Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-16

tom 10 any building unless the outer walls theec'
he made of brick and mortar or stone anu inore'I'
and To provide for the removal oil any sun ~ &
or addition which shall be erecteu eOhua'! w SUN
oLjbit;nn ot the expense of tile builder or owner
thereof: and may provide Tor the rSgHIai Su" ',i,
building of houses in the city anu - y ,;. a
she'll have been commenced before saiI peiltoh can
l,d an Inv the council, or II building IN pro
nnsars clearly to be unsafe, the couhcii may
6ave such buildings taken down. -,
.,Src "a The council may prevent hogs dogs ana
- o,;n.i, from running at large in the city, and
o'te' bi,ct the same 10 such cOnlScaiOns fegnla-
,in9s and taxes as they may deem proper aud the
conn,il may prohibit the raising or Keeping oil hogs
in the city.
SEC IS For the execution of its powers and du-
ties the council may tax real estate in the city all
ncrsonal property therein all free persons over SIX
teen years Of age; all corporations located IN the
city or having their principal Office therein, not eN-
empt by law from taxation; all moneys owned 10y,
or credits due 10 any person living in the city all
capital of persons having place oil business III the
city, and doing business therein, ana employed III
said business though the said business may extend
beyond the city, provided that much of said capt.
tai as is vested in real estate or is employed IN the
manufacture of articles outside O the city limits,
shall not be taxed capital all stocks IN lncorpo-
rated Joint stock companies owned by persons living
in the city, not exempt by law from taNatOn; IN
comes interest money, dividends Oi lands or 9th
er corporations owned by persons living in the city
provided that no capital interest, income or divl-
bends shall be taxed when license or other tax Is
imposed upon the business IN which the capital Is
employed or upon the principal money, credits or
stock from which the interest income dividend Is
derived; nor shall tax he imposed at the same time
upon stock of corporation, and upon the dividends
thereon.
'STC g. The council may tax the keepers fordi-
narieS houses of entertainment, boarding houses,
public or private public eating houses, coffee houses,
lager beer or other drinking saloons or cook shops
agents to rent out houses agents to sell cattle, sheep
or hogs; dealers in horses and mules; keepers OF
livery stables brokers, lawyers, physicians and den
fists; persons who keep daguerrean, photograph or
ambrotvpe gallery, and all who take pictures by
light or who sell or barter any patent or specific or
Quack medicines all sellers OF WINE or spirtuons or
fermented liquors; all manufacturers, merchants,
traders and shop keepers, and any other person or
employment upon whom or upon which the State
may at the time have imposed license tan ana
As to all persons emplOyments embraced Ill thls
section, the council may lay the tax directly, or may
require them to take out license uhuer such Tegu-
nose tax thereon; but the taxes herein authorized
Shall subject to the provsOs stated in the next
preceding section.
SEC So The said court held by the judge shall
have original jurisdiction of all fconies committed
within the territorial limits of its jurisdiction; and
ii prisoner put on his trial for felony shall be
found by the jury guilty of only misdemeanOr,
the said court held by the judge shall have jurisdic-
ton of the case and it shall have appellate jnrisdc
ton in cases in which the cOnstut!onallty or valid
ity of an ordinance OF the city is involved.
sec 80. The council may impose penalties for
the violation of ills act any Of the ordinances OF
the city not exceeding five hundred dollars, and i'm
prisanment with or without hard labor not exceed
ing three months for one offence. II the penalty bc
above one hundred dollars, or Imprisonment for more
than thirty days, it shall be prosecuted IN the court
of Hastings of the city at the terms held by the May
or Recorder and Aldermen; but any claim to line
penalty under this act or under any ordinance OF
the city if it be limited to an amount not exceeding
one hundred dollars, OrmprisOnment not exceeding
thirty days; and any other clam against the city or
a person therein if it does not exceed one hundred
dollars Exclusive of interest )shal be cOgniZablc in
the Mayors court; and his Judgment shall be final
in all civil cases where the matter in controversy
exclusive of costs, is not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 49, The mayor shall be the head OF police of
the city and shall have a general superintendent
and control of said police, pursuant to the Ordinan
ces of the city. When he is absent from the city or
is so sick as to be unable To attend To his duties or
the office is vacant, the recorder or if he is absent
from the city or is so sick as to be unable to attend
to his duties, or his Office is vacant the senior alder
man, shall exercise all the powers of the mayor.
.. The twenty-third and ffty-eighth sections OF
said act are hereby repealed.
This act shall be in force wheE it shall have been
adopted by majority Of the voters of the City OF
Richmond who shall vote upon it, And the council
of the City of Richmond shall provide for the taking
of said vote at the next municipal election in said
city.
THE BANKS.
The bill requiring the banks ufthe Commonwealth
TO go into liquidation was owing to the absence OF
Mr. LEE it's patron, laid upon the table until to-day
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The bill requiring deposit to be made by foreign
insurance companies doing business IN this Stale
was on motion of Mr.. GRATTAN, recOmmitted To the
Committee on Propositions, DC.
The bill to incorporate the Insurance Company OF
America was taken from the table and gave rise to
lengthy discussion The bill, after being variously
Ill plf.pa m ia ~
reading, Which,
On motion, tie House adjourned.