The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-07-16


ysu,s and sppoint all necessary officers
and spenls, under euch rules and regulas
sious a ihe city council may prescrbei
when any city shall have contracted .
debt III respect OF waIter-works, Abe rents
s,S income which may arise ihereifom,
shall be kept separate and distinct iund'
10 Be applied 10 the payment Of 'he ex-|
penses OF constructing and repairing me
works, the pmymenr ofsuch debts, or the
creation ola sinking fund for its redemp.
lion. !.
Sec. 76. That on the first Monday Of
Ami nexi, there shall be elected three
commissioners; the person having the
highest number Of votes cast, 10 bold bis
Office Tor tho term of three years, the per.
SON having the next highest number, to
hold HE Office for the term OF two years,
and the person having the next highest
uumber, 10 hold his Office for the term Of
one year, aud thereafter one shall be
elected annually. who SHAH continue IN
Office for the term Of three years, and
unsil hip s~ccessor is elected and quail.
fed; II shall be the duty orihe city com.
siissioners to enforce iha ordinances Of
ibs city. 10 superin,end The cleaning and
Improvement, and the lighting Of the
streets, lanes, alleys, market spaces.
commons, iridges, sewers, and landings
Of The city, and perform sucl, other duties
% the council may by ordinance pre-
scribe they shall, with ths mayor Of said
city, aud the city civil engineer, consiI-
suie ibs board Of city Improvements, and
receive such compensation for their ser
vices as the city council may determine;
the board Of city Improvements shall OK.
orciss such powers and perform such du-
siss,in the ,uperiniendence and consiric-
ton Of public works, constructed BY au-
ihofily of the city, as The said council
may from time 10 time prescribe.
n Sec. N. The city council shall have
mower 10 erect and establish, to maintain
and regulate an infirmary for the accom-
il,o5s,ion Of the poor Of such city, either
within the limits Of such city, or within
she county in which !, may be situate;
and for such purpose may purchase or
hold any real estate that may be deemed
necessary; the management and govern
n,ent Of any such infrmary, and the
granting Of outdoor relief TO the poor,
under such rules and regulation as the
counil may prescribe, shall be vested 10
a board OF three directors, TO be elected
by the qualified voters Of the city, and
hold .heir Office for the term Of three
years, but il shall be so provided that one
of said directors shall be elected annually
The civ council may provide that the
qualified elecior ofeacb ward OF the cly
shall elect, or that the said directors shall
sppoin., an overseer in each ward, who
sball perform such duties in respect to
The care Of the poor, and their removal
10 said infrmary, as The city council may
prescribe. ;,
Sec. 7s. The city council shall have
power 10 erect and establish, and to main
tain and regulate, other within its limits,
or within the county in which it may be
situate, house Of refuge, or house ol
correction, and work house, or either
OF them, aud place the same under the
management and control ofsuch directors,
superin,endenis, and other officers. as The
council may by ordinance provide; oil
children under the age OF sixteen years,
who shall be coyicied Of any odsnce
made punishable by imprisonment under
any ordinance ofihe ci,y, or who shall be
liable 10 be committed 10 prison under
any such ordinance, may be confined in
such house Of refuge, and may be there
kept, or apprcnticed out, under such
rules and regulations as the directors Of
The house ofreiuge may prescribe, until
thew srrive al the age Of eighteen years;
and il shall and may be lawful for the d.
rcc,ors ofany such house Of refuge, TO
receive and take charge Of any children
who may be committed to their custody
ly the court Of common plcas, or any
Judge, Justice Of the peace, or other Off
Ger, under any law OF the state; any PET
son over the age ofsixleen years, convict
cd Of a violation Of any ordinace, and LA
BILE 10 be punished therefor. by imprison.
meni, may, ID lieu thereof, be committed
10 the house ofcorrection, or - the work
house, as may be provided by ordinance.
Sec. 10. That the board Of directors
Of any house Of refuge heretofore estab,
lished by any city, be, and they are here
BY authorized to appoint committee OF
one or more Of their own number, with
power to execute and deliver, on behalf
OF said board. .indeniures of apprenticeship
ior any inmate Of said institution whom
they may deem a proper person Tor an
appr eniiceship 10 trade or occupation,
10 such person as said committee or the
boasd may select and agree with; and
that said indentures shall have the like
force and effect as other indeniures Of ap
prenliceship under The laws Of Ohio, and
that said indentures shall be filed and
kept 10 said institution by the superinien.
dent thereof, and Il shall not be necessar,
10 Gle Of record the same in any othel