Municipal Reformation Edict, 1769

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MUNICIPAL REFORMATION EDICT, 1769

7 H.F.

 

 

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INTRODUCTION:

 

     A few days after the recent approval of the livery legislation titled The Exclusive Control of Goods of the Livery Companies of Helena the Secretary of State for the Interior Jasper Carrington noticed the need of amending such, in order to balance the current monopolistic system for all the Livery Companies of Helena. 

 

     In addition, the Secretary of the Interior has also noticed the need of abolishing the Office of the District Attorney and the Office of the Commissioner of Urban Planning of Helena.

 

 

SECTION I: THE ORDERS OF CEASE & DESIST

     

     The Provision IV of the Exclusive Control of Goods of the Livery Companies of Helena of 1769 is hereby amended and to be read as follows:

 

Each Livery Company shall have the right to to issue an Order of Cease & Desist to the properties (or to the merchants in case of the Honorable Company of Mercers) that sell goods to the public disobeying the Livery Company’s policy regarding their exclusive control over goods. The Livery Company’s policy must be established in their constitution document or in any other document they issue prior to the commission of the alleged infraction.

 

An Order of Cease & Desist can additionally contain a sanction for the alleged infractor and must:

I. State the infraction

II. Give detail of the circumstances around the event

III. State the amount of the sanction

IV. State to whom the infraction must be paid to

V. State the deadline that the individual has to pay the sanction

VI. Inform the individual of their right to be civilly tried for the infraction

 

All sanctions issued by Livery Companies that aren’t included in an Order of Cease & Desist are considered null and void.

All Orders of Cease & Desist issued by Livery Companies that don't contain a deadline to indicate when the alleged infractor must have ceased and desisted in his illegal selling of goods are considered null and void.

 

When the individual doesn’t cease & desist or pay the sanction if there's one before the deadline established in the Order of Cease & Desist then the City Clerk must immediately issue an eviction notice of three saints days to the property where the infractor was illegally selling goods to the public. 

 

When the individual receives an Order of Cease & Desist from the Honorable Company of Mercers (considering that it implies that the individual is a traveling or itinerant merchant or somebody selling goods on the streets as described in Provision V) and the individual doesn't cease and desist or doesn’t pay the sanction before the deadline then the Lord Mayor must issue a banishment for the individual from the Imperial City of Helena.

 

SECTION II: THE HONORABLE COMPANY OF MERCERS

 

     A new Provision V is created in the Exclusive Control of Goods of the Livery Companies of Helena of 1769 to be read as follows:

 

The Honorable Company of Mercers is granted exclusive control over ALL goods sold by traveling or itinerant merchants or by any individual selling goods to the public on the streets of Helena.

 

The Honorable Company of Mercers is also granted exclusive control over ALL goods sold by auctions in Helena.

 

The Honorable Company of Mercers is exempt of monopoly law when it sells goods to another Livery Company of Helena. This does not apply when the Honorable Company of Mercers sells goods to the public.

 

SECTION III: CONFLICTS BETWEEN LIVERY COMPANIES

     

     A new Provision VI is created in the Exclusive Control of Goods of the Livery Companies of Helena of 1769 to be read as follows:

 

In the case that one Livery Company has a conflict or disagreement with another Livery Company regarding aspects such as licenses, which are the exclusive control of goods of each livery company, or C&D Orders, the Lord Mayor of Helena in conjunction with the Vice Undersecretary for the Livery Companies of Helena shall summon both parties to arbitrate between them and cast a verdict that shall be binding for all parties. 

 

SECTION IV: ABOLITION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE COMMISSIONER OF URBAN PLANNING

 

     The Section IV of the Helena Municipal Reformation Edict of 1752 is hereby repealed. Therefore, the Office of the District Attorney of Helena is hereby abolished.

 

     In addition, the Office of the Commissioner of Urban Planning of the Ministry of the Interior is hereby abolished.

 

ISSUED ON 7 H.F. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1769,

The Honorable, Philip Louis Pruvia-Albarosa, Lord Mayor of Helena

The Honorable, Grey Galbraith, Vice Undersecretary of State for the Livery Companies of Helena

His Excellency, Edward Galbraith, Undersecretary of State for the Interior

His Excellency, Jasper Carrington, Secretary of State for the Interior