Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-12-08
THE MARKET Law

Below will be found the Ordinance recently passed by
our city authorities for CIRCULATING markets." &c. We
publish in order let readers know what stuff Il
composed Of they may govern themselves and act
accordingly When say stuff, DO altogether
TO condemn the "act entirely, for Some Of It's
provisions good bat meaning be got at more
fully by referring the 9th section If the st1fng
taken of this section would be Pal2tabe for
it's highly pepPered-iet II END at the first
paragraph, and conine the law the established arket
days-let the people in the country get thc hang Of
those days set apart for that purposeet the citizens
look for their supplies by going market space, or
the market house, market days, and word for It,
there will be grulnbling both the farmer and the cit
izen will find to their mutual advantage TO attend pune
tuay at the time appointed to dispose Of and supply
themselves with provisions, *. But this thing Of sailing
the farmer down, If may be alowe4 express
ouself in the exceeding five dollars, if he
should sell chicken a pound of soap con any other
day than market days any other part Of the city than
the .market space is FIXING the ang3 Of the law
ieetle too deep under skin-fash and blood will
stand it, We hope the Council will repeal this OBJ
jectionabe feature inimedateyth- balance of the law
will do, and have doubt but that would with
that curtamen be satisfactory both the farmers aud
etze ns and thereby have a tendency building up a
constant and welI-supPed market which all So
much desire:
An ordinance regulating No,,krts and Nnrtet
days, and for the appointment 81 Eartet
Master in Ire City Of RictmoHd.
SEC. l. BE it ordained By the common counc i
Of the city of Richmond. that. for the purpose OF
regulating the markets and market devs Of this
city, and for advancing the Interests Of citizens
well those who side in the country. the fol-
lowing rules. bye laws and regulations shall be OBJ
served.
SEC. =. TUESDAYS, Thursdays and Saturdays
of each week from the lst of April until the lst
of November Of each year shall be market days,
an6 inc he IN rlE ct shall b.
opened earlier than a O'Clock, a. m, of each day,
nor closed before 9 O'Clock. a. nl., of the same
day. And that Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and Satus-
days of each week from the lst Of November I'M
81 the t OF s al 'nf a a Be & ot
be opened earlier than ; O'Clock m, of each day
closed before 10 O'Clock, .. m. of the same
day.
SEC. 3. The space in Pearl between Main and
Walnut streets and when ncccssary.thc additional
space in Pearl, between Main and Spring streets.
hereby declared 10 be the market place and
which shall be. and hereby made free to all per-
sons, both in town and country. 10 sell meat, but
ter, eggs, fowls. flour, grain and all Kinds Of pro-
tiuce and marketing. whatever III such quantities as
they may agree for.
SEC. i. Whenever any person or persons shall
bring to market in this city any article articles Of
marketing it shall BE- the duty OF such person or
I ,n to staten 81 M, M heSl Or s.
street, commencing the northern end of the
market house and running north TO Main street.
and in like manner when the last named space is
occupied, commencing 1T the southern end Of said
market house and running TO Walnut and 1T Ike
manner when both Of said spaces are occupied.
commencing al the north side OF Nam and running
to Spring street. And it sail be tho duty Of per
who bring wagons other vehicles with n9arke-
ting to back the said vehicles up 10 said curb
keeping their vehicles with Tie tongues towards
the centre of the street.
SEC. ). 1t shall be the duty Of the common
council to provide a ST OF scales, weights and nca-
sures of the standard weight and which SHAH al all
times during mark hours be kept in some congc-
nient place i'll the market house in one Of tle
stalls, TO be reserved for that purpose. ana which
shall be in the custody and control Of the mar',et
master. And if at any time dnriag market houfs,
a dispute should arts between purchaser 81 any
article of marketing and the person persons At
tending market with such articles for sale if the
parties or either Of them desire it, they Shall have
the privilege Of testing the correctness OF such
weight or measure with the weights, scales aad
measures aforesaid III said market hoesr.
SEC. &. l. shall b unlawful for any person or
persons to sell otherwise dispose of any article
or articles OF marketing marSet days, before the
opening OF the market and at any other place than
the market place. Anl on any other day than mar
kct DAYS: it shall be unlawful for a,.y person or per-
sons 10 sell any article Of marketing III other
than the market place, except in cases where such
person persons have made prev ,oas engage
ments to a citizen or citizens other person tc
take such articles Of marketing a. they may bring
in.
SEC. Z. The terms .'narketing.H AMI '.avtlcc'
Of marketing shall be construed to embrace al
kinds of country produce and every thing for con
sumption of persons. or any kind Of live stock.
SIC s. The council shall appoint marle
master as soon as practicable after their first NEE
ting for organization in each year. and he shall
continue in office until another IS appointed: ant
it shall be his duty TO keep the weights. scales ana
measures belonging 10 the market in good orde
and so attend the market and see that Just weigh
and measure is given by all persons selling therein
and to sec that no damaged unsound provision:
are sold and TO close the market a, the proper hou
nv ripoinu the bell