Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-06-17
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AN ACT
To provide for the organization Of Cities snd
Incorporated Villages.
BY AUTHORITY.


shall be certified and delivered, and for
warded, the said annexation shall be
deemed complete; and it shall be lawful
for the corporation 10 which the annexa-
tion has been made, to pass such ordi-
nances as will carry into effect the terms
of such annexation, so far as the same
shall not be inconsistent with this act,
and with the regular and proper gov
eminent of such corporation under me
provisions thereof; and any part OF sucn
terms, SO inconsistent, shall be deemed
void; but their nullity shall in no man.
ner affect such annexation; and the Two
former corporations shall thereafter be
governed as one. embracing the terrific
nv of both; and the inhabitants of all
such territory shall have equal rights
and privileges; Provided, such annexa-
tion shall not affect, or in any wise inn
pair any rights or liabilities existing at
the time of such annexation, either in
favor of or against said corporations;
and suits founded upon such rights and
Liabilities may be commenced, and
pending suits prosecuted and carried TO
final judgmen and execution, the same
as though such annexation had not Ia
ken place.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State TO receive and pre-
serve in his office, all papers transmitted
to him, in relation TO the organization of
incorporated villages, or the annexation
of territory to any city or incorporated
village, or the consolidation of munich
pal corporations, and he shall prepare
for, and submit to the General Assem-
bly,, at each regular session thereof, a
report, showing the names. location.
and limits of each incorporated village,
organized under this act, previous TO
the time of making up said report; and
also the cities and incorporated villages,
the limits of which have been increased
under this act. previous TO the same
time, and the limits so added.
Sec. IS. Cities or incorporated VIII
lagos, organized or to be organized un-
der this act, be and they are hereby de-
clared TO be bodies polite and corporate,
under the name and the style of the city
of --, or the incorporated village
of E., as the case may be; capable
to sue and be sued, TO contract and be
contracted with; to acquire, hold and
possess property, real or personal; to
have common seal, and 10 change and
alter the same at pleasure; and to exer-
else such other powers, and to have such
other privileges, as are incident TO mu-
nicipal corporations of like character or
degree, not inconsistent with this act, or
the general laws of this State.
Sec. l9. ALI municipal corporations
organized, or to be organized under this
act, except Incorporated villages for
special purposes, shall have the general
powers and privileges, and be subject to
the rules and restrictions granted and
prescribed in the twenty succeeding sec
tions Of this act.
Sec. 90. They shall have power to
prevent injury or annoyance within the
limits of the corporation, from anything
dangerous, offensive or unhealthy, and
TO cause any nuisance to be abated; to
regulate the transportation and keeping
of gunpowder or other combustibies,
and 10 provide or license magazines for
the same; to prevent and punish fast or
immoderate riding of horses, or driving
or propelling of vehicles through the
streets; TO establish and regulate mar
kets; to provide for the measuring or
weighing fnay, wood, coal, or any 9TH
er article for sale; TO regulate the trans
portation of articles through the streets,
and to prevent injuries to the streets
from overloaded vehicles; 10 prevent
any riots, noise, disturbances, or disor-
derly assemblages; TO suppress and re-
strain disorderly houses, houses of i'll
fame, billiard tables, nine or ten pin al
leys or tables, and ball alleys, and to au-
thorize the destruction Of all instruments
or devices used for the purpose Of ga
ming; and to protect the property of the
municipal corporation, and its inhabi-
tantS, and preserve peace and good or
der therein
Sec. 81. They shall have power TO
provide for the regular building of
houses; 10 make regulations for the pur- ;
pose of guarding against dangers from
accidents by fire; and on petition of the {
owners of not less than two thirds ofthe |
ground included in any square, to pro- I
hibit the erection in any such square, of |
any building, or any addition 10 any i
building, more than ten feet high, unless I
the outer walls thereof be made of brick 7
and mortar, or ofiron, or stone and NOR I
tar, and provide for the removal of any {
buildings, or additions, erected contrary |
TO such prohibition. S
Sec. 92. They shall have the power j
to provide supply ofwater, by the con. {
struction and regulation ofwelIs, pumps, I
cisterns, reservoirs, or water works; to {
prevent the unnecessary waste OF water,
to prevent pollution OF the water, and |
injuries to the water works; and for the {
purpose of establishing or supplying wa S
ter works, any municipal corporation ,
may go beyond its territorial limits; and
its jurisdiction to prevent or punish any I
pollution or injury TO the stream or 4
source of water, or TO the water works,
shall extend five miles beyond its corpo-
rate limits.
Sec. %. They shall have power to {
regulate the burial of the dead; TO pro- {