
 Hotels and apartment houses, fire alarm bell to be located 
 
 on each floor 300 12 
 
 Hotels and apartment houses, location of fire escapes to be 
 
 plainly indicated 300 12 
 
 Hotels, churches, theatres, schoolhouses, restaurants, rail- 
 road depots, amusement halls, doorways, stairways, seats, 
 aisles, egress, camp stools, chairs, sofas, obstructions, etc. 296 10 
 
 Injury or defacing 162 33 
 
 Inspection of, as to safety 296 11 
 
 Inspection of, Police Justice may require 298 3 
 
 Keepers of, and their assistants, invested with police powers. 156, 163 3, 35 
 
 Obstruction of aisles in prohibited 296 10 
 
 Officers of Fire Department right to enter during perform- 
 ance 299 7 
 
 Or rooms, about to be used for exhibition or performance, 
 
 may be examined, etc., by the Mayor 112 34 
 
 Ordinance concerning, copy of to be posted in 299 8 
 
 Penalty for failure to comply with provisions for safety of. . 299 4 
 
 Permits for opening of 112, 297 34, 14 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning, Fire Commissioners to pro- 
 mulgate 296 12 
 
 Safety of, Fire Commissioners to require enforcement of pro- 
 visions concerning 299 5 
 
 Safety of, to be approved by Chief of Fire Department 298 2 
 
 Strength of, to be approved by City Engineer 298 2 
 
 Water rates for 268 12 
 
 What under control of Grounds and Buildings Committee. .. 156 6 
 
 PUBLIC EXHIBITION— 
 
 License tax on 108 21 
 
 PUBLIC EXHIBITION ROOMS— 
 
 Inspection of 112 34 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12
 
 INDEX. 671 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS— 
 
 (See also "Public Schools.") 
 
 Chapter 47, concerning the 397 
 
 City Superintendent of Schools, salary, etc.; grounds and 
 
 buildings for schools, city property 397 5-6 
 
 Protection of pupils attending the 234 37 
 
 School districts, boundaries, etc.; trustees, election, term, 
 etc.: vacancies in School Board, how filed; School Board 
 
 annual reports to Council 397 1-4 
 
 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS— 
 
 Abutting owners to pay annual sewer tax, how commuted. . . 132 12 
 
 Abutting owners, what charged to 127 1 
 
 Appeal from assessment, how tried 128 3 
 
 Appeal to Hustings Court 130 7 
 
 Assessment for, not lien until recorded 129 5 
 
 Assessment for, open to public inspection 128 2 
 
 At expense of property owners and without petition 127 1 
 
 Auditor to enter bills for sewer connections and deliver to 
 
 City Collector 136 15a 
 
 Bills for, how collected 129 5 
 
 Bills for to be made out, itemized and property owners noti- 
 fied of 134 13 
 
 Branch sewer connection pipes to be made at expense of 
 owner; not to be paid for until property is built upon; 
 cost of to be ascertained by City Engineer; owner to be 
 
 notified of; how collected 135 15a 
 
 Cellar doors, how to be constructed 130 9 
 
 Certain constructions tn the street, by what authority and 
 
 how made 131 9 
 
 Chapter 17, concerning local assessments for 127 
 
 City Engineer to determine feasibility of making sewer con- 
 nections 136 16 
 
 City Engineer to report cost of measurements, and material 
 
 used in to clerk of special assessments 134 13 
 
 Cost of, collectible as other taxes 130 7 
 
 Cost of to be apportioned, by whom 127 2 
 
 Cost of to be reported to clerk of special assessments 127 1 
 
 Council determine when expedient to make 127 1 
 
 Ledger to be kept by special assessment clerk; what it shall 
 
 show and how kept 134 14 
 
 Notice of, how given 128 4 
 
 Objections against, committee to hear 128 3 
 
 Penalty for failure to make sewer connection 135' 15 
 
 Permit for sewer connections 133 12e 
 
 Petitions for, how made, by whom made, and how cost ap- 
 portioned when on petition 129 7 
 
 Preliminary report of to be made by City Engineer; what it 
 
 shall show 129 6 
 
 Proceedings for commutation of sewer tax. 136 16
 
 6?? 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Property owners to be notified of assessment for 128 
 
 Publication of notice to non-resident 128 
 
 Recordation of and by whom 129 
 
 Record of to be compared with Commissioner's books 134 
 
 Record of to be indexed 129 
 
 Record to be kept of, what it shall show 129 
 
 Separate sewer connections 135 
 
 Sewer connections for indigent persons; how provided 135 
 
 Sewer connections may be required by Health Department; 
 
 cost of how ascertained and collected 134 
 
 Sewer connections, permit required for 133 
 
 Sewer connections to be made within thirty days after notice 
 
 to owner 134 
 
 Sewer tax on subdivided, lots to be assessed annually 133 
 
 Sewer tax to be assessed annually 133 
 
 Sewer to be laid in middle of street or alley 135 
 
 Streets and alleys, certain uses of, occupants to pay for 131 
 
 Sub-divided lots, sewer tax on, how assessed 133 
 
 Sub-divided lots to have separate sewer connections 135 
 
 Superintendent of Water Works to determine questions as to 
 
 accessibility of water 136 
 
 Vote of Council necessary to authorize 127 
 
 When to be ordered 127 
 
 PUBLIC INSPECTION— 
 (See "Inspection.") 
 Of classification of license 107 
 
 PUBLIC INTERESTS— 
 
 Board of (see "Board of Public Interests.") 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARY— 
 
 Establishment, and maintenance of, for city 394 
 
 Not taxable 99 
 
 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE— 
 
 License tax on 108 
 
 PUBLIC PLACES OF AMUSEMENT— 
 
 Chapter 34, concerning (see "Public Building" ) 298 
 
 Doors to be unlocked during performances 300 
 
 Doors to open outwardly 299 
 
 Fire Chief and assistants to make recommendations for 
 safety of; City Clerk to furnish owner, manager, or lessee, 
 copy of ordinances concerning; copy of ordinance concern- 
 ing to be posted in all 299 
 
 To have fire plug with hose attached, and attendant; Chief of 
 Fire Department, and assistants, may enter at any time. 299 
 
 PUBLIC PRINTING — 
 
 (See "Printing, Public") 
 
 PUBLIC PROPERTY— 
 
 Of the city, preservation of the; defacing, injuring, marring, 
 destroying or abusing, buildings, walls, floors, furniture, 
 etc 162 
 
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 INDEX. 673 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS— 
 
 (See also "Public Free Schools,'* chapter 47, page 397.) 
 
 Poll tax to be applied to the support of the 103 4 
 
 PUBLIC SHOW— 
 
 License tax on 105 14, 21 
 
 PUBLIC SQUARES— 
 
 Bicycle riding in the 328 1-2 
 
 PUBLIC WEIGHER— 
 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 
 Inspector and gauger to act as; to pay a license, to take oath, 
 
 etc. ; his duties, powers, etc 386 10-14 
 
 PUBLICATION— 
 
 Abandoned sections in cemeteries 169, 179 5, 69 
 
 Dairies selling impure milk, names of ♦. 196 17 
 
 Delinquent tax list 137 4 
 
 Contracts to be made for 75' 1 
 
 Grain measurer's report 390 29 
 
 License classification 107 18 
 
 Lost bonds, notice of 147 11 
 
 Notice of sales by port wardens 382 7 
 
 Notice of sale of goods levied on for fine 418 3 
 
 Notice of sale of land for taxes 137 4-6 
 
 Notice of sale of unclaimed goods by Police Justice 413 7 
 
 Notice of sale under distress for taxes 118 17 
 
 Notice to non-resident concerning nuisance on property of. . 228 15 
 
 Notice to non-resident of public improvement bill 128 4 
 
 Ordinances granting franchise privileges, who to pay ex- 
 pense of 70 7 
 
 Ordinances imposing penalties 71 11 
 
 Reports, ordinances, etc 71 10 
 
 Sale of market stalls 245 13 
 
 Street cleaning districts 371 15 
 
 PUMP HOUSES— 
 
 Duties of Superintendent of 266 5 
 
 Electric plant located on site of old 287 1 
 
 Electric pumps at 288 4 
 
 How hands may be employed at the 266 6 
 
 Superintendent's election, term, bond 265 2 
 
 PUPILS— 
 
 Attending female schools and the public free schools, inter- 
 ference with prohibited ... % 234 37 
 
 PURCHASER OF LAND— . 
 
 Sold for taxes, entitled to a deed 140 13 
 
 When the Auditor may give a certificate to 142 18 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE— 
 
 I Taxes paid, gas and water bills paid 48 3
 
 g74 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SF.C. 
 
 QUARANTINE— 
 
 (See "Superintendent of.") 
 
 Boundaries of the quarantine ground 222 1 
 
 Cargo of vessel in; Superintendent of 224 9 
 
 Cargoes in, removable on the permit of the Mayor; cargoes 
 in, reshipped by permission of the Mayor; Mayor may per- 
 mit removal of cargo 224 9 
 
 Chapter 26, concerning 222 
 
 Communication, intercourse, dealing with, vessels and per- 
 sons performing, prohibited; no one to enter limits of 
 
 ground; vessels released from, to report to the Mayor 225 14 
 
 Conducted in accordance with Code of Virginia, etc 222 4 
 
 Duties of Mayor as to; Board of Health and 222 3 
 
 Infected persons may be detained in, etc.; infected articles 
 
 may be destroyed 224 9 
 
 Lighters, for loading or unloading vessels in, prohibited; 
 Rockett's bar, the limit of approach; vessels in, to show 
 
 colors, etc 224 10-13 
 
 Masters of vessels released from to report, etc.; vessels in, 
 
 not to depart till expenses are paid 224 12-13 
 
 Persons performing, how supported, etc 224 12 
 
 Superintendent of, chief health officer to be 222 3 
 
 Vessel in; Mayor may order vessel into; what the Mayor may 
 
 order; vessels subject to, where to remain 223 6-7 
 
 Who and what shall perform and where; how performed and 
 
 where 222 2 
 
 QUORUM— 
 
 Committees (see "Committees" ) 58 22 
 
 Local assessments, exceptions as to 58 22 
 
 RACING— 
 
 In streets, etc., prohibited 326 18 
 
 RAILROADS— 
 
 (See "Gates at Railroad Crossings.") 
 
 Bells on engines 352 1 
 
 Bells to be rung at street crossing 352 1 
 
 Cars, tires for when hauled over streets. 325 15 
 
 Chapter 39, concerning maintenance and management 352 
 
 Climbing on locomotive prohibited 353 7 
 
 Cover in or floor over trestles and bridges crossing streets; 
 
 penalty for failure to 313 40 
 
 Crossings, gates at 313 40 
 
 Crossings, street cars to stop at 336 17 
 
 Crossings, to ring bell at 352 1 
 
 Crossings, watchman at required 352 1 
 
 Depots, soliciting patronage at prohibited 353 3 
 
 Engines, climbing on prohibited 353 7 
 
 Gates at crossings, to maintain, open and close 313 40 
 
 Hack drivers, porters, etc., not to obstruct stations 352 2 
 
 Locomotive, climbing on prohibited 353 7
 
 INDEX. 675 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Obstructions at wharves of (see "Obstructions") 352 2-5 
 
 Police to enforce provision of chapter concerning 354 8 
 
 Provide and erect vertical arm gates 313 40 
 
 Speed of trains on streets 352 1 
 
 Stations, designation of stands for hack drivers, porters, 
 
 agents, etc., at 353 5 
 
 Stations, obstruction of prohibited 352 2 
 
 Stations, soliciting patronage at prohibited 352 3 
 
 Streets, trains not to obstruct over three minutes 317 4S 
 
 Streets under trestles and bridges, to protect 313 40 
 
 Streets, whistles not to be sounded on 352 1 
 
 Thieves and vagrants, to return to place from whence brought 402 1 
 
 Trains of not to obstruct streets over three minutes 317 4S 
 
 Vagrants, to return to place from which they were brought. . 402 1 
 
 Watchman, to flag trains at crossing 352 1 
 
 Whistle, not to be blown on streets 352 1 
 
 RAILWAYS, STREET— 
 
 ( See "Street Railways" ) 322 
 
 RATES— 
 
 For hacks, to be kept and exhibited by driver 323 10 
 
 For transportation, by wagons, drays, carts and hacks 322 7-9 
 
 For water 268 12-14f 
 
 Hack, (see "Hack Rates.") 
 
 REAL ESTATE— 
 
 Agents, classification of for license 103 5 
 
 Agents, listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 Owned by city, assessment of 101 37 
 
 Tax rate on 103 2 
 
 REAL PROPERTY— 
 
 Injury to (see "Injuring," "Defacing," and "Destroying.") 
 
 RECEIPTS— 
 
 And disbursements, city, annual report of Auditor to show. . 85 32 
 
 And disbursements of City Auditor's books to show 77 2-3 
 
 And disbursements of City Treasurer's books to show 90 16 
 
 City collectors for tax on sufficient license Ill 29 
 
 City Collector's office, cash settlement book to show 122 28c 
 
 Coal and coke, sale of 259 26 
 
 Gas Department, how estimated, how accounts of kept 260 28-29 
 
 Land sold for taxes, purchaser to have for payment made. . . . 138 8 
 
 Market stall rent to be shown on demand 245 13 
 
 Sale of city property 81 19c 
 
 Tax, form of, printing, etc 121 26 
 
 Tax, required to be given 126 43 
 
 Taxes, half year payments 115 3 
 
 Taxes, settlement for with Auditor 116 4 
 
 Water Department, meter repairs or renewals, how disposed 
 
 of .* 278 14q 
 
 RECEIVING MONEY— 
 
 By employees of city prohibited 81 19a
 
 g-vg INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC 
 
 RECLAIMING STREET— 
 
 Proceedings for 314 4-4 
 
 RECORDS— 
 
 Auditor and Treasurer to keep 84 2 
 
 Auditor's office, required to be kept 89 
 
 Automobile registration 329 
 
 Book, City Sergeant 75 
 
 Bonds, who to keep 145 
 
 Building Inspector's office 484 
 
 City Attorney's office 410 
 
 City Council, extracts and copies from, clerk may make, etc., 
 
 and charge therefor 69 
 
 City debt, Auditor and Treasurer both to keep 145 
 
 City Engineer, what to be kept by 304 
 
 City of Richmond, of what to consist 70 
 
 Clerk of Council committees to keep 53 
 
 Committee on Light 255 
 
 Committee on Relief of Poor 189 
 
 Committee on Streets 304 
 
 Committees, clerks of to make and keep; what to show 53 
 
 Death certificates, Board of Health to keep 168 
 
 Departments, Special Accountant may make examinations of 55 
 
 Disinterments and reinterments to Riverview Cemetery 176 
 
 Electrician, City, what to be kept by 290 
 
 Gas inspector, what to be kept by 257 
 
 Gas Works, what to be kept at 254 
 
 Harbor master, open to inspection of the public 382 
 
 Lights not burning 290 
 
 Liceness issued by Treasurer 374 
 
 Manchester, transferred to consolidated municipality 21 
 
 Order for sale of city property 81 19b 
 
 Ordinances and resolutions of Council, to be printed, bound 
 
 and indexed 70 6 
 
 Plumbing inspector, daily to be kept 205 53 
 
 Public improvements, where kept, how entered, etc 129 5 
 
 Port wardens 382 8 
 
 Reinterments in cemeteries 179 66 
 
 Riverview Cemetery 173 179 39 66 
 
 Sales of city property 81 19b 
 
 Sales of lots, graves, etc 179 66 
 
 Sewer connection permits , 136 16 
 
 Special assessment clerk 133 12M4 
 
 Street Cleaning Department 373 23 
 
 Treasurer's office, to be kept 84 89 24 4 
 
 Washington Ward transferred to Richmond 2l' 13 
 
 Water Department 966 6-8 
 
 Water Department, keeping of required 84 24 
 
 Weights and measures, inspector of 387 13
 
 INDEX. 677 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 LED LIGHTS— 
 
 To be displayed at night near excavations or other work on 
 
 streets 306 21 
 
 LEDEMPTION— 
 
 Matured debt of city 152 6 
 
 Unlicensed animals impounded 375 32 
 
 REDEMPTION OP LAND SOLD FOR TAXES— 
 
 Amount necessary to be paid for the 143 22 
 
 Right of, of assigns, heirs, the owner, etc 139 12 
 
 Right of, after sale by city; lapse of right of 141 18-22 
 
 Right of, of infants, married women and insane persons.... 141 16 
 
 tEFERENCE— 
 
 Of all applicants for street railway extension, to committee, 
 
 required before action on; final action on to be deferred., 333 3 
 
 IEFRESHMENTS— 
 
 Not to be carried into cemeteries 171 21 
 
 tEFRIGERATORS— 
 
 Connection of with drainage system prohibited 208 63 
 
 tEFUND— 
 
 Of gas and water bills, twice paid, how to be charged, etc. ... 87 44 
 
 IEFUSAL— 
 
 Of hack driver to render service 323 11 
 
 To aid the police 427 12 
 
 To haul freight, or passengers '. 322 7 
 
 To return list for taxes, consequences of; what the Commis- 
 sioner shall do on 98 23 
 
 REGIMENTAL ARMORY— 
 
 Control of the, etc. (see also "Armories" and "Armory") .... 158 14 
 
 REGISTER— 
 
 Of city property, to be kept by the Auditor 90 15 
 
 Of gas inspector 257 21 
 
 Of warrants, the Treasurer's 86 40 
 
 REGISTRAR'S CLAIMS— 
 
 How made and paid 421 7 
 
 REGISTRATION— 
 
 Of physicians, accoucheurs, midwives, undertakers, etc., at 
 
 office of Board of Health 213 94 
 
 REGISTRATION OFFICERS— 
 
 Pay of, etc 421 7 
 
 tEGRADING — 
 
 Of streets, street railways to do it 333 5 
 
 tEINS— 
 
 Drivers of vehicles required to hold while standing in street. 326 20 
 
 tEINTERMENT— 
 
 Of remains, in Riverview Cemetery 178 65-66 
 
 tELIEF FOR OUTDOOR POOR— 
 
 Ho w obtained 188 7 
 
 tELIGIOUS SOCIETIES— 
 
 Exempted from taxation 99 24
 
 I • « INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 REMOVAL— 
 
 Certain poles, ordered 362 27 
 
 From office of Treasurer, ground for 87 42 
 
 Officers, by the Mayor, to be reported 45 3 
 
 From office, grounds for 48 6-7 
 
 Officers and employees at City Home, and of Superintendent 
 
 of 188 5 
 
 Officers and employees, Health Department 193 3b 
 
 Remains, from cemeteries 169, 178 18, 62 
 
 Special Accountant can be without cause assigned and at 
 
 any time 55 9 
 
 RENEWAL— 
 
 Of franchise street railway 335 12 
 
 Or repairs of street railways 344 31 
 
 rent- 
 to be paid for space used for vault, area, entrance, etc., in 
 
 street 131 10 
 
 Or money due the city, how paid 81 19a 
 
 .Market stalls, payment of 246 17 
 
 Tuberculosis Camp Society, for location of hospital 220 122 
 
 Playgrounds, under control of Grounds and Building Com- 
 mittee 164 38 
 
 Regimental armory, payment of into treasury 158 14 
 
 City property and buildings, contracts for, who to make 156 5 
 
 REPAIRS— 
 
 Of tracks, of street railways; when necessary to be re- 
 ported to the City Engineer 344 31 
 
 Of streets, required of street railways 333 5 
 
 City property, under control of Grounds and Building Com- 
 mittee 155 3 
 
 Gas meters, may enter premises for purposes of 257, 263 21, 33 
 
 Streets, what to be made by Street Committee 305 14 
 
 Water meters, how paid, etc 278 14p-14q 
 
 REPORTS— 
 
 (See "Annual Reports.") 
 (See "Notice." ) 
 (See "Statements.") 
 
 Accessibility of water 136 16 
 
 Assets, unpaid taxes to be included in 84 26 
 
 Automobile regulations, violations of 330 10 
 
 Beggars, by police 191 23 
 
 Board of Health to City Council, upon matters referred to 
 
 them 194 5 
 
 Buildings in danger of fire 295 5 
 
 Building Inspector as to erection of municipal buildings. . . . 430 3 
 
 Building Inspector, quarterly 155 3 
 
 ^ Building Inspector to heads of department 429 2 
 
 Buildings, public, safety of, violation of regulations concern- 
 ing 112, 298 34, 2
 
 INDEX. 679 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Cemeteries, quarterly, to Auditor 166 2 
 
 Cemetery keepers of ordinance violations 178 60 
 
 Cemetery keepers, monthly 166, 176 2, 50 
 
 Cemetery keepers, monthly to Auditor 167 6 
 
 Cemetery keepers, removal of 165 2 
 
 Charitable institutions receiving aid from city 190 13 
 
 Chief health officer, to Police Justice of unsanitary premises. 194 6 
 
 Chief of Fire Department on condition of public buildings. . . 298 2 
 
 Chief of Police on safety of poles 360 14 
 
 Chief of Police, money collected by, monthly 426 7 
 
 City Electrician to committee of lights not burning 290 12 
 
 City property, condition of and repairs needed, quarterly. . . . 155 3 
 
 City Engineer to Street Committee 304 12 
 
 Civil Justice, monthly 416 19 
 
 Contagious diseases 213 95 
 
 Collector Taxes, annual to Auditor 119 20-21 
 
 Coroner, semi-annual 423 2 
 
 Dangerous, chimneys, boilers, flues, etc., to Police Justice. . . . 230 20 
 
 Dead animals in streets, by police 377 42 
 
 District physicians 223 8 
 
 District physicians, weekly 215 100 
 
 Electric lights not burning 290 12 
 
 Electrical appliances, defective 289 6 
 
 Electrolysis, location and extent of 346, 367 33-33a, 38-39 
 
 Exhibition halls, as to safety of 112 34 
 
 False weights 387 13 
 
 Fees Washington Ward officers, monthly to Auditor 24 16 
 
 Gas consumers, removal of 256 20 
 
 Gas Department, appointment of employees 252 1 
 
 Gas fixtures, defective 424 2 
 
 Gas fixtures, defective by property owner 256 20 
 
 Gas mains, extension of, to committee 253 7 
 
 Gas mains, intended laying of 312 37 
 
 Gas meters, defective, monthly, to Light Committee 263 37 
 
 Gas Works, annual of Superintendent to committee 254 12 
 
 Gas Works, inventory 254 12 
 
 Gas Works, of Superintendent on, income of . . .- 260 28 
 
 Gas Works, monthly of, inspector 257 21 
 
 Gas Works, monthly, of Superintendent 254 11 
 
 Gas Works, violations of ordinances concerning 263 35 
 
 Grades, changes in deemed necessary 305 17 
 
 Heads of departments of stationery supples needed 75 2 
 
 Health regulations, offenses against to Police Justice. ....... 194 6 
 
 Income and liabilities of city, Auditor to make; what to con- 
 tain 78 8-9 
 
 Inspector of public buildings, on safety of show rooms, ex- 
 hibition halls, etc , 112 34 
 
 James River, Improvement Committee, monthly 379 6 
 
 Licenses, delinquent Ill 30
 
 680 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Market clerks, monthly 246 16 
 
 Markets, violations of ordinances concerning 250 35 
 
 Measurements and cost, sidewalks and alleys paved 134 13 
 
 Measurer of grain, quarterly 390 29 
 
 Nuisance by chief health officer to Police Justice 194 6 
 
 Nuisance in street, to City Engineer 232 26 
 
 Nuisance on property of non-resident 228 15 
 
 Nuisance to Board of Health, chief health officer or Mayor. . . 234 39 
 
 Nuisance to Superintendent Street Cleaning 369 
 
 Nuisances, by police 424 2 
 
 Obstructions in streets, by police 424 2 
 
 Obstructions in street to Fire Department 235 40 
 
 Park keepers, to City Engineer 158 13 
 
 Poles, unsafe 360 14 
 
 Police captains 425 4 
 
 Police Justice, monthly, Auditor to receive and file 413 6 
 
 Police Justice, monthly to Council 413 6 
 
 Police Justice, semi-annual to Council 413 7 
 
 Police, on condition of by Mayor 425 5 
 
 Police, of lights found not burning 290 12 
 
 Police, what to be made by 424 2, 4 
 
 Probation officer, to Police Justice 416 17 
 
 Prisoners, care of by City Sergeant 420 5 
 
 Public improvements, cost of 134 13 
 
 Quarantine, Superintendent of to Mayor 223 8 
 
 Relief of the Poor Committee on monthly, what to contain. . 189 11 
 
 Salable assets of city 85 32 
 
 Sales, city property unsettled 82 19f 
 
 Sewer connections, list to be reported annually 136 16 
 
 Sewers, gas and water mains, of proposed laying of 312 37 
 
 Streets, defects in by police 424 2 
 
 Streets, persons digging up 308 23 
 
 Streets, railways, violations ordinances concerning 351 38 
 
 Superintendent, Grounds and Buildings, quarterly 155 3 
 
 Superintendent Street Cleaning to committee 369 5-6 
 
 Suspension district physicians 216 104 
 
 Suspension Superintendent City Home 188 5 
 
 Suspension Superintendent Street Cleaning 369 7 
 
 Suspensions or removals, Mayor to report 45 3 
 
 Taxes, delinquent 119 22 
 
 Taxes, land sold for 139 n 
 
 Theatres, show rooms, on safety of 112 34 
 
 Vessel with powder aboard 236 2 
 
 Violations of chapter concerning street railways 351 38 
 
 Violations of ordinance prohibiting boys climbing on cars 354 8 
 
 Violations of regulations concerning automobiles 330 10 
 
 Washington Wprd officers, monthly to Auditor of fees ed- 
 ited 24 16
 
 INDEX. 681 
 
 p u;e sec. 
 
 Water, accessibility of 136 16 
 
 Water fixtures, defective by police 424 2 
 
 Water fixtures, completion of to Superintendent 268,281 10,19 
 
 Water mains, intended laying of 312 37 
 
 Water shed, of semi-annual inspections of 213 92 
 
 Water Works, Superintendent of 267 6 
 
 Water Works, violations of ordinances concerning 284 26 
 
 Weighmaster, monthly to Auditor 389 22 
 
 Weights and measures, inspector of, annual to Mayor 387 13 
 
 RESERVOIR PARK— 
 (See "Byrd Park.") 
 
 RESERVOIRS— 
 
 Old and new, control of grounds of 156 6 
 
 Penalty for injury to the 283 22 
 
 RESIDENCE— 
 
 Marshall reservoir, keeper of 284 27 
 
 Of keepers of cemeteries 170, 172 20, 28 
 
 Qualification as to Fire Department employees 295 4 
 
 RESIDENT PHYSICIANS— 
 
 At City Home 187 3 
 
 RESISTANCE— 
 
 Of electric conductors 361 21 
 
 RESISTING THE POLICE— 
 
 Penalty for, etc 427 12 
 
 RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 Joint, prescribed form for, etc. (see "Joint Resolutions") .... 69 3 
 
 When passed, to be enrolled and signed by president of 
 branch in which they originated and then by president of 
 other branch ; when by the Mayor 69 4 
 
 RESTAURANTS— 
 
 Security in the use of 298 1 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 RETURN— 
 
 For taxes, failure to make 98 23 
 
 Of tax lists, compulsory, etc 98 21 
 
 REVERSION OF TITLE— 
 
 To lots in cemeteries, to the city, etc 167, 179 5, 67 
 
 REWARD— 
 
 Mayor to offer for apprehension and conviction of person 
 giving false alarm of fire of or injuring apparatus of Fire 
 
 Department 295 7 
 
 Police may receive 426 7 
 
 RICHMOND HOWITZERS— 
 
 Allowed to keep gunpowder 236 5 
 
 RICHMOND— 
 
 Port of, injury to prohibited 380 13 
 
 Seal of 51 7-8
 
 i 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 682 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 RIDERS— 
 
 (See "Drivers.") 
 (See "Vehicles.") 
 
 Meeting bicycles, must pass to the right; going in same direc- 
 tion with, pass on left 329 5c 
 
 RIDING— 
 
 Bicycles on sidewalks (see "Driving") 328 1 
 
 Bicycles or tricycles, crosswise or curving to and from or 
 without feet on pedals, or without hands on bar, or more 
 
 than two abreast, speed of 328 (5) 
 
 Horse affected with farcy or glanders 401 11 
 
 RIDING AND DRIVING— 
 
 Automobiles, in streets and parks 329 5 
 
 Bicycles, in parks 328 2 
 
 Bicycles in streets 328 5 
 
 Fast, over the Free Bridge (see "Fast Driving" and "Fast 
 
 Riding and Driving") 229 17 
 
 In Riverview Cemetery 178 60 
 
 Vehicles in streets and parks 326 18 
 
 RIGHT OF WAY— 
 
 Of the accident ambulance 191 22 
 
 Street cars over each other at certain points 343 23-26 
 
 Of steam railroad cars over street railway cars, at all cross- 
 ings 337 17 
 
 RIGHT RESERVED— 
 
 By the Council, to add rules, regulations and restrictions as 
 to erection, and use, of poles and to remove poles and to 
 
 require the use of conduits 358 8 
 
 By the Council, to increase the tax on wires, in conduits. . . . 366 32 
 
 To fix other and additional transfer points 343 17 
 
 To impose additional regulations as to operation of street 
 railways; use of electricity by and prevention of electro- 
 lysis 348 33c 
 
 To run wires of fire alarm and police telegraph on any and all 
 
 poles 357 6 
 
 RIVER, THE JAMES, IMPROVEME*NT OF— 
 
 (See "Improvement of James River," see also "James River," 
 and "River, The.") 
 RIVER— 
 
 Margin of, nuisances upon the 226 1 
 
 Penalty for depositing in or near, or on the islands thereof, 
 
 any stone, ashes, dirt, rubbish, etc 380 13 
 
 RIVERSIDE PARK— 
 
 Keeper of, appointment and duties 159 18 
 
 RIVERVIEW CEMETERY— 
 
 (See also "Cemeteries, Riverview.") 
 
 Auditor, the, and perpetual care; R. E. Lee Camp, Confed- 
 erate Veterans, lot therein 180 72 
 
 Bond of keeper; vault sites therein; vaults, construction of. 173 29-39
 
 INDEX. 683 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Certificates of purchase of lots, etc. ; Treasurer to issue cer- 
 tificate of sale 176 53 
 
 City Engineer to supervise vault construction; roadways not 
 
 to be obstructed ; interments in 173 35-39 
 
 Covenant of city to care for lots in; perpetual care of lots 
 
 in, by the city 179 70-71 
 
 Crew, William Hall, allowed a fence therein; lot therein for 
 Virginia Home for Incurables; lot therein for Ancient, 
 
 Free and Accepted Masons; Foundling Hospital lot 180 73-76 
 
 Enclosures allowed therein 169 19 
 
 Enclosures of sections in 177 55 
 
 Established, etc.; committee to control, etc.; maps and 
 
 plans of, etc 172 23-25 
 
 Fast riding in prohibited 178 60 
 
 Graves therein, how opened, etc 175 48 
 
 Home for Needy Confederate Women, lot therein for 181 77 
 
 Keeper's duties and settlement 175, 176 49-51 
 
 Lots and graves, who may purchase them 176 52 
 
 Notice to be given for opening graves 178 61 
 
 Obstruction of roadways in; monuments, etc., in; fast riding 
 
 or driving in 177-178 58-60 
 
 Perpetual care fund 181 82-83 
 
 Prices for lots and graves in, sites, etc.; improvements 
 
 therein; keeper, election of, etc.; records of 172 26-28 
 
 Prices of graves and lots therein 181 78 
 
 Records to be kept there 179 66 
 
 Records, what to be kept, etc 174, 175 43-49 
 
 Removal of remains from; rules for disinterment; rules for 
 
 reinterments 178 62-66 
 
 Single grave, portion of 174 40-44 
 
 Title to lots and graves in 176-177 53-55 
 
 Trees, plants and shrubs therein 175, 177 47, 56-57 
 
 Vaults in, provisions concerning 173 31-39 
 
 Widow of owner of lot, succeeds to; heirs at law of deceased 
 owner of lot; graves, opening of, keeper's authority for; 
 
 bad behavior in, cause for expulsion from 179 67-69 
 
 ROADBED— 
 
 Excavation in, or breaking open 307 23 
 
 ROADWAYS— 
 
 In cemeteries, obstructions in to be removed -170 19 
 
 In Riverview Cemetery, no rubbish allowed in 174, 177 37, 58 
 
 ROBBERS— 
 
 To be arrested by the police 402 3 
 
 ROCKETS— 
 
 Setting off, prohibited 228 11 
 
 RODMAN— 
 
 In Engineer Department, appointment, duties, and compen- 
 sation 303 8
 
 INDEX. 
 
 
 68i 
 
 PAGE 
 
 ROLLING MILLS— 
 
 Water rates for ■ 193 
 
 ROOMS— 
 
 City Hall, injury of furniture in prohibited 157 11 
 
 Exhibition, to be inspected and permit issued for 112 34 
 
 For the coroner, in the City Hall 423 1 
 
 ROUTES— 
 
 Additional, for wires, how obtained 361 16 
 
 RUBBISH— 
 
 In cemeteries, to be removed, etc 170, 177 19, 58 
 
 May be carried off lot, etc.; penalty for leaving in the street. . 231 24-26 
 
 Penalty for depositing any in the port 380 13 
 
 RUDENESS— 
 
 Of gas inspector, or deputies, penalty dismissal 263 38 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS— 
 
 Ambulance drivers, concerning 191 20 
 
 Auditorium, concerning duties of custodian 160 22 
 
 Bacteriologist, concerning 194 8 
 
 Blues armory, concerning duties of custodian 161 27 
 
 Board of Health may formulate, penalty for violation 195,213 14,93 
 
 Buildings, safety of certain 296 12 
 
 Chemist, City, concerning duties of 393 2 
 
 City Home, concerning maintenance and operation of 187 3 
 
 Contagious diseases, concerning placarding of 214 96 
 
 Dairy farms, for regulation of 200 35 
 
 Dangerous or explosive materials, concerning storage of 238 14, 16 
 
 Dead animals, concerning removal of 376 38 
 
 District physicians, concerning 214, 216 98, 104 
 
 Dry closets, concerning maintenance and construction 200 47 
 
 Electrical fixtures, concerning installation of 289 6 
 
 Fire, concerning extinguishment beyond corporate limits. . . . 297 17 
 Fire Department, concerning (see "Charter, Sec. 93.") 
 
 Food, concerning sale, etc., of 200 35 
 
 Food supplies, concerning protection of from dirt, flies, etc. . 200 36-41 
 
 Garbage, concerning removal of 371 IS 
 
 Gas Department, concerning 263 34 
 
 Grounds and Buildings, concerning maintenance and manage- 
 ment of and employees 157 12 
 
 Hacks, concerning 323 12-13 
 
 Hands and carts, concerning 320 54 
 
 Harbor, concerning protection of 380 10 
 
 Hospitals, concerning maintenance of certain 217 105 
 
 Inspector milk and food supplies, concerning duties of 200 55 
 
 Library, city, Mayor may prescribe concerning 39"4 2 
 
 Library, public, concerning 395 10 
 
 Manure vaults, concerning construction of 320 53 
 
 Markets, concerning regulation of 243 5 
 
 Maternity hospitals, concerning maintenance and operation 
 
 of 
 
 216 105
 
 INDEX. 685 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Milk, concerning sale of 200 35 
 
 Night soil, concerning removal of 200 47 
 
 Parks and park keepers, concerning 157 13 
 
 Poles, additional, as to use of, right reserved to adopt 358 8 
 
 Police, Bijou Theater 427 15 
 
 Police, concerning (see "Charter, Sees. 84-92.") 
 
 Police Court, concerning overcrowding of to be posted, etc. . 412 3 
 
 Prisoners, concerning working of 372 18 
 
 Prisoners, for working and guarding of 372, 404 18, 9 
 
 Probation officer, concerning duties of 416 19 
 
 Quarantine, concerning, Council may adopt 223 4 
 
 St. John's Burying Ground, concerning 185 1 
 
 Safety of buildings 296 12 
 
 Smallpox hospital, concerning 220 117 
 
 Snow, concerning removal of 320 54 
 
 Street Cleaning Department, for government of, committee 
 
 may prescribe 369 5 
 
 Street Cleaning Department, violation of, penalty 377 44 
 
 Street sprinkling, concerning 309 26 
 
 Water supply, protection of from contamination 212 89 
 
 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL— 
 
 Burials in mortuary chapel of allowed, number limited 182 84 
 
 ST. JOHN'S BURYING GROUND— 
 
 Appropriation for repairs of; salary of the keeper; use of 
 
 the church thereon; burials therein, etc 185 2-3 
 
 Chapter 23, concerning 185 
 
 City's title to and obligations as to; committee on, how 
 
 appointed, its duties, authority, etc 185 1 
 
 Police jurisdiction of, keeper defined 1S6 4 
 
 SALARIED OFFICERS— 
 
 Of insurance companies, not liable to license tax for so- 
 liciting 104 10 
 
 Prohibited from engaging in private work during office hours 53 1 
 
 SALARIES— 
 
 (See "Commissions.") 
 (See "Compensation." i 
 (See "Wages.") 
 
 Cemetery employees 64 126-131 
 
 Chapter 8, concerning 61-67 1-7 
 
 City Home employees, committee to fix 187 2 
 
 Claims for, Auditor to pay 89 9 
 
 Commissioner of Revenue; penalty deducted from 100 32 
 
 Contested election, effect on 68 6 
 
 Engineer Department (streets) 63 67-84 
 
 Executive Department 61 1-21 
 
 Fire Department 66 180-193 
 
 Fixed by ordinance or resolution 68 7 
 
 Gas Department 62 43-66 
 
 Grounds and Buildings Department 63 85-103
 
 686 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Health Department 65 140-155 
 
 How fixed 68 7 1 
 
 James River Improvement, Department of 66 162-169 
 
 Judicial Department 67 1_2 ° 
 
 Judgments, officers refusing to satisfy not to receive 59 25 
 
 Laborers, paid semi-monthly • 54 7 
 
 Legislative Department 67 1-7 
 
 .Market employees 65 156-161 
 
 Officers, paid monthly 68 5 
 
 Officers or employees delinquent in payment of tax bill not 
 
 entitled to collect 56 12 
 
 Order not to be accepted 54 7 
 
 Police Department 66 170-179 
 
 Poor, Department of 64 104-125 
 
 Sale of prohibited 54 7 
 
 Street Cleaning Department 65 132-139 
 
 Washington Ward officers and employees under consolida- 
 tion agreement 23 16a-16w 
 
 Washington Ward, officers and employees under consolida- 
 tion agreement (to end of term ) 68 1-4 
 
 Water Department 61 22-42 
 
 SALE— 
 
 (See "Licenses.") 
 
 Abandoned cargo, by port wardens 382 7 
 
 Animals captured in streets '400 5 
 
 Auction sales, license for 112 33 
 
 Auction, use of street for 317 49 
 
 Boxes, gongs, etc., by Fire Department 295 8 
 
 City property, Auditor to report to Council when not paid for 
 
 in thirty days 82 19f 
 
 City property, by committee or commission, how conducted. . 81 19b 
 City property, or exchange, how and to whom difference in 
 
 purchase price paid 86 38 
 
 City property, record of committee or board authorizing same 
 
 to show order for 81 19b 
 
 City property, who to collect proceeds of 81 19b 
 
 Coke at Gas Works, tickets for, how sold, etc., how settle- 
 ment made ' 259 26 
 
 Daily privilege in markets 247 21 
 
 Farm products, exception as to 112 33 
 
 Firearms, cartridges, etc., to minors prohibited 233 32 
 
 Fire stock, bankrupt, etc., license required for 112 32 
 
 Food, impure, sale of prohibited 199 29-30 
 
 Food offered for, screening of required 200 36-41 
 
 Food, provisions concerning (see "Milk and Food Supplies") 200 36-41 
 
 Furniture, exception as to 112 33 
 
 G as 258 23 
 
 Goods, etc., under distress, may be postponed IT9 19 
 
 Goods under levy or distress H8 17-18
 
 INDEX. 687 
 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Hogs and goats captured 400 5 
 
 Liquor by minors, prohibited 405 2 
 
 Liquor to minors, prohibited, penalty 408 11 
 
 Liquors, without license (see "Liquor") 406 5 
 
 Lots in Riverview, record of 175 49 
 
 Machines, license on 107 19 
 
 Market privileges 247 21 
 
 Market stalls at auction 245 13 
 
 Material of condemned house 489 ' 95 
 
 Medicine, permit required for 109 22 
 
 Milk and food supplies, provisions concerning (see "Milk and 
 
 Food Supplies" ) 195 12-35 
 
 Mules and horses in streets, when prohibited 113 36 
 
 Non-resident's property to recover costs of abating nuisance. 229 15 
 
 Obscene book, or pictures, etc 228 13 
 
 Oleomargarine, regulations concerning 201 43-45 
 
 Oleomargarine, when butter is desired 202 45 
 
 Ordered by Council, clerk to report 81 19b 
 
 Permits for 109 22 
 
 Property levied on for a fine 418 3 
 
 Real estate, bell may be used in connection with 228 11 
 
 Salary or wages of city officer or employee, penalty 54 7 
 
 Second-hand articles, chapter 48, concerning 398 1-3 
 
 Torpedoes, firecrackers, squibs, fireworks, etc., except in pack- 
 ages, etc 237 12 
 
 Unclaimed money and goods, in the Police Court 413 7 
 
 Unsound food in markets • 249 27 
 
 Vaults in cemeteries, prices of, etc 172 26 
 
 Water 268 12-17 
 
 Water Works, old material 266 6 
 
 Wood and coal, provisions concerning 390 30-35 
 
 SALE OP LAND FOR TAXES— 
 (See "Taxation, Delinquent.") 
 
 Chapter 18, concerning the 137 
 
 City as purchaser; certificate of sale, etc 141 17 
 
 Commencement of interest (see "Land Sold for Taxes").... 142 19 
 
 How list of sales to be made 139 9 
 
 SAMPLES— 
 
 Adulterated milk, inspector may take 198 24 
 
 Of medicine, etc., not to be thrown in yards, halls, porches, 
 
 doorways or vestibules 234 36 
 
 Submitted to bacteriologist, penalty for false statement con- 
 cerning 195 9 
 
 SALOONS— 
 
 (See "Liquor.") 
 
 SANITARY INSPECTORS— 
 
 Appointment of 192 3a 
 
 Duties of, Board of Health may prescribe. 194 4 
 
 Salary of 193 3a 
 
 Term of 193 3b
 
 688 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC, 
 
 SANITARY FEE— 
 
 At markets, to be paid by vendors, penalty, etc. (see "Mar- 
 kets") 247 21-23 
 
 SANITARY PLUMBING— 
 
 (See "Plumbing.") 
 
 In houses, buildings, etc 205-210 53-81 
 
 SCALES AND WEIGHTS— 
 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 
 Prescribed for use in the markets, clerks of markets to in- 
 spect them ; penalty for false, etc 244, 249 9, 28 
 
 SCHOOL BOARD— 
 
 Election, term, powers, etc.; vacancies on the, how filled, 
 
 etc.; to report annually to the Council 397 1-4 
 
 SCHOOL BUILDING— 
 
 (See "Public Building.") 
 
 Aisles, etc., not to be obstructed 296, 298 1, 10 
 
 Each to have fire escape 464 75a 
 
 SCHOOL CHILDREN— 
 
 Half-fare for, on street railways 337 19 
 
 Protection of from "loitering," "following," "spying,' "in- 
 terference," etc 234 37 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS— 
 
 Boundaries of 397 1 
 
 SCHOOL HOUSES— 
 
 Security in use of 298 1 
 
 SCHOOL TICKETS— 
 
 Sale of required 337 19 
 
 SCHOOL TRUSTEES— 
 
 Their election, term, etc 397 1.4 
 
 SCHOOLS— 
 
 (As a body) not to be admitted to cemeteries 1?1 21 
 
 Chapter 42, concerning 397 j.g 
 
 Water rates for (see "Public Schools") 269 12 
 
 SCHOOLS, PUBLIC— 
 
 (See "Public Free Schools") 397 
 
 SCOW- 
 Sunken in harbor, to be raised within five days 384 16b 
 
 SCREENING OF FOOD— 
 
 (See "Milk and Food Supplies.") 
 
 Requirements as to 200-201 35-41 
 
 SEAL OF THE CITY— 
 
 City Treasurer the custodian of, etc 51 7 
 
 Form of 51 - 
 
 No municipal paper, requiring seal, valid without it 51 8 
 
 SEATS— 
 
 In aisles of public buildings prohibited. 296 298 10 1 
 
 SECOND-HAND GOODS— 
 
 Sale of, when license required 112 33 
 
 Regulations concerning oog •,
 
 INDEX. 689 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 CRET SERVICE FUND— 
 Mayor to draw on it; to keep account of; account of subject 
 
 to examination 427 13 
 
 CRETARIES— 
 Who to disburse city money, to pay no one, in July of any 
 year, who has not paid taxes; are liable for the unpaid 
 
 taxes of the person paid 56 12 
 
 3CRETARY— 
 
 Of board or commission, to keep account of appropriation to, 
 
 expenses of and balances, etc 54 3 
 
 Of board or commission, not to sign any warrant in excess of 
 
 appropriation balance 54 3 
 
 Of electoral board, salary, etc 422 8 
 
 SECTIONS IN CEMETERIES— 
 
 Title to, how acquired, etc. (see "Cemeteries") 166 4-5 
 
 Whole, half and quarter, who to own 166 3 
 
 SERGE ANT- AT-ARMS OF THE COUNCIL— 
 
 Chapter 10, concerning the 39 
 
 Election, term, duties; to have charge of Council chamber; to 
 execute commands and process, etc., of the Council; to dis- 
 tribute printed matter; to promote comfort, etc., of Coun- 
 cil; to announce messages, etc.; to attend meetings of Coun- 
 cil committees; to be messenger to the City Clerk 73 1 
 
 Superintendent of Council chamber, etc;, powers and au- 
 thority of sergeant of police 73 1 
 
 To purchase street car tickets for use of members of Council. 73 2 
 
 SERGEANT— 
 
 City (see "City Sergeant") 419 
 
 SERGEANTS OF POLICE— 
 
 Salary of 427 14 
 
 Sergeant-at-arms of Council to have powers and authority of. 73 1 
 
 Uniforms, badges, etc., for 426 8 
 
 SERVICE PIPE— 
 
 Provisions concerning 276 14h-14r 
 
 Sizes, weight per foot, etc 282 20 
 
 Water Department, rules concerning 267 10 
 
 SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS— 
 
 Award of contract on bid, etc.; Committee on Water and on 
 Relief of Poor, exception as to; convict labor and contrac- 
 tors using; laborers to be paid semi-monthly; orders on, or 
 sale of, wages, salary, or pay, forbidden on penalty dis- 
 missal; heads of departments not to accept orders on pay, 
 
 wages, or salary, of officers or employees 54 4 
 
 Chapter 7, concerning 53 1-25 
 
 Clerk of Council committees, election records, duties, office 
 hours, salary, to act as City Clerk, etc.; absence or inability 
 of City Clerk; committee clerks and warrants in excess of 
 appropriations; secretary or president of board or commis- 
 sion not to sign warrants in excess of appropriation 53-54 2-3
 
 690 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PACK SEC. 
 
 Duties, removal, reports, etc 55 9-11 
 
 Forfeiture of deposit for franchise 56 13 
 
 Gas consumed, to pay for 54 6 
 
 Minutes of committees, boards, commissions, etc., to show 
 state of account with appropriations; bids for work or sup- 
 plies, check to accompany them 54 3-4 
 
 Office hours of the; closed on Sunday and on holidays; ex- 
 ception as to office hours in case of Mayor, City Attorney, 
 Auditor, Treasurer, Water Department, inspector of gas; 
 officers and employees not to engage in private work during 
 
 business hours 53 
 
 Private work, exception as to in business hours as to City 
 Attorney, president of Board of Health, members of the 
 
 Board of Health, physicians to the poor 53 
 
 Special Accountant, election, term, vacancy, salary, bond 
 of, reports, examinations, to attend Finance Committee's 
 
 meetings 55 8-11 
 
 Tax receipts, Auditor to require exhibition of officers, em- 
 ployees, etc., in July of each year; secretaries, clerks, Audi- 
 tor, paymaster, and other persons who disburse money 
 liable for taxes unpaid; applicant for franchise to use 
 
 streets to deposit bond 56 12 
 
 Water rates for 273 14e 
 
 SEWERAGE— 
 
 Not to be discharged into streams furnishing city's water 
 
 supply 211 
 
 SEWERS— 
 
 (See "Plumbing.") 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 Alleys, to be placed in when practicable 285 33 
 
 Bricks, not to be constructed of 208 67 
 
 Cesspools and privies not to be connected with sewer or 
 
 house drain 207 60 
 
 Changes in, proposed, to be reported to Gas and Water De- 
 partments 312 37a 
 
 City Engineer to determine when practical to enter 136 16 
 
 Connection, permit for 133 i2 e 
 
 Connections, as a health measure 134 15 
 
 Connections, compulsory 134 285 15 30 
 
 Connections, health regulations concerning in houses 206 56-80 
 
 Connections, proceedings for ascertaining cost of and collec- 
 tion of bills for same 135 i§ a 
 
 Connections, provisions as to indigent persons 135 I5 a 
 
 Connections, provisions concerning 132 12 
 
 Construction and repair of, under control of Street Committee 305 14 
 
 Indigent persons, allowed time on bills for connections 135 15a 
 
 Insepction of ' " 305 13(J 
 
 Journal and ledger of 134 -,. 
 
 New, to be in centre of street 135 i 5a
 
 
 INDEX. 601 
 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 New, to be placed in alleys when practicable 285 33 
 
 Obstruction of, penalty for, etc 312 34 
 
 Penalty for failure to make certain connections 135 15 
 
 Permit, connections 133 12e 
 
 Separate connections required 135, 206 15, 56 
 
 Streets, to be in centre of 135 15a 
 
 Superintendent of, designation of Assistant Engineer as 305 13c 
 
 Tax, annual assessment of the; as to sub-divided lots 132 12 
 
 Tax, commutation of the 132 12 
 
 Tax, proceedings for commutation of 136 16 
 
 Water connections for, required 285 30 
 
 When at cost of abutting owners and without petition 127 1 
 
 SEXTONS— 
 
 Duty of, as to burials, permits, etc 167 6-15 
 
 Must be registered at the office of the Board of Health 213 94 
 
 Reports to be made by 166, 167, 176 2, 6, 50 
 
 Weekly returns of to the Board of Health 169 15 
 
 SHARES— 
 
 Banks and other corporations to be reported for taxation 
 
 to the Commissioner of Revenue 97 17, 19 
 
 Corporations, when valuation to be made of for taxation. ... 97 17 
 
 Stock, tax rate on 103 3 
 
 SHELL, LOADED— 
 
 Prohibited in the city 228 12 
 
 SHERIFF— 
 
 To collect money for pay of jurors in the Circuit and in the 
 
 Chancery Court 421 1 
 
 ship keeper- 
 to be on all vessels, steamers, barges, etc., in the harbor of 
 
 the city 383 15 
 
 SHOCKOE CREEK— 
 
 Penalty for depositing in, ashes, dirt, stone, rubbish, etc 380 13 
 
 Prisoners, certain, to work at cleaning the bed of 370, 403 10, 8 
 
 SHOALING— 
 
 Of the harbor, James River, or its tributaries 379 8 
 
 SHOCKOE HILL CEMETERY— 
 
 (See "Cemeteries," "Graves," "Burials," "Lots," "Sections," 
 etc.) 
 
 Burial of colored persons therein prohibited 165 1 
 
 Duties of the keeper of; Superintendent of City Home the 
 
 "keeper" of 165 2 
 
 Enclosures, what, allowed therein 169 19 
 
 General rules concerning conduct of public in 171 21" 
 
 Perpetual care of sections in 181 82-83 
 
 Residence of keeper, powers and duties, workmen in not to 
 
 do private work 170 20 
 
 Servant of the Woodbridge family granted interment therein. 181 80 
 Superintendent of City Home to be the superintendent of. . 165, 188 2, 4
 
 693 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 SHOOTING AND HUNTING— 
 
 In cemeteries, prohibited, penalty, etc 169 17 
 
 SHOT, LOADED— 
 
 Prohibited in the city, penalty, etc 228 
 
 SHOW BUILDINGS— 
 
 (See "Public Buildings.") 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 SHOWCASES— 
 
 In streets, committee may authorize 311 32 
 
 SHOW ROOMS— 
 
 Inspection of 112 34 
 
 Permit for required 297 14 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 SHRUB— 
 
 In public grounds, injury to, penalty, etc 161 26 
 
 SHUTTING OFF GAS— 
 
 Consumers moving 256 20 
 
 Delinquent bills 259 24 
 
 Fire, to prevent spread of 262 30 
 
 Fraud, to prevent 263 34 
 
 Leaks, to prevent 262 32 
 
 SHUTTING OFF WATER— 
 
 Delinquent bills 280 18 
 
 Delinquent damage bills 278 14n 
 
 Delinquent meter repair bills 278 14q 
 
 Repairs to meters, on account of 277 141 
 
 Waste, to prevent 283 23 
 
 SIC ITUR AD ASTRA— 
 
 Motto of the seal of the city 51 7 
 
 SICKNESS— 
 
 Closing of street, on account of 316 47 
 
 SICK, NON-RESIDENT POOR— 
 
 Provisions concerning 189 8 
 
 SIDEWALKS— 
 
 (See "Pavements.") 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 (See "Streets.") 
 
 Arc lamps must be clear above, nine feet 361 20 
 
 Awnings over to be not less than eight feet above 311 33 
 
 Banana skins not to be thrown on 328 4 
 
 Bicycles and tricycles forbidden on 328 5 
 
 Bicycles forbidden on 328 1 
 
 Building material, deposit of on 307 22 
 
 Coverings over, when required 307 22 
 
 Crossings of to be paved 306 20 
 
 Crossings of, who to grant permission for 306 19 
 
 Crossings over, to alleys, stables, etc 306 20 
 
 Crossings (see also "Crossings") 306 20 
 
 Encroachments upon 314 41-44
 
 
 INDEX. ggj 
 
 TAGE SEC. 
 
 Excavations in, party making to restore surface and keep in 
 
 repair for twelve months 308 23 
 
 Excavations in, permits for 308 23 
 
 Excavating in, or breaking up, by Gas and Water Depart- 
 ments 303 9 
 
 Expectorating upon or throwing peelings or fruit skins on 
 
 the ; penalty for 230 21 
 
 Fruit skins not to be thrown upon 230, 328 21,4 
 
 Granolithic pavement on, water pipes under to be incased; 
 
 cost of casing to be paid by property owner 309 28 
 
 Grade of, Council to establish 309 27 
 
 Groups of persons on, obstructing, forbidden 232 29 
 
 Heighth and width of 309 27 
 
 Horses and vehicles not allowed upon the; not allowed to 
 
 cross the 326 19 
 
 Loitering upon prohibited 232 29 
 
 Obstructions and projections upon; who to authorize 309 29 
 
 Openings in, how constructed 310 30 
 
 Paving of 127 1 
 
 Sale of goods upon 317 49 
 
 Showcases upon 311 32 
 
 Signs over, goods on the, etc 317 49-51 
 
 Skating, hand carts or carriages, sled, wheelbarrow, etc., 
 
 forbidden thereon; snow must be removed therefrom.... 232 27-28 
 
 Snow to be removed from 232 28 
 
 Streets, considered as portion of 305" 16 
 
 Tax for use of portion of, to be paid annually 310 30 
 
 To have covered way when building is in progress on the 
 
 street line 307 22 
 
 Vaults under, how constructed 131 10 
 
 Width of 309 27 
 
 Wires to be twenty-five feet above 361 18 
 
 SIGNS— 
 
 May be erected by street railway company adjacent to tracks. 344 28 
 
 Permission for erection of, how and by whom granted 318 50-51 
 
 Size, material and position of 317 49 
 
 Tin allowed over streets 317 49 
 
 Upon roadbed of street or alley prohibited 233 33 
 
 SINGLE CART— 
 
 Load, two thousand pounds maximum 324 15 
 
 SINGLE DRAY— 
 
 Load, twenty -two hundred and forty pounds 324 15 
 
 SINGLE GRAVE PORTION— 
 
 Riverview Cemetery 174 40-44 
 
 SINKING FUND— 
 
 I Amount of money to be always retained in; checks on the 
 fund, how marked; checks for redemption and for invest- 
 ment, to be signed by the president of the board; paid 
 coupons to be cancelled; Auditor and Treasurer, both to 

 
 69 4 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC 
 
 Auditor of the city the secretary of the board; meetings 
 of the board; Auditor's semi-annual statement of; duty of 
 
 board as to 151 
 
 Chapter 20, concerning the 151 
 
 Checks for interest to be mailed by Auditor 153 
 
 City's fire insurance fund, creation of 154 
 
 Commissioners' annual report to the Council 154 13 
 
 Election of two of the Commissioners 151 l| 
 
 Finance Committee to place all insurance 154 15 
 
 General ledger concerning to be kept by Auditor 83 25 
 
 How raised, applied, etc 151 4| 
 
 Management, preservation and application of; the Commis- 
 sioners of 151 
 
 Quorum of Board of Commissioners of; chairman of the 
 
 Board of Commissioners of 151 
 
 Real estate, entitled to receive proceeds of sales of and com- 
 mutation of culvert or sewer tax 152 
 
 Redemption of matured debt; investment of the funds of . . . . 152 
 Treasurer's annual report of: Auditor's annual report of; 
 Commissioners of to examine cancelled coupons and coupon 
 bonds 153 10-12 
 
 SINKS, CESSPOOLS AND PRIVIES— 
 (See "Night Soil.") 
 
 Connection with sewers prohibited 207 60 
 
 Removal of contents of, regulations concerning 202 46-52 
 
 To be independently and separately trapped 209 70 
 
 Vent pipes from 208 65 
 
 Wooden sinks prohibited 210 77 
 
 SIXTH STREET— 
 
 Near the market, use of 242 2b 
 
 SKATING— 
 
 On sidewalk, prohibited, exception 232 27 
 
 SKINS— 
 
 Of bananas or fruit not to be thrown on or placed on the 
 sidewalks or pavements 328 4 
 
 SLAUGHTER HOUSE— 
 
 A nuisance, penalty for having in the city 227 6 
 
 SLED— 
 
 Coasting on streets 233 34 
 
 Forbidden on sidewalk, exception 232 27 
 
 SLOT MACHINES— 
 
 License tax on iqo 
 
 SMALLPOX— 
 
 Presence of to be indicated by white flag 221 123 
 
 SMALLPOX HOSPITAL— 
 
 Board of Health to have general supervision of 219 116 
 
 Employees at, Board of Health to appoint and pay 220 117 
 
 Expenses of inmates, how provided for , 220 121 
 
 Expenses of, who to pay 220 118
 
 INDEX. 695 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Patients to be removed to by Board of Health, exception. . . . 220 120 
 
 Separate apartments for negroes and whites 220 119 
 
 Vehicles for, Board of Health to provide 220 118 
 
 Who to be received into 220 119 
 
 SMOOTH PAVEMENT— 
 
 Certain vehicles not allowed upon 325 16 
 
 SNOW— 
 
 Must be removed from sidewalks 232 28 
 
 Removal of, hands and carts to aid in 320 54 
 
 SNOWBALLS— 
 
 Throwing, prohibited 231 22 
 
 SOFAS— 
 
 Forbidden in the aisles, hallways, etc., of public buildings. .296, 298 10,1 
 
 SOIL PIPES— 
 
 Material of 208 62 
 
 Rain water leaders, not to be used as 209 72 
 
 Shall not be brick, etc 208 67 
 
 Sizes, quality, etc., of, for certain uses 206 56 
 
 SOLICITING— 
 
 Alms, penalty for 403 7 
 
 Alms, persons engaged in to reported 191 23 
 
 Custom, at stations and wharves; within ten feet of curbing 
 
 around hotels 352 3 
 
 Insurance, license for 104 10 
 
 SONS OF TEMPERANCE— 
 
 Property of, exempt from taxation 99 24 
 
 SPECIAL ACCOUNTANT— 
 
 Attend all meetings of the Committee on Finance 55 10 
 
 Bond of the, and salary, etc 55 8 
 
 Books and records to be examined by 55 10-11 
 
 Duties and reports; removal of the, etc 55 10-11 
 
 Election, term, etc., of the 55 8 
 
 Heads of departments, to give access to records 55 10 
 
 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CLERK— 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 Act as clerk of Committee on Local Assessments 133 12c 
 
 Apportion cost of improvement 127 2 
 
 Bills to make out and notify owners 134 13 
 
 Bills to make out for certain sewer connections and notify 
 
 owners 135 15a 
 
 City Engineer to report cost of improvements and measure- 
 ments to 134 13 
 
 City Engineer to report to 129 6 
 
 Deliver bills to Auditor 130 7 
 
 Deliver to clerk of Hustings Court original notice in case 
 
 of appeal to 128 3 
 
 Duties of the ; salary 133 12 
 
 Endorse permits for sewer connections 133 12e 
 
 Ledger to be kept by what it shall show 134 14
 
 696 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Make and charge bills for street improvements 134 13 
 
 Measure and tax areas, vaults, etc 131 10 
 
 Notify owners of 'assessment 128 3 
 
 Notify property owners who owe bills for improvements 134 13 
 
 Record resolutions and ordinances ordering public improve- 
 ments 129 5 
 
 Record, to verify by commissioner's books 134 14 
 
 Report to Commissioner of Revenue change of lot fronts 133 12f 
 
 Serve notices 12S 4 
 
 Sewer tax, procedings for commutation of 136 16 
 
 Tax lots on permit for sewer connection 136 16 
 
 SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS— 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 To be special fund in the Treasurer's hands 87 41 
 
 SPEED— 
 
 Automobiles, in streets, parks, etc 329 5 
 
 Automobiles, when passing vehicles 330, 8 
 
 Bicycles and tricycles on streets, limited 328 5 
 
 Bicycle riding in parks 328 2 
 
 Railroad cars on streets • 352 1 
 
 Steamboats, in harbor 382 9 
 
 Steamboats, passing wharves 383 15 
 
 Street cars 336 15 
 
 Street cars, passing each other 344 30 
 
 Vehicles in parks 326 18 
 
 Vehicles, in Riverview Cemetery 178 60 
 
 Vehicles in streets 326 18 
 
 Vehicles on free bridge 229 17 
 
 Wagons, drays, etc., on streets 326 18 
 
 SPIKE MACHINES— 
 
 Water rate for 269 12 
 
 SPIRIT GAS— 
 
 Storage of, quantity limited, etc 237 8-16 
 
 SPIRITS OP TURPENTINE— 
 
 Sale, storage of, etc 237 8-17 
 
 SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS— 
 
 (See "Liquor," "Licenses," etc.) 
 
 SPRINKLING— 
 
 Carts and wagons, to be numbered 271 12 
 
 Permits for not transferable; regulations concerning; abuse 
 
 of city water fixtures by ; penalty 271 12 
 
 Streets 309 26 
 
 Yards, streets, etc., water rate for 285 31 
 
 STABLE— 
 
 Entrance to, over sidewalk 306 20 
 
 Sanitary plumbing in a 206 56 
 
 Water rate for 269 12 
 
 Watchman at city, salary 63 84 
 
 Yard, city, part of the, to be used for stonebreaking 404 9
 
 INDEX. (i!)7 
 
 PACK SEC. 
 
 STABLES, LIVERY— 
 
 (See "Livery Stables") 327 23 
 
 Construction of, special permit required 499 102 
 
 Horses and mules not to be sold in street adjacent to 113 36 
 
 Keepers of, license 105 13 
 
 STACKS— 
 
 Dangerous, or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 Height of: regulations for, etc 229 19 
 
 STAGNANT WATER— 
 
 On lot, in house, cellar, etc 226 1-4 
 
 On the property of a non-resident 228 15 
 
 STAIRWAYS— 
 
 Of public buildings, must not be obstructed, etc 298 1 
 
 STALL RENT— 
 
 Bills for, etc 246 17 
 
 STALLS, BENCHES AND STANDS— 
 
 At market houses (see "Markets") 245 14-19 
 
 STANDARD WEIGHTS— 
 
 (See "Weights and Measures.") 
 
 For grain, peas, beans, potatoes, coal, etc 389 26 
 
 Inspection of in markets 244 9 
 
 Use of in markets required 249 2S 
 
 STANDS, STALLS— 
 
 At the market houses (see "Markets") 245 14-19 
 
 STARVING ANIMALS— 
 
 Penalty for 401 6 
 
 STATE, THE, OF VIRGINIA— 
 
 Assessments of, basis for city taxation 94 5 
 
 Bonds of exempt from taxation 97 17 
 
 Real and personal property of, not to be listed for taxation. . 99 24 
 
 STATE BANKS— 
 
 Exemption, or exception as to 97 19 
 
 STATE MILITIA— 
 
 First Regiment Virginia Volunteers (see "First Virginia," 
 "Military," "Armory." etc.) 
 
 STATE PROPERTY— 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing, etc 162 33 
 
 STATEMENTS— 
 
 (See "Annual Reports.") 
 (See "Lists.") 
 (See "Reports." ) 
 
 Annual of Auditor 79 9 
 
 Annual of City Collector 119 20-22 
 
 Animal of city departments 58 23 
 
 Annual of City Engineer 304 12 
 
 Annual of Sinking Fund disbursements 153 11 
 
 Annual of Superintendent Gas Works 254, 260 12, 28 
 
 Annual of Treasurer 86 40 
 
 Annual to Auditor, heads of departments to furnish 79 9
 
 698 INDEX - 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Monthly of Auditor 79 10 
 
 Monthly of City Sergeant 420 5 
 
 Monthly of cemetery keepers 166, 176 2, 6, 50 
 
 Monthly of market clerks 83, 246 22, 16 
 
 Monthly of Superintendent Water Works 266 6 
 
 Monthly of Treasurer 86 39 
 
 Property valuation 98 20-21 
 
 Quarterly of grain measurer, publication of 390 29 
 
 Quarterly of Police Justice 413 7 
 
 Repairs to street railways, by City Engineer 344 31 
 
 Semi-annual concerning Sinking Fund 151 4 
 
 Semi-monthly of clerk of Street Cleaning Department 369 6 
 
 Sworn, concerning wires in conduits 366 32 
 
 Sworn of Commissioner of Revenue on tax lists 98 20 
 
 Sworn, of registrars of election 421 7 
 
 STATIONARY ENGINE— 
 
 Dangerous or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 Permit for 229 19 
 
 Tires for, when hauled through the streets 324 15 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 STATIONERY— 
 
 Annual contract for 75 1-2 
 
 Bills for, to be audited by Committee on Printing and Claims 75 3 
 
 Heads of departments to furnish list of needs 75 2 
 
 To be purchased from contractor only 76 9 
 
 Written orders required for 76 10 
 
 STATIONS AND WHARVES— 
 
 Designations of stands for hacks, etc., at 353 5 
 
 Obstructions at 352 2 
 
 Soliciting patronage at prohibited 352 3 
 
 STEAMBOATS— 
 
 Captains of, not to bring vagrants to the city; to give bond, 
 
 etc., to secure city when they do 402 1 
 
 Chapter 39, concerning maintenance and management of 
 
 steamboat wharves 352 
 
 Hack drivers, porters and agents not to solicit custom or em- 
 ployment upon 353 4 
 
 Landings, hacks, carriages and wagons at 352 3 
 
 Police, to enforce provisions of chapter concerning wharves 
 
 of 354 8 
 
 Speed of, etc. . . .^ 382 9, 15 
 
 Wharves, designation of stands for hack drivers, porters, 
 
 etc, at 353 5 
 
 Wharves, obstructions at, chapter 39, concerning (see "Ob- 
 structions at," etc) 352 2 
 
 Wharves, obstruction of prohibited 352 2 
 
 Wharves, penalty for violation of regulations concerning.. 353 6 
 
 Wharves, soliciting patronage on prohibited 352 3
 
 
 INDEX. 699 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 STEAM ENGINE— 
 
 Stationary, permit for 229 19 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 When dangerous or a nuisance 230 20 
 
 STEAM EXHAUST— 
 
 Not to be connected with sewer, etc 208 66 
 
 STEAM RAILROADS— 
 
 Right of way, over street railway cars at crossings (see 
 
 "Railroads" ) 336 17 
 
 Trains not to block street 317 48 
 
 STEAM VESSEL— 
 (See "Vessels.") 
 Speed of, when passing a wharf 383 15 
 
 STEAM WHISTLE— 
 
 Not to be blown in street under penalty 352 1 
 
 STEAMERS— 
 
 To have ship keepers on board at all times 383 15 
 
 STEMMERY— 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 STENOGRAPHER— 
 
 Board of Health authorized to employ, salary of 193 3a 
 
 Building Inspector, compensation and appointment 429 1-2 
 
 City Attorney, duties and compensation 410 7 
 
 Engineer Department, appointment, duties and compensa- 
 tion 303 6 
 
 Mayor to employ, salary of 45 6 
 
 Water Department, to act as committee clerk 286 34 
 
 STEP— 
 
 Obstructing street 311 32 
 
 STEWARD AT CITY HOME— 
 
 Bond of the 191 18 
 
 Invested with police powers 163 34 
 
 Salary of the 64 107 
 
 STOCK— 
 
 In corporations, date for valuation of, for tax 97 17-19 
 
 Held by fiduciaries, assessment of for taxation 95 11 
 
 Tax rate on 103 '& 
 
 STOCK COMPANIES— 
 
 Capital and assets of 97 17 
 
 STOLEN PROPERTY— 
 
 In possession of Police Court; when useful fro evidence may 
 
 be held 414 8 
 
 STONES— " ' 
 
 Breaking, employment of certain prisoners in 403 8 
 
 Or granite, for prisoners to break, to be supplied by Commit- 
 tee on Streets 404 9 
 
 Penalty for depositing any in the port. 383 15 
 
 Penalty for depositing in Gillies Creek 380 13 
 
 Throwing of, prohibited 231 22
 
 yOQ INDEX. 
 
 I'AGE SEC, 
 
 STOP-COCK BOXES— 
 
 How made, dimensions, etc 281 20 
 
 STOP COCKS— 
 
 Penalty for covering with building material 283 
 
 Penalty for injury to 383 22 
 
 Required on every service pipe for water 281 20 
 
 Water Department, required to install 268 10 
 
 STORAGE— 
 
 Dangerous or explosive materials, regulations concerning. . . 237 8-17 
 
 Of unslacked lime 227 8 
 
 Room, provided for the Auditor, in vault, in room 5, third 
 floor, City Hall 125 41 
 
 STORES, SHOPS AND OFFICES— 
 
 Water rates for 270 12 
 
 stove pipes- 
 How they must be constructed; precautions against fire, etc.; 
 
 must not project into the street 227 9 
 
 STREET CLEANING— 
 (See "Animals.") 
 (See "Dogs.") 
 (See "Garbage.") 
 
 (See "Superintendent Street Cleaning.") 
 Animals dead upon streets, regulations concerning removal of 376 38-44 
 
 Assistant Superintendent, election and term 372 21 
 
 Assistant Superintendent, salary and bond 373 22 
 
 Assistant Superintendent, under control of Superintendent, 
 
 to act in absence of 372 22 
 
 Chapter 41, concerning 368 
 
 Clerk of, to make out payroll 369 6 
 
 Clerk of, election, duties and salary 373 23 
 
 Committee on, may prescribe rules and regulations concern- 
 ing conduct of department 369 5 
 
 Committee on, may provide vehicle for use of Superintendent 369 4 
 Committee on, make rules and regulations concerning collec- 
 tion of garbage 371 15 
 
 Committee on, may suspend Superintendent 369 7 
 
 Committee on, to elect Assistant Superintendent 372 21 
 
 Committee on, to elect clerk 373 23 
 
 Committee on, to supervise dog pound, purchase medals, ap- 
 point pound master, etc 369-110 8-25 
 
 Committee on, under control of 369 5 
 
 Crematory, compensation of laborers at 373 24 
 
 Dead animals, regulations in relation to removal of 376 38-44 
 
 Dog medals, committee to purchase 369 8 
 
 Dog pound, provisions concerning establishment and mainte- 
 nance of 374-376 31-37 
 
 Dog pound, under control of 369 8 
 
 Dogs, license for required 373 26 
 
 Dogs, provisions concerning licensing and impounding of... 373-376 26-37
 
 
 INDEX. 701 
 
 PAGE si ( . 
 
 Employees, compensation of 373 24 
 
 Employees of, to wear uniforms 370 9 
 
 Fire hydrants, use of for flushing streets 372 20 
 
 Flushing streets 372 20 
 
 Garbage distircts, publication of 371 15 
 
 Garbage, meaning of term ::71 14 
 
 Garbage, not to be deposited in street or alley 370 11 
 
 Garbage, rules and regulations concerning, who to promul- 
 gate 371 15 
 
 Garbage, to be placed in boxes 370 12 
 
 Garbage, not to be transported through streets without per- 
 mit 370 12 
 
 Garbage, where to be placed 371 14 
 
 Goats, license for required 373 26 
 
 Goats, provisions concerning licensing and impounding of.. 373-376 26-37 
 
 Harness repairer, compensation of 373 24 
 
 Laborers at crematory, compensation 373 24 
 
 Licenses, for dogs and goats, provisions concerning 373-376 26-37 
 
 Licenses, for dogs and goats required 373 26 
 
 Medals, for dogs and goats, purchase of 369 8 
 
 Nuisances, abatement of 368 3 
 
 Nuisances, Board of Health to report 368 3 
 
 Payroll, clerk of to prepare 369 6 
 
 Pound master, employment of . 373 25 
 
 Prisoners, rules and regulations concerning working of 371 16-19 
 
 Prisoners, working of 370 10 
 
 Publication of garbage districts 371 15 
 
 Purchase of supplies for 369 6 
 
 Report of nuisances to Superintendent 368 3 
 
 Report of clerk to committee 369 6 
 
 Reports of Superintendent 369 3-7 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning department, committee 
 
 may prescribe 369 5 
 
 Rules and regulations, concerning garbage, who to prescribe. 371 15 
 Rules and regulations, concerning working of prisoners on 
 
 streets 371 16-19 
 
 Shockoe Creek, removal of obstructions from 370 10 
 
 Statement, semi-monthly of clerk 369 6 
 
 Streets, deposit of refuse matter in prohibited 370 11 
 
 Streets, removal of dead animals from 3/0 34-44 
 
 Streets, rules concerning working of prisoners on 371 16-19 
 
 Streets, use of fire hydrants for flushing 372 20 
 
 Superintendent, Assistant to act in absence of 372 22 
 
 Superintendent, committee may suspend 369 7 
 
 Superintendent, horse and vehicle for use of 369 4 
 
 Superintendent of, to make certain reports to committee. .. . 369 5-6 
 
 Supplies, purchase of 369 6 
 
 Superintendent of, duties, etc 368 3
 
 702 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Superintendent of, election and bond 368 1 
 
 Superintendent of, may use fire hydrants to flush streets 372 20 
 
 Superintendent of, to obtain assignment of prisoners from 
 
 Hustings Court 370 10 
 
 Superintendent, responsible for management of department. 369 5 
 
 Superintendent, to give permit for collection of garbage 370 13 
 
 Superintendent of, to make certain reports to committee 369 5-6 
 
 Supplies, purchase of 369 6 
 
 I 'informs, employees required to wear 370 9 
 
 Vehicle for use of Superintendent 369 4 
 
 Watchman, compensation of 373 24 
 
 STREET ENCROACHMENTS— 
 (See "Encroachments.") 
 
 Notice to remove 311 
 
 STREET IMPROVEMENTS— 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 At owner's cost, how made, charged and collected 127 
 
 At owner's expense, without petition 127 
 
 At owner's expense, after petition 129 
 
 STREET OBSTRUCTIONS— 
 
 To be reported to Fire Department 235 
 
 What prohibited 311 
 
 STREET RAILWAYS— 
 (See "Cars.") 
 
 (See "City Engineer.") • 
 
 (See "Committee on Streets.") 
 (See "Wires, Poles, Conduits, etc.") 
 
 Appeal from Engineer to Council 332 
 
 Bell or gong, to be sounded by cars approaching each other. . .344 
 
 Bells, gongs, etc 333 
 
 Blocking of joint tracks, prohibited by cars of either company 344 
 
 Boys not to climb on cars of 353 
 
 Brakes, speed, etc 334 
 
 Cars approaching each other to ring bell, etc 344 
 
 Cars, climbing on prohibited 353 
 
 Cars not to cease running 335 
 
 Cars of, to be neat, noiseless and in repair 345 
 
 Cars, to stop on both sides of intersecting streets at transfer 
 
 points, exception as to Eighth and Main 336 
 
 Changes in plans, how secured 332 
 
 Chapter 38, concerning 332 
 
 Climbing on cars of prohibited 353 
 
 Committee on Streets to notify of needed repairs 345 
 
 Conductors, drivers and motormen, company liable for acts of 335 
 
 Conformation to grade 332 
 
 Construction, methods of 332 
 
 Contracts for privilege, what to contain 332 
 
 Crossings, railway, cars to stop at 337 
 
 Crossings, speed, etc 336
 
 INDEX. 703 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Defective machinery in cars 345 32 
 
 Double tracks 332 1 
 
 Electrolysis and damages from 345 33 
 
 Electrolysis, prevention of and procedure to enforce pay- 
 ment of damages for 345-349 33 
 
 Engineer, City, to approve plans, etc 332 3 
 
 Engineer, City, to state necessary repairs 344 31 
 
 Extensions, how granted, etc 333 3 
 
 Fare for school children 337 19 
 
 Fare for transporting passengers 334 7 
 
 Fenders, cars to be equipped with 337 18 
 
 Final action on petition for extension to be deferred for refer- 
 ence to Street Committee 333 3 
 
 Forfeiture of rights by failure to run cars 335 11 
 
 Franchise, length of term of 335 12 
 
 Franchise privileges, tax on 337 20 
 
 Gas and water mains and electrolysis 345, 366 33, 35-40 
 
 Grades, tracks to conform to 332 3 
 
 Grant of privilege, effect of 336 14 
 
 Intersections, right of way at 343 23-26 
 
 Length of term of franchise 335 12 
 
 Liability of companies for injury, etc 335 9 
 
 Life-saving fenders required 337 18 
 
 Materials of construction to be prescribed 345 31 
 
 Numbering of cars 335 10 
 
 Obstructing and impeding motion of cars 333 4 
 
 Officers, agents and employees liability 335 9 
 
 Passengers at transfer points, cars to wait for 336 13 
 
 Pavements torn up, to be restored 333 5 
 
 Paving, police regulations, etc 334 6-7 
 
 Penalties concerning cars, tracks and repairs 345 31-32 
 
 Penalty, failure to issue transfer to Westhampton line 350 34 
 
 Penalty, failure to issue universal transfers 339 21 
 
 Penalty, failure to number cars 335 10 
 
 Penalty, failure to pay franchise tax 328 20 
 
 Penalty, failure to provide brakes, etc 334 8 
 
 Penalty, failure to provide fenders for cars 327 18 
 
 Penalty, failure to sound gong or bell, etc 333 4 
 
 Penalty, failure to stop at both sides of intersecting streets 
 
 at transfer points 336 16 
 
 Penalty, failure to stop cars when passing each other 344 30 
 
 Penalty, failure to wait at transfer points 336 13 
 
 Penalty for violations of provisions concerning right of way 
 
 at crossings, etc 344 29 
 
 Penalty, violation of speed limit 336 15 
 
 Plans, etc., subject to approval 332 3 
 
 Poles, signs may be erected upon 344 28 
 
 Police regulations, subject to * 334 7
 
 -,,l INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Police to report cars out of repair or not in neat condition or 
 
 having defective or noisy machinery 345, 
 
 Police, to report violations by 351 
 
 Privileges, exclusive grant of 336 
 
 Railway crossings, cars to stop at 336 
 
 Reference to committee of application for extension 333 
 
 Regarding and restoring streets 333 
 
 Report of violations by 345 
 
 Renewal of franchise; expiration of franchise 335 
 
 Repairs and renewals, how ordered 344 
 
 Repairs to cars 345 
 
 Repairs to tracks, etc., when necessary 344 
 
 Repairs, when necessary, to be reported to City Engineer. . . . 344 
 
 Right of way at intersections 343 
 
 Sale of school tickets 337 
 
 School tickets, sale of required 337 
 
 Sidings, where located 332 
 
 Signs, adjacent to tracks, erection of 344 
 
 Single tracks 332 
 
 Speed of, penalty for exceeding 334 
 
 Speed on streets 336 
 
 Sprinkling of streets by 350 
 
 Streets, to be sprinkled by 350 
 
 Tax on franchise privilege 337 
 
 Termini to be specified 332 
 
 Tickets, sale of to school children required 337 
 
 Time allowed for completion; forfeiture by failure to com- 
 plete 333 
 
 Tracks, bonding of 345 
 
 Tracks, paving between and on sides of 334 
 
 Tracks, persons driving on to turn out for cars 333 
 
 Tracks, repair of 344 
 
 Tracks used jointly not to be blocked by cars of either com- 
 pany 344 
 
 Tracks, single, double and sidings 332 
 
 . Transfer points, cars to stop on both sides of; exception as to 
 
 Eighth and Main streets 336 
 
 Transfer points, cars to wait at 336 
 
 Transfer points, Council may regulate 343 
 
 Transfer points designated 339 
 
 Transfers to Westhampton line 349 34 
 
 Transfers, universal, to be issued 338 21 
 
 Universal transfers, issuance of required 339 21 
 
 Warnings, bells, gongs, etc 333 4 
 
 Water, flow not to be obstructed 332 3 
 
 Westhampton line, transfers on 349 34 
 
 STREET SPRINKLING— 
 
 Permit for 271, 309 12, 26 
 
 Privilege limited to one year grant 309 26 
 
 Water rate for _ 271 12
 
 INDEX. 705 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 STREETS— 
 
 (See "Committee on Streets.") 
 
 (See "Engineer, City.") 
 
 (See "Grounds and Buildings.") 
 
 (See "Nuisances.") 
 
 (See "Pavements.") 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 
 (See "Sewers.") 
 
 (See "Sidewalks.") 
 
 (See "Street Cleaning.") 
 
 (See "Wires, Poles, etc.") 
 
 Abatement of apportionment for improvements 128 3 
 
 Accessibility of water 136 16 
 
 Accounts of Grounds and Building Committee, James River 
 
 Improvement and Streets 302 3c 
 
 Accounts Street Department 304 12 
 
 Adjacent to markets, use of the, for market purposes 242 2a-2b 
 
 Alley entrances, sidewalk crossing, etc 306 19-20 
 
 Alleys, sewers, gas and water mains to be located in 285 33 
 
 Animals loose, not allowed in 233 30 
 
 Annual report of Engineer 47 1 
 
 Appeal from assessments for improvements of the, to the 
 
 Hustings Court 130 7 
 
 Appeal on claim to title to 419 1 
 
 Appeal to Hustings Court from decision of committee 128 3 
 
 Applicant for franchise to use, to file bond 56, 308 13, 25 
 
 Application for franchise for use of the to be accompanied by 
 
 plans, specifications and the desired form of ordinance. . . . 312 36 
 
 Application for the use of the 56, 308, 312, 13, 25, 36 
 
 Areas and vaults 131 9 
 
 Arrows, not to be discharged in 231 22 
 
 Ashes, dirt or rubbish in to be removed from 231 24-26 
 
 Assessments for public improvements, how made, etc 127 1-8 
 
 Assessments for public improvements made after petition.. 129 7 
 
 Assessments for public improvements without petition 127 1 
 
 Assistant Engineer to superintend construction of sewers. . . 305 i3c 
 
 . Assistant Engineers, appointment, duties 301-302 3, 5, 6 
 
 Attorney of the City to prepare forms for use of petitioners. . 130 7 
 
 Auction sales, use for 318 49 
 
 Automobiles in, speed of 329 5 
 
 Awnings, how constructed, permits for, etc 311 33 
 
 Bandy, not to be played in 231 22 
 
 Barbed wire forbidden on the line of the 313 38 
 
 Barriers, bars, chains, ropes, etc., on the 306, 316 21, 47 
 
 Bell on locomotive in 352 1 
 
 Bell on street cars in 333, 344 4, 30 
 
 Bells not to be rung in 228 11 
 
 Bicycles, in speed of 328 5 
 
 Bills for street improvements 134 15
 
 706 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Board of Health and sewer connections 134 
 
 Bond to be filed with application to use streets 56, 308 
 
 Bookkeeper and accountant qualifications 301 
 
 Bookkeeper and accountant, assistant for 302 
 
 Bookkeeper, nomination, appointment, term, salary, bond and 
 
 duties of 301 3a-3i 
 
 Bookkeeper to be clerk of Committee on 302 
 
 Brakes for vehicles upon 325 
 
 Broad Street, south line between Foushee and Adams 315, 
 
 Bridges and trestles, crossing the, to be floored over, etc. . . . 313 
 
 Building line, establishment of 315 
 
 Building material, space for in the 307 
 
 Builders to secure grades and lines from the Engineer 305 
 
 Bulldogs on, to be muzzled 234 
 
 Cellar caps, doors, etc 131 
 
 Change of grade of the, Council must act on 305 
 
 Chapter 35, concerning 301 
 
 Circus parades on, permit necessary 108 
 
 City Engineer to list sewer permits 136 
 
 Claim to title to, appeal on 419 
 
 Clerk of Committee on 302 
 
 Clerk of the Council and bills, for improvements 129 
 
 Clerk of special assessments, his apportionments; to report to 
 
 the committee; statement he shall make 127 
 
 Closing of, in case of sickness 316 
 
 Closing streets for repairs, etc 306 
 
 Coasting on when prohibited 233 
 
 Committee on, accounts of the 301 
 
 Committee on, created; meetings, chairman, quorum, called 
 
 meetings 301 
 
 Committee on Local Assessments to summon and hear prop- 
 erty owners to report to the Council 130 
 
 Committee to act on petitions for cellar openings, areas, etc. 131 
 
 Committee on, to establish building line 315 
 
 Commutation of culvert tax 136 
 
 Compulsory sewer connections 134 
 
 Complaints of assessments to be heard by committee 128 
 
 Contracts for work on, chairman to sign all 305 
 
 Corner-stones to be erected to mark lines, etc 306 
 
 Cost of walkways upon paid by abutting owners 127 
 
 Covered ways, over sidewalks, required in certain cases 307 
 
 Damage to the, by poles, wires, etc., to be repaired 355 
 
 Dead animals, removal of from 376 
 
 Dedication of, acceptance by city 314 
 
 Decision of Committee on Streets Improvement, apportion- 
 ments to be endorsed on notices, etc 128 
 
 Digging up and restoring, streets and alleys 307 
 
 Disorderly conduct in, penalty for 162 
 
 Drains, to be kept open 231
 
 INDEX. 707 
 
 PACE SEC. 
 
 Draughtsman and instrument man, appointment, duties and 
 
 compensation 302 6 
 
 Draughtsman, appointment, duties and compensation 303 7 
 
 Driving diseased horse in prohibited 401 11 
 
 Ejectment, action of, to reclaim street or. alley 314 42 
 
 Electric cables and wires ordered out of certain of the 362 27 
 
 Encroachments, Engineer to report 303 9 
 
 Encroachments on the 309, 314 29, 42-43 
 
 Encroachments on the, how removal of enforced 314 44 
 
 Encroachments on the, of twenty years' standing 314 42, 41 
 
 Engineer and the police to report persons who dig up streets 
 
 or alleys 308 23 
 
 Engineer Department bills, how audited, paid, etc 304 13 
 
 Engineer may grant extra space for building material in the. 307 22 
 
 Engineer, qualifications, term, bond, etc 301 2 
 
 Engineer to attend meetings of Committee on 304 • 11 
 
 Engineer to be superintendent of streets; to furnish grades, 
 
 profiles, etc., for the Gas and the Water Works 303 9 
 
 Engineer to make surveys, plans and estimates 303 9 
 
 Entrances to lots, stables, carriage houses, etc 306 20 
 
 Erection of wires, poles, etc., in the 362 25 
 
 Excavations in streets, alleys, etc 303, 306 9, 21 
 
 Excavations, precautions, barriers, lights, etc 306 21 
 
 Exposure of person in, penalty 228 14 
 
 Fast driving automobiles in 329 5 
 
 Fast driving of bicycles in 328 5 
 
 Fast driving of vehicles in 326 18 
 
 Fast driving over Free Bridge 229 17 
 
 Fee for the use of the, for cdnduits 366 32 
 
 Fighting in prohibited, penalty 162 31 
 
 Filth, wasting in, penalty 226 3 
 
 Fire alarm boxes in, injury to 295 7 
 
 Firearms, minors not to carry on 233 31 
 
 Firearms, not to be discharged in 231 22 
 
 Firing guns, throwing snowballs, stones, discharging arrows, 
 
 blowing horn, etc 231 -22 
 
 Flushing, fire hydrants used for 372 20 
 
 Gas and Water Works, to restore the 303 9 
 
 Gates at railroad crossings 313 40 
 
 Glass, tacks, etc., penalty for putting in 328 4 
 
 Grade and change of grade, notice of 312 37 
 
 Grades to be established or changed by Council action only. . 305 14 
 
 Granolithic pavement . 309 28 
 
 Gutters must not be bridged, etc 306 19 
 
 Gutters, not to be obstructed 231 23 
 
 Hands and carts, manager for 305 13 
 
 Hands and carts, may be used in cleaning snow 320 54 
 
 Hands and carts, rules and regulations concerning, comm't- 
 
 tee to adopt 320 54
 
 708 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Hiring hands, carts, teams, etc., Engineer's authority for 304 
 
 Hitching posts, erection of 313 
 
 Horns, not to be sounded in 231 
 
 Horse racks; design, location, etc 313 
 
 Horses and mules when not to be sold in 113 
 
 Horses, diseased, not to be ridden or driven in 401 
 
 Horses, not to be tied to lamp post or other fixtures of Gas 
 
 Works in 262 
 
 Illness, closing on account of 316 
 
 Improvement of James River, accounts of 302 
 
 Improvements at the expense of the owners of abutting prop- 
 
 erty 
 
 130 
 
 Improvements ordered by the Council 127 
 
 Improvements when no petition is filed 127 
 
 Incasing pipe under granolithic pavements 309 
 
 Indigent persons bills for improvements 135 
 
 Injury fire alarm boxes in prohibited 295 
 
 Injury lamps or lamp posts in 262 
 
 Injury of trees, tree boxes, etc., in 163 
 
 Inspection of by Chief of Police 425 
 
 Inspection of by Health Department 194 
 
 Kite flying in prohibited 228 
 
 Light and Water Departments to apply to Engineer for 
 
 grades, etc., for mains 303 
 
 Lights to be erected at night 306, 316 21, 47 
 
 Loitering in adjacent to markets prohibited, penalty 251 
 
 Loitering on, prohibited 232 
 
 Managers of hands and carts 305 
 
 Manure vaults, how constructed 319 
 
 Manure vaults, permits for location of 320 
 
 Manure vaults, rules and regulations concerning, Health De- 
 partment to prescribe 320 
 
 Mayor, when may authorize closing of : 316 
 
 Medicine, permit for sale on 109 
 
 Moving houses through the streets 308 
 
 New sewers to be located in center of streets 135 
 
 Noises in, unusual prohibited 228 
 
 Notice of proposed work on streets, to Water and Gas De- 
 partments 312 
 
 Notice of report on improvements 128 
 
 Nuisance, penalty for placing in 231 
 
 Nuisances in, abatement of 229, 235, 368 16, 39, 3 
 
 Nuisances in, report by police 424 
 
 Nuisances in, report of 194,229,368 6,16,3 
 
 Nuisances in, report of by chief health officer 194 
 
 Nuisances in, report of to City Engineer 232 
 
 Nuisances in, report of to Superintendent of Street Cleaning. 368 
 
 Numbering of houses, Engineer to supervise the, etc . 312 
 
 Obstructing sewers, penalty for, etc 312
 
 INDEX. 709 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Obstructing the streets, penalty, etc 308, 311 24,32 
 
 Obstruction of by trains 317 48 
 
 Obstruction of by wagons 107 17 
 
 Obstructions of to be reported to Fire Department 235 40 
 
 Office hours of the Engineer, etc 304 11 
 
 Painting or printing on roadbed of 233 33 
 
 Parades on, permit required 108 21-22 
 
 Parades on, prohibited between certain hours on Sunday. . . . 229 18 
 
 Pavements, etc., to be restored by conduit builders 356 3 
 
 Paving by street railways between tracks and for two feet 
 
 on each side of 334 6 
 
 Paving streets, barriers, lights, etc 306 21 
 
 Penalty for allowing animals to go at large in 233 30 
 
 Penalty for allowing bulldogs in without muzzle 234 35 
 
 Penalty for coasting on 233 34 
 
 Penalty for constructing cellar, vault, area, etc., without 
 
 permit or leaving same open 310 31 
 
 Penalty for constructing or maintaining manure vault with- 
 out permit 320 53 
 
 Penalty for crossing sidewalk without permit 306 19 
 
 Penalty for digging up without permit 308 23 
 
 Penalty for discharging fireworks or guns in; making un- 
 usual noise in, ringing bell, flying kite, set off balloon, etc. 22S 11 
 
 Penalty for encroaching upon established building line 315 45 
 
 .Penalty for erection of sign without permit 319 51 
 
 Penalty for erecting awning without permit 311 33 
 
 Penalty for erecting barbed wire within three feet of line of. 313 38 
 Penalty for erecting building without obtaining building line 305 17 
 Penalty for expectorating or throwing fruit skins upon side- 
 walks 230, 328 21, 4 
 
 Penalty for failure of railroad companies to erect gates, floor 
 
 over trestles and bridges, etc 314 40 
 
 Penalty for failure to erect barriers, lights, etc 306 21 
 
 Penalty for failure to maintain lights and barriers by persons 
 
 having permit to close street in case of sickness 316 47 
 
 Penalty for failure to move house back to street line when 
 
 changed or destroyed 314 43 
 
 Penalty for failure to number houses 312 35 
 
 Penalty for failure to pave sidewalk crossings 306 20 
 
 Penalty for failure to properly maintain signs on 319 7 
 
 Penalty for failure to remove nuisance in gutters 194 6 
 
 Penalty for failure to remove nuisance or give notice of in. . 232 26 
 Penalty for failure to remove obstruction or encroachment 
 
 on 311 32 
 
 Penalty for failure to remove obstructions from gutters and 
 
 drains in front of premises 231 23 
 
 Penalty for failure to remove snow from 232 28 
 
 Penalty for fast driving of automobiles in 329 5 
 
 Penalty for fast riding of bicycles in 328 5
 
 71 q INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Penalty for fast driving of vehicles in 326 18 
 
 Penalty for fast driving over free bridge 229 17 
 
 Penalty for fast running of street cars upon 336 15 
 
 Penalty for fighting on 162 31 
 
 Penalty for firing guns, throwing snowballs, stones, discharg- 
 ing arrows, blowing horn, etc., in 231 22 
 
 Penalty for indecent exposure of person in 228 14 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing tree boxes on 162, 163 33, 36 
 
 Penalty for interfering with barriers, lights, etc., or inter- 
 fering with workmen 306 21 
 
 Penalty for interfering with school children on 234 37 
 
 Penalty for loitering on 232 29 
 
 Penalty for obstructing culvert, sewer, etc 312 34 
 
 Penalty for obstructing passage of fire apparatus along 235 40 
 
 Penalty for obstructing with house, barn, etc., or moving 
 
 same through without permit 308 24 
 
 Penalty for obstruction of by railroad trains over three min- 
 utes 317 48 
 
 Penalty for placing building material in or obstructing with- 
 out permit 307 22 
 
 Penalty for placing nuisance in 231 25 
 
 Penalty for putting in the, any glass, crockery, scrap iron, 
 
 nails, tacks, etc 328 4 
 
 Penalty for retaining possession of any land encroaching on 
 
 the 314 43 
 
 Penalty for selling articles on sidewalks of not authorized. 318 49 
 
 Penalty for sprinkling streets without permit 309 26 
 
 Penalty for throwing banana skins upon 328 4 
 
 Penalty for use of sidewalk for erection of signs or sale of 
 
 goods otherwise than as authorized 317 49 
 
 Penalty for violation of provisions concerning dead animals 
 
 in 376 44 
 
 Penalty for wasting filth in during removal 226 3 
 
 Penalty for writing, printing or painting on sidewalks or 
 
 roadbed of 233 33 
 
 Penalty on minor for carrying firearms on 233 31 
 
 Penalty on musicians for parading on Sunday 229 17 
 
 Perishable articles, use of sidewalks for sale of 318 49 
 
 Permit for sale of medicine on, circus, hobby horses, etc 109 22 
 
 Permits for sewer connections ' 133 12e 
 
 Permit for street sprinkling 309 26 
 
 Permit, sidewalk crossings 306 19 
 
 Permit to close in case of sickness 316 47 
 
 Permit to construct cellar, vault, area, etc., in 310 31 
 
 Permit to construct manure vault 320 53 
 
 Permit to dig in 307 23 
 
 Permit to erect awning over 311 33 
 
 Permit to erect signs over 319 51 
 
 Permit to move house through 308 24
 
 INDEX. 71| 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Permit to place building material in 307 22 
 
 Petition for street improvements 130 7 
 
 Petition for street privileges, franchises, etc 312 36 
 
 Petition for use of the 131 9 
 
 Pipe connections, how made, etc 135 15a 
 
 Practicability of sewer connections, Engineer to determine 
 
 the 136 16 
 
 Prisoners, rules concerning working of 371 16-19 
 
 Railroads, blocking of by cars 317 48 
 
 Reclaiming of, by suit for ejectment 314 42 
 
 Records, City Engineer 304 11 
 
 Records, Committee on Streets 304 11 
 
 Refuse matter, deposit of on prohibited 370 11 
 
 Report, changes in grade 305 17 
 
 Report, cost of paving in 134 13 
 
 Report, dead animals in 377 42 
 
 Report, defects in by police 424 2 
 
 Report, encroachments on by City Engineer 
 
 Report laying of gas and water mains in 312 37 
 
 Report, nuisances in by police 424 2 
 
 Report, nuisances in to City Engineer 232 26 
 
 Report obstructions in to Fire Department 235 40 
 
 Report persons digging up 308 23 
 
 Reports, statements and notices of street improvements. . . . 128 2-3-4 
 
 Rodman, appointment, duties and compensation 303 8 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning construction of manure 
 
 vaults 320 53 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning hands and carts 320 54 
 
 Salary of bookkeeper, Engineer Department 301 3a 
 
 Sales by peddlers on 107 17 
 
 Sales of goods on 317 . 49 
 
 Sales of horses on 113 36 
 
 Sales of medicine on 109 22 
 
 Salaries of officers and employees in Street Department 63 67-84 
 
 Sewer connections as a health measure 134 15 
 
 Sewer connections, assessments on, etc 132 12 
 
 Sewer journal and ledger of the clerk of special assessments. 134 14 
 
 Sewer tax, law concerning, as to old, in force 130 8 
 
 Sewers, construction of, supervision of 305 13c 
 
 Sewers to be costructed in alleys when practical 285 33 
 
 Sewers to be constructed in center of when practicable 135 15a 
 
 Sewers, when at cost of owners of abutting property 129 7 
 
 Showcases, placing of upon 311 32 
 
 Sidewalks, signs over 317 49 
 
 Sidewalks, use of for sale of goods 317 49 
 
 Sidewalks, when to have covered way over 307 22 
 
 Sidewalks, width and heighth of 309 27 
 
 Signs, form of petition for erection of 318 50 
 
 Signs, over sidewalks 317 49
 
 71 g INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Signs, permits for erection of 319 51 
 
 Signs, tin, what allowed on 317 49 
 
 Skating on when allowed 232 27 
 
 Smooth pavement, vehicles upon 325 16 
 
 Snowballs not to be thrown in 231 22 
 
 Snow to be removed from 232 28 
 
 Special assessment clerk, appointment, salary, duties 133- 12 
 
 Special assessments for public improvements 127 1 
 
 Sprinkling privilege 309, 271, 285 26, 12, 31 
 
 Sprinkling privilege, water rate for 271, 285 12, 31 
 
 Stenographer, appointment, compensation and duties 303 6 
 
 Stones, not to be thrown in 231 22 
 
 Street improvements, apportionment of bills for, etc 127 2 
 
 Street sprinkling privilege 271, 285, 309 12, 31, 26 
 
 Streets and alleys, when dug up bj< permission, to be restored 
 
 by department or person permitted to open 308 23 
 
 Streets, meaning of defined ". 305 16 
 
 Tin signs allowed on 317 49 
 
 Tires, width of upon 324 14-15 
 
 Trees or tree boxes in, horses not to be fastened or tied to. . 326 19 
 
 Trees or tree boxes in, injury or defacing 163 33, 36 
 
 To be explored by "Chief of Police twice a month 425 4 
 
 To be inspected by Health Department 194 5 
 
 Two-thirds vote of Council necessary to order improvements 
 
 without petition 127 1 
 
 Underground district for wires and poles defined 362 27 
 
 Use of for auction sales 317 49 
 
 Vagrants to work on 403 8-9 
 
 Vehicles, allowed for the use of the Engineer Department. .. . 304 13a 
 
 Vehicles, certain prohibited on smooth pavements 325 16 
 
 Vehicles in, speed of 326 18 
 
 Wagons not to obstruct 107 17 
 
 Water and Light Committee to apply to Engineer for grades, 
 
 profiles of mains, etc 303 9 
 
 Water courses and streams, improvement of under control 
 
 of Committee on; exception as to James River 320 55 
 
 Water rate for street sprinkling 285 31 
 
 Whistles, steam, not to be sounded on 352 1 
 
 Widows, indigent, and poor persons to have time on pay- 
 ment of improvement bills 136 15a 
 
 Wood and coal not allowed to remain in 391 31 
 
 Working districts for hands and carts 305 13b 
 
 Writing, printing or painting upon prohibited 233 33 
 
 SUB-DIVISION OF LOTS— 
 
 Each to have separate sewer connection 135 15 
 
 Subject to sewer tax 133 12b 
 
 Taxation, assessment for 94 6
 
 INDEX. 713 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 SUBSTITUTES— 
 
 For Civil Justice 414 12 
 
 For park keepers 158 13 
 
 For Police Justice 416 20 
 
 SUGAR— 
 
 Public weigher to weigh when requested 386 11 
 
 SUITS AND ACTIONS— 
 
 Abating nuisance, to recover cost of 229 16 
 
 City Attorney to commence and prosecute for city 409 3 
 
 Encroachments, to require removal of and recovery of pos- 
 session of land encroached upon 314 42, 44 
 
 Smallpox hospital, recover cost of maintaining patients at. . 220 121 
 
 Taxes, enforce lien for against life tenants 143 23 
 
 Taxes, to enforce lien for 144 24 
 
 To recover money due by officers refusing to settle with Au- 
 ditor 78 7 
 
 To recover on bond of Collector of City Taxes 120 24 
 
 To recover on bonds of officers indebted to city 78 7 
 
 SUMMONS— 
 
 (See "Process.") 
 
 Debtor of delinquent taxpayer; after service of, demand on 
 
 him a lien; failure to answer, etc 117 11-13 
 
 Delinquents by Commissioner of Revenue 98 23 
 
 Licenses, persons delinquent in payment of Ill 30 
 
 Public improvements, to show cause against 128 3 
 
 Witnesses to Police Court 414 11 
 
 SUNDAY— 
 
 City offices closed en 53 1 
 
 Law concerning closing of bars on 407 7 
 
 Playing musical instruments on streets during certain hours 
 
 on prohibited 229 18 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS— 
 (See "Assistants.") 
 (See also "Managers.") 
 General Provisions — 
 
 Light and Water Departments to report to each other and to 
 City Engineer, proposed work in streets of their respec- 
 tive departments 312 37 
 
 Police power for certain 163 35 
 
 City Home — ■ 
 
 (See "City Home.") 
 
 Admission, to examine applicants for to City Home; to fur- 
 nish transportation, to destitute non-residents 188 6-8 
 
 Ambulance drivers to appoint 191 20 
 
 Annual report of the 47 1 
 
 Duties of the, to be prescribed by Committee for Relief of 
 
 I Poor 1S7 3 
 
 Keeper of Shockoe Hill Cemetery 188 4 
 
 Monthly report of the, to the committee 189 9
 
 m 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Notice to give twelve hours of funerals of inmates of 190 
 
 Police powers, invested with 163 
 
 Reports, to require of charitable institutions receiving aid 
 
 from city 190 13 
 
 Salary of the 64 104 
 
 Superintendent City Hospital, Shockoe Hill Cemetery and 
 
 public charities; elected by Council 188 4 
 
 City Hospital — ■ 
 
 Designation and duties 188, 220 4, 121 
 
 Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph — 
 (See "Electrician, City.") 
 
 Annual report 47 1 
 
 Appointment of 290 10 
 
 Approve and have access to conduits 364 28 
 
 Examine and inspect wires, poles cables, etc., for electric 
 
 currents; to order removal of unsafe poles 360 15 
 
 Fire alarm bells in hotels and apartment houses to be satis- 
 factory to 300 12 
 
 Report lights not burning 290 12 
 
 Gas Works — 
 
 (See "Gas Works.") 
 
 Annual inventory and report 254 12 
 
 Annual report of the 47 1 
 
 Bills he makes, how audited and paid 253 9 
 
 Construction, expense, etc., separate expenditures for 253 9 
 
 Defective meters, to remove 257 23 
 
 Duty as to mains, lamps, maps, etc., as to materials pur- 
 chased; as to employment of hands 253 7-10 
 
 Duty as to proposed works in the streets 312 37 
 
 Election and term 252 1 
 
 Electrolysis, duty as to 345 33 
 
 Grades, profiles, etc., to obtain from the City Engineer 303 9 
 
 Lay mains, erect lamps, etc.; to employ laborers, etc 256 19 
 
 Maps and plans of gas mains, to file and preserve 253 7 
 
 Monthly report of the, to the Committee on Light 254 11 
 
 Office hours of the; to receipt for official papers; whole time 
 of, to be given to duties; extra service to be rendered with- 
 out pay ; general duties 252 3-6 
 
 Paymaster Gas Department 253 9 
 
 Prosecute persons who defraud or injure the works 363 35 
 
 Record of work, material, consumption, etc 254 11 
 
 Report to committee cost of gas and income from works 260 28 
 
 Retort house journal and report to committee 254 11 
 
 Sale of coke by the, and monthly statement of; monthly re- 
 turns for work, etc., to the Auditor 259 25-26 
 
 Grounds and Buildings — 
 
 City Engineer and Building Inspector to be 155 
 
 Duties and authority 155 3
 
 INDEX. 715 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Power and authority of police officer; to make and execute 
 
 contracts for committee 155 3-4 
 
 Rent out city property and report rent, etc., grounds, etc., ex- 
 cepted from his control 156 5-6 
 
 Public Buildings — 
 
 (See "Building Inspector.") 
 
 Public Charities — 
 
 Annual report of 47 1 
 
 Superintendent of the City Home to be the 188 4 
 
 Pimp Houses — 
 
 Duties, etc 266 5 
 
 Election, term and bond of the 265 2 
 
 Salary of the 62 25 
 
 Quarantine — 
 
 Board and inspect vessels; to report to the Mayor; may locate 
 vessels, etc.; may discharge cargo; ventilation, fumigation, 
 
 etc 223 8-9 
 
 Chief health officer to be 222 3 
 
 Powers and duties 223 8-9 
 
 Provide shelter for things and persons quarantined 223 5 
 
 Schools — 
 
 (See "Public Free Schools.") 
 
 Annual report 47 1 
 
 Salary, etc 397 5 
 
 Shockoe Hill Cemetery — 
 
 (See "Cemeteries, Shockoe Hill.") 
 
 (See "Shockoe Hill Cemetery.") 
 
 Superintendent City Home to be 188 4 
 
 Street Cleaning — 
 
 (See "Committee on Street Cleaning.") 
 (See "Street Cleaning.") 
 
 Absence of, assistant to act 372 22 
 
 Annual report 47 1 
 
 Assistant, election, term, salary and bond 372 21-22 
 
 Assistant under control of, to act in absence of 372 22 
 
 Duties, etc 368 3 
 
 Election and bond 368 1 
 
 Flushing of streets by, use of water for 372 20 
 
 Garbage, grant permits for collection of 370 13 
 
 Management of department, responsible for 369 5- 
 
 Nuisances, ascertain location of and abate 368 2 
 
 Permits collection of garbage, to grant 370 13 
 
 Prisoners, to obtain assignment of from Hustings Court 370 10 
 
 Report, annual 47 1 
 
 Report to committee 369 5-6 
 
 Salary of 65 132 
 
 Suspension of, committee may order 369 7 
 
 Vehicle for use of, committee may provide 369 4
 
 ?1 g INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Waiki; Works — 
 
 (See "Water Works.") 
 
 An ounts, arrange for keeping of certain 83 
 
 Annual report of the 47 
 
 Appoint employees in Water Works office 285 34 
 
 Assistant, act as paymaster 268 11 
 
 Assistant, election, term, bond and duties 265, 268 2, 11 
 
 Assistant, under control of to act in absence of 268 11 
 
 Bills for water, not to be refunded without order from 87 44 
 
 Books, to turn over to successor; general charge of the Water 
 
 Works 265 1-3 
 
 City departments, estimate water consumed by 273 14e 
 
 Duty as to proposed work in streets 312 37 
 
 Election, term and bond of the 265 1 
 
 Employ help, purchase and sell materials, etc 266 6 
 
 Grades, profiles, etc., to get from the City Engineer 303 9 
 
 Inspection of water fixtures by 268, 282 10, 21 
 
 Inspection of water shed, require semi-annual 213 92 
 
 License plumbers to work on water pipes, etc.; may refuse, 
 
 grant and revoke plumbers' licenses 281 20 
 
 May enter upon premises of water takers to inspect, etc. . . . 282 21 
 
 Monthly reports from assistants, to require 265 3 
 
 Monthly statement to committee; to keep map of mains and 
 
 connections 266 4, 6, 7 
 
 Ordinances, to enforce concerning the Water Department. . . . 284 26 
 
 Records, to keep certain 267 7-8 
 
 Reports, monthly from assistants, to require 265 3 
 
 Salary of the (see "Salaries") 61 22 
 
 Supervise inspection and repair of meters 278 14p 
 
 Water supply, accessibility of, to determine questions of 136 16 
 
 Water, to have turned off (see "Shutting off Water") 278 14q 
 
 Water, to introduce to premises of consumers 267 10 
 
 SUPERVISION— 
 
 Blues armory 161 27 
 
 ( Vmeteries 165 1 
 
 City Home 187 2 
 
 Dog pound , 369 8 
 
 Electrical appliances, city 290 11 
 
 Fire Department (see "Charter, section 93"). 
 
 Gas Works 353 g 
 
 General of Auditor of receipts and disbursements of city 
 
 money 77 3 
 
 Grounds and buildings 155 1 
 
 Health Department 194 4 
 
 Howitzers armory _ 158 15 
 
 James River Improvement 378 4 
 
 Library, City 394 2 
 
 Library, public 395 iq
 
 INDEX. 717 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Markets 2 13 4 
 
 Monument Avenue grass plot 159 20 
 
 Municipal buildings, construction of 429 3 
 
 Parks and park keepers 157 12 
 
 Playgrounds 164 38 
 
 Police Court room 415" 13 
 
 Police Department (see "Charter, sees. 84-92"). 
 
 Prisoners working on streets 370, 372, 404 10, 18, 9 
 
 Public buildings 296 12 
 
 . Quarantine 222 3 
 
 Smallpox hospital 219 116 
 
 St. John's Burying Ground 185 2 
 
 Storage of powder 237 7 
 
 Streets 303 9 
 
 Water Works 265-278 3, 14p 
 
 Wires in buildings, removal of 291 22 
 
 Wires in conduits, installation of 364 28 
 
 SUPPLIES— 
 
 Bids for (see "Bids.") 
 
 City Home, reports of amounts purchased 189 11 
 
 Officers not to contract with city for furnishing of 48 6 
 
 Stationery, binding and printing, annual contracts for 75 1-2 
 
 Stationery, binding and printing, written order required for. 76 10 
 
 Stationery, etc., to be purchased from contractor only 76 9 
 
 Stationery, list of probable needs to be furnished by heads of 
 
 departments 75 2 
 
 Street Cleaning Department, purchase of 369 6 
 
 SURGEON— 
 
 Ambulance, interference with prohibited 191 22 
 
 Police Department 427 14 
 
 SURVEYOR, CITY— 
 
 Duties, fees, etc 304 10 
 
 SUSPENSION— 
 
 City Hall employees by Building Inspector 157 9 
 
 City Home employees 188 5 
 
 District physicians 216 104 
 
 Health Department employees 193 3b 
 
 Judgments, failure to pay cause for 59 25 
 
 Officers and employees by Mayor 45 3 
 
 Officers refusing to settle with Auditor 78 7 
 
 Sale of salary or order on, cause for 54 7 
 
 Superintendent City Home 188 5 
 
 Superintendent Street Cleaning . .'. 369 7 
 
 SWEARING, FALSE— 
 
 Before Auditor perjury 77 4 
 
 SWIMMING— 
 
 Amounting to indecent exposure, penalty 228 14 
 
 In feeder above pumphouse prohibited 212 86
 
 71g INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 SWINE— 
 
 Driving through streets allowed 400 5 
 
 Not to go at large 233 > 400 30, 1-5 
 
 SWORN STATEMENT— 
 
 Commissioner of Revenue on land books 100 30 
 
 Delinquent taxes 119 22 
 
 Erroneous assessments 119 21 
 
 Land sold for taxes 139 1°-H 
 
 On tax returns 98 20 
 
 Registrars of election, on claims of 421 7 
 
 Wires in conduits, concerning 366 32 
 
 TACKS— 
 
 Not to be put in street 328 4 
 
 TAXATION— 
 
 (See Auditor.") 
 (See "Land Book.") 
 (See "Licenses.") 
 (See "Collector City Taxes.") 
 (See "Collector of Delinquent Taxes.") 
 (See "Commissioner of the Revenue.") 
 (See "Personal Property Book.") 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 Assessment — 
 
 Annual sewer, rate of; how commuted 132 12 
 
 Appeal from assessment 100 28 
 
 Assessment city property 101 37 
 
 Assessment of by Commissioner, when made 99 27 
 
 Assessment of property outside of corporate limits 101 35-36 
 
 Assessment of subject to review by Committee on Finance; 
 
 appeal from committee - 100 28 
 
 Chapter 14, concerning the assessment of 93-101 
 
 Chapter 1~>, concerning the levying of 103-113 
 
 City property to be made 101 37 
 
 Classification of licenses 103 5 
 
 Commissioner subject to penalty for failure to list his own 
 
 property correctly 100 29 
 
 Dogs and bitches ( see "Dogs" ) 109 24 
 
 Entered on books separately for each ward 99 25 
 
 Ex« mptions of certain property from 99 24 
 
 Licenses on specific and enumerated businesses and other 
 businesses which cannot be reached by the ad valorem sys- 
 tem; classes of, how determined (see "Licenses") 103 5 
 
 Liquor licenses, special provisions as to (see "Liquor") 104, 405 6, 1-11 
 
 Lists to be filed with Auditor; oath thereon ,. . . 98 20 
 
 Lists to be returned to Commissioner within fifteen days; 
 
 penalty for failure 98 23 
 
 Omitted, how assessed 99 26 
 
 Poles 358 10
 
 INDEX. 719 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Property outside of corporate limits, when assessed; how en- 
 tered and paid 101 35-36 
 
 Property, what exempt from 99 24 
 
 Rate of 103 2-3 
 
 Sewer, annual rate ; how commuted 132 12 
 
 Sewer on sub-divided lots; when and how assessed 133 12b 
 
 State assessment, basis for 94 5 
 
 Stock, value of shares, how ascertained 103 3 
 
 Street railway franchise 337 20 
 
 Subjects of 103-113 2-36 
 
 Tax year, beginning of the 137 1 
 
 Vehicles 109 24 
 
 Wires in conduits, per mile 366 32 
 
 Collection — 
 
 Annual statement of by Collector : 119 21 
 
 Auditor, for duties concerning (see "Auditor"). 
 
 Bills for not collected to be delivered to Auditor 119 21-22 
 
 Bills for, who to print 121 27 
 
 Bills, legal form of prescribed 121 26 
 
 Bills, notice to be mailed . . . •. 126 45 
 
 Bills to be made out by Collector 116 5 
 
 Bills to be printed 121 26 
 
 Chapter 16, concerning 115 
 
 Classification of revenue from on Auditor's books; charged on 
 separate accounts to the Collector; separate accounts of in 
 
 Auditor's office 80 14 
 
 Collection of, legal proceedings to enforce 117 11-13 
 
 Commissioner to furnish amount of for distress; annual 
 
 statement of by City Collector 119 20 
 
 Distraint for, Collector may make September 1 each year. . . . 116 7 
 
 Distraint for, when and how made 116 7-8 
 
 Distress, Commissioner to furnish amount of for 119 20 
 
 Distress for to be reasonable IIS 16 
 
 Distress for, to cover all costs 116 S 
 
 Erroneous return as delinquent, penalty for 118 15 
 
 Goods and chattels of tenant liable for 117 * 9 
 
 Horses and live stock levied on for to be sustained IIS 16 
 
 Indigent persons, sewer connection bills against 135 15a 
 
 Lien on debt after judgment; refusal of debtor to pay; lien in 
 
 estate of debtor 117 10-11 
 
 Legal form for bills 121 26 
 
 Legal proceedings to enforce collection of 117-118 11-13 
 
 List to be made by Collector 116 5 
 
 Notice of bills due to be mailed 126 45 
 
 Notice of sale of goods for 118 17 
 
 Paper for bills prescribed 121 26 
 
 Payment of, when to be made; when first and last half pay- 
 able; penalty for failure to pay 115 3 
 
 Penalty for failure to pay in time 115 3
 
 7 2Q INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Printing of bills • 121 26 
 
 Public improvement bills, collected as other taxes 130 7 
 
 Publication of notice of sale of goods for 118 17 
 
 Publications concerning payment of 115 3 
 
 Receipts on account, books for, what, how and by whom kept. 121 28-29 
 
 Report of total 84, S5 26, 32 
 
 Sale of goods for 118 17 
 
 Sales for, when and where made; adjournment of 119 18-19 
 
 Sewer connections, as other taxes 135 15a 
 
 Tax bills, form and quality of prescribed 121 26 
 
 Tenant's credit for payment of 118 14 
 
 Delinquent — 
 
 (See "Collector Delinquent Taxes.") 
 (See "Sale of Land For.") 
 
 1894 and previous years 124 33-34 
 
 1895 and subsequent years 124 34 
 
 1895 delivered to Auditor 124 34 
 
 Annual statement and list of 119 20-22 
 
 Auditor to be furnished with lists of land purchased by Com- 
 monwealth 143 24 
 
 Auditor to deliver delinquent lists to Collector 137 3 
 
 Auditor to file certain unpaid bills 125 38 
 
 Auditor to have custody of tax bills 125 35 
 
 Auditor's duty concerning delinquent bills (see "Auditor"). 
 
 Bills for in Auditor's hands, how paid 125 41 
 
 Bills for, method of paying certain 126 42 
 
 Bills, unpaid, Auditor to file 125 38 
 
 Bills, what Auditor to have custody of 125 36 
 
 Books, Collector's office 121 28-29 
 
 Cash books, Collector's office 121 28-29 
 
 Certificate of sale to be issued to purchaser, what it shall 
 
 show 13S 6 
 
 Chapter 18, concerning sale of land for 137 
 
 City Attorney, furnished with list of lands purchased by 
 
 Commonwealth ; what list to show 143 24 
 
 City Attorney, institute suits for collection of 144 24 
 
 City Attorney, to institute all necessary proceedings for col- 
 lection of 143 23 
 
 Collector not to purchase land sold for 138 7 
 
 Collection of, see chapter 16 123-125 
 
 Collector of Delinquent Taxes, election, bond and compensa- 
 tion 137 2 
 
 Collector required to give notice by mail to all parties de- 
 linquent 126 45 
 
 Commonwealth, list of lands purchased by to be furnished 
 
 Auditor and City Attorney 143 24 
 
 Deed to purchaser of delinquent land, when made and what 
 
 to contain 140 13 
 
 Duplicate bills for, who to make 126 44
 
 INDEX. 721 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Erroneous assessments, list of 119 21 
 
 Form of receipt to be given purchaser of delinquent land. . . . 138 8 
 
 Land sold for, marking satisfied taxes on 144 25 
 
 Lien on real estate, when to constitute 137 1 
 
 List of land sold for to be returned to Auditor 139 11 
 
 List of to be posted 119 22 
 
 List to be published 137 4 
 
 List of, who to make, when made, what to show 137 4 
 
 Lists of, certain to be furnished City Attorney 143 23 
 
 Lists of lands purchased by Commonwealth; Auditor to be 
 
 furnished with, to furnish to City Attorney 143 24 
 
 Lists of, posting of certain 119 22 
 
 Lists to be verified by affidavit 139 10 
 
 Marking satisfied taxes on property sold for by Auditor.... 144 25 
 Non-payment of bills for by city officer cause for withholding 
 
 salary 126 45 
 
 Non-payment of bills for constitutes ineligibility to office. ... 48 3 
 
 Notice of delinquency by mail 126 45 
 
 Notice of sale for to be published 138 5 
 
 Oath on list of 119 22 
 
 Oath on list of land sold for 139 10 
 
 Penalty for failure to pay 137 1 
 
 Persons under disability, time allowed for redemption of land 
 
 sold for; not to run against until removal of 141 16 
 
 Posting of list 119 22 
 
 Publication of list 137 4 
 
 Purchase of land sold for by city 141 17 
 
 Resale of land for prohibited, penalty 142 21 
 
 Real and personal taxes, separate reports to be made to Au- 
 ditor showing collection of 124 35 
 
 Redemption by persons under disability 141 16 
 
 Redemption of land purchased by city 142 19 
 
 Redemption of land sold for by owner 140 12 
 
 Redemption of land sold to city prior to July, 1896 143 22 
 
 Redemption of land struck off to city, proceedings for 143 22 
 
 Redemption of land when purchaser fails to secure deed.... 140 14 
 
 Sale for, publication of notice 138 5 
 
 Sale for, when and where to be made 138 5 
 
 Sales of land for to be listed 139 9 
 
 Sales to city prior to July, 1896, how redeemed 143 22 
 
 Suits for collection of, City Attorney to institute 144 24 
 
 Title to delinquent land, how city may acquire; by whom and 
 
 when may be redeemed 142 18 
 
 Title to land sold for, when to vest 141 15 
 
 TAYLOR'S HILL— 
 
 Laborer for 158 13 
 
 Name changed to "Taylor's Park" 160 21 
 
 TEA— 
 
 Public weigher to weigh, when requested 386 11
 
 -.,., INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES— 
 
 To be classified and taxed 105 15a 
 
 TELEGRAPH POLES— 
 
 Certain, to be removed 359, 362 12, 27 
 
 Joint use of (see "Poles") 356 4 
 
 Lists of, to be filed by owners ••• • • 358 9 
 
 TELEGRAPH WIRES— 
 
 In conduits, tax on 366 32 
 
 Removal of overhead in underground district 362 27 
 
 TELEPHONE— 
 
 Communication with Oakwood Cemetery 190 15 
 
 TELEPHONE POLES— 
 
 Certain, to be removed 355, 359, 362 3, 12, 27 
 
 Joint use of (see "Poles") 356 4 
 
 TELEPHONE WIRES— 
 
 In conduits, tax on 366 32 
 
 Removal of overhead in underground district 362 27 
 
 TEMPORARY— 
 
 Debt of the city, how evidenced, etc 147 12 
 
 Merchants, how licensed, etc 97 16 
 
 TENANTS— 
 
 Goods and chattels of, on premises, may be distrained for 
 
 taxes 117 9 
 
 Removing, to notify the gas inspector; penalty for failure 
 
 to do so 256 20 
 
 Removing to notify Water Department 279 16 
 
 Who pays taxes, on demand, to have credit against rent. . . . 118 14 
 
 TENEMENT— 
 
 Each, "a house," as to plumbing regulations 206 56 
 
 Separate connections for 206 56 
 
 Separate water connections 285 29 
 
 TERM— 
 
 City officers 47 2 
 
 City Treasurer, three years 47 2 
 
 Hustings Court, commencement of, etc 419 3 
 
 TERMS— 
 
 Consolidation ordinance 25 17 
 
 For the entry and use of conduits 363 28 
 
 Joint use of conduits 364 30 
 
 Joint use of poles 356 4 
 
 Street railway franchise 335 12 
 
 Use of streets by street railways 332 1-3S 
 
 TERMS OF OFFICERS— 
 
 Elected by City Council, chapter 5, concerning 47 2 
 
 Members Board of Health 192 1 
 
 Of clerk to City Treasurer and Treasurer, three years 47 2 
 
 School trustees 397 2 
 
 Two years 4- 2 
 
 Under consolidation ordinance, salary to continue to end of 24 16
 
 INDEX. 703 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 TERRA-COTTA PIPES— 
 
 For drains 207 58 
 
 TEST— 
 
 Air or water, for plumbing 210 80 
 
 Electric light and power circuits, hourly 362 23 
 
 Gas fixtures, fittings, etc 256 17 
 
 Liquors 385 2 
 
 Oils 237 9 
 
 Water fixtures 268, 281 10, 19-20 
 
 Weights and measures 386 13 
 
 TESTIMONY— 
 
 Concerning minors entering, and drinking in, saloons, bar- 
 rooms, etc., how secured, etc 408 11 
 
 THEATRES— 
 
 (See "Building Code.") 
 (See "Public Buildings.") 
 
 Aisles in not to be obstructed 296, 298 10, 1 
 
 Doors to open outwardly 299 9 
 
 Fire escape facilities required 112, 296, 298 34, 10, 1 
 
 Fire hose and attendant required during performance 299 6 
 
 Inspection of fire escape facilities in 112, 298 34, 1 
 
 License tax on 105, 108 14, 21 
 
 Meter water rates for 269 12 
 
 Permit required for opening of 297 14 
 
 Post copy of ordinances concerning 299 8 
 
 Rules and regulations concerning operation of to be adopted 
 
 by Fire Commissioners 296 12 
 
 Security in the use of, etc 29S 1-12 
 
 Taxation, to be listed for 105 14a 
 
 THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES— 
 
 License tax on 108 21 
 
 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES— 
 
 Not taxable 99 24 
 
 THIEVES— 
 
 Who return to the city after being sent away, to go into the 
 
 chain-gang 403 6 
 
 THREE-HORSE WAGONS— 
 
 A load for 324 15 
 
 THROWING STONES— 
 
 Snowballs, or other missiles, prohibited 231 22 
 
 TICKET BROKERS— 
 
 License of 109 23 
 
 To deposit certified check with Auditor 109 23 
 
 TICKETS— 
 
 For use of members of Council to be purchased by sergeant- 
 
 at-arms 73 2 
 
 On street railways for school children 337 19
 
 ~. M INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 TIME— 
 
 Allowed indigent persons on sewer connection bills 135 15a 
 
 On gas bills 259 24 
 
 On market stall rent bills 246 17 
 
 On tax bills 115 3 
 
 On water bills 280 18 
 
 TIN PLATES— 
 
 Showing payment of certain licenses 110, 321 25,3 
 
 With date, name of owner, etc., to be on each electric wire 
 
 pole ; Auditor to furnish 359 10 
 
 TIN SIGNS— [ j 
 
 Size, position, etc., over streets 317 49 
 
 TIRES— 
 
 Four inches wide, on wagon, reduce license tax 110 24 
 
 Width of, prescribed for drays, ca?'ts, wagons, etc.: for rail- 
 road cars, engines, machinery, etc., when hauled over 
 
 streets 324 14-15 
 
 TITLE— 
 
 Of purchaser of land sold for taxes 141 15 
 
 To burial places, how acquired, reversion of, etc 166 3-6 
 
 To lots and graves, in cemeteries, how secured 176 52-56 
 
 To streets 314 41-44 
 
 TOBACCO MANUFACTORY— 
 
 Water rates for 369 12 
 
 TOMBSTONES— 
 
 Damage to by drivers, employees liable for 171 20 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing 163, 171 34, 21 
 
 Removal of offensive 170, 178 20, 59 
 
 TORPEDOES— 
 
 Firing of, forbidden 228 11 
 
 Of extra size, prohibited; Chief of Police may determine 
 
 size of to be used 237 12 
 
 Sale of, forbidden, etc 228 11 
 
 TRACKS— 
 
 Bonding of to prevent electrolysis 345 33 
 
 Railway, gates at crossings of 313 49 
 
 Railway, street railway cars to stop before crossing 336 17 
 
 Street railways, blocking of prohibited 344 27 
 
 Street railways, joint use of 336, 344 14, 27 
 
 Street railways, laying to restore street 333 5 
 
 Street railways, not to impede the flow of water 332 3 
 
 Street railways, pave for two feet on each side of 334 6 
 
 Street railways, persons driving on the, to turn out when 
 
 gong rings 333 4 
 
 Street railways, repair of 344 31 
 
 TRADE— 
 
 When a nuisance, appeal, etc 419 1 
 
 TRADER— 
 
 In casks, barrels, liquors, etc., ineligible to the office of gauger 385 6 

 
 I XI) EX. 
 
 PAGE SEC, 
 
 TRADERS— 
 
 To be listed for taxation >t 96 12 
 
 TRAINS— 
 
 More than one at a time, where track intersects street, flag- 
 man required 352 1 
 
 Not to obstruct streets more than three minutes 317 48 
 
 TRANSFER OF CITY BONDS— 
 
 How made, etc. 146 8-9 
 
 TRANSFERS OF COMMISSIONER'S BOOKS— 
 
 What may be made and how 94 7 
 
 TRANSFERS' ON STREET RAILWAY LINES— 
 
 Issuance of required 334, 339 7, 21 
 
 Points of, cars to stop on both sides of 336 16 
 
 Points of, cars to wait for passengers at 336 13 
 
 Points of, Council may regulate 343 (17) 
 
 Points of designated 339 22 
 
 Universal, issuance of required 339 21 
 
 Westhampton line, required on 349 34 
 
 TRANSPORTATION— 
 
 For the poor, to their homes 189 8 
 
 TRAPS— 
 
 All to be above, and not under, floors 209 71 
 
 Separate required for each fixture; protection from air pres- 
 sure, etc 209 70 
 
 TRAVELING EXPENSES— 
 
 Of City Attorney 410 4 
 
 Of Assistant City Attorney 411 8 
 
 TREASURER— 
 
 (See "Debt of City.") 
 (See "Sinking Fund.") 
 
 Absence of clerk to act; notify Auditor of 89 6-7 
 
 Accounts of receipts and expenditures of the Gas Works. . . . 261 29 
 
 Accounts of the Sinking Fund, to keep 153 9 
 
 Accounts, to keep separate of each fund; payments to him, 
 
 how made; exception as to gas and water bills 86 38 
 
 Annual report 47 1 
 
 Annual report of the, on Sinking Fund 153 10 
 
 Arrange for keeping of certain records and accounts 84 24 
 
 Bank account of the; general ledger of the, and what it must 
 
 show; quarterly statement of the, to the Auditor 91 19-20 
 
 Bond of the 85 35 
 
 Bonds, registration of by 145 2 
 
 Bonds to be signed by ... i 145 3 
 
 Books to show net revenue and disbursements 90 16 
 
 Business hours of the; not to engage in any other business. . 80 12 
 
 Cancelled bonds to be filed by 147 10 
 
 Chapter 12, concerning the 77 35-47 
 
 City money, prohibited from using Sw< 42 
 
 Clerk to, elected by Council, bond, duties, etc 79pli, n
 
 726 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Clerks, authorized to employ three additional 88 45-47 
 
 Compare his books with the Auditor's books; to keep certain 
 
 accounts of revenue, etc.; to list and number warrants 86 40 
 
 Daily statement of and settlement of licenses; to issue cer- 
 tain licenses 110 25 
 
 Depositaries for city funds designated 87 43 
 
 Dog licenses, record of 374 28 
 
 Duties in connection with the registration and issuance of 
 bonds (see "Debt of City"). 
 
 Electrical contractors' license, issuance of by 291 16 
 
 Electricians, issuance of license to 291 15 
 
 Gas bills, payment to 86, 259 38, 24 
 
 Gas or water bills, refunded, how must be charged up 87 44 
 
 General duties; keeper of the seal; his books and accounts; to 
 
 pay money on warrant only 85-86 36-37 
 
 License, issuance of to electricians and electrical contractors 291 15-16 
 
 Licenses, issue and deliver certain 110 25 
 
 License to plumbers 219 115 
 
 License to sell milk and food supplies 196 17 
 
 Licenses, record of certain to be kept 374 28 
 
 Licenses, to issue for carts, trucks and other vehicles, auto- 
 mobiles, dogs, goats, etc., hawkers and peddlers 109 24-25 
 
 Lists of warrants during each fiscal year to keep 90 17 
 
 Member of the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. 151 1 
 
 Milk and food supplies, license to sell 196 17 
 
 Moneys received, how deposited 89 1 
 
 Monthly account of to Auditor; annual report of to the Coun- 
 cil; register of warrants; examining and comparing war- 
 rants 86 39-40 
 
 Monthly report to Auditor as to state of treasury 86 39 
 
 Monthly settlement with market clerks 246 16 
 
 Not to draw money except on his check, drawn by warrant 
 
 from Auditor 89 3 
 
 Notes to sign for temporary loans 147 12 
 
 Notify the Auditor of intended absence; during his absence 
 
 his clerk to act; liable for breach or default of his clerk. . . 89 6-7 
 
 Office hours of, exception as to 53 1 
 
 Ordered to affix seal, without tax 51 7-8 
 
 Party paying money to except in accordance with ordinance 
 
 to remain liable, etc 89 2 
 
 Pay-in warrant book, to keep what it shall show 81 18 
 
 Penalty for engaging in other business 80 12 
 
 Penalty for misappropriating money 87 42 
 
 Plumbers, license, payment of fee to 219 115 
 
 Proceedings to be recorded 89 4 
 
 Quarterly lists of receipts and disbursements to furnish Au- 
 ditor 90 18 
 
 Record all his transactions; Committee on Finance to pass 
 
 on the contingent expenses of the 89 4-5
 
 INDEX. 727 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Record of dog licenses to be kept 374 28 
 
 Records, required to keep 84 24 
 
 Record of temporary debt 147 12 
 
 Records of bonds and debts of city to keep 145 1 
 
 Redemption of land, payments for to made to 140 14 
 
 Refund gas or water bills twice paid 87 44 
 
 Removal of the, how vacancy filled 87 42 
 
 Report on licenses, etc., to the Auditor 82 21 
 
 Sale of lots in cemeteries, duties as to 166 4-5 
 
 Sale of lots in Riverview Cemetery, duty of, as to 176 52-54 
 
 Sale or exchange of city property, proceeds of 86 38 
 
 Sign checks on Sinking Fund 152 7 
 
 Sign form on registered bonds 149 (c) 
 
 Special assessments a special fund, where he shall deposit 
 
 city funds 87 41-43 
 
 Sub-stations, may locate for the payment of gas and water 
 
 bills 88 45 
 
 Temporary debt, to sign notes for 147 12 
 
 Term of office, three years 47 2 
 
 Transfer of bonds, duty as to 146 9 
 
 "Warrant book of, what to show 81 18 
 
 Water and gas bills, refund of certain by 87 44 
 
 Water bills, payment to 86, 280 38, 18 
 
 "Water Department repair bills payable to 278 14n-14q 
 
 TREASURY, THE CITY— 
 
 Receiving and paying money, how conducted; paying money 
 
 contrary to ordinance S9 1-20 
 
 TREE BOXES— 
 
 Horses not to be tied to 326 19 
 
 Penalty for defacing 163 36 
 
 Penalty for injuring, defacing or destroying 163 33 
 
 TREES— 
 
 And plants, in cemeteries 170 19-21 
 
 Horses not to be fastened or tied to 326 19 
 
 Horses not to be fastened to in Riverview Cemetery 178 60 
 
 In cemeteries, rules concerning, etc. . . . .* 170 19-21 
 
 In public grounds, injury to, etc 161, 162 26, 30 
 
 Injury to in cemeteries 163, 170, 34, 19-21 
 
 Must not be cut, or disturbed by electric wires without con- 
 sent of City Engineer 361 18 
 
 Penalty for injury to 161, 162, 163 26, 30, 33 
 
 Planting and trimming, in streets, parks, etc 158 13 
 
 Planting in Riverview Cemetery 175 47 
 
 Plants and shrubs in Riverview Cemetery 175, 177 47, 56-57 
 
 Removal from cemeteries 170 19 
 
 Removal of from Riverview Cemetery 177 56-57 
 
 TRESTLES, BRIDGES— 
 
 Crossing streets to be covered in or floored over 313 40
 
 wgg INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 TRIAL ON APPEAL— 
 
 From Police Court to Hustings Court 419 1 
 
 TRUCKERS AND FARMERS— 
 
 At market houses 250 33 
 
 Exemption from peddler's license 107 17 
 
 TRUSTEE— 
 
 Property held by a, how assessed 95 11 
 
 To list property of trust for taxation 95 10 
 
 TRUSTEE SALES— 
 
 License tax on 112 32 
 
 TRUSTEES— 
 
 Public school, their election, term, etc 397 2 
 
 TUBERCULOSIS CAMP SOCIETY— 
 
 Lease of certain property to authorized 220 122 
 
 umpire- 
 To decide when arbitrators fail to agree 356, 365 4, 30 
 
 UNCLAIMED MONEY, GOODS— 
 
 In the hands of the Police Justice 413 7 
 
 UNDERGROUND DISTRICT— 
 
 Limits of defined, construction of conduits in, etc 362 27-33 
 
 UNDERTAKER— 
 
 Must be registered at office of Board of Health 213 94 
 
 Must have permits for removal of dead bodies 168 13 
 
 UNIFORMS— 
 
 Of police 426 8 
 
 Street Cleaning employees required to wear 370 9 
 
 UNITED STATES BONDS— 
 
 Exempt from taxation 97 17 
 
 UNITED STATES PROPERTY— 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing 162 33 
 
 Real and personal, not to be listed for tax 99 24 
 
 UNIVERSAL TRANSFERS— 
 
 Street railway companies required to issue 339 21 
 
 UNLICENSED DOGS— 
 
 To be killed '„■'.' 400 2 
 
 UNSLACKED LIME— 
 
 Storage of, dangerous, etc 227 8 
 
 UNSOUND MEATS— 
 
 (See "Milk and Food Supplies.") , 
 
 Offered for sale at the markets, penalty 249 27 
 
 URINALS— 
 
 To be separately trapped 209 70 
 
 Vent pipes from 208 65 
 
 Water rate for 270 12 
 
 VACANCY IN OFFICE— ' 
 
 By neglect, for forty days, to take oath 50 5 
 
 By neglect, for forty days, to give bond and security 50 5 
 
 Of Special Accountant, how filled, etc 55 9 
 
 Of Treasurer, how filled 87 42
 
 
 INDEX. 700 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 . . On Board of Public Interest 5.8 19 
 
 On Committee on Improvement of James River, how filled, 
 
 etc. . 378 1 
 
 VACCINATION— 
 
 Concerning the, of citizens 217 106 
 
 Penalty for refusing 217 106 
 
 VAGRANCY— 
 
 Penalty for 403 7 
 
 VAGRANT— 
 
 Habitual drunkard deemed to be a 403 7 
 
 VAGRANTS— 
 
 (See "Prisoners") 
 
 Chapter 50, concerning 402 
 
 Failure of railroad, vessel, etc., to return; police to arrest, 
 
 etc 402 3 
 
 . Imprisonment, with labor; cleaning Shockoe Creek and 
 breaking stone; guards for prisoners at work, pay, etc.; 
 bread and water for vagrants refusing to work; use of 
 
 stable yard for stonebreakers 403 8 
 
 Masters, captains, vessels, steamboats, railroads, not to bring 
 
 to city, to give bond, etc 402 1 
 
 Police Justice's duty as to, etc.; vessels, railroads, etc., who 
 refuse to return, etc.; thieves, vagrants, etc., who return to 
 city to go in the chain-gang; begging, soliciting alms, etc.; 
 habitual drunkard deemed a vagrant; vagrancy, penalty 
 
 for 402 3-7 
 
 Robbers, pickpockets, thieves, etc 402 3 
 
 Stone or granite to be broken, how supplied; Committee on 
 Police to make rules and regulations for government of 
 prisoners at work; Auditor and appropriation for vagrants' 
 
 act, etc 404 9 
 
 Who return to the city, after having been sent away, to go in 
 
 the chain-gang 403 6 
 
 VALIDITY OF ORDINANCES— 
 
 Trial of the 419 1 
 
 VARIOUS NUISANCES— 
 
 ( See "Nuisances" ) 
 
 Chapter 27, concerning 226 
 
 VAULT— 
 
 In room 305, third floor, dedicated to Auditor's use 125 41 
 
 Space used for, under street, to pay rent ! 131 10 
 
 VAULTS— 
 
 And areas, to be kept in safe condition; to conform to ordi- 
 nance requirements 131 10 
 
 In cemeteries, location to be designated; prices to be approved 
 
 by Council 173 31 
 
 In cemeteries, regulations concerning (see "Cemeteries, 
 Riverview") 172-176 26-52
 
 
 730 INDE *- 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Openings to, size, location, etc 131 10 
 
 Penalty for failure to keep in proper order 132 11 
 
 Under sidewalks, details for construction of 131 10 
 
 VEGETABLES— 
 
 Sale of, by auction on streets 318 49 
 
 VEHICLES— 
 
 Ambulance to have right of way over 191 22 
 
 Brakes, which required to have 325 17 
 
 Building Inspector, for use of 430 5 
 
 Cemeteries, rules for, etc., in 170, 178 20, 60 
 
 Chapter 36, concerning 321 
 
 Chapter 37, mentioned in, includes bicycles and tricycles. . . . 329 5d 
 
 Engineer Department, for the use of the 304 13a 
 
 Forbidden to stand on streets unless the reins are in driver's 
 
 hands 326 20 
 
 Licensed and how (see "Wagons, Drays, Carts and 
 
 Hacks") 109, 321 24, 1-5 
 
 Licenses for 109 24 
 
 Livery stables not to have more than three in street 327 24 
 
 Loading and unloading, so as to obstruct the passage of the 
 
 street cars prohibited 333 4 
 
 Locked wheels, driving with prohibited 326 20 
 
 Meeting bicycles, must pass to the right; going in the same 
 
 direction to pass on the left 329 5c 
 
 Must move when ordered by police 327 22 
 
 Not to be parked in front of stables 327 24 
 
 Not to stop on crossings, or at intersection of streets, or in 
 
 the middle of a street, etc.; passing and meeting, rules 
 
 for, etc 326 21 
 
 Riverview Cemetery, regulations concerning in 178 60 
 
 Safekeeping of, while the driver is under arrest 327 23 
 
 Sidewalks, driving across, when prohibited 326 19 
 
 Smooth pavement, certain prohibited on 325 16 
 
 Speed of automobiles, in streets and parks 329 (5) 
 
 Speed of bicycles in parks 328 2 
 
 Speed of bicycles in streets 328 4 
 
 Speed of certain restricted 326 18 
 
 Speed of in parks 326 18 
 
 Speed of in Riverview Cemetery 178 60 
 
 Speed of in streets 326 18 
 
 Speed of, limited 326 18 
 
 Street Cleaning Department, for use of 369 4 
 
 Street railway cars, duty when passing 333 4 
 
 Tires, width of 324 14 
 
 Traffic regulations concerning 326 21 
 
 Weight of loads 324 15 
 
 VENDERS OF GOODS— 
 
 Brought to city for sale at auction 112' 33
 
 INDEX. 731 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 VENT PIPE— 
 
 Standard cast iron, use of 206 56 
 
 VENT PIPES— 
 
 Sizes, materials, construction, etc 208 64-65 
 
 VENTILATING SHAFT— 
 
 Construction of 207 61 
 
 VENTILATION— 
 
 Cattle for food, to have sufficient 401 7 
 
 Of plumbing in houses 207 61 
 
 VENTILATION PIPE— 
 
 Shall not be made of brick, etc 208 67 
 
 VERTICAL ARM GATES— 
 
 ( See "Gates" ) 
 
 At railroad crossings 313 40 
 
 VESSELS— 
 
 (See "Harbor Master.") 
 (See "Quarantine.") 
 
 Alongside of wharfs and in the way of others 383 14b 
 
 Arriving, to report to the harbor master 382 13 
 
 Damaged, to be inspected by port wardens 381 2 
 
 Discharging ballast, etc 383 15 
 
 Excepted from ordinance as to filth, rubbish, ashes, etc., in 
 
 the streets 331 25 
 
 Harbor, in the, where to anchor, wharfage, etc 383 13b 
 
 Infected, limit of approach of, to the city 224 9 
 
 Lights, must show, etc 383 13c 
 
 May be quarantined 222 2 
 
 Must have booms "rigged in," etc 383 14 
 
 Not to occupy private, or regular steamers, berth, without 
 
 permission 384 16c 
 
 Nuisances on prohibited 226 1 
 
 Powder aboard, to report, etc 236 2 
 
 Quarantine, not to depart until expenses are paid 224 12 
 
 Quarantine, to show colors, etc., in 224 10 
 
 Released from quarantine to report Mayor 224 13 
 
 Ship keeper on board, all to have 383 15a 
 
 Speed of in harbor 382 9 
 
 Speed when passing wharf 383 15a 
 
 Steaming, passing wharf, speed of 383 15a 
 
 Subject to quarantine, where they shall remain, etc.; what 
 
 the Mayor may order as to, etc 223 6 
 
 Sunken, in harbor, to be raised in five days *384 16b 
 
 Thieves or vagrants, to return to the place from which they 
 
 were brought to the city 402 1 
 
 Vagrants, not to bring to the city; to give bond to secure 
 
 city against expenses of vagrants 402 1 
 
 When ordered, must move 383 14a
 
 INDEX. 
 
 
 I'.U.K . SEC. 
 
 VETERINARY SURGEONS— 
 
 Classification and taxation of • • • 104 9 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 VICIOUS ANIMALS— 
 
 Not to go at large; may be killed by order of Police Justice. . 400 2 
 
 VINES— 
 
 In cemetery, penalty for removing, etc 163 34 
 
 In public grounds, injury to, etc 161 26 
 
 VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES— 
 (See "Reports.") 
 To be reported by the police 4-24 2, 4 
 
 VIRGINIA, COMMONWEALTH OF— 
 
 Injury to property of prohibited 162 33 
 
 Property of the not to be listed for taxation 99 24 
 
 VIRGINIA HOME FOR INCURABLES— 
 
 Lot in Riverview Cemetery donated to the. 180 73 
 
 VIRGINIA STATE BONDS— 
 
 Exempt from taxation 97 17 
 
 VIRGINIA VOLUNTEER TROOPS— 
 
 Funds for 161 28 
 
 VISITING STAFF, CITY HOME— 
 
 Appointment of; who to compose; duties, qualifications 187 4 
 
 VISITOR OF OUTDOOR POOR— 
 
 Salary of 64 125 
 
 VITAL STATISTICS— 
 
 Registrar of, appointment, salary. 193 3a 
 
 Registrar of, duties of to be defined by Board of Health 194 4 
 
 Term of registrar of . 193 3b 
 
 VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC— 
 
 Performance of, exempt from license 108 21 
 
 VOTING PLACES— 
 
 Designation of 42 27-34 
 
 WAGES— 
 
 (See "Salaries.") 
 
 In executive department 61 1 
 
 In judicial department 67 3 
 
 In legislative department 67 2 
 
 Not to be paid officer or employee delinquent in payment of 
 
 tax bill 56 12 
 
 Of employees, chapter 8, concerning 61-68 
 
 Of laborers, to be paid semi-monthly; penalty for sale of 54 7 
 
 Sale of cause for supension 54 7 
 
 Withholding, falure to pay judgment cause for 59 25 
 
 WAGON DRIVERS— 
 
 ( See "Drivers" ) 
 
 At Almshouse, salary of 64 115 
 
 WAGON SHOP— 
 
 Water rates for 270 12
 
 index. 733 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 WAGONS— 
 
 (See "Vehicles." I ' ' ... 
 
 Baggage rates, hacks, trunks, hack' rates for carrying. ...... 323 9 
 
 Bofid of hack owners 321 1 
 
 Brakes for required 325 17 
 
 Carts, etc., rules concerning at market houses 248 22 
 
 Chapter 36, concerning wagons, drays, carts and hacks 321 
 
 Damages for loss or injury by; tax on licenses for; license 
 for may issue for part of year-; wood and coal carts; in- 
 spector of carts and wagons; tins for license for carts and 
 
 wagons; license to be exhibited, etc 321 1-3 
 
 Drays, carts", etc., may be "ordered out of markets, penalty for 
 
 refusal to" obey .:.: ....".:.:.: ; 244 10 
 
 Drivers to show hack rates; refusal of service by hack driver. 323 10-11 
 Driving with locked wheels, etc.;" vehicles forbidden to stand 
 on streets, etc.; rules for meeting and passing vehicles; 
 police may order any vehicle to move; police may arrest 
 
 offender against, provisions concerning: 326 20-23 
 
 Hack rates " 322 9 
 
 Hack stands, Mayor to designate; hacks, omnibuses, etc., at 
 
 public stands 323 12-13 
 
 License for : 109 24 
 
 License for hacks, etc . 321 1 
 
 Licenses, how issued, duplicated, etc.; bond of owner of 
 
 licensed vehicle 321 1 
 
 Livery stable keepers, not to park vehicles in street 327 24 
 
 Loads for, what to constitute 324 15 
 
 Penalty for unlicensed vehicles; transferring licenses; coal 
 
 and dirt carts must be tight, etc 3g2 4-6 
 
 Rates for public vehicles; refusal to haul passengers are 
 
 freight; legal load for cart, wagon, etc 322 7-8 
 
 Removal from markets may be required 244 10 
 
 Safekeeping of vehicles while driver under arrest 327 23 
 
 Smooth pavements, certain prohibited upon 325 16 
 
 Speed of vehicles in streets, etc., etc.; racing, fast driving^ 
 etc.; horses not to be tied to trees or tree boxes; riding, 
 
 driving, etc., on sidewalks 326 ■ 18-19 
 
 Standing in street 327 22 
 
 To be listed for taxation 96 12 
 
 Traffic regulations 326 21 
 
 Width of tires prescribed 324 14 
 
 WALKWAYS— 
 
 (See "Public Improvements.") 
 (See "Sidewalks", 
 
 Cost of to be paid by abutting owners 127 1 
 
 In markets to be kept clear. 248 24 
 
 WALLS— 
 
 Bill posting or writing upon prohibited 163, 228 36, 13 
 
 Dangerous (see "Building Code"). 
 
 Of public buildings, defacing the 162 32
 
 734 INDEX. 
 
 FA(!E 
 
 WARDS OF THE CITY— 
 
 Boundaries of the wards 31 
 
 Chapter 2, concerning 31 
 
 ('lay Ward, boundaries of 32 . 
 
 Henry Ward, boundaries of 32 
 
 Inspection of by Health Department 194 
 
 Jefferson Ward, boundaries of 31 
 
 Lee Ward, boundaries of 32 
 
 M idison Ward, boundaries of 31 
 
 .Marshall Ward, boundaries of 31 
 
 .Monroe Ward, boundaries of 32 
 
 Precincts in the wards 35 
 
 Separate lists of taxes in each 99 
 
 Voting places in the precincts 42 
 
 Washington Ward, boundaries of 33 
 
 Washington Ward created 22 
 
 WAREHOUSE, TOBACCO— 
 
 Water rates for 269 
 
 WAREHOUSES— 
 
 Meter water rates for 273 
 
 WARES— 
 
 Unclaimed, in Police Court 413 
 
 WARNING— 
 
 To be given when street cars approach each other 344 
 
 To be given by street cars 333 
 
 WARRANTS— 
 
 (See "Auditor.") 
 
 For claim allowed by Council 90 
 
 Must state general account chargeable, how attested 90 
 
 Of arrest, fee for a 417 
 
 On library account, how drawn, approved, etc 394 
 
 On the Treasurer, by the Auditor 78 
 
 To be listed and numbered 90 
 
 Treasurer to list all 86 
 
 WASHING— 
 
 Streets by Street Cleaning Department 372 
 
 Vehicles in the street 327 
 
 WASH TRAYS— 
 
 To be separately trapped 209 
 
 Vent pipes from 208 
 
 Wooden, prohibited 210 
 
 WASTE OF GAS— 
 
 At the market houses 249 
 
 Penalty for 262 
 
 WASTE OF WATER— 
 
 Penalty for 283 
 
 WASTE PIPES— 
 
 From tanks and cisterns 209 
 
 1-S 
 
 6 
 5 
 5 
 2 
 7 
 3 
 1 
 4 
 2-26 
 
 25 
 
 27-34 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 12 
 14f 
 
 7 
 
 30 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 11 
 21 
 3 
 5 
 17 
 40 
 
 20 
 
 24 
 
 70 
 65 
 
 77 
 
 29 
 31
 
 INDEX. 735 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Refrigerators not to be connected with 208 63 
 
 Shall not be made of brick 208 67 
 
 Sizes, material, location, etc 207 62 
 
 WATCHMAN— 
 
 At certain railroad crossings 352 1 
 
 City Hall 156 8 
 
 City Home, salary 64 119 
 
 City stables, salary 63 84 
 
 Street Cleaning Department 373 24 
 
 WATER— 
 
 (See "Shutting off Water.") 
 
 Cattle for food to have sufficient 401 7 
 
 Flow of, in streets, not to be impeded by railway tracks 332 3 
 
 From the canal, drawing off of the 217 108 
 
 Introduction and use of cumpulsory 267, 285, 9, 30 
 
 Introduction of, unlawfully, penalty, etc 280 19 
 
 Not to be introduced or turned on except by officer of the 
 
 Water Department 280 19 
 
 Stagnant in house, lot, cellar, etc., a nuisance 226 1-4 
 
 Unlawful use of city 284 23 
 
 WATER AND GAS BILLS— 
 
 Ho v paid 86 38 
 
 WATER AND GAS MAINS— 
 
 To be protected from electrolysis 345 33 
 
 WATER BILLS— 
 
 Exception as to the payment of 82 19e 
 
 How and when made out; when presented and payable; when 
 
 delinquent, etc. ; when water may be shut off 279 15-18 
 
 How paid 86, 280, 38, 18 
 
 Payable by districts, etc 279 15 
 
 Payable quarterly 279 17 
 
 Unpaid, constitute ineligibility to office 4S 3 
 
 WATER CLOSETS— 
 
 Closing of on trains of James River Division of Chesapeake 
 
 and Ohio Railroad, when required 213 90 
 
 How supplied with water, etc.; rules concerning, in resi- 
 dences (see "Plumbing") 209 74-77 
 
 Prohibited in sleeping apartments 210 76 
 
 Separate required for male and female employees in certain 
 
 buildings 210 82 
 
 To be separately trapped 209 71 
 
 Water rate for 270 12 
 
 When exposed pipes to be cased in, etc 281 20 
 
 WATER COMMITTEE— 
 
 (See "Committee on Wiater.") 
 
 To get grades, profiles, etc., from the City Engineer 303 9 
 
 WATER CONNECTIONS— 
 
 Beyond corporate limits 284 28 
 
 Separate required for each house or tenement 285 29
 
 736 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 When compulsory 267, 285, 9, 30 
 
 With mains, not to be made until work is inspected. . ..268, 281, 10, 20 
 
 WATER CONSUMERS— 
 
 To give notice of removal, penalty, etc 279 16 
 
 WATER COURSES AND STREAMS— 
 
 Other than James River, Street Committee to have control of. 320 55 
 
 WATER DEPARTMENT— 
 
 ( See "Water Works" ) 
 
 Control of the, over Old and New Reservoirs, etc 156 6 
 
 Office hours of the 53 1 
 
 WATER DISTRICTS— 
 
 First, second and third 279 15 
 
 WATER FIXTURES— 
 
 Injury to in markets, penalty 249 29 
 
 Injury to, penalty 283 22 
 
 Leaking, wasting, etc 283 22-23 
 
 Practical plumbers, only, to put in and superintendent to in- 
 spect 268, 281 10, 19-20 
 
 Regulations concerning repairs and alterations of and addi- 
 tions to; notice of completion of 268, 280, 10, 19 
 
 WATER, FREE— 
 
 Cemeteries to have 273 14d 
 
 Charitable institutions, special rates to 273 14c 
 
 Churches to have 272 13 
 
 Contagious diseases ". 280 18 
 
 Fire department 284 25 
 
 May be granted to the poor; to consumer whose fixtures are 
 
 not in order 284 24-25 
 
 Street Cleaning Department 372 20 
 
 WATER MAINS— 
 
 Alleys to be laid in when practical 285 33 
 
 Extension of beyond corporate limits 284 28 
 
 Location of the 285 33 
 
 Maps of the, Superintendent to keep, etc 267 7 
 
 Proposed changes in, to be reported to City Engineer 312 37a 
 
 WATER METER— 
 
 (See also "Meters, Water.") 
 
 On double service pipe, owner to pay for 277 14h 
 
 Rates for 272 14 
 
 WATER PIPES— 
 
 Exposed, to be enclosed 281 20 
 
 Under granolithic pavement 309 28 
 
 WATER RATES— 
 
 Beyond corporate limits 284 28 
 
 For bakeries, restaurants, hotels, stables, billiard saloons, 
 
 etc 269 12 
 
 For baths, water closets, urinals, fountains, hose, yard and 
 
 street sprinkling, etc 270 12 
 
 For building operations, permit required 268 12
 
 INDEX. 737 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 For building's used for religious services 272 13 
 
 For departments of city government 273 14e 
 
 For depots, manufactories, workshops, warehouses, etc 269 12 
 
 For dwelling houses 270 12 
 
 For hospitals, charitable institutions and churches 273 14d 
 
 For hydrants 272 14a-14b 
 
 For manufactories, warehouses, machine shops, foundaries, 
 depots, theaters, balls, places of amusement and other build- 
 ings, meter rates for 273 14f 
 
 For meters 272 14 
 
 For photograph galleries, milk depots, public laundries, etc! . 272 12 
 
 For public buildings 268 12 
 
 For schools 269 12 
 
 For stores, shops and offices 270 12 
 
 For street sprinkling 285 31 
 
 For street sprinkling carts, permit 271 12 
 
 For various trades, businesses and occupations 268 12-14 
 
 Superintendent to fix 272 14 
 
 Who must pay 272 14 
 
 WATER RENT— 
 
 Payable by districts, at certain dates; for hydrants, when 
 
 payable 279 15-17 
 
 WATER SUPPLY— 
 
 Board of Health to promulgate rules and regulations to pre- 
 vent pollution of 212 89 
 
 Closets on trains not to be opened on water shed 213 90 
 
 Contagious diseases on streams furnishing to be reported.. 212 88 
 Contagious diseases, persons affected with not to be de- 
 prived of 280 18 
 
 Discharge of tannery waste prohibited 212 87 
 
 Penalty for pollution of 213 .95 
 
 Pollution of by night soil prohibited, requirements as to dis- 
 posal of 211 83-84 
 
 Pollution of prohibited 212 85 
 
 WATER TAKERS— 
 
 Notice of removal to be given 279 16 
 
 Prohibited from supplying others 283 23 
 
 WATER TAPS— 
 
 Single supply on ; double supply on 283 23 
 
 WATER WORKS— 
 
 (See "Superintendent Water Works.") 
 (See various titles following "Water.") 
 (See "Water.") 
 (See "Water Rates.") 
 
 Absence of Superintendent assistant to act 268 11 
 
 Alleys, water mains to be laid in 285 33 
 
 Annual report of Superintendent 47 1 
 
 Appeal of plumbers from Superintendent to committee. . . . . . 282 20 
 
 Applications for introduction of water 267 9
 
 738 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Application for water connections, what to contain 267 
 
 Approval of water fixtures by Superintendent, notice, etc 281 
 
 Assistant Superintendent, appointment and duties 265,268 
 
 Assistant Superintendent, paymaster of department 268 
 
 Bill clerks, appointment 286 
 
 Bills for, may be paid at sub stations 88 
 
 Bills for meter water 278 
 
 Bills of, how audited and paid 86, 266 
 
 Bond, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent Pump- 
 houses 265 
 
 Bond, Superintendent 265 
 
 Branch pipes and connections, records of 267 
 
 Cemeteries, free water for 273 
 
 Chapter 31, concerning 265 
 
 Charitable institutions, special rates to 273 
 
 Chief clerk, appointment 286 
 
 Churches, free water for 272 
 
 City jail, water rates for 285 
 
 Clerk of Water Committee 286 
 
 Committee on, clerk of 286 
 
 Committee on Water to control 265 
 
 Compulsory water connections 267, 285 
 
 Connections, records of 267 
 
 Connections, separate for each house 285 
 
 Connections, when to be made 267 
 
 Contagious disease on premises, water not to be cut off 280 
 
 Corporate limits, water rates outside of 284 
 
 Damages not to be paid consumers 277 
 
 Damages to meters, owner of premises responsible for 278 
 
 Defective meters 276 
 
 Delinquent bills, cause for shutting off water 280 
 
 Districts for payment of water bills 279 
 
 Electric power for 288 
 
 Employees in, appointment of 286 
 
 Entry of premises by agents of, right of 282 
 
 Fire plugs, reservoirs, canals, etc., injury or damage to; 
 
 penalty for 283 
 
 Fire purposes, free water for 284 
 
 Free water, fire purposes 284 
 
 Free water for cemeteries 273 
 
 Free water, for churches 272 
 
 Free water for contagious diseases 280 
 
 Free water for flushing streets 372 
 
 Free water for poor people 284 
 
 Freezing, protection of pipes from 281 
 
 Grades, profiles, etc., for use of to be furnished by City En- 
 gineer 303 
 
 Hydrants, not allowed in exposed places 268 
 
 Hydrants, not allowed on sidewalks 267 
 
 SEC. 
 
 9 
 
 19 
 
 2,11 
 
 11 
 
 34 
 
 45 
 
 14q 
 
 38,6 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 14d 
 
 14c 
 34 
 13 
 32 
 34 
 34 
 
 9 
 
 9,30 
 
 8 
 
 29 
 
 10 
 
 18 
 
 28 
 
 141 
 
 14n 
 
 14g 
 
 18 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 34 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 25 
 25 
 14d 
 13 
 18 
 20 
 24 
 19-20 
 
 9 
 10 
 10
 
 INDEX. 739 
 
 PAGE SBC. 
 
 Injury, defacing or interference with meters, penalty 278 14r 
 
 Injuring or defacing property of, penalty for 283 22 
 
 Inspection and approval of plumbing work by Superintendent 281 20 
 
 Inspection and approval of water fixtures 281 19 
 
 Inspection and repair of meters 278 14p 
 
 Inspection, new water fixtures before turning on of water. . . 268 10 
 
 Inspection of 265 3 
 
 Inspection of water fixtures, right ttf enter premises for pur- 
 pose of 282 21 
 
 Inspectors in, appointment 286 34 
 
 Interference with meters prohibited, penalty 278 14m, 14r 
 
 Iron pipe, when may be used 282 20 
 
 Lead pipes required, weight and size of 281 20 
 
 Leaking fixtures, water not to be turned on, penalty 283 23 
 
 List of licenses to take free water to be kept separately 284 24 
 
 Mains, maps and plans of; extension of, records of cost 267 7 
 
 Mains, to be laid in alleys 285 33 
 
 Maps and plans of mains 267 7 
 
 Marshall Reservoir, keeper, residence, salary, duties, etc.... 284 27 
 
 Messengers, appointment 286 34 
 
 Meter rates 273 14f 
 
 Meter readers, appointment 286 34 
 
 Meter repair bills, water shut off for non-payment of 278 14u. 
 
 Meters, city property 278 14o 
 
 Meters, city to purchase 278 14o 
 
 Meters, defective 276 14g 
 
 Meters, general provisions concerning 276 14h-14r 
 
 Meters,' location of to be approved by Superintendent; to be 
 
 accessible, etc 277 14j 
 
 Meters, not to be disconnected, moved or disturbed with per- 
 mission 27S 14m 
 
 Meters, injury, defacing, interference with, penalty 278 14r 
 
 Meters under supervision Water Department 278 14p 
 
 Monthly statement of Superintendent to committee 266 6 
 
 Monthly reports to Superintendent 265 3 
 
 Notice of completion of water fixtures 268, 281, 10, 19 
 
 Notice of removal of water takers 279 16 
 
 Notice of turning on water to Superintendent 268 10 
 
 Nuisances in the forebay of, etc 226 1 
 
 Office force, Superintendent to appoint 286 34 
 
 Owner of premises liable for meters 278 14n 
 
 Paymaster of, Assistant Superintendent to be 268 11 
 
 Penalty for injuring or defacing property of 283 22 
 
 Penalty for waste of water, supplying others, turning on 
 
 water in leaky fixtures 283 23 
 
 Penalty for wasting water 283 23 
 
 Penalty for unlawful use of water 283 22 
 
 Penalty on plumber without license 282 20 
 
 Permit for plumbers, who to issue 282 20
 
 ?40 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 19 
 
 Permits for special attachments to water fixtures 281 
 
 Permits, for street sprinkling 271, 309 12, 26 
 
 Penalties for offense against meter ordinances 278 14r 
 
 Pipes, protection from freezing 281 19-20 
 
 Plumber's license, expiration, revocation, etc 282 20 
 
 Plumber's permits for to be issued by Superintendent 282 20 
 
 Plumber's permits, stop-cocks, etc.; exposed pipes, etc.; auto- 
 matic shut off; connections with mains, etc 281 20 
 
 Plumbing work, inspection and approval of by Superintendent 281 20 
 
 Policemen to report violations of ordinances concerning 284 26 
 
 Poor people, free water may be allowed to 284 24 
 
 Protection of pipes from freezing 281 19-20 
 
 Quarterly payments of water bills 279 17 
 
 Rebate of bills for choked pipes 276 14g 
 
 Records, free water , 284 24 
 
 Records of branch pipes and connections 267 8 
 
 Records of extension of mains, cost of, etc 267 7 
 
 Records of water connections 267 9 
 
 Records, Superintendent to have kept 84 .24 
 
 Refund of water bills to be authorized by Superintendent. . . 87 44 
 
 Repair bills, water shut off for non-payment of 278, 14n, 14q 
 
 Repairs to meters, how made and paid 278 14n 
 
 Report of ordinances violations by Superintendent 284 26 
 
 Report of removal of water takers 279 16 
 
 Reports, monthly of assistants to Superintendent 265 3 
 
 Reports, monthly of Superintendent to committee 266 4 
 
 Residence of keeper of Marshall Reservoir 284 27 
 
 Salaries of officers and employees in 61-62 22-42 
 
 Separate house connections 285 29 
 
 Sewer purposes, use of water for compulsory 285 30 
 
 Service pipes, sizes and weights of 281 20 
 
 Sidewalks, hydrants not allowed on 267 10 
 
 Shutting off of water, delinquent bills 280 13 
 
 Shutting off water, delinquent meter repair bills 278 14q 
 
 Shutting off of water, delinquent repair bills 278 14n 
 
 Shutting off water, on account of repairs to meters 278 141 
 
 Shutting off water, to prevent waste 283 23 
 
 Sprinkling carts and wagons, permits, regulations, concern- 
 ing, etc 271 12 
 
 Sprinkling carts, water rates for 271, 285 12, 31 
 
 Stenographer, appointment of; to act as committee clerk. . . . 286 34 
 
 Streets to be restored by 303 9 
 
 Sub-stations for payment of bills 88 45 
 
 Superintendent of, election, etc 265 1 
 
 Superintendent of Pumphouses, election, etc 265 2 
 
 Superintendent, to appoint office force of 286 34 
 
 Superintendent to enforce all ordinances concerning 284 26 
 
 Superintendent, to have general supervision of 265 3 
 
 Superintendent, to have water connections made 267 10
 
 INDEX. 741 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Superintendent to issue and revoke plumber's license 282 20 
 
 Superintendent's right of entry of premises for purpose of 
 
 inspection 282 21 
 
 Supervision outside work, Assistant Superintendent to have. 268 11 
 
 Tenements, separate connections for 285 29 
 
 Turning on water by others than authorized agents of Water 
 
 Department, penalty 280 90 
 
 Unlawful use of water, penalty for 283, 284 22, 23 
 
 Violations of ordinances concerning, report of 284 26 
 
 Wasting water, penalty for 283 23 
 
 Water, application for introduction of 267 9 
 
 Weight and size of lead pipe 282 20 
 
 Water bills, how made, collected, etc 279 15-18 
 
 Water connections, compulsory 267, 285 9, 30 
 
 Water consumers delinquent, list of, etc 280 18 
 
 Water connections, when made 267 10 
 
 Water districts 279 15 
 
 Water fixtures, to be inspected and approved before water 
 
 turned on 268 10 
 
 Water rates, beyond corporate limits 284 28 
 
 Water rates, city jail 285 32 
 
 Water rates of (see "Water Rates") 268-276 12-14 
 
 Water rates, meter 273 14f 
 
 Water rates, various businesses 268-272 12 
 
 Water rents, payable quarterly 279 16 
 
 Water rents, who to pay 272 14-14f 
 
 Water takers supplying others prohibited 283 23 
 
 WATERING CARTS— 
 
 Permits for 309 26 
 
 WEIGHING LONG FORAGE— 
 (See also "Weighmaster.") 
 Fees to be collected by weighmasters; salary of weighmas- 
 
 ters; weekly report of weighmasters 388 21-22 
 
 Long forage to be examined and marked 388 18 
 
 Weighmasters, appointment, bond, duties, of, etc.; the public 
 
 scales at the markets 387 15-16 
 
 Weighmaster's certificate, records, etc 388 18-20 
 
 WEIGHMASTER— 
 
 At First Market; appointment, bond, duties, etc 387 15-16 
 
 His certificate, marks, records, etc 388 18-20 
 
 Reports, what to make 389 22 
 
 Salary of the; the fees he is to collect 388 21-22 
 
 To condemn unmerchantable forage 388 20 
 
 WEIGHT, STANDARD— 
 
 For grain, peas, beans, seed, coal, corn, etc 389 26 
 
 WEIGHTS AND SCALES— 
 
 Prescribed for use in the markets; clerk to examine them; 
 penalties for false, etc 244, 249 9, 28
 
 742 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES— 
 
 Carts and wagons, wood, bodies or frames for delivery of, 
 
 dimensions 391 32 
 
 Chapter 44, concerning 385 
 
 Coal and coke, to be sold by weight 392 34 
 
 Coal and coke, weighing of 392 34-35 
 
 First Market, weighmaster for, election, bond and duties 387 ' 15-16 
 
 Gasoline, naphtha, benzine, etc., testing of 337 8 
 
 Gauger, liquors, appointment and duties 385 1-2 
 
 Grain, measurer of, duties 389 24 
 
 Grain, measurer of, election, oath and bond 389 23 
 
 Grain, standard weights of 389 26 
 
 Inspection of 244, 386, 9, 13 
 
 Inspector of, appointment and duties 386 13 
 
 Inspector of, compensation 387 14 
 
 Liquors, dealers in, not to act as ganger 385 6 
 
 Liquors, inspector and gauger fees 385 5 
 
 Liquors, gauger and inspector of, additional may be appointed 386 9 
 
 Liquors, gauging of not compulsory 385 4 
 
 Liquors, inspector and gauger of, appointment 385 1 
 
 Liquors, inspector of, deputies 385 7 
 
 Liquors, inspector and gauger of, duties 385 2 
 
 liquors, inspector and gauger of, oath of 386 8 
 
 Liquors, inspector and gauger of. penalty for defacing marks 
 
 of 385 3 
 
 Liquors, who to gauge 385 4 
 
 Long forage, weighing of 388 18 
 
 Markets, standard required in 244, 249, 9, 28 
 
 Measurer of grain, deputies 390 27 
 
 Measurer of grain, duties •. . . . 389 24 
 
 Measurer of grain, election, oath and bond 389 23 
 
 Measurer of grain, fees 390 28 
 
 Measurer of grain, publication of reports 390 29 
 
 Measurer of grain, reports to Auditor 390 29 
 
 Measurer of grain, standard weights for, use of 389 26 
 
 Oils, inspector of, fees for 337 10 
 
 Public weigher, defacing marks of, penalty 386 12 
 
 Public weigher, duties of 386 11 
 
 Public weigher, who to act as 386 10 
 
 Railroads, to weigh coal and coke transported 392 35 
 
 Scales, standard required 391 33 
 
 Standard required 391 33 
 
 Standard required in markets 249 28 
 
 Standard weights and measures required 391 33 
 
 Streets, fuel not allowed to remain in 391 31 
 
 Weighmaster, certificate and fees 388 19-21 
 
 Weighmaster, duties, office hours, and deputy 387 16-17 
 
 Weighmaster, election and bond 387 15 
 
 Weighmaster, salary 389 22
 
 INDEX. 
 
 743 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Weighmaster, weighing of long forage 288 18 
 
 Wood and coal, not to remain in streets 391 31 
 
 Wood, bodies of carts for delivery of 391 32 
 
 Wood, stick and sawed, measurement of 390 30 
 
 WESTHAMPTON LINE— 
 
 Transfers on 349 34 
 
 WHARF— 
 
 Sales at by auction 317 49 
 
 WHARF OWNERS— 
 
 To keep wharves in repair, etc 384 Ha 
 
 WHARVES, STEAMBOAT— 
 
 (See also "Obstructions.") 
 
 Chapter 39, concerning management of 352 
 
 Lines for, on river, removal of, etc 383 14a 
 
 Owners of, rights of to be respected 384 16c 
 
 Stands at, for hacks, carriages, omnibuses, etc 353 3 
 
 To be kept in repair, etc. (see "Steamboats") 384 17a 
 
 WHEAT— 
 
 Standard weight of, per bushel 389 26 
 
 WHEELBARROW— 
 
 Forbidden 6n sidewalks 232 27 
 
 WHEEL, LOCKED— 
 
 Driving with, prohibited 326 20 
 
 WHIP— 
 
 Drivers prohibited to crack wantonly 326 20 
 
 WHISTLES, STEAM— 
 
 Not to be blown, under penalty 352 1 
 
 WIDOWS— 
 
 Indigent, allowed time on sewer bills 135. 15a 
 
 Of purchaser of cemetery lot deemed owner 179 . 67 
 
 WINDOW— 
 
 Obstructing a street 311 32 
 
 WINE— 
 
 (See "Liquor.") 
 
 May be sold without gauging 385 4 
 
 WINES— 
 
 Exempted from general license laws (see "Liquor") 104 6 
 
 WIRE— 
 
 Barbed or pointed, prohibited on or near street line 313 38 
 
 In conduits, each, per mile, per annum, tax on 366 32 
 
 WIRES, POLES, CONDUITS, ETC., IN AND UNDER THE STREETS— 
 
 (See "City Engineer.") 
 
 (See "Conduits.") 
 
 (See "Electric Wires.") 
 
 (See "Electrical Wiring.") 
 
 (See "Poles.") 
 
 (See "Street Railways.") 
 
 Abandoned poles, wires, etc., removal of required 360 15
 
 r44 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Act of Congress, rights secured to telegraph companies under 
 not to be abridged or interfered with by provisions of 
 
 chapter 40 366 34 
 
 Additional routes for wires, when obtained 361 16 
 
 Annual fee for wires in conduits 366 32 
 
 Annual inspection and reports on safety of poles 360 14-15 
 
 Annual list and tax on poles 358 9-10 
 
 Application for entry of conduits 363 28 
 
 Application for use of poles 358 7 
 
 Approval of conduit plans by City Engineer 363 28 
 
 Approval of insulation 361 21 
 
 Arbitration concerning use of conduits 364 30 
 
 Arbitration concerning use of poles 356 4 
 
 Arbitration for use of conduits 364 28-30 
 
 Arc lamps, nine feet clear of sidewalk 361 20 
 
 Books and records of conduit owners, examination of by agent 
 
 of Finance Committee 366 32 
 
 Chapter 40, concerning 355 
 
 Chief of Police and Superintendent Fire Alarm and Police 
 
 Telegraph, inspection of poles by 360 15 
 
 City Engineer, appoint arbitrators concerning joint use of 
 conduits; terms for joint use of conduits and arbitration 
 
 thereon 364 30 
 
 City Engineer, location, size, etc., of conduits to be satisfac- 
 tory to 364 28 
 
 City Engineer, location, size, etc., of poles to be satisfactory 
 
 to 355, 357 1, 5 
 
 City Engineer, penalty for violation of requirements of 262 26 
 
 City wires, ducts in conduits for use of '. 364 28 
 
 City wires, space reserved for 292, 357 22, 6 
 
 City wires, to be eighteen inches clear of 361 17 
 
 City, to go in conduits free of charge 364 28 
 
 Circuits, hourly test of certain required 362 23 
 
 Conditions for joint use of poles; electric car, power and light 
 
 poles; protection of poles 357 4 
 
 Conduit privileges, to terminate in fifteen years 366 31 
 
 Conduits ;» capacity of, city wires to be allowed in without 
 
 charge 363-364 28 
 
 Conduits, contract and bond of parties entering 365 30 
 
 Conduits, ducts to be reserved in for use of city wires; right 
 of access to for purpose of installing city wires; construc- 
 tion of under direction of Superintendent Fire Alarm and 
 
 Police Telegraph 364 28 
 
 Conduits, examination of books and records of owners of . . . . 366 32 
 
 Conduits, extension of 366 33 
 
 Conduits, general requirements as to entry, construction 
 
 of, etc 363 28 
 
 Conduits, joint use of 364 30 
 
 Conduits, location, size, etc., to be satisfactory to City En- 
 gineer 364 28
 
 INDEX. 745 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Conduits, permits for 363 28 
 
 Conduits, protection of wires in 3G."> 30 
 
 Conduits, right reserved to put other and further conditions 
 
 at expiration of franchise and before renewal 366 31 
 
 Conduits, sworn statement concerning wires in 366 32 
 
 Conduits, tax on may be increased 366 32 
 
 Conduits, tax on wires in 366 32 
 
 Conduits, terms for joint use of 365 30 
 
 Conduits, to allow for 30 per cent, increase 363 28 
 
 Conduits, to move for public improvements, water main, gas 
 
 main, sewer, etc 364 28 
 
 Conduits, wires emerging from, precautions to be taken to 
 
 prevent injury or damage from 364 29 
 
 Conduits, wires may be required to be run in 358 8 
 
 Connections with electric light and power conductors, how 
 
 made 361 22 
 
 Council may make additional rules, regulations, etc 358 8 
 
 Clear of house tops nine feet 361 17 
 
 Clear of pavement twenty-five feet 361 18 
 
 Cut off required for entering buildings 361 20 
 
 Cutting off current from, notice of 293 25 
 
 Damages from conduits 363 28 
 
 Damages to streets, cost of repairs 355 1 
 
 Ducts in conduits for use of city 364 28 
 
 Electric, may be cut by Fire Chief 296 9 
 
 Electrolysis, general provisions for prevention of . . . .345, 366, 33, 35-39 
 
 Electrolysis, pipes of city not to be damaged by, etc 366 35 
 
 Electrolysis, prevention of and collection of damages for. . . . 367 37-39 
 
 Emerging from conduits 364 29 
 
 Extension of conduits '. 366 33 
 
 Four inches from any object 361 17 
 
 Franchise for use of conduits to terminate in fifteen years. . . 366 31 
 Franchise provisions of various companies not relieved by 
 
 requirements of chapter 40 362 24 
 
 Grades, manholes to conform to 364 28 
 
 Hourly test of certain circuits 362 23 
 
 In conduits 363 28 
 
 Increase of tax on conduits 366 32 
 
 Inspection and examination of books and records of conduit 
 
 owners 366 32 
 
 Inspection of conduit construction 364 28 
 
 Inspection of poles, wires, etc., as to safety of 360 15 
 
 Insulation, approval of 361 21 
 
 Insulation required, how made, etc.; required connections, 
 how made and insulated ; conductors, resistance of, hourly 
 tests of all circuit required; loops unused forbidden; joint 
 of unused loop, how insulated; franchises for poles and 
 wires, requirements in not released by provisions of this 
 
 chapter : 361 21-24
 
 746 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Insulation resistance, what required 361 21 
 
 Insulation, unsafe, renewal or removal of 360 15 
 
 Insulations for 361 17-19 
 
 Joint use of conduits 364 30 
 
 Joint use of poles 356 4 
 
 List of poles, failure to furnish cause for removal of poles. . 360 13 
 
 List poles and wires, annual, what to show 358 9 
 
 Location, size, capacity, etc., of conduits to be satisfactory to 
 
 City Engineer 364 28 
 
 Location, size, etc., of poles to be satisfactory to City En- 
 
 gineer 000 > o0 ' x > ° 
 
 Manholes, to conform to grades of streets 364 28 
 
 Maps, plans and details for conduits, to be hied with Street 
 
 Committee, approved by City Engineer 363 28 
 
 Marking of day circuits required 361 20 
 
 Must be at least eighteen inches from city wires 361 18 
 
 Notice of cutting off of current from certain 293 25 
 
 Notice, removal of from buildings in course of repair 292 21 
 
 Notice to conduit owners to move for construction of water 
 
 mains, gas mains, sewers and their public improvements. 364 28 
 
 Numbering of wires 361 20 
 
 Overhead wires and cables ordered out of certain streets 362 27 
 
 Overhead wires, protection of persons and property from, 
 
 precautions for 364 29 
 
 Pavements to be restored by conduit builders 363 28 
 
 Penalty for failure to attach tin plates to poles 360 13 
 
 Penalty for failure to remove abandoned or unsafe poles, 
 
 wires, etc 360 15 
 
 Penalty for refusal to allow examination of books by conduit 
 
 owners 366 32 
 
 Penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter 
 or any requirement made by the City Engineer, Superin- 
 tendent Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph or the Police 
 
 Department 362 26 
 
 Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter 40 367 36 
 
 Permit to erect poles, wires and apparatus 355 1 
 
 Permit to use poles, how granted 358 7 
 
 Poles, annual list of 358 9 
 
 Poles, certificate of tax paid on 358 10 
 
 Poles, erection of, size, quality, number and location; right 
 to run city wires on all poles reserved; Superintendent 
 Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph and the location of poles; 
 
 application for use of poles 357-358 5-7 
 
 Poles, joint use of 356 4 
 
 Poles, location, size, etc., to be satisfactory to City Engineer. 355, 357 1, 5 
 
 Poles, non-payment of tax on cause for removal . 359 12 
 
 Poles, removal of from streets, Council may require 358 8 
 
 Poles, removal of ordered from certain streets, etc. .355, 359, 362 3,12,27
 
 INDEX. 747 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Poles, safety of, report on 360 14 
 
 Poles, tin plates to be fastened on 359 11 
 
 Poles to carry date, name of owner, etc 358 10 
 
 Poles to remain, on what terms; use of by other than owner. 355-357 2-4 
 Poles, wires and apparatus, permission to erect; size, quality, 
 character, number, locatibn, etc.; what changes may be 
 
 demanded 355 1 
 
 Poles, wires, etc., removal of unsafe 360 15 
 
 Police Telegraph Department, penalty for violation of re- 
 quirements of 362 26 
 
 Protection of persons and property by reason of presence of 
 
 overhead wires and cables, precautions for 364 29 
 
 Protection of wires in conduits 365 30 
 
 Public improvements, conduits to move for 364 28 
 
 Removal from buildings in course of repair 292 21 
 
 Removal of certain poles because of failure to furnish list 
 
 and pay tax 359 12-13 
 
 Removal of certain poles required 355, 359, 362 3, 12, 27 
 
 Removal of poles, Council may require 358 8 
 
 Renewals of unsafe poles, wires, insulation, etc 360 15 
 
 Reports on safety of poles 360 14 
 
 Resistance of conductors 361 22 
 
 Sidewalks, arc lamps nine feet clear; wires twenty-five feet 
 
 clear 361 18-20 
 
 Statement, sworn concerning wires in conduits 366 32 
 
 Streets to be restored and repaired by conduit builders 363 28 
 
 Stringing of in streets, requirements for 361 17-19 
 
 Superintendent Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph to have ac- 
 cess to conduits 364 28 
 
 Superintendent Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph, penalty for 
 
 violation of requirements of 362 26 
 
 Sworn statement as to in conduits 366 32 
 
 Tax on conduits, increase of 366 32 
 
 Tax on poles 358 10 
 
 Tax on wires in conduits 366 32 
 
 Tax paid on, certificate of 358 10 
 
 Telegraph companies, rights secured to by act of Congress of 
 1866 not to be interfered with by compliance with pro- 
 visions of this chapter 366 34 
 
 Terms for joint use of conduits 364 28-30 
 
 Test of circuits 362 23 
 
 Tin plates for poles, Auditor to purchase annually 359 11 
 
 Trees, injury or cutting of for purpose of running of pro- 
 hibited without consent of City Engineer 361 18 
 
 Trolley wires, exception as to insulation 361 19 
 
 Underground district defined 362 27 
 
 Unsafe poles, wires, etc., reports on, removal of, etc 360 14-15
 
 748 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE SEC. 
 
 Use of streets for conduits, annual fee for; tax on wires in 
 conduits, per mile, per annum; tax on wires may be in- 
 creased; sworn statement concerning wires in conduits; 
 books of owners of wires in conduits, may be examined; 
 
 extension of conduits, bow allowed 366 32-33 
 
 Wires, additional routes for 361 16 
 
 Wires, connections with how made. 361 22 
 
 Wires emerging from conduits; precautions for protection of 
 
 persons and property by reason of 364 29 
 
 Wires in conduits, petition for use of 263 28 
 
 Wires in conduits, protection of 365 30 
 
 Wires in conduits, tax on 366 32 
 
 Wires, may be required to be run in conduits 358 8 
 
 Wires, poles, etc., provisions of chapter 40 to apply to all 
 whether new construction or repairs to, when erected and 
 
 used in the streets and alleys of the city 362 25 
 
 Wires, unused loops not allowed to remain in streets 362 23 
 
 WIRING— 
 
 (See "Electrical Wiring.") 
 WOMAN, MARRIED— 
 
 Prosecution of husband of, for her offense 418 2 
 
 WOMEN— 
 
 Not to dispense liquor 504 2 
 
 WOOD— 
 
 And coal carts 391 32 
 
 And coal, sale and delivery of 391 31 
 
 Must be sold by the cord; regulations for the delivery of; 
 
 not to lie in the street where delivered 390 30-31 
 
 Sale of, what is a "cord," etc.- 390 30 
 
 WOODBRIDGE, REV. GEORGE W.— 
 
 Servant of, burial of, allowed in Shockoe II ill Cemetery 181 81 
 
 WORKSHOPS— 
 
 Water rates for 269 12 
 
 WREATHS— 
 
 In cemeteries, penalty for removing 163 34 
 
 WRECKS— 
 
 In the harbor, to be raised within five days 384 16b 
 
 Removal of from river 379 8 
 
 YARDS— 
 
 Sample packages not to be thrown in 234 36
 
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