Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-05-25
In Council for the Town Of EATUNiON,
Nav 18TH, 1850.


TINE ORDINANCE ENTf fLED GAN ORDI-
i NANCE TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATES
| A MARKET" being amended, was passed, In the
| following words and figures, to wit +.
AN ORDINANCE to Amend and Re-Ordain the
Ordinance entitled IAN ORDINANcE TO ESTABLISH
Re- Il ordaiued by the Council of the Town Of
Staunton, that the Ordinance to establish and reeu-
late a Market, passed the 2lst day OF August 1897,
he amended and re-enacted, 50 as to read as fol-
Ist. That a Market shall be regularly held At the
MarEet.house, In the town of Staunton, on Tues
day. Thnrsday and Saturday, from daylight until
I'd. That any person having any articles of pro
vision to sell or dispose of in the town, viz: Flesh,
Fresh Fish, Fowl, Butter, Eggs, Vegetables
Fruit, or other things usually sold IN well-regula-
ted Markets, may bring them to the Market house;
and .ny person exposing to sale, or actually selling
anv of the aforesaid articles at any other place
within the town, during Market hours, shall Tor
felt al pay not less than one dollar, nor more
than ten dollars, for each offence; and any person
nnrchasinr any such articles at any other place
Than said Market hours, shall incur a like penalty
for each such offence, Provided, that this rdt-
narce shall not be construed to prohibit the sale,
purchase and delivery of Beef by the quarter. or
larger quantity, or Pork by tn hog or larger guam
tity, or of Vegetables for Winter supply, or the
sale of Apples or other Fl uit by Confectioners.
Sd. The Chief of Police, who is, by virtue of his
Office, Market Master, shall open the Market every
III hCC w. - ~ O. lShes ~ kAA SS
and close the same at IL o'clock, A.. NJ, and any
person selling or purchasing any article in Market
before the Market bell is rung, shall forfeit and pay
not less than one dollar, nor more tba five dollars,
for each offence.
4th. 1t shall be the duty of the Market Master to
attend at the Market house every Market day, du-
ring Market hours, or SO long as may be necessary
to discharge the duties of his office. He shall In
sp3ct all provisions offered there for sale, ard it
upon his own observation, or the information OF
others, he shall discover any unfit, damaged. talnt-
ed or unsound pro visions offered in Market be shall
seize them and order the person or persons offering
them for sale, to remove them beyond the limits OF
the town, under a penalty of two dollars for DISC
beeience; and any person who shall sell, or ofer FOR
sale, any such provisions, knowing it to be so-or
any flesh or fowl that has died otherwise than by
slaughter, or any meat by any other than Its prop
e. deslgnation-shall forfeit and pay not less than
two dollars, nor more than twenty dollars for each
e~ffence.
9TH The Ma, ket Master shall annually on the
last Saturday in March, rent the Stalls of the Mar
ket-house to the highest Undertaking previous.
ly given notice of such letting for at least one weel
provided, however, that no Stall shall be renteo
for less than twelve dollars, the Tenant to hold thu
same till the first Monday in April in the next sue
ceeding year, and provided further. that no Ten
ant or Company sh all be permitted to rent more
than one Stall unless there be Stalls enough to &C
commodate all applicant, and the Market Master
shall Immediately after such letting, and from TINT
TO time thereafter, upon the letting of any Stall OF
tItdiiSJ Etl II u VAC Sld ~ dAA a u VI LILY
Stalls SO let. to whom and at what rent, provided
that no negro be permitted to rent or occupy q
stall in the Market, and provided further, that nc
occupant OIL Stall shall be permitted to enclose hi
Stall.
9th. 1t shall be the duty of the Market Maste,
to see that the Market-house is kept clean and ir
good order by the Tenants of the Stalls, and other
using the same, and take care that every person
selling in the Market fuses just Weights and Measu
res, and that the Ordinance in relation to the lar
ket be str ictly enforced.
t 7 h. That no per on shall purchase in public Mar
ket any provisions usually sold there for the pur
pose-of exposing the SAME again to sale, under
penalty of not less than two dollars for each OF
FENCE.
.5sh. That every Butcher, or other person, own
ing a Stall in the Market-house, shall keep th'
same, with his block bench and other ~furnitur'
therein, clean and decent, under a penalty of on
dollar for each offence.
9th. That any Butcher, or other person erecting
or causing to be erected within the limits of thu
Market, or attaching. or placing, within the Mer
ket-house, any block or other furniture, for TIT
carrying on of his or her trade, without first rem
ting a Stall, shall forfeit and pay five dollars fol
every day so offending.
10Th: Titat any person who shall h'tch or tie
horse or other animal tc the Mnrket-house, or de
post any rubbish. fifth, dir. or other offensive mat
ter. in or abou. the Market-h ,use, shall forfeit ane
pay not less than fifty cents nor more than five dol
iars. fer each offence.
18th. That for every Beef sold in Market by an,
other than q regular Butcher rentit e q Stall, thu
Mar ket Master shall demand and receive fifty cent
of the owner or person SO selling, and for every
Veal or Mutton SO sdld, twelve and a half cent
EACH. wilicn he shall report and pay over to til
Chamberlain.
l2th. That Dry Measure OILY shall be used in Thu
Market.
18th. That any person offering for sale. or sell
ing any article by weight or measure, which shall
be found deficient therein. the person so offering o,
selling. knowing such dcfciencY, shall forfeit the
thing So offered, OR sold, aud the Market Master
shall sell the same, and make report and pay over
the proceeds thereof to tie Chsmberiaip.'
l4t,. That the Stalls in and about tie Market
house, shall be numbered by the Market Master il
plain figures. *4-
10Th. That all tnes, penalties ard forfeitures in
Cured Under this Ordinance, shall be enforced Of
recovered before the Mayor, Recorder an any Al
derman of the Town..
10th. That this uraainnarnce shall be in force from
its passage. -
Staunton, Nav 25, 1850.