Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-03-08
Ordinance NO. Is.

/ An Oftt- HHHcc ~ EStnhttW anu Nf3RtOte
| Markets IN tile Ciy Of UamGeri0nd.
! SECTION lsr. he il Eno,te{ and Oruaiocd BY
/ the Nnyor ana COHHcHH.cn ei the CITY ci CUo.
bertrand, That Tuesday, Thursday aud saturday
| of each week be ret apart as regular Market
1 days in s"id CITY.
! SECTION 2Yp. IId be u Epnc,.J. That the
I limits Of the MaThrt shall embrace thc Square
on which the present Market House stands, in
Guiding the whole U.rH nh OF the streets sur
/ rounding the Market li,U.c: pr",'i'd, hos. ever,
that nothing herein contained shall be- construed
to Interfere with tho iiphts aud privileges OF the
Occu, Ter or occGpiers Ut any house on the space
above mentioned. with the Tree passage ofthc
footnays; or to autAUri-c the placing q! st"lts,
stands, benches or other distractions On The
iootwgys.
SEc1IoS 3Rn. Ind he i ,nocicI, That the
Market shall open at o'clock, y. NJ, from the
| 81 Of April to the lst Of November, and at &
o'clock, \. NJ, from the first Of November to
1.-THE Let Of Aprinnd close Mt 10 v'riock, \. NJ 81,
on said days, and o0 Saturday cyculne opcn from
) to o'clock, T.. n, note" ut the opening and
closing shall be given Uy the Market Master uy
the ringing Df bell.
SEC. Arm. Ami b. il enacted, THa; it shall not
| be lawful for any person To engage, buy or sell
| any article or articles brought to market, before
its opening above provided, except the meats
exposed for sale by the butchcrs, in their rcspcc
tive stalls and it shall not be lawful for any per-
son or persons yycept regularly licensed traders,
being non-rcsidcnts OF the city, to sell or gage
to sell in said city, outside Of tho limits oil the
Market space herein established, between the
hour OF U'OiOcn IN the afternoon al the day pre-
cudine the market days beIoro mentioned, and
the hour Of 10 o'clock in the morun. of the said
mar ket days, any vegetables, poultry fish, meats,
fruit, or provisions OF any kind whatsoever and
it shall not be "a" ul during market hours Or on
ri a. of fb,.r linn
day for any huckster to buy, engage or trade for
ans mark ct article or articles with view to
ceive or have delivered such article or articles at
a future time and thereby forestall the sale and
purchase OF such market articles. ANY person or
persons who shall violate this section shall forfeit
and pay sum of mon ey not less than one dollar
nor more than five dollars.
SIC. 5TH. BE II ennctd, That all articles ex-
posed to sale in the limits of the Market shall
be subject to purchase at retail by the first buy
ers after the ringing Of the bell in such quaint
ties as they may desire, on pa! meut or offer of
payment of the price Mt which the same shall
be sold and all articles offered for sale outside
of the Market lIouso shall be sold or disposed Of
at .he wagon or vehicle in which the same may
be brought to the Market. Any person refusing
20 to sell shall fcrieit aud pay fine of not less
than one nor more than Eve dollars, and the party
or parties buying articles outside Of the Market
House, away from the wagon or vehicle in which
the same may be contained, shall pay fine Of
| not less than one nor more than i've dollars for
each offence: Prorided that no person shall he
bound to sell in less quantities Of the following
articles, to wit: corn, barrel rye, rye -four,
chop, corn OF othe meal oats n bag; apples, po-
tatoes, peaches, turnps, half peck and other
articles in the smallest or lowest quantities in
which they are usually sold and pro rided fur.
tier that nothing contained in this section shall
be construed so MS to allow butchers, traders,
hucksters or other persons, who buy to sell again.
to become purchasers under this section, or 9TH
erwise than is allowed in other see tons of this
Ordinance.
SEC. 6TH. BE Il enacted, That no person fol-
lowing the business of butcher, huckster or tra-
der shall purchase offer to purchase any ar
ticle or articles of provision or produce in the
limits of the Market, or during the Market
hours fixed by this Ordinance, except such and
so much as may be necessary Tor the and
con sumption of his or her own household /;
proriGed, that the Market Master may, after
half the Market hours have elapsed, permit them
to buy such articles rs may then remain unsold.
Any person violating the provisions of this Sec
ton shall forfeit tho article tcles purchased,
and be fined not less than two nor more than
| ten dollars for each offence.
SEC. 7TH. Be IL enacted, That butchers only
who have rented stall shall be permitted to
retail meats in the Market during Market hours,
and no other person shall be allowed to sell less
than quarter of beef veal or mutton, or less
thanla whole slaughtered hog, sheep oripig.-
| Any person so offending shall forfeit all such