[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Fulton 6-23-1944 (Ch. 123 of
the 1991 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be established, at such place as the Common Council
may direct, a public market and cart stand for the sale of hay, straw,
wood, meats, poultry, fruit, vegetables and other articles usually
disposed of from farmers' wagons and for standing of carts and
drays.
No wagon or conveyance from which is being sold or offered for sale any of the articles mentioned in § 481-1 of this chapter shall stand in any public square, street, alley or place in the City of Fulton, except the place designated by said Common Council as provided for by § 481-1 of this chapter, and no meat, poultry, fruits, vegetables or other articles usually disposed of from wagons or other conveyances from house to house in the residential portion of the City shall be offered for sale at any street, alley, public square or place in the City of Fulton, New York, except said public market, until after the hour of 9:00.
There shall be established and maintained at said public market
a scale for the weighing of hay, coal and other articles bought and
sold by weight, which articles to be sold or disposed of within the
City of Fulton shall be weighed upon said scales, and no person, firm,
association or corporation shall deliver any coal, coke, charcoal,
hay or straw without first causing the same to be weighed upon said
scales and receiving from the person in charge of said market a weight
ticket upon which ticket shall be in ink or other indelible substance,
distinctly expressed in pounds, the quantity or quantities of coal,
coke, charcoal, hay or straw contained in the cart, wagon or other
vehicle used in such delivery, with the name of the purchaser thereof
and the name of the dealer from whom purchased.
A.
The Mayor shall appoint a person, who shall be a resident and voter
in the City of Fulton, who shall have the exclusive control and management,
under the direction of the Mayor, of said public market. He shall
perform the duties required of him by this chapter and such other
duties as the Mayor and Common Council may direct and shall devote
his entire time to the discharge of the duties of his office.
B.
The Common Council shall provide an office and such books and stationery
as he may require for the proper conduct of his office. He shall keep
and maintain in his office a book in which he shall enter the name
of each and every person standing upon said market and each and every
person selling produce or other articles thereon, with the place of
residence of each of said persons and the date when such persons occupied
said market and the product sold by them. He shall also keep and maintain
a book in his office in which he shall enter the name of each person,
firm, association or corporation weighing coal, coke, charcoal, hay
or straw, and he shall designate the quantity and material so weighed
and the date thereof with the name of the purchaser or to whom it
shall be delivered at the time of such weighing. He shall deliver
to such person, firm, association or corporation a ticket on which
shall be in ink or other indelible substance, distinctly expressed
in pounds, the quantity or quantities of coal, coke, charcoal, hay
or straw contained in or on the cart, wagon or other vehicle used
to deliver the same, with the name of the person, firm, association
or corporation weighing the same.
There shall be charged to each person, firm, association or
corporation using said public market or said scales such prices as
the Common Council may hereafter from time to time fix and determine.
[Amended 10-30-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and,
upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than $250 and/or imprisonment of not more than 15 days.
