Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-07-08
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AN ACT
tn urov;ss for the organization Of Cities and
Incorporated Villages.
BY AUTHORITY.

AN ACT
To uroviss for the organization Of Cities and
Incorporated Villages.
Sec. IS. The city council shall have
the care, supervision and control of all
public highways, bridges, streets, alleys,
public squares, and commons, within
the city, and shall cause the same TO be
kept open and in repair and free from
nuisances; no street or alley which shall
hereafter be dedicated TO public use, by
the proprietor of ground in any city,
shall be deemed public street or aiies'I
or to be under the care or control oil tne
city council, unless the dedication shall
be accepted and confirmed by an ordi-
nance specially passed for sucn purpose;
they shall have the power, in cities OF
the first class, TO prescribe by ordinance
.ha width of The tires OF all wagons.
carts. draws, and other vehicles used in
the transportation of persons, or articles,
from one part of the city TO another, or
in the transportation OF coal, wood
stone, or lumber. into the CITY; to estab
lish stands for hackney coaches, cabs
and omnibuses, and enforce the obsery-
ance and use thereof, and to fix the rates
and prices for the transportation of per-
sons and property in such coaches. cabs.
and omnibuses, from one part of the city
to another.
Sec "a. The city council shall have
power to establish. and construct. end
TO regulate, landing places. wharves,
docks, piers and basins. and TO fix the
rates of landing, wharfage and dockage.
and TO use for the purpose aforesaid, any
public landing, or any property belong
ing to, or under the control of the city;
and the city council shall have the use
and control for the above purpose, ofthe
shore or bank of any lake or river, not
the property ofindIviduaIs, to the extent
and in any manner that the State can
grant such use or control; the city coun-
Gil shall have the power to appoint, or
to provide that the qualified voters shall
elect harbor masters, wharf masters.
port wardens, and other officers usual
or proper for the regulations of the nav
igation, trade or commerce OF such city,
to define their duties and powers, and
fix their fees or compensation; copies of
examination and surveys, and ofthe pro-
ceedings of any port warden in the usu-
al discharge of the duties of such Off
GERS, certified under his hand and seal,
shall be prima facIe evidence ofihe facts
therein duly stated.
Sec. SIS. The city council ofany city
shall have the exclusive power to estab-
lish, and to regulate and license, ferries
from such city, or any landing therein.
to the opposite shore, or from one part
of said city to another; and in granting
such license, to impose such reasonable
terms and restrictions in relation TO the
keeping of such ferries, and the time,
manner and rates of the carriage and
transportation of persons or property. as
the city council may prescribe; and the
city council shall have power TO provide
for the revocation of any such license,
and for the punishment, by proper fines
and penalties, OF the violation of any or
dinance prohibiting unlicensed ferries,
or regulating those established and Ii
censed.
Sec. sc. The city shall have power
TO provide that when fine shall be i'm
posed for the violation of the ordinan-
ces Of the city, or any Of them, and the
same is not paid, the party convicted
shall, by order of the mayor or other
proper authority, or on process issued
for the purpose, be committed until such
fine and the costs ofprosecution shall be
paid. or the party discharged by due
course of law; they shall also have pow
er to provide that any person convicted
of a repeated and wilful violation of any
ordinance, who shall refuse or neglect
TO pay the fine imposed, and the cost OF
prosecution, shall by like order of pro-
cess, be imprisoned and kept in confine-
ment for any term not exceeding thirty
days; they shall have power TO provide
that all vagrants, common street beg
gars, common prostitutes. and persons
disturbing the peace Of the city, shall,
on conviction thereof, be furnished bv
imprisonment, n OF exceeding thirty
days; any city shall be allowed for the
purpose ofimprisonment authorized un-
der this act, the use of the Jail of the
proper county; and all persons so i'm
prisoned, shall be under the charge of
the sheriff of the county, who shall re
ceive and discharge such persons. in
such manner as shall be prescribed by
the ordinances of the city, or otherwise.
by due course of law.
Sec. 81. Any member of the city
council may be expelled or removed
from Office, by concurrent vote of two.
thirds of all the trustees elected to the
city council. but not second time for
the same cause; any officers appointed
by the city council may be removed
from Office bya concurrent vote of a
majority of the whole number of trus-
tees elected to the city council; any off
Ger elected by the voters Of the CITY, or
Of any ward or district, may be removed
from office by a concurrent vote oftwo-
thirds of all The trustees elected 10 tie
city council, and provision be made. by
ordinance, as to the mode in which
charges shall be preferred. and hear
ing shall be had; in all cases of vacan-
cias in fhe cifv corncil fhev shaU ha