Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-05-29

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Provided such annexation shall not a
feet, or in any wise impair any right
. or liabilities existing at the time {
such annexation, either in favor Of {
against said corporations; and suit
founded upon such rights and liabilitie
may be commenced, and pending suit
prosecuted and carried to final judg
ment and execution, the same a
though such annexation had not takel
! place.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of tn
secretary of state to receive and pre-
serve in his office, all papers transmit
ted to him in relation to the organiza
ton of Incorporated villages, or the an
nexation of territory to any city or in
corporated village, or the consolidation
of municipal corporations, and he shal
prepare for and submit to the Genera
Assembly, ateach regular session there
of, report, showing the names, loca
tion, and limits of each incorporated
village, organized under this act, previ
Gus to the time of making up of said re
port; and also the cities and incorpora
ted villages, the limits of which hav,
been increased under this act, previ
GUS to the same time, and the limits 81
added.
Sec. ls. Cities or incorporated villa
ges, organized or to be organized un
der this act, be and they are hereby
declared to be bodies polite and cor
porate, under the name and style o
the city Of, or the incorporated vii
lage Of, as the case may be; capa
bic to sue and be sued, to contract anc
be contracted with; to acquire, holc
and possess property, real or person
al; to have a common seal, and t.
change and alter the same at pleasure
and to exersise such other powers, anc
to have such other privileges, as are in
cident to municipal corporations o.
like character or degree, not inconsist.
ent with this act, or the genesal laws oi
the State.
Sec. 10. All 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
snbiect 10 the rules and restriction:
granted and prescribed in the twenty
succeeding sections of this act.
Sec. 20. They shall have power tc
prevent injury or annoyance within
the limits of the corporation, from any
thing dangerous, offensive or unhealthy
and to cause any nuisance to be aba.
ted; to regulate the transportation and
keeping of gunpowder or other COM
bustibles, and to provide or license
magazines for the same; TO prevent
and punish fast or immoderate riding
of horses, or driving or propeliing G.
vehicles through the streets; to estab-
lish and regulate markets; to provide
for the measuring or weighing of hay
wood, coal, or any othe article fol
sale, to regulate the transportation OF
articles through the streets, and to pre-.
vent injuries to the streets from over.
loaded vehichles; to prevent any riott,
noise, disturbances, or disorderly as
semblages; to suppress and restrain
disorderly houses, houses of illfame
billiard tables, nine or ten pin alleys ol
tables, and ball alleys. and to authorize
the destruction of all instruments or de,
vices used for the purpose of gam
ming; and to protect the property oi
the municipal corporation, and its in.
habitants, and preserve peace and
good order therein.
Sec. 81. They shall have power tc
provide for the regular building oi
houses; to make regulations for the
purpose of guatding against danger:
from accidents by fire; and on petition
of the owners of not less than two
thirds of the ground included in any
square, to prohibit the erection in any
such square, of any building, or any
addition to any building, more thar
ten feet high, unless the outer wall:
there of be made of brick and mortar
OF of iron, or stone and mortar, and
provide for the removal of anv build
ings, or additions, erected contrary tc
such prohibition.
Sec. %. They shall have the pow,
to provide supply of water, by the
construction and regulation of we'll
pumps, cisterns, reservoirs, or water
works; to prevent the unnecessary
waste of water to prevent pollution o.
the water, and injuries to tho water
works; and for the purpose of estab
fishing or supplying water works, any
municipal corporation may go bey ond
its territorial limits; aud its jurisdic.
ton to prevent or punish any pollution
or injury TO the stream or source ot
wafer, or to the water works, shall ex
tend five miles beyond its corporate
limits.
Sec %. They shall have power tc
regulate the burial of the dead; tc
provide without the limits of the cor
poration, places for the interment o.
the dead, and to prevent any such in
terment within such limits, and to car
ry into effect any prohibition against
interments within he limits Of the cor
poration; may not only impose proper
fines and penalties, but shall also have
power TO cause any body inferred con
trary to such prohibition to bo taker
Up and buried without the limits of the
corporation.
Sec. "a. They shall have power tc
restrain and regulate the running a
large of cattle, horses, swine, sheep
and other animals, the property of any
person residing within the limits of the
corporation; and to authorise the dis
training impending and sale of tho
same. for the penalty Incurred. anu