pose of gaming in said city. houses, etc. 3d. To prevent any riots, noises, disturbance or dis- Disorderly orderly assemblage, suppress and restrain disorderly houses or groceries, houses of ill fame, billiard tables, nine or ten pin alleys or tables, shows and exhibitions, to authorize the destruction of all instruments or devices used for the purposes of gaming and to abate nuisances. 4th. To compel the owner or occupant of any gro- Nuisances. cery, cellar, tallow chandler's shop, soap factory, tannery, stable, barn, privy, sewer, or other unwholesome or nauseous houses or places, to cleanse, remove or abate the same from time to time, as often as it may be deemed necessary for the health, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of the city. houses, etc. 5th. To direct the location and management of all Slaughter slaughter houses and markets, to establish rates for and license venders of gunpowder and regulate the storage and keeping and conveying of gunpowder or other combustible materials. encumbran 6th. To prevent the encumbering of the streets, side- To prevent walks, lanes, alleys or public grounds with carriages, ce on streets carts, wagons, sleighs, sleds, boxes, timber, firewood, or walks. other material or substance whatever. and side bathing. 7th. To prevent horse racing, immoderate driving or Driving and riding in the streets, and to regulate the places of bathing and swimming in the waters within the limits of said. city. 8th. To restrain the running at large of cattle, Animals. swine, sheep, horses, poultry and geese, and to authorize the distraining and sale of the same. 9th. To prevent the running at large of dogs, and to Dogs. authorize their destruction in a summary manner when at large contrary to the ordinances, or to impose a tax on the same. stances. Ioth. To prevent any person from bringing, deposit- Putrid subing or having within said city any putrid carcass, or any unwholesome substance, and to require the removal of the same by any person who shall have upon his prem Pounds, waterworks, ises any such substance, or any putrid or unsound beef, pork, fish, hides or skins of any kind, and in default, to authorize the removal thereof by some competent officer at the expense of such person or persons. 11th. To make and establish public pounds, pumps, hacks, etc. wells, cisterns and reservoirs, and to provide for the erection of waterworks for the supply of water to the inhabitants of said city, or any ward therein; to erect lamps, and regulate and license hacks, cabs, drays, carts, and the charges of hackmen, car-men and draymen within the limits of the city. poor houses Hospitals, 12th. To establish and regulate boards of health, and cemete- provide hospitals, poor houses and cemetery grounds, and regulate the burial of the dead. ries. Bridges. Misuse sidewalks. of Fire ar m9 and fire Chap 167 Laws 1883 requires the organization of Boards of Health in each city and prescribes the mode of organization. Chap. 421 Law 1865 authorize Council to purchase additional land for cemetery, and extends the jurisdiction of the Council to the land so purchased. 13th. To regulate the building of bridges and provide for the security and protection of the same. 14th. To prevent all persons riding or driving any horse, ox, mule, cattle or other animal on the sidewalks in said city, or in any way doing damage to such sidewalks. 15th. To prevent the shooting of firearms or crackworks. ers, except by special provision of the Common Council, and to prevent the exhibition of any fireworks in every situation which may be considered by the City Council dangerous to the city or any property therin, or annoying to any citizen thereof. Drunken ness. Police. Markets. 16th. To restrain drunkards, immoderate drinking or obscenity in the streets or public places, and provide for removing and punishing any person or persons who may be guilty of the same. 17th. To appoint policemen, watchmen and firemen, prescribe their duties and punish their delinquences. 18th. To establish public markets and make rules and regulations for the government of the same; to ap vide 6.28 § 2 1,29 See'br point suitable officers for overseeing and regulating such 19th. To regulate the place and manner of weighing Weighing Hay, Fuel, and selling hay, of measuring and selling fuel, fish, lime etc. and other articles, and to appoint suitable persons to superintend, conduct or inspect the same. and rubbish on 20th. To compel the owner or occupant of Snow any building or ground to remove the snow, dirt or rubbish sidewalks. from the sidewalks, street or alley opposite thereto, and to compel such owner or occupant to remove from the lot owned or occupied by him, all such substances as the city shall direct, and in his default, to authorize the removal or destruction thereof, by some suitable officer, at the expense of such owner or occupant. 21st. To authorize the Mayor or other proper officer of the city, to grant and issue licenses, and direct the manner of issuing and registering thereof and the fees to be paid therefor. Licenses. 22d. To regulate the use of locomotive engines, and Railroads, direct and control the location of railroad tracks and de- etc. 23d. To direct and regulate the planting and pre- Shade trees. its and 24th. To establish harbor and dock limits and regu- Dock Limlate the locality and manner of constructing of wharves wharfs. and docks along the banks of Pike Creek within the limits of said city. 24th, a. To pass and enforce such ordinances as Same. they may deem necessary to regulate and cause to be constructed, altered and maintained, wharves along the bank of Pike Creek, and exercise the same power and control over said creek within said city, as by virtue of the City Charter they possess over streets and alleys. Sec. 4, Chap. 185, Laws 1873. 24th, b. To pass and enforce such ordinance as they Same. deem necessary to regulate and cause to be constructed, repaired and maintain wharves and docks along the dock limits established or hereafter to be established by said Council, and also to prevent sand or other obstructions from washing into the harbor of Pine (Pike) Creek. For the purpose of carrying into effect the foregoing powers and provisions, the Common Council shall have power to provide by ordinance for docking along said dock limits or any part or portion thereof, and for requiring the owners of docks thereon to repair the same in such manner as said Council shall direct; and to make or construct such other protection on any lot or lots within said dock limits to prevent obstructions from working into the harbor, creek or river, as to said Council may seem best. Whenever an ordinance is passed by said Common Council requiring the owner or owners of any lot or lots to construct, repair or maintain any wharf or dock or to build any obstruction upon such lot or lots as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the City Clerk forthwith to serve upon the owner or owners of said lot or lots referred to in said ordinance, a true and correct copy of such ordinance, together with a notice of the date of its passage in the manner provided by statute for the service of a summons in the Circuit Court. If service cannot be had upon such owner or owners in the manner above provided, then it shall be the duty of said Clerk to enclose by mail a copy of such ordinance, together with the notice aforesaid, addressed to such owner or owners at his or their place of residence, if the same can be ascertained, and if the owner or owners of such lot or lots shall neglect or refuse within one year after the passage of such ordinance and service of notice as aforesaid, to build or repair such dock, wharves or other protection, or otherwise to comply with the provisions of said ordinance, the Common Council are hereby empowered and authorized to let the docking, repairing, filling or the construction of such other specified protection of said lot or lots by contract to the lowest bidder therefor. When such work shall be completed according to such contract, and accepted by said Common Council, the Mayor and City Clerk shall issue a certificate to such contractor, as provided in section three of this act, for the amount of the contract price of such work. The amount so named in said certificate, with ten per cent. interest thereon from the date of such certificate, shall be chargeable to and be a valid lien upon such lot or lots, the same as other special assessments, and it shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes upon real estate are collected; but no part of any such work shall be paid by the city: Provided, that no such ordinance as hereinbefore mentioned shall be passed except by a three-fourths vote of the Common Council. Sec. 2, Chap. 316 Laws 1876. (NOTE. --Section 3, above referred to, is as follows: The City Clerk shall annually add to the tax-roll of the city, in a separate column, as a special assessment, opposite to the lots to be charged therewith, the amount due on all the aforesaid outstanding contractor's certificates issued by him and the Mayor, as provided by the second section of this act, together with ten per cent. interest on each of said certificates, and the same shall be collected by the Treasurer as other taxes are collected.) To lease 25th. To lease the wharfing privileges of Pike Creek docks, etc, or of the harbor within the limits of said city at the ends of streets upon such terms and conditions as may be usual in the leasing of other real estate, reserving such rents as may be agreed, and employing such remedies in case of non-performance of any covenants in any such lease as are given by law in other cases. Public build es, etc. 26th. To erect or purchase such public buildings as ings, dredgmay be necessary for public use, and to build, regulate and lease dredges, scows, wharves, docks or piers on the harbor or at the ends of the streets or alleys. Use and harbor. 27th. To prevent and remove all obstructions within, tection or encroachments upon the harbor, and otherwise improve and protect it by dredging, piering, widening, deepening or straightening the same; and to prescribe such regulations for the government of boats or ves pro of |