The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-10

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son or persons found guilty shall,
in addition to said fine, pay the ex
pense of removing said condemned
article beyond the limits Of the
city.
Sec. Z. All butchers or other
persons having salt meats for sale,
shall not exhibit the same on any
of the stalls, unless on a marble
slab, under a penalty of five
dollars.
Sec. 8. All butchers, or any 9TH
er person or persona, having game
other than dressed venison, bear
meat or poultry for sale, must not
expose them on or above the but.
chers' stalls, but must in all cases
sell them at the stands provided
for such articles, under o penalty
of five dollars.
Sec. Q. Butchers and other re.
tailers of butchers meats, shall
not expose it for sale elsewhere,
dnring market hours, than at the
regular stalls established in the
public market house, under a pen
atty of twenty-five dollars for each
0ffrnse.
Sec. 10. All vegetables, melons,
potatoes, onions, celery, live poul-
try, small game, eggs, butter,
fruits, ETC., intended for the daily
supply of the city, shall be sold at
the public market; provided, that
vendors of the above named arti-
cles, produced within the corpo.
rate limits. or in the country in
the vicinity Of said city and
brought to this city for sale, by
wagon or other private convey.
ance, who have paid the regular
market fees, shall, upon applica-
tion to the market lessee, be enti-
tied to a written OF printed permit
TO sell snch articles as are named
in this section and brought to this
market 10 the manner aforesaid,
on the streets of Alexandria, lie.
tween the hours of IL m. and 5 p.
m. of each day, Sundays excepted.
And 1t shall be the duty of the
market lessee to provide himself
with printed blanks, in . regular
form, and upon application Of ven.
doris entitled to the same, lie shall
issue to them a permit for each day
as herein provided for. All per.
sons found guilty Of selling or de.
livering such articles as are named
in this section, without a written
or printed permit, and contrary to
the provisions of this section, shall
be subject to a fine of fifteen dol.
lars for each Offense.
Sec. II. In order to secure clean.
Illness, enforce sanitary rules and
more efectually to preserve and
protect the public health, it shall
he unlawful for any person or per.
SONS to offer or expose for sale
fish, shrimp Or crabs anywhere
within the city limits, except in
the market house, and any person
who shall violate the provisions of
this section shall be subject to y
fine of fifteen dollars.
Sec. IL. It is expressly forbid.
den, under a penalty of twenty.
Eve dollars, for any person to sell
OF offer for sale in said market, or
ON its footways or grounds, any
s%pirituous or malt liquors.
Sec. Is. 1t is forbidden to any
and all hawkers or peddlers to sell
any dry goods, groceries or mer-
chandise In said market, or on its
footways or grounds, under a pen.
atty of ten dollars for each offense.
Sec. IA. The dues authorized to
be collected Under section s shall
be paid daily, and any table, stall
or stand, the lessee of which has
allowed one day to pass without
paying all the dues and charges
on the same, after a demand has
been made. shall be taken posses.
session Of by the lessee, and no
person dispossessed of a stall, ia.
ble or stand for non payment shall
be allowed to occupy any place i'll
the market until all srrearages are
paid to the party authorized to re
ceive them; provided, that the
vendors of meats, fish and oysters
shall only 10 required to pay their
stall rental monthly.
Sec. Is. No scales or weights
shall be used in said market unless
they are proved and stamped &C.
cording to law, and any one cor.
victsd Of selling by false weights
or measures, shall be fined ten dol.
lars for each Offense.
Sec. 16. 1t shall be unlawful for
any one to alter, add to or dimin.
ish the size and arrangements af
the stalls and stands of the mar.
ket, without the consent of the
Mayor and City Council, under a
penalty of ten dollars, and said al
terations, if allowed, shall be at
the Gust Of the person making it.
Sec. II. Any butcher or other
person who may be convicted of
keeping or using unclean or filthy
stalls, scales, hatchets or other
implements, or of permitting any
meat, game or fish, which may
small of decay or nnfrifxefinn. To