Power to provide and maintain municipal markets, slaughter-houses and stock-yards

The Corporation at a meeting may— (a) construct, purchase, or take on lease or otherwise acquire any land or building for the purpose of establishing a municipal market or municipal slaughter-house or municipal stock-yards or of extending or improving any existing municipal market, municipal slaughter-house or municipal stock-yard, and (b) from time to time build and maintain such municipal markets, municipal slaughter-house and municipal stock-yards or such stalls, shops, sheds, pens and other buildings or conveniences for the use of persons carrying on trade or business in or frequenting such markets, slaughter-house or stock-yards and charge rents, tolls and fees for the right to expose goods for sale in such market and for the use of shops, stalls, slaughter-houses, stock-yards and standings therein.