The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-17

nate officers which they may think necessary for the
good government and we'll being of said town, together
with two or three disintereSted persons to act as Com
missioners to appraise damages where private property
is taken for public use, to prescribe their duties, anu
determine the period Of their appointment, and the fees
they shall receive for their respective services, wnen
the same is no, otherwise provided for by this act, and
to require of them 10 take an oath or affirmation previous
to entering upon the duties Of their respective Offices,
and shall further require Of them 4 bond with sufficient
security, conditioned for the faithful performance of
their respective Offices. And it is hereby provided that
the said Treasurer shall pay no moneys except upon the
order OF the Town Council, signed by the President and
countersignel By the Recorder. The Towa Council
shall also have powe. .c tx To The violation Of the by
laws and ordinances 0; The corporation reasonable lines
and penalties Pfovn'td, That no bylaws OF ordinances
Of said corporation shall take effect or be in force until
the same shall nave been posted up in one of the most
pu Bile places in said town, or published in some news
paper in said town at least ten days, and the certificate
Of the Recorder entered upon the record OF said Town
Council, shall be deemed and taken 70 be sufficient ev'-
dence Of such publication.
Sec. IL. The Town Council shall have power to enact,
establish. publish, alter, modify, amend or repeal all
such ordinances, rules and bylaws for the government
and good order Of the town, tor the suppression of vice,
Tor the prevention Of fires, and for the benefit of trade
and commerce, and for the health thereof, as they may
deem e~xpedient, declaring and imposing penalties. ami
t.. enforce the same against any person who may violate
any Of the provisions of such ordinances, rules, or by
laws and such ordinances, rules or bylaws are hereby
declared to be, and to have the force OF law Provided,
that they be not repugnsnt to the Constitution and laws
Of the United States, and Of this State, and for those
purposes shall have authority, by ordinance or bylaws
to organize fire companies, hook and ladder companies;
to regulate their government, and the time and manner
Of their exercise, to provide all necessary apparatus for
the exhngu.shment Of fires, to require the owners Of
buildings to provide and keep suitable ladders and fire.
buckets, which are hereby declared to be appurtenances
to the real estate, aud exempt from seizure, distress or
sale in any manner; and if the owner shall refuse to
procure suitable ladders OF fire buckets, after reasonable
notice, the Town Council may procure and deliver
the same to him, aud in default Of payment therefor,
may recover Of the said owner the value Of such lad
ders. or fire buckets, or both, with costs of suit to
regulate the storage Of gunpowder and other dangerous
materials, to direct the safe construction OF a place for
the deposit OF ashes; to appoint one or more fire ward
ems to enter into, at reasonable times, and examine all
dwelling houses, lots, yards, enclosures, and buildings OF
every descri ptlon, in order to discover whether any Of
them are in u dangerous condition and to cause such as
may be dangerous to DC put IN Il safe condition 10 re-
gulate the manner OF putting up stoves and stove pipe;
to prevent fires, and the use OF fireworks and fire arms
within the limits OF said town, or such parts thereof as
they suay :hink proper; to compel the inhabitants OF
said town to aid in thu extinguishmeut OF fires, and to
pull, break down, and raze such buildings i'll the vicinity
Of the fire az shall be directed by the Town Council,
or a majority OF them, who may be at the tire, for the
purpose CT preventing its communication to other built
ings and generally to establish other measures of pru-
dence for the prevention or extinguislluent If fires, as
they may deem proper.
Second, To prevent, abate, and remove nuisances, and
take such measures for the public health as they may
deem proper, aud compel the owner Of any grocery, Gel
lar, tailow chambers shop, soap factory, tanncry, stable,
barn, prlvy, sewer, or other unwhoesome or nause0us
house or places, to cleanse, remove or abate the same
from time to time, as often as it may be deemed nects-
oorv for the hpaith c0rnfnrf md convenience Of fha
town.
Third, To license and regulate che exhibitions Of
common %showmen, OR shows of any kind, or the exhibit
ton of any natural or artificial curiosities, caravans,
circuses, or theatrical performances, under the ordinan-
ces or common laws.
Fourth, 70 restrain aud prohibit all descriptions. of
gaming and fraudulent devices and practices, and all
playing Of cards, dice, or other games of chance, for the
purpose of gaming in said town.
Fifth, To prevent any riots, noise, disturbance, or
~disorderly asse'nblages, with power to demand the as
sistance Of the citizens to effect the same suppress and
restrain ~disorderIy houses, or groceries, or houses Of ILL.,
fame, shows and exhibitions.
Sixth, To direct the location and management of all
slaughter houses aud markets.
Seventh, To prevent the e~ucumberins tie streets,
sidewalks, alleys OF public grounds with carriages, carts,
wagons, sleighs, sleds, boxes, lumber, G,ewooa, or other
materials or substance whatever.
Eighth, To prevent horse racing, immoderats driving
or riding in the streets, and to regulate the places Of
bathing and swimming in the waters within the limits
Of the town. .....
Ninth, To restrain the running at large OF cattle,
swine, sheep, horses, poultry, geese, and to authorize the
distraining and sale OF the same, or to impose a fine,
not exceeding ave dollars, for every such animal found
50 being at large in violation Of the bylaws of the town.
Tenth, To prevent the running at large Of dogs, and
to authorize the destruction of the same in q summary
manner, when at large, contrary to the ordinances, or to
impose a tax upon the same.
Eleventh, To prevent any person bringing, depositing
or having within said town any putrid carcass, or any
unwholesome substance, and to require the removal of
the same by any person who may have on his premises
any such substance, or any putrid or unsound beef, pork,
fish, hides, Or skins of any kind, and in default, to all.
thorize the removal thereof, by some competent officer,
at the expense Of such person or persons.
Twelfth, To establish and regulate Boards Of Health.
provide hospitals and cemetery grounds, regulate tue
burial Of the dead, aud the return Of the bills Of NOR
tality, and to exempt burying grounds set apart for
public use, t,om taxation. -.
Thirteenth, I" regulate the establishment of ferries
and provide for the protection of the same.
Fourteenth, To provids for the security aud pretec.
ton of brid ges.
Fifteenth. 10 prcfent all persons riding Or driving
any horse, Ok, or mule, cattle or other animal on the
sidewalks in said town, or 10 any way doing any damage
to such sidewalks.
! Sixteenth, 10 sestssin dsunkards, immoderste drink