Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-02-17

Wilmingtonians and residents os
rural New Castle county will be in
terested in the measure now before
the Legislature for the regulation Of
the curbstone markets in this city. It.
was prepared by a committee of the.
Chamber of Commerce and is designed
to place and maintain the street mar
kets on the highest plane. II assures
the farmer the retention of his favor
ed location IN the market, and ex-
cludes all but farmers and truckers
from having stands The clerk Of the
market would be. appointed by the
Street and Sewer Department. The
bill is as follows:
An Act providing for curbstone
markets for the City of Wilmington
Section /. That the Mayor and
Council of Wilmington. a municipal
corporation of the State OF Delaware,
acting by and through the agency OF
its Street and Sewer Department, is
hereby authorized to establish within
the city aforesaid. public curbstone
markets, upon such streets of said
city. as the said Municipal Corpora
ton. acting as aforesaid, may deem
proper.
The public curbstone markets now
existing on King and Madison streets.
in said city. be, and the same are
hereby re-established and continued
subject, however. 10 the provisions OF
Chapter 1913. Volume 2S. Laws Of Del
aware.
THE public curbstone markets on
King and Madison streets. shall be
occupied solely by farmers and truck
! ers. whose principal business is the
raising of farm productions or truck
and by none others.
Except as herein otherwise pro-
vided, the said Street and Sewer De-
partment shall have power to pre-
scribe the times Of the holding of pub
lie curbstone markets and to provide
for the general regulation of all such
markets, including the location of ad-
ditional. markets and rules and regu-
lations governing the same. and in
/ Guiding the fee payable for licenses.
Section g. The said Street and
Sewer Department shall have juris-
diction and authority TO appoint a
Clerk of the Market and to fix his
compensation and prescribe his du.
ties, provided, however, that the com.
pensation Of said Clerk from al
sources shall in no event exceed
eighteen hundred dollars per year
Such clerk OF the market shall per
form the duties of Sealer of Weights
and Measures.
"Section 3. Market spaces in tn,
King and Madison streets markets
shall not be used for market purposes
until the following conditions are
complied with, viz:
1.-The person desiring to occupy an
such market space shall apply TO tn
I clerk of the market therefor. and
such space has not been theretOfor
awarded, the said clerk shall issue
license permitting such person to oc
cupy such space upon receipt of tw
dollars and twenty-five cents. Al
such licenses shall be for the year, o
the fractional part thereof. ending o
the thirtieth day Of April in each yeal
Upon the issuance of any such Il
. cense, the holder thereof shall, sui
iect to all the provisions Of this ac
. and subject also to such rules an
regulations as the said Street an
a Sewer Department may prescribe,
n entitled to the free use of such mari
1 ct space for the period covered b
such license.
e Section A. Any spaces in the Kin
e. and Madison street markets not allo
- ted may be let by the clerk of tn
market for any particular market da
o at a rental of twenty cents ps
k day. or fractional part of day.
s Section 5. Any person who sha
have occupied any market space
King or Madison street markets for {
least twenty-five market days, undo
4 his last preceding license, permit, {
e certificate. shall have the option (
. re-renting such space, or spaces, fC
:, the following year, beginning on Ma
:, first; provided application for sue
r space, or spaces, be made to the cler