Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance, , Hancock Co., IL, 25 Feb. 1843. Version copied [between 11 May and 30 July 1843] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 163–166; handwriting of ; CHL.
butter, eggs, and vegetables, and that the roof of said building shall extend over the outside of the house so as to cover about four feet of ground on each side thereof.
Sec. 7. No vegetables, eggs, or poultry of any kind shall be sold or bought within this during market hours, except at the market or markets in this , every person who shall violate this section shall forfeit and pay to this two dollars with Cost of suit.
Sec. 8. No person or persons shall obstruct the passages of the market with Wheelbarrows or other Articles during market hours under the penalty of two dollars, to be recovered with Cost of Suit for this .
Sec. 9. That all Lessees or occupiers of Stalls shall keep the same clean and free from any disagreeable smell, and shall cleanse the same as often as necessary, and every person for a failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay to the the penalty of two dollars for each offence.
Sec.10. It shall be the duty of the market master of this to superintend the market and put in force all the Ordinances of this concerning markets, or having relation thereto; he is hereby authorized, if required by any one, to weigh, measure, try and examine all butter, lard, fruit, and other articles of provision offered for sale, in lump, parcels, tubs, or other vessel, or vessels, and all weights and measures in said market; and in case the same are less than the required weight or measure, then to seize the butter lard weights or measures or other articles aforesaid so found deficient, and sell the same at auction, and pay the avails thereof into the City Treasury, provided, that the owner of the Article or Articles so seized may appeal to the Mayor of the who shall hear try & determine the [p. 165]