The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-03-21

and maintaining its cleanliness and salubrity,
not Inconsistent with any State law relative
thereto
Second-To regulate and make improve
ments to the streets, sidewalks and
banquettes, public squares, wharves and
other public property. and provide Ter the
lighting of the streets and public buildings !;
to order and direct the ditching, filing,
opening, closing, widening and continuing OF
any OF the streets. and If for such purpose
the land of any private person or body
corporate is necessary to be had, the said
city council shall have the right and power
of purchasing The same at u reasonable
price, or causing the same to be eN
propriated, according to the manner and
formalities prescribed by existing laws upon
the subject to regulate the proportion, and
to make and repair all common sewers,
drains, canals, public roads, Ievees dykes,
causeways and bridges, notwithstanding any
superintendent which might be set up by
any corporation or individual over such
works to determine the completion and
dimensions of the sidewalks and pavements
of the streets. to fix the sduaring and to
prevent any eneroachments upon or stop
ping and obstructing the streets, public
crossings, public squares sidewalks, levees,
wharves, public roads, or any part of the
city OF Baton Rouge and to order any
object, whatever may be its value, which
may cucumber the said places or prevent
and embarrass the free use OF the same, to
be removed or sold for whom it may concern
according to law; for the reopening of such
ancient natural drains as have been
INSTRUCTED by the owners OF the adjacent
lands, or the filing up of any watercoarSe
which is not navigable, for the purpose of
carrying the public highways over. the same,
provided that no injury be oecasioned there
by to the neighboring inhabitants.
Third-To prescribe and collect rates of
levee dues and wharfage, and to designate
the places for the landing of steamboats,,
hatboats and other water crafts within the
limits of the city; to establish and regulate
the ferries within the city limits; to pre-
scribe the rates of ferriage upon passengers
and all species of property, and TO sell at
public auction to the highest bidder the
rights to said ferriage for a period not to ex-
ceed five years.
Fourth-T0 fix the mode of inspecting all
comestibles and bread, and regulate the
sale thereof, either in the market or other
public places, or to private individual: to
regulate the sale of wood, coal, and its III
speetion, and any other fuel
Fifth-To prevent gunpowder petroleum
and all explosive material from being stored
within the city and suburbs in such quanti-
ties as to endanger the public safety, and to
regulate the manner and quantity of storage
of the same; provided, this shall not give
the city the exclusive right to the storage
of gunpowder, nor the right to grant to any
company, corporation, person OF persons tho
monopoly of the same.
SiXth-To provide means and to make
regulations for preventing and extinguish-
ing CONGREGATIONS, to make such regulations
for the building of party and fire proof walls
| as they may deem necessary for that object,
and to regulate the service of persons en-
pIoyed III working fire engines, and their
discipline.
SnVunfb-Tn Iptpr1ninn in hot of
the city wooden buildings shall not be
allowed to he erected, and to prevent per-
sons from reconstructing III wood old and
deeayed wooden houses under pretense of
repairing the same in those parts of the CITY
| where it is lawful to build only in brick and
stone or iron.
Eighth-To determine what animals shall
not be permitted to rove il the limits of the
| city, or III what cases they may be killed or
| confined and sold for the benefit of whom If
may concern.
Ninth-To regulate the police of theatres,
| public balls, taVerns, places for shows and
exhibitions houses of public entertainment
| and shops for retailing liquors, houses of
! public prostitution, and to order the same
| to be closed whenever the public safety and
tranquility shall require it, and to impose
such duties and regulations upon persons
| keeping such places as they NAV deem nee
essary and proper.
| 1GilIli-lG regulate the proper govern
ment of carts, drays, carriages, omnibuses,
and other vehicles of every description,
| freight locomotive and passenger cars which
run in the streets and within the limits of
the city, and to require that the owners OF
said vehicles shall take license, and to fix
the fees and charges of all vehicles kent for
hire.
/ Eleventh-To establish ferries and market
liplaces and to farm out the same.
/ Twelfth-To require the proprietors of
any ground to inelose tho same, aud to
regulate the form and height of Enclosures.
Thirteenth-To impose fines upon any
person or persons who shall malieieusly
break or take off from the door or other part
of the house within the city limits any
knocker, knob, bell handle or other fixture,
or maliciously destroy or defaee any sign OF
aoorplate put up by the owner or tenant to
/ denote his or their place of abode, business,
/ or occupation.
Fourteenth-To cause writs to be made
by the police officers at all inns, boarding
houses, taverns, vessels or crafts of any
kind, to ascertain if there be in such places
any destitute or sick persons, that they may
be conveyed if necessary to the city hos
/ pitals or to such other Iplaee as the mayor