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1890s

1891 Prohibiting the establishment of private markets without the permission of the Council.

Nashville Avenue Market
N/A
1895

1897 Prohibiting the delivery or sale of meats to markets before its inspection or approval by the Board of Health.

Decatur, etc., French Market
New ventilator & stalls for Vegetable and Fruit Market
1897-1898
N/A
City Engineer

1898 Providing for the inspection of meat to be consumed in the City of New Orleans.

Washington Market
15491 CS 1899 Donating site bounded by Piety, N. Peters, Chartres and Louisa Streets to Washington School.

The Louisiana Legislature in 1840 passed an act to permit the establishment by the three municipalities of workhouses or prisons to house and employ "all persons legally committed by any magistrate authorized to commit vagrants." On June 13, 1844, the Third Municipality Council ordained the establishment of a facility to serve as a reformatory, asylum, and jail on the site of the Washington Market.

St. Mary, North,
St. Mary Market
Proposed plan
1890
N/A
City Surveyor

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