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Br LAWS AxD RE0rLarioNs.
The Corporation ohieers 81 Charlestown, de-
siFoas q subscribing he public convenience and
necessity Of the Town, which Il Is believed wen
ordered and regulated Market win aaSrd have A.
dePsed the following Bylaws and Regulators.
strict adheseneeto which viii 81 enforced apa;nS,
All offenders and viola,ors Oflheir provisioos:
i e 4 enacted and declared 81 lie Trustees 81
saf ioun o. CnaFlestown that ], shall not e lauff
Ios any Pstson en any day which now Is or here
alter shall BE- SCI apart for market ay ;shis, IN,
Town "a Gharlesiowa. 10 buy Of sell any k;,,.l ~
flesh, hsh, fowl bntter cheese frQit vtssrfaf.ies
eggs, or any other articles of marketing. 1, any
ether Place within said town, than the maFkeg
house, until after nine O'clock N The Iz1nrntnr ana
if any person do shall sell buy any argicles 81
marketing at any other place within The said town
before the hour aforesaid on anT Of the days aore-
said in any year. such buyer AMI seller shall each
forfeit and pay one dollar loS every such offence
to be recovered with costs before the Mayor or
Recorder of ch1Festown, CT any magis rate Of JEFF
ferson county. one half of which shah 60 10 the
infotmer and the other half 10 Be applied by
the Trustees 10 the benefit III said town.
2 The hoard III Common Council shall aRRua'-
" appoint market master 10 snperintend the
Chariesiown maraet, who dnriag his term Of Office
shall faithfully perform the duties ofmarket mas
ter
s. The Market Master Of Inc market npoa the
application Of any person, or upon his own suSpi-
cion shall weigh in the scales and by the weights
Of The market, any butter brought to market for
sale in rolls or prints, every which roll or print Is
alledged By the owner 10 weigh half a aund, or
upwards, and il any sachTo.Fur print shall IL found
lighter than The weight alledged by The owner OF
yender il shall be lawful for the market master 70
seize the same and condemn il Tor the benefit oil The
Town: Proyited such seizure and lndemna,ioa are
made previous ID any sale thereof
4. Ii shall be the duty ot The market master Of
he rlp q ~ fhtat Ion
OF the laws CONCERNING the market and 10 Inform
against all persons whom he shall know u have
been guilty OF any breach thereof or hom be shall
be informed OF having been 80 gully, and partieu-
larly the otfenees of buying and selling provisions
at any other than the market place
). II any person shall think himself or herself
aggtieYed or sslrauded ia The weight Of any guam.
ti,y Of purchased Of any butcher in the market
place, such person may apply TO The market mastei
ofthe market, whose duty il SHALT be upon such ap-
plicaiaa 10 Try The weight 81 the meat purchas-
ed; and if upon such trial the same IN III be fo1nd
Too light, the butcher shall tor every such offence
forfeit and pay ne Of ore dollar 10 be recovered
with costs andapn'ied as aforesaid
s. Market shall be held every week on "Wednesday
and Saturday. The market master shall open the
ket from October LIST e April LIST at o'clock, A. NJ,
and close at 9. and fron April st 10 Octobe- it shall
open at A. NJ, And close at o'clock And no per-
son. before the opening Of the market, shall buy SELL
engage, negotiate OF bargain for any thing BE- exposed
in market, under penalty Of III.
Inv market master shall take, and daring hrs
tnnance N Office shall keep il HIS possession care and
charge, the market house Of Clriesovn; he SHALL at
least twice u the week on days preceding the market
cause t0be clean swept the market house. and all dirt
snow, NTH, or rubbish u BE- removed thercfrom
s. 1t shall be the duty Of the market master 10 attend
market during market hours, to enforce the rules and
regulations thereof unless prevented BY sickness or OH
or necessity, when he may appoint deputy. No per-
shall sell or expose 70. sale any blown, stuffed un
sound unwholesome meat meats, articles ofpro
visions, meaSly pork and for every such offence snail
be fined j. No person within the corporation shall at
market. except in butcher tall and the owner Of
such stall OF his agent sell in smaller quantities
than by The quarter.
g. The market master shall have power, at the re-
quest Of either party, TO decide any dispute arising
market, touching the weight Of any article
bought sold.
10. 1t shall be the duty Of Market Master to give
notice Of the time Of opening and closing the market
IL. All fines penalties which are provided for in
the Laws and Regulations OF is Market, shall be-
sand hereby declared be recoverable before the
Mayor Recordcrof the Corporation, any Justice
the Peace of the County the being tried the
day which the offence has been committed Pro
vded, application has been made by the Market Master
and the party offending has refused TO pay the penalty
imposed. Tcste, GEO. l.. STEWART,
Sept. l6, 1852 Clerk of Corporation.