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An Ordinance Concerning the good order of the city of Richmond.

[Passed April 22d, 1861.]

Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Richmond,That every Hotel Keeper, Keepers of Restaurants, Keepers of Lager Beer Saloons, or of any places in which ardent spirits, porter, beer or cider is sold, or given away, shall close his Bar every evening at 10 o'clock.

Every person violating this Ordinance may be fined twenty dollars by the Mayor, and every day shall be considered a separate offence.

This Ordinance shall go in force from its passage. A Copy — Teste:

Thos.Lawson, C. C.R.
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