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Home My WebLink AboutORD 100-F1912 '`To encourage and promote the production of food at home, the site of the f ormer.City Hall. -and the building thereon, bounded on the north by College Street., on the east by Market Street, on the south by Washington Street, and on -the west by_Main Street, is hereby restored and.dedicated to the original use for which it was donated to the City of Beaumont.; and in honor of its donor the same shall be known as the Nancy Tevis Market Place; and for the' proper regulation and encouragement thereof the following Ordinance is enacted: AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC MARKET PLACE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULA- TIONS FOR.THE PROPER CONTROL OF SAME, CREATING THE OFFICE OF MARKET MASTER, DECLARING THE VIDLATION OF ANY CF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE TO BE A MISDEMEANOR, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAME. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COWIISSIOINT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT Section 1. Upon the passage of this Ordinance the City iJanager is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a suitable person qualified to perform the duties of and whose official title shall be "Market Master", having such duties to perform as in the judg- ment of the City Manager are necessary to the proper regulation - and operation of said market place, whose salary shall be determin- ed by the City Manager, approved by the City Commission, and pay- able.monthly by the City of Beaumont out of any available funds not otherwise appropriated. Among other duties provided for, the Market Master shall be required to particularly enforce all sanitary and health rules and regulations and -to keep the peace in and about the market place, and to this end said Market Master shall -be clothed with police authority to make arrests in all instances where in his judgment such arrest is necessary to the lawful and proper dis-- l.d1Q 023 and and vegetables; poultry, eggs, milk, and butter, etc., and the sale thereof direct from producer to consumer Without the inter- vention of middlemen, and for the convenience of the public, to promote said primary purpose there is hereby set aside and reserv- ed to the exclusive use of merchants two-thirds of the space inside of the building on said market square for the sale of fresh and cured meats, dressed poultry, milk and dairy products, bread and bakery products, and for the sale of groceries, fruits, and vege- tables, etc., regardless of where raised or produced, and for the sale of fis14- and sea food, and for a delicatessen shop,. said spaces and the rent to be -paid therefor to be determined by the City.Manager; and the remaining portion of said, ;vi�5 ode: space shall be and is here- by reserved to the exclusive use of farmers for the purpose of en- abling them to -sell and expose for sale the products of their farms, whether said farms are owned, rented, leased, or worked on shares, provided_said_farms be located in Jefferson County, or some county near Jefferson County; provided. -further, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit or as a prohibition against a farmer renting space.in that portion of the building set aside to mercantile uses and himself becoming a merchant and sell- ing and keeping for sale any -arid al.l 'of said articles -of food. Section .3. It shall - be lawful. for any and all pers-ons occupying the inside of said building to sell and expose for sale. their produce, meats, groceries,,etc., at all hours and days not prohibited by law. Section 4. It shall be the duty .of the City Manager -by and with the consent of the City Commission, immediately after the passage of this Ordinance, to'fix the rental price of space inside the market place and to determine the size and location thereof and to assign 5 that one-third of the inside space reserved for farmers and their agents selling the produce of their farms shall not be required to pay more than Fifteen & N01100 Dollars ($15.00) monthly rental for spaces eight (81) by ten (101) feet and for larger and smaller spaces the prices shall be increased or diminished proportionately. It shall be the duty of each renter of space inside the building to provide at his ov.n expense all necessary fixtures, counters, shelvinE, etc., and all such fixtures shall be painted or varnished and uniform in color, provided that the fixtures, partitions, and shelving shall be not more than five (51) feet high, unless the same stands against one of the walls of -the inside of said building, in which case they may be built ten (101) feet high. Section 5. All of -the space or ground outside of the market place up to the in.er sidewalk line of the streets by which said market place is bounded, originally donated by Nancy Tevis, is set aside to be exclusively used for the sale of products of farms in Jefferson County and nearby counties, by the farmers, or their agents and employees, vwhether said farms be owned, rented, leased, or worked on shares. Section 6. It shall be unlawful for.any farmer, except in spaces set aside for commercial mercantile purposes, whether inside or outside of the building at the market place to sell or offer for sale any farm produce purchased from commission merchants, or from anyone else except another farmer residing in Jefferson or nearby counties, and then only provided sai-l' farmer produced the same on a farm in one of said counties; and it shall be unlawful for any such farmer to sell or expose for sale any.fresh or cured meat or fish outside of said market building, but nothing herein contained shall be constructed as prohibiting the sale by him of live poultry and fresh eggs produced on his farm. Section 7. u rF Section 8. 11 -le slaughter of fowls or animals in or about the market place is prohibited. Section 9. Peddling of any and all things sold at the market place within two blocks of said market place is prohibited. Section 10. Sales at the market place outside the building after ten o'clock A -R% is prohibited. Section 11. All dropping of draft animals, or scraps and parts of produce must be removed from the premises before the departure of the per- son or persons responsible therefor. Section 12. `rl;e 'Market Master shall make and enforce -reasonable rules respecting the parking of vehicles on and at the market place, and he shall collect from each of the persons each day who sell or ex- pose for sale produce on and at the market place the sum of Twenty five ( 25�Z-) Cents- per vehicle, and fro.m.-_tho.se renting _inside such sums as he is directed to collect by the City Manager, and shall make remittance to the pity Tax Collector of all such sums collected at the times and in the manner as directed by the City Eanager, and he shall make daily reports in writing to the Gity r4lanager showing all sums collected and from whom collected, and approximate value produce sold and shall issue to the persons from whom collected receipts therefor; and it shall be his duty to keep posted as to the market price of the kind of produce sold at the market place and to daily dost the market price thereof in a conspicuous place in front of said market building. Section 13. it is contemplated that in time an excess of fruits and vegetables may be produced in Jefferson and nearby counties over and above the local demand therefor, and when the same is produced in sufficient excess quantities to ,justify a shipping place in to house said enterprises adjacent t o.a railroad spur track, at its own expense; charging for the use thereof only such sums as will take care ,of interest, maintenance and depreciation; provided s r further,.that thre handling of -said excess above home demand by way of shipping ori canning, either or both, is conducted by an organiza- tion of farmers residing in Jefferson.and nearby counties and_ produc- ing and selling_the same at the said Nancy Tevis Market Place, Section I* The City shall set aside and equip with the necessary and suitable fixtures, some convenient place inside of the building as a rest room, said space to be determined by the City Manager by and with the consent and approval of the City Commission. Section All persons violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in.any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) . Passed by the affirmative vote of all members of the City- rte' Li�j-tI^IIC..a The State of Texas., Countzp of Jefferson Before me he undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _known to me, who being by me duly sworn, on his oath de- poses and says, that he is the-, � �lY_ _'z _ _ _ _ _of the BEA 1 , BEAUMONT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and oregoing was published in said newspaper, such publication being on the following dates: / _, and a newspaper copy of which is hereto at ��--f-<---F- i�� • /_ A. D. 192 N r,• rkto and subscribed before me, this -------- ---- day of _'> -- _=_- A._ 192 �/ - -- 1 2-1 - I 744_e94 Notices ` Ph�.Z Yomate the produb- --- ---- ---- -- - - - - -- ---- - - -- -- To,.encouraSe and P thereon;. Notary Pub�1'ic, Jefferson C nty, Teas. tion of food at home• the situ of the for , city hall and the building street, i ` mei`. on thenoby colege 'Market street, on the bounded on the on the east by restored south by Washington streter by - - west by Iviain street, 15 aS- I use __fc,.,,, c ' and dedicated tP--xb'•^ Ye city oP Seau- Y which it was donatea to h Ma-.� t i mont. and in honor,bf its don'Tev P same shall be kxnov+'u as the N"*�'r regulation H ket Placet and for the VP en- �i ordinisee .,the B. and encourage actedtheArif thef for`iltg the Necessary Control of r the Piope'rof. Market. the Office of the pr the Violation Mlsde t.n Be a e