Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-30
An ORDINANCE.

to establish and define market district in the city
OF Elizabeth, and to regulate the selling of fresh
meat and fish therein, and to license butchers and
hshmongers.
Ele it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of
I bthe city OF Elizabeth:
Section l. That all that part OF the city of Eliza
beth comprised within the following boundaries, to
wit--beginning at the intersection Of DeHart place
and Grand street, thence along the westerly and
southery line of DeHart place to South street thence
along the southery line of South street to Elizabeth
creek said creek to line of Sixth street produced,
thence along said line of Sixth street produced and
said Sixth street to Port avenue, thence along Port
avenue to Broad street, thence in straight line to
TrOtters Bridge, thence along the city boundary
line to Chiffon street thence in straight line to the
place of beginning-be and the hereby is des-
gpated and established and shall be known as and
called market district
Section q No person shall exercise carry on
the trade or business of butcher or fishmonger,
any branch or part thereof or sell or offer or ex
pose for sale any fresh meat fish at any place
within the said market district without being Ii
censed for that purpose as hereinafter provided.
under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offence.
Section B. The Mayor of the city of Elizabeth
shall from time to time issue licences under his
hand and seal of the city, to persons applying there
fore, to exercise and carry the trade and bust
ness of butchers and fshmongers within the said
market district and to sell fresh meat fish by
tail at such places in the said district shall be
designated in said license, but not elsewhere.
Section 4. Licences shall be issued without
charge to persons renting and occupying butcher
or nSn StilS Ill the city Market TO exercise ana car
ry on the trade and business of butcher or fish
monger in the said market. All other persons to
whom licenses shall be granted, under the provis-
ions of this ordinance, shall pay to the City Clerk
for the of the city, the of fifteen hundred
dollars for each license butchers, and two humid
red and fifty dollars for each license to sell fish.
Section S. All licenses issued as aforesaid shall
expire and at the expiration of year from
the date thereof, and may be renewed by the Mayor
upon application, and the same may be revoked at
any time by the Mayor under the direction of the
| City Council.
Section g. Nothing contained in this ordinance
shall be so construed to require any person to
obtain license to carry the business of butcher
or fishmonger, to sell fresh meat fish in any
part of the city Of Elizabeth not within the said
market district or to prevent cOuntrymen and farm
ers from bringing into and selling within the said
market district without license, the fresh meat
raised and slaughtered on their own FARMS nor to
prevent licensed butchers or shmongers occupying
stalls in the City Market from having keeping
one or more places within the said market district
piled and furnished from their stalls in the said
market; but no fresh meat or fish shall be exposed
for sale by them at any such place places unless
they shall have obtained license for selling the
same at such place places, and shall have paid
the license fee therefore.
| Section 7. 1t shall be the duty of the Chief OF
Police and of the Clerk of the City Market and each
of them, to report to the City Attorney for immedi
ate prosecution all violations of this ordinance that
Section All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with repugnant to the provisions OF
this ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect imme-
diately. m28