3. PENALTIES.] Any person who shall violate either of the provisions of the first section of this chapter, shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars for each and every offense of unlawfully acting, or assuming to act, as such inspector, and the like sum for every day he shall unlawfully hold himself out to the public to be such inspector; and any person who shall violate either of the provisions of the second section hereof shall forfeit the sum of twentyfive dollars for each and every offense.

4. COMPENSATION-COOPERAGE AND SALT.] Whenever the said fish inspector shall, in the course of his employment, furnish any cask, barrel or other cooperage, or supply salt, it shall and may be lawful for him to charge therefor a just compensation.

5. FISH TO BE INSPECTED BEFORE SALE-PENALTY-BRAND.] Rev. Ord. 1866; amend. Oct. 8, 1866. Any and all persons bringing or causing to be brought to the city of Chicago, or receiving on consignment or otherwise, for the purpose of sale, any freshwater fish in packages, shall have the same duly inspected by the fish inspector of the city of Chicago before such fish shall be sold or in any way disposed of; and it shall be the duty of every person having such fish in possession for the purpose of selling or dealing in the same, and of every consignee having fish on consignment, before the said fish shall be sold or in any way disposed of, to give notice to the inspector and have such fish duly inspected and branded; and for this purpose such person shall arrange the packages in a convenient manner, and have them in a suitable place. Any person or persons violating any of the provisons of this section shall be fined in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars for every barrel or other package of fish so sold without such inspection. The fish inspector shall brand upon each and every package of fish packed and put up in said city of Chicago for sale, of whatever size, the true and exact weight of fish in such package. And any person or persons who shall sell or dispose of any such package of fish not thus branded shall be subject to the penalty in this section last provided for.

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1. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR-OATH OF OFFICE--POWER TO REMOVE.] Rev. Ord. 1866; amends. July 25, 1870; May 27, 1872.] There shall be appointed by the mayor, and confirmed by the common council, biennially, on the second Monday of May, or as soon thereafter as may be, some suitable person or persons to be styled "the inspector or inspectors of ters.' Before entering upon the duties of his or their office or offices, the said inspector or inspectors shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or their duties, as the same may, by ordinance, be assigned or prescribed; and the mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to remove such inspector or inspectors at any time for neglect of duty, or any other cause, and the mayor shall report such removals to the next regular meeting of the common council, with a nomination or nominations to fill the vacancy or vacancies for the remainder of the term or terms, and the council shall forthwith confirm or reject such nomination or nominations.

2. DUTY OF INSPECTOR.] Rev. Ord. 1866. It shall be the duty of such inspector or inspectors to examine and test any gas meters furnished to the consumer by any gas company furnishing gas in this city, whenever requested so to do by such consumer.

3. NOTICE OF TEST TO BE GIVEN.] The said inspector or inspectors shall always give notice to the consumer and the gas company who furnish the meter, at their office, of the time and place when and where he or they intends or intend to test the meter.

4. INSPECTION CONCLUSIVE AS TO GAS CONSUMED.] The inspection herein provided for shall be conclusive, both upon the company

and the consumer, as to the amount of gas consumed three months before the close of the month in which any meter shall be inspected, and until a new inspection shall be had-a new inspection relating back, as herein provided.

5. ARREARAGES TO BE PAID-OVERCHARGE TO BE REFUNDED.] Before any meter complained of by a consumer shall be examined the consumer shall pay to the gas company all arrearages for gas consumed (or alleged to have been consumed) which are then due and payable, and such gas company shall refund or receive, as the case may be, according to the results of the examination.

6. INSPECTOR'S FEE-HOW PAID.] The said inspector or inspectors shall be entitled to receive, in advance, from any consumer requiring his or their services, the sum of one dollar and his or their reasonable expenses, not exceeding two dollars for each meter by him or them inspected; such sum, however, to be refunded by the gas company, upon presentation to their treasurer of the inspector's certificate that the meter has been found by him or them to measure more gas than was actually consumed.

7. CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION.] The inspector or inspectors shall, when so requested by either party, furnish to the consumer or the gas company, free of charge, a certificate of the result of the examination made by him or them, of any meter.

8. TIME TABLE FOR LIGHTING STREET LAMPS-COPY TO GAS COMPANIES ETC.] Ord. May 27, 1872. The city comptroller is hereby required to employ the services of some competent person, and with the assistance of such person to calculate and determine upon a time table for lighting and extinguishing the public street lamps of the city of Chicago, to be adopted by the common council, from and after the adoption of such time table, until the respective contracts now existing between said city and the gas companies shall have expired by limitation. The said comptroller shall furnish correct copies of such time table to the respective gas companies which now have contracts to furnish the city with gas in the public street lamps, to the inspector of gas meters, and to the several watchmen stationed at the fire engine houses where test meters are now located or to be located as hereinafter provided, and when such time table is prepared and copies so distributed as aforesaid, the same shall regulate the time of lighting and extinguishing all the public street lamps within said city, as provided in the several contracts with said gas companies.

9. FURTHER DUTIES OF DUTIES OF INSPECTORS.] In addition to the duties of the inspector of gas meters prescribed in section two of this chapter, it is hereby made the duty of said inspector to carefully inspect and test each of the gas meters attached to what are commonly called test-lamps, and by which the gas paid for by the city of Chicago is measured, as often as once in three months, and to cause the same to be kept in perfect order; and he shall examine and test the burners on such test-lamps, and in case they consume too fast or too slow to cause the same to be properly adjusted. Said inspector, before proceeding to test any such test or gauge meter or burner, shall give reasonable notice in writing of the time and place of making such tests to the proper gas company.

10. TO TAKE MONTHLY STATE OF METER-REPORT.]

The said

inspector shall on the day on which the respective gas companies take the state of test or guage meters, each and every month, attend in person and take the state of the meters, keep a record of each: and he shall on the succeeding day make a report thereof to the city comptroller, showing the number of feet of gas shown to be consumed by each of said test-meters, giving their location. It is hereby made the duty of said gas companies to give the said inspector notice of the time of taking the state of such meters, and on failure to receive such notice the said inspector shall, on the first day of each month, proceed in person to take the state of such meters, and report to the comptroller the day following: Provided, that if any of the days herein set shall fall on the Sabbath, commonly called Sunday, the day following shall be substituted: And provided, further, that in case said inspector, from sickness or other unavoidable causes, shall be unable to perform the duties herein required, the mayor shall forthwith designate and appoint some competent person to act and perform said duties for the time being.

11. TEST-METERS AT ENGINE HOUSES.] The board of public works shall cause to be maintained a test or gauge meter and lamp at two different fire-engine houses in each division of the city, to be known as city test or gauge lamps, which shall be furnished with like meters and burners as the other test-lamps. The meters of the same shall be enclosed with a strong wooden box, securely locked, and the key thereof given to the inspector of gas meters. The respective gas companies are hereby authorized to test the said city test or gauge lamps, meters and burners once in three months, if they desire to do so, after giving reasonable notice to the inspector of such intention. 12. DUTY OF WATCHMEN MONTHLY REPORT.] It is hereby made the duty of the watchman at each fire-engine house in said city where any meter attached to test or gauge lamps is or may be located, to keep a true and correct record of the time at which such test or gauge lamp is lighted and of the time when the same is extinguished. And the watchmen at such fireengine houses where the city test-lamps are located and the meters locked up, as hereinbefore provided, shall attend to the lighting and extinguishing of the same, in strict accordance with the time table provided for in the eighth section of this chapter. And all of the said watchmen shall make monthly reports under oath to the inspector of gas meters.

13. DUTY OF LAMP-LIGHTERS OF POLICE REPORT TO AND BY INSPECTOR.] That, to equalize the time, it is hereby made the duty of the persons employed to light the public street lamps by the several gas companies which furnish the city with gas, to cause the test or gauge lamps and other public lamps first lighted to be first extinguished, taking them in the same order in which they were respectively lighted; that is to say, if any test or gauge lamp is first lighted it shall be the first extinguished, and so with street lamps. And it is hereby made the duty of all police patrolmen, as well as all firemen and watchmen at fire-engine houses, to report all violations of the provisions of this section to the inspector of gas meters, who shall report the facts in writing to the common council without delay.

14. ADJUSTMENT OF GAS BILL.] The inspector shall file, with his monthly reports to the comptroller, the reports of the respective watchmen, and the comptroller shall compare the time so reported with the quantity of

gas consumed, as reported by said inspector, and in case he finds any material discrepancy between the quantity so ascertained and the bills rendered by the respective gas companies, he shall not pay such bills until they are properly adjusted; and the said comptroller is hereby authorized on the part of the city to make such adjustment on fair and equitable principles.

15. MONTHLY REPORT OF STATE OF CITY TEST-LAMPS-PROCEEDINGS WHEN DISCREPANCY.] The inspector shall also carefully report to the city comptroller the state of the city test or gauge lamps as shown by their meters on the same day the other test-lamps are taken, and the said comptroller shall examine and compare the same with the report of the other test-lamps, and if he finds any substantial discrepancy between the said reports, he shall forthwith make an investigation as to the cause of such discrepancy, and report the result of such investigation to the common council.

16. INSPECTOR TO SUPERVISE LAMPS-BURNERS OF EQUAL SIZE.] It is hereby made the duty of the said inspector to keep a supervision over all the said test-lamps and the public street lamps, together with the burners thereto attached, and he shall see that they are kept clean and in perfect order; the burners to be of equal size, and of the size provided for in the contract of said city with any person or company furnishing or supplying the city with gas.

17. INSPECTOR'S OFFICE-INSTRUMENTS.] The said inspector shall keep an office in the city hall, to be provided by the board of public works, where he shall be found at all business hours of the day, except when absent on business connected with his official duties, and shall keep in his office a good and accurate photometer, meter and prover, to be furnished by the city of Chicago.

18. QUALITY OF Gas to be TesTED.] Said inspector shall from time to time make photometrical tests of the quality of the gas furnished by the gas companies, and shall communicate to the common council the result of such

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19. RECORDS TO BE KEPT.] The said inspector shall keep books in his office in which he shall record the number of each meter inspected by him, and the time when it was tested and proven by him, the reports of said watchman and his own reports hereby required and all notices given by him and other proceedings of his office, which records shall at all times be open to public inspection.

20. EXAMINATION OF TEST-METERS AND BURNERS.]

When any meter

or burner at any test-lamp is to be examined by any gas company or person furnishing gas to the city, the said inspector shall attend in person at such examination, keep a record thereof, and forthwith report to the city comptroller the result of such examination.

21. QUARTERLY REPORTS TO COUNCIL.] The said inspector shall make quarterly reports in writing to the common council showing the condition of test or gauge meters and burners, and also of the street lamp burners. He shall also report the number of private meters by him tested each quarter, and the amount of compensation by him received, and by whom paid. Such quarterly reports shall be made on the second Monday of May, August, November, and February of each and every year.