The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-09


or agents. In case of nonresident
owners who have no agents in SAID oitv.
such notice may DO given by publico.
ton Tor not less than ten (iO) DAVIS in
any newspaper in said city; and ali en-
pense OF such publication to be paid bv
inc owner or occupier as above. The
occupier OF such premises shall only be
compelled to pay for tho same, an
amount not exceeding the amount duo
oy Nun LOT rent, and he shall have the
right TO offset any amount he may so
have paid against the rent due tho
owner of tho premises.
thirteenth. TO direct tho location of
buildings storing gunpowder and other
com oustible and explosive Substances.
and to regulate the sale and use of gun
powder, hre-crackers or fireworks, manu-
tactired or prepared therefrom, kero.
sene oil, nitro-glycerine, camphene,
burning fluid, or other com bustible ma.
terial; to regulate the exhibition of
fireworks, the discharge of firearms,
the use OF lights and candies in barns,
stables and other buildings, and to re-
strain the making of bonfres in streets
and yards.
Fourteenth. To prevent hogs, dogs
and other animals from running at
large In tho city, and may subject the
same to confiscation, regulations and
taxes as they may deem proper.
Fifteenth. To prevent the riding and
driving of horses or animals at an inn
proper speed, throwing stones or engag-
ing in any employment or sport on the
streets, sidewalks o. public alleys, dan
gerous or annoying to passengers, and
to prohibit and punish the abuse or
cruel treatment OF horses or other ami
mails in said city.
SiNtaQuth To roctroi1 ood ,.,.,:,l
drunkards, Migrants and street beg
CARS; to prevent vice and immortality; to
preserve the public peace and good order;
to prevent and quell riots, disturbances
and disorderly assemblages; to suppress
houses of ill-fame, and Gambling houses;
to prevent and punish lewd, Indecent
and disorderly conduct or exhibitions in
said city, and to eypel therefrom per-
sons guilty of such conduct who have
not resided therein as much as one
year.
Seventeenth. To prevent, forbid and
punish the selling or giving LIQUORS and
intoxicating drinks to be drunk in any
place not duly licensed, and the selling
or giving to be drunk any Intoxicating
liquors to any child or minor, and the
|. selling or giving of cigarettes to any
minor under fifteen years of age, and
for any violation of any such ordinance;
may impose fines in addition to those
prescribed by tho laws of the State
Eighteen: To prevent the coming into
the city of persons having no ostensible
means of support. and of persons who
may be dangerous to tho peace and
safety of tile city.
Sec. 2. First. Any member of said
Council being voluntarily absent from
its meetings consecutively for three
months tho cha11 NO
and the uneXpired term shall be filled
according to law.
Second. The City Council is empowered
to hold such lands as may have been al
ready acquired by the city CT Roanoke,
TO DO used as place for the burial of
the dead, and to acquire. by
purchase or otherwise, such adj
ditlonal lands as may be necessary for
that purpose. The said Council shall
also have power to prescribe and On
force all needful rules and regulations
not inconsistent with the laws OF the
State. for the use, protection, preserva-
ton and characterization of the cemetery
or cemeteries; TO set aside in their
discretion, by metes and bounds. an
apportion thereof, for the interment
of strangers, and the INDECENT poor:
to divide the remainder into burial
lots, and sell or lease the same, and
to execute all proper deeds or other
writings in evidence of such sale or
lease, and to prescribe what class
and condition OF persons shall be ad-
mitted to interment in the cemetery
or cemeteries. The cemetery or ceme-
teries, when established and enclosed
with tho property included in il or them
shall bo exempt from all State, county
and municipal taxation.
Sec. 3. Where, by the provisions of
this act, the Council have authority
to pass ordinances on any sub
ject. they may prescribe any pen
atty not exceeding five Hundred
dollars for violation thereof, aud NAV
provide that the offender, ON failing to
pay the penalty recovered. shall be i'm
prisoned in the Jail of the city for
term not exceeding ninety days. which
penalties may BIO prosecuted and recov-
cred with costs in the name Of city of
Roanoke, or shall compel them to work
on the streets or other public improve
ments in the said city The accused,
If convicted, shall havo the right to
appeal to the Hastings Court Of said
city.
Sec. 4. The Council shall not take,
damage or use any private property for
public purposes without making to tho
owner thereof just compensation for the
same; and whore the Council cannot by
agreement with tho owner, obtain the
title to or the use of such property for
such purposes, it shall be lawful for
said Council to institute and prosecute
proceedings for tho condemnation there
of, according to law.
Sec. S. In every case where a street
in said city has been or shall be on
croached upon by any fence, building,
or otherwise, tho Council may require
the owner Gf known. or if unknown, the