1865-66 N.C. Sess. Laws 22
Abstract
Priv. Laws, ch. 7, § 64: That they may prohibit and prevent, by penalties, . . . and also the firing of guns, pistols, crackers, gun-powder or other explosive, combustible or dangerous materials in the streets, public grounds, or elsewhere within the city."
Summary
This law authorizes the Town Commissioners to establish and regulate local markets, specifying the time, place, and sales methods (by weight or measure) for commodities like grain, meal, flour, fodder, hay, and oats. It also empowers them to erect public scales, appoint and set fees for a weigh-master and market keeper, and enact rules to prevent market manipulation like forestalling and regrating.
Law Text
SEC. 65. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners may establish and regulate the markets and prescribe what time and place, within the corporation, marketable articles shall be sold, in what manner, whether by weight or measure, may be sold grain, meal, flour, (if not packed in barrels) fodder, hay, or oats in straw; may create scales to weigh the same; appoint a weigh-master and fix his fees, and direct by whom he shall be paid, appoint a keeper of the market, prescribe his duties and fees, and shall also have power to prevent forestalling and regrating.
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