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and all city ordinances now in force and not repugnant to the provisions of this act shall remain and continue in force until altered or repealed by the mayor and council.

SEC. 7. [General power.]-Each city governed by the provisions of this act shall be a body corporate and politic, and shall have powers: 1st. To sue and be sued. 2d. To purchase and hold real and personal property for the use of the city, and real estate sold for taxes. 3d. To sell and convey any real or personal estate owned by the city, and make such order respecting the same as may be conducive to the interests of the city. 4th. To make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns of the city necessary to the exercise of its corporate or administrative powers. 5th. To exercise such other and further powers as may be conferred by law. The powers hereby granted shall be exercised by the mayor and council of such city as hereinafter set forth. SEC. 8. [Wards.]-Each city governed by this act shall be divided into six wards, the boundaries of which shall be defined by ordinance. Said wards shall be equal in population, as near as may be, and in all cities of the first class heretofore incorporated wherein existing wards are not equal in respect to population, the council of such cities shall, within thirty days after this act shall take effect, re-district said cities into six wards, equal as near as may be in population. Each ward shall constitute an election district; Provided, That whenever fifty or more legal voters of any ward in such city shall petition the mayor or city council thereof to divide such ward into two or more polling or voting districts, and it shall be made to appear that said ward contains more than five hundred legal voters, the said mayor and city council, on presentation of said petition, shall by ordinance divide such ward into two or more election districts, and appoint judges and clerks of election for such polling or voting districts as now appointed for the elections held in the wards. [Amended 1883, chap IX.]

SEC. 9. [Precinct and election districts.]-Precinct lines in that part of the county embraced within the corporate limits of a city of the first class, shall correspond with the ward lines in such city, and such precincts shall correspond in number with the wards of the city, and be co-extensive with the same; Provided, That when a ward is divided into two election districts, the precinct corresponding with such ward shall be divided so as to correspond with the election districts.

SEC. 10. [Voting-Polls.]-At all elections authorized by this act, the polls shall be opened at such place in each election district as may be designated by the mayor, or as fixed by ordinance, and they shall be kept open between the hours of 8 o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock P. M., and no longer.

SEC. 11. [Elections -Officers.-The general city election in all cities governed by this act shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1885, and every two years thereafter, for the election of the following named officers to-wit: Mayor, police judge, treasurer and auditor. Each of such officers shall be elected by a plurality of votes, for the term of two years, commencing on the first Tuesday succeeding their election, and they shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified. At the first meeting of the council after its.organization, they shall elect a city clerk who shall hold his office for the term of one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. A city marshal, a city engineer, a city attorney, a street commissioner and chief of the fire department shall be appointed, and may be removed by the mayor, by and with consent of a majority of the entire council. [Amended, 1885, chap. 13.]

SEC. 12. [Council.]-The council of each city governed by this act shail consist of twelve members who shall be qualified electors of said city, and shall be actual and bona fide owners of real estate therein. Each councilman hereafter elected, before entering upon the duties of his office, and each councilman elected at the annual city election held in 1884, shall be required to give a bond to the city, with two or more good and sufficient sureties, who shall each justify that he

is worth at least two thousand dollars over and above all debts and exemptions. Such bond shall be in the sum of two thousand dollars and shall be conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the councilman giving the same, and shall be further conditioned that if such councilman shall vote for any expenditures or appropriation of money, or the creation of any liability in excess of the amount allowed by law, that such councilman and the sureties signing said bond shall be liable thereon. Such bond shall be filed with and approved by the mayor. [Id.]

SEC. 13. [Same-Elections-Term of office.]-In cities now incorporated and governed as cities of the first class, the qualified voters of the city at the annual city election to be held in 1881, and every two years thereafter, shall, by a plurality of votes of the entire city, elect six councilmen to be designated councilmen at large, who shall serve for the term of two years. In such cities at the annual city election to be held in 1881, the qualified voters of each ward shall elect one councilman to be designated councilman from the ward, who shall serve for the term of one year. At the annual city election to be held in 1882, and every two years thereafter, the qualified voters of each ward shall elect one councilman who shall serve for the term of two years. The six councilmen at large and the six ward councilmen shall constitute the city council,-the councilmen at large and the ward councilmen being elected upon alternate years. Ward councilmen shall be residents of the ward from which they may be elected. All councilmen's term of office shall commence the Tuesday next succeeding the day of election, upon which day they shall assemble together and organize the city council. In cities hereafter organized as cities of the first class, the councilmen at large and the ward councilmen shall hold their offices as above provided, and shall be elected upon alternate years.

SEC. 14. [Electors-Canvass of votes.]-The qualifications of electors in the several wards shall be the same as is required for electors in precincts under the laws of the state. A meeting of the council shall be held the first Monday after each annual city election, at which meeting the returns shall be canvassed, and it shall cause the clerk to make out and deliver certificates of election to the persons found to be elected, and a neglect of any such officer to qualify within ten days after the delivery to him of such certificate, shall be deemed a refusal to accept the office to which he may have been elected. No person shall be eligible to any city office unless he is a qualified voter in the city at the time of his election or appointment.

SEC. 15. [Powers of council.]-The mayor and council of each city created or governed by this act, shall have the care, management and control of the city, its property and finances, and shall have power to pass any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, and such ordinances to alter, modify, or repeal, and shall have power,

1st. [License.]-To levy and collect a license tax on runners, hawkers, peddlers, liquor sellers, pawn-brokers, shows, theatres, and exhibitions for pay, billiard tables, ball and ten-pin alleys, without regard to the number of pins used, hacks, drays or other vehicles used for pay within the city, and may prescribe the compensation for the use of such hacks, drays and other vehicles.

2nd. [Travelers.]-To adopt all such measures as they may deem necessary for the accommodation and protection of strangers and the traveling public in person and property.

3rd. [Disorderly houses, gaming, etc.]-To restrain, prohibit and suppress tippling shops, houses of prostitution, opium joints or dens, and the disorderly houses and practices, all games and gambling, and desecration of the Sabbath, (commonly called Sunday), and all kinds of indecencies; also to regulate and license, or prohibit the keeping and use of billiard tables, ten pins or ball alleys, shooting galleries, and other similar places of amusements, and to prohibit and suppress, by ordinance, all lotteries and gift enterprises of all kinds under whatsoever name carried on.

4th. [Contagious diseases.]-They shall have power to make regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious, infectious or malignant disease into the city; to create a board of health; to make quarantine laws and enforce the same within the corporate limits, or within three miles thereof.

5th. [Public buildings.]-To erect, establish, maintain and regulate hospitals, work houses, houses of correction, jails, station houses, and other necessary buildings.

6th. [Health-Nuisances.]-To make regulations to secure the general health of the city, to provide for the prevention, abatement and removal of nuisances, to make and prescribe regulations for the location, construction and keeping in order all slaughter houses, stock yards, warehouses, stables, or other places where offensive matter is kept or is liable to accumulate, whether within the corporate limits or within three miles thereof.

7th. [Police.]-To establish, regulate, and support night watch and police and to define the duties thereof.

8th. [Lighting streets.]-To provide for the lighting of streets, laying down of gas pipes and erection of lamp-posts, and to regulate the sale and use of gas and electric lights, the charge for electric light and the rent of gas-metres within the city, and to require the removal from the streets, avenues and alleys, and the placing under ground of all telegraph, electric and telephone wires.

9th. [Weights and measures.]-To regulate the weighing and measuring of hay, wood, and other articles exposed for sale, and of all coal sold or delivered within the city.

10th. Public libraries.]-To establish and maintain public libraries and reading rooms, to purchase books, papers, maps and manuscripts therefor, and to receive donations and bequests of money or property for the same in trust or otherwise. They may also pass necessary by-laws and regulations for the protection and government of the same.

11th. [Markets-Protect property-Streams.]-To erect and establish market houses, and make market places, and to provide for the erection of all other useful and necessary buildings for the use of the city, and for the protection and safety of all property owned by the city, and they may locate such market houses and market places, and buildings aforesaid on any streets, alleys, or public grounds, or on any land purchased for such purpose; to provide for the safety and protection of private property where damages are likely to occur by the action of the elements or through the carelessness and negligence of any servant or officer of the city; and to establish, alter and change the channels of streams and water courses within the city, and bridge the same; Provided, That any such improvement costing in the aggregate a sum greater than five thousand dollars shall not be authorized until the ordinance providing therefor shall first be submitted to, and ratified by a majority of the legal voters of such city voting thereon.

12th. [Census.]-To provide for and cause to be taken an enumeration of the inhabitants of the city.

13th. [Elections.]-To provide by ordinance for the election of city officers, and prescribe the manner of conducting the same, and the returns thereof, and the registration thereof; and for deciding contested elections in any manner not conflicting with existing laws.

14th. [Removal of officers-Agents.]-To provide for removing officers of the city for misconduct, and to create any office or employ any agent they may deem necessary for the government and best interests of the city.

15th. [Fines.]-To regulate the police of the city, and impose fines, forfeitures, and penalties for the breach of an ordinance, and provide for the recovery and collection thereof; and to provide in default of payment for confinement in the city jail or prison, and for hard labor in the city.

16th. [Regulate officers-Agents.]-To prescribe and regulate the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and servants of the city not herein provided for.

17th. [Bonds.]-To require of all officers, or servants elected or appointed in pursuance of this act, to give bond and security for the faithful performance of their duties. No officer shall become security upon the official bond of another.

18th. [Cruelty to animals.]-To provide for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

19th. [Domestic animals.]—To prohibit or regulate the running at large of domestic animals, such as hogs, cattle, horses, sheep, goats, fowls, or animals of any kind or description within the corporate limits, and provide for the impounding of all animals running at large, contrary to such prohibition, and also for the forfeiture and sale of animals impounded to pay the expenses of taking up, caring for, and selling the same, including cost of advertising and fees of officers.

20th. [Dogs.]-To regulate, license, or prohibit the running at large of dogs, and guard against injuries or annoyances therefrom, and to authorize the destruction of the same when running at large contrary to the provisions of any ordinance.

21st. [Appropriations.]-To appropriate money and provide for the payment of the debts and expenses of the city

22d. [Street auctions.]-To regulate, license or prohibit the sale of domestic animals, or of goods, wares, and merchandise at public auction on the streets, alleys, highways, or any public ground within the city.

23d. [Auctions.]-To regulate or license the auctioneering of goods, wares, and merchandise.

24th. [Streets.]-To care for and control, to name and rename streets, avenues, parks and squares within the city; to provide for the opening, vacating, widening and narrowing of streets, avenues, and alleys within the city under such restrictions and regulations as may be provided by law.

25th. [Fire limits.]-To define fire limits, and regulate the erection of all buildings and other structures within the corporate limits, and provide for the removal of any building or structure, or addition thereto, erected contrary to such regulations.

26th. [Sewers.]-To lay off the city into suitable districts for the purpose of establishing a system of sewerage and drainage; to provide such system and regulate the construction and repairs and use of sewers and drains, and of all proper house constructions and branches, and provide penalties for any obstruction of, or injury to, any sewer or part thereof.

27th. [Water works. To erect, construct and maintain water works, either within or without the corporate limits of the city, and to make all needful rules and regulations concerning the use of water supplied by such water-works, and to do all acts necessary for the construction, completion, management and control of the same, including the appropriation of private property for the public use in the construction and operation of such water works; compensation for such appropriation to be made as is provided by this act. And the mayor and council of each city, created or governed by this act, shall have power to construct and maintain water works on such terms and under such regulations as may be agreed on.

28th. [Fires.]-To provide for the organization and support of a fire department, and to establish regulations for the prevention and extinguishment of fires. 29th. [Parks.]-To hold and improve public grounds, and parks within or without the limits of the city, and provide for the protection and preservation of the same.

30th. [Officers' report.]-To require from any officer of the city, at any time, a report in detail of the transactions in his office, or any matters connected therewith.

31st. [Fast driving.]—To prevent horse-racing and immoderate driving or riding in the streets and to compel persons to fasten their horses or other animals attached to vehicles while standing in the streets.

32nd. [Explosive articles.]-To regulate the transportation and keeping of gunpowder, oils and other combustible and explosive articles.

33d. [Use of streets.]-To regulate the transportation of articles through the streets, and to prevent injuries to the streets from overloaded vehicles.

34th. [Eminent domain.]-To appropriate private property for the use of the city, for streets, alleys, avenues, sewers, parks or public squares.

35th. [Public peace.]-To provide for the punishment of persons disturbing the peace and good order of the city by clamor and noise, by intoxication, drunkenness, fighting or using obscene or profane language in the streets, or other public places, or otherwise violating the public peace by indecent and disorderly conduct, or by lewd or lascivious behavior.

36th. [Punish wrong-doers.]—To provide for the punishment of va grants, tramps, common street beggars, common prostitutes, habitual disturbers of the peace, pickpockets, gamblers, burglars, thieves, watch stuffers, ball game players, persons who practice any game, trick, or device with intent to swindle, persons who abuse their families, and suspicious persons who can give no reasonable account of themselves.

37th. [Vacancies in office.]-To provide for filling such vacancies as may occur in the office of councilman, or other elective office of the city, by calling special elections for that purpose.

38th. [Trees.]-To provide for the planting and protection of shade or ornamental and useful trees.

39th. [Inspection of weights and measures.]-To provide for the inspection of weights and measures, and prohibit the use of any imperfect weights or measures, or weighing apparatus.

40th. [Railway depots.]-To regulate levees, depots, depot grounds, and places for storing freights and goods, and to provide for and regulate the passage of railways through the streets and public grounds of the city.

41st. [Regulate railways.]-To regulate the crossing of railway tracks, to regulate the running of railway engines, cars, and trucks within the limits of the city, and to make other and further rules and restrictions, to prevent accidents at crossings, and on the tracks of railroads, and to prevent fires from engines, also to regulate and prescribe the time and manner of running street cars within the city, and require the heating and cleaning of such cars, and to fix and determine the fare to be charged.

42nd. [Firearms and fireworks.]-To punish and prevent the carrying of concealed weapons, the discharge of firearms or fireworks of any description in any of the streets, alleys, or public grounds, or about or in the vicinity of buildings.

43d. [Prevent nuisances.]-To prevent any person from bringing, depositing, having or leaving upon or near his premises or elsewhere within the city any dead carcass, and putrid beef, pork, fish, hides, or skins of any kind, or any other unwholesome substance, and to compel the removal of the same.

44th. [Board of public works.]-There shall be in each city of the first-class a board of public works which shall consist of three members residents of such city, to be appointed by the mayor by and with the consent of the council before the first Monday of July, 1882, for the term of one, two, and three years respectively, the term of office of each to be designated by the mayor, and annually thereafter there shall be appointed as hereinbefore provided, one member whose term of office shall be three years. The mayor by and with the consent of the council shall designate one of the members of such board to be the chairman thereof. The salary of the members of such board of public works shall be fixed by ordinance, and the

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