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Markets.
Precept by justices to sheriffs to return in sessions 24 citizens, 12 sworn as a market jury in open court, one by one.
Oath,
3 to visit at seasonable hours places for sale of provisions, and inspect the quality, if unwholesome, illegal, or in hands of fortstaller, &c. seised with the owners, carried before, and disposed of by the mayor,
to act till next jury sworn next session,
juror refusing fined, not above 10l.
by distress and sale on mayor’s warrant,
to the workhouse.
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XV. And whereas the said city of Cork is greatly encreased in the number of houses and inhabitants, insomuch that the mayor of the said city cannot so strictly attend the inspection of the markets of the said city as usual, and do the other requisite duties of his office: be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the peace for the county of the said city, at the time of their issuing their precept to the sheriffs of the county of the said city, for holding the general quarter sessions of the peace for the county of said city, shall from time to time issue also a precept to the said sheriffs, requiring them to return to the said justices at the said sessions, twenty four of the citizens of the said city, twelve of whom to be sworn as a market jury for the said city; and the said sheriffs are hereby impowered and required to summon, and to return twenty four citizens of said city, for the purpose aforesaid; and the said justice shall cause the said market jury to be sworn in open court at the said sessions, one by one, (to wit) that he will well, truly, and diligently execute the office of a market juror of the said city without favour or affection, malice or ill will, to any person or persons whatsoever: and the said market jury for the time being, or any three or more of them, are hereby impowered and required at seasonable hours to visit the markets, store houses, working houses, cellars and shops in the said city, where provisions and victuals are sold or made up or making up for sale in the said city, and to inspect the quality of the said provisions and victuals; and in case the said jury, or any three or more of them, shall find any unwholesome or bad provisions or victuals, or any provisions or victuals fraudulently or illegally made up, or provisions or victuals in the hands of any forestaller, regrator, or engrosser, that in every such case the said jury, or any three or more of them, are hereby impowered to seize the said provisions or victuals, and the person or persons exposing the same to sale, or claiming to be the owner or owners thereof, and to carry the said provisions and victuals, and the person or persons before the mayor of the said city for the time being, who is hereby empowered to dispose of the said provisions and victuals and of the said person or persons according to law; and that each market jury so sworn, or any three or more of them, shall have full power and authority to execute the said office of a market jury from the time of their being sworn, until the next market jury shall be sworn at the ensuing general quarter sessions of the peace to be held for the county of the said city; and if any person, being duly summoned and returned by the said sheriffs to serve as a market juror as aforesaid, shall refuse, neglect, or omit to appear pursuant to the said summons, and take the oath aforesaid, or shall neglect or refuse to execute the said office, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said justices at their sessions, and they are hereby impowered, to impose a fine not exceeding ten pounds, on each and every such person; and the mayor of the said city is hereby impowered and required to issue his warrant for the levying the said fine by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the said person or persons, and to pay over the sums so levied to the governors of the work house of the said city of Cork for the use of the said work house.
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