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Dec. Ses. 1817
Penalty on per-
sons buying on
any other day
than market
days.
— on persons
selling out of
market-house.
—for slaugh-
tering cattle in
or near market
house
—for putting
horses in the
house.
Clerk to be
appointed.
-----to take an
oath.
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rels or larger casks, or live cattle, sheep, or hogs, respectively
brought to the said town or market upon the days aforesaid, or on
any other days except Sunday, may be sold, bartered, or otherwise
disposed of, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed.
3. And be it enacted, That if any inhabitant of the said town
shall presume to buy, or cause to be bought, any article of provisi-
ons of any person or persons bringing or having brought to the said
town, or within two miles thereof, any kind of provisions whatso-
ever for sale, (except the articles herein before provided for,) either
upon the stated market-days aforesaid, or on any other days, dur-
ing the time of the market hours herein before established, at any
other place whatsoever but at or in the said market-house; such
person shall forfeit and pay the sum of thirty shillings current mo-
ney tor every such offence.
' 4. And be it enacted, That if any person whatsoever, after the
erection and receipt of the said market-house as aforesaid, shall
presume to sell, or cause to be sold, to any free inhabitant of the
said town, or any servant or slave of such inhabitant, any article
of provisions whatsoever which such persons 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 such offence.
5. And be it enacted, That if any person shall presume to slaugh-
ter or butcher any kind of cattle, sheep or hogs, in or near the said
market-house, except within their own enclosures, 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.
6. And be it enacted, That if any person, after the time 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 such offence.
7. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of the said town to
be appointed by virtue of this act, shall, after the erection and re-
ceipt of the said market-house as aforesaid, 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 re-
moval from office, the said commissioners shall assemble together
as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, and nominate and ap-
point another qualified person to be the clerk of the said market for
the remainder of the year.
8. 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 commissi-
oners, that he will diligently and faithfully, according to the best
of his skill and judgment, 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
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