| 1790.
CHAP.
XIV. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
place whatsoever but at or in the said market-house, such person shall
forfeit and
pay the sum of thirty shillings current money for every such offence. |
On servants
buying, &c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That if any servant or slave shall, by the order or
consent of his or her master or mistress, buy any article of victuals or
provisions
of any person bringing, or having brought, to the said town, or within
two miles
thereof, any kind of victuals or provisions whatsoever for sale, (except
the articles
provided for as aforesaid,) either upon the stated market-days aforesaid,
or on
any other days, during the time of the market-hours herein before appointed,
at
any other place whatsoever but at or in the said market-house, the master
or mistress
of every such servant or slave, so ordering or consenting, shall forfeit
and pay
the sum of fifteen shillings current money for every such offence. |
On persons
selling out of
market, &c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That if any person whatsoever, after the said first
Monday of April, shall presume to sell, or cause to be sold, any article
of victuals
or provisions whatsoever, which such person may be bringing or sending,
or
have brought or sent, to the said town, or within two miles thereof, for
sale,
(except the articles herein before excepted) either upon the stated market-days
aforesaid, or on any other days, during the time of the market-hours herein
before
established, at any other place whatsoever but at or in the said market-house,
every such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifteen shillings current
money
for every offence. |
For slaughtering
near the
market-house,
&c. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That if any person shall presume to slaughter or
butcher any kind of cattle, sheep or hogs, in or near the said market-house,
or
suffer the same to be done, every person so offending shall forfeit and
pay the sum
of fifteen shillings current money for every offence. |
And for putting
horses,
&c. therein. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That if any person, after the tie herein before limited,
shall put, or cause to be put, any horse, mare or gelding, into or under
the said market-house on any pretence whatsoever, every such person
shall forfeit
and pay the sum of five shillings current money for every offence. |
A clerk to be
appointed annually,
&c. |
XVI. And be
it enacted, That the commissioners of the said town, to be appointed
by virtue of this act, shall, on the said first Monday of April, in
the year
seventeen hundred and ninety-one, and on the same day and month in every
year
thereafter, nominate and appoint a person of good repute and skill, to
be the clerk
of the said market; and if the person so appointed shall die, resign,
or refuse to
act, or be rendered incapable of acting by reason of misbehaviour or removal
from
office, the said commissioners shall assemble together, as soon thereafter
as conveniently
may be, and nominate and appoint another qualified person to be the
clerk of the said market for the remainder of the year. |
Who shall
take an oath,
&c. |
XVII. And be
it enacted, That every person, to be appointed clerk of the said
market as aforesaid, before he shall proceed to act as such, shall
take an oath, or
affirmation, before the said commissioners, that he will diligently and
faithfully,
according to the best of his skill and judgement, execute and perform the
several
duties of clerk of the said market, without favour, affection or partiality;
and
that he will not, directly or indirectly, demand or receive any fee
or reward for
performing such duties, but what is or shall be allowed by law; and the
said
oath or affirmation shall be administered by the said commissioners, and
the taking
thereof be entered among their proceedings. |
| His powers. |
XVIII. And be
it enacted, That the clerk of the said market shall have sufficient
power and authority, at all times thereafter, to take care and charge of
the
said market-house, and of the market thereof, and to examine and inspect
the
victuals and provisions brought thereto for sale; to examine and try the
weight of
any butter brought to the said market, previously made up in prints or
parcels,
and if the same shall not be found of the weight pretended by the person
offering
the same for sale, to seize and appropriate the same, and if any shall
be found
unsound or unwholesome, to seize and destroy the same; and also to try
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