Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-06-01

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psnoh until the same Is ag6ia rented at hua-
! ton.
IS. If any OF the following things be sold by a
butcher at his stall for another person. there shall
al the time of such sale be paid by such butcher
to the Clerk of the Market as follows: For each
slaughtered beef, twenty-five cents; for each
slaughtered veal, mutton, hog or shoat, ten cents;
for each sturgeon, ten cents; and for each pig,
hive cents. Any person violating this section
shall pay fine of not less than one dollar nor
more than twenty dollars.
! 9. lfany slave sell ut Market any nrtclc
without having, in writing from his owner OF
employer permission to sell, and without des-
cription of the nature and quantity of the arti-
cles so authorized to be sold, such article or ar
ticles shall be forfeited to the City, and the
slave may be punished by stripes. Provided, that
the Clerk may exercise his discretion uuder the
instructions of the Committee 10 not daily requi
ring such written permission and description of
such slaves as are known to be the statesmen of
the owners of market gardens in the vicinity of
this city, aud who are in the habit of daily sell
ling at the Markets.
$40. Every butcher shall keep over his stall
a sign with his name thereon, painted in letters
which be easily read; he shall keep the
benches AMI all parts of his stall clean, and the
pavement thereof. No butcher shall extend any
OF the blocks benches or other fixtures ut his
stall beyond the distance of nine feet out from
the side wall. No butcher at the Meat Mar
kets. nor any seller at the Vegetable Mark ats
shall leave about the Market House, after market
hours, any loose barrel, box, bench, or plank, I'M
der the peuaIty of one dollar for every such Of
fence. Nor shall any butcher hereafter erect
or have made at market house any box in which
to lock up meats, unless such box be elevated on
legs at least two feet above the floor or pavement
of the Market House, and all such boxes now
existing in the Market House shall be made to
conform to the above provision OF be entirely re-
moved within three months after the passage of
this ordinance. And all such boxes shall be
constructed according to the plan which shall be
furnished by the Committee of the respective
Markets. No article of provisions shall be per-
mittedto be kept for longer time than one week
in said boxes, unless it be smoked or salt
meat; and if at any time any article that may be
in said boxes become in any offensive,
the clerk shall order such article to be removed
at once. Any butcher having such box shall be
required to have it thoroughly cleunsed at least
once week: II brine any thing else be
found dripping from any such box the floor
or pavement of the Market House, the Clerk
shall order the article producing such dripping to
be Immediately removed from the market
For violation of any or each of the above pro-
visions, the person so violating shall pay fine
of one dollar and like shall be paid for
every repetition of such violation, or every day
that any of them may be continued
gil. No butcher shall bring any dog within
or to the Market DUNG the Market hours
Nor shall he bring to the Market, after
the first May and before the first Novem-
Der following, any beef taliow, except such
as ray necessarily attached to the hind quarters
of the beef Nor shall he leave in Market
| House or any adjacent street, alley or ground,
the head, foot or other part of an animal Nor
shall any person deposit any filth offensive mat
ter, dirt or rubbish in or about either Market
house, or any such street, alley or ground. Any
person violating this section in any respect shall
for each offence, pay fine of not less than two
| no more than ten dollars.
5 IL. II any person shall at a market or with
in two hundred yards thereof, keep later than an
| hour after sunrise, any live calf sheep, lamb,
hog or shoat, such person shall, for every such
offence, pay fine of five dollars unless such
| stock arrive at market at a litter hour 10 which
case it may be permitted to remain about the
| market house for time not exceeding one hour
during which time it may be offered for sale.
ID. Any butcher or other person who shall
| sell or offer for sale at a market any unsound
meat, fish or fowl, or any meat which is distem
pered or blown, raised stuffed, or which is
dressed or garnished falsely, or in any way cal
culated to deceive, shall pay fine OF not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars, and for
felt what is SO sold or offered for sale.
Ia. There shall be paid to the Clerk by
every person who sells or offers for sale at
market within this city, any butter. eggs, fish,
fowls, fruits vegetables, if the aggregate value of
the articles offered any one day for sale by any
person, be, in the Judgment of the clerk, than
five dollars, ten cents for each any every market
day or part of market day such person shall occupy
stall or stand of anykind, cart, wagon other
place within the limits of such market, unless such
person be 40 annual renter of bench or stall in
said market No butter, eggs, fish, fowls, fruits
or vegetables, shall be offered for sale which shall
have been purchased while on their way to mar
ket, and within six miles of said market; unless
such fruit or vegetable be- the production of
other State, if produced this State, at dis
lance not less than fifteen miles from this city.
Any person violating this last provision shall for
felt the article purchased and offered for sale,
! and shall tor every such violation pay fine Of
not less than five nor more than twenty dolars,
and shall forever afterwards, either principal,
or an agent for another, be prohibited from offer
ing Mt either mail et within this city any of the
| above enumerated articles for sale. This section
| shall not be construed as to prevent any citizen
of Richmond from sendng carrying to and
selling at either Market free OF charge, any fruit,
vegetables butter, eggs, milk or fowls, which ar.
| tcle shall have been produced on such persons
premises within this city.
Is. No person engaged in selling at mar
ket BUTTER eggs, or fowls, shall be permitted
to purchase, himself or by the agency OF another,
at market, either for himself or any other per-
son, on the same day that he is seller thereof,
any butter eggs fowls Any pels violating
the provisions of this cton shall forfeit the
ticle SO purchased and pay iue of not less than
FIVE nor more than twenty dollars.
s 16. The Clerk of each market shall examine
all meats, fish and fowls offered at such market
for sale, aud take possession of such as by the
thirteenth section prohibited from being so
offered, and unless, OF appeal by the person
offering the same to the committee OF said rriar-
kat the decision of the Clerk be reversed, The