Entitled "An act to amend Section fifteen (15) of an act entitled ‘An act to incorporate Cities of the First Class,'" approved, March 28, 1873.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska:

That section fifteen (15), chapter eight (8), of the general statutes of Nebraska entitled "An act to incorporate cities of the first class," approved, March 28, 1873, be amended so as to read as follows:

SECTION 15. The mayor and council of each city created or governed by this act shall have the care, management and control of the city and 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:

Gen. Stat. 112.

collect license

1st. To levy and collect a license tax on runners, To levy and hawkers, peddlers, liquor sellers, pawnbrokers, shows taxes. 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 the same; also to license theatres and theatrical exhibitions for pay.

ers and travel

2d. To adopt all such measures as they may deem Protect strangnecessary for the accommodation and protection of stran- ing public. gers and the traveling public in person and property.

Restrain disorderly houses

places of

amusement.

3d. To restrain, prohibit, and suppress tippling and regulate shops, houses of prostitution, and other disorderly houses and practices, all games and gambling, and desecrations 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-pin or ball alleys, shooting galleries, and other similar places of amusement; and it shall be the duty of the mayor and city council of any such city to prohibit and suppress by ordinance all lotteries and gift enterprises of all kinds under whatsoever name carried on.

Make regulations to prevent contagious dis

eases.

Erect hospitals, etc.

Secure general health of city.

Establish night police.

Light streets.

Regulate weighing, etc.

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

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

6th. 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.

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

8th. To provide for the lighting of streets, laying down of gas-pipes and erection of lamp-posts, and to regulate the sale of gas, and rent of gas-meters within the city.

9th. To regulate the weighing and measuring of hay, of articles ex- Wood, and other articles exposed for sale, and of all coal sold or delivered within the city.

posed for sale.

maintain pub

10th. To establish and maintain public libraries and Establish and reading-rooms, to purchase books, papers, maps, and lic libraries. 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.

houses.

Protect public

property.

11th. To erect and establish market-houses, and Erect market 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 prop erty owned by the city; to provide for the safety and protection of private property where damages are likely and private to occur by the action of the elements, or through the carelessness or 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 be first submitted to and ratified by a majority of the legal voters of such city voting thereon.

12th. To provide for and cause to be taken an enu- Take census, meration of the inhabitants of the city.

elections.

13th. To provide by ordinance for the election of provide for 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 in conflict with existing laws.

moving officers

14th. To provide for removing officers of the city for Provide for remisconduct, and to create any office; any agent they may deem necessary for the government and best interests

of the city.

impose files,

15th. To regulate the police of the city, and impose Regulate police fines, forfeitures, and penalties for the breach of any etc.

Prescribe du

ties and com

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. To prescribe and regulate the duties, powers, pensation of and compensation of all officers, agents, and servants of the city not herein provided for.

officers, etc.

Require bond of officers.

Prevent cruelty to animals.

Prevent animals running at large.

Regulate running at large of dogs.

Pay city expenses.

Regulate auctions.

Same.

17th. To require of all officers, or servants elected or appointed in pursuance of this act, bond and security for the faithful performance of their duties. No officer shall become security upon the official bond of another. 18th. To provide for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

19th. 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. 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. To appropriate money and provide for the payment of the debts and expenses of the city.

22d. 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. To regulate or license the auctioneering of goods, wares, and merchandise brought into the state for the purpose of being sold at auction.

streets, alleys,

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

limits.

25th. To define fire limits and regulate the erection Define fire 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.

regulate sewers

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

regulate water

27th. To erect, construct, and maintain waterworks Construct and either within or without the corporate limits of the city, works. and to make all needful rules and regulations concerning the use of water supplied by such waterworks, 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 waterworks; compensation for such appropriation to be made as is provided by section fifty-four (54) of said act as now amended and in force; and the mayor and council of each city, created or governed by said act, shall have power to contract with and procure individuals or incorporations to construct and maintain waterworks on such terms and under such regulations as may be agreed on. 28th. To provide for the organization and support of organize fire a fire department, and to establish regulations for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.

department.