Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-20

be exposed for sale within the Mar
ket-house building. No persons
dealing in salt or fresh fish shall
suffer his or her stand, table or
benches upon which fish are sold
to remain within limits of the mar
ket after market hours.
SEC. 9. The stalls and stands
shall be rented from places as coun-
Gil may direct, until the first OF
April, 1877, and thereafter on the
first Tuesday in April of each year,
and if any stall or stand shall re-
main Unbiased by reason of any
default of the original lessees,
the Market inspector may lease
the same for the residue of the
then current year at a rate not less
than the price prescribed by the
Mayor and Council.
SEC. 10. The manner in which
stalls and stands, shall be rented,
and the rates therefor shall be pre-
scribed blythe Mayor and Coun-
Gil
SEC. IL. If any person shall offer
for sale or sell in the Market-hOuse
or market spaces unsOund or spoil
ed meat, or unsound provisions of
any kind, the market inspector
shall remove the same, and the
offender shall pay fine and pen
atty Of five dollars.
SEC. II. 1t shall not be lawful
for any person to lie upon the
stalls or side benches in or about
said Market-house, or to loiter
about, or to make any disorderly
noise in or about said Market
house or space, and any person
so offending shall pay a fine and
penalty of not less than one nor
more than five dollars.
Sec. 10. 1t shall not be lawful
for any person or persons to per-
NIT or allow, any cart, wagon,
dray or other vehicle, or any
horse or other animal to remain in
the street or space or spaces in
front or around said Market-hOuse
during market hours, except such
vehicles and animals as may be
employed in bringing provisions
and other articles to and from said
Imarkat b undor tho direu1tpm %
the market inspector ma the
owners or pernOns having ChatEe
Of such vehicles and animals, re-
spectively, shall place and arrange
| the same as the market inspector
may direct. Any person violating
the provisions of this ordinance
shall for every such offence pay a
| fine and penalty of not less than
one dollar or more than ten dol
lars.
SEC. IA, Itshall be unlawful for
any person wantonly or malicious
Iy to injure, deface or destroy any
stands, signs, or other property be-
longing or appertaining to said
Market-house or the lessees there
Of; and further, it shall be unlaw-
full for any person not authorized,
| to tamper or in any way to inter-
fere with the gas or gas fixtures
appertaining to said Market-house
and any one 80 offending against
either of the provisions of this sec
ton shall paya fine and penalty
of five dollars.
SEC. Is The Mayor and Coun-
Gil shall annually at their first reg
ular meeting In May, appoint a
suitable person as Market Inspec-
tor to superintend the market OF
said town for one year, or until re.
placed by q successor duly app0in-
ted and qualified.
Sec. 16. The said Market In
spector, by said Mayor and COun-
Gil, may at any time bo removed
and another appointed to take hil
place.
SEC. II. The said Market In
spector shall be required before en-
tering on the functions of his Of
fee, to take an oath faithfully, to
discharge the duties enjoined up
on him by the Ordinance, and
shall execute a bond with suffici-
emit surety in the sum of one thou
sand dollars condition. for the
faithful performance of all his du-
ties, and the payment of all mon
eys received by him, according to
law and which bond shall be APP
proved by the Mayor and Council
and filed with the clerk. 9
SEC. Is, 1t shall be the duty OF
the Market Inspector to see that
the scales, weights and measures
that may be used in the Market
house, be in accordance with the
State standard, and whoever shall
sell by measures or instruments
for weighing which said Market
Inspector has adjudged to be in
sufficient and incorrect, shall for
felt said measures and instruments
and pay a fine and penalty Of five
dollars, and If any person shall
sell or offer for sale any butter not
/ of full weight, such butter shall be