VI. And whereas
there is a Public Market-house erected in said Town,
where all Sorts of Provisions., for Supply of the Inhabitants and others,
were
heretofore usually bought and sold, in great plenty, on Wednesdays and
Saturdays,
the Market Days appointed by this Act, but which said Market begins
to be less useful, by Forestallers and Hawkers from House to House, to
the great Inconvenience and Disappointment of the poorer sort of Inhabitants,
as well as the Neighbourhood, who used to be supplied therefrom;
Be it therefore Enacted, That all
Sorts of Flesh, and other Provision usually
brought to be sold for Supply of the Inhabitants and other aforesaid, shall
be
brought to, and sold at, the public Market-place of said Town, and
that any
Person or persons Forestalling, or Buying on the Road, any Sort of Provisions
coming to the said Market, within One Mile of the same, shall forfeit and
pay double the Value of the said Provisions so Forestalled, or Bought as
aforesaid:
And that ny Person or Persons hawking about any Sort of Provision,
from House to House, on the said Market Days, before Eight o'Clock
of the
said Days, shall also forfeit double the Value of the said Provisions,
on proof
made thereof before any Justice of the Peace for said County; and that
it
shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby impowered
to
make such good Rules and Orders as may conduce to the due Regulation of
said Market.
VII. And be it
further Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Person
or Persons to keep or raise any Swine, Sheep, or Geese within the said
Town, unless they be well inclosed in some Lot or Pen, on Penalty that
the same may be taken up by Order of the said Commissioners or Overseer
aforesaid, and applied tot he Use of the Prisoners in said County Goal.
VIII. And for
preventing any Accidents by Fire; Be it also
Enacted,
That any Inhabitant of said Town, permitting, his, her, or their
Chimney
to take Fire, so as to Blaze out at the Top, shall forfeit and pay the
Sum or
Ten Shillings Current Money for every such Offence: And any Person
living
in a House in said Town, with a Chimney, and in Use, who shall not keep
a Ladder high enough to reach the Top of the Roof of such House, shall
also
forfeit and pay the like Sum of Ten Shillings like Money.
IX. And be it
further Enacted, That all the Fines and Forfeitures in this
Act mentioned, shall be recovered by and in the name of the Commissioners
aforesaid, before a single Magistrate, as in the Case of small Debts, to
be by
them applied to the public Use of said Town, and accounted for in the same
Manner as is directed by former Laws.
X. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That an Act,
entitled,
A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, An Act for Laying out and
Erecting
a Town at a Place called Long-Point, on the West side of North-East
River,
in Cæcil County, made at a Session of Assembly begun and
held at the City of
Annapolis, the First Day of May, Anno Domini One Thousand
Seven Hundred
and Forty-four, be, and is hereby continued in full Force.
XI. This Act to continue for Three Years, from
and after the End of this
Session of Assembly, and unto the End of the next Session of Assembly which
shall happen after the Expiration of the said Three Years.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON. |
CHAP.
XII.
Provisions
not to be
forestalled,
but brought
to the Market-house.
Penalty on
Forestallers,
and Hawkers
of Provisions.
Swine, Sheep
or Geese, not
o be raised,
&c.
Penalty for
permitting
Chimneys to
take Fire,
&c.
Forfeitures,
how to be recovered.
The Act of
1744, ch. 22,
continued in
full Force.
Duration. |
