Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-18

and imprisonment not exceeding ten
days or by both such fine and i'm.
prisonment.
Sso. q They shall prescribe by
ordinance the duties of all officers
whose duties are not defined by this
charter.
SEC. 10. They shall provide suit
able rooms for the Police Courts and
officers and provide furniture, fuel,
lights and stationary such as is nee
essary for the transaction of the city's
business and may, whenever the pub
lie convenience requires it increase
the number of Police Judges, not to
exceed five in all.
SEC. IL. They shall by ordinance
regulate the entrance to and exit
from theaters, lecture rooms, churches,
public halls and public buildings OF
every kind, and prohibit the placing
of stools, benches or other obstruc-
tion in the halls, aisles or other open
places therein.
Sec. II. They may declare what
constitutes nuisance and provide for
the abatement and removal thereof.
SEC. 13. They shall make such
arrangements as they may deem best
for the care and custody and feeding
of all persons imprisoned by muni-
cipal authority, or sentence to impri.
sonment by the police courts, and
may order all persons held under SEN
tence to work on the streets or public
highway, as the best interests of the
city may require.
SEC. IA. They shall regulate and
may prohibit the keeping of gunpow
der, acids or other explosives, com
bustable and inf ammable material
within the limits Of the city.
Sec. 15. They shall provide for the
survey of the streets, blocks of land
within the limits OF the city, and de-
clare such surveys official, and may
compel all persons to conform to the
streets as they are now or may be
hereafter lawfully established and de-
clared official.
SEC. 15. They shall establish hack
stands and regulate the charges Of
hacks and require schedule of such
charges to be posted in each hack
and may license and tax such vehicles
SEC. 16. They may by ordinance
license all trades, occupations and
employments except such as they are
herein expressly declared to have the
power only to suppress or prohibit, OF
such as are prohi bited by law.
Sec. II. To establish by ordinance
fire districts and prevent the erection
Of wooden buildings in such districts
or prevent any further repair ol
wooden buildings in such districts
and to regulate the erection of tele.
graph and telephone poles and wires
and the erection of electric lights.
Sec. Is, To provide for naming o.
streets, numbering houses, and tc
regulate or prevent the exhibition o.
banners, flags or placards across the
streets or sidewalks, and to regulate
or suppress public criers, advertising
ringing of bells and other noise.
SEC. 10. To maintain fire alarm
system and police telegraph, and pro-
vide for the sprin king Of graded and
accepted streets.
Sec. 20. To regulate the speed Of
| railway trains an d engines in the city,
and to require railroad companies
either to station tiagmen or place suffi-
cient automatic warning signals and
signal poles at all street crossings.
Sec. 81. The enacting clause of all
ordinances shall be as follows: The
Mayor and Counc Gil of the City OF Los
Angeles do ordain as follows:
Sec, %. All bonds of officers must
be approved by the Council, as also
the bonds of any contractors with the
city. The clerk shall endorse upor
such bonds the date of their approval
which endorsement shall be signed by
the presiding officer OF the Counci
and the clerk.
Sec. 23.-No Councilman or any
other city officer shall be interested
directly or indirectly by any contrac
TO which the city is a party, or made
by any officer of the city on behalf o
the city. Any violotion of this sec
ton shall be misdemeanor and upoI
conviction thereof, besides the pen
atty that may be imposed by a cour
of competent jurisdiction, the Counci
Slldll uSCldIc tllc OillCt NdCdub, dIlt
any person convicted of violation O
this section shall be forever disquali
fed from holding any office under thi
charter, nor shall any officer of thi
city be surety on any bond given t
the city OF to any person for the bene
, fit of the city.
, SEC. 24.-The Council shall ais
have full power to pass ordinances O
resolutions upon any other subject {
municipal control or to carry into ef
feet any other powers of the munic.
pality.
A communication was received fror
Ira Moore calling attention to tn
needless expense of making two cit
assessments and tax collections whe
it could as we'll be done by one. Re
ferred to Committee on Officers.
The question of the advisability {
consolidation the County and CIT
Government was, upon motion of MI
: Hazard, referred to the Judiciar
Committee.
Upon motion of Mr.. Chapman, tn
, work of the Committee on Incorpora
ton, etc.. will be made the rsgula
!, order of business at the next meeting
} Upon motion of Moran, the Boar
adjourned to m meet on Tuesday next a