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Public Markets designa

ed.

Hay market.

CHAPTER XXXV.

OF THE PUBLIC MARKETS.

ARTICLE I.-OF MARKETS AND MARKET DAYS.

II.-OF CLERKS OF THE MARKETS.

III.-OF BUTCHERS.

IV. OF MARKET FEES.

V. OF GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.

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ARTICLE I.

OF MARKET AND MARKET DAYS.

§ 1. The following places are hereby severally designated and declared to be the public markets of the city of New York, to wit: Catharine market, Centre market, Clinton market, Essex market, Franklin market, Fulton market, Gouverneur market, Monroe market, Greenwich market, Jefferson market, Tompkins market, Washington market and Union market.

§ 2. The ground formerly occupied for a market at the foot of Grand street, East river, is hereby declared to be a hay market. Provided always, that the carts or wagons shall stand in one line only.

Market days. § 3. Every day in the week, excepting Sunday, shall be a public market day within the city.

Leascof Stalls and stands.

§ 4. The Comptroller, under the direction of the Com mon Council, shall, from time to time, lease at auction, pursuant to law, for one or more years, all the butchers' stalls, and so many of the stands for fishermen, country people, and sellers of vegetables and fruit, as they may think proper. Rent ofstalls, § 5. The rent of all stalls and stands in the public mar. kets shall be payable daily, under condition of forfeiture;

&c.

and it shall be the duty of the clerks of the respective markets to collect the same, each day, and pay over the amount thereof, together with all other fees, to the City Chamberlain, on Thursday in every week.

ARTICLE II.

OF CLERKS OF THE MARKETS.

closing of

Markets.

§ 6. It shall be the duty of the clerks of each market, Opening and provided with a market bell, to cause the same to be rung for five minutes previously to the closing of such market on every market day, and every butcher or other person attending such market, with articles for sale, who shall remain within the limits of the same for fifteen minutes after the bell shall have been rung as aforesaid, for the purpose of selling or exposing for sale any article or thing, shall forfeit and pay five dollars for every such offense.

some food,

of.

§ 7. It shall be the duty of the said clerks to examine Unwholeall articles, in each of their markets respectively, which examination they may suspect to be unwholesome or stale, or blown, plaited, raised or stuffed meat, or measly pork, or flesh of animals dead by accident or disease, or known or suspected to be diseased at the killing of the same. And no person shall hinder, obstruct or molest any clerk in the performance of the duty herein enjoined, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.

Garden pro

§ 8. It shall be the duty of the said clerks to assign and duce. set apart certain portions of the street at or near the said public markets, for the purpose of exposing for sale and selling garden produce; and no person shall expose for sale or sell any garden produce or other thing whatsoever, in any street at or near the said public markets, other

General Arrangements."

Ibid.

Ibid.

than in the place or places so assigned and set apart by the said clerks, under the penalty of ten dollars for every such offense.

§ 9. It shall be the duty of the said clerks, to give directions respecting the arrangement or removal of any article, vehicle, cart, wagon, box, basket or other thing, in the market, or streets adjoining thereto. And any person who shall neglect or refuse to obey such direction, shall forfeit and pay, for every such offense, the sum of twenty-five dollars.

§ 10. In case of the refusal or neglect to obey the directions of the said clerks or either of them, it shall be lawful for, and shall be the duty of the said clerk of any such market, forthwith to remove, or cause such article, cart, vehicle, wagon, box, basket, or other thing, to be removed to such place as he shall have previously directed, or to such other place as he shall think proper in such market or street adjoining thereto.

§ 11. If such article, cart, vehicle, wagon, box, basket, or other thing shall be replaced, after having been removed, as provided in the last preceding section of this chapter, or shall remain in, or incumber or obstruct, such market or street adjoining thereto, it shall be lawful for, and shall be the duty of the clerk of such market, to order and cause the same to be removed into the yard of the Superintendent of Repairs to Public Buildings of the city of New York, or other suitable place within the said city. § 12. The said clerks shall have power to suspend any ing stalls or person having a stated stall or stand in any public market, or occupying any part of said market, or the streets adjoining the same, from occupying or using any part of such market, or the streets adjacent thereto, whether such person be a licensed butcher or not; and the said clerk

Suspension of

persons hay

stands.

shall, immediately after such suspension, report to the Superintendent of Markets the reasons of such suspension, and the decision of said Superintendent, in all cases, shall be final.

persons hay

stands.

§ 13. In case of such suspension, the said clerk making Suspension of such suspension shall, with all convenient dispatch, make ing stalls or a report of the same in writing, with the reasons therefor, to the Superintendent of Markets.

14. No person, suspended as aforesaid, after being Ibid. served with a written notice of such suspension, shall occupy any part of such market, or the streets adjoining the same, with any thing whatsoever, until the said Superintendent shall have acted in the matter, and either restored such person, or confirmed the said suspension and removed such person from the market, under the penalty of ten dollars for each offense.

to be

kept by clerk

15. The said clerks shall keep a list of the names of List all persons holding permits from the Superintendent of Markets, and shall interchange such lists with each other. from time to time, at least once in every three months.

short weight,

termined.

§ 16. In case of suspicion respecting the weight of any suspicion of article sold, or offered for sale by weight, or of the quan- &c., how detity of any article sold or offered for sale by measure, in any of the public markets, market places or streets contiguous thereto, it shall be the duty of the said clerk of such market, to weigh or measure the same; and if any such article shall be found deficient in weight, or measure, the person selling or offering the same for sale, shall forfeit and pay ten dollars for each offense.

weights and measures by clerks.

§ 17. It shall be the duty of the said clerks, once in Inspection of every month, or oftener if they shall think fit, to inspect and examine all the weights, measures and beams used in

Attendance of Clerks.

Report to Corporation At. torney.

Chains at Fulton market.

Clerk at Ful. ton market.

Exclusion of
Forestallers,

&c.

weighing or measuring in their respective markets, or in the streets at or near the said markets. And if any person shall neglect or refuse to exhibit his or their weights, measures or beams, or any of them, for the purpose of examination or inspection as aforesaid, or shall obstruct, hinder or molest either of the said clerks, in the performance of the duties enjoined by this section, he, she or they shall forfeit, for every such offense, the sum of twenty-five dollars.

§ 18. It shall be the duty of the said clerks to attend constantly in their respective markets, from sunrise to the close of the market, for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this chapter into effect.

§ 19. It shall be the duty of the said clerks to keep a list of all persons holding stalls or stands in their respective markets; and the said clerks are hereby enjoined and required forthwith to report all violations of any of the provisions of this chapter to the Attorney of the Corporation, for prosecution.

§ 20. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of Fulton Market to cause chains to be placed across the entrance of the inner court or square of said market, immediately after the ringing of the first bell of said market, leaving a space sufficiently large for the admission of foot passengers within the said court.

§ 21. The Clerk of Fulton Market shall attend daily at the said market, from the closing of the same until ten o'clock at night, and also on Sundays, for the purpose of preventing disorderly assemblages of persons, and of arresting all vagrants and persons who shall be found at the said market disturbing the peace.

§ 22. It shall be the duty of the said clerks to exclude from their respective markets all persons who shall be, en

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