The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-15
lMpoRrANr 10 CITIES or rHE sEcorD
GLASS.
Fir.t published March Ii, 1881.

GLASS.
First published March Ii, ISL.
An act relating to cities of the second
class, and amendatory of chapter 100,
session laws of 1872
Be it enacted By the legislature Of the
state Of Kansas
SECTION. 1. Section 10, of chapter 100,
session laws of 1872, as amended by sec
ton 2, chapter Go, session laws of 1878,
shall be and the same is hereby amended
so as TO read as follows: Section 10. The
compensation of ali city officers, except
justice of the peace and assessor, shall
be regulated by ordinance, but in no
case shall the mayor or any councilman
receive more than one dollar per year
for his services as such, either general or
special or for service on committees or
Otherwise; nor shall any member of the
board of education receive for his serv-
ices as such more than one dollar per
year. The council, by a majority of all
the mempers elect, to be entered on their
journal, may remove for cause any offic-
er except the mayor, justice of the peace
or constable.
SEC. 2. Original section number 81,
article 3, chapter 100, session laws of
1872, as amended by section 3, chapter
60, session laws of 1873. is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows: Sec
ton 80. The cities coming under the
provisions of this act in their corporate
capacities are authorized and empower
ed TO enact ordinances for the following
purposes, in addition to the other powers
granted by law: First, To levy and col
lect taxes for general revenue purposes
net to exceed ten mills on the dollar, in
any one year on all the real mixed and
personal property within the limits OF
said cities, taxable according to the laws
of this state, the valuation of such
property to be taken from the assessment
rolls IN the county clerks Office. Sec.
ond, To open and improve streets
avenues and alleys, make sidewalks
and build bridges, cuiverts and sewers
within the city; and for the purpose OF
paying for the same shall have the
power 10 make assessments in the fol
| lowing manner, to-Wit: First fer open.
ing, widening and bringing to grade al
streets avenues and alleys, and for build
| ing bridges, culYerts and sewers, and fol
foot-walks across streets, avenues and al
legs; the assessments shall be made or
all the taxable property within the limit:
| of the city, not to exceed five mills
on the dollar for these purposes il
any one year; second, for making
and repairing sidewalks, the assess
ments shall be made on all lots anG
| pieces of property abutting on the i'm
proVement. according to the front foo
thereof; third, for paving, macadamiZ
ing, curbing and guttering all streets
avenues and alleys, and for doing al
excayating and grading necessary fOl
the same, after said streets, avenue:
and alleys have first been brought Il
| grade as provided in the first subdi
division of this section, relating to thu
| opening, widening, and bringing t.
grade all streets, avenues, and alleys
and for all improvements of the square
and areas formed by the crossing of tn,
streets. The assessments shall be made
for each block separately on all lots ant
pieces of ground to the center of tn
block, on either side of such street o
avenue, the distance improved or to b
| improved, or on the lots or pieces o
| ground, abutiing on such alley, accord
ing to the assessed value of lots or piece
of ground, without regard to the build
/ Ings or improvements thereon; which
| value shall be ascertained by three dis
interested appraisers appointed by til
mayor and council. 1t shall be the dut
of said appraisers, within ten days afte
proceed to appraise such lots an
pieces of ground as may be designet
by the Council, after having tax
en- and subscribed an oath to max
a true and impartial appraisemen
which appraisement shall be returned
being notified of their appointments {
the city council at its first meeting afte
same shall have been completed. Whe
said appraisment is returned, the mayo
and council shall appoint time fo
holding a special session on some day I
be fixed by them to hear any complain
that may be made as to the valuation {
any lot or piece of ground appraised q
aforesaid, a notice of which special sc
sion shall be given by the mayor in th
official paper of the city; and said may
or and council at said special sessiO
may alter the valuation of and lot {
} piece of ground If in their opinion IL
same has been appraised too high or to
low.
Sec. 3. Section Al, chapter 100, Sc
sion laws of 1872, is hereby amended s
; as to read as follows, Section Al. tt
city council shall have exclusive autho
ity to levy and collect a license tax c
auctioneers, artists, agents, Qncludir
insurance, real estate, loan and merca
2 tile agents,) book or map agents or Ca
, vassers, boarding houses, billiard table
, bridge companies or bridge corporation
bankers, banking houses, or corporation
:. bowling alleys, corporations, contractor
commission merchants, concerts, catt
. dealers, coal yards. corn doctors, circu
ses, doctors, dentists, druggists, EXPIRE
, companies and agencies, exhibitions fl
I; pay, fortune tellers. gaugers, gift ente
prises, grocers, hotels, hotel runners or S
: licitors, horse dealers, hackney or live
carriages, horoscope views, inn-keepel
i inspectors, insurance companies, inclu
:, | ino accidant life fire or marine insI
0 ance companies, ice dealers, intelligen
q offices, livery stable keepers, lung testel
lawyers, merchants, museums, mena
l. cries, muscle testers or developers, ma
!. nifyIng glasses, newspapers and pu
l. fishing houses, omnibuses, public bull
{. ings, hall and ground peddler, paw
brokers, photographers, porters, publ
lectures for pay, patent right deale
n public masquerades, public balls al
e street exhibitions, pistol or shooting g
II Tiers, private hospitals, retail dealers, IA
roads and railroad companies, Includil
y street or horse railroads, shows, sto
J. yards, theaters, and theatrical exhil
l. tions, taverns, ten-pin alleys, (witho
regard to the number of pins used,) te
graph aud telephone companies, wo
J. yards, wagon yards, and all wagons a
j Otherjvehicles Transporting merchandi
l. or passengers for pay.
= SEC f. Origional sections 10, 4
chapter 100 of session laws of 1872, a
II also sections 2 and 3, chapter 65, laws
n 1873 are hereby repealed.
n SEC. 5. This act shall take effect al
be in force from and after its publicati
in the Official State Paper
e Approved March 9TH, 1881.