Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-06-10

productions at the rate per acre yielded IN
1856, would give In round numbers, for the
above articles
Wn..'.....:..:....:..so' bushels 'ssS sss SSS 900
Corn... ..........-............ 1.123,OOO
Potatoes. es.................... $4,000
As..the production of this County. But be.
sides the enumerated articles, there are
number of others (which. would probably
nearly double the value Of the aggregate
Of above
THE MARKET ORDINANcE.-In Oc-
tober. 1854, the City Council passed an or
dinance granting the privilege Of erecting
market houses in the corporate limits. The
ordinance granting them this privilege also
empowered them to collect rents for stalls
and also bound the city to cause all venders
of meat and vegetables to rent stalls Of the
market house owners
In November, 1855. the Council passed
another ordinance imposing heavy fines for
for all violation Of the market house ordin.
into submission. But the market ordinance
did not swallow with very large portion
of our citizens. The market houses were
located at least half mile from the centre
of the city. and no meat could be procured
aftet q certain hour Soon the dissatisfac-
ton broke out in hearty condemnation Of
the ordinances. The Messrs Kelly rented
store down town and opened market.
The city authorities came down on them
like thousand Of brick, took their meat
away and brought them before magistrate
for trial They were granted q jury, tried
and acquitted. The city authorities not
relishing this, arrested them again and took
them before the Police Magistrate, who
fined them. The Messrs. Kelly then applied
for an injunction restraining the city au-
thorities from removing and destroying
their meat. This injunction Judge Cook
granted, bat owing to some slight infor-
mality it was set aside, and the Kelly's
were again at the mercy of the city officers
The fight did not end here. but - it was
useless for the butchers to undertake to do
business under such circumstances, they
soon withdrew and shut up their shop. At
the time the city authorities removed the
meat Of Messrs. Kelly, . great portion Of it
was spoiled. and they therefore commenced
suit against the city for damagsa The case
would have been tried this term Of court,
had not Judge Dillon been sn interested
party in the matter, he having been ono Of
the attorneys for the city. The Hessra Kelly
took an appeal from the fine imposed upon
them to the Supreme Court. and that high
tribunal decided in their favor, thus virtu-
ally declaring the ordinance unconstitu-
tional
But it appears. that the city fathers are not
satisfied with that decislon, but wish to try
it over again. and ~ the city has IN over
plus Of idle funds to pay eests with. per-
haps it is - we'll that they should give
them another try. That the city can force
these men to take up their quartsrs in an
other persons building IL, We think. al
folly. The market houses, - they are now
conducted, are very convenient institutions,
but move them out Of tswn, or nearly 20,
and they bseoms nuisanes.
As the city he's got its foot in Il, let
contract. - reasonable Is possible. be made
with the owners Of the market hosses, by
which the city viii bind itself to pay the
owners Of said houses fair rent for their
buildings. and leave the butchers to do -
they go At, provided they kssp their shops
ingoed eondition. ss..
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