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106 MUNICIPAL r.AW
H'il. Market By Laws- Subject to the preceding restrictions, the
councils of cities, towns and villages may pa.ss by-laws:
J. For establishing markets, or continuing old markets.
2. For selling, assigning or leasing market fees.
'A. For regulating the buying and selling of articles or animals
exposed for sale.
4. For preventing (jr regulating the retail sale of meat, vegetables,
grain, hay, fruit, beverages, smallware, and other articles in the streets.
5. For preventing criers and vendors of smallwares from practising
their calling on the market place or streets.
G. For preventing the forestalling c. monopoly of market grains
and all otlier articles and products usually sold in the market for
family u.se.
Farmers and othei- jiroducers may sell such jiroduce and articles at
stores and shops at any hour of the day.
7. For preventing or regulating the purchase of such things l)y
hucksters, grocers and butchers or ruiniers.
N. For imposing penalties for light weight, oi- shoi't coinit, or short
measurement in an^'thing marketed.
!). For seizing and forfeiting bread or other articles of light weight or
short measurement.
10. For regulating all vehicles, and all other things in which anything
is offei'ed for sale, and for iinpo.sing a reasonable duty thereon.
11. For selling, after si.x hours' notice, butcher's meat distrained for
rent of market stalls.
H'i't. License for Sale of Meat. The Council of every town and
village, ami of every city having less than 100,000 inhabitants, and the
Board of Commissioners of Police of cities having 100,000 inhabitants
or more, may pass by-laws granting licenses annually or oftener for the
sale of fi'esh meat for less (piantities than by the (piarter carcase, and for
regulating the places where such sales shall be allowed ; and for prevent-
ing the sale of fresh meat in less quantities than by the quarter carcase,
uidess by a person holiling a valid license and in the place authorized
by the Council.
The fee allowed for municipalities to charge for such licen.se is a sum
not exceeding !->")0 in citic^s, and .^25 in towns and villages.
H'ilt. Pawnbrokers. I. Fvery penson who takes, by way of pawn
pledge, any goods for (he repayment of money lent thereon, shall be deemed
a pawnbroker.
2. No person shall exercise the trade of a jxiwnbrokcr unless he
obtains a license from the Treasurer of the Municipality, and which must be
renewed annually.
.'}. The fee for license is S(]0 per year.
4. The ]jenalty for exercising such trade without having ol)tained a
license for the same, or renewal, is $'A) with costs for every pledge so taken.
5. No person by having one license can keep more than one house or
shop for taking goods in pawn.
0. A partnership of any number of persons may carry on the trade in
the same house under one license.