San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-13

and 10 make all ordinances and regula-
tions to prevent the spread of any conta-
gious diseases within the city limits, to
establish hospitals and pest-houses.
Section 55. To regulate and prescribe
the duties and powers and compensation
of all afficers, agents and employees Of
the city, except the compensation of the
Mayor, City Marshal, Collector. Assessor.
Treasurer, City Attorney, Engineer and
Recorder, and to require bonds; to create
any office or employ any agent they may
deem necessary for the good government
prescribe additional duties of all such
officers and agents; provided, that the
compensation of all officers shall
not be increased or diminished during
their term of Office and that all salaries
fixed thereby shall take effect from ana
after the time when this amendment
takes effect.
Section 9s. To prevent and punish the
keeping of houses of prostitution within
the city or within such limits therein,
which may be defined by ordinance, and
to adopt summary measures for the re
moval or suppression, or license, taxation,
regulation and inspection Of all such es-
Establishments.
Section 102. To inspect all buildings
and establishments for educational or
asylum purposes; to see that the inmates
thereof are properly treated, and to re-
Quire all institutions of whatever nature
used as asylums, colleges or boarding
schools, to make report of the number
of inmates and sanitary condition OF the
same every month, and TO enforce the
vaccination of all inmates thereof
Section 119. The Mayor shall have
power to Solemnile marriages.
Section 1877. The Treasurer of said city
shall give bond in favor OF the City of
San Antonio in such amount aSmay be re-
quired by the City Council, and with
sufficient sureties, conditioned for the
faithful discharge of his duties. He shall
longing TO the city, ana make all pay
ments for the same upon the order of The
Mayor, atteSted by the Clerk. He shall
keep regular and correct accounts OF all
the real, personal and mixed property,
and shall render full and correct quar-
terly statement OF his receipts and pay
ments TO the City Council. and whensoev-
er at other times he may be required by
them, and shall do and perform such 9TH
er acts and duties as the City Council
may require.
Section 1873. The duties of the Engineer
shall be fixed by the City Council, as we'll
as the amount of bond he shall give for
the faithful performance of his duties.
Section POI. In the widening or
strengthening of any street, avenue, alley,
plaza, square, park, or other highway,
the City Council shall determine, by ordi-
nance, the manner and extent of such
widening or Strengthening. Upon the fill
ing of such ordinance and the plan Of the
proposed widening with the County Clerk,
it shall be the duty Of the Coun-
ty Judge to appoint three disinterested
freeholders OF the city as commissioners,
who. after being sworn TO act with hdell-
w and impartiality, shall carefully esti-
mate the value of the property necessary
to be taken for such widening or straight
ening, making separate estimate In the
case OF each owner, IL snail 6e there
after the duty of the commissioners TO
estimate the benefits accruing TO any
property on the street, or in the vicinity
that they may consider benefited by such
improvements, filing with their report
list of the owners of such property and
the amount of the supposed benefit stated
separately in each case. On the Ming OF
such report with the City Clerk, the City
Council shall, at their first meeting, or as
soon as practicable thereafter, give five
days public notice through the official
journal, at which time said report will be
acted upon (Which shall not be less than
ten days after the expiration OF said
notice. and all parties feeling agrieved by
the action of said commissioners may be
heard by the Council on appeal: The &C.
tion of the City Council shall be limited
award for property taken, or decrease
Of the assessment for supposed benefit to
property by the Improvement contem-
plated. The City Council, by tending to
the owner of the land taken the amount
Of the award, may at once enter upon
and appropriate said land for the pur-
poses of opening, widening or altering
said street, alley, etc. The Dement'S report
ed, and as may be be devised by the City
Council, shall be assessed as a special
tax against the property reported as
benefited, and shall be payable at such
time as the Council may direct; and said
tax shall be a lien upon the property un-
til the payment thereof; and the City
Collector shall proceed to collect the said
tax in the same manner as the other
taxes are collected, provided, that, IL
deemed necessary, the City Council may
proceed by suit In any court of competent
Jurisdiction, as an additional remedy for
the collection of any and all taxes OF ev-
cry nature, assessed or levied by the
city.
Section 2O3. Whenever the City Coun-
Gil shall deem it necessary TO take private
property for use Of the city, for streets,
avenues, alleys, plazas, squares, parks,
hospitals, pest houses, school houses, or
any other public buildings or uses, such
property may be taken for
such purpose by making just
compensation TO the owner thereof.
If the amount of such compensation can
not be agreed upon it shall be the duty Of
the City Council to cause to be stated in
writing the particular property required,
the name of the owner and his residence,
il known, and file the same with the City
Clerk. Thereafter the City Clerk shall
notify the owner or agent, II known, OF
the fling of such statement. The dam
age to accrue to the owner, by reason or
three disinterested freeholders OF the
city, one to be selected by the owner OF
the property, one to be selected by the
mayor, the third TO be selected by the two