The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-04-03

tainment within said town, all theatrical ex.
hitions and public shows or other exhib>
tions Of whatever name or nature 10 which
admission is obtained on the payment Of
moneNor other reward; the sale ofall horses,
mules and other domestic animals, q public
auction, Of all goods, wares and merchan.
die, save and except such personal proper
~ as may be sold by virtue Of process issu-
ing from any court, or by an! trustee, COM
missioner in chancery, executor, administra
tor, receiver or guardian. They shall have
power 10 impose reasonable fines and penal.
ties for the violation Of any such laws or
ordinances as the said Town Council may
in theif judgment deem 6t and proper to
enact for the good 90 sernment thereof. And
the Town Council shall have power 10 grant
or refuse license to hawkers and peddlers
Offering 10 sell goods, wares and merchan>
die within the limits Of said town, and in
granting any such license as aforesaid, II
Shall be lawful for said Council TO exact,
demand and receive such SUN or sims Of
money as they shall think fit and exPedient
to Annex thereto such reasonable terms and
conditions ia regard TO time place AID other
circumstances under which said license shall
be acted upon, and ~ their opinion the peace
aud quiet and good order Of society in said
town may require, aud for the violation Of
such reasonable terms and conditions as
aforesaid, the Mayor shall have power TO re-
woke or suspend such license whenevr the
good order and welfare Of said town may
require il, in such way and manner as shall
be provided for by ordnance.
SET. 2. The Town Council shall have power
20 establish quarantine when deemed expedeni,
and to regulate the assize and quality of bread and
the keeping Of gun powder and they are hereby au-
thOrized to require aud COMPEL the removal Of all
nuisances within the limits Of the Town under such
regulations shall be prescribed by ordinances and
The sa council shall have power whenever the
Public Peace or safety OF the inhabitants Of said
Town shall require IT, TO establish n watch, patrol
and organize the same under the general superirl-
tendance Ofthe Marshall prescribe its duties, and
define its powers in such way and manner will
most eiteciually preserve the peace and quiet OF
said town and the inhabitants thereof from personal
violence, and to preserve their property from fire
and unlawful depreciation. They may establish
and organize FIRE companies and provide them with
the proper engines aud other necessary and conve-
nient apparatus, as shall or may be deemed neces-
H1ry 10 cxtinguish fire and preserve property Of
the inhabitants Of said Town from conAagrat on,
duu pTONuG buCn bYe-iaWs Nnu regulations Tor the
government Of the same as they shall think fit and
rxpedient, and every such person who may belong
10 any such FIRE company, shall in time of peace be
exempt from the performance of military duty
under the laws Of the states they shall regulate the
markets and market placesfnr the sale ofproVsions,
vegetables and other articles necessary for the
tcnance comfort and convenience Of said Town
and the inhabitants thereof. They shall have pow
10 establish and construct landing places, whars
and whariboats, and fix the rules Of and rates of
wharfage ofull waterCrah, which may be moored
AZ said loi dngs belonging 10 said Town.
SECT. 9. That the said Town Council shall have
the custody, care and snperintendance, manage
meut and control Of all the real and personal estate,
tho public burial ground and other corporate pro-
perty belonging to said Town and all the real and
personal estate, money, funds and revenues which
may from time 10 time be owned by OF Of rightbe-
long to said Town, with full power 10 purchase,
hold, ne, possess, occupy, sell and convey the same
Tor the use and benefit Of said Town aud the inhaib
tants thereof Preceded, that the Town Council
shall not have power sell, incumbeT, or in any way
dispose Of any Public landing or wharf, or any in
terast therein, or part thereof, which now is, or
hereafter may be owned by, or shall become the pro-
perty Of said Town unless the qualified voters there
of, in pursuance Of Thirty days previous notice by
order Of Council published in some newspaper prin-
ted in said Town setting forth the object or purpose
time and place Of voting, SHAH BY a majority OF
sent thereto; nor shall the Town Council issue any
written, or printed notes, tickets under their au-
thority, or under the authority Of said Town de-
signed as a circulating medium of trade, or ex-
change either directly or indirectly; nor shall il be
lawful for the Town Council TO make, o. authorize
any contract by ordinance or otherwise lor the pay
ment Of money at any Day beyond the current hscal
year in which such contract IS made, except the
Town Council unanimously concur therein, at two
regular and successive meetings. Nor shall II be
lawful fer said Town Council 10 contract, or autbo-
Iize 0uy loan, except Aforesaid, not pTedicateC
Upol the revenues Of the current ca year in which
said loan is made. Ifany Town Council, shall 81
contract or auhorise a debt or loan Ia either o.
the cases specified contrary tie provisions Of THU
section, every such contract Is hereby declared IL
legal and void as against the property and revenues
Of the Town and offull force and obi CATION against
the private estates Of every member of the 'TowT
Council who vas present. in council when such deb
or loan was contracted, or authorized and who die
not record his vote against the same,and forthwith
make known the fact through some news-pape
printed m said Town; and tho holder OF every debt
or loan a aforesaid contracted, shall have, am
is hereby authorised ard empowered 10 resort to hi
present personal remedy ine An action against TIN
whole number, o. any intermediate number If IN,
members Of the Council hereby liable for the same
SEC 10. That the Town Council shall have th
care and supeinicn6ance, management aud contro
Of the Hospital Of said town, together with th
revenue accruing thereto under the act of tn
legislature passed on The I'd day of February
1912, and shall from time 20 time appoint careful
and competent keeper 10 receive al such sick o
disabled persons as may be admitted therein unde
the provisions OF such ordinances as may be passet
by the Board Of Council for that purpose.
SET IL. That tbs said Town Council shall haY
power, when the public good require IL, TO erect
prison, aud 10 regulate by ordnance the police,
internal government OF same; that the said piso
may contain such apartments ap may be dcemet
necessary for the safe keeping aud accommodation
OF all such persons may be confined thereini tha
the said Council, shall have power TO pass oil sue
ordinances may be necessary for the apprehensio
and punishment Of all Migrants, common stree
heggais, common prostitu g and persons disturbin
the pence Of said Town, and FOR the suppression {
riots, quirclling md indecent and disorderly cor
duets and for the plnishmenl Of lewd and lacivlou
bsha yiourOi 5asphemous language who upon cOhi
ton thereof before the Mayor in such msnner as n
Town Council shall PRESERVE, may be inod H. on
sum not necprdin0 fav dolara ar be confopd