The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
CITY COMMISSION ADOPTS ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC MARKET Fourth Avenue Between
 20th and 21st Streets
 Designated STALLS WILL BE
 STATIONED OFF A. J. Hall Named Market Master. Formal Opening To Be Held Soon As Possible-Requests Wom- en's Support

At the commission meeting yesterday the ordinance creating the city marhet was adopted and it is now law The ordinance provides that Fourth avenue shall be the market place and at the meeting yesterday A. J. Hall was desig- hated as the temporary market master at the suggestion of Commissioner Weatherly Mr. Hall is inspector Of weights and measures
 MT. Weatherly advised his associates on the commission that he would nave formal ceremonies at the opening of tho city market place. It is proposed first to advertise the establishment of the mar ket among the truck gardeners of this district so that on the opening day a large number will be on hand. Commits sioner Weatherly will auction off the first bushel of potatoes and 1t is ap- prehended that President Culpepper Ex- um of the commission will be the pur- chaser The statement was made yes- terday by Mir. Weatherly that he had re- ceived and appreciated very greatly the commendation of J. H. McCarey and Jonn G. Bradley on the market proposition. Mir Bradley operates a farm near Nor ris and supplies his table with the best of vegetables. MT. McCarey was Nor ris avenue commission merchant for many years and appreciates the import ance of the proposed market.
 MT. Weatherly also said yesterday that he was very anxious that the ladies of Birmingham manifest an interest in the market and suggest to the market mas ter any plans they might have as to the methods to be pursued in the new establishment. He hopes that 1t will be consistent for the market to be patronized by the ladies of Birmingham in person as in that way the ultimate consumers will come in direct contact with the pro- ducers of garden truck.
 The ordinance arranged by MT. Wealth erly follows:
 The Ordinance
 An ordinance establishing and regulat-
 ing markets, providing for the appoint
 ment of a market master, and defiaing
 his duties.
 ''Be it ordained by the board of com missioners of the city of Birmingham:
 "Section 1. The vacant spaces of ground on each side of Fourth avenue, north, between the east line of Twenty first street, and from the sidewalk curb out wardly for such distance as may be de- l signated by the market master, and such space as may be set aside from time tc l time by resolution or ordinance of the board of commissioners. Is hereby de- clared to be in the city market place. for the sale of vegeta bles. fruits, berries, melons, butter, eggs. fowls and all other provisions and articles of food common ly sold in public markets and necessary or convenient for sustenance, comfort and well being of the inhabitants of the city
 Sec. ?. Public market hours shall be between the hours of o'clock a. m. ana 10 o'clock D. m. of each week day, ex- cept Sunday and other legal holidays.
 For Market Master
 Sec. 3. Upon the going into effect of this ordinance the board of commission CTS shall appoint a market master. who shall act as superintendent of markets, who shall be a resident of the city of Birmingham, and hold his office during the pleasure of the board, and who shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board. and who. before en- tering upon the discharge of his duties. shall execute a bond In the penal sum of s500 conditioned on the faithful dis charge of his duties as such superin- tendent of markets, and who shall take and subscribe an oath for the faith full performance of his duties before any member of the board of commissioners
 "Sec f. It shall be the duty of the sll- perintendent of markets
 T. To attend at the market place on market days during the market hours
 '2. To exercise general supervision over. the market house and market spaces. and to enforce such regulations as may from time to time be established and provided for the government of the same
 8. To exercise general care and cus- tody of the market house. and appurte- nances thereto.
 Enforce Order
 A. To assign places to wagons or per- sons attending the market and enforc, order among them.
 ''5. To examine weights and measures Or all articles exposed for sale and to de. eide all disputes between buyers and sell CTS at the market as to the weight or measure of any article offered for sale
 ''6. To test and seal all scales and meas ures to be used in weighing or measur- ing all articles offered for sale in the market. and TO scales or measures shall be used in the market unless they shall bear the seal of the superintendent Of markets.
 ''7. To do and perform such other du- ties as may in this or any other ordi- nance, or by any rule or resolution of the board of commissioners be imposed upon him. and it shall be his duty, and he is hereby empowered to maintain peace and order in and about such market place, and to take all steps that may be neces- sary to protect purchasers at said mar ket from imposition and to prevent the sale of unsound diseased, impure or unWhOleSome articles of food
 "S. To divide the market place into sec tions, one section to be assigned eXclu sively to producers and the other or oth- CTS to peddlers, hucksters and other non- producers at the discretion of the mar articles for sale to conspicuously display cards showing the classification to which they have been assigned
 "9. To reserve assigned space on the market until 6 o'clock a. m. of market days, after which hour he may. in his discretion. assign such space to other par ties of like classification for the day in question.
 Do Not Obstruct Street
 Sec. ,. It shall be unlawful for any person having articles of marketing for sale to obstruct or otherwise occupy any public street, alley or public ground in the city for such sale during the market hours hereinbefore established, unless the same shall have been designated by the ground or place: and it shall be the duty of the superintendent of markets. upon request, to assign places in the markets for all persons requesting the same. and in the event the grounds and places here in designated for the market shall, at any time, he inadequate to accommodate per-