, 1862-03-08

ceedngs punish any member or other person for dis
orderly conduct in their presence at any meeting Of
the Council and with the Of twothirds Of
all members elect. expel any member. They shall
keep Journal of their proceedings and at the desire
of any member, shall cause the yeas and nays to be
taken any question, and entered the journal,
and their proceedings shall be public.
Sec. 3. The Mayor and Common Council shall have
power within the city;
l. To make bylaws and ordinances not repugnant
to the laws of the United States to the laws of this
Territory.
2 To levy and collect all taxes not to exceed one half
of one per cent. per annum, upon all property made
taxable by law for Territorial and county purposes
Provided That if any person. at any time after the
annual assessment shall commence the sale or barter
of any goods, merchandise, within said city
such person shall pay to the city treasurer tax oD
such goods wares merchandise pr0portiOned to the
amount paid for the city county and Territorial taxes.
And provided further, That said City Council al
not pass any bylaws whatever that will in anywise
preclude any person from bringing into said city
SELLING any article Of produce raised in the Territory
Sd. To make regulations to prevent the intro lut
ton Of contagious and other diseases into the city.
4th. To establish hospitals and make regulations for
the government of the same and to secure the gene
raj health of the inhabitants.
5th. To prevent and remove nuisances.
9th. To erect water works either within or beyond
the limits of the corporation and provide the city with
good and wholesome water.
9TH. To license, tax and regulate auctioneers tav-
erns, ordinances hawkers, peddlers brokers, pawn
brokers and money changers.
Sth. To license and regulate pOrters and fix the
rates Of porterage.
9th 10 license and regulate hackney carriages
wagons carts drays, and omnibuses, and to fix the
to be charged for the carriage OF persons and the
wagonage, carriage, and drayage OF property.
10TH To license, tax regulate and restrain bar
rooms, thcatricals and other exhibitions, shows and
amusements.
llth To license tax restrain prohibit and sup
press billiard tables, tippling houses gaming and
gambling houses and honses Of i'll fame
18th To erect market hOuses, establish markets
and market places, and to provide for the government
and regul ton thereof
18th To provide for the prevention and extinguish
ment Of fires and to organize and establish fire com
panes.
l4th To appoint fire wardens, and prescribe the
duties and property guards, and to compel any per
son or persons present aid in extinguishing fires
or for the preservation of property exposed to damag,
in time of fire and by ordinance to prescribe sucl
other powers may be necessary on such occasions
| Is. To establish aud regulate police
Il l6 To impose fines, tOrleltures, and penalties fo
/ the breach of any ordinances.
H. To erect a work house, or house of correction
ard to provide for the government and regulation
thereof
is. To remove all Instructions from the side anC
cross walks and provide for the truction cleaning
and repair OF the same as well as all CUTTERS sewers
water courses and underground drainage.
! 49, To establish and regulate night watch anC
patrol.
2O To appropriate for any item of city expenditure
and to provide for the payment Of the debts and
penses of the city
2l To grade pave, plank, or otherwise improve
clear and keep i'll repair streets and alleys.
%. To regulate the storage Of guupOWder. pitch tar
rosin and ali other combustlbe materials and the us
of candles lamps other lights in shops, stables In
other places To prevent, remove or secure any fire
place chimney oven or boiler or other apparatus tina
may be dangerous in causing fires
%. To re- uate and prescribe the manner of build
ing partition walls and fences.
"a. To impose and appropriate fines foreitures anC
penalties for the breach of any ordinance and proyd
for the punishment of breaches Of the city ordinances
but fine shall be imposed of more than two hundre
dollars, and offender shall be imprisoned NOR
than thirty days.
25. To prevent and restrain any riot noise disturb
ance or disordery assembage, in any street, house
place in the city.
z6. To provide for the collection and receiving b.
said city Of all moneys authorized by law, which ma
be authorized to be assessed and collected for schOo
purposes within said city, which fund, collected
shall be under the control of the City Council, and
by them laid out and expended for free schools within
said city in such manner they may deem most ex
pedient.
2 pFayas t9F The pgsYsPt9p @ & and removal N val OF o
and for compelling persons who have caused, or pei
mtted to be caused distractions therein to remove tn
same to provide bridges over the same, and such i'm
provements in the cham Of said stream as may b.
+ deemed necessary or eXpedent.
Sec. A. Any ordinance which shall have been passe,
by the Common Council SHALL before it becomes efec
tive, be presented to the Mayor for his appreciation
If he approves, he shall sign itif not, he shall re
turn it, with his objections in writing, to the Common
Council, who shall cause the same to be entered il
their Journal, and shall proceed to reconsider th
same. IT, after such reconsideration TIVE thirds o
the members Of the Common Council shall agree t,
pass the same, it shall become an ordinuncc In al
such cases. the votes shall be by yeas and nays anc
the names Of the members voting for or against tht
same shall be entered in the Journal If any ord
nance sLl not be returned by the Mayor within tel
days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been pre-
sented to him, the same shall become effective as i
Z the Mayor had signed it.
Sec s. All demands and accounts against the city
shall be audited by the Council and shall be paid
the Treasurer the warrant Of the President of THE
Council, countersigned by the Mayor.
Sec. 6, The President Of the Council shall cxer-
else the duties Of Mayor whenever the said Office shall
be vacant, the Mayor be absent from the city ol
from any unable attend to the duties Of his
office.
Sec. 7. The style of city ordinances shall be as
follows: The People Of the City Of Walla Wall4 dc
ordain as follows"