§ 1501.02. Superintendent of markets.  


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  • The superintendent of markets shall perform all duties that may be enjoined upon him by any law of the state, and all duties that may be enjoined upon him by any ordinance of the city. The superintendent of markets shall have the care and superintendency of the market houses, market spaces, and markets, and it shall be his duty to preserve order therein and to carry into effect and enforce all the ordinances, rules and regulations adopted for the government thereof. He shall cause the market houses to be kept clean and in good order and shall remove all nuisances and obstructions therefrom, and arrest and remove all vagrants, or idle and disorderly persons found loitering about the market houses at any time. For the purpose of enabling him to carry into effect the ordinances and regulations for the government of the market houses and markets, he is invested with police power, and shall have authority to arrest all persons upon view or complaint, who shall violate any of the market ordinances or regulations, and it shall be his duty to cause all such offenders promptly to be prosecuted. Any person who shall resist, hinder or obstruct him or his assistants in the discharge of their duties, or shall refuse to obey any of their lawful orders and directions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Sec. 26.1.)