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License Inspector and Market Master. Market House Ordinance.
License Inspector and Market Master.
An ordinance recreating the offices of license inspector
and marker master in the City of Paducah, Kentucky:
Be it ordained by the General Council of the City of Pa-'
ducah, Kentucky:
Section t. That the office's of license inspector and mar- Offl"eated
ket master be, and they are hereby recreated, in the same
manner and form as set out in the original ordinances creat-
ing said offices.
Sec. 2. That the officers to fill said offices shall be elect- Hew elected
Y ed by the General Council in joint session, at the times and
for the terms provided for in said respective ordinances, and
shall execute bond according to the requirements of said or- Bond fixed
dinances originally creating said of •ices.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect from and after
its passage and approval.
Adopted by the Council December 3, 1902.
CHAS. REED, Pres.
Adopted by the Board of Alderman December 5, 1902.
CHAS. Q. C. LEIGH, Pres.
Correct December, 6, 1902.
J. V. GREIF, Enrolling Committee,
Approved December 19, 1902.
D. A. YEISER, Mayor.
Attest:
W. H. PATTERSON, C. C. P.
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Market House Ordinance.
An ordinance to amend an ordinance relating to and
regulating its market house, No. tt5o, by striking out Sec-
tion 28, making Section 29 to be Section No. 28, and Section
No, 30 to be Section No. 29, relating to and regulating the
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market house, and prescribing rules for the conduct thereof,
and penalties thereunder.
Be it ordained by the General Council of the City of Pa-
ducah, Kentucky.
Market, place Section t. That- Market street between Broadwaydeahmatod street and Court street, the Market house and Market
stands, and other improvements therein enclosed, or which
may be hereafter erected, therein; shall be known as the
Paducah Market, and that said Market shall hereafter be
used as a market place of the City of Paducah, Ky., for the
sale and purchase of provisions, vegetables and other ar-
ticles necessary for the subsistence, comfort and conven-
ience of the inhabitants of said city, subject to the following
and such other rules and regulations as may hereinafter be
adopted by the General Council.
fixed es Lorin Sec. a. Said market shall be open every day in the
week. Sunday excepted, and remain open during such hours
as are herein mentioned. And it shall be the duty of the
market master to ring the bell for the opening of the market
in Paducah, at s o'clock a. m., from the tsth day of Otto -
her, to the tsth day of April; from the tsth day of April to
the tsth day of October, q o'clock a m. And said market
shall be kept open each morning (Sundays excepted) for
three hours, and on each Saturday evening from , z o'clock
to g o'clock.
Danes or Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said market master to
Market
Matter superintend the Market, and keep the market place thor-
oughly cleaned and in good order, and to report to the
council such repairs, improvements and alterations in and
about said market place as be may deem necessary. He
shall at the time fixed by this ordinance open said market
on market days, and during market hours be fin constant attend-
ance %and pre4ervel good order. He shall see that no imposition
is practiced upon the Sellier by the buyer, or upon the buy-
er by the seller, and he shall have power at a!1 times to or-
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der suspicious, idle or disorderly persons away from said
market.
See. 4. It shall be the duty of said market master eveiy DutiesMarkofmorning to examine all meat and other articles exposed for- Master
sale in said market, and if anything should prove unsound,
or in any other way unmerchantable, he shall at once re-
port such persons oCering such article for sale to the
proper officers. He shall see that all butchers keep thein
benches, blocks and meat books clean.
Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to pur-
Forestalling
chase, forestall or sell, v:itbin the City of Paducah any article
of marketing designed for the Paudcah market before the
same shall have been offered for sale at the market place.
in the said city during market hours. Provided: the produc
er of any article of marketing may sell the same to any per-
son for the immed:ate consumption of such person, or his
imily before th4 same is offered for sale at the market place,
Any person employing or using the stalls in violation
Penalty for
of section 5, of this ordinance, shall be fined not less than
$5 nor more than $25 for each day he shall occupy the
same, and for any violation of said section or of this section
the person sp offending shall be fined not less than $5 nor
more than $25.
Sec. 6. That the market stalls in the market house shall be Stalls
numbered as follows: On the northeast side, beginning with numbered
numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23; and on the
southwest side, numbers. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22,
24. The prices for license for said stalls shall be as follows:
Stalls Nos. 1 2, 23, and 24, $100 per annum. Nos. 11, 12, 13,
and 14, $125 per annu n, and all other numbers shall be $75 gents fix
per annum. Any perso t desiring to obtain a license for any
of said stalls shall first pay to the treasurer of the City of
Paducah the amount required as above fixed and present
the receipt therefore ti the council clerk who shall issue to I Mense
the applicant a Lcense. But the applicant may obtain such renutred
license for only six months by paying to the treasurer one
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market house any wooden or. plank floors, unless the
half of the amount required for a license for one year.
Benches
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Market
nnmbered
master to proper-
yy number the three rows of benches at both ends of the
Place which does notconform with this section shall be ie
en-
closure of the markerhouse, and rent out the same at the
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moved in five days after notice from the market master to
following prices and in the following manner. The outside
do so. Any person who violates the provisions of this sec -
benches that are twelve feet in length shall be rented at the
Rents fixed
rate of $qo per annum for each bench, and to two different
each offense.
persons, and those of shorter length than the twelve feet be
• Sec., to. It shall be unlawful for any person to weigh
rented to one person at the rate of $3.33 perfoot in length.
any live stock, hides or fish on the public scales in said
The inside row of benches at each end of the marker house
market house, and any person violating this section shall be
shall be rented at the rite of $so per annum and to two sepe-
rate persons. But when any of the said benches are not oc-
Farmermay
11se
cupied by the lessee hereof any farmer marketer may oc-
cupy and use the same free of charge. The three benches
at
the south end on the erst side of the market house, known
Fleh trenches
established
as NO., 20, 21, 22, arc et aside for fish market benches, and
shall be rented for thatpurpose only.
Cooking
Prohibited
Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to cook or
warm over any food oc v:ctuals of any kind at said markg
place, except that coff'e may be made or warmed over up-
on a charcoal stove. But no other fuel than charcoal shall
be used in such stove. Any person. who violates this section
Penalty
of this ordinance shall be fined not less than $s or
more
than $to for each offe se.
wooaen
floors
Sec. g. No person shall constr{tct or keep in said
vrohlblted
market house any wooden or. plank floors, unless the
same
be laid in cement mortar,; or with concrete foundations
cov-
ering the entire under surface. Any floor in said market
Place which does notconform with this section shall be ie
-
moved in five days after notice from the market master to
do so. Any person who violates the provisions of this sec -
penalty
tion shall be fined not less than $s nor more than $20 for
each offense.
Use of
yobllescales
• Sec., to. It shall be unlawful for any person to weigh
any live stock, hides or fish on the public scales in said
market house, and any person violating this section shall be
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fined not less than $2 no more than $to for each offense. Penalty ,
Sec, it. All owners or proprietors. of lunch stands in Closing luus►
said market house shall close their stands at to o'clock, a. stands ,
m, each day except Saturdays, when they may remain open
durirg market hours each evening. Any' person violating
this section shall be fined not less than $5 for each offense. Penalty
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6 Sec. t2. It shall be unlawful for any person to clean, got Unlawful to
or skin fish on any market bench or elsewhere in said mark- clean fish
et place. Any person who violates this section shall be fin-
ed not less than $to nor more than $25 for each offense. Penalty
Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful for any person to sir or lie on Loaflutr
any of the market benches in the market house or on the unlawful
market square. Any person violating this section shall be
fined not less than $5 nor more than $to for each offense. Penalty
Sec. tq. It. shall be unlawful for any person coming to Anlmalsmumb
market for the purpose of selling meats, vegetables or pro- beunhitohed
duce of any kind or for any other purpose, to leave his
horse, mule or other animal hitched or attached to any wag-
on or other vehicle, at the marker house or on the market
square during market hours. Any such horse, mule or other
animal, when unhitched from wagon or vehicle on the mark-
et square shall be immediately removed from the market
square and notl permitted ,to' remain on said square during
market hours. Any person violating this section shall be
fined not less than one dollar nor more than $5 for each of- Penalty
fense. But this section shall net apply to persons owning
and running vehicles o and from their business houses for
the purpose of delivering goods, nor to persons hauling over
0 or through said market square.
Sec, 15. It shall be unlawful for any person occupying stoves
a marker stall in said market house to build any flue in forbidden
same,to keep any fire place or stove or other heating ap-
paratus therein, except as authorized in section -it, of this
ordinance. - Any person violating this section shall be fined
not less than Penalty
$5 nor more than $to for each offense..
i Sec. 16. It shall b- unlawful for any person to sell or Auction f
sales
offer to sell at public auction any goods, wares or merchan-• forbidden
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disc, or other thing in the market house, or on the market
square, or upon any of the side walks in the City of Padu-
cah. Any person vio'* rig this rection shall be fined $g for
each offense, and each act of selling shall be a distinct oi-
fense.
4Lrtic
exempt
Sec, t7• Corn, wheat bay, oats, barley, rye, fodder,
shucks, straw, live stock of any kind, fruits and melons are
not required to be exposed for sale at the market place, or
at any partucular time during the day.
Patches may
ovrchase
Sec. t8. Citizens for their family use may
, Y Purchase of
Provisions
any kind of marketing in a reasonable quanity at the market -
place, and when an arti:le will admin of division, the Market
master shall cause the vendor to divide such article amongst
any two or more persons present desiring to purchase, in such
manner as he may deem proper.
Feedtng
See. tg. No person shall be allowed to feed any ream
teams
forbidden
on said market square, nor make any litter, nor deposit any
garbage, filth, melon rinds, or other trash in or upon said
market square or place from Broadway to Washington
streets.
odG
allowed
all
Sec. 20. No dog hail be allowed to come to said mark -
e place during market hours, unless the owner or person
having charge of such dog, shall tie or otherwise confine it
i^ such manner as to Le out of the way of all persons at-
tending the market.
Sales at
meets
Sec. 2t. No Persri except licensed butchers occupying
a licensed stall, shall sell or offer to sell, at said market
place a less quantity than one quarter of meat, except saus-
age, bacon, pickled meat, heads, feet, ears, tongues, back
bones, spare -ribs, melts, livers, tights, kidneys, brains and
]Owls.
Penalty
Sec. 22. Any perso i violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance, shall where not < therwise provided, be
fined not less than $3 nor more than $to for each offense.
Market
M,stcr
Sec. 23. The rerm market master as herein used shall
defined
be held to apply to and mean any policeman who may be as-
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signed by the mayor and general council of the city to per-
form duties of market master.
Sec. sq. All butter soles the market house shall beBaleset
sold by the pound, and in no other manner. Any person
�y violating,this section shall be fined $5 for each offense. penalty
Sae. 25. It shall be unlawful for any butcher or other scales b he
person, to use any scalex other than platform scales, in used
weighing meats or other things at the market house. Any
person violating this section shall he fined $5 for each of- penalty
Tense.
Sec. 26. It shall beunlawful for any person to purchase, or ForestallLr
sell, or. make any contract or agreement, for the purchase or forbidden
sale of any meats, vegetables or provisions or other market-
ing, at said market before the opening of the same by the
market master, nor shall it be lawful for any person to, pur-
�p chase any article at saiid market during market hours for
exportation or reselling, nor shall any person sell or offer for
sale at the market any article which such person may have pur-
chase any article at said market during market hours for
designed or intended for said market; that an article shall
be deemed sold in violation of the provisions of this ordin-
ance, when same shall be set aside, to be delivered after
the close of market hours,or on delivery of such prohibited
article during or before market hours, or an article of mark-
eting withdrawn from public offer of sale to any or all per-
sons, who may desire to purchase same at retail during said
open market hours, or when the vendor of the article or arti-
cles in said market shall put a price on same so high as
to cause same to remain unsold, for the purpose of defeat-
ing the intent of the said ordinance. The article so held
shall be deemed as sold in the meaning of said ordinance
and the penaltits prescribed thereunder, shall apply to any
and all of the above cases. And it shall be the duty of all
persons attending said market with provisions or other
marketing for sale to sell and deliver to any person desiring
the same, a reasonable quantity of such provisions or mark-
eting brought by them to said market.
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Iorestalllrir Sec. 2 _—_ ~--
risrbldden - 7• No person at any time within the corporate .
limits of the City of Paducah, shall buy any marketing of any
kind with view or for the purpose of offering the same for
sale thereafter at the said market place; nor sell nor offer
to sell at the said market place any marketing so bought.
No person engaged in selling goods, groceries; fruits, vege-
tables, or other m,;rchaudise in Paducah shall take any such
goods, groceries, fruits, vegetables, or merchandise to the
market place in Paducah and there sell or offer to sell the
same; except the regularly licensed butchers may go upon
the market after market hours are over and buy any meats. .
remaining, upon the market and sell the same from their
regularly licensed stalls in the market house. It shall be the
duty of the market master to observe and report all viola-
tions of this section, and any person violating any of the.
provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $5 nor
more than $25 for each offense. Provided, however, that the
,
provisions of this section do not apply to the sale of fruits
or vegetables imported from other countries and other 6
Persons
states. .
exempt
Sec. 29. The provisions of section '26 of this ordinance
shall not apply to persons bringing to market meat, vege-
tables, or other marketing for their neighbors, or other
families or produ&rs, for accommodation; nor to country mer-
chants having a local place of business, where they may sell
merchandise and take in exchange therefor meat, vegetabl:q
and other marketing; nor to persons who travel through the
country and buy up vegetables, game and other marketing;
nor to persons having 1 regularly licensed market bench for
the sale of fruits, vegetables, poultry, game, eggs, butter and
Vehicles
other country produce.
regulated
See. 30. It shall be unlawful for a person to allow his
vehicle of any kind to stand in the street or space in front
or around said market -house during market hours, except such
as: may be employed in bringing provisions and other articles, I'
aml from said market; and these while they remain at said
market shall be under the direction of the Marketmaster,
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and shall be arranged a; he shall direct, by the person having
charge thereof. obstructtou
Kes
That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons using, of iwtui
the market benches or stalls to obstruct the passageway in
front thereof except that the occupants of the center row of
benches, outside of the enclosed portion of the market -house,
shall be allowed the use of two and one-half_ (2%) feet of
space on the. west side of the said benches upon which they
may place barrel's or boxes or coops containing articles to he
sold on the market, and than -the occupants of all.benches out-
side of the enclosed portion shall hive the right to the use of
the space above their respective benches for the display of
their goods. It shall be the duty of the market master to
keep all passage ways of the market house entirely free from
obstruction except as h^rein providA. Penalty
Any person who shall obstruct said market place except
as herein permitted and who shall refuse to remove said .ob-
struction at once upon the order of the Market -master so to
do, shall be guilty of a misdenteaeor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $25 for each
offense.
Sec. 31. All ordit vices and parts of ordinanc.s in
conflict with this ordVance are h�rcby repealed. This ord'-
nance shall take effect from and after' its passage and ap-
proval.
Adopted by the board of Aldermen Oct, 13, 1902.
Adopted by the Council Nov. 3, 1902.
Approved Nov. 5, 1992-
D. A. YEISER; Mayor,
Market Master, Duties and Compensation.
An Ordinance Relating to the Compensation and Duties
of Market Master and Conferring Police Power Upon Such
Officer:
Be it ordaintd by the Mayor and Common Council of
the City of Paducah: