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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
of said market,
or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised and
empowered, from time to time, to appoint a fit and proper person
as clerk of the said market, who before he takes upon himself the
execution of the said office, shall enter into bond to the said commissioners,
with two securities, to be approved of by the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, conditioned for the due and faithful
discharge of the duties of said office of the clerk of the market,
and that he will render, when required by the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, a just and true account of all such monies
as he shall receive by virtue of said office, and that he will pay
and apply such monies, so received, as the commissioners of said
market for the time being, or a majority of them, shall order and
direct. |
1807.
CHAP. 160.
Clerk of market
to be appointed,
to give bond. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said clerk
of the market, so
appointed as aforesaid, be and he is hereby fully empowered, under
the direction of the commissioners, to rent or hire out the stalls or
shambles in said market-house, and he is hereby directed to keep
a fair and just account of the profits arising from the rents aforesaid,
and also of all such fines and penalties which he shall collect
and receive, and the same apply as the commissioners, or a majority
of them, shall direct, for the benefit of the said market, and the
said clerk shall be allowed, out of the funds of the said market, at
the discretion of said commissioners, not exceeding two hundred
dollars per annum; and the said clerk, before he enters upon the
duties of his said office, shall take an oath, or make affirmation,
before some justice of the peace, that he will justly, truly and impartially,
perform and execute the several duties required of him
as clerk of said market. |
Stalls or shambles
to be rented—
clerk's allowance. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the clerk of said
market shall
have sufficient power and authority to take care and charge of the
market and market-house aforesaid, and also to try and adjust the
weights and measures used at said market, by standards to be provided
and kept there for that purpose, and when false or untrue
weights and measures are discovered, to seize and dispose of them
at the next public market-day to the highest bidder, and the money
arising from such sale to apply to the use of said market-house,
under the direction of the commissioners, or a majority of them. |
Clerk to take
charge of market-house
and adjust
weights and measures,
&c. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall not be
lawful for any person
whatever wilfully to lead, ride or drive, into the said market-house,
any horse, mare, gelding or other beast, or to kill or slaughter
in said market-house any beef, sheep, calf or hog, under the
penalty of one dollar for every such offence, to be recovered by
warrant before a single magistrate, as in case of small debts, to be
paid to the clerk of the said market, and to be applied for the use
of the said market, as the commissioners thereof, or a majority of
them, shall direct. |
Penalty for leading
horses, &c. or
slaughtering cattle,
in market-house. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court of Baltimore
county be and they are hereby authorised and empowered, from
time to time hereafter, to make such rules and regulations for advancing
and promoting the well being and good order of said market,
and the beneficial purposes intended by this act to be derived
therefrom, as they, in their sound discretion, shall judge reasonable,
just and proper; And provided nevertheless, that no penalty imposed |
Levy court to
make regulations
for promoting
good order of said
market.
Proviso. |
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