Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-30

'ehI TIC iauuing or bringing into the
city by railroad cars or otherwise, of
persons sick or infected with contagious
or infectious diseases or disorders, and
to make such disposition of such per-
sons as to preserve the health of the city,
and also to make regulations to prevent
the Introduction of contagious or infec-
tious diseases into the city, or their
spread therein, and to make quarantine
laws and regulations, and to enforce the
same within the city and not exceeding
two miles beyond the city limits.
10th. To abate and remove all NUS
ancns under the ordinances, the laws of
the state or at common law, and to pun
ish the authors thereof by penalties, for
FIXTURES, fines and Imprisonment, and to
define and declare whatshall be deemed
nuisances and to authorize and direct
the summary abatement thereof
10th. To establish public markets,
and make rules and regulations for the
government ofthe same, to appoint suit
able officers for overseeing and regulat-
ing such markets, and to restrain all
persons from interrupting or interfering
with the due observance OF such rules
and regulations.
9th. To prevent all persons riding
driving or leading any horse, OK, mule,
cattle or other animal on the sidewalks
in said city, or in any way doing any
damage to said sidewalks.
2Sth. To prevent the shooting or dis
charging of firearms or fire-crackers,
squibs or torpedoes, and to prevent
the exhibition of any fireworks in any
situation which may be considered by
the common council dangerous to the
city or any inhabitant or property
therein or annoying to any citizen there
of.
29th. To restrain and punish va
grants, mendicants, street bcggars and
prostitutes, and to restrain drunkenness
or obscenity III the streets or public
places, and to provide for arresting, re.
moving and Furnishing any person OIL
persons who may be guilty of the same
30th To regulate and license butch.
ers, and butchers shops and meat mar
kets, and to regulate, license and re-
strain the sale of any goods. wares,
Merchandise, game, poultry, fresh meat
vegetables, fish, butter, eggs and Other
provisions, in the streets and other pub
lie grounds of the city, and to cause the
seizure and destruction of tainted OF
unwholesome meat, butter, vegetables
fruit or provisions.
3lst. To regulate the place and man
ner of weighing and selling hay, pro
duce and live stock, and measuring and
selling fuel and lime, and TO appoint
suitable persons to superintend and con
duct the same.
SD. To compel the owners and oc
cupants of buildings and grounds to re
move snow, dirt or rubbish from The
sidewalks, streets or alleys opposite
thereto, and to compel such owner 81
occupant to remove from the lot owned
or occupied by him all such substances
as the board of health may direct; ant
in his default, to authorize the remova
or destruction thereof at the expense O
such owner or occupants.
33d. To appoint watchmen and pc
licemen, and to establish and regulat,
the police of the city, and prescribe thei
duties,
34th. To regulate the times, places
and manner of holding public auction.
and public sales of any kind, and to pre-
scribe license therefor, and to tax
license and regulate auctioneers, distill
ers, brewers and pawnbrokers; and t.
tax, license, regulate, restrain or pro
hibit hawkers and peddlers, gift book
stores, gift concerts, and any other gif
| enterprise.
Both. TO protect monuments in th,
III Il LOT a.,
planting and preservation of trees in thu
streets and public grounds.
36tn. To provide by ordinance for
standard of weights and measures, ant
for the punishment of the use of falls,
weights and measures.
37th. To provide for and regulate
the construction of cutters and sewer
within said city.
3Sth. To lay out, open, change
widen or extend streets, lanes, alleys
cutters, sewers, parks, squares or othe
public grounds, and to grade, pave, i'm
prove, repair or discontinue the sam
or any part thereof, or to establish an,
open drains, or altar, widen o
straighten water courses in the name
provided by this act; and to make, al
ter, widen, renew or otherwise improve
| keep in repair, vacate or discontinu
sidewalks and crosswalks, as provide
by this act and the ordinances of sal
city.
39th. To purchase. build or leas
and maintain watch house OF plac
| for the confinement of offenders agains
the ordinances and bylaws, and for ten
porary detention of suspected persons
10th. TO receive, purchase and hol
for the use OF the city, any estate, req
or personal, to sell and convey the same
and to ensure any property of the cit
against loss or damage by fire, light
ming, wind or hail.
4lst. To levy and provide for the co
lection of taxes and assessments, aud
claims and demands against the city
and direct orders TO issue therefor;
refund orremit any tax or special assess
ment or any part thereof, when Statistic
that the same is unjust or illegal.
AID. To establish a fire departmer
and to appoint the officers and mem
bers thereof, and prescribe and regu
late their duties, to provide protectio
from fire by the purchase of fire engine
and all the necessary apparatus for til
extinguishment of fires, and by the cree
ton or construction OF pumps, waite
mains, cisterns, reservoirs or othe
water works. To erect engines house:
to compel the inhabitants of the city
aid in the extinguishment of fires an
to pull down and raze such buildings
the vicinity of a fire as shall be directe
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be at the fire, for the purpose of pr,
venting its communication to otht
buildings to establish fire limits, {
limits within which wooden or othe
combustible buildings shall not b
erected; to require the owners or occI
pants of buildings to provide and kee
suita ble ladders and fire buckets, whic
shall be appurtenances to the realty an
exempt from seizure and forced salt
and after reasonable notice to sue
owner or occupant, and refusal or neg
lect by him, to procure and deliver tn
same to him, and in default of paymer
therefor, to levy the cost thereof as
special tax upor such real late, to |
assessed and collected as other taxes i
said city; to require the construction {
safe places for the deposit of ashes, an
prohibit the depositing of the same l
other than such places; to regulate til
putting up of stove pipes and the cor
struction and cleaning of chimneys; t
appoint fire wardens, and to authoriz
them at all reasonable times to enter il
to and examine all dwelling house,
lots, yards, enclosures and buildings
every description, in order to discovt
whether any of them are in dangeror
condition, and to cause such as may |
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