Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-07

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
fishmongers
DE it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of
Dthe city of Elizabeth;
Section l. That all that part of the city of Eliza
beth comprised within the following boundaries to
wt--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 southerly 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 III straight line to
Trotter's Bridge, thence along the city boundary
line to Chiffon street thence in straight line to the
place of beginning-be and the same hereby is des-
ignated and established, and shall be known as and
called market district"
Section O. No person shall exercise or carry on
the trade or business of butcher fshmonger,
or any branch or part thereof or sell or offer or ex
pose for sale any fresh meat or 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 8. 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 end carry on the trade and bust
ness of butchers and hshmongers within the said
market district, and to sell fresh meat or fish by
tail OF such places in the said district shall be
designated in said GcoGsc, but not elsewhere.
Section 4. Licences shall be issued without
charge to persons renting and occupying butcher
fish stalls in the City Market to exercise and car
nv on the trade and business of butcher fish
rnonger in the said market. All other persons to
whom licenses shall be granted, under the proyis-
ions OF this ordinance, shall pay to the City Clerk,
for the use of the city, the sum OF fifteen hundred
dollars for each license as butchers, and two humid
red and fifty dollars for each license to sell fish.
Section g. All licenses issued as aforesaid shall
expire and at the expiration of year from
the date thereof, and may pc 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 6. Nothing contained in this ordinance
shall be so construed to require any person to
obtain license to carry the business of butcher
or fishmonger, or to sell fresh meat or fish in any
part of the city of Elizabeth not within the said
market district, 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 fishmongers occupying
stalls in the City Market from having or keeping
one or more places within the said market district
for the receipt of orders for meat or fish, to be sup
piled and furnished from their stalls in the said
market; but fresh meat or fish shall be exposed
for sale by them at any such place or places unless
they shall have obtained license for selling the
same at such place or places. and shall have paid
the license fee therefore. 4.
Section Z. II 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 inmed.
ate prosecution all violations of this ordinance that
shall come within their knowledge or information.
Section 8. All ordinances or parts OF ordinances
inconsistent with repugnant to the provisions of
this ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.
Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect imms-
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