New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-19

PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.
MAE0RAETT OF NRW ORLbASs.
City Hall. December 10, 1874.


bered and entitled 90 above, be and is here
by reordained 90 a. to read as follows:
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city of New Orleans. That aftel
five days notice in the official journal the
Administrator Of Commerce shall sell al
public auction, or adjudicate ON sealed pro
posals at his Office, as he may determine,
the monthly or yearly revenues of the pub
lie markets, each market separately or
collectively, for the period Of one month, or
one year, or for the unexpired portion Of
the year. ~ the Council may elect, the city
reserving the right to reject any or all bids.
SEC g That the purchasers or lessees
shall furnish, in cash, at the time of said
sales the purchase price for one month, and
should the sale be for Q longer period, they
shall, imnediately after the PRONUNCIATION
of . resolution Of the City Council, ap,,
proving such sales and authorizing and
ordering the execution of contracts with
the purchasers, such purchasers or lessees
shall appear before the City Notary and
execute contracts for said market revenues,
respectively, at which time they shall exc.
cute and furnish their prOmissOry notes for
the remaining months Of the year, Endorsed
to the satisfaction of the Mayor and the At.
mlnistrator of Finance. payable ON the
| are given, which notes, If not paid when
| due, shall bear eight per cent interest there
| after until paid. Should any purchaser or
lessee refuse or neglect to furnish his notes
a. aforesaid, the Administrator of Com
MERGE is hereby authorized to resell such
market reve' ne, after giving hve days no
| tice of such resale in the official journal of
| the city; and the cash payment made ~
provided for herein shall be held rs for
feitad to the city BY reason of such default,
and such party 90 in default shall also be
liable to the city for any difference or loss
between the price ct which the revenues Of
such market were originally sold and the
price at which they may be resold.
Sec. 3. That the purchaser or lessee OF
such revenues shall! not be entitled to col
lect other dues than those hereinafter
mentioned, and the occupants OF the
stalls and stands of the several markets Of
the city and the vendors in said markets
are hereby required to pay for saiu stalls.
stands and privileges, at the following rates:
For butchers stalls, including block, sixty
cents per day.
For fish, game and vegetable stalls, three
by four feet, fifteen cents per day.
For fruit and all other stands not specified
herein, open all day, two cents per day tor
each and every square superficial foot OF
space occupied.
For coffee and chocolate stands, three by
eight feet, fifty cents per day, and two
cents per day for every additional super
fetal foot, aud for each corner table an
additional sum OF five cents. and it shall be
the duty OF the City Surveyor to designate
which are corner tables.
All occupants of stalls and stands are
required to return the same to tho leesees in
a. good condition a. when received, and the
lessees of markets are required to return
the stalls, stands and fixtures of the mar
kets to the city in a. good condition as
when received from the city.
SEC. 4. That all kinds Of meat, fowl,
game. fish, vegetables and all other articles
of human food NAV be bought and sold at
all the markets, except that NO fish, fruit
or vegetables shall be sold in the Beef
Market of the Second District, AID no fresh
meat of any kind shall be sold in the Fege'
table Market of the same district.
SEC. ). That each and every person occu'
plying stall or stand in any market in this
city shall have their name painted on tin
sign, in . plain and legible manner, and
shall place the same In conspicuous place
over the stall occupied by them; and IN case
any person occupying q stall or stand az
aforesaid, shall not comply with this section
within thirty days from the passage thereof.
or shall thereafter at any time. for more
than three days consecutively. not have
such sign 80 exposed. shall be liable to
fine of ten dollars.
SEC, 6. That the markets of this city ehalf
be open at the dawn of day, and shall close
at twelve o'clock N. all the year round. It
ia not intended that this section shall apply
to persons occupying coffee stands or fruit
stands.
SEC. Z. That during the half hour imme-
diately after the closing OF the markets, the
occupants of stalls and stands are required
to scrap6, wash and cleanse the same, SO %
to keep them in the highest state OF cleanh-
ness.
SEC, 8. No person OF persons shall be per
mitted to occupy or control, either directly
or indirectly, more than two meat stalls or
stands in any one market; and when any
stalI or stand shall remain unoccupied
during three days consecutively, the lessee
Of the market shall hold the same as aban-
doned, and subject to tho demand Of any
other applicant.
leeseos of the several markets to keep an
exact register Of the persons to whom they
let stalls or stands, and to give ceStlhcates
to the occupants thereof.
SEC. 10. That each and every cart or
wagon conveying supplies TO any public
market in this city for sale shall pay, tor
each and every load, twenty-five cents; all
butchers carts and all other carte ana
wagons owned by occupants OF stalls and
stands in apy of the markets, and used IN
conveying supplies to such stalls or stands.
shall he exempt from this tax; NO cart OF
wagon shall remain at any OF said markets
between the hours Of twelve o'clock NJ. and
3P. M. from the first Of May 20 the thlr-
tieth of September, and between the hours
of twelve O'Clock NJ. and +. M: from the
first of October to the thirtieth OF April.
SEC. II. That all persons are forbidden to
stand, sit or lie on any OF the STANDS OF
stalls of the said markets.
SEC. IL. No person shall sell, or expose OF
offer for sale, in any market in this CITY,
any unwholesOme meat, or the flesh OF any
animal which was sick, wounded, over
heated, or run down by dogs or otherwise,
at or before the time the same was slaught-
cred or which died from disease, accident,
casualty or other means than the usual
manner of slaughtering animals tor food,
nor shall anv person sell, or expose or offer
for sale, in any of the markets Of this city.
anv putrid, blown, raised or unsOund meat,
fab. eggs, poultry, or any unwhOlesome or
adulterated article of food; nor shall any
Derson sell, or expose or offer for sale the
flesh of sny dog, cat or any unclean ami
NAL, or the flesh of any calf, pig or lamb
which was slaughtered under the age OF
four weeks.
nork shall be exhibited or offered for sale
On any stall except in q clean white tray,
not painted, twenty six inches long, sixteen
inches wide and six inches deep. The &C.
cupauts of stalls may also keep tight box
or cask, of NO larger dimensions than y
butchers block, for keeping such meat in.
No ice boxes will be allowed in any OF the
public markets. ~
SEC. IA. That no fruit or vegetables shall
be waehed in any OF said markets between
noon and midnight of any day.
SEC. Is. That NO grocery stand shai! De
a,lowed in any of the markets of the city,
arcent for the sale of butter and cheese.