17-126.Public market; establishment; regulation.A second-class city shall have power to purchase, hold and own grounds for, and to erect, establish and regulate market houses and market places.SourceLaws 1879, § 39, VII, p. 201; Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195; R.S.1913, § 5020; C.S.1922, § 4189; C.S.1929, § 17-128; R.S.1943, § 17-126.