Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-09

sec. -. lneTe snail De q comptroller, Il
Treasurer, a Register, a City Attorney, a
City Engineer, a W~harfmaster, one Tax
Collector, a Sergeant-at-Arms, one or
more Inspectors, a City Recorder, a Chief
of Police, a Hospital Physician, a Chief of
the Fire Department, and such other Of
hcers and agents as may be provided by
ordinance; all ofgwhom, except the Tax
Collector and Wharfmaster, shall be nom
mated by and with the consent of the
Board of Aldermen and Common Council
in Joint convention assembled, appointed
by the Mayor, and shall hold their office
for two years, unless sooner removed, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified, or in case of vacancy, then until
the expiration of the original term. And
the said Tax Collector and Wharfmaster
shall be elected by the qualified voters OF
the city of Memphis, and b give bond
and security in like manner, and be sub
ject to the same regulations n %restrie-
lions as the officers appointed under the
provisions of this section, and their
salaries shall be fixed by the General
Council.
Sec. 30. No person shall be eligible to
Office in said city unless ne shall have re
sided one year in the city of Memphis,
and two years in the comfy of Shelby,
next preceding his election. The sala-
ries of all officers enumerated in the fore
going section shall be fixed by the Gen
] tLdl AOAlN4A dlLEA knb GACINAOn VI ndll HGn-
eral Council, but before the election of
said officers.
Sec. 81. The Register shall be the keeper
of the cityseal, and shall fix the same with
his signature to all bonds, notes and GER
titled copies of acts of the General COun-
ell.
Sec. 50. The General Council shall have
power to require bond and security, in
such amount as they may deem proper,
from all persons holding office under the
] provisions of this charter of the city OF.
Memphis, conditioned for the faithful dis
charge of their duties, and no person shall
be qualified to enter Upon the discharge
of the duties of his Office until he has
given pond and security, to be approved
by the Mayor, President of the Board Of
Aldermen, President of the Board of
! Common Council and City Attorney.
Sec. 80. ANY person holding Office I'M
der the provisions of this charter may at
any time be removed from office by a vote
OF twO-thirds of the members elect of the
/ General Council, provided that this pro-
vision shall not apply to officers and pri-
Yates in the police department below and
subordinate TO the Chief of Police and Re-
corder, who shall only be removed by the
Police Board herein provided tor.
Sec. "a. That so much of an act to es-
tablish a NJ Metropolitan police district tor
the county of Shelby, and acts amenda
D LOrN thereto, as EE4aLES 10 pOlltb anu DO
I lice regulations IN the county OF Shelby
and city of Memphis, be and the same are
I hereby repealed, and that hereafter all pO-
lice powers for said city shall be, and the
same are hereby vested in the General
Council for the city of Memphis. which
shall have power to establish day and
night watches and patrols for said city,
and pass ali laws deemed necessary for
the establishment and enforcement of
proper police regulations in the city of
Memphis. Said police department shall
be under the immediate control of the
Mayor of the city, the President of the
Board of Aldermen, the President of
the Common Council, who, together,
shall constitute the Police Board
of the city of Memphis. Said
Police Board shall have power to appoint
all officers and subordinates in said de-
partment, except the Chief and Recorder,
and to suspend and discharge the same at
will. The number and pay of regular and
special policemen shall be regulated by
the General Council. All necessary civil
and criminal jurisdiction for the enforce
ment of the laws and ordinances passed
by the General Council shall be, and the
same are hereby conferred upon the Re-
corder of said city, who shall have power
to hear and determine all cases that shall
arise underline charter and ordinances of
the city of Memphis, and who shall be ex-
0llGlO Il JlSAltc VI INC ! tdtt. odlu IOdIu
I Of Police are empowered to enact, modify
and repeal, from time to time, rules and
regulations of general discipline.
Sec. 35. The General Council shall nave
power to establish a workhouse in the
county of Shelby, TO define by law or Or
dinance misdemeanors, and when COM
mitted within the city limits to punish
the same by %pecuniary fines and penalties,
and By Imprisonment and labor within or
without a workhouse in default of pay
ment Of said line; TO cause the arrest and
trial of all Migrants and TiOtOus, drunken
and disorderly persons within the city,
and TO punish said offenders as heretofore
provided; to provide for the maintenance
of paupers within the city, and to pro-
hibit, by fine, their Introduction into the
city by steamboats,, railroads and other
transportation agencies; to regulate and
suppress all disOrderly houses and houses
of ill-fame; to restrain, prohibit and pun
ish gaming, and to provide for the arrest
and confinement, until trial, of all va
grants, riotOus and disorderly persons.
Sec. 80. The General Council shall nave
power TO declare by law or ordinance how
and in what am accounts against the
/ city for work and labor done or mate
rialz furnished shall be audited, proved
and presented for payment.
Sec. IS. The General Council shall nave
power to pass all laws necessary 70 pre-
serve the health Of the city, and TO estab-
lish a Board of Health, TO prevent and re-
move nuisances, both within the city and
within one mile of the same; to make
quarantine Laws aDd enforce the same,
within ten miles Of the city, t. prevent
I the introduction Of contagious diseases
into the city, and TO establish and regulate
hospitals; u prohibit the erection of soap
factories and slanghUeF-peGs, or factories
I or houses for curing green hides, ana ali
houses oflike character.
Sec. 50. The General Council shall have
power to license and regulate livery sta
{ bles, auctions, groceries. saloons, tippiiug
houseS, beeT-gardens, dry goods stores,
I exchange Offices, forwarding and COM
mission, and all other n~leTcaptile houses,
cOnfectioners, brokers, insurance ohiees,
hoJei-kaepers, peddlers, bankers, and also
shows, ~circuses aad theaters, and all other
places of public amusement and all
Z kinds of agencies for the sale OF ana
transportation of freight and passengers;
billiard tabics GBd bowling-alleys, shoot
ing galleries and posters, and tax the
( game.
Sec. SO. The General Council shall have
power TO license and regulate draws, carts.
hackney coaches, and other Vebicles used
in the city, and license and regulate pof-
tiers, Gba their charges as cOachmen, hack
men, omnibus msR or cabmen, and their
charges.
Sec. 30. The General Council shall have
power 10 establish and regulate fire com
panies; to designate FIRE limits within
which wooden buildings shall not be
erected, or prevent the erection of build
ings dangerous to other improvements,
and to remove them when so erected upon
paying the Owner the value thereof.
to regulate and prescribe the manner of
order the building or partition walls and
parapet walls and partition fences; to
regulate fireworks, the sweeping of CHM
neyS, the use OF lights, stOVe-Dipes and
hues, and all shops, kitchens, and other
like places, and to regulate the keeping
and storage Of guppOwder and other
cOmbustible articles, and prevent the
same from being stored within the limits
of the city, or within one mile of the
same.
Sec. Al. The General Council shall have
power TO improve the navigation of the
Mississippi river within the limits of the
city, to make, preserve and improve the
steamboat and GatbOat landing. and 10
control the erection and repairs of ali
wharves within the city, and fix the rate
of wharfage; 10 regulate the anchorage
and mOorings of steamboats, and other
water crafts at the various landings within
the city, and prohibit or regulate wharf
boats.
Sec. ~. The General Council shall have
power TO establish inspection laws within
the city; to provide for the inspection,
weighing and measurement of all kinds
Of provisions, prOvender, fuel, etc, for
man and beast, and the price and weight
of bread sold by the loaf; 10 provide for
the guaging and inspection of all kinds Of
liquors.
Sec. 80. The General Council shall kave
power TO regulate the laying of railroad
iron and the passage of railroad cars
through the city.
Sec. A. The General Council shall have
power to establish and regulate pumpsA
wells, c~isterns, h%ydrants and fire-plugs.
and to convey water into the city from
the vicinity; to establish and regulate
marknig 10 nass market Iaura and rarnla-l