The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-19
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
OF Ordinances Passed and Resolu-
tiOns Adopted by the Common
Council of the City of ST. Paul.

A'y F No. 6031-Ordinance No. 22l6-By
Mr. Benson
An Ordinance declaring and establishing
the central public market of the City OF
St. Paul upon Constans addition TO the
City of St. Paul, declaring rules ana
regulations for the government OF saiu
market and providing for the appoint
ment of a MarketmaSter.
The Common Council of the City Oh 81.
Paul do ordain as follows
SECTION /.
That tract of land known and describ-
ed as Constans- addition to the CITY OF
st. Paul and part of the jackson street
market site, so-called, is, together WITH
such extensions as may hereafter be add
ed thereto, herein and hereby designated
and established as the central pupllc
market of said city, for the barter and
sale of meats, fish, vegetables, fruits,
garden truck or any article OF farm
produce, subject to all the regulations
and provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 2.
The use of any streets, parts OF streets,
or other public grounds, now designated
or used by said city or the lnnaplta1!t5
thereof as d public market is hereby as
continued and all ordinances or parts OF
ordinances inconsistent with this ordl-
nance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5.
The market hours for the central pub
lie market of the City of St. Paul are
hereby fixed and designated at from
o'clock a. m. until o'clock p. m. OF eacn
week day, and no person shall sell or eX-
pose for sale upon said market any
meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, garden
truck or farm products earlier than
o'clock a. m. or after o'clock p. M, ana
from O'Clock a. m. until noon no per-
son, firm or corporation other than reg
ular and recognized dealers therein, or
regularly licensed peddlerS thereof, snail
sell at any other place or places than SAID
public market any meats, hSh, fruits, veg
fTa1R nIs cr1r
products, and they only at their regular
places of business; and all grocers or
other retail dealers in any meats, nSh,
vegetables, fruits berries or articles OF
farm produce sold upon said public mar
ket are hereby prohibited from CLOCK
a. m. until Il o'clock noon from buylng
said articles, except upon said market,
except for the use of his or her or thelr
own family or families. All buyers pat
ronizing said market are prohibited from
bringing teams and vehicles thereon I'M
til o'clock a. m.
SECTION 4.
Stalls and booths upon said market
may be rented for one year or any Tess
period, singly or in groups. Any person
or association of persons desiring to rent
stalls or booths for one month or more
or for one year or less shall make writ
ten application therefor to the Joint Com
mittee on Markets of said Common Coun-
Gil, specifying the number and location
thereof, the length of lease sought and
the price by them bid or offered. Said
Committee on Markets Shall cOnSlder
such application and by resolution award
to the successful applicant in such case
the booths or stalls described in his APP
plication. The City Clerk OF SAID city
shall forthwith deliver to each successful
applicant a receipt, in conformity with
the resolution of said committee, which
shall entitle the holder to the use of the
stalls or booths therein described for the
period specified. The rental for stalls and
booths shall in all cases be payable in
advance, but may be paid yearly or In
quarterly installments at the option OF
the lessee. Default in payment of rent
shall Immediately terminate all rights of
the lessee to the stalls or booths rented,
without other or further notice. The
City Clerk shall Immediately turn over to
City Treasurer all moneys received by
him, taking his receipt therefor, as pro-
Vided in the charter of said city. The SAID
Marketmaster is empowered to rent all
stalls and booths, whether the same have
been rented by said Joint Committee on
Markets or not, providing said stalls or
booths are not actually occupied at the
time by the lessee thereof, at the rate
of ten cents per day or fraction thereof,
payable in advance and, in the discretion
of the Marketmaster, payable by the day
or week. The market season shall be
deemed to extend from May 18th TO NO
vember 18th of each year, and no market
shed shall be leased for less than ten
cents for each week day nor shall any
booth be leased for less than $1,000 per
AAOliIIAS OdllAlS oeRiO maj hSb SSNoOAA.
SECTION 8.
Neither single horses nor teams shall
be allowed to stand upon said mar
ket, but after the wagons and vehicles
are in their proper place upon said
market said horse or horses shall be re-
moved from the market.
SECTION G.
All teams shall enter said market from
Jackson street and leave the same on
the Ten0nprancG street side thereof.
SECTION 7.
The Common Council of the City of
st. Paul, acting in joint session, shall,
on the first Tuesday in December, 1902
and biennially thereafter, on said day,
elect some suitable person as Market
LIST day of January following his election
and until his successor is elected and
qualified, who shall perform such duties
as may be prescribed by law or the
ordinances of said city.
SECTION 8.
Before entering upon the duties of his
Office said Marketmaster shall execute
and deliver to the City of st. Paul a
surety company bond in the sum of
one thousand dollars conditioned for the
faithful performance OF his duties as
such officer.
SECTION 9.
1t shall be the duty of the said Market
master under the direction of the Joint
Committee on Public Buildings, City
Property and Markets. to cause said
market to be thoroughly cleaned; to
cause wagons and other vehicles to be
placed in the passage ways of said mar
ket SO as to best suit the convenience
of the public and the buyers and sellers
and to assign to the lessees of stalls and
booths the locations to which they are
entitled; to take charge of and safely
keep the weights and measures belonging
to the city, and neither use nor suffer
kfa 70 h0 for
pose than that of testing any suspected
weights or measures: to preserve order
during the market hours and to prevent
and remove all distractions upon Sa id
market, and nuiSanceS found therein, and
to remove all Migrants and diSorderly
persons found wandering on or about
said market; and it shall be the specified
duty of said MarketmaSter to cause all
of the provisions of this and all other
ordinances that may be passed relating
to the public market to be observed and
obeyed, and to cause all violations of the
same to be prosecuted before the Munlc-
ipal Court of said city and to make all
seizures authorized by this ordinance.
SECTION 10.
1t is hereby made the duty Of each per-
son elected Marketmaster to apply for
ard obtain commission as policeman,
provided, that said Marketmaster so
appointed policeman as aforesaid shall
receive no additional compensation nor
shall he be required to do any duty as
pohcenan except that In connection with
the duty as Marketmaster
SECTION II.
The Marketmaster shall have author
fly to order and remove from said mar
ket any person guilty thereon of any
violation of this ordinance or who shall
fail to obey any legal order of said Of
ficer
SECTION II.
The Marlzetmaster shall keep at some
convenient place a scale and other inn
al fo,-