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Council empowered to purchase existing Markets.
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LXXVIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Council to purchase or take on Lease, with the Consent of the Owner or Owners thereof, any Land and Premises within the Limits of this Act which at the Time of the taking and leasing thereof shall be used as a Market or Markets, together with all Stalls, Standings, and other Conveniences and Approaches thereto, and all Rights now enjoyed by any Person for levying Tolls therein, and all Privileges and Franchises connected therewith, and also any Privileges or Rights of having and maintaining a Weighing Machine, and of weighing Commodities, and taking Tolls therefor, to which any Person is or may be entitled within the Limits of this Act, and from Time to Time to continue to appropriate and use, in as beneficial a Manner as the Person selling or demising the same could have done at the Time of the Sale or Demise thereof, the said Lands and Premises, or so much thereof as they may think expedient, as a Market or Markets, for the Purposes and subject as herein-after mentioned, and to appropriate and use the Residue of the said Land and Premises for any other of the Purposes of this Act, as to them may seem fit, and also to enjoy and use the same Privileges and Rights of having such Weighing Machine or Weighing Machines, and of weighing and taking Tolls, in as beneficial a Manner as the Person selling or leasing such Privileges and Rights could have done at the Time of the Sale or Demise thereof: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall interfere with or prevent any Person or Persons from enjoying or erecting any Weighing Machine or Machines, or weighing for Hire at any Place within the said Borough, save in the Markets purchased by or belonging to the said Council.
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