New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-23
CITY couMclL--o EEIcIAL
BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
Extra Session.
CRY HALL, NEW ORLEANS,
November 10, 1868.


The Board met in extra session pursuant
to adjournment.
Present.: Messrs. Boguille, Brady, Kaiser,
OBrien and Pessou-5.
The reading of the minutes of last session
was dispensed with.
The following ordinance for concurrence
from the Lower Board was read;
An Ordinance concerning the markets of
the city of New Orleans and providing for
the farming of the revenues thereof
SECTION l. Be 1t ordained by the Com
mon Council of the city OF New orleans
That on the first Monday in December of
each year the Controller shall adlndicate or
cause to be adjudicated at his office, to the
highest bidder, the collection of the reye'
nues of the public markets separately Tor
one year, from the first of January follow
ing. He shall give ten days notice in the
official journal of the city OF the day and
hour at which said adjudication shall take
place, the city authorities reserving the
right to reject any or all the bids; Provided,
| That when any adjudication made by the
| Controller is rejected by the Common Coun-
| Gil, it shall be the duty of the Controller to
readiudicate the market or markets, after
the usual notice; Aud provided, further,
That the lease of ell the markets shall ex'
pirc on the same day, whether commencing
on the first day OF January, as provided
above, or at any subsequent date.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC., That the
farmers or lessees SHALL Immediately alter
said adiudications, furnish one-twelfth in
cash, aud their promissory notes for the
balance, Endorsed to the satisfaction OF the
Finance Committee, payable from the first
of January at one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven months.
~ for or lpsEap raf1lGp
lect to furnish the one-twelfth in cash, aud
his notes as aforesaid, the Controller ls
hereby authorized to cause new adJudlca--
ton to be made forthwith, for account and
risk of said farmer or lessee.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
the farmer or lessee of such revenues shall
not be entitled to collect other dues than
those hereinafter mentioned, to wit: The
occupants of all stalls and stands Of the sew
eral markets shall be ard they are hereby
required to DAY for said stalls or stands at
the rates of charges as in existing market or
dinance, article No. 500 OF Leovys City Laws
and Ordinances; and it shall be the duty of
the Surveyor to designate which are corner
tables. Ali butchers and retailers of fish
shall be answerable for the frames and
hooks, and that each vendor of plants or
bouquets shall pay to the farmer, lessee or
collector of said markets twenty five cents
per day.
SEC, 4. Be it further ordained, etc, That
all kinds ofmeat, fowl, game, fish vegeta-
bles, and all other articles destined for the
daily supply of the city, may be bought aud
sold at the markets; but at the Beet Market
of the Second District no fish or vegetables
shall be sold.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
said markets shall be open at the dawn OF
day, and shall close at twelve o'clock NJ,
precisely, from the first OF September to the
thirtieth of April, at ten o'clock from the first
of May to the thirty first of August; and the
closing of the market shall be announced
by the market bell which it shall be the
duty of the Commisssry to ring or cause 10
be rung.
SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, etc, That
during the half hour Immediately following
the closing of said markets, the butchers or
other persons hiring or occupying their res
pective stalls, stands and tables, shall be
| bound to scrape, wash and cleanse the
same, SO as to keep the said stalls, stands
and tables in the highest state of cleanli-
ness; and every person neglecting to com
DIV punctually with the disposition of this
section, or who shall not quit the said mar
kets at the hour specified in section five o
the present ordinance, shall pay fine o
five dollars for each ofense.
SEC. I. Be it further ordained, ETC., THAI
it shall be the duty of the farmer, or any
other person authorized by the city &c
| collect the above established duties, to keeI
| an exact register of the persons to whom
he lets the stalls, stands tables and frames
with hooks, at market hours, and deliver
certificates thereof to persons occupying the
same. Any person occupying any table,
stand or stall without the consent of said
| farmer or collector. and who shall refuse to
deliver up the same on the first request
| which shall be made to them by the com
missary OF the market, sh Il pay line o.
ten dollars for each otfense.
SEC. S. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
it shall not be lawful for any person to erect
or keep any stand, sell fish, shrimps, or have
tubs to wash, or other encumbrauce, on any
of the banquettes of markets of the city
nor to scale or cut fish on any Of the square
tables, but exclusively on blocks prepared
for that purpose, within the markets, under
| a fine of not less than five dollars day fol
| each stand.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
| if any person shall sell, or expose for sale
within the markets aforesaid, any blown
stale, imperfect or unwholesome provisions
| or meat of any animal that died of disease,
such provisions or meats shall be seized by
| the commissary and shall be thrown into tht
| nuisance boat, and the offender shall b.
fined from ten to fifty dollars for the FRS
otfense, and for the second he shall be de-
prived of vending In any of the markets, Of
4 of hiring any stall. 1t shall be the duty o
the commissaries of the markets daily II
make a strict inspection of the butchers
meat, and of other provisions exposed fol
sale at the said markets, and to enforce the
strict observance OF this regulation.
SEC. 10. Be 1t further ordained, etc., Tina
it shall be obligatory on the Commissarie
of the markets always to have in the sale
markets scales and weights, aud with then
from time to time examine the scales an(
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used at the request of any person, who, q
the time of purchase, may desire to prov
the weight of any meat or other provision
purchased by them. No scales and weight
shall be used in the said markets unless tn
same arc proved and stamped in accordanc
with law. Any violation of the provision
of this section, or selling by false weights
shall subject the offender to a fine of lift
dollars for each and every otfense; and !
default of payment said offender shall b
incapable OF vending in any Of the market
of the city. G
SEC. ii. Be it further ordained, etc., This
, ! it is expressly forbidden, under penalty {
, fifty dollars for each offense, to seal or csus
to be sold within said markets. or on th
footways surrounding the same; any spirit
! Gus liquors; aud IL Is also forbidden to q
} hawkers aud peddlers to sell auy sorts 1
3 goods or merchandise in said markets, {
2 on the footways surrounding the sam
: under a penalty of ten dollars for eaC
offense.
SEC IL. Be it further ordained, etc., Thi
: fish; fruit and vegetables may be so
L through the streets of the city at any tin
e between six a. NJ and twelve n.
|. SEC. IS Be it further ordained, ETC., Tn
r all carts or wagons fer the conveyance
a all the supplies whatever to said market
4 shall be placed under the inspection of Il
I. Commissaries OF the markets, and no Ca
or wagon shall arrive at any ofthe marke
+ of the city before the hour Of four o'clo'